Chapter 2 Seven Heroes' Expedition to Thebes-2

Several other heroes are also ready to go.Soon Adrastros assembled a mighty army, divided into seven companies, each led by seven heroes.Full of confidence and hope, they left Argos.But on the way they encountered their first disaster.They reached the forests of Nemea, where the rivers, streams, and lakes were dry.They suffered from the heat and thirst, and their armor and shields became a heavy burden.The dust from walking fell on their parched lips, and even the horses were so thirsty that they foamed layers of saliva. Adrastos took some warriors and searched for water in the forest, but it was a pity that they were in vain.They met a very beautiful, but very poor woman.She was holding a boy, his clothes were ragged and his hair was flying.Sitting in the shade, she looks elegant, like a queen.Adrastos was taken aback. He thought he had met the forest goddess, so he knelt down to her and asked the god to show him the way and let him escape the misery.But the woman lowered her eyes and replied, "Outlander, I am not a goddess. If you see anything extraordinary about my appearance, it is because I have endured more suffering in my life than any mortal person in the world. My name is Xu Pu Imber, formerly the queen of the Amazons on the island of Remnos, my father was the mighty Thoas. Later I was kidnapped and sold by pirates and became a slave of King Nemea to Laikagutu. This boy is not mine Son. His name is Opheltus, the son of my lord, and I am his nurse. I am willing to help you find what you need. In this dry and desolate place, there is only one source of water. Except me , no one knows this place. The spring water there is rich enough to quench your thirst for all of you!"

The woman stood up, put the child on the grass, hummed a lullaby, and put the child to sleep.The heroes called the whole army to follow Hypersey Burrough.They passed through the dense forest, and soon came to a canyon with strange rocks. At this time, the sound of spring water pouring on the rocks could be heard clearly. "There's water!" A joyful cry echoed in the valley. "There's water! There's water!" The soldiers of the whole army cheered happily, throwing themselves on the edge of the stream, opening their dry and smoldering mouths, gulping down the sweet spring water.Later, they drove the cart and led the horse through the woods, and they even went to the water with the cart and the horse, and let the horse soak in the water to cool off.Now the whole army was freed from thirst and refreshed.

Hypersyborough led Adrastus and his retinue back to the road.However, she hadn't reached the original place yet, relying on the nature of a nurse, she keenly heard the child's pitiful cry from a distance.A terrible premonition seized her heart, and she ran forward quickly.However, when he arrived at the place where the child was placed, the child was gone.Hypersey Baile glanced around, and immediately understood that there was a big snake coiled around a tree not far ahead, with its head resting on its bulging belly.Hypersey Burrough cried out in grief.The heroes hurried over.The first person to see the vicious snake was the hero Hippomedon. He immediately picked up a big stone and threw it at the snake, but the stone bounced off the scaly snake and shattered like dirt.He threw the spear again, and it hit the serpent's open mouth, so that the point of the spear protruded from the snake's head.The snake was so painful that it twisted its body around the spear shaft like a spinning top, and at last it screamed and died.

After the snake was killed, poor Posey Burroughs the courage to follow the child.She saw a tragic sight.The grass was stained red with the blood of the children, and the bones of the children were scattered on the ground.Hypersey Burr knelt down in despair, picked up the bones, and handed them over to the heroes standing aside.Heroes ceremoniously bury the children who died for them.In his honor they held the holy Nemean Games, and worshiped him as a half-human god, calling him Alcimolos, the precocious one. Hypersyborough was imprisoned by the child's mother, Eurydice, and was to be brutally executed.Fortunately, the sons of Hypersey Belle had come out to find her, and soon rescued their mother.