Chapter 141 – Bull-Headed Fiendgod (2/2)

Crete’s attack which had been meant for him had actually penetrated deeply into Pelagon’s stomach. The latter was supporting his body with his two hands on the ground, as he protected Lei Yu’s. The blood flowing out onto Lei Yu’s face had come from Pelagon’s stomach. Lei Yu could clearly see that, although he’d been dealt a lethal blow, his face still held a smile. The red that shrouded his eyes had disappeared. It gave Lei Yu the feeling that the Pelagon now was his true self; his dignified face gave one an impression of kindness and friendliness – this was the face a benevolent emperor should have.

Lei Yu looked up, his mind becoming even more shocked. The half squatting Crete had his eyes open wide and round in surprise. His slit-like pupils strangely became round as well, and his thin pale face was continuously trembling. A huge shiny golden axe was deeply embedded into the back of his head. One could say that pretty much the whole axe was inside his skull. Yellow blood had been continuously flowing down his back, and dripping onto the ground.

“Bang!”

They both fell to the ground simultaneously. Pelagon’s huge body fell on top of Lei Yu, robbing him of the ability to breathe and almost killing him.

Crete was more or less as dead as a doornail. Lei Yu could somehow guess why Pelagon had helped him. Perhaps the previous attack had made him recover his senses, or perhaps in his mind, he hadn’t been able to let go of his descendants and subjects.

Lei Yu could clearly detect that Pelagon’s heart was still beating, except it was becoming slower and slower.

“I… I request… that you help me! Help me save… save my… save my people!”

The voice that came out of Pelagon’s mouth was barely audible while he gasped for air, but Lei Yu could still clearly hear everything. With great difficulty, Lei Yu replied, “I will!”

At this point, even though Lei You couldn’t see it, a bright smile was on Pelagon’s mouth. This was probably the happiest moment of his life, because he had finally made a decision that he felt was the right thing. He had saved Lei Yu, and in return, Lei Yu promised to help him save his people; now he could rest assured, and leave this world in peace.

No one would remember the mistake he’d previously made; no one would remember Pelagon in his armor, attacking Greece. However, from this day onwards, Lei Yu would forever remember his actions and he would forever be grateful towards him.

A few minutes later, the labyrinth started shaking, and all the walls started moving all of a sudden. Lei Yu could only stare with wide eyes, unable to move. In this moment, Pelagon’s body crushing Lei Yu, and Crete lying by their side both started becoming illusory under his horrified look . Lei Yu clearly felt the weight on top of him disappear, and the next instant both bodies vanished. The labyrinth then started undergoing astonishing changes.

This was exactly like last time when Lei Yu had finally found the sacred object, and all the walls had closed off the junctions, only leaving one path. This current path was much wider than previously, when Lei Yu hadn’t been the only one here. Clenching his teeth, Lei Yu used all his strength to get off the floor by using the wall as support.

The labyrinth had once again restored its calm, but it had become a single-lane tunnel. Lei Yu looked at the three golden items, but didn’t have the strength to pick them up because he was currently in too much pain.

Noticing that to his right there was some sort of distortion, Lei Yu slowly turned to face it.

“Minotaur Linos!”

Covered in a golden color, a monster appeared in front of Lei Yu. With a bull’s head and two sharp horns, terrifying blood-red eyes, and his body not much different than an ordinary person’s, except for it being much more muscular.

One could see that thick chains were restraining his arms and legs, restricting his movements. The most horrific thing about him were two gleaming sharp hooks which penetrated through his shoulders, and locked onto his shoulder blades. Behind the hooks were chains, extending all the way back until the place where they were attached to the top of the walls.

It looked as if any slight movement would bring him unbearable pain. At this time, Minotaur Linos’s pair of huge bull eyes, strangely, were looking at Lei Yu. It seemed like Lei Yu was more of a monster than him. Being able to defeat Crete and the three guardians, was he a human or a ghost?

“Hey, what are you looking at? I’ve suffered a lot because of you!” Lei Yu had a funny expression on his face. Because, no matter how he looked at Minotaur Linos, this bull was actually quite cute looking, and not as fearsome as depicted on the flag.

“Who are you?” Minotaur Linos asked as he blinked his eyes.

“Shit! Hold up, let me recover a bit before we talk more!” Lei Yu simply closed his eyes and began to replenish his internal energy. HOwever, the spiritual essence around him was too pitiful, so time seemed to pass in slow motion.

After about an hour, Lei Yu finally opened up his eyes and stood up. Although he was unsteady on his feet, the little bit of internal energy inside him still helped him to walk, albeit grudgingly.

This Minotaur Linos was indeed a virtuous person, he actually hadn’t uttered a single word during that hour. He had just stared at Lei Yu until he regained his consciousness.

“You… you’re here to rescue me?”

“No shit, Sherlock!” Lei Yu went up close to Minotaur Linos and looked around. “I’m really doubting whether you’re really the fiendgod Minotaur Linos. No matter how I stare, you don’t look like a monster that likes to devour little boys and girls.”

He gently poked the two chains pierced through his shoulders, and Minotaur Linos cried out in pain. “Who told you I liked devouring little boys and girls?!”

“Then why do you require yearly sacrifices of little boys and girls?” Lei Yu asked.

“That’s what Crete needed, so he could use those little boys and girls to increase his strength. It has nothing to do with me. Since I’ve been locked up here, I haven’t dared to move a single inch! Hey! Stop poking the chains! It hurts a lot!” the big bull-headed fiendgod shouted hysterically. Lei Yu didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, he had never expected to suffer through such hardship in order to rescue such a wimpy bull-head.

Walking towards the golden axe, which was shimmering with a golden light, Lei Yu picked it up. Surprised, he actually felt some type of connection with the axe. Merely testing it on a whim, he put the axe back down and wiggled his fingers. The golden axe slightly shook before flying into Lei Yu’s hand. “Oh shit! It’s actually this simple to control!”

Walking up to Minotaur Linos, Lei Yu raised the axe, and a golden beam of light flew out and sliced the chain apart. In actuality, the big bull-head’s power wasn’t weak. It was because of the hooks locking his shoulder bones, which made him unable to utilize his strength. After the heart-wrenching pain had passed, Minotaur Linos stood there like a dummy. He didn’t dare to believe that he had gained his freedom so easily. It was simply too incredible to describe.

“Hey, why aren’t you leaving?” Lei Yu patted his bloody shoulders as he asked this.

“What about you?”

“Me?” Right now, Pelagon’s dying request was replaying in Lei Yu’s mind. Since he had promised him that, he would not go back on his words. Since Lei Yu could freely choose to return in any point of time, then he wasn’t in a rush to put the spring water into the golden bowl. Turning his head and looking back to the area where Minotaur Linos had been locked by chains, a spring water vortex was slowly rotating in the middle of the wall, filled with star-lights which made it look very pretty. “I will go back with you. My guess is that Prophet Kalchas is still waiting outside for us. Let’s go!”