"No, you came too quickly. I just didn't comfort them well enough." Kale's voice came from within the palace. He then led a group of fairies out of the palace.
Kale said gently, "Prince Paris, if you return to Troy, you will face a terrifying fate. If you stay here, you might be able to live peacefully."
Pei Zi Yun knew that Kale was speaking the truth. If it was the original Paris, if he returned to Troy, he would undoubtedly face the judgment of fate.
But Pei Zi Yun was different. He came to this world with a goal in mind. He had not obtained the Golden Apple, nor had he completed the Plum Blossom Task. How could he hide?
He could only face it head-on and quickly increase his strength to face his impending fate.
"No, Kale, thank you for your kindness. But I have decided to return to Troy. That is my home. If there is a terrifying fate waiting for me there, then I have to face it even more."
"Prince Paris, since you are so determined, I will not stop you." As he said this, Kale handed the map to Pei Zi Yun regretfully.
Pei Zi Yun took the map and confirmed it. He then smiled, "Kale, you have helped me. You will not regret it."
Mount Olympus
The gods sat around the clouds. Through them, they saw Prince Paris riding a ship back to Troy.
This was beyond the gods' expectations. Originally, they had planned to exile Prince Paris for a long time, and only let him return to Troy when the war against Troy was about to end.
But now, Paris had only been gone for a month, and he had successfully found the map and was on his way back to Troy.
"Do we need to stop Paris from returning to Troy?" Athena asked Hera.
Hera's original intention was to stop Paris from returning, but Zeus had other plans. He said, "There's no need, but you can transfer Achilles over. It's about time for him to go on stage."
Two years had passed since the war against Troy. It coincided with the time of the war in history. At this time, Achilles could participate in the war.
At this moment, the scene in the clouds changed to the scene of the Amazon.
"Look, the Amazon Queen is coming to Troy," Hera said as she looked at the scene in the clouds.
At this time, in the Amazon Kingdom, Queen Penthesilia was preparing the necessary supplies for the war. The Gods could foresee that Queen Penthesilia of the Amazon would come to Troy.
"Should we continue to attack the Amazon?" Athena asked. The gods had already decided on a strategy to attack the Amazon and force Queen Penthesilea to participate in the Battle of Troy.
In history, Pentecilla accidentally killed her younger sister while hunting due to the interference of the gods, and was hunted down by the three Goddesses of Fate. In order to atone for her sins, she had no choice but to participate in the Battle of Troy, and in the end, she sacrificed herself on the battlefield.
Hera glanced at Artemis and Ares in the distance and said, "Penthesileia was supposed to kill her sister to urge her to go to the battlefield of Troy, but now that she has come of her own accord, there is no need to continue to kill her. We still have to consider the feelings of Artemis and Ares."
Athena nodded her head slightly in agreement.
These were all minor changes caused by Pei Zi Yun changing the 'script'. It seemed so natural that even the Gods of Mount Olympus did not suspect anything and could only correct it.
The Greek Camp
At this time, these people had been camping here for a few years, which meant that they had been away from their homes for a few years.
The camp was relatively simple at first, but it gradually became more and more complete. Now it was a town, and the big tent in the center of the camp had long been built with stone. These were all mined from the surrounding stone mountains, and the people around Troy were used to build it.
Around the big tent in the center, some of the important hero princes' tents were made of stone, and some were made of wood. Only the barracks of the ordinary soldiers were still tents, but they were more complete than before.
At this time, in a room, the Greek prophet Calchas woke up from his dream and sighed.
"Master, are you thirsty? I brought honey wine. " The servant saw him and raised the candle to let more light into the room, and took out a silver wine jug.
"Give me a cup!" Calchas' heart was beating fast, but he did not reject the servant's offer. A god had just appeared in his dream and told him a piece of news, asking him and Austin to welcome Achilles to Troy.
"That's how hard it is to be a prophet." Finishing the wine, Calchas got up from his bed and put on his clothes. He quickly went to Austin's tent.
Under the candlelight, Austin was writing a letter overnight. When he saw Calchas walk in, his expression changed slightly, but he hid it well, and a smile appeared on his face.
"Austin, the gods have given us another task. We have to invite Achilles, no matter what reason he has, we have to invite him." After Calchas entered, he did not exchange pleasantries with Austin and went straight to the point.
"I understand, but Achilles' mother, Thetis, is not an ordinary goddess. Will she stop us from carrying out our mission?" Austin's face darkened, and he spoke cautiously. Because he was blessed by the gods, he knew many secrets, and he had a better understanding of the status and power of Achilles' mother.
Thetis was the daughter of the Sea God Nereus and the Sea Goddess Doris. This identity was not a big deal, but the key was that during the War of the Titans, she had summoned the Hecatoncheires to help Zeus fight against the Titans, which was a great contribution to Zeus.
This directly showed her status.
Calchas's face darkened as well, but he said, "This is the business of the gods. We just have to do our best."
There was one thing he did not mention. Since the gods had arranged for this, they would definitely consider Thetis' influence, and he believed that some gods had already gone.
Furthermore, he believed that Austin would understand the relationship between the two of them. To avoid offending a Deity, he did not point this out.
Hearing Calchas's words, Austin thought about it and said, "Okay, I'll talk to General Agamemnon about this tomorrow."
After these few years of war, Agamemnon's authority had become more and more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and they had gradually developed trust in him.
If there were no accidents, when Agamemnon conquered Troy and won this war, his prestige would reach its peak. However, this was not in the interests of the gods.
But at this moment, everyone still trusted Agamemnon very much, and they would report anything to him.
Ocean, Palace
Far away at the bottom of the sea, there was a palace hidden underwater. The palace was not affected by the seawater at all, and it was glorious.
At this moment, in the underwater palace, Thetis opened the water mirror in front of her, and it showed the conversation between Calchas and Austin.
She had also heard the entire conversation between Calchas and Austin.
"This day has finally come." Thetis was furious. In order to defeat fate, she had not hesitated to soak Achilles in the River Styx to make him immortal, but in the end, she had failed.
Later, in order to resist the arrangement of fate, she entrusted the young Achilles to Lycomedes, the king of Scylus, hoping that he could raise Achilles to adulthood and escape from the cruel arrangement of fate.
But even after spending so much effort, he still could not escape fate. When she saw the two mortals talking about taking Achilles to Troy, she could not help but feel a wave of anger in her heart.
She wanted to teach these two mortals who did not know the immensity of heaven and earth a lesson, and let them understand that the child Thetis was not someone they could plot against. Thinking of this, she was about to get up.
"Honorable Thetis, what do you want to do?" At this moment, a young man appeared, holding a twin-snake staff in his hands. He had a slightly frivolous smile, and the small wings behind his ears and feet were still flapping. It seemed like he had just arrived.
"It's Hermes!"
Holding the snake-shaped staff, Hermes passed through the seawater and directly arrived at Thetis's underwater palace. He looked at Thetis, who was about to get up.
Tethys was silent. She knew that Hermes had come to stop her.
Sure enough, she heard Hermes continue, "Didn't you already know and agree not to interfere with Achilles' fate?"
Thetis was still silent. She had indeed agreed to such a request when she was disheartened, but Achilles was her child after all. Seeing the fate he was about to face, how could she bear to see it, so she could not help but stop him.
"Don't go against Zeus. You know, this concerns Zeus' fate, and he will not forgive you." Hermes stopped smiling and gave a sincere warning.
"But the prophecy may not be me, Metis may not be it, and I may not be it." Faced with Hermes' aggressiveness, Thetis, who had been silent, could not help but speak up.
"Thetis, you are right, but as long as there is a trace of possibility, Zeus will not let it go."
Hermes' words were close to a threat, clearly telling Thetis that this time it was Zeus who felt threatened, and that she should not interfere, or he would deal with her as well.
Thetis was silent. The terrible prophecy of Prometheus had troubled Zeus. Metis was Zeus' first wife and Athena's mother, but even so, Zeus had mercilessly swallowed her into his stomach, let alone herself.
Fate was ever-changing. If Metis could not complete the prophecy, then it would be her (Thetis) next, and perhaps there would be other goddesses in the future.
If there was suspicion, then it must be eliminated. This was Zeus' logic. If Thetis was not a god, perhaps killing her would be a better solution.
"Also, Peleus, your husband is only the grandson of Zeus, but Achilles' divine blood is almost catching up to Hercules', right?"
"This constantly increasing divine blood is too shocking for the gods."
Hercules completed 12 "impossible" tasks and became a god. This could be considered the arrangement of fate, but the gods did not want to see a hero like Hercules appear among the heroes of mankind.
And now it seemed that Achilles, who had rich divine blood and was constantly approaching Hercules, was the most likely to meet this condition, and might even surpass Hercules.
"So, he must die." Hermes made a conclusion, with the coldness and determination unique to gods. Hearing this, Thetis took three steps back and let out a deep sigh.
As a mother who loved her child deeply, what could be more heartbreaking than watching her child die in front of her and being powerless to do anything about it?
But she had no choice.
The root cause of the Battle of Troy was the terrible prophecy of Prometheus: "A wrong marriage will bring destruction to the king of the gods."
Fate turned to Metis, and before Athena was born, Zeus swallowed her.
Now it was Thetis' turn. Zeus arranged for Thetis to marry the mortal hero Peleus, and they gave birth to Achilles.
In order to reasonably kill Achilles, the Son of Destiny, Zeus launched the Battle of Troy. As for the elimination of the human heroes, it was only incidental.
Therefore, the death of Achilles was a foregone conclusion. Everyone else could live, but he would definitely die.
Hermes looked at her sympathetically and said, "Thetis, don't stop him. Otherwise, no matter how much affection and merit you have, it will be useless in the face of Zeus' anger and thunder."
With that, Hermes flapped his wings and disappeared into the sea in an instant.
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