Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1784 Chapter 1756. Reunion
Cassandra finished dealing with things in the throne room and hurried out.

"Myrrine," the falconer asked his friends, "my mother and my brother, has anyone seen where they ran to?"

Two Spartan guards fell outside the throne room, and the scene was a bit chaotic.

But looking at the way the two guards huddled up and cried out in pain after falling to the ground, it can be seen that they were knocked down by fists rather than being killed directly by weapons.

Lan En reminded at the right time: "The only place in Sparta that your brother remembers most vividly is... right?"

Cassandra's eyes flashed with realization, and she immediately ran.

After leaving the ruling hall, Herodotos looked at Cassandra's receding figure and sighed: "It seems that this family tragedy will come to an end on the fateful Mount Taygetus."

The historian seemed fascinated by this typical family tragedy and fate of ancient Greece, and he looked at the top of the mountain near Sparta.

"Aren't you going, Lan?" Barnabas urged, "You and Cassandra are in love, and you are also a member of their family!"

It has to be said that the family concept of the local residents in ancient Greece and later Italy is actually quite similar to that of China. Once you enter a family, you are a family, the family's affairs are your affairs, and your affairs will also be the family's affairs.

Home and family members come first. A man who cannot take care of his home and family members is not worthy of being called a good man.

"I'm leaving now, Barnabas." Lan waved to his old friend.

"It must be perfect!"

The one-eyed old captain kept chattering, which was a bit annoying, but also made people feel enthusiastic and warm.

As the demon hunter left, he patted his chest and joked to him lightheartedly: "With me here, there will be no accidents!"

To be honest, Lan En has arranged everything that can be arranged. It all depends on what will happen to Demos in the end.
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Mount Taygetus is not actually very high, but it is high enough for the Spartans to carry out trials and executions.

There is an ancient temple on the top of the mountain, but it has long since collapsed due to the passage of time. The heavy Greek-style roof has been smashed into rubble, and only the bases of the thick marble columns are still neatly arranged, while the main body has long been broken into several pieces.

Either they were picked up and rolled down the mountain for people's own use, or they were left here exposed to the wind and rain, and moss and weeds grew on the marble columns.

It was in the ruins of this temple that the Spartan elders, who were controlled by the Cult of Order, pronounced the oracle: Alexios' life would be harmful to Sparta.

So Cassandra and her family were all here at that time, accepting the judgment brought by the oracle.

Now, standing here again with a strong body and noble bloodline, Demos felt like laughing.

The cliffs of Mount Taygetus no longer posed a threat to him.

Even if he and Cassandra jumped straight down from here, they wouldn't hurt an inch of flesh and blood, and not a drop of blood would be shed.

But this cliff, which seems like a joke to him now, was able to crush his family and the ties between his family members at that time... Doesn't this just show that the so-called family is fundamentally fragile?
"Alexios!"

Myrrine's crying voice sounded behind Deimos who was looking at the city of Sparta from afar.

However, Deimos's [Athena's Vision] could see that Cassandra was right beside Myrrine, holding her mother, not daring to let her get close to her current brother.

Although Myrrine ran out to find her son first, she was not as fast as Cassandra after all.

The siblings' Isu genes came from their mother, but they have each been interacting with a high-level Isu artifact for decades, and the power of their genes has been strengthened along with the strengthening of the Isu artifact.

It has long surpassed the mother who is the source of its genes.

If it weren't for Lan En, the two siblings would have been the strongest individuals in the history of human beings in this world.

People who come after them do not have the same Isu gene concentration as them, and people who come before them do not have the resources that they can use to strengthen Isu artifacts and strengthen their genes along with them.

"At the end of the world, I heard a mother calling her son," Demos' voice was inarticulate at first, but then... it was clearly sarcastic. "It's so touching."

Myrrine also knew her son's attitude: "Alexios, don't, don't do this."

Unable to suppress her tears, Myrrine burst into tears of misery.

Demos finally turned around, letting the two see his cold expression: "What does this name you keep calling mean to me?"

"That's the name your father and I gave you!"

"Oh, really?" Deimos said with a look of sarcasm on his face. "Before I was thrown from here? Or after?"

"That was all caused by the cult! I tried everything to save you! I took you on a journey alone to seek medical treatment! Until those priests said in person that you had died!"

"But they told me that you were the one who abandoned your son, me!"

This is a conflict between the two parties' statements.

Myrrine calmed herself down with the fortitude of a Spartan, and realized that if Alexios did not believe her, then her expression of maternal love for him would be completely useless.

A deceived mother can still be forgiven, but a vicious and heartless mother cannot.

Without proving this, she would not be able to get her son back from the Cult.

"I promised you that I would bring my brother back, mother." Cassandra stepped forward, hugged Myrrine's shoulders, and sighed, "He is here now, but his heart has been deeply poisoned by the Cult."

"You promised to bring me back, haha!?" This sentence seemed to stimulate Demos, "Do you think I am here because you brought me back? Are you serious! Why don't you dare to tell the truth to this mother?"

Cassandra looked him straight in the eye. "So what is the truth?"

"The truth is: I am the Chosen One! Born with a noble mission! To bring order to this world! And you are just a mercenary with a broken spear!" If he were to say something else, Cassandra might have to think about it, but since it has come to this...

"You said you were the Chosen One?" The brother and sister spoke quickly and pointedly, "But a dignified Chosen One was suppressed and couldn't raise his head in Olympia? That person was 'just' a mercenary like me? I heard from Lan En that you didn't even make it..."

"Malacca! Don't mention that name to me!!!"

Like a cat with its fur standing up, Deimos, who was full of resentment, self-importance, and even a little self-hypnotic just now, now started shouting without even giving Cassandra a chance to finish her words.

He was captured alive in Lan's hands within half a minute. If Lan hadn't held back, one of his arms would have been cut off on the spot.

In order to train Deimos, to cultivate this "good knife", the Cult of Order instilled only two things in him since childhood.

On the one hand, in order for him to be loyal to the Cult, he must first hate his original family and then accept the Cult of Order's concept of "order and power".

On the other hand, in order to cultivate his sharpness, ambition and courage as a warrior, he was called "Demi-God" and "Chosen One" by the members of the cult.

When Cassandra first appeared, she was not as strong as him, and now she is at most as strong as him, which makes him more convinced of what the Cult of Order said about him.

He is the unique chosen one.

But Lan?

The appearance of this man exposed a huge flaw in what the Cult of Kosmos had said about Deimos: What are you bragging about? You are not that strong!

Since it is not that strong, it is not that important, so all the hype suddenly becomes false.

When you instill a statement in people, it must at least be systematic and self-consistent to be credible.

Any flaw would be fatal, let alone a living person as big as Lan En standing in front of them as evidence.

In front of Lan, Demos was actually in a strange feeling that his worldview was collapsing before his eyes.

This led to a rather strange situation during their contact - Demos was quieter in front of Lan than in front of his sister.

Deimos is not a second-rate warrior who is afraid of death. He and Cassandra both have the qualities and spirit of first-rate warriors. The reason why he is relatively quiet in front of Lan is not because he is afraid, but because the impact of the collapse of his worldview is too great.

"I'm not mentioning him to humiliate you, Ali!" Cassandra said sternly, "I'm saying: Chosen One, Demigod... These titles and names don't matter! What I want, and what I've always wanted, is just to reunite as a family!"

"Family? Reunion?" Demos smiled, but then seemed to be lost in some memories and thoughts. After a long time, he spoke again, his voice dry.

"When I was a kid, I found a lion cub trapped in a trap. A friend of mine was about to untie the trap and release it, but at that moment, a deadly roar of a lioness came from the forest... I covered my mouth and dared not make a sound, while my friend was torn to pieces in front of me."

As he spoke, even Demos, who had always appeared tough, began to choke up in his throat.

"Being protected by one's family at the risk of their lives" - from Demos's perspective, this was an experience that even wild animals had, but he had never experienced. It was also the source of his lifelong sorrow.

Slowly suppressing his sobs, his voice dropped dangerously low: "And now, what family are you talking about to me? Reunion?"

"Let me be frank: your family is dead, and my mission is crystal clear, and I will not let you stand in my way!"

Deimos said, pulling out the dagger he had just snatched from the guard.

His movements were hostile, but his expression looked as if he had completely given up hope and was specifically seeking death at Cassandra's hands.

As Deimos drew his sword, the sound of Cassandra's broken spear coming out of its sheath was almost simultaneous.

This voice even brought a hint of relief to Demos' eyes.

But then he found that the ordinary dagger he had pulled out was already on Cassandra's neck, but the broken spear, which was an Isu artifact, had not yet pierced his chest.

He looked down in astonishment and disbelief, only to see that Cassandra was not holding the Spear of Leonidas as a weapon.

She held the broken spear flat in both hands, facing Deimos, and handed him this high-level Isu artifact with a non-hostile attitude.

Demos's incredulous eyes moved from the broken spear to the other party's eyes.

Cassandra faced the dagger at her neck calmly and confidently.

"This is... the spear our grandfather used. Touch it, Alexios."

"Just one moment."

Demos gritted his teeth and persuaded himself that it was out of a warrior's honor not to kill the surrendered people who had no intention of fighting, rather than out of any damn family affection.

The stiff palm gently placed on the broken spear held by Cassandra.

Myrrine's face, which was red and swollen due to tears, revealed hope. Lan En, who was standing not far away, watched all this quietly.

Then, to the outside world, only a few breaths passed.

With a "plop" sound.

Deimos... no, it should be called Alexios.

The man seemed to suddenly feel weak all over and knelt in front of my sister.

(End of this chapter)