Four-Armed Divine Emperor

Of course, as long as the person does not die immediately, no matter how serious the injury is, he can be repaired after returning to the space.

In the world of Empire Rise, the missions given to El by Space are different from the previous ones, and there are only two at the beginning.

One is "Faction Selection", which requires him to choose a direction between the Greek coalition, Persia, or becoming king, and then unlock subsequent tasks. This choice is not locked and can be changed. In other words, he can defect, first help Sparta win Thermopylae, then defect to help Persia sweep Athens, and then backstab...

The other is a "random task" that is almost "fixed".

Let Al win 120 gold medals in the athletic games.

Al didn't consider the "random mission" for the time being, but he needed to study the camp selection carefully.

The time and place where the four-person team appeared in ancient Greece were somewhat ingenious:

Before the Battle of Thermopylae, Leonidas went to Sparta to ask for

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The mountaintop temple of revelation.

Where the beautiful Oracle and the monstrous Supervisor Priests are.

Al still remembered that when he watched this plot, the beauty of the Oracle and the ugly priests formed a sharp contrast, especially the latter's blasphemy and defilement of the former, which made people feel that this group of monster priests was so disgusting and...envious.

These priests were not good people, they were ugly, lewd, and despicable... They actually accepted 500,000 Persians and prevented the Spartans from participating in the war, even when the Persians clearly showed their ill will towards Sparta.

When Al watched the movie, he had no good feelings towards them and wanted to kill them as soon as possible. The narration in the movie also described them as "despicable pigs, more like beasts than humans."

In the entire mountaintop temple, there are a total of five ugly "inspectors" covered with disgusting herpes and chickenpox. They claim to be priests of the ancient gods and are the authority of the Spartans in religious beliefs.

In addition, each censor was accompanied by a male attendant, and there were ten men in the temple in total, which was not a threat.

When Ai'er appeared, five inspectors who were noble, sacred and sanctimonious in the hearts of the Spartans were stripping naked, revealing their bodies that were as ugly, disgusting and shriveled as their faces, and were surrounding the poor oracle who was cursed by her beauty and doing that.

At the feet of the statue of Apollo, the place closest to the Olympian gods.

They formed an inner circle, and outside were five young men who were also naked. They stood in five directions. Sometimes, the inspectors were in high spirits, but because they could not squeeze in, the Oracle's body was occupied by other companions, and they would vent their desires on these male servants who also had young bodies.

Sparta, or the entire Greek region, had a widespread homosexual culture.

Sparta was a highly militarized society. Spartan men became formal soldiers after the age of 20, got married at the age of 30, and retired at the age of 60. Spartan children would be incorporated into teams and live a collective military life after the age of 7. They were required to obey the leader absolutely. Generally speaking, a young Spartan would have an older warrior as his "mentor", who was responsible for teaching him all knowledge and skills from life to combat, and it was also very common for young warriors to take care of the physical needs of their "mentors".

This is not just a simple thing, but also a deepening of the relationship similar to "loyalty" and "obedience".

The "Shudo" that was popular during the Warring States Period in Japan is quite similar to this.

.........

At that time, Al was teleported to the feet of Apollo, on the altar, and when he opened his eyes, he saw such an eye-catching scene.

He regretted it so much and wanted to replace it with a pair of eyes that had not seen this scene, but it was too late.

Fortunately, Ada and the other two were "summoned" by El, so his eyes escaped the disaster. Now El has to bear it alone...

"Fuck you! I'll kill all you bastards!"

Without hesitation, he flipped his hands and two police Glocks appeared in his hands.

Shooting.

Of the five standing attendants, two fell, including an inspector who was charging on top of one of them.

The four inspectors surrounding the Oracle stood in the outer circle. The guy who was holding the woman's right hand and stroking his ugly little snake was shot in the back of the head and fell forward. The three remaining inspectors and three servants were so scared that they stood there stupidly. Only the Oracle, who seemed to be in a dazed and hallucinatory state as if she had taken drugs, was still twisting her flexible and beautiful body restlessly.

Al had already prepared his speech and was mentally prepared.

He claimed to be the messenger of the Olympian gods. Because of the long-term conflicts, blasphemy, massacre, theft, etc. in the mortal world, the gods had been angered. In addition, the Persians from the east came to invade Greece. The gods were furious and could not bear to see Greece perish. So he came to the mortal world to help Greece resist the invasion of the "Eastern pagan gods".

The inspectors actually committed adultery in front of the statue of Apollo and defiled the oracle dedicated to the god. This is a first-class blasphemy!

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He controlled the situation with force, and El also had the ability of telekinesis, which allowed him to fly in the air for a long time, which shocked the whole audience.

Even if they didn't believe his identity, the inspectors, whose lives were completely in his hands, didn't dare to have even the slightest doubt.

Because they did not obey immediately, Al raised his hand and fired two more shots, killing an inspector and his servant with "a weapon made for him by Hercules, which contained the power of the god of fire and the king of gods Zeus."

Then one against four.

The two surviving inspectors hurriedly pulled their attendants to prostrate themselves to welcome the "descending god" and at the same time confessed their sins of blasphemy.

Al then interrogated them and learned about the time, place, and other matters - most importantly, Inspector, did these guys who claimed to be able to receive divine revelations actually have supernatural powers?

He interrogated the two men separately, and after getting similar answers, he weighed the pros and cons and threw the inspector who gave the fewer answers off the top of the mountain, smashing him into a pulp. He kept the last one for the time being.

Then, under the guidance of the inspector and attendants, Al led the remaining two men and one woman from the mountaintop temple down the mountain. On the way, they met a group of local people holding torches and going up the mountain.

It turned out that he was the inspector who was thrown off the mountain. It was no surprise that he died from the fall. He died completely.

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However, the noise caused by the corpse rolling down the mountain attracted the attention of the residents at the foot of this "sacred mountain".

They recognized the dead man as a priest of the mountain temple, so they sent people to check it out, and happened to meet Al who was coming down the mountain.

Al is not shy either, which is a good opportunity to "brainwash" new audiences.

The extraordinary power he displayed had deeply shocked the last surviving priest, who obeyed him obediently and even truly believed that he was a god from Mount Olympus. He even mustered up the courage to know "Which noble Majesty is he?"

Al fooled him with his mysterious excuse of "the time is not right yet".

Then, in front of hundreds of Spartan residents and slaves who were summoned, Al once again announced his identity as the "messenger of heaven" who came to the world on behalf of the gods to save the Greeks.

Under the threat of his life, the censor confessed that he and his colleagues had committed blasphemy and collusion with the Persians. He wailed and declared to the public that four of the five censors had been punished by God, and only his crime was relatively minor, so he was allowed to survive as a way to atone for his sins.

The inspector's confession—and, more importantly, the "divine power" displayed by El—made the Greek audience, who were still very superstitious at the time, quickly believe in El's identity as "a god sent to save the world, an oracle from heaven."

Al also knows the principle of "combining kindness and severity". If you just talk, others may believe you, but it will not be firm enough.

So he was on his way to Sparta, gathering the people and boosting their morale while displaying his "divine grace" and distributing supplies obtained from the world of Dawn of the Dead, which greatly shocked the Greek civilians who were still in the classical era.

Before entering the city, Ai'er's identity as the "Messenger of Olympus" had already spread.

Along the way, he had a loudspeaker hanging from his body, which continuously made a huge noise, "the sound could be heard a hundred miles away." Al said it was "the giant's horn";

At night he turned on the searchlight, illuminating the road ahead and behind as bright as day. Al told the Greeks that it was "Apollo's mirror". On the way, he met a goshawk that flew across the sky and landed on the cliff. The Greeks believed that it was the messenger of Zeus, but Al said that it was not the eagle on Olympus, but the spies kept by the Persians in the East, who came to spy on him. So he used the modified M24 he received from the inventory of a gun enthusiast to shoot it off the cliff with one shot - "the artifact made for him by Hercules."

Until he became like a demon in ancient times who fooled the people, falsely claiming that he was "XXXX coming to the world" and "the Holy King coming out" to coerce the people into rebellion, and gathered thousands of civilians to "follow" him, and together they entered the city to worship the "descended god".

Leonidas' queen Gorgo, a group of Spartan elders and adult Spartan men from the "Equal Commune" all came to "welcome" him - of course, they were not sure of Al's identity, so this was actually a warning.

But Al, who had already taken the initiative, did not care. He quickly asked the inspector, whose life was in his hands, to confess to all the Spartans the blasphemy they had committed.

Al's previous behavior had already let this greedy and despicable insect know that even if there was a fully armed Spartan army next to him, as long as Al wanted to, taking his life and sending him to the underworld would be a trivial matter of a thought.

In addition, because of fear and shock, he really believed in El's identity as a "messenger of God". Even if it meant "social death" in front of the public, the inspector obediently confessed his past crimes. Of course, there was still some wisdom in his words, such as listing himself as an "accomplice" and putting the main blame on the four people who had already died.

Blasphemy against the gods

"Occupy the Oracle"

"Collusion with the Persians"

"False Oracle"

The effects of these pieces of news were undoubtedly shocking, even no less than the arrival of Ai'er, the "Oracle of Heaven".

After showing his extraordinary power, Al directly pointed out that the senator Theron who raped the queen in the movie was also a traitor who colluded with the Persians. He killed him on the spot and found gold coins with the portrait of Xerxes I, the King of Kings of Persia, on his body and in his home, just as in the plot, to prove his betrayal.

These actions, which no mortal could imagine doing except for "gods", are undoubtedly the best proof of El's identity.

Although this "messenger of the Olympian gods" had a face different from that of a Greek, Al took the initiative to reveal some of his identity after intimidating the Spartans. He claimed that he was born in Olympus, but grew up in the East and was adopted by a kind Eastern goddess. In the kingdom of Eastern gods, in order to allow him to get along with the gods and not be excluded, his adoptive mother used her divine power to change his appearance, resulting in the face he has today, which is definitely not a Persian face.

During this period, the Greek concept of "East" was Anatolia, the Near East (Canaan), Persia and other places. The concept of Seres was too far away from them. At this time, China was still in the early Warring States period. Anyway, Ai'er was not afraid of them commenting on this. It was just a casual reason.

However, the Spartans still believed in his identity as "the oracle of heaven" with fear and excitement.

Needless to say, the queen was in great trouble. King Leonidas went to fight against Persia with only 300 royal guards. The strength between the enemy and us was huge, and the situation was very dangerous. As soon as Al arrived, he pointed out the two major traitors within Sparta, and stated that his purpose was "commissioned by the gods to help the Greeks resist the Persian invaders."

The previous reason of "the filth of the world, blasphemy against heaven, and the wrath of the gods" was not accepted by her.

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Pay attention to it.

She had no reason not to believe in a "god" who wanted to help her husband.

Please give me one more day

rt, the next door is open

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So Al successfully completed the first task after choosing to join the Greek side: [Let Sparta send troops in advance].

As a reward, he obtained ten "spiritual seeds" that could only be used in the secondary world. He could use them on those natives in this world who had positive feelings towards him. As long as the other party's attitude was not resistance, disgust, suspicion, etc., after using them, the natives' attitude towards him would become die-hard loyal. This could be said to have greatly alleviated the shortcoming that although Al had achieved certain results by pretending to be a ghost, he had no real trustworthy people to drive him in this world.

He found five people with certain status and power among the Spartans, two of whom were elders of relatively high status. Al underestimated the degree of superstition of the Spartans. In other words, if one day he met a man from the future two thousand years later who showed him future technology, he wouldn't even need to do this. Even if an alien civilization with a technological level that was hundreds of years ahead of the Earth and could already travel in space came and said that they had been to Earth and were the gods that the Earthlings once worshipped, he would not doubt it.

Of course, believing in something doesn’t mean they will necessarily respect the “God”.

However, the Spartans were very respectful to him.

While waiting for the Spartans to be ready to send their troops, Al strolled down the street wearing a modern outfit that was very different from the current one, admiring the city-state style of classical Greece.

Everyone who saw him would come over, kneel down on both sides of the street and worship him. Some fanatical believers would collect the marks and sand left by his American combat boots on the ground, and worship them or put them in water and eat them, believing that this would make them strong and healthy and get the blessing of God.

Al was afraid that they would get upset and get into trouble, so he specifically scolded them for this matter. He also took out some products of modern technology, such as salt, sugar, vitamins, etc. and gave them to them. One hundred cubic meters is not particularly large, but it can still hold a lot of things. Al piled up a lot of weapons and ammunition, but he would not easily hand over these things that could also pose a threat to him to the Spartans who had not yet established a closer "mutual trust" with him.

It is enough to use some modern products to show some grace and act as God's grace.

He waited for two days. It must be said that the Spartans were indeed a nation with extremely strong martial virtues, or perhaps it was exaggerated a lot in the movie, and it seemed particularly exaggerated when it was realized in reality.

In just two days, they were ready for the expedition. A total of 1,600 Spartan warriors were gathered from inside and outside the city and were ready to go. If they continued to wait, the number would continue to grow. Another 6,000 "helots" would follow the army - these people were the public slaves of the Spartans, a collective name for the local Laconian original inhabitants they conquered and other people who were enslaved after being conquered.

Their status was very low, and any Spartan could abuse them. They would also encourage Spartan citizens to do so. Sometimes, when a new administrator came to power, he would even declare war on these slaves, so that he could kill them at will without being condemned by religion or morality.

Although Sparta was known for its bravery in history, it was not particularly keen on external expansion. This was because of its cruel and inefficient slave system. The number of helots was far greater than that of Spartans. If a large number of Spartan citizen soldiers left their homeland, the slaves would likely revolt. Therefore, their army was not suitable for long-term away-from-country combat.

In the past two days, Al has witnessed a lot of Spartans abusing helots, and he is very disgusted by this kind of thing. The helots and the Spartans respect him very much. When he appears, both sides will kneel to him. The helots will kneel a little behind, and after he passes by and the people stand up, the Spartans standing in the front may use the excuses of "How dare you be so close to the angel?" and "How dare you kneel at the same time as me" to humiliate them.

Slavery, tsk, Al glanced at the tasks in the list. Although there was no slavery, he felt that such a significant change to the world could not be counted in the judgment criteria of space. If this system could be abolished in the Mediterranean region two thousand years in advance, wouldn't it give him a lot of extra points?

So before going to war, he convened the Spartan citizens (senators) assembly and announced that he had something to ask the representatives of all Spartans, which was related to the blessing of the gods.

With piety and curiosity, because Al specified that anyone could attend regardless of their status, thousands of Spartans, young and old, men and women came to watch. Al used the "Giant's Horn" to ask a question to the people, who almost represented all Spartans:

"The war against the invaders is a difficult and arduous struggle. Do you want the blessing of Ares or the blessing of Athena?"

The main gods worshipped by the Spartans were not what many people stereotyped:

The Spartans were warlike and good at fighting—so they should have believed in the god of war Ares.

In fact, the Spartans welcomed the sun and the moon, Apollo and Artemis, and the god of wine Dionysus the most. The patron saint of Sparta was Apollo. When Persia invaded, Sparta was unwilling to participate in the war and did not participate in the Battle of Salamis in history because they were celebrating Apollo's Carnea Festival. At that time, the inspectors of the mountain temple brought up this reason, and Leonidas could only leave with hatred.

Ares in Spar

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Athena did not even have a single temple, while Athena, who is often compared, had eight temples and an altar, and Apollo had only four temples, an altar and a market statue (recorded in the Greek Geography).

Moreover, Ares' image is bloodthirsty, warmongering, cruel, and engaged in unjust fighting. In fact, his image is not good. People respect him, but they are more "afraid" of him than "respectful".

Anyone with a normal mind would certainly hope to receive the blessing of the wise and victorious Athena, after all, she is the invincible mistress.

But after all, Al is an "angel", and he said he accepted the commission from the gods to help - this proves that the gods in heaven are watching over the mortal world!

The Spartans did not dare to speak rashly for fear of angering the gods.

After all, they can refuse the blessing of God, but they dare not say it directly and offend a God who is not broad-minded.

There was a moment of silence, no one dared to speak. Then a clever person (who had been planted with the Spirit Seed by El) bravely asked:

"What is the blessing of Ares, and what is the blessing of Athena?"

Al said:

"Ares's blessing is to bring endless strife to the earth, the sword will kill the enemy, and the enemies of Greece will be shed in rivers of blood—but!"

Everything has a twist.