Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1787 1759. Volcano Island

The Aegean Sea is part of the vast Mediterranean Sea and is relatively small in area.

But precisely because of its small area, you can often see various small islands scattered on the sea, so you don't feel lonely sailing in the boundless ocean, nor do you feel a sense of spatial confusion after losing land reference points for a long time.

The route from Lachania, where Sparta is located, to the destination, Thera, is not easy to travel. It took the Adrestia more than a week to arrive.

"Wow." Cassandra stood on the side of the ship and looked at the island not far away. "This is a little different from what I thought."

The old captain Barnabas was directing the crew to drop anchor, while Lan stood next to Cassandra, looking at the small island not far away.

There was a cloud over the Aegean Sea today, and it looked like it was going to rain, but the sea water was still clear.

But after they arrived near Thera Island, ordinary people on the ship could also feel that there seemed to be something unusual here.

The sky was grey, but unlike the refreshing and cool feeling of a rainy day, it was more like smog.

The waters near the islands also appear to be rather turbid.

Lan En's hearing allowed him to vaguely hear some discussions among the crew members.

Not surprisingly, even in the next few thousand years, the sailors, who were considered a superstitious group, attributed the anomalies in the waters near the island to ghosts and gods.

They were also discussing whether they should ask Lan En to invite the "divine cat and Pegasus" out to pay their respects.

But the demon hunter has confirmed with his [clairvoyance] that there is absolutely no mystical problem here.

Besides, Lan En knew very early on that most of the seemingly mysterious things in this world were just high-tech left behind by the Isu people.

As long as it is not related to things from outside the world that have drifted here, like when he found the elf beacon, then he should first think about it in the way of science fiction, rather than guessing it in the way of magic.

So, compared to the crew's guess.

"Sniff~" The demon hunter just twitched his nostrils slightly, "Is there a volcano under this island?"

There was a faint smell of sulfur in the air.

"The Sanctuary of Hephaestus?" Cassandra tried to understand Lan's words and nodded. "It does look a bit like that. But there is a volcano under Thera Island... I haven't heard of it."

There are some very small active volcanoes in the Aegean Sea, the kind that you can directly see the magma inside by climbing up.

Cassandra has seen this before in her travels.

Now that Lan En had said that, she felt a little more in agreement.

But whether Thera is a volcano or not, since Myrrine said that Cassandra's biological father is here, she has to come down and look for him.

The island of Thera was not very big, and it was difficult for the Adrestia to dock, so the large ship had to be parked off the coast of the island and a small boat was sent to the island.

The bottom of the boat rushed onto the shallows with the sound of friction with the sand.

The three people on the boat jumped down one by one.

Cassandra was accompanied to the island by Lan and Alexios.

Triss had no interest in Cassandra's biological father whom she had never met. According to the sorceress's scathing comment, "If you give birth to a child but don't raise it, what's the difference between you and a stranger?"

The relationship between Triss and Cassandra is based on Lan, but the relationship between the falconer and his biological father is really very distant.

Perhaps because of her preconceived bad impression, the sorceress had no intention of getting off the boat.

The landscape of Thera is distinctly different from other islands in the Aegean Sea.

The surrounding sea water is turbid and gloomy, and it has none of the clear blue water of a normal island.

The land, rocks and beaches on the island are basically black, which is completely different from the white beaches and white rocks commonly seen in Greece.

"These ruins look very old." Alexios pulled the boat onto the beach to avoid being swept away by the waves, and looked around with emotion. "Who built these things, when did they build them, and for what purpose?"

The small island of Thera is home to a large area of ​​ruined buildings, with marble columns and rammed earth walls crumbling and broken, and the colorful murals on the walls cracking and falling off.

If it were in good condition, the building might have directly covered nearly two-thirds of the island.

There were several snakes and mountain cats on the island, which were wild and difficult to tame. Alexios and Kassandra drew their bows and arrows and eliminated these minor threats in a few breaths.

Alexios was trained by the Cult of Kosmos to be the strongest warrior and the strongest demigod. He is almost as good as Cassandra in all martial arts.

He usually doesn't carry a bow and arrow, but that's because when he is needed to take action, the Cult of Order will basically clear the area in advance.

This also caused the name "Deimos" to become almost a sinister legend among the enemies of the Cult of Kosmos.

Now that I have left the Cult of Order, without the support of an organization, I have to face the ever-changing combat environment as an individual. Of course, the more means I have to deal with the enemy, the better.

So now Alexios also has the sword of Damocles on his waist and a set of bows and arrows on his back. He looks more like Cassandra. They are family members.

The three of them had extraordinary sensory abilities, so after arriving on the island, they found some clues in just a few minutes. It was a small camp set up on a high point among the ruins. There was a fire, a pot, a tent and a bed.

It would be normal in other places, but here, on a lifeless island full of ruins, it seems very abrupt.

"Is this your biological father's small camp?" Alexios pointed at Cassandra without malice. "It seems that he still needs to eat and sleep, and he is not a god. Haha!"

This is what Myrrine said about Cassandra's biological father at the reunion dinner table before the rant.

The falconer glared at his brother unhappily. "Are you too lively now, Ali? I kind of miss the time when you were a more reserved person."

"Like this?" Alexios tried to look serious, but soon lost his composure. "Poof!"

He laughed out loud: "Hey, this is the first time for us two siblings to go out to sea together, okay? Have fun! I can't be serious anyway."

"Okay, okay!" Cassandra pretended to be helpless and waved her hands at her brother who was still in the excitement period, supporting his antics.

The falconer turned his head with a smile on his face and looked at the witcher who was squatting beside the extinguished fire and observing from the other side. His originally sharp eyes became soft and warm.

Of course she was happy to be reunited with her brother and go sailing.

But at the same time, there is also fear.

I was afraid that if Deimos had succeeded in assassinating his friends Pericles and Phoebe in the Parthenon during the great plague in Athens...

If Deimos later stood against Sparta in this war, he might even have the opportunity to hurt his friend Brasidas and his adoptive father Nikolaos...

So even if Deimos could be persuaded to return to his family and become the current Alexios, could he and Sparta forgive him?

Cassandra felt a lump in her chest every time she thought about what might happen.

But fortunately, none of this may have happened!

All the things that could have caused the brother and sister to go their separate ways were prevented.

Pericles and Phoebe were both unharmed because of Lann, and Deimos was captured by Lann himself.

During the "three-way tango" that night, Cassandra's thank you to Lan was not just a passionate expression under the fire of lust. It was a sincere and genuine expression.

If it weren't for the lover in front of her, her long-cherished wish to reunite with her family might have been just a standard Greek tragedy.

"Wow!" Lan, who was watching the extinguishing of the fire and the small camp, shouted, "Alexios!"

"What are you doing?"

The Chosen One, who had just finished joking with his sister, asked.

"I think I know the purpose of this building." Lan En pointed in a direction not far away, "Look over there."

The brother and sister both turned their heads at the same time and looked not far away in the direction of Lan En's finger.

At first glance, it looks like a ruined building with nothing unusual, but if you look closely, you can find that behind those ruined and ancient Greek building ruins, there is actually a clearly different gate.

A heavy stone door, and its shape is incompatible with the ancient Greek art of the time, which worshipped gods, bright colors, and heroic deeds.

The pattern on the door is very simple, with only straight lines, but it is these lines that highlight the simple beauty of mathematics and rules.

——This is the art style of the Isu people. Just like the art style that Lan and his friends saw in the Isu forge on Andros Island.

This large area of ​​house towers on the island of Thera seems to be a "research facility" built by the ancient Greeks to study the Isu ruins.

"Heh, Forerunner." Alexios smiled at his sister, "It seems that your father is indeed extraordinary, Cassandra."

Alexios, who was trained with great effort by the Cult of Kosmos, was no stranger to the Isu ruins.

After seeing the stone door, Cassandra was still muttering in her heart that her mother was making a fuss and letting her daughter meet her biological father, and even bringing up something "concerning fate and the future", as if it was a big deal.

At this time, he frowned and became serious.

If her biological father was involved with the Isu ruins, then this would be a really big deal. At least Cassandra had not anticipated this situation.

Unlike in the Cult of Kosmos, this group of secretly ambitious family members is a faction that "fully utilizes the power of the Isu".

They viewed Isu technology as a treasure and the key to changing the world to their own will.

So it appears to be very bold, even greedy, in terms of application.

Alexios's Sword of Damocles had long ago been upgraded to its maximum in the forge on Andros Island.

This shows how accepting this group of people are of Isu technology—they are not afraid at all.

(End of this chapter)