Simulating the Universe, Starting with Speedrunning Greece

On the Greek side, the three necessary conditions for achieving final victory were also learned from the captured Trojan prophets.

The first of these three prophecies originally predicted that after the death of Achilles, the Greeks would lack strong combat power, and Pyrrhus, who had grown up at this time, would just replace the high-end combat power that Greece lacked after the death of his father.

This warrior later changed his name to Neopotramus, which means young warrior. Although he was not as strong as his father Achilles, he was invincible on the battlefield and killed many Trojan heroes.

After the fall of Troy, he committed many cruel acts, such as killing Hector's youngest son by throwing him off the city wall in front of Hector's wife.

For example, he cut off the head of the old king Priam and killed the beautiful Princess Polyxena, and sacrificed them to his dead father Achilles as a concubine.

However, the heroes thought about this powerful and brutal warrior and realized that he is still just a... kid?

Apparently this prophecy came a little too early for Greece.

As for the great hero Philoctetes, he ran away right after giving the divine bow to Griffith. God knows where he went.

It's impossible to go to Hercules to ask for people, right?

If they knew that Philoctetes's divine bow was the key to killing Paris, and that the bow was more important than the person, they would have done it anyway -

Well, even if they knew, they couldn't do anything to Griffith.

then--

Among the three prophecies, only one seems reliable. Now it seems that the only thing that can be done is the last one, which is to go to Troy and steal the statue of the goddess Athena.

The statue of Athena was given to Troy by Athena when the city was first built. It contains real divine power and can protect the special buildings of Troy.

Athena and Troy were still in their honeymoon period at that time, so they left this power as a testimony.

Athena will not take back the statue at will, and the mortal heroes need to do it themselves.

However, Diomedes and Odysseus, who were responsible for this matter in the myth, have now had one run away and the other imprisoned as a criminal.

For a while, there was really no suitable candidate in the Greek camp.

Not to mention, now Athena seems to be really showing signs of rebelling against the Trojan camp, otherwise why would even her believer Diomedes disappear?

At this time, in the tent headed by the God of War, after hearing the three necessary conditions for victory.

Ares, who felt very troubled, said directly: "...Even if I don't rely on fate, I will win by myself with my own strength!"

However, Ares was dismissive and did not intend to follow the original prophecy.

If Ye knew what he was thinking, he would definitely give a thumbs up.

He is indeed the god of war who gets cheated wherever he goes.

Maybe it’s a blessing that we didn’t become teammates.

But at this moment, a divine power descended, and the voice of Eris appeared in the mind of Ares, the god of war.

“No, Ares… don’t worry about the first two prophecies.

However, you can send someone to steal the statue of Athena."

"Eris...? Why are you here?" Ares frowned.

Eris thought maliciously in her heart - "Of course I came here to see if there is any place where I can continue to use you as a tool."

I just got dealt a heavy blow by Griffith.

Eris was injured again, and this time the injury was not comparable to the minor counterattack when she was protected by Artemis' arrow last time.

That's right, the fake Athena who was shot by Hercules' bow and Artemis' arrow at night was her.

Because he was shot directly through.

This injury was so serious that her strength was no longer able to suppress the power of the statue in Troy.

Eris felt quite ashamed that she couldn't even defeat one of Athena's statues, not to mention that she couldn't suppress Athena herself.

He also longed to truly become one of the Twelve Gods and gain the authority and power of the God of War.

This setback forced her to find Ares again and ask for his help.

But she didn't expect that she would hear such an interesting thing as soon as she arrived. Stealing the statue?

This would just solve her problem and even make the battlefield more chaotic.

and--

Eris's power to see into people's hearts came into play again. She looked at King Agamemnon of Mycenae among the many heroes in the tent, and then the corners of her mouth suddenly curled up in a dangerous and crazy arc.

Eris smiled—it seemed like she had discovered something interesting.

That Griffith is actually...

Undercover?!

Ah, ah, my dear hero, Griffith...

I love you so much, but you hurt me so cruelly again and again, and pushed away the goddess who just wanted to be close to you several times.

Don't blame me for being rude...

This is the only hero who can make Eris lose face, and lose face several times.

Neither the son of Poseidon, nor the warriors of Athena, nor even Apollo could see through her disguise, but you alone -

Griffith - You always catch me off guard.

This pain is unprecedented and a new experience that I have never felt before.

it hurts--!

But I also want to get (destroy) you even more, Griffith.

Since I can’t fool you with disguises—(After two failed disguises, Eris gradually realized that her best skill seemed to be useless against that hero.)

So--

You can see through my disguise, but can other mortals?

When you were in great pain because of slander, rumors, and even betrayal by your companions, I was the only one who could save you. Will you be obedient this time, my dear Griffith?

As if she had thought of something, Eris was already looking forward to it.

Chapter 162 Because I believe in him, so—run!

Even though separated by a vast space and time, the orders of the goddess Eris can still reach and remotely control the battlefield.

If you ask why she can do things that many gods cannot do——

There is only one answer: conflict!

Wherever there is strife and discord, there is Eris.

The history of mankind is a history of blood and tears, a process of repeating the same mistakes and igniting war until the end of the world.

Perhaps because Ares was not very powerful, everyone underestimated how terrifying the power of war was and how high its upper limit was.

Returning to the night, he shot the arrow to kill the goddess Athena.

Then came Hecuba and Diomedes who were in a rage.

The goddess is fake...——

Not only Ye noticed it, but when he said that and defeated the extremely weak 'Athena' with one blow, the Chryseis sisters, who had seen with their own eyes how powerful Ye was after being infused with Athena's divine power, also realized the truth immediately.

Even another outsider woman present regained consciousness.

But only Hecuba and Diomedes seemed to be unable to see the flaws in the disguise.

Chryseis tried to dissuade the two from attacking.

Ye: "It's useless...their mental state is not right now. If we want to calm them down, we can only use some strong physical means."

Looking at the red-eyed Queen of Troy and Diomedes.

Ye disguised the divine arrow that had flown back before as a long sword.

In this temple with limited scope and protected by the power of the goddess, the sword is obviously more useful than the spear.

Although Ye is no longer the same person as before and is fully confident of defeating Diomedes, he still thinks of his opponent's identity...

For Athena's sake, he would not kill Diomedes.

He wanted to protect Chryseis and her sister from Diomedes who was in a state of full-force frenzy, but at the same time he had to avoid killing him, but only defeat or stun him.

A sentence flashed through Ye's mind -

It is difficult to master the power of stepping over ants without killing them.

If he could release the divine tool here, even without the blessing of Athena's divine power, the power of the sun god's fire alone would not be something that a mortal Diomedes could withstand.

For most heroes, armor fragility is a fatal flaw.

Trouble...

"Chryseis! Take Briseis and retreat!" Ye kicked Hecuba, who was flying towards him, and knocked her unconscious. He apologized to his good brother Hector in his heart.

Then she carried her mother and kept dodging Diomedes' attacks.

Chryseis did not hesitate at this time. She pulled Briseis and ran out. She quickly understood her current position and did not act like the heroine in some third-rate romantic epic, losing her composure or giving up at the critical moment.

She knew that if she and Briseis got close to the battlefield at this time, she would cause trouble for Ye, but she was still cautious and did so when they were about to reach the entrance of the temple.

Chryseis said to the night that was fighting and retreating behind her: "There are soldiers guarding the door...!"

Ye: "No problem - force your way through! Leave the rest to me!"

Chryseis nodded and looked again at the two soldiers in front of the door who were fully armed and had spears shining coldly in their hands. She gritted her teeth and bravely accelerated, pulling Briseis out.

If I just rush out like this with my own strength, I will definitely be caught or killed...

But she believed in the words of the hero.

"Capture them! The main goal is to capture Griffith... The remaining women can be killed at will when necessary." Eris's divine power suddenly enveloped the entire city.

The soldiers at the door who had not yet reacted to the noise coming from the temple suddenly froze in place, then lost their self-consciousness, and each of them emanated an ominous bright red light. They then raised their spears towards Chryseis and the others, as if they wanted to use their weapons to stop the running Chryseis sisters.

Bryces: "Sister!!"

Chryseis said calmly, "Don't be afraid, Bryses... Run!!"

Chryseis looked at the cold light reflected from the tip of the spear, and her pupils shrank slightly, but she finally overcame her biological instincts, and ran with great determination, stomping her feet hard to speed up and rushing towards the door with her sister.

The soldiers were cold and heartless, and had no reaction. The most important thing in Eris's order was to keep Griffith alive. The two women could be killed. Since they were seeking death, the soldiers, who only had a little instinct and common sense left, would not even think of showing mercy.

Chryseis was about to hit the spear.

From behind him, several golden arrows pierced through the atmosphere and caused an air explosion.

Boom! Boom!

The guard at the door was shot in the head instantly.

Although they were also controlled by Eris, they did not have the golden medal of immunity from death like Diomedes.

Ye is not so saintly that he doesn't even dare to attack these people. He even held back many times on the battlefield. He might as well just surrender.

However, these two hasty attacks were still not something that these ordinary soldiers, who were not even heroes, could block.

certainly--

Even if a hero with an immortal body blocked the attack, he would be contaminated by the poisonous blood of Hydra on the arrow and die.

This is an allusion to the story that after Hercules killed the nine-headed snake, he contaminated each of his arrows with the poisonous blood of the Hydra.

The arrow that I had seen the night before had some dried blood-colored lines on it, which were left after being smeared with the monster's blood.

After dealing with the guard at the door -

Chryseis and Briseis managed to escape.

However, they were soon surrounded by an army, which was the army of Cycnos, the son of Poseidon.

"Surrender your weapons, hero Griffith! In your current state, you cannot escape with two helpless women after being seriously injured." Kuknos rode out of the army on a tall horse and shouted towards the temple.

And after noticing that Griffith, who came out right after him, was carrying Queen Hecuba on his back.

Kuknos's face changed.

While being harassed by Diomedes, he was actually carrying a woman and had the time to shoot the two arrows that had just killed the guards.

How good is Griffith's martial arts?