Chapter 218 Chiron, the Leader of the Lapiths

The strength of Frye City cannot be compared with that of Iolcas City, let alone that of Thebes City.

As the king of Frye City, Admetus, who is nearly 40 years old, dared to ask Acastos to marry the young and beautiful Alcestis because Acastos was facing the crisis of death and extinction of his clan.

Now that the crisis of Iolcas City has been resolved, Admetos will certainly not be stupid enough to challenge Acastos and Luo Yin, who can destroy his Frye City at the same time.

Seeing that Luo Yin was determined to win Alcestis, Admetos said with a smile.

"Dear Haimon! Just now, I was just a cousin of Alcestis, trying to test your feelings for Alcestis. Seeing that you care so much about my cousin Alcestis, I am very happy to be a relative of you."

Admetos wisely gave up competing with Luo Yin for Alcestis, and Acastos did not want to tear his face with Admetos, so he changed the subject.

"Brother Admetus! Peleus dared to take the initiative to provoke a war against the descendants of Aeolus. Next, I will attack Peleus's Kingdom of Phthia. Are you willing to participate in this war?"

"No problem!"

Although Admetus did not provide timely assistance when Iolkas was in crisis, he was happy to beat the man when he was down.

And attacking Peleus with Acastus could also repair the cousin relationship with Acastus that was on the verge of breaking.

The next day.

Acastus led 3,000 soldiers and Admetus led 1,000 soldiers to form a coalition of 4,000 people to attack the Kingdom of Phthia.

Luo Yin also led 300 Theban soldiers on war horses to Mount Pelion where the Lapiths lived.

Mount Pelion is located northeast of Iolkas.

Because there are ports for maritime trade on the east and west sides of Mount Pelion, the most powerful tribe of the Lapiths lives in this mountain area.

In the myths made up by people hundreds of years later, because the nomadic Lapiths were vilified as half-man, half-horse monsters, Mount Pelion was the place where the Centaurs lived in mythology.

The leader of the Lapiths became the sage Chiron, the ancestor of the Centaurs who lived in Mount Pelion in mythology.

When Luo Yin brought 300 soldiers to the foot of Mount Pelion, he saw the village where the Lapiths lived. The Lapiths had abandoned the tents of the nomads and began to live in houses made of wood or stone.

Although their lifestyle had begun to be assimilated by the residents of the city-state, their work was still to graze cattle, sheep and horses on the plains of Thessaly, and to pick naturally grown white cotton as a commodity in late autumn.

Seeing that the Lapiths were completely unaware of the coming of the war, Luo Yin waved his hand and ordered the soldiers to attack the Lapiths' village.

The next moment!

The soldiers rushed towards the Lapiths' village.

The thundering sound of horse hooves broke the silence. The Lapiths had never thought that someone would take the initiative to attack their village.

After all, when King Pelias of Iolcas was alive, Chiron, the leader of the Lapiths, took in Yin Asong, and Iolcas did not dare to attack the Lapiths.

The most powerful city-states in Thessaly did not dare to attack the Lapiths, so who in Thessaly dared to become the enemy of the Lapiths.

Luo Yin's 300 soldiers rushed into the Lapiths village and quickly killed the young and strong who dared to resist, making thousands of old, weak, women and children in the village captives.

Luo Yin rode to the center of the village and asked a group of elders in gorgeous robes.

"Even if we killed 500 young and strong, there should be only dozens of young and strong people in the Lapiths. Where are your young and strong people?"

The elders stared at the invader Luo Yin with hatred, and no one was willing to answer the question.

Just when Luo Yin wanted to order the killing of a few people to establish his authority, a young and beautiful girl suddenly stood up and said.

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"Our young men are all receiving training from Chiron on Mount Pelion. When they learn that the invaders have attacked the village, they will soon come back to eliminate you bandits. If you don't want to die, leave our village immediately."

"You said we are bandits--"

Looking at the beautiful girl in gorgeous clothes and noble temperament, Luo Yin teased jokingly.

"Now your Lapiths' village has been invaded, so you think the invaders are bandits. But when you Lapiths break into other people's homes, you Lapiths are also bandits. Naive little girl! Let me tell you a truth! In this era, there is no right or wrong in war, let alone justice and evil. If you must say, the winner is justice and the loser is evil. Because history-is written by the victors."

The Lapiths girl obviously didn't consider that they, the Lapiths, were also barbaric bandits and invaders in the eyes of others.

When the Lapith girl was speechless, accompanied by the more shocking sound of horse hooves, more than a thousand knights rushed down from Mount Pelion and blocked Luo Yin and his three hundred soldiers in the village.

But these Lapith knights did not attack rashly, as if they were worried that the invaders would harm their fellow captives.

Just as Luo Yin's three hundred soldiers and more than a thousand Lapith knights were in a tense confrontation, a young leader and the centaur Chiron walked in front of the Lapith knights.

"Hippodamia!"

Seeing the Lapith girl bravely standing in front of Luo Yin, the young leader of the Lapiths shouted worriedly, and then said to Luo Yin.

"Intruders! You are now surrounded. As long as you don't harm my people, I promise to let you leave safely."

"Who are you?"

When Luo Yin asked about his identity, the young leader said without hesitation.

"I am Pirithous, the leader of a branch tribe of the Lapiths, and the fiancé of the Lapithian princess Hippodamia. After I marry Hippodamia, I will become the leader of all the Lapithians. The King of Men—that is, the next generation Chiron, so you can trust my promise.”

"You are actually Pilithous—"

Luo Yin said with some surprise after learning the identity of the young leader.

"You are very different from the Pirithous I saw in the underworld ten years later. No wonder I can't recognize you."

Then Luo Yin looked at the Lapitai girl and said.

"Are you the short-lived wife of Pirithous, the Lapithian princess Hippodamia? Although Pirithous seems like a young hero now, he was so crazy that he wanted to marry Hades ten years later. Queen Persephone is really not a good match for you.”

Seeing that Hippodamia looked confused and didn't understand her words at all, Luo Yin looked at Chiron and said.

"Chiron - this is indeed not the name of a certain person, but the name shared by the leaders of the Lapiths, just like the priestesses of Delphi all use the name Pythia. Perhaps in real history, Chiron is A priest who served the ancestral god Prometheus, but in mythology, Chiron was deified as another form of Prometheus.”

"Young man, are you Haemon, King of Thebes?"

Chiron looked at Luo Yin calmly and said.

"I already know what happened yesterday! Although I can't tell whether you are a god, we Lapithians are not enemies of the Thebans. You have no reason to invade our tribe."