Chapter 577： Achilles fights

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The island's beautiful scenery, tree-lined, and olive groves make the island of Skuros very civilized. At the same time, the island of Skulos is also rich in spices.

These properties make the residents of Skulos richer, and their lives easier.

Odysseus and the Greek prophet Carcas arrived at Skulous Island by sea boat at this moment. After several months of long sea journey, the outline of Skulous Island was finally seen in the field of vision.

"Finally, at last." Carcas looked at the distant island in the distance and said, whoever sailed for two months at sea, approaching the destination at this moment, would express sincere joy.

Odysseus was full of worries: "Our prophet Carcas, it takes almost several months for us to go back and forth. This is too tired and wastes time. Are you sure Achilles is on this island? "

"I'm sure." Carcass said seriously, not only did he know where Achilles lived, but also the role Achilles played in the Trojan War, which was God's guidance.

To Achilles, in fact, he has never been out of the sight of God, and any effort by Titus is just useless.

Between the two, the ship approached the port of Skulos Island.

At this moment, there are seven boats on the sea surface, and there are people coming and going in the harbor. Most of them come to Skuros to collect olives and spices.

When the ship came ashore, Odysseus and Carcas disembarked the ship. Odysseus looked at the port with half emotion and envy: "Skulos is really prosperous."

He saw the bustling sight in front of him, and thought of his kingdom of Ithaca, and felt that it was incomparable.

"Here are all the merchants who come here to gather spices and olives. This is normal," Carcas said. "Let's go and meet our old friend, Lycomedes."

At the moment, Odysseus and Carcas led a group of soldiers to the palace, and at the gate of the palace, King Lukomodes received the news and was waiting there.

Soon, the chariots of Odysseus and Carcas appeared in the sight of Lycomedes.

When the two of them got out of the car, King Lycomedes greeted him and said enthusiastically, "Two distinguished guests, welcome to you from afar. I have prepared a rich banquet for you in the palace."

"King Lycomedes, thank you very much for your warm welcome." Carcas and Odysseus said, after finishing, they went to the banquet hall of the Royal Palace with Lycomedes.

At the moment in the banquet hall, Lycomedes called all the princes of the kingdom to attend the reception banquet, which shows that he attaches great importance to the arrival of Odysseus and Carcas.

The table in the banquet hall is also full of various barbecued wines.

Odysseus looked at the wine jugs on the table, all of which were set with gold, and the wine glasses were also bronze wine glasses. He couldn't help but think, "The Kingdom of Skuros is really rich."

There was a moment of envy in my heart, with a hint of jealousy.

Lycomedes certainly did not know what Odysseus was thinking. At this moment, when everyone was seated, he took up the wine glass full of wine on the table and said, "Come, let's all toast together. The guests who come are King Odysseus of Ithaca and Greek prophet Carcas. "

After speaking, I drank it, and others responded to drink the wine in the cup.

The atmosphere of the banquet was very warm. Suddenly, Carcass raised his glass and stood up and said, "Dear King Lycomedes, thank you very much for your warm hospitality. This time we are serving the Greek coalition commander Agamemnon. Order, hoping to bring Achilles, the son of Perus, you took back to Troy. "

Lycomodus heard Carcas's request, shook his head, and said, "Son of Perus? No, no, I can swear to God that I have not adopted Perus' son."

Lycomodus was resolute in his tone and did not seem to be fraudulent, making Odysseus and Carcas silent for a while.

He continued: "But the child you are talking about is only a girl. She grew up with my princesses and hasn't seen her for so long. I don't recognize her."

Odysseus and Carcas were overjoyed, expressing their intention to see the girl.

For the request of the two, Lycomedes was a little unhappy, but finally agreed, and he said, "Go and call out all the girls in my palace."

Lycomedes called all the princesses to the banquet room, where Odysseus and Carcas distinguished themselves.

After a while, a group of princesses came over, all of them were about 15 or 16 years old. Odysseus and Carcas left the seat immediately, carefully looked at the many princesses, and looked up and down, trying to get out of these princesses Find some clues.

But no matter how keen the eyes of the two heroes are, they still don't recognize which of them is Achilles in women's clothing.

Odysseus secretly approached Carcass and said, "Is King Lycomedes tricking, or Achilles not at all?"

Odysseus is very good at using conspiracies and tricks, and it is easy to use others as his own. If something is not satisfactory, he feels that others are also using conspiracy tricks to fool themselves.

Carcas looked at Odysseus and replied: "Dear Odysseus, King Luccomides did not have any tricks. He did think that Achilles was a girl, and Achilles must be among them, only nine. I lived and played with the princesses at the age, and it was difficult to tell. "

"And, even if Lycomodus conceals it, it is human nature. This is entrusted to him by Thetis, who must take good care of him."

Thetis itself is not strong, just a secondary goddess, but she is the daughter of the **** Nereus and the sea goddess Doris, and has also done merit to Zeus, King Lukomod It was taken for granted that she took care of her.

"So it is, but it is not easy to find Achilles," Odysseus said.

"It's not easy, but this time we are here, we have to complete the task."

Odysseus nodded and understood the special nature of the mission. This was a task given by the gods. He could not refuse, and must find ways to complete the mission.

After a while, the banquet gradually dispersed, but Odysseus and Carcas were still thinking of ways to find Achilles.

Watching the princesses standing in the hall, the deceitful Odysseus made a gimmick and said to Carcas: "I have a plan to find Achilles, but I have to get Lukomod. King's consent. "

Carcas was a little curious and asked, "What's the plan?"

So Odysseus whispered his strategy to him and Pan, but the communication with Lycomedes had to be done by Carcass.

After Carcass listened to the strategy, he took another look at Odysseus and thought that although he was cunning and changeable, his wisdom was superb and he could often think of ordinary people's strategies.

He approached Lycomedes and said, "Dear King Lycomedes, we will use the battle horn to find Achilles in the hope that it will not affect your kingdom."

Luccomedes was unhappy, but he was not good at rejecting Carcass' request.

"Karkas, the great Greek prophet, you just have to do it. I will tell you that it will not affect you."

"Thank you very much, King Lycomedes." Carcas left, leaving, and told Odysseus the good news.

Odysseus was pleased to hear that Lycomodus agreed to this approach.

He calmly took a spear and a shield and placed it in the temple, and ordered his followers to blow the horn of battle outside, and with the sound of footsteps, it seemed that the enemy rushed into the palace.

With the sound of the fighting horns, the princesses in the temple were horrified. The kingdom of the Greek city-state had only a few thousand people in a small country. The so-called royal palace is a relatively magnificent building. It is not impossible to encounter an attack. A young girl is still there.

In order to protect the beloved princesses and to show their bravery in front of them, the girl resolutely took up the spear and shield on the ground.

Odysseus and Carcas did not go far and secretly looked in the corner. When they saw the battle horn blowing, UU read the book www.uukanshu. Princess Com ran away, but one person picked up the spear and shield on the ground, and determined that this person was the Achilles they needed to find.

The two ran out in a hurry, and Carcas said, "Achilles, we have found you."

"Your father, the great hero Peleus once vowed in the marriage of Helen, blessed by the gods, to protect the legal marriage from destruction. Now Prince Paris destroys the sacred marriage, and all the swearing princes are convicted. "

"Your father can't go when you are old, you have to go on your behalf."

Achilles, standing still, was speechless. He was too young to know these too complicated conspiracies. Just now he really thought that the enemy had attacked the palace.

When her mother left, she repeatedly warned that she should not reveal her identity, and it was all over now.

"Are you coming to me to help you defeat your enemies?" Achilles asked directly.

Odysseus turned his eyes and had an idea in his heart, saying, "No, Achilles, it is impossible for you alone to defeat them. We just took you to Troy in accordance with the oath."

Although Achilles was not very old, he couldn't stand the contempt of Odysseus, saying, "You can rest assured that once you find me, I will go to Troy with you, and I can defeat Troy and kill Par Prince Reese. "

The corner of Odysseus's mouth slightly raised, revealing a conspiracy smile.

"I hope to go to Troy with my coach, Phoenix, and my friend, Patroclus."

"We have fifty warships."

"No problem," Carcas said, looking at Odysseus and rejoicing.

You know, there are only eight warships in Odysseus' entire kingdom of Itaco, and the industry left by the hero Perius is not small!