Simulating the Universe, Starting with Speedrunning Greece

Besides, it was just a loan, and it would have to be returned to Achilles sooner or later.

You are his brother—

If you put on that armor, you will have the responsibility to return it intact to your brother." Ye continued in a slow voice.

His wording was very euphemistic.

But Ajax the Great understood.

Precisely because I understood it, I felt extremely scared and moved at the same time.

Things borrowed must be returned. Ye emphasized the word "brother", which made Ajax the Great suddenly realize.

Although most heroes are ready to put it on and not return it, shamelessly thinking of stealing the artifact, he can't do that.

He is Achilles' cousin!

This matter was later known to his father, uncle, aunt and others, and they all gave him mixed three or four beatings.

This group of heroic families who can hang out with Hercules can cultivate heroes with good character like Achilles and Ajax the Great. Their family traditions are naturally very good, and there won't be any disgusting dramas such as brothers fighting each other or fathers and sons turning against each other for the sake of competing for artifacts.

For a piece of equipment that can only be worn for ten days or half a month at most, and will have to be returned, and is not useful, you have to give up your accustomed big shield, and face the crazy output of the enemy's strongest main force? !

Hiss~! !

Ajax the Great shuddered at the thought of that wonderful sight.

He shuddered, then thanked Ye profusely: “Thank you, Griffith… You are a hero of noble character.

If it weren't for your advice, I would have been blinded by greed and fallen into injustice.

If I succeed in the election and obtain Achilles' equipment, it will be a disgrace to my father and his people."

Because of this incident, Ajax the Great's favorability towards Ye skyrocketed.

This also gave Ye an opportunity to open up to the opposition.

However, unlike Achilles, who was now in intense conflict with Agamemnon, Ye still did not understand the extent of his loyalty to the Greek military.

Telling him what you really think directly might have the opposite effect.

Under Ye's intentional guidance, the two chatted a lot more and their relationship seemed to be getting better and better, and Ajax the Great also began to regard Ye as a friend.

Until this time, Ye seemed to ask inadvertently what Ajax thought about the matter between Agamemnon and Achilles.

Ajax the Great had no doubts, but was very sad and grieved about Achilles' affairs.

He said that if possible, he would even like to ask Agamemnon to return Briseis to Achilles.

Due to his position, he was not in a position to draw his sword against Agamemnon.

But his words were more inclined towards Achilles, and Ajax the Great did not hide this.

There's hope!

Although Ye was delighted upon seeing this, he did not reveal it directly, nor did he rush to extend an olive branch to recruit him to Troy.

After getting a rough understanding of Ajax's position and character from just a few words of communication, Ye initially judged that Ajax must be very dissatisfied with Agamemnon, or that almost all the heroes here were dissatisfied with Agamemnon.

Because of Achilles' affairs, the relationship between Ajax the Great and Agamemnon was worse than that between others.

This created conditions for turning against him, and Ye then deliberately led the topic to Ajax's mother, and found that Ajax respected and loved his mother very much.

He did not look down on his mother just because she was abducted.

Then Ye asked a soul-searching question: “King Priam (the old king of Troy) is your nominal uncle.

If the Greek coalition forces conquer Troy one day, your uncle, aunt, and cousins ​​will be executed.

Ajax the Great, what choice will you make then?

Ajax the Great was shocked, then he said in a deep voice: “I will plead for them and ask King Agamemnon for forgiveness.

All they want is Helen...if only they can get Helen back."

But when he said this, Ajax the Great hesitated instinctively.

Ye smiled contemptuously: "When the war started, both sides spent so much manpower and material resources, and sacrificed so many lives, but in the end, all they got was a woman, Ajax the Great. Do you believe it?"

Chapter 56: The Horrifying World of the Singer——The Personalities Match Perfectly!

There's no point in saying something you don't even believe in.

Ye looked heartbroken. I treated you as a real brother and worried and cared about you.

But you are trying to fool me with such high-sounding words?

Seeing Ye's expression, Ajax opened his mouth and wanted to say something.

But no matter how many words of rebuttal he came up with, he realized deep down that all the explanations were so pale and powerless.

He is not the type to fool himself.

He wanted to say that King Agamemnon was not such a cruel man and would not do that.

But in fact, how could these heroes not know what kind of person Agamemnon is?

He is cruel, he is astringent, he is arbitrary and has a strong ego. For the sake of a woman, he can even turn against his strongest general.

To make such a man give up the spoils he had won—

Unless Ajax the Great can come up with something that will make Agamemnon more tempted.

But does he?

For a moment, I had never thought about this kind of question before, or I didn’t dare to think about it, but now I was being tortured by Ye’s soul-searching.

This made Ajax the Great struggle in his heart, and at the same time he felt guilty towards Ye.

The other party cares about him so much, but he is still deceiving himself. He should be sincere to the other party.

Loyalty and righteousness have always been a dilemma. As a hero and king of Greece, he needs to obey the orders of the suzerain country to fight, but the targets of his battle are his mother's relatives.

It would be fine if it was just about destroying Troy, but if Agamemnon really wanted to kill them all—!

After thinking about it, Ajax took a deep breath and said firmly: "Then I will raise my weapon and shield to defend my loved ones.

I will ask the king to forgive their sins.

At least spare their lives. If the king disagrees, then use the shield in your hand to protect them from fleeing this land."

Ajax the Great actually dared to speak so bluntly, which was obviously considered treasonous in the Greek army.

This means you don't consider yourself an outsider at all.

Ye sighed in his heart - isn't Ajax the Great afraid that I will report him later?

This kind of awareness that is true to one's conscience, although foolish, the determination is truly admirable.

"From the moment you opened your mouth like this, your fate is basically sealed, Ajax the Great.

I seem to be seeing far into the future. I have a story, would you like to hear it, Ajax the Great?"

Without waiting for Ajax the Great to respond, Ye had already begun to tell his story.

He took out the harp and began to play, plucking it gently, but controlling the sound so that it would only echo in the room and not spread out.

Then——

An epic story about a hero named Ajax the Great is told from his mouth.

A hero with the holy shield Aegis and a life as courageous as an eagle. He is the son of Telamon and Erisper, the cousin of the great hero Achilles, and a fierce commander on the Greek battlefield.

He and his brother Teucerus once resisted Hector's attack together.

Even Hector's spear could not penetrate his shield. With the cooperation of Teucer's bow and arrow, they even almost defeated Achilles' rival, Hector, the strongest hero of Troy.

At the funeral and at the games for Patroclus.

He competed with Odysseus and Diomedes in wrestling and martial arts, and was evenly matched with them.

This let everyone know that not only did he have amazing defense, he was also a truly powerful warrior.

……

When the song reached this point that night, Ajax the Great was already extremely shocked and terrified.

He knew that the night was singing his own story, but many of the things in it had not happened, and still in the night's song it seemed as if illusions and pictures were gradually being woven together.

It was so real, as if it was something that was about to happen in the future.

future?!

What a creepy conjecture.

Then he heard something, and when he heard that he and his brother Toklos fought off Hector with a shield and a bow, he didn't think much about it.

But when he heard about the funeral of Patroclus, he competed with Odysseus, Diomedes and others.

The ancient Greeks had a custom of holding competitive sports in front of a hero's tomb as a farewell to the hero after his death.

Ajax the Great seemed to have some impression of the name Patroclus. He was not a very powerful hero, but he had a very good relationship with Achilles, so he had some impression of him.

The man and Achilles were childhood sweethearts, and they had been apprentices to Chiron together. In mythology, the two were so close that there were rumors that they were lovers. (Yes, the man was childhood sweethearts)

"Patrakros"... - Dead?!

Knowing how good the relationship between Achilles and this good friend is, even many times closer than that between him and his so-called cousin, the hero would be in trouble if he really died in the future.

Ajax the Great could almost imagine how mad Achilles would be.

Even if Briseis could not compare with the friendship they had had for so many years, if the other party really died, Achilles would definitely seek revenge on him desperately.

And the song of the night has not yet ended—

Gradually, in the singing of the night, Achilles also died, and this result was unbelievable to Ajax the Great.

How could a man with an invincible and immortal body die on the battlefield? !

In the story, after his death, Ajax "himself" retrieved the body for Achilles, but when competing with Odysseus for Achilles's relics - the equipment, most heroes chose to support Odysseus, who was smart and good at interpersonal communication, and ignored the main contribution of Ajax the Great.

The inheritance of Achilles was given to Odysseus, a stranger who had nothing to do with Achilles.

Ajax the Great, feeling sad and humiliated, wanted to challenge Odysseus to a duel to prove his strength, but he was tricked and blinded by the goddess and mistook the sheep for enemies and started killing them.

After waking up, this proud hero could not stand the humiliation of being teased. He thought he had lost face in front of other heroes and was too ashamed to face others, so he chose to commit suicide.

The song ends here.

Because he didn't want to draw special attention to this place from a certain goddess, Ye didn't sing the real name of the goddess who had played a trick on Ajax the Great.

Although the goddess had started paying attention to Ye because of a battle a few days ago.

When the song ends——

Silence, deathly silence, and a terrible atmosphere.

Ajax the Great seemed to be completely immersed in the story just now.

Immersed in the music, it feels like entering another world.

Putting aside some of the loopholes, such as how could a man as strong as Achilles die on the battlefield.

And if everything that happened in that world was real, if it were my personality, how would I react when I encountered those situations? I subconsciously thought about this.

Ajax the Great was suddenly horrified to find that he had hit the mark!

Chapter 57 Ajax the Great: I must take action immediately to prevent any tragedy from happening!

So, is this the future?

He asked Ye anxiously directly.

But Ye’s answer was very vague: “Predicting the future?

As a mortal, I can't do such an exaggerated thing.

I just made a rough guess about your fate based on your personality.

This is just a little story I made up casually, don't take it seriously, Ajax the Great."

Although Ye said so, those eyes as deep as the stars gave Ajax the feeling of being unfathomable, and they were too real and full of a sense of déjà vu. Ever since he heard this story, he felt like he was struck by lightning, and had a vague intuition of palpitations in his heart.

How could Ajax the Great remain calm in the face of all this?