And when the Spartans began to migrate.
The gods' predictions were not wrong.
The surrender of Corinth was a start.
Now, another large city-state, Argolis, has also chosen to submit to Hilder. Hilder did not go to Argolis in person, but sent the Second Legion, led by Rhodes himself, to the city-state. Argolis, including its 10,000 soldiers, like Corinth, completely chose to submit to the Greek Empire.
Now, the two big city-states have both come under Hilde's side.
This is great news.
The submission of Argolis and Corinth seemed to have caused a reaction.
The small city-states that were originally on the sidelines have now begun to take action.
In addition to Argolis, some city-states such as Arcadia also began to surrender. Many city-states sent envoys to express their loyalty to Hilde and offered their city-states to her. This made Hilde almost bloodless and gradually eroded the city-states in Argolis, Achaea, Arcadia and other regions. After a few days, basically all the city-states in these regions had expressed their surrender. Only Elis, Messenia, Laconia and other regions had not responded, and these places were very firmly controlled by Sparta. So, it still takes time.
Chapter 8, Section 2 Sparta begins to flee
And Hilde doesn't know yet.
The Spartans were beginning their escape plan.
After all, abandoning one's hometown and going to the distant Greater Greece region was a crazy thing that no one could have expected. Therefore, Hilde was not in a hurry to launch an attack on Sparta, and did not even send an envoy to the Spartans. She knew that the Spartans must be aware of the current situation. She just wanted them to feel the despair of watching their allies defect one after another and stand on her side. In the end, Sparta was the only one left on the huge Peloponnese Peninsula.
Hilde certainly thought so.
As for the Spartans.
They now believe that the suffering at this time is for revenge in the future.
Men carried luggage and parcels, women carried children, and donkey carts carried their only possessions, with shields, spears, and bows and arrows on them. Since they could not carry much luggage, the Spartans abandoned many things and could only carry gold and silver treasures that were easy to move, as well as their most important shields, armor, and weapons. It would take at least one to two days to walk from Sparta to the southern port, at a speed of five kilometers per hour, and more than ten hours a day without stopping.
The Spartan men were able to persevere.
The women were also strong and managed to hold on.
Carrying the last glimmer of hope, they headed in the direction indicated by the gods.
This is destined to be recorded in the history books. 60,000 Spartans left their homeland in a mighty force, crossed the entire Laconia, came to the southernmost tip of the Peloponnese, boarded a ship here, and headed for the unknown Greater Greece. The Spartans were not very clear about what life was like there.
The line was very long, stretching for more than ten kilometers, and there was no end in sight.
Spartan soldiers lined the roads to protect them from wild beasts and rampaging helots.
Lysander was riding on his horse, looking at the scene before him, feeling an indescribable sadness in his heart.
"Lord Lysander."
Callisto came to Lysander.
She looked at the long line of fleeing refugees at the foot of the mountain, and her heart was filled with pain.
"When can we come back?"
"I do not know."
Lysander sighed.
"It will take several years at least."
"Years……"
"By that time, it's hard to say whether Sparta will be like it is now." Lysander turned his head and focused his sight on the city of Sparta not far away. "Now, just look at it to your heart's content. It will be much more difficult to see Sparta in the future."
"Um……"
Callisto also looked towards the city where she was born and raised.
Sparta
This was a city-state without city walls and with backward urban construction. If there were people from Corinth or Athens, they would definitely laugh at Sparta's backwardness, which was even worse than the countryside of Athens. However, Sparta's position in the whole of Greece was very important. No one would laugh at it for having no city walls. After all, the Spartan warriors were Sparta's strongest walls. Up to now, no enemy could threaten the city of Sparta, not even the Persians, who had never laid siege to the city.
Hilde is still the first one.
Not only did the Spartans suffer heavy losses, but they were also forced to abandon their homes.
Will we be able to see the city of Sparta again in the future?
Callisto was a little confused.
"Remember that, Callisto."
"Ok?"
"We have almost given up everything now. We are just making a desperate struggle, which is just our last act of courage. In the end, no one can say where our decision will lead us. But before the result comes out, you and I must be full of confidence. We will come back, and we will come back here as a glorious Spartan."
"I see!"
Callisto also clenched her fists.
"I will... defeat Hilde!"
"Well, let's go and keep up with the team."
Lysander took a reluctant look at the city of Sparta.
Finally, he turned around and rode his horse forward beside the team.
"Back then, when the Trojans left their homeland and moved to other places, it was also a scene like this." Ares stood on a nearby mountain, looking at the scene in front of him. "When I saw the defeated Trojans being forced to leave their homeland, I also felt a little regretful and painful. I never thought that such a scene would be staged again."
During the Trojan War, Ares supported Troy. But in the end, when fighting against the Greek coalition, he was deceived by Athena's scheme, and finally Ares was injured. This incident also became a reason for Ares to hate Athena. Of course, now that Athena is gone, Ares has let it go.
"The Trojan War..."
Hercules sighed.
"I don't know how long it's been."
"It's been hundreds of years."
"Yeah, I miss Sarpedon."
The Trojan War took place at least seven hundred years ago. At that time, the gods could travel between the mortal world. Although they were also affected by the barrier, the gods were very active. This was the case with the Trojan War. Sarpedon, whom Hercules missed, was also the son of Zeus and his half-brother. He was brave and invincible on the battlefield, the leader of the Lycians, and helped the Trojans to join the war. In the end, he also died on the battlefield of Troy.
In order to save him, Zeus wanted to come down to earth to do it himself, but Hera told him that if Zeus came down to earth, all the gods would come down to earth to participate in the Trojan War, which would eventually lead to chaos among the gods. On the battlefield at that time, the gods were already killing each other. Athena and Ares were an example. The two insisted on their own justice and did not get along with each other. As a result, on the battlefield, no one gave in and they were determined to fight to the death.
If Zeus shows up, it won't just be children's fighting.
Of course, Athena won in the end.
As a result, Ares was suppressed by Athena until Athena's death.
Ares couldn't help but sigh when he thought of this.
He still misses that time quite a bit.
Although Athena made him hate her, it now seemed that she was the most conscientious and "humane" god in the entire divine realm. She was also a very outstanding god with outstanding abilities. It was a pity that such a god had now disappeared.
"Hercules."
"what happened?"
"What should we do if none of us can defeat Hilde?"
The eighth tune, the third section, the mighty transfer
"I haven't thought about that."
Hercules' answer was simple.
"If we have to fight Hilde and have to decide the winner, then even if there is no way to defeat him, even if the final outcome is certain death, I will choose to fight to the end."
"Well, we are similar then."
Ares shook his head helplessly.
"But now, I have other ideas."
"what idea?"
"If I really meet Hilde, I still want to avoid fighting. On the one hand, he is really scary, and I want to know what the truth behind him is. Don't you want to know? The truth hidden by Lord Zeus, the things hidden by other gods, the things we don't know, it concerns every one of us Olympians, and also the ultimate purpose of our doing this series of things. If we die in vain without knowing these things, wouldn't it be a pity?"
“Is the truth important?”
"Isn't it important?"
Hercules was stunned for a moment.
"Of course it's important."
"Hercules, when Lord Zeus summoned us, I had already discovered that you had always had objections to this series of policies. You also disagreed with the decisions Lord Zeus had made during this period of time. In fact, I feel the same way. I don't understand what Lord Zeus's real purpose is..."
"The Original Book of Genesis, I know you are worried about this thing."
Hercules' words surprised Ares a little.
He didn't expect that Hercules was also paying attention to this thing.
"Do you have any idea?"
"Maybe what I said will make you angry, but I still have to say it. I have always trusted Athena, and I believe that she is definitely not the kind of god who would betray the gods as Lord Zeus said. She snatched the original library of creation from Lord Zeus at all costs and fled this world with the original library of creation. This shows that Athena must have been forced to do so, I think so. Then Athena must have made great sacrifices and even stood on the opposite side of the entire gods. This shows that this original library of creation has involved something that Athena cannot tolerate."
"..."
Ares couldn't help but burst out laughing.
"what happened?"
"No, no... I just think that we have the same idea."
"In fact, many gods hold this idea."
Hercules also laughed helplessly.
"It's just that everyone thinks you don't think that way."
"Why?"
"Because you have a grudge against Athena."
"That's true. Athena and I have a deep personal grudge, but it's not enough to make me lose my most basic rationality. I still know the weirdness of these things. But I also witnessed some things with my own eyes, which made me realize that the things in the Genesis Library are really weird. Lord Zeus wants this thing so much, it really makes me worry. What is his purpose?"
"We have no evidence for this matter, so we can't be sure. We'll have to wait until later to get to the bottom of it."
"correct."
This is also Ares' current policy.
They can do almost nothing now. They can only transfer the Spartans to Magna Graecia as Zeus requested. The Greek heroes sealed in the soul box will then help Zeus build an army and finally defeat Hilde. However, whether Zeus' plan can succeed depends on the subsequent results.
Although there are these Greek heroes to help, in Ares's opinion, Hilde and the people around her are not much worse than the heroes of the past. On the contrary, many Greek heroes have some defects in their personalities, either arrogant or unruly. At that time, whether these heroes who have been locked in the soul box for thousands of years can live up to everyone's wishes remains to be seen.
It's really getting more and more chaotic.
Ares was speechless about the current situation.
"Do you know the whereabouts of Artemis?"
"what happened?"
Hercules suddenly asked this, and Ares was a little caught off guard.
"It's just that I haven't seen her for a long time, and Lord Zeus didn't mention anything about her, as if he had completely forgotten about her."
"She should be doing what she wants to do now."
"That's good."
Hercules was actually worried about Artemis's situation. He knew that Artemis was the most similar to Athena among all the gods. Also, because of her own justice and ideas, she had unknowingly become the opposite of the gods. Fortunately, Artemis did not go too far, and Zeus was too busy to take care of Artemis.
Hercules felt relieved if Artemis was safe.
After listening to what Hercules said.
A different feeling also arose in Ares' heart.
Hercules has always been a man of few words. He rarely cares about or pays attention to the affairs of the Olympian gods, which is also related to his background. But this time, Hercules showed an unusual level of concern for these events and the Genesis Library. Ares felt that Hercules should also know or be aware of something, so he has some ideas and plans of his own.
What will it become in the future?
Ares couldn't help but feel a little worried.
The current situation is becoming increasingly chaotic.
