Chapter 189 The First Theban War Ends

There is a saying that what is worrying is not the lack of wealth but the inequality of wealth.

Polynices and Etecles are both sons of Oedipus, and they have equal strength.

Etecles will feel unwilling if Polynices gets the throne.

Polynices will also feel unwilling if Etecles gets the throne.

Now Oedipus wants to deprive them of their inheritance rights. Polynices is not only not sad, but unconsciously relieved.

Because he finally lost the reason to kill his brother.

Etecles couldn't help but speak loudly.

"Father! I have driven Polynices away with the help of Uncle Creon and have been the king of Debes for five years. Now even if it is your father, you can't drive me off the throne."

"My stupid son, do you still want to continue to compete with Polynices for the throne?"

Oedipus angrily waved a wooden stick and wanted to beat Etecles, but Luo Yin grabbed the stick and said.

"King Oedipus! Etecles has already taken the throne, of course he will not be willing to be driven off the throne, leave the next thing to me!"

After leaving Oedipus to Antigone and Insimone to take care of, Luo Yin looked at Etecles and Polynices who stood up.

"Etecles, I know you will not be willing to let me take the throne. I will give you a chance. As long as you can defeat me, I will support you to continue to sit on the throne. Polynices, if you want to take back the throne, attack me together with Etecles! Whoever of you can defeat me can sit on the throne."

"You want to challenge both of us at the same time?"

Polynices said with a smile.

"Cousin Haimon, do you think you are a god? You have just seen how powerful Etecles and I are."

"I know that your strength is not inferior to those heroes who have become immortal gods, so I asked you to attack me together. Because even if heroes like Cadmus and Perseus who have become immortal gods come as gods, they will be vulnerable in front of me. If you don't make a move, I will take it as if you don't even have the courage to attack me."

After Luo Yin finished speaking, Etecles could no longer hold back and rushed towards Luo Yin with his fists.

"Haimong, even if I always treat you as my own brother, I can't let you take the throne."

Luo Yin teased while dodging Etecles's attack.

"It's so slow! Etecles, if you are too weak to swing your fist, I can stop and let you hit me."

A muffled bang!

As soon as he finished speaking, Luo Yin blocked Etecles' right fist with his left shoulder.

After Etecles' eyes widened and a panicked expression appeared on his face, Luo Yin laughed and teased.

"Your fist is as soft and weak as a woman's. Are you tickling me?"

"Haemon——"

Completely enraged by Luo Yin's humiliation, Etecles waved his fists angrily and hit Luo Yin's face.

Luo Yin easily dodged Etecles' attack as if he was strolling in the garden, allowing everyone watching the fight to clearly see the difference in strength between the two.

Seeing that Etecles had attacked more than a dozen times and could not touch Luo Yin's body, Polynices finally couldn't help but pounce on Luo Yin.

The two brothers attacked Luo Yin one after the other, and Luo Yin was like he had eyes on his back, easily dodging the attacks from front and back.

Once... twice... five times... ten times...

Polynices and Etecles were like children being teased by adults, and their joint attacks could never touch Luo Yin's body.

Watching the battle between the three, Creon murmured in shock.

"Is this man... really my son Haemon?"

In Creon's impression, his son Haemon should be like him, not a hero with strong military power.

Insmene glanced at Creon and said.

"Who else could he be if not Haemon?"

Creon smiled flatteringly and said,

"Insmene, in order to govern the city of Thebes, I have always lacked attention to Haemon's growth. Could it be that Haemon has become a young hero with strong military power without my noticing?"

Insmene did not answer, and her eyes returned to Loin, Polynices, and Etecles.

"Am I suspicious?"

Creon looked at Insmene and muttered to himself.

"Insimone spends more time with Haemon than my busy father. Since she doesn't doubt Haemon, I have no reason to doubt Haemon."

Creon was sincerely happy that Luo Yin had become a powerful young hero, and he was more determined to seize the throne for Luo Yin.

At this time, Polynices lost his patience and couldn't help but said.

"Haemon, you can only rely on speed to avoid our attacks? If you want to prove that you are stronger than us, you must defeat us head-on."

"Then as you wish!"

Snap! Snap!

Luo Yin stretched out his hands to block the fists of Polynices and Etecles.

Seeing that the full force of the two could not shake Luo Yin's body, everyone believed that Luo Yin not only had a speed far superior to Polynices and Etecles, but also had a strength far superior to them.

Without waiting for the two brothers to retract their fists, Luo Yin held their fists with both hands, and then forcibly pulled them to circle in place.

Because Luo Yin was spinning so fast, the two brothers' bodies left the ground and were thrown around by Luo Yin again and again.

Until Polynices and Etecles were thrown dizzy, Luo Yin let go of his hands and let the two bodies roll to the ground.

Looking at the two brothers lying on the ground unable to get up, Luo Yin said in a cold voice with an expressionless face.

"Because of this stupid war launched by Adrastus' ambition, many soldiers can no longer return to their families. You two can still return to your beautiful wives and young sons. What else are you dissatisfied with?"

Etecles looked at Polynices and said with a complicated expression.

"Since I have completely lost to you, the throne will belong to you in the future."

Polynices said with a happy smile.

"Cousin Haemon! Seeing that you can let Etecles and I continue to be loving brothers, I also agree to give you the throne."

The two sons no longer killed each other for the throne, and Oedipus couldn't help but shed tears in his empty eye sockets.

Creon was also happy that Luo Yin defeated Polynices and Etecles and won the throne.

The only one who was dissatisfied with the current result was Adrastus.

This war killed Adrastus' son-in-law Tydeus, nephew Capaneus, two brothers Hippomedon and Mecistheus, and a large number of Argos soldiers.

If Adrastus accepted the failure of the war, he would be laughed at by the world as a stupid king.

So no matter what, Adrastus had to wash away the shame of the failure of this war.

Ten years -

In just ten years, the young children will grow up to become young heroes, and then they can launch the Second Theban War.

After accepting the reality of the failure of this war, Adrastus looked at Polynices with a gloomy face and said.

"Polynices! Since you have completely failed, come back to your hometown with me, back to your wife and son."