My XX deal with Sister Nero

Ishtar didn't know much about it, but Tony knew Hercules very well.

As a demigod rather than a servant, he roughly possesses four treasures, namely "Twelve Trials", "Shooting a Hundred Heads", "Twelve Glories" and "Usurper of the Sky Wind".

Of course, the "Twelve Glories" can basically be seen as a combination of twelve treasures, and the "Usurper of Skywind" is a treasure that can seize other people's treasures, so... if you really want to count, theoretically Hercules' treasures are infinite.

Although Hercules has turned into a pile of bones under the attack of the poisonous fog, but... he has twelve lives, which are the immortality given to him by his treasure "Twelve Trials"!

Just as the poisonous fog had just dissipated and Baschume's attention had just shifted to Tony and his group on the ground, Hercules, who had turned into bones in the air, suddenly emitted bursts of light. When the light dissipated, Hercules was seen holding an axe and sword, smashing Baschume's head!

As a famous strongman in mythology and legends, the force of Hercules' axe and sword strike was estimated to be dozens or even hundreds of tons. Basium screamed, and then his head began to shake, like a drunk man who could not walk, staggering and looking like he would fall to the ground at any time.

"Now!" Looking at Bashum shaking his head, Tony knew that this guy had been knocked dizzy by Hercules' axe and sword. What were he waiting for if he didn't kill him now?

"Well, it's time to hunt...to offer sacrifices to the two great gods...the Complaint Arrow Book!"

"Come on, my dear, I'm going to shoot love... the love arrow of the Moon Goddess!"

As the voice sounded, Atalanta and Artemis activated their treasures almost at the same time. Among the countless arrows, there was a special arrow that attacked Basium!

"Ah!" Hercules, who jumped high on Basium's head to avoid the range of the arrows, was naturally not willing to be outdone. A curved bow and more than ten bronze arrows appeared out of thin air in his hands. With the sound of trembling bowstrings, Hercules shot out these more than ten bronze arrows almost in one breath!

"The Twelve Glories - The Sixth Trial, the Arrow of the Strange Bird!"

Although Hercules possesses a treasure such as the Shooting Hundred Heads, and although he also has bow-class attributes, this does not mean that he is an archer. Strictly speaking, Hercules is an all-round talent, and his Shooting Hundred Heads is more like a "school" rather than an archery skill.

Facing the torrential rain of arrows, Bashum, with a dizzy head, subconsciously opened his mouth and spit. A dark purple poisonous mist gushed out of his mouth again, attacking the rain of arrows falling from the sky.

The arrows summoned by Ta Miao were just ordinary arrows. Faced with the poisonous fog, these arrows turned into ashes almost in the blink of an eye. However... the arrows of Artemis and Hercules were different.

Artemis' arrow was condensed from her own divine power, so in this poisonous fog, although the red arrow showed signs of corrosion on the surface, anyone with a discerning eye could see at a glance that this poisonous fog... could only corrode the surface of Artemis' arrow.

As for Hercules's bird arrows, they are even more powerful.

The sixth of the twelve trials that Hercules completed was to drive away the strange birds in Lake Stymphalus, and Hercules was not ambiguous, he killed these strange birds directly, however, these strange birds were the pets of the god of war Ares, and in mythology these birds had metal beaks and bronze feathers, and could shoot their sharp feathers at humans like archery, so when Hercules killed these strange birds, he obtained the sixth of his twelve glories, the Arrow of the Strange Bird.

Seeing the poisonous fog attacking them, these arrows turned into strange birds, easily bypassed the poisonous fog, found Baschum's blind spot, and then turned into bronze arrows again and pierced into Baschum's body fiercely!

Chapter 550: Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it

"Ah!" After being pierced by the bronze arrows and Artemis' arrows, Bashum screamed and swung his tail angrily. The overwhelming trees fell towards Tony like a rainstorm.

"Damn it!" Tony's face suddenly changed as he looked at the trees attacking him. In his memory, none of the heroes around him seemed to have any defensive treasures!

As if seeing through Tony's thoughts, one of Rosa's men who had been standing behind Tony without making any move suddenly stepped forward in front of the crowd, and then stomped his feet hard. The ground dozens of meters ahead seemed to rise up as if by some magic, and a wall of rocks appeared out of thin air in front of everyone, blocking the overwhelming trees for them.

"Well done!" Looking at the rock wall that suddenly formed, Tony couldn't help but let out a strange cry and gave a thumbs up to the blonde girl.

After blocking the attacking trees, the rock wall disappeared instantly as if it had completed its mission. At the moment the rock wall disappeared, Tony clearly saw that several bronze arrows accurately pierced Bashum's head and penetrated into its brain.

With a mournful cry, the son of Tiamat, who was standing at the fixed point of the Warcraft, finally fell to the ground and could not get up again.

"This Bashum... is a bit weak." Nero, who was standing next to Tony, suddenly spoke as he looked at Bashum who was unable to get up again hundreds of meters away.

"Weak? Sister, do you have any misunderstanding about the word weak?" Tony raised his eyebrows and looked at his sister and said, "We gathered two demigods and a god to deal with it, and at the same time mobilized an ordinary person with combat power comparable to that of a demigod to defend against its casual attack. This is called weak? Sister, tell me, how can this be called weak?"

To be honest, whether Bashum is weak or not depends on who he is compared with.

If compared with Kingu, it is definitely weak. After all, Kingu is the strongest among the eleven children of Tiamat. It is not an exaggeration to even say that Kingu is the strongest monster. Do you think Bashoum can compare with it?

But what if compared with other heroic spirits or even gods?

It is obvious that Bashum's combat power is at least at the god level. Compared with Nero and Tony, this guy... is ridiculously strong.

And if Rosa's men didn't have certain defensive abilities, Tony and his team would probably have suffered some injuries.

"According to the map, this place is at least several hundred miles away from the Persian Gulf. Basium's appearance here means that Tiamat has sent her children as commanders to lead the Warcraft army to invade the Mesopotamian region... Things are becoming more and more troublesome." Tony sighed after taking a look at the map in his hand.

Although the accuracy of the map is far less than that of later satellite maps, but... there is still no problem in making a rough judgment.

If we compare it with the maps of later generations, the place where Tony is now roughly belongs to the central region of Iraq in later generations, which is about 200 kilometers away from Baghdad. This place is almost in the hinterland of the Babylonia region of the Parthian Empire. If he can encounter Bashum here, it means that most of the Babylonia region should have become a paradise for Warcraft, right?

In order to destroy the Roman army that invaded the Parthian Empire, the Parthian Empire... was it worth paying such a huge price?

Tony is just an ordinary person. Even though he has been a prince in this world for two years, he is still just an ordinary person in essence.

He couldn't understand why a king, the ruler of a country, could kill his own people in order to disperse the enemy's army?

In fact, the reason is very simple. In this era, the priority of a country's ruler is the absolute ruling power of his own family. The saying that water can carry a boat but can also capsize it does not apply here.

Even though Vologases I had told Tiamat when she summoned her to try not to attack the residents of the Parthian Empire, the intelligence of the monsters was not as high as that of humans. They had no way of distinguishing who was a Roman and who was a Parthian. They only knew that anyone in front of them was an enemy!

It is precisely because of this reason that most of the Babylonia region is now like hell, with blood everywhere.

"Brother." Nero patted Tony's shoulder gently. Of course, he understood what his brother was thinking. "Sister knows that brother... has been wandering for a long time, so he is just like ordinary people in some aspects of his thinking. But brother, you must know that the most important thing for the monarch of any country is to ensure his family's rule over the country. For this, they can give up a lot. For example, the ruling class of the Parthian Empire is the Ashasid family headed by Vologases I, but the Ashasid family's base camp is not in Babylonia, so... they can give up this place and let the blood flow like a river, and at the cost of destroying the army of the Roman Empire!"

"...Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it. The people are not easily fooled. Now they may think that Babylonia was destroyed due to the out-of-control Warcraft, but if they knew that Vologases I had reached an alliance with Tiamat, then...what would these Parthians think?" Tony sighed and shook his head slowly.

Throughout the ages, whether in China or abroad, Tony had heard of stories of uprisings in his previous life. From Chen Sheng and Wu Guang in China to Spartacus in the Roman Empire, which one did not rise up because of injustice? At this time, the people of the Parthian Empire were able to unite because of the invasion of the Warcraft and the Roman Empire, but when the incident was over and the people came to their senses, would Vologases I have a good ending?

As an emperor, the king of kings of the Parthian Empire, couldn't Vologases I think of this?

"Okay, brother. I know you are disgusted by this action of Vologases I, but think about it the other way around. This incident is enough to make Vologases I lose the support of the people in the Mesopotamian region. If we take over here at that time, then... won't it be easier to digest this area?" Nero smiled and comforted his brother, stroking his brother's head.

"...Okay, that's true." Tony sighed slightly, patted his face and forced himself to cheer up, and said to the gods and demigods: "Everyone, let's rest here for a while. Although Bashum is dead, it cleared the surroundings before it died. There should be no monsters around here. It is safe for the time being. Let's continue to rest here, and then... continue to move towards the Persian Gulf."

Chapter 551: Rosa's Movement

Just as Tony was lamenting that water can carry a boat or capsize it, on the other side, beside Lake Balkhash.

This is a typical Han army camp. Apart from the necessary sentries on guard and patrol, most of the remaining soldiers are now huddled in their barracks, shivering around the fire.

"Mr. Shen, this weather... is too cold." Inside the central military tent, a middle-aged man in armor lifted the door curtain and walked in. He blew on his hands, then looked at the young man sitting in the room wrapped in a quilt and smiled bitterly.

"Of course I know it's cold, General Ma." The young man called Mr. Shen wrapped himself tightly in the quilt and said, "Tell the soldiers to be patient for a night. Our supplies will arrive around noon tomorrow."

"Supplies will arrive tomorrow? No way? I remember that His Majesty only gets supplies once every half a month. Now... there are still several days left, right?" The middle-aged man called General Ma frowned.

Ma Wu, whose courtesy name was Zi Zhang, was one of the twenty-eight generals of Yuntai, Marquis of Yangxu, and the general of capturing prisoners. This time, he followed the order of Emperor Guangwu and led 5,000 cavalry to follow Mr. Shen to pursue a group of unidentified enemies.

That’s right, this Mr. Shen is none other than Rosa.

"General Ma, since His Majesty has handed you over to me, I will naturally not treat you unfairly. I have always had only one attitude towards the army. If you don't eat enough, how can you have the strength to fight?" At this point, Rosa stretched out his hand and scratched his head awkwardly and said, "To be honest, the food in your department is really too bad. I really can't eat that wild vegetable soup with meat flakes floating in it."

"This... During the march, Mr. Shen, please be patient for a moment." Although he was a marquis, Ma Wu knew that the young man in front of him seemed to have reached some kind of deal with his majesty, and his majesty also valued this person very much, otherwise he would not have assigned 5,000 cavalrymen to follow this person to carry out a very vague mission at this critical time during the expedition to the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions.

That’s right, for Ma Wu, the content of this mission was very vague.

Ma Wu, one of the twenty-eight generals of Yuntai, has fought in countless battles, both large and small, and carried out many missions, but none of them was as... vague as the one now.

If you want to carry out a mission to chase the enemy, at least you have to explain who the enemy is, whether it is cavalry or infantry, and what kind of equipment it has, right? But Mr. Shen said nothing, just asked people to chase, and this pursuit was also very inexplicable!

Normally, when pursuing the enemy, one would send out scouts to follow the clues left by the enemy while marching, such as horse hoof marks and wheel tracks. However, Mr. Shen was different. He simply had his men pursue the enemy at a normal marching speed, ignoring wheel tracks and horse hoof tracks. It seemed that he had sent his subordinates to chase the enemy in front, and then report the enemy's position every day by sending pigeons.

What kind of pursuit is this?

Also, what's wrong with this wild vegetable soup? From a lord like him to an ordinary soldier, the food they eat is almost the same. The only difference is the amount of minced meat. Mr. Shen has some minced meat in his bowl that you can see with your naked eyes, just like these senior generals, but the soldiers below don't even have any minced meat!

What do you dislike?

"General Ma, I understand that the march is difficult." Rosa said with a smile, "But this place is close to a supply point I arranged before, so I have asked my subordinates to bring supplies here. When the time comes, please don't be disgusted."

"...Okay." Ma Wu looked at Rosa with a bit of a smile. He could roughly guess that this person had never joined the army and fought in a war before, so he was not very adaptable to the life in the army. To put it simply, he could not bear the hardship. Now he was approaching a supply point he had arranged before, so he asked his subordinates to bring some delicious food to improve his meals.

Forget it, this kind of thing is understandable, as long as he doesn't eat it in front of everyone.

According to Rosa's request, the army will rest in place for two days, wait until the supplies arrive tomorrow, and then set out the day after tomorrow to pursue the enemy.

…Anyway, Ma Wu had never seen such a leisurely pursuit of the enemy.

After resting on the grassland for a night, at noon the next day, Ma Wu saw a long dragon of ox carts slowly approaching the gate of the tent.

"This... what is this?!" Looking at the various foods, fine wines and even weapons and armor in the ox cart, Ma Wu's face suddenly changed. The former was still okay, but the weapons and armor, in such a large quantity, this... would it threaten the rule of the Eastern Han Empire?

“General Ma, don’t worry.” At the entrance of the camp, as if seeing through Ma Wu’s thoughts, Rosa laughed and said, “Don’t look at me having so many weapons and equipment, but… I don’t have many soldiers.”

"Aren't there many soldiers..." Looking at the strong young men standing next to the ox cart, Ma Wu expressed deep doubt about Rosa's words.

Even if these people are not soldiers, judging from their physiques, they only need simple training to become a very elite army, right?

"Come, try this armor and see if it fits you." Rosa said as he took a set of armor from the ox cart next to him and handed it to Ma Wu: "Although the armor of the Eastern Han army is not bad, it is still a little bit inferior in terms of appearance. Try this!"

"What is this?" Ma Wu was stunned for a moment after subconsciously taking the armor with a rather gorgeous shape. This armor... in terms of material, is much better than the one he is wearing, and just as this guy said, this armor... is very handsome!

"This is Ming Guang Armor, a beautiful and practical armor. In addition, I have a lot of Shanwen Armor prepared for other generals. As for the soldiers below, I also have Wu Chui Armor. If you don't mind, you can put it on. In addition, the wine here is very strong, so don't drink it all in one gulp." Rosa rubbed his hands with a smile and said to Ma Wu.

"Oh? Strong liquor? I like it." Ma Wu laughed, turned around and called a few guards to come and move the wine.

Rosa smiled and said nothing.

During the Han Dynasty, the so-called strong liquor was no more than 18 degrees at most, but the strong liquor that Rosa brought was the real Wuliangye with a 52-degree alcohol content. For the people of the Han Dynasty, this stuff... was too high in alcohol.

In addition to fine wine, Rosa also prepared a variety of fine meats. Although he had never led troops personally, after reading so many novels and TV dramas, he certainly understood that nothing could win people's hearts better than wine, meat and money.

In ancient times, the purpose of being a soldier was to make a living. These soldiers had little education, but they only understood one thing: they would listen to whoever treated them well!

Chapter 552: Jin Gu!

Rossa's purpose of winning people's hearts was not to recruit this army for his own use. His purpose was actually very simple. First, he was a Han Chinese, and the march of this Han army was indeed too difficult. Rossa felt compassion and wanted to help this army as much as possible within his ability. As for the second reason... Rossa knew that his opponent was the Black Dog Corps from the Russian Lostbelt, and the combat effectiveness of this corps could not be measured by common sense.

To give the simplest example, the civilians in the Russian Lostbelt, that is, those furry Yagas, have combat effectiveness far exceeding that of ordinary humans. Excluding weapons, one of these Yagas can probably beat several soldiers, and the killing hunters of the Black Dog Corps are even more powerful than the Yagas. If the Eastern Han cavalry really catches up with the Black Dog Corps, it is estimated that the Eastern Han cavalry can only be pinned to the ground and beaten.

Therefore, Rosa never thought at the beginning that he could rely on the Eastern Han cavalry to get rid of these killing hunters. His idea was very simple. Tony was far away in Central Asia and out of reach. He was the only one who could deal with the Black Dog Corps, so he simply led the cavalry to chase the killing hunters, bite them from a distance, harass them, and then... secretly mobilize his own army to encircle and suppress the killing hunters!

The world where Rosa lives is very technologically advanced. He has every reason to believe that no matter how strong these killing hunters are, they cannot withstand the saturation attack of a modern army!

Rosa's food and wine did the trick.

Although drinking is prohibited in the army, it is harmless to take a few sips. Besides... Rosa's supplies are not just food and equipment, there are other things, such as... chefs.

Although the major cooking techniques during the Han Dynasty were not much different from those of modern times, there were huge differences in details, especially in terms of ingredients. For example, barbecue, to be honest, should have been the first cooking technique humans learned since they learned to use fire. But can the barbecue of the Han Dynasty be compared with modern barbecue two thousand years later?

Not to mention that Rosa’s chefs are professional and can make a barbecue delicious for you!

So inevitably, this army... ate too much and got drunk.

Although he was very annoyed about this matter, Ma Wu had already noticed Rosa's thoughts. This guy seemed to be intentionally improving the combat effectiveness of this army?

From all kinds of meat to sophisticated weapons and armor, and even the best horse feed, this young man surnamed Shen is trying every way to improve the combat effectiveness of this Han cavalry from the outside! What does this mean? Does it mean... that the enemy is strong?

You know, from the Xia Dynasty to the fall of the Qing Dynasty, cavalry has been present throughout almost the entire ancient Chinese history. And in this chapter of five thousand years, the first time Chinese cavalry shined was during the Han Dynasty.

At that time, General Wei Qing and Marquis Huo Qubing launched three expeditions to the northern desert and defeated the Xiongnu Empire, which was once dominant at the time. It was also at that time that the Han cavalry surpassed its predecessor for the first time and completely suppressed the grassland cavalry in the north.

Although he experienced Wang Mang's usurpation of Han and the subsequent chaos, Ma Wu asked himself that the Eastern Han cavalry under his command was no weaker than the Western Han cavalry more than a hundred years ago. To some extent, the cavalry under his command should be the strongest army among the surrounding countries. Could it be that even such an army is not enough to deal with the pursued enemy?

If this is true, then...how strong is the enemy I am facing?

Rosa didn't know how strong the Killing Hunters were compared to the Eastern Han cavalry. He only knew one thing, that is, the Eastern Han cavalry... could not beat the Killing Hunters.

After another night's rest, on the morning of the third day, Rosa personally led the 5,000 cavalrymen on the road again to pursue and kill the hunters.

Just as Rosa was chasing the Killing Hunters, on the other side, outside a small town.

"This... don't look at it, brother." Looking at the blood that had already dried on the ground, Nero subconsciously covered his brother's eyes.

Honestly, let alone seeing it, just smelling the blood made Tony's face turn pale and he dry-heaved subconsciously.

With such a strong smell of blood, this small town might...

Taking a deep breath, Tony gently pried Nero's hands apart, then stretched out one hand and tightly grasped the hem of his sister's skirt. His face was pale as he said, "There is a lot of blood around this small town, but no corpses. This means that the people in this small town should have been devoured by the monsters. This place should be..."

"What should we do?" Just as Tony was about to finish his words, a very neutral voice suddenly came from the city wall.

Looking at the figure in a white robe on the city wall, Ishtar and Tony's faces turned extremely ugly.

"Enkidu!"

Although she didn't understand why he was here, Ishtar at least understood one thing, that is, Enkidu was here, definitely not to treat them to a meal!

And the most crucial point is that Enkidu should have died more than two thousand years ago!

"Enkidu? Or, should I call you Jingu?" Tony took a deep breath, reacted, and raised the corner of his mouth slightly. He looked at the being with the appearance of Enkidu standing on the city wall, and suddenly smiled.

"Oh? As expected, you are the prince of the Roman Empire." Although he was somewhat surprised that the young prince could see through his identity so quickly, the man with the appearance of Enkidu still bowed slightly to the people present and said, "Nice to meet you. I am your mother's son, Jingu. Please give me your guidance."

"Jin Gu?!" Ishtar was so scared that she almost took a step back when she heard the name.

Although Enkidu is terrifying, he is at best a divine weapon. No matter how strong his combat power is, he is no match for this group of people. After all, Tony has demigods, gods, and beings whose combat power is comparable to that of demigods and gods. Even if Enkidu has the Heaven's Chain that can specifically attack against divinity, Tony's side may not necessarily lose.

But Jingu is different.

As the strongest son of Tiamat, from the perspective of spiritual foundation alone, Kingu and Enkidu are not of the same concept. According to Tiamat's setting, Kingu's combat power is far beyond that of ordinary gods.