Volume 20, Chapter 217 The Secret Force Appears

Of course I don’t have a mechanical familiar, and with the technology in the game now, it’s obviously impossible to create a real mechanical device like this, so of course the thing that binds Athena is not a mechanical product, and it’s not mine. Mechanical familiar*

Of course I have real mechanical pets, such as Brigitte and Everett. They are standard constructed creatures, and they do have the ability to mechanically transform. However, Brigitte's ability is to transform into various attacks and attacks. Defensive weapons, and Everett's ability is to transform into external armor. Strange devices like this are beyond their ability to transform.

In fact, the thing that trapped Athena is indeed the ability of my familiar, but this familiar is neither Everett nor Brigitte, but Corolla, the Valkyrie I recovered in the United States.

Carolla herself is a Valkyrie, good at using various cold weapons. It can be said that there are no swords, guns, swords and halberds that she can't handle well, and long-range weapons such as bows, arrows, and flying ropes are not a problem for her. However, the ability to trap Athena today did not come from Corolla's fighting ability, but from her equipment.

Although Carolla herself is very powerful in combat, the armor she wears is even stronger. The armor on her body is actually a set of magic array combinations with many functions. Not only can this armor be completely separated from Corolla's body and independently combined into various magic arrays, but more importantly, it can be used on her body by changing certain These parts are connected to form a new magic array combination, thereby producing different strengthening effects.

This variable magic array system is a very high-end technology with a quite complex structure. Moreover, after appraisal by the technical staff of our guild, this thing is almost impossible to copy and improve, because the entire system is a complete whole, and any modification or error may cause the entire system to lose its function.

The thing that just trapped Athena was actually an independent system composed of some parts split off from Corolla's armor. Under my coordination, the pioneers dug a hole on the ground in front of Athena that was large enough to accommodate Corolla. Then Corolla controlled his armor to hide it under the ground, and finally waited for Athena to step on it. After activating that part of the armor, it finally formed something like this, which completely lifted Athena up.

"Put me down, you bastard!" Although she knew that I was unlikely to let her down, Athena couldn't help but kept shouting.

After hearing her cry, I not only had no intention of letting her down, but I even planned to continue to hit her, but. Just when I was about to continue implementing my attack plan, I suddenly heard Scorpio calling me next to me.

After hearing the shouting, I turned my head to look, and saw Scorpio pointing to the other side. When I turned my head, I saw Aries, who was maintaining the sealed area, and the remaining star gods running towards me quickly.

Seeing Aries and the others, I can no longer continue teasing Athena here. She couldn't escape here anyway, so I simply walked towards Aries and the others first. Before I could speak, the Aries over there shouted first. "President Ziri, this is bad!"

"What's wrong?" I didn't expect Aries to say this when he came up, which stunned me.

Aries ran two steps and rushed to my side and shouted: "I feel that many targets have entered my blocked area. And there are some very powerful beings among them. It is initially judged that someone from Zeus has arrived."

Now the war between the Olympus Protoss and our Frost Rose Alliance is about to break out. Both sides know that the war is actually not far away, so both of us are extremely nervous. At this moment. Zeus will, of course, step up vigilance in the area. The Twelve Star Gods and Athena have been fighting here for so long, although no one in the battle ran out to report the news. But Zeus' patrol team can't always ignore this place, even if this location is originally an inaccessible area. The other party should at least come over from time to time. Judging from the current situation, Zeus' patrol must have discovered this place and reported it to the superiors. The only thing we don't know now is who is coming. If only some of the more powerful Olympus Protoss come, then even if we can't defeat them, at least we can evacuate safely. But if Zeus comes in person, the problem will be a bit big. Even if Zeus can't catch me, at least it's unlikely that all the twelve star gods will escape.

"What should we do now?" Scorpio standing aside asked me.

I hesitated for a moment and then said: "There are only two choices we can make now. One is to run, and the other is to stay and see if we can defeat the opponent."

Aries decisively vetoed: "It's impossible. Judging from the strength of the people who entered, the person who came is at least several times more powerful than Athena. We are definitely no match."

Hearing what Aries said, I stopped hesitating and said directly: "Then there's no need to hesitate, just run away. You can't beat him anyway, why don't you run away now and stay here to die?"

"That's right." Aries and the others nodded, and then planned to run away. But just as I was about to leave, I suddenly remembered that although Athena and Apollo were in a worrying situation, they had not been killed or subdued yet, so even if we wanted to run away, we had to solve these two problems first.

I didn't expect the other party to arrive so quickly. I just thought of dealing with Athena and Apollo. But before I could do anything, I suddenly heard an angry shout from the other side: "What are you doing?" The angry shout was obviously a female voice, and it didn't sound very young, but it was quite pleasant.

As the voice sounded, I immediately turned my eyes. As a result, I felt a little guilty when I saw the person, because although the person who came was not Zeus, it was a being not much weaker than Zeus.

"Hera?" Seeing the person coming, Scorpio next to him couldn't help but frown and muttered.

Queen Hera is the wife of Zeus. Although she is not as powerful as Zeus, she is definitely not something that ordinary people can handle. Anyway, this woman is very difficult to deal with, and her strength is second only to Zeus. Let's talk about me fighting Zeus. It can last for two or three hours at most, and if you fight her, it can last for six hours, but even if it lasts for six hours. I will still be killed by Hera in the end. After all, there is still a gap in strength. No matter how long I hold on, I will still be defeated. Of course, the above situation only happens when I have to fight with them for various reasons. If I just want to run away, no one in the Olympus Protoss has the ability to keep me.

"You actually captured my daughter, do you want to die?" Hera's words made us all stunned.

Although I don’t know much about the history of the Olympus Protoss, Athena is still quite famous. According to the myth. Athena actually came out of Zeus's head, which means Athena was supposed to have no mother. Of course, according to the complete version of the legend, Zeus had a dream that his woman gave birth to a girl. This girl finally killed Zeus and made him stronger. Zeus was afraid that this thing would come true, so he swallowed Athena's mother in one mouthful. However, Athena still opened his head and removed it. Crawled out of the head.

According to the complete version of the legend, Athena should have had a mother, but her mother was eaten by Zeus. but. If you follow the simplified version of the legend, it means that Athena has no mother, but no matter which version you follow, it is certain that Athena is not the daughter of Hera. but. If you put it this way, what did Hera mean by what she just said? Did the daughter she mentioned mean her adopted daughter?

Hera is the wife of Zeus. And Athena is the daughter of Zeus, so to speak. Even if Hera is not Athena's biological mother, it is not wrong to say that Hera is Athena's mother. However, it seems that according to the actual situation of the Olympus Protoss, their race has no feelings of mercy at all. The entire history of the Olympus Protoss is basically something that challenges the limits of human morality and ethics. The entire system of the Protoss is very complicated and abnormal. Hera, a stepmother-like mother, can treat Athena as her own. This is Definitely something abnormal.

No matter what we think, that's what Hera said now. We can't just stand there stupidly all the time. We can only make some responses first.

"Hello, Goddess of Heaven, it's so rare to meet in a place like this!" I deliberately spoke to attract Hera's attention, and at the same time I put my hands behind my back and gestured to Scorpio and Aries to get them ready to run, but, I The action ignored one person.

"Don't listen to him, he is preparing to escape." Athena, who had been fixed, suddenly shouted at this time, and Hera over there also immediately understood my plan.

Because I didn't expect that the other side would have reinforcements, I didn't even think about the need to seal Athena's mouth. Due to the location, Athena was actually behind us. In this way, I just gestured to the Twelve Star Gods. , she could obviously see it, but with this reminder from her, all my plans came to nothing. However, now that it’s this time, there’s nothing I can do. Anyway, I've already been exposed, so I might as well just make it clear and start running.

While Hera had just seen through my intention and had not really made a decision, I inserted Eternity into the ground. Yeyue and the King, who were originally fighting Apollo, were all sucked by me immediately. Come back, and then my other magic pets flashed and all rushed towards my body, and finally they all merged into my body. The combined mode is officially launched.

Seeing that I had launched my attack form, Hera over there stopped talking nonsense with me and pointed the short staff in my hand towards me, and a thick arc flew directly towards me. However, the arc had only flown halfway when a golden ring flew out from beside me and the combination was completed with a sound in front of me. Then after the arc hit the golden ring, I felt a heat all over my body and my life was... The value and magic power jumped up a lot.

The skill just now was Brigitte's lightning absorption. As long as the opponent uses lightning skills to attack that ring, it is equivalent to using healing and magic transmission on me. It not only replenishes blood but also replenishes magic at the same time. It is definitely as cool as it gets. .

Although Hera can't see the changes in my attributes, she can at least tell if I'm injured, and I don't look like anything is wrong with me now. Hera, who understood that lightning was useless, planned to try other skills, but what she didn't expect was that my movements were faster. I rushed to Athena first and applied it on the huge retainer. .

Because Valkyrie has just merged with me, this retainer is now part of me. As soon as I came into contact with the huge retainer, the retainer immediately automatically adsorbed to my body, and Athena also fell down.

Before she could stabilize her body, I turned around and walked around behind her. Then one hand looped around Athena's neck from behind and held her tightly in front of her. The other hand grasped Eternity and pushed it against her waist from the side. The tip of the ever-changing sharp blade pointed directly at Athena's heart. , as long as she makes any abnormal movement, I can instantly pierce eternity from the gap in her ribs, and then penetrate her heart diagonally upwards.

To be honest, Athena didn't expect me to use her as a hostage. After all, she thought I would just run away when Hera came, but she didn't expect that I didn't run away directly. Instead, he took her hostage.

Hera on the opposite side seemed to be really worried about Athena, and she originally planned to catch up, but when she saw that I had control over Athena, she immediately stopped and shouted at me: "Don't mess around. "

"It's easy to get me to stop messing around. Just don't stop us and let us get out of here safely."

"Okay." Hera agreed to my request without thinking, and shouted to me: "As long as you don't hurt her."

When I heard this, I turned back to the Twelve Star God and said, "You go ahead and wait for me at the Neptune Palace. I will catch up with you later."

"But you..." Taurus seemed worried that I wouldn't be able to run away. Everyone wanted to say something, but after only saying three words, he was stopped by the Aries next to him. Then Aries and Taurus said something, and the latter gave up and continued to persuade.

Scorpio came out at this time and said to me: "President Ziri, please be careful. We are leaving first." After saying all this, Scorpio retreated with the other Star Gods.

Because of the appearance of Hera, the saints on both sides have now stopped fighting. Seeing the twelve star gods evacuate, the saints belonging to the Star Temple began to evacuate with them. The saints belonging to Zeus on the opposite side did not stop them because of Hera, and just let them leave.

Because I have entered the combined mode, I have taken back all the magic pets that were blocking Apollo, so Apollo has regained his freedom at this time. Seeing the Twelve Star Gods running away, he quickly ran to Hera and shouted: "Queen of Heaven, how can you let them go?"

Hera glanced at Apollo, and then asked: "Then you think it's okay to sacrifice Athena?"

"No, that's not what I meant. I just..."

Interrupting Apollo's words, Hera said directly: "No need to say anymore, your sister's life is very important and cannot be risked. Those traitors will meet us on the battlefield sooner or later. If you feel it is a pity, try to kill them next time. They are.”

Since Hera said so, Apollo couldn't confront her head-on. Although he was dissatisfied, he could only stand aside and wait for Hera to deal with the matter.

Waiting until ten minutes after the Twelve Star Gods left, when I estimated that Apollo and the others here would never be able to catch up, Hera over there finally spoke again and asked: "How long do you have to wait? We definitely won’t be able to catch up after such a long time, why don’t you let my daughter go?”

"No problem. Although I am your enemy and very greedy for money, there is one thing about me that makes people feel at ease, that is, my credibility is absolutely guaranteed. Since I promise that I will let you go as long as you let us go, then I won't default on the debt. Now that the Star Gods have run away, I will return her to you." As I said this, I suddenly pushed Athena forward, then turned around and ran away.

Looking at Athena who was thrown out, Hera didn't reach out to catch it at all. Instead, she turned around and chased Athena towards me. At the same time, she left a string of voices shouting: "You all go back and return to life. Hand over here." Give it to me."

Neither Apollo nor Athena showed any doubts about Hera's words, not because they believed in Hera, but because Hera was one of the few flying gods among the Olympus gods. one.

It has basically become a consensus that the Olympus Protoss cannot fly. There are basically only a few people in the entire Olympus Protoss who can fly, and most of them do not fly by their own abilities. Therefore, the Olympus Protoss can be regarded as a relatively alternative ethnic group among the Protoss. Their mobility is probably the worst among all the protoss. Although they can run fast on the ground, no matter how fast they run, they cannot compare with flying. Therefore, slow speed has become an inherent characteristic of the Olympus protoss.

However, Hera happened to be an exception. Hera can not only fly. And it is very fast, which is definitely a rare existence among the Olympus Protoss. This is also the reason why they didn't object when Hera told Apollo and the others not to follow her just now. He was fast, so chasing him was the right choice. If you take them with you, you don't have to chase them. You can't catch them anyway.

Not to mention Apollo and Athena, I turned on the afterburner and rushed out of the valley immediately after turning around to leave. Then I disintegrated in the combined state and let the clone bear the punishment, so that I would not have to enter a weak state. Later, it was changed to Leave quickly on a flying bird. However, when I had just completed the conversion and had not yet had time to take off on a flying bird. Hera has already caught up. Seeing that I was about to run away again, Hera shouted anxiously.

"President Ziri, don't run away, I have something to tell you."

I, who was already sitting on Asuka, frowned when I heard Daohera's words. Then he thought about it and asked Asuka to slow down, but he didn't really stop. With Asuka's acceleration ability, as long as we don't stop and find something wrong, we can accelerate away. I believe no one can catch up with us. Not to mention the notoriously slow Olympus Protoss. Even if Hera could fly, the speed of flying birds in the air would not be inferior to anyone's.

Seeing us slow down, Hera immediately accelerated and flew up, keeping pace with us. Then she stretched out her hands to indicate that she was not carrying a weapon and had no intention of attacking. Until my eyes were no longer so wary. Hera then asked again: "President Ziri, can we find a place to talk? I'm afraid of being heard in the sky." The game didn't show. Even in the sky, there are people who can hear the conversation here from far away, so talking while flying in the sky does not guarantee confidentiality. If what Hera wants to say is a secret that cannot be heard, then it is true. It’s not suitable to say it in heaven.

"what do you want to say?"

"Some things I know but you don't know." Hera thought about it and then added: "Don't worry, I guarantee it will be good for you. Of course, it will be good for me too."

I thought for a while and said, "Then you come with me." I said and let the bird turn around and fly towards the sea.

Hera saw me turning around and decisively chased after me, then followed me and flew all the way to the sea.

After leaving the land of Greece, we quickly discovered a small island in the sea, which was already considered a border area. Although it cannot be said that it is completely out of the sphere of influence of the Olympus Protoss, it is at least already in the border area. As long as I want to run, I can leave the sphere of influence of the Olympus Protoss in an instant. It is very troublesome for the Protoss to leave the country, so this place is very safe for me. Of course, another reason why I came here is to investigate the situation.

Essinger Mobile Fortress will soon enter the sphere of influence of the Olympus Protoss, and this place will be the first stop for Essinger Mobile Fortress to enter the sphere of influence of the Olympus Protoss. I must investigate the situation along the way for Essinger Mobile Fortress. At least I must ensure that Essinger Mobile Fortress cannot be discovered by Zeus's people before the war begins. Only in this way can the suddenness of the war be ensured, otherwise Zeus will know about Essinger's move. If the fortress enters their sphere of influence, it is basically the same as directly declaring war.

Hera didn't care much about the position I chose. Anyway, her own strength was there, and she wasn't afraid of my tricks at all. Just like I am not afraid of Zeus, because I am confident that I can run away, so I am not afraid of confronting Zeus at all. Anyway, I can still run away if I can't defeat him. Similarly, Hera also knows her own strength and believes that even if she can't defeat me, she will have no problem running away, so she is not worried. Besides, she knows more than me, so she is sure that I heard the information she sent. Then he won't have any bad thoughts towards her at all.

"Okay, let's talk here. What do you want to say?" Landing on the top of a hill at the top of the island, I found a stone and sat down. This place is said to be a mountain, but in fact it is just a pile of stones. The height is very low, basically only a dozen meters higher than the coastline. After all, the island is only so big and there is not that much place.

Hera saw me sitting down and also found a place to sit down. This can reduce the tension between the two parties, because sitting down will obviously waste more time if you want to fight, because you have to stand up before fighting. , so Hera sat down just to show again that she was not trying to deal with me.

After sitting down, Hera got straight to the point, looked at me and said, "I came here to make a deal with you."

"Don't tell me you plan to join forces with me against Zeus."

In fact, I don't really know anything about Hera's situation. When Aphrodite first came to gather information alone, she went to the Star Temple to meet. Later, when they met the sea warriors sent by Boseidon, they had actually encountered unidentified people. However, when Aphrodite guessed the origins of these people, she could not find them. However, even if the origin of these people cannot be found. But this incident at least shows that there is another force within the Olympus Protoss, and this force is not on the same side as us and Zeus. Even at that time, we were still speculating that the Twelve Star Gods might also be part of this force.

If the above speculation is true, then what happened today will be easy to understand. Hera may not have come to reinforce Athena and Apollo at all. Her original intention may have been to let go of the twelve star gods. Of course, this is just speculation without any evidence.

In fact, in addition to the information obtained by Aphrodite before, Hephaestus also said that Hera and Zeus had a bad relationship. Also, the last time I entered Mount Olympus to find forging materials for Hephaestus and was discovered, I seemed to have received some secret assistance before I escaped. The result of our analysis at that time was that this force Probably related to Queen Hera. And this conclusion also confirms the previous speculation. Therefore, I am now at least 60 to 70% sure that Hera actually wants to do it alone.

Hera didn't seem to show any surprise at my words. Instead, she said quite calmly: "Someone told me before that you are a very difficult being to deal with. He said that you are very smart, and you can do it with just a few clues." You can guess a lot of things. I didn't believe it at first. But now it seems that it is true. My actions are not hidden, and I don't specially guard against you in many things. After all, you are not my enemy, so there is no point in guarding you. "

I nodded and asked, "Tell me, who is this person?"

"He's an old acquaintance of yours. But I won't tell you who he is until my plan is completed."

I nodded in understanding. Then he changed the subject and asked: "Since you have admitted that you plan to cooperate with me to deal with Zeus, there is no need to go around in circles to get us. Let's get to the point directly. How do you plan to cooperate? What do I do? What do you do? What can I get? What? What do you get?"

My four questions have basically covered the entire content of cooperation. The so-called cooperation is a transaction. Each party gives something and gets something else. Of course, unlike buying and selling things, we cooperate to deal with Zeus, so what we pay is some labor and what we get is the benefit.

Hera is obviously not someone who likes to beat around the bush. Her temper is actually much more straightforward than Zeus's. Of course, this kind of straightforwardness means that it is more straightforward. It does not mean that Hera's character is like a man. In fact, Hera is still feminine. Of course, this cannot hide the fact that she is actually a grandmother who has been around for thousands of years.

"Since you asked that, I'll tell you straight." There was a slight pause, probably to organize the words, and then Hera said: "My plan is this. You still do your job and attack Orin. Pius Protoss, and I will sneak attack Zeus during the attack, and use the people I control to help you deal with Zeus's men. Moreover, because my people are hidden among Zeus's men, although I don't have many people , but can give Zeus a fatal blow at the critical moment."

Of course I believe what Hera said. The destructive power of traitors and spies hidden in one's own team is definitely more terrifying than that of the enemy on the frontal battlefield. Because the enemy on the frontal battlefield is someone you can see and touch and can fight back, but the spies and traitors are among your own people, so you have almost no way to guard against them, and you don't know when they will be attacked out of nowhere. So what Hera said is not an exaggeration at all. Don't say too much, as long as she has five or six men with a slightly higher level of strength, a counterattack at a critical moment will definitely have a greater effect than ours.

I nodded and said, "I agree with your statement, but what should we do for you?"

"What you have to do is to ensure that after discovering my people, you will distinguish them from Zeus's people. In addition, you must also ensure that after the battle is over, you will take what you want, and the remaining Olympus Protoss will Be mine."

I thought about it and nodded in agreement with Hera's request. After all, the Olympus Protoss is not an indigenous protoss in African countries. Compared to those protoss who do not even have a complete system, the Olympus Protoss can be regarded as a behemoth. Although it is not comparable to the monster-level protoss forces in Heaven, it is definitely considered a first-rate protoss. Even if we can overthrow such a large protoss force, it is impossible to completely evacuate it. Poaching some people and grabbing some resources is the limit of what we can do. We cannot destroy the existence of the Olympus Protoss, nor can we kill all the members of the Olympus Protoss, nor can we pack away the Greek players and the NPCs here, so we cannot destroy Olympus. Gods. As long as there are players and NPCs, they can use the power of faith to support a protoss again. Unless we can kill them all in one go like we did with the Russian protoss, it will be impossible to completely eliminate the Olympus protoss. It's like weeding. In a land with sufficient nutrients, light and water, it is very difficult to completely eliminate the grass. Even if you only have a few grasses or grass seeds left, it will soon grow into a prairie again. Therefore, we cannot take away the entire Olympus Protoss, so it is acceptable to leave the remaining parts to others.

Players cannot directly take over the local protoss. We have tested this in the previous operation against the European Temple of Light. The original European Temple of Light was split into two by our guild's plan and became the current two European Temples of Light. Temple, but in the end we still failed to completely transform it into our own god clan. Although we can control them to a certain extent, if it is not ours, it is not ours. This is a system limitation that cannot be overcome.

The Olympus Protoss cannot be ours anyway, and we can't destroy it. If we hand it over to Hera, we can at least get her support in the war, so it's not a loss. The most important thing is that with Hera's support, it will be easier for us to deal with the Olympus Protoss. After all, if we attack the Olympus Protoss in a large scale, we will definitely encounter resistance. No matter how rebellious Zeus is, they are all Olympus gods after all. When we invade as outsiders, the ordinary gods among the Olympus gods will definitely oppose us first. But it would be different if Hera stepped forward. She already has a high status among the Olympus Protoss. As long as we can kill Zeus, it will be very easy for the remaining Olympus Protoss to join the Herad team, and their ideological change will be faster. In this way, we can easily end the battle without having to compete with the entire Olympus Protoss. That kind of war of attrition is not what we want to see.

No matter how big the cake is, it means it doesn’t exist. Giving away half of the cake and getting the other half to your plate safely and simply is the wisest choice.

"I agree with your idea in principle, but should we consider the specific allocation?"

Bargaining has become my habit, but Hera's reaction stunned me for a moment. I thought she was straightforward in doing things before, but I didn't expect it to be so straightforward. I just said that I wanted to discuss the issue of profit distribution, and Hera said it directly. "We are just two wolves. No matter how much meat we have, we can't satisfy both parties. Instead of wasting time arguing, I think it's better for everyone to rely on their own abilities. Whoever grabs it belongs to whom."

I was obviously stunned by Hera's words, but fortunately I'm not stupid, and I quickly realized that this seemingly fair statement was actually very detrimental to us. It's as if two people planned to rob a store, and then agreed that whoever robbed would own the stolen goods and not distribute the stolen goods afterwards, but one of the two people had never been to the store, and the other was an employee here. Once this is started, the employee will definitely follow the valuables directly, and the employee may even know where the hidden safe is, while the other person can only find it slowly. How can such a situation be called fair? "Hey, hey, you don't bring such a trick, do you? Do you know where the Olympus Protoss has some good things? If you control some guards in advance, what the hell are we going to do? As soon as the war starts here, everything will be destroyed You've taken all of it, and I'm afraid we won't even be able to get a hair except for those things you don't like, right?"

"You are not stupid." Hera smiled and asked me: "Then how do we divide it?"

"We..." rx! .