When night fell, God put away the rain gear. Heracles tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep. In order not to wake up the warriors who lived with him, he got up and walked out of the room quietly.
He wanted to go downstairs to buy some wine, but he heard the conversation between Mortira and the shop assistant when he reached the stairs.
"Sigh! Little brother, do you sell goat milk?" Mortira asked the shop assistant. Because Ayis was suffering from insomnia, Mortira tried to get some goat's milk to help the princess sleep.
"Unfortunately, we did, but they were sold out at noon. We only sell them from morning to noon.”the shop assistant said regretfully.
"What? It's sold out? Then…then is there any goat's milk around here?”When they entered the city, they clearly saw many local residents raising sheep, similar to Babylon. They should have stored them.
The shop assistant's expression changed when he heard this." Miss, are you going out to buy? Please don't…"
"What's wrong? It's not very late now, and the rain has stopped.”"I'm not afraid of the dark anymore!"”When she said that she was not afraid of the dark, Mortira looked proud. There were very few girls who were not afraid of the dark. Her sisters in Babylon envied her, which made her very proud.
"No, no, you can't go out.”Suo Xin, the shop assistant, opened his arms to block Mortira's way, his face nervous.
"Sigh! You little brat, are you going against me?”Mortira pulled up her sleeves in exasperation, as if she wanted to teach him a lesson.
"I'll go buy it." Heracles came over and volunteered to buy goat milk for Mortira. -- Could Ayis not sleep either? Yes, drinking goat's milk was indeed a good idea.
The shop assistant jumped up in joy when he saw Heracles." Yes, let him go. He's a man they're not interested in.”
"Who, who are they?" Mortira shrieked in shock. She hugged herself with both hands, her face full of panic. She had interpreted the " they " that the shop assistant had mentioned as lechers who specialized in bullying women.
The shop assistant's expression was very ugly. He stammered and hesitated.
"Go back to your room to accompany the princess! I'll buy it back soon." Heracles walked towards the door.
The shop assistant opened the door for him and said to him with a strange and mysterious expression,"Please be careful. Remember, if you see anything strange, don't worry and come back quickly."”After the shop assistant reminded him, he also told him the specific direction to buy goat's milk.
If something strange happened, he would tell him not to interfere. That would depend on what it was. In the three worlds, as long as it was something that Heracles wanted to interfere in, no one could stop it.
Therefore, Heracles stepped on the puddles of water on the road and headed to the house pointed out by the shop boy.
Heracles successfully bought the goat's milk, but the couple who sold the goat's milk were as strange as the shop assistants.
"Young man, you still dare to come out to buy goat milk on such a late day!”The old man opened the door a little and stuck his head out. He looked left and right nervously.
"Aiya! It was obvious that he was a foreigner. He might not have known.”The old lady squeezed her head out and said to her husband. Then, she looked at Heracles with a sincere face and gave him a piece of advice." Young man, hurry up and go back! Remember, no matter what you see, just pretend that you didn't see anything and go straight home. Only then can you be safe!”After saying that, the door was closed with a bang.
"Strange, the people here are fine during the day, but why are they so nervous at night? Could it be that something that scares them will happen at night?”Heracles carried the goat milk pot in his hand and walked towards the relay station. However, once the curiosity in his heart was aroused, it was difficult to let go before he got an answer, especially when it was something that everyone was afraid of. Perhaps Heracles 'hero complex was doing something strange!
There was no one on the street, not even a cat or dog. The wind had also stopped, and it was so quiet that it made one's hair stand on end.
Heracles walked slowly as he looked around. Perhaps there was really something strange that they were talking about.
" Ah!" A woman's scream came from the house. The sound was distant and drifting.
Just as Heracles was trying to determine the direction of the sound, a blue light suddenly flashed in the sky in the distance. It disappeared very quickly, and what worried Heracles was that he could clearly feel the demonic aura.
"Aiya! My daughter! What a miserable life!" The faint sound of a woman crying could still be heard from that direction.
Heracles ran in that direction as fast as the wind.
When they arrived at the door of the house, they saw a middle-aged woman kneeling on the ground and crying. Beside her, the person who wanted to cry but had no tears and shook his head should be her husband.
"What happened? Why are you all so sad?”Heracles already had some guesses in his heart, but he still wanted confirmation.
"Aiya! We only have one daughter! Not only is she beautiful, but she has also been sensible and filial since she was young. She never thought that her life would be so bitter. Tonight, we have been very careful. Every door is tightly locked. Even our daughter's boudoir is locked. But the mountain god still chose her. My poor daughter! Wuuuu…"
"Mountain God? That's a monster.”The husband cursed angrily.
The woman quickly got up and covered her husband's mouth." Are you tired of living?!"”The woman's face changed from sadness to fear.
The woman's husband angrily shook off his wife's hand." Our daughter is gone anyway. If he wants to catch her, let him do it. I…I don't want to live anymore."”The husband also began to cry and fell to the ground.
"Are you saying that your daughter was captured by a demon? It seems that my guess was correct." Heracles frowned and looked up at the place where the blue light disappeared. His eagle eyes were sharp and sharp.
"Do you know where it lives?”Heracles wanted to get some clues. Even if they could not save their daughter alive, they had to eradicate the monster that harmed the world. Heracles could not stand the weak people suffering in front of him.
"Young man! It seems that I'm a foreigner. You can't interfere in this matter. You'd better go back!”The husband persuaded. Although he really wanted to save his daughter, how could a mortal fight with a demon? It was better not to harm others and oneself.
"You just have to tell me what you know.”Heracles turned around and looked at them very seriously. It seemed that he would not leave before he got the case.
The husband sighed heavily before telling her the story. It turned out that the one who kidnapped their daughter was an eagle monster. It occupied a strange stone mountain deep in Amman's mountains and called itself the Evil Eagle King.
In order to please him, the villagers of Amman called him the mountain god. It was the eagle monster that transformed into a bully in the legend of the virgin. No one had ever seen the true face of this one-eyed eagle monster. Every time the victim's family heard its voice, they never saw it.
Ever since the eagle monster was rejected by the girl 500 years ago and was blinded by the attack of the colorful bird, it would capture a girl every year on this day, which was also the night of the virgin festival. It was said that it wanted to eat her.
The residents were angry but did not dare to speak up. After being threatened, they did not even dare to escape. Fortunately, he only ate one a year, so the Amman residents could only muddle along.
Five hundred years passed like this. The residents of Amman had gotten used to this kind of life. They even regarded it as a local custom. Every year, the mountain god would choose a girl as a sacrifice. Therefore, people still sang and danced happily during the virgin festival, but once something happened to their loved ones, who could be indifferent? Just like the couple who had lost their daughter.
After hearing this, Heracles 'face became even more serious. There was one thing that puzzled him. Why didn't the one-eyed eagle monster capture the chosen virgins? Logically speaking, shouldn't he capture the virgin who symbolizes the girl to take revenge?
"He's at the Strange Stone Mountain, right?" Heracles crossed his arms in front of his chest and looked at the night sky thoughtfully.
"Yes! Yes, but there was also a legend that on the second day of the virgin festival, the colorful birds guarding the virgin stone by the cliff would be driven away by a giant eagle. The giant eagle hovered above the cliff for a whole day before leaving. The residents of Amman didn't dare to go to the edge of the cliff that day. It has been passed down for hundreds of years and has become a local custom. I don't know if it's true.”
The woman used her sleeve to wipe away the tears that kept falling from her face as she spoke while inhaling.
"Okay, I understand. Uncle, Auntie, you should go in! No matter how much you cry, you won't be able to bring your daughter back. I believe that your daughter doesn't want you to live in pain for the rest of your life. I'm leaving. See you again." Heracles bowed politely, then turned around and left, disappearing into the wet night.
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