Oh-My-God-Part-1

By Locke

Reece is having a long dream.

Reece dreamed that he lived on a planet called Earth, growing up very ordinary, and learning was the only theme as a child.

As long as the effort, the results will improve, once the slack, the results immediately fell.

Until the family drastic changes, the dream of Reece can not bear, become confused and helpless, unmotivated to learn, and finally graduate in a daze, muddled work, the whole person seems to move forward in the black fog.

However, the fire in Reece's heart did not stop.

On the day when her father was seriously ill and she could not even get a few thousand dollars, Reece finally came to her senses.

The fog receded.

Reece began to work harder than ever before, even harder than when he was a student.

Fortunately, it was an era of knowledge explosion, with a huge amount of information at hand. After experiencing self-learning, Reece was not satisfied to join the tide of paid knowledge.

With a clear goal in mind, Reece thrived through continuous learning, becoming more sophisticated, more active, better thinking, and improving his performance, and was promoted continuously in just a few years, even winning a lucky prize of a trip to Greece at the company's annual meeting.

After arriving in Greece, Reece stood on the cruise ship while enjoying the beautiful scenery, while thinking about his promotion and salary increase, as general manager, as CEO, on the top of life ......

The tsunami hit and drowned everything.

Reece vaguely saw himself swept to the bottom of the sea ancient ruins, and then plunged into the darkness, is desperate, the dream world suddenly changed.

Reece dreamed again that he had become a teenager in the ancient Greek city of Athens.

The two dream worlds are completely different, the new world Reece can not remember the events of the last world, but the two Reece's name pronounced exactly the same.

The new Reece grew up in the same confusion.

Reece's parents were bakers and very busy, so Reece grew up without any restraint and often wandered around Athens, and the place he visited most often was the largest port in Athens, the Port of Lions.

Last year, when Reece turned fifteen, his parents used up their life savings to buy a student place at Plato Academy and send Reece to study magic.

Reece is still confused and does extremely poorly in his studies, but grows up under the influence of Plato Academy and enters the summer holidays as a dud.

As the summer was coming to an end, Reece was preparing for his second year at Plato Academy when the bad news came.

Seven days earlier, the parents and servants who were away were attacked by a band of thieves and their bones were left untouched.

Six days earlier, the infamous "Centipede" Rauwens had appeared, flashing his parents' IOUs in front of a teary-eyed Reece, and then rummaging through Reece's house looking for something to pay off the debt, only to find a gold eagle coin, forty silver peacock coins, and over two hundred bronze owl coins.

It turns out that Reece's parents wanted to expand their business, sold their old store, and borrowed 100 gold eagles with a house worth 300 gold eagles as collateral. Unfortunately, before they could purchase a new store, the two met a tragic end.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Locke
• Release date: Dec 6, 2022
• ISBN: 9780463480816

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Chapter 1: Sobriety

It was autumn in the Greek city of Athens, with a majestic blue sky and a long flowing river of clouds.

On an ordinary street in the workshop area, dozens of people were blocking the door of a gray and white house, sticking their necks out to look inside.

They looked sympathetically at the fainted teenager.

The shiny scimitar was collected from the teenager's neck, and a line of very shallow blood slowly slid down from the wound, solidifying before it hit the ground.

I just scared him, did not force, is rubbing the skin ...... will not die ...... the knife holder muttered, holding his breath, turned his head to look at the brown-haired man at his side, the panic in his eyes In the slowly spreading.

The scar is like a centipede lying on the left side of the brown-haired man's face, crawling from the corner of his mouth to under his eyes, he grunted, the centipede seems to be alive as gently twisted.

Suddenly, the teenager's hands trembled gently.

The bastard seems to have moved ......, the knife-wielder said busily.

Reece was having a long dream.

Reece dreamed that he lived on a planet called Earth, grew up ordinary, and learning was the only theme as a child.

As long as you try hard, your grades will improve, and once you slacken off, your grades immediately drop.

Until the family drastic changes, the dream of Reece can not bear, become confused and helpless, unmotivated to study, and finally graduate in a daze, muddled work, the whole person seems to move forward in the black fog.

However, the fire in Reece's heart did not stop.

On the day when her father was seriously ill and she couldn't even get a few thousand dollars, Reece finally came to her senses.

The fog receded.

Reece began to work harder than ever before, even harder than when he was a student.

Fortunately, it was an era of knowledge explosion, with a huge amount of information at hand. After experiencing self-learning, Reece was not satisfied to join the tide of paid knowledge.

With a clear goal in mind, Reece thrived through continuous learning, becoming more sophisticated, more active, better thinking, and improving his performance, and was promoted continuously in just a few years, even winning a lucky prize of a trip to Greece at the company's annual meeting.

After arriving in Greece, Reece stood on the cruise ship while enjoying the beautiful scenery, while thinking about his promotion and salary increase, as general manager, as CEO, on the top of life ......

The tsunami hit and drowned everything.

Reece vaguely saw himself swept to the bottom of the sea ancient ruins, and then plunged into the darkness, is desperate, the dream world suddenly changed.

Reece dreamed again that he became a teenager in the city of Athens in ancient Greece.

The two dream worlds are completely different, the new world Reece can not remember the events of the last world, but the two Reece's name pronounced exactly the same.

The new Reece grew up in the same confusion.

Reece's parents were bakers and very busy, so Reece grew up without any restraint and often wandered around Athens, and the place he visited most often was the largest port in Athens, the Port of Lions.

Last year, when Reece turned fifteen, his parents used up their life savings to buy a student place at Plato Academy and send Reece to study magic.

Reece is still confused and does extremely poorly in his studies, but grows up under the influence of Plato Academy and enters the summer holidays as a dud.

As the summer was coming to an end, Reece was preparing for his second year at Plato Academy when the bad news came.

Seven days earlier, the parents and servants who were away were attacked by a band of thieves and their bones were left untouched.

Six days earlier, the infamous Centipede Rauwens had appeared, flashing his parents' IOUs in front of a teary-eyed Reece, and then rummaging through Reece's house looking for something to pay off the debt, only to find a gold eagle coin, forty silver peacock coins, and over two hundred bronze owl coins.

It turns out that Reece's parents wanted to expand their business, sold their old store, and borrowed 100 gold eagles with a house worth 300 gold eagles as collateral. Unfortunately, before they could purchase a new store, the two men met a tragic end.

Rauwens told Reece to either give up the residence or die.

Today, Rauwens arrives again, and with a man who should have died.

The servant of Reece's bakery, Coro.

No matter what Reece says, Coro counters with his knowledge of Reece's house, leading Reece to find himself with no way out but to give up the house.

Reece grieves, Wolf-hearted thing! You were a slave, sick and dying, and my parents were kind enough to buy you, redeem you, and make you a free man! I never thought that you would turn around and harm me! Why did my parents go out with some of your servants, and they were killed, but you were unharmed?

It's a long story. You should listen to Master Rauwens honestly and give up the house. If Master Rauwens is pleased, perhaps he will reward you with a few golden eagles. Old Coro laughed up, his face became more and more naive.

You ...... know very well that our family is a gentile, and if we don't have a house, we can't study in Plato's Academy! What's more, my parents have died, without a house, what will I do?

Coro still had a simple face, but his gaze flashed with strong malice, revealing yellow teeth full of gaping mouths, and slowly laughed: You can sell yourself as a slave!

Rauwens suddenly said, Old Coro, being insulted did not even fight back, it seems you still remember the kindness of their family.

Coro froze for a moment, rushed forward and punched and kicked Reece, laughing and cursing as he did so, I've wanted to teach you a lesson, you little bastard!

Reece instinctively resisted, but Coro reached out and pulled a machete from one of the big men and slashed.

Reece was so shocked that he hurriedly backed up and fell off balance, hitting the back of his head hard on the ground.

Coro immediately put the knife to Reece's neck, and when the blade cut through the skin, he found Reece unconscious.

Reece's head hurts and the two dream worlds begin to merge, finding more and more differences between the two worlds.

This is an ancient world with gods and spirits.

Not only are there Greco-Roman gods, but also Egyptian, Norse and Persian gods.

At this time, the

The shadow of the Titans loomed over Greece.

Apophis, the dragon of destruction, preyed on the sun ship.

The gods of evil lurked in the two rivers.

The Serpent of Doom and the Wolf of Dusk were about to awaken.

At this time, the

Hercules has made a name for himself in Greco-Roman.

Gilgamesh and Darius shared Persia.

Beowulf succeeded as the Lord of the North Sea.

The Egyptian pharaohs were resurrected collectively every few decades to compete for the true king, who is now Ramses II. On the day he sat on the throne of the pharaoh for the third time, his sister in this incarnation returned to Thebes, a heroic king who was known as Cleopatra ......

Socrates the Sophist was not only a great philosopher, but also the only great mage to set foot on the path of the demigods.

"Plato, the idealist, was promoted to legendary status after Socrates' death, created the Platonic Academy, and remained silent for many years, as if he neither wanted to be promoted to heroic status, nor had any intention of advancing to a higher demigod.

Thucydides, the chronicler, served as vice-president of the Platonic Academy.

"Pythagoras, the King of Geometry, has been perfecting the geometry of magic since his promotion to legendary archmage.

"Thales, the King of Water, after befriending the Lord of the Water Element, defeated the heroic warriors with his legendary body, and was even rumored to have the strength of a heroic king.

Homer, the Great Seer, appeared and disappeared from time to time, and Hesiod, the Peeping Tom, was living in seclusion in the mountains.

At this time, the

Aristotle became famous.

Euclid was struggling for promotion to the Holy Land.

Archimedes was not interested in his training and was playing with things.

Alexander is working hard to cultivate, because if you do not work hard, you can only return home as the king's heir ......

Reece did not expect that these heroes and celebrities, distributed in different historical periods, appeared in the same era.

The world of the gods, originally only the gods, and only later there were humans.

And modern humans, but only know their own era, but God peeper Hesiod has put a discovery to the world.

It turns out that the gods have created different human beings one after another, the earliest is the Golden Age humans, followed by the Silver Age humans, followed by the Bronze Age humans.

Each generation of humans is worse than the previous one, and modern humans are called Black Iron Age humans by Hesiod, which is the worst generation of humans.

However, there are some people, born different from ordinary people.

They have the bloodline of the gods flowing through them.

They are the descendants of the gods.

Since their birth, they have the divine power that only the gods possess, although that divine power is very weak, but, as they continue to cultivate, their divine power continues to increase, and they may even be promoted to true gods, with the power of true gods.

As humans continue to reproduce, the number of divine descendants continues to increase, but the divine bloodline is becoming thinner and thinner, and eventually each newborn child cannot directly possess divine power.

However, mankind was progressing, and with the help of Homer, the Great Seer, and Hesiod, the God-seeing One, mankind created a method to cultivate divine power, allowing mankind to refine divine power step by step and continuously increase its power.

Hesiod believes that human beings to enhance the power is equal to retroactive to the old days, so the lowest level of the warrior rank named the black iron warrior, and constantly retroactive to the times, and then named the bronze warrior, silver warrior, gold warrior ......

Reece's dream world is changing faster and faster.

Cough ...... cough ......

Reece coughs violently and wakes up with a jolt, and when he opens his eyes, he sees the blue sky, and the afterglow of Coro and Rauwens and others.

Reece breathing difficulty, instinctively get up, hands supporting the ground breathing heavily. After a while slowly stand up and survey the front.

The nearest is holding a scimitar Coro.

Behind Coro, a grim-faced Rauwens looked over coldly.

Behind Rauwens, four burly men two heads taller than Reece stood in a line, arms clasped across the chest, chin raised high, eyes full of threat.

Those big men blocked the view, Reece could not see the people outside the door.

Reece frowned slightly, and many memories flooded into his mind.

The next moment, Reece's right thumb and forefinger gently double-click twice, the body slowly straighten, two shoulders back, two arms open to the sides, chest up, while breathing deeply.

Several other people looked puzzled, Rauwens original cold gaze became exceptionally sharp, he found that Reece body stood straight, the eyes misty haze, but in the twinkling of an eye, the mist dissipated, the eyes clarified, like a torch in the dark as bright.

At this moment, Reece seemed to be a different person.

Chapter 2 Death Threat

Reece once again took a deep breath and turned his head to look at the center of Athens on the west side.

In the center of Athens, a hundred-meter-high hill lay across the top of which was the famous temple complex, and the whole hill was known as the Acropolis.

As usual, the Acropolis was surrounded by a faint mist, and only the huge statue of Athena, the goddess of wisdom, could be seen.

Under the magnificent white statue of Athena, the whole Acropolis is like the base of the statue, and the mist also failed to diffuse over the knees of the statue.

Reece slowly turned his head and looked to the east towards the Port of Lions.

There, stood a huge bronze statue of Athena twice as high as the statue of Zeus, which is also the tallest building in Athens, like a mountain peak.

As in the clouds.

The Greece of this world is dozens of times larger than the ancient Greece of Earth, and the city of Athens is likewise dozens of times larger than that Athens.

Reece withdrew his gaze, calmly looked at Rauwens and slowly said, The debt owed by my parents, I will settle.

Rauwens keenly aware of the difference between settle and repay, somehow, his heart rose a trace of unease, but he swept over the young face, and remembered that just now almost scared Reece, the corners of the mouth emerged a cold smile.

Old Coro, how does this kid pay back? Rauwens asked.

The simple-faced Coro stepped forward and respectfully said, Your honor, Master Rauwens, he will probably only run to familiar homes to kowtow and borrow money, like a wild dog.

Reece gritted his teeth and looked at old Coro, with an uncontrollable hatred welling up inside him.

I'll give you the chance to borrow money. Rauwens said.

Reece said firmly, I'll make sure to get enough money by tomorrow.

Really? The centipede on Rauwens' face suddenly twisted.

Rauwens took a fierce step, the surface of his skin suddenly changed color, his whole body emitted the metallic hue of bronze, the whole person seemed to be poured like bronze.

Before Reece could react, Rauwens lightning-like extended his right hand, like a magic eagle predator, grabbed Reece's neck and violently lifted Reece's entire body into mid-air.

Oooh ......

Reece in mid-air breathing difficulties, a confusion in the brain, instinctively twisted the body, two legs kicking, two hands to break the hands of Lauwens with all their might.

But Lawrence's hands were like iron pincers locked in a death grip on his neck, and he couldn't even leave a scratch on Rauwens' bronze skin.

Reece's eyes slowly bulged outward, his face grew purple and blue, and his struggles grew lighter.

The world slowly darkened, fear pervaded, and he felt the unprecedented despair that death had come.

I don't want to die! Reece inwardly roared, but, in response to him is a deeper darkness, there is a long silence.

Reece slowly closed his eyes ......

Master Rauwens, don't get him killed again ......, said a frightened Coro.

Hmm.

Reece fell from mid-air as soon as Rauwens let go of his hand.

Bang ......

Reece fell to the ground, coughing violently, breathing heavily, emitting a rapid breathing sound like a broken wind box.

It's like a donkey's bray. Rauwens finished, laughed, and turned to walk out the door.

The centipede on his face seemed to be slowly crawling.

The four burly men hurriedly backed away to either side to make way.

I will come back before dawn. Rauwens strides out.

Coro bent down, squinted his eyes, and laughed nervously: Give up the house, or else tomorrow there will be one more mutilated corpse eaten clean by wild dogs in the slum. He said and left with a smile.

Reece arms supporting the ground, sitting helplessly, clenching his teeth, ten fingers almost all rooted in the dirt.

After a long time, a neighbor's voice came from the door.

Reece took a deep breath, forcing his heart to hold back the grief and anger, got up and walked toward the door, while walking and patting the dust on his body.

Looking at the sympathetic faces of the neighbors, Reece knew that many people wanted to help themselves but were unable to do so, so he forced a smile and said, My heart is in turmoil, and I want to be quiet and think. Don't worry, I will solve this matter, you guys go back to your own business.

Reece nodded his head and closed the door, regardless of the neighbors' reaction.

The neighbors stared at the door of Reece's house for a while, shaking their heads.

Pity about a good boy ......, the crowd said, slowly dispersing.

Reece leaned his back against the door, and countless images of memories came to mind, not even able to distinguish which were dreams and which were real.

After ten minutes, he frowned and realized that his thoughts were in chaos, his right thumb and index finger instinctively tapped twice, then raised his chest and took a deep breath, while asking himself in his mind.

At this moment, what should I do most?

Asking this famous Larkin question, Reece immediately suppressed the mixed thoughts and began to think in detail in his mind, rather than vague feelings.

Our family has no animosity with Rauwens, even that IOU was bought from someone else after he knew my parents died. The person who lent the money to my parents had sent me an apology. His target, therefore, was our family's house. Behind the house, the identity of the residents of Athens is involved.

So, why did he want to take it from me?

Disregarding his factors and considering only my words, then ...... because our family is a Gentile and not a Greek citizen. Because I am weak in power, and my parents have average connections. Those who befriended my parents were not as powerful as he was. This Rauwens is not just an ordinary mercenary regiment leader, there are rumors that he actually secretly operates a band of thieves, and behind him, he has the support of the nobility.

Not all right ......

Old Coro also followed his parents out that day, why didn't he die?

Why would he betray my family and betray me? Is the death of my parents related to him?

Uncle Fico said that Rauwens would not have done something wrong in the city of Athens, but something was wrong this time, and it was useless for him to beg for mercy. He didn't understand his before, but today he realized in retrospect that he implied to me that Lauwens had another purpose and would even kill me for that purpose.

The man who transferred the debt to Lauwens, sent an apology the day before yesterday, sent me some food, and there was a strange passage that said 'he didn't expect things to be like this', how it sounded because of the transfer of the debt, but on second thought, it was more like an apology only after finding more serious consequences.

Moreover, the first time Lauwens came, ostensibly looking for something of value, but obviously rummaging through boxes looking for other things, and today came and rummaged again.

The parents' death, could it be related to something?

Reece made a judgment.

He would have harmed me even if he had taken the house. I only have two ways to go now, either escape or find the power to fight against Rauwens!

Reece quickly made a judgment.

Rauwens will definitely send people to keep a close eye on me and will not allow me to leave the city of Athens. Then, I should now look for the power to fight against Rauwens and save my life first! If I can't save my life, then I will consider how to escape from Athens by avoiding the surveillance of Rauwens.

Thinking of this, Reece slowly walked towards the house.

Reece's house is typical of ancient Greek residential style, built of mud bricks and rubble stones, and then painted off-white. Except for the aristocracy, the ancient Greeks were not particular about their dwellings, and the walls were littered with irregular potholes broken, revealing plaster or miscellaneous colored stones.

The main entrance faces a small courtyard with an empty black and white marble pedestal in the middle of the courtyard to hold the statue.

To the right of the courtyard is a wall, beyond which is a narrow alley. On the left side of the courtyard are the storehouse, the vestibule and the bedrooms.

In the front is the Ionic style portico, with roughly finished columns and exposed rocks. Inside the columns are the living room, kitchen and bathroom.

This is a typical dwelling in the city of Athens.

Only, everything was in disarray.

Chapter 3: The Book of Magic

Reece walked towards the corridor pillars directly in front of him. The corridor pillars, which had architectural parts both east and west, consisted of corridors and columns.

After a few steps, Reece helplessly lowered his head and surveyed his bare feet.

Ancient Greece is a typical Mediterranean climate, there is no extremely cold weather, the Greeks do not have the habit of wearing shoes, generally only occasionally wear shoes when going out, as for the slaves, in any environment is not allowed to wear shoes.

Even if they wore shoes, most people just wrapped them in linen.

Reece followed the custom, did not go to put on shoes, slowly into the corridor column, pick up the dark brown wooden four-legged stool, sitting on it. Ancient Greece likes to give many things a separate name, such as this four-legged stool called Diaphros.

Reece thought and used to record ideas, but his hand stopped in mid-air and slowly dropped.

There was no keyboard around, and no pen and paper.

Reece immediately got up and entered the living room.

In the middle of the living room stood a short stone pillar of dark black marble, on top of which stood a half-meter tall white statue of Zeus. On the table on the other side of the sitting room were two smaller statues of Volgan, the god of craftsmanship and fire, and Athena, the patron goddess of Athens and goddess of wisdom.

At this time in Greece there was no glass, most rooms had no windows, and the sitting room was very dim.

Looking at the somewhat eerie three idols, Reece stopped in his tracks.

In this world, there is magic, divine power, heroes, giants, monsters, and gods.

The room had been overturned, a mess, only the three idols and a notebook unharmed.

Reece took a deep breath, went to a table, picked up the black notebook of eight open, and quickly left the living room, re-entered the bright corridor.

Reece's hand gently stroked the black cover, the magic potion-treated cowhide was delicately soft, and the Greek words Magic Book were embedded in the center.

In the bottom right corner of the cover, branded with Reece's Greek name.

Reece's pupils dilated slightly, solemnly put the magic book in front of his body, and carefully opened the cover.

The inside of this magic book has no extra pages, the inside of the two covers are the only two pages, open and lay flat, the whole book is only a tightly bound page.

On the inside of the book, the frontal design of Plato's Academy emerged, the color getting darker and darker, the design changing from static to static.

Soon, a dynamic picture of the front of Plato's Academy emerged in the pages of the book, as vivid as ever.

Reece breathed a long sigh of relief, the magic book and the owner have a mysterious connection, unless the owner specifically designated, no one can open it.

Is this ...... considered a tablet computer in the magic world, and it is a folding screen ...... Reece did not expect the magic book to be so advanced at all.

Reece reached out and touched the pages, the feel of parchment indeed, and technology products have nothing to do with it.

Bang ......

The dynamic magic painting of Plato in the pages of the book exploded, the light even flew out of the pages, and a thirty-centimeter high three-dimensional marble arch rose rapidly from the pages of the book.

Creak ......

The toothsome sound of turning wooden doors rang out, water rippled in the marble arch, a dozen centimeters long four-driver carriage rushed out, where the wheels passed, the rainbow paved the way.

The next moment, Reece was caught off guard, the carriage straight into the chest.

Crackling ......

Reece was unharmed.

The carriage fell on the magic book, four rainbow mane of white ponies fell to the ground stirring hooves, whinnying and rolling their eyes.

Ouch ...... A small thumb-sized old man with dragonfly wings rolled out of the carriage.

The little old man in green complained in a whisper while getting up and patting his clothes, suddenly, his whole body stiffened, then looked around nervously and his eyes fell on a black-tipped hat not far away. He hurriedly ran over with his little legs to pick up the hat, covering his round and shiny bald head, secretly relieved, then waved his right hand, a whip appeared out of nowhere and flew into mid-air, making a move to whip the little white horse.

Don't give me lazy! The little old man shouted, furious, thick white beard like a shaggy groundhog gently trembling.

The four little white horses' eyes slithered around, staring at the little old man with their heads cocked, and finding that the whip was really going to come down, they immediately stood up honestly.

The little old man gasped gently, the dragonfly wings behind him dropping to the ground, limp.

You are ......

Reece had seen the little old man, who seemed to be Master Plato's assistant.

All the students of Plato Academy have already received the notice of the new semester, why have you just opened the magic book? The little old man stood on the magic book, blowing his beard and staring up at Reece, his pupils shining with a peculiar green light.

Something came up at home. Reece said helplessly.

The little old man impatiently raised his hand, a small white letter appeared in his hand out of thin air, said: You failed last year's exams, if you still fail this year, will be permanently removed from Plato Academy! School starts tomorrow, don't forget!

The little old man threw the envelope into the pages of the book, jumped into the carriage, and the half-air whip heaved with a crisp snap.

The four white horses immediately raised their front hooves and whinnied, turned and rushed into the stone archway, disappearing in the ripples, leaving behind a small rainbow.

The carriage remained where it was.

Reece stared at the small carriage.

From inside the carriage came a roar: These losers are dumber than gnomes! It's like the fourth to seventh dumbest in Plato's Academy!

Reece seemed to remember something and a subtle change appeared on his face.

The little old man cursed and jumped out of the carriage, dragging the carriage, which was like a house to him, with one hand, and rushed lightly into the stone arch.

Inside the stone archway came the faint sound of whips and growls and neighs and whines.

The stone arch shakes and turns from three-dimensional to paper, slowly diving into the pages of a book.

Letter after letter flew out of the pages, lined up in a row over the grimoire and swayed gently.

Reece quickly flipped through them, there was a new semester notice from Plato Academy, a new semester message from his linguistics teacher, Niederne, and fellow classmates gossiping, and no letters of any importance.

With a wave of Reece's hand, all the letters fell back into the pages of the book like stones into water and disappeared.

The open magic book reverted to a white sheet of paper.

Reece's right hand fingers flicked, his thoughts flipped, and he saw a horizontal line appear every centimeter on the magic book, followed by a vertical line, and eventually the top was covered with numerous grids.

Reece stared at the middle grid, and with a thought, a Greek I appeared.

Then, the name of the linguistics teacher, Niederne, appeared in the grid on the side.

Niederne bishop language, but also in charge of the class, equivalent to the class teacher.

Reece looked at the teacher's name, recalled all the previous, and gently shook his head. Not to mention that Rauwens will prevent himself from going to Plato Academy to find a teacher to help, even if you find Niedern, the other party may not be willing to help themselves.

One hundred gold Stagecoach coins, can buy two houses in the slums, for anyone is a lot of money, not to mention Reece's extremely poor academic performance, is known as the dregs of school.

Reece believed that it was because he was not taken seriously at Plato Academy that Rauwens dared to make his move.

Then the name Fico appeared in the grid next to him, a warm-hearted bronze warrior whom Reece had known since he was very young.

Reece shook his head again, Fico's power was far less than that of Rauwens.

Then one after another name was listed by Reece.

Reece is very clear, in such a short time, with their own power simply can not confront Rauwens, only with the help of others.

Reece kept listing the people he knew, and the number of empty squares was getting smaller and smaller.

This is Reece previously learned the starry-eyed method, the big brother who taught this method said that 99% of the problems encountered by 99% of the people can be solved by exhaustive list and trial and error method.

After listing all the names, Reece drew circles around three names.

One was the teacher Nedeen.

One was the priest of the temple of Volgan, the god of craftsmanship and fire.

The last one was Kelton.

Reece thought for a long time, crossed out the other two names, leaving Kelton.

Chapter 4: Himself

Reece remembered that his parents worked at Kelton's Dolphin River restaurant, and when they left, Kelton himself stayed.

Kelton is a silver warrior, although not fighting for many years, but also far more powerful than the bronze warrior.

He operates a number of restaurants, charity, people in the neighborhood all know Kelton's great name, but anyone who has a relationship with him, as long as they go to help, he will try to meet.

Reece had also heard his parents mention before that if there was a problem, they could go to Mr. Kelton. The parents also said that there was a nobleman behind Kelton and that he was truly more powerful than one might think.

All the information about Kelton came to Reece's mind, thinking for a long time and determining that he was the ultimate candidate.

Not because Kelt was powerful enough, or because Kelt was kind, but he had something attractive enough to attract Kelt himself.

But, before that ......

Reece took off the brown Himashen robe he was wearing and looked closely at the body; there was no jade pendant, no birthmark, no ring, no necklace ...... nothing distinctive.

He was not discouraged, and tentatively whispered a few words, as if there were words like system and luck.

In the end, nothing happened.

Reece let out a long sigh and put on his clothes honestly.

I have to rely on myself! Reece made a decision, and in his eyes, there seemed to be the morning sun shining.

Reece took a step, suddenly stopped, thinking for a few seconds, two hands on the neck very shallow wound, tearing violently, hissing softly out of the mouth, but did not stop.

Feeling almost ready, Reece lifted the magic book.

The white paper turned out to be incredibly smooth and far brighter than a bronze mirror.

Reece satisfied to look at the wound in the mirror and the bruises on the neck, and then lowered his head, found that the clothes on his body is not dirty enough, about to get dirty, but suddenly in his mind Kelton's appearance, not only did not dirty clothes, but hard pat, try to make the clothes become neat and clean, but the discerning eye can directly see that the robe is not neat.

Finally forced by life into the heart X......

Reece sighed darkly, took a deep breath, and went out in stride.

After a few steps, Reece looked back at the gray house, the gloomy living room flashed in his mind, as well as the three statues of the gods.

No matter how Reece recalled, the faces of the three idols were incomparably blurred.

The gods could not be seen directly.

Reece quickened his pace.

Walking out of the street, Reece carelessly glance, see two familiar faces.

Those two men, once stood behind Rauwens.

Eyes crossed, Reece continued to walk towards the Dolphin River Restaurant.

As Reece walked, he recalled the information of Dolphin River Restaurant.

Dolphin River Restaurant is located at the junction of the workshop district and the small noble district, it is the highest grade of all the restaurants in Kelton, barely considered a high-end restaurant in all of Athens, however, it is limited to the small noblemen to come here, other noblemen are unlikely to patronize this kind of restaurant.

Every employee at Dolphin River knew that Celtic had always wanted to climb the ranks of the great nobility, especially after he was seriously injured and couldn't be promoted. And Reece's parents had said that Celt was not a tacky businessman, and that he must have had other reasons for doing that.

The sun had set behind the statue of Athena by the time he walked to the Dolphin River Restaurant.

The Dolphin River Restaurant is located on Ninth Avenue, the busiest part of the workshop district, and one block further west toward downtown is the aristocratic residential area.

In this world, another interpretation of aristocracy is that the descendants of the gods.

God is not the same as mortals.

There were few pedestrians on the road, and the gates of Dolphin River were open and ready for business.

A beech wood plaque draped on one side of the gate, with white and silver silk lines outlining a graceful dolphin.

A dozen meters on each side of the Dolphin River restaurant entrance, a strong man was standing, watching the street.

The two burly men looked at Reece for a few moments and allowed Reece to walk through the doors of the Dolphin River and into the spacious restaurant lobby.

The moment he stepped through the door, Reece saw the two waiters look at him together.

Both of them quickly looked at Reece from head to tail, one looked surprised, the other one did not look different and quickly stepped forward.

Distinguished guest, may I ask if you need service?

Reece, however, said with a smile on his face, It would be better if you said 'what service do you need' next time, especially when recommending wine.

Without waiting for the waiter's reaction, Reece continued, I'm looking for kind Mr. Kelton, with whom I want to do a big deal, and if you don't have the authority to decide, you can ask the foreman.

The waiter hesitated for a moment and immediately said, Wait for a moment.

The waiter left the hall with quick steps, and in a short while, came out with a middle-aged man with a smile on his face.

This middle-aged man was dressed almost the same as the two attendants and even the strong man outside. Instead of wearing a long robe of Himashen that reached to the feet like Reece, they wore a short robe with a hemline that reached just to the knees.

The left side of their upper body was obliquely blocked by the bodice, revealing the robust right side of their upper body and shoulders.

Along the way, Reece saw that in addition to this short robe of Aesomis, is wearing Himashen robe, these robes are loose, extremely simple production, just a few pieces of cloth to the body, and then tied the belt, to verify the flirtation with the ancient Greek clothing a saying.

A hundred ways to wear the bed sheet.

I really didn't expect that Reece has grown so big after not seeing him for a few years. The middle-aged man let out a cheerful laugh.

Reece completely forgot this foreman's name, smiled slightly and opened the door directly: It's a great honor that you still remember me. I am here this time to make a deal with Mr. Kelton, a deal that will greatly increase Dolphin River's popularity. I am sure Mr. Kelton will like the good news.

The middle-aged foreman said decisively, Go, I'll take you to see Mr. Kelton.

Reece nodded and followed the middle-aged foreman forward, avoiding the embarrassment of not being able to call each other by name.

While walking, the middle-aged foreman said, Alas ...... I already know about your parents, my condolences. Your parents did well after they left Dolphin River, who would have thought to borrow such a large sum of money to prepare for the expansion of the store but met with misfortune ......

The two men quickly bypassed the restaurant and came to the backyard.

A yellow-faced, thin, two-eyed black man standing in the backyard doorway, the man also wearing a short brown robe, but the style is different, the upper body is not bare, but short-sleeved style, the back with a shorter cloak.

In his waist, hanging a short sword.

Reece knew this man.

Bronze warrior Harker, once a professional soldier, joined the Athenian city guard after being wounded, and eventually served as Kelton's escort. In the rumors of the Dolphin River staff, this Harker had killed at least a hundred people.

At the sound of the two men's footsteps, Harker slowly turned his head. Reece immediately remembered what little he knew about magic and guessed that the man had either been hit hard by magic or had an accident while using magic potions.

Harker glanced at Reece, then turned back without another glance.

Mr. Harker. The middle-aged foreman greeted Harker with a low bow as he passed by before continuing inside.

Mr. Huck. Reece passed by with the same greeting.

Huck didn't look at the two again from the beginning, just looked at the courtyard sky, his eyes shrouded by the shadows of the eaves.

Chapter 5: Bargaining

In the autumn courtyard, there were occasional leaves falling.

Stepping out of the courtyard door, Reece saw a middle-aged man in a white robe lying on a light brown slanting bed, leisurely flipping through a tawny sedge book, occasionally a fine fragment of sedge paper fell down, and the maid next to him carefully picked it away.

Reece's nose gently twitched, the smell of tea faint, eyes fell on the table teapot, not like this era of Greece should have something.

The middle-aged foreman took small steps over to Kelton and whispered beside him.

Kelton looked up, handed the sedge book to the maid who wore one, and looked quietly at Reece, a faint warmth surfacing in his brown pupils.

Reece unafraid to meet Kelton's gaze.

Most Greeks at this time are thin and small, but Kelton's appearance is as tall and robust as a Greek statue, with deep-set eye sockets, a deep gaze, a straight nose, and with a head of black curly hair, enough to make an excellent sculpture model.

Reece suddenly stared at the ring finger of Kelton's left hand, the silver double snake title ruby ring is particularly striking, in the moment of seeing, the eyes even slightly stinging.

What made Reece's eyes sting was not the large ruby, but one of the four emerald eyes of the two snake heads.

Kelton did not get up and said with a wistful look on his face: I have heard about your parents and am deeply sorry. Your parents were true craftsmen, and my favorite bread was your father's. If you need help, I will not refuse it if I can do so.

Reece felt Kelton's eyes quickly sweep over his entire body as he spoke.

I don't need help. Reece duly puffed out her chest and raised her head in a display of stubbornness.

Kelton slowly got up and sat up straight on the slanted bed with a kind smile and said, So what do you want?

Reece sighed softly and said, I grew up with a dream of becoming a great wizard and using magic to make the world a better place. Later, my parents exhausted the family's money and sent me to Plato Academy. Now, someone has taken advantage of my parents' death to seize my house, resulting in the possibility that I may not be able to continue my schooling at Plato Academy and become a wizard. Therefore, I am looking for you to make a deal to allow me to continue my studies.

What kind of deal? Kelton's expression moved slightly.

Huck, who was looking up at the sky, surprisingly turned his head to look at Reece, as if he wanted to get to know this child again.

A deal that will make Dolphin River famous, maybe even make your name spread all over Greece and the world. Reece said.

A good name or a bad name? Kelton stood up, he was still smiling, but the powerful aura of a silver warrior spread without a sound.

Reece suddenly had the illusion that the Kelton in front of him had transformed into a ten-meter-tall giant with a hideous smile.

I have the gourmet recipe left by my parents! Reece said in a deep voice, a subtle sadness in his voice, his eyes slightly lowered, the focus of his eyes moved from Kelton to a lower table on the side.

On the way, Reece tossed and turned dozens of times over this action.

Kelton froze, gathered his breath around him, nodded, and said, Go on.

Reece, however, shook his head and said, I don't want to say too much. Anyway, I have a gourmet recipe that my parents have carefully researched that is worth ten thousand gold, but I am willing to sell it today for one thousand gold Zeus.

Kelton looked at Reece and smiled without saying a word.

He flipped his right hand, a golden coin out lying in the palm of his hand, the obverse engraved with a majestic and blurred side face, the king of the gods, Zeus.

He flicked it with his thumb and the gold coin tumbled through the air with a buzzing sound and a chaotic flash of golden light, finally landing back in his hand with the back side facing up.

The Golden Eagle is always so fascinating. Kelton said.

On the back of the gold coin was engraved a winged eagle, Zeus' favorite animal and the history of Zeus' letters.

On general occasions, the Greeks called the gold coin the Golden Eagle, and on formal occasions, the Golden Zeus.

This involves a legend of the gods.

According to the legend, the Greek gods settled on three kinds of coins, but argued over whose avatar to use.

Later Athena said that the gold coin was the most honored and should be engraved with the head of the king of the gods. This made Zeus very happy.

Then Athena said that the silver coin was second only to the gold coin, and that no one could be second only to Zeus except Hera, the queen of the gods. Hera was also very happy.

After that, Athena asked, the nobles would never touch the cheap bronze coins, which were destined to circulate in the lower classes and mud, and even slaves could use them, and which of the chief gods would like to be touched by slaves?

The highest ranking gods gave up the fight, their original goal was gold and silver coins. In the end, Athena's head appeared on top of the bronze coin, and on the back was her beloved spiritual creature, the owl.

The goddess of wisdom did not lie, and the final result was just as she said. The copper coins circulated among the lower class, and some of the great nobles did not even touch them for the rest of their lives, but this also made the name of Athena the most widespread among the lower class.

Many people do not believe in this legend.

One gold stagecoin is enough to buy a sheep, fifty gold stagecoins can buy any dwelling in the Athenian ghetto. When Kelton bought the land and built the Dolphin River restaurant, it only cost two thousand gold stagecoins in total.

As I said, this gourmet recipe will surely be passed down through the ages, and even make your name famous. Reece looked at Kelton with a firm gaze.

Kelton stared into Reece's eyes, dead on.

The middle-aged foreman at the side had his mouth slightly curled up, a very faint look of mockery surfaced on his face, but suddenly his face changed and he hurriedly approached Kelton and whispered in his ear, Sir, the reason why his parents sold their old store and went out of their way to borrow money to raise money for a bigger one, is it because they have this gourmet recipe?

Kelton nodded gently, he had thought of this possibility.

Kelton asked, What is that gourmet recipe?

Reece said firmly, My recipe can put one more dish on the dinner table all over Greece or even the world.

Congratulations, you have fulfilled your dream of changing the world with magic ahead of schedule. Kelton's face was full of enthusiasm.

The middle-aged foreman and the waitress laughed softly in a very cooperative manner.

Huck did not laugh.

Reece didn't laugh either.

I make the offer, you return it. Reece looked up at the tall Kelton.

Ten golden eagles. Kelton still had a smile on his face.

Reece froze and looked around with confused eyes, puzzled: There is an additional miserly Mr. Kelton in the workshop area? Did I come to the wrong place?

The middle-aged foreman and maid frowned slightly.

Kelton looked at Reece, not saying anything.

Reece looked straight and continued: I came here not because I heard you were generous, not because I heard you were rich, not because I heard you were kind, and not because I heard you were a good liar. Rather, I have heard that you are one of the wisest men in the workshop area, and one of the most far-sighted.

I'll try to get rid of the 'one'. Kelton gave a confident smile.

Reece continued, What do you think will happen when Dean Plato patronizes Dolphin River?

Chapter 6: The Master Chef

Although the great nobles don't like magicians, with the exception of a master like Plato, the old dean's arrival would raise Dolphin River's reputation by one level. But how will you do that? Kelton asked.

I will try to do it. Reece's voice tossed off.

I tried. Kelton smirked.

That's the second reason I approached you, Kelton-san, I've heard that you also studied briefly at Plato Academy. With your vision, you should be well aware of the future of magicians. Reece said.

You are very good at changing the subject, back to the main topic. Kelton took the pace of the conversation with sophistication.

Reece said, That's the point. Because I want to say that there is not only a monetary transaction between you and me, but also a value transaction. The value of a future wizard's friendship is worth more than a thousand golden eagles. No discerning and wise person would set their eyes on money alone.

Thirty golden eagles. I believe you are also a wise man with vision. A smile appeared on Kelton's face once again.

I must be a wise man in the future, right now there is only vision. Reece said without changing his face.

The middle-aged foreman on the side looked at Reece incredulously, he didn't expect that Reece, at a young age, would not fall in front of Kelton, something he couldn't even do himself.

Kelton raised his arms, and two maids immediately approached and helped him straighten his white robe.

He tilted his head and said, You are very interesting. Tell me the recipe, and I will give you a reasonable price.

800 golden eagles, no less. Reece's face showed a fleshly look.

30. Kelton said.

Reece was silent, it seems that this Kelton is a little more powerful than the rumors.

Kelton shook both arms and the two attendants retreated.

50 Golden Eagle, plus help me with one person when you can. Kelton said.

Reece immediately shot back, Okay, 50 Golden Stag Eagles, plus help me with one person today.

Kelton laughed out loud and said, Eloquent. As long as your gourmet recipe satisfies me, I can give you a satisfactory price. Besides, my patience is about to disappear.

Then let's sign the Four Gods Contract. Reece said.

The middle-aged foreman was furious and was about to step forward when he was scared into silence by a sweep of Kelton's afterimage and stopped in his tracks.

Yes. Come on, man. Kelton looked at Reece with interest.

Reece nodded gently, but secretly relieved, everything just now, is showing its own value.

Kelton would not offend a murderer like Rauwens for any uncertain gourmet recipe, but when coupled with a valuable future wizard, it was another story.

A sixteen year old showing any traits not appropriate for his age is full of high value in the eyes of others.

The maid then brought parchment and a charcoal pen, and Reece signed a contract with Kelton for the four gods, writing the names of the four gods involved at the end of the contract.

The first deity is the god king Zeus, witness to everything.

The second deity is the goddess of justice, Themis, witness to the contract.

The third deity is Athena, the patron goddess of the city of Athens and goddess of wisdom, witness to everything in the city.

For the fourth deity, Hermes, the god of commerce and the letter carrier, or Volgan, the god of craftsmanship and fire, could be chosen. Reece chose the latter, and Kelton did not object.

The content of the contract is very simple, as long as Reece's food can really satisfy Kelton, then Kelton must meet Reece under reasonable circumstances, if refused, will incur the wrath of the gods.

Any contract involving the gods can work in Greece, and the contract involving the four gods, no one has dared to renege so far.

Therefore, Reece is not at all afraid of Kelton playing word games, when the time comes, he can ask the priests of the four gods to step in, and at that time, it is not something that can be solved by gold coins.

It's hard to make me satisfied. Kelton's tone was full of confidence.

Reece placed the parchment solemnly on one side and said, I don't want to lie, I know the recipe for this kind of cuisine and the method, but I don't dare to guarantee success every time. Of course, the next only requires several attempts to ensure that it always succeeds. However, I need five people, with flexible wrists, who are not only loyal but also willing to stay in Dolphin River until the recipe leaks.

It seems you know very well the reason I don't pay a high price. Kelton said.

Reece smiled and said, Unless a legendary archmage or temple priest is asked to draw on the power of the gods, it is unlikely that anyone will be able to crack the secret of this delicacy anytime soon. In addition, I have a personal request to allow me to acquire this delicacy from your store at cost price in the future.

As long as I am satisfied, everything is not a problem. Huck, choose five trustworthy people. Kelton said.

Soon, Huck came in with five able-bodied adult men.

Reece said, For the sake of secrecy, please find us a separate room, preferably close to the kitchen. Of course, as the future namesake of this cuisine, Mr. Kelton is entitled to be present. At the same time, a chef is needed for tasting, after all, I only have the secret recipe, to achieve perfection, still need the help of the chef. Next, I will be specific about what to prepare.

Yes. Kelton glanced at the middle-aged foreman.

The middle-aged foreman immediately went to prepare immediately according to what Reece said.

Soon, Reece, Kelton, Chef Dolphin River, and five grown men entered a room next to the kitchen, with Huck standing guard outside the door.

Reece took one look at the room, four tables put together, covered with ingredients, condiments and kitchen supplies.

Kelton went so far as to hang a magic crystal lamp above, a luxury item fueled by magic crystals, one worth at least fifty golden stags.

Reece chose a spot to stand, and the other five walked to the table.

Across from Reece, Kelton and Chef Mast sat in chairs and waited quietly.

Chef Mast is a unsmiling middle-aged man with white skin, a thick black eight-beard slightly upturned, looking in his forties, and neatly dressed.

Especially the hands, extremely peculiar, obviously covered with knife wounds and calluses, but also reveals a kind of unspeakable exquisite clean, each finger nails seem to be measured, only a line of curved curvature.

In ancient Greece, cooks were also called chefs, who were responsible for cooking as well as butchering and sacrificing, and had a high status.

Mast is the only person in the Dolphin River restaurant who does not have to look at Kelton's face.

All matters related to the kitchen, Kelton are obedient to Mast.

Because, although Mast is not the best chef in Athens, he is the chef with the sharpest sense of smell and vision. Any dish that he praised was bound to be a big hit, and any dish that he didn't like, almost no one liked.

Every time Dolphin River researched a new dish, Kelton praised it from the bottom of his heart, and if there was a food tasting competition in Greece, Mast would be the worthy champion.

Chapter 7: Gourmet Finish

Mast had always admired Reece's parents, otherwise he would not have come to see a small child perform even if Kelton himself had come out to plead.

Reece scanned the five servants and said, Choose a large clay bowl without water, and be sure to avoid any water stains.

With that, Reece chose an earthenware bowl and carefully wiped it clean, and the other five followed suit, each more meticulous and composed than Reece.

Kelton, even if he has a good temperament, saw Reece's clumsy appearance and began to suspect that he had been cheated.

Reece is also very helpless.

Back then, in order to chase his girl, he had purposely taken baking classes and learned many things, but so many years had passed, and now he was a child again, he simply could not do it well.

Chef Mast remained expressionless, as serious as a general on the battlefield, without any judgment.

Hold it all up and face me while I check it over ...... Well, that's good. Reece said seriously.

Next, beat three egg yolks. Notice, no egg whites, just pour the three yolks into the bowl. Then ...... Mr. Mast, in order to make the magical food as soon as possible, can you help me beat three egg yolks? Reece looked at Mast with unmistakable frankness, as if the titular Dolphin River chef was his assistant.

Kelton looked up at the crystal light, still feeling cheated.

Are you sure? Mast stood up, not much taller than Reece, nowhere near as tall as a silver warrior like Kelton, but as if he was the true master of the house, with an appalling aura.

Kelton saw Mast's appearance and realized that Mast was on the verge of anger, only Mast wouldn't explode until the end. Thinking about how often he was blown out of the kitchen by Mast, the corners of Kelton's mouth emerged with a faint smile.

The other five men who were beating eggs looked at Reece with some sympathy, Kelton was the boss of Dolphin River, the nickname given to him by his staff was The Great, while Mast's nickname was The Tyrant.

Of course, I'm sure you won't ruin the rest of the meal. Reece said.

Very well!

Mast's face did not change, but his gaze became sharper.

He walked to Reece's side, broke the eggs as Reece requested, separated the egg whites and yolks, and placed the three yolks in the ceramic bowl.

Thank you. Reece said politely.

Without saying a word, Mast returned to his seat.

Reece said, Now take a bone spoon and beat the yolks together, all the way through, until I say stop.

With that, Reece took the handle of the bone spoon and began to beat the egg mixture in a clockwise direction.

While beating the egg mixture, Reece helplessly scanned the table's utensils.

There was no special knife, fork or spoon, let alone an egg beater.

At this time, the ancient Greeks used to eat directly with their hands, and even if they used a knife, it was for cutting meat, not pure cutlery. Here is a fork, but is the kind of fork roast meat large fork.

Even the bone spoon, but also just because of the coincidence of grinding things, and the real spoon is very different, because the ancient Greeks drink soup with shells or directly, but there is a spoon, is the kind of scoop soup large spoon.

Reece sighed as he beat the eggs, Rough, really rough! If I were to run Dolphin River, I'd start by making a set of cutlery that was really full of nobility.

Mast was unmoved, while Kelton frowned slightly.

Dolphin River was already the most exquisite restaurant in the non-aristocratic district, with many places modeled after aristocratic items, and in addition to its location, it was in no way inferior to the restaurants of the great noble houses in other aspects.

Unfortunately, those really big nobles, never go out to restaurants to eat, either at home or to eat in other noble homes.

Kelton did not answer the question.

Reece saw no reaction from Kelton and muttered: It's a pity, if my family's new restaurant opens up with the tableware I built, it will definitely take ancient Greece by storm. I've heard a lot from the sailors in Port Lions about the whole world, Northern Europe, Persia, Egypt, Rome, whatever.

Kelton looked puzzled, leaned forward slightly, and asked, You said the tableware, did you come up with it yourself?

Of course! Reece said confidently.

Kelton was about to ask another question when he suddenly leaned back in his chair with a sneer on his face. If other teenagers had said that, he would have pursued the question, but Reece said so, obviously baiting him into the bait.

Reece's eyes found Kelton's behavior, said this old fox, then said: I will continue to learn magic, after saving enough money, I joined forces with noble classmates, in the noble district to open a restaurant. After all, I need a lot of money to study magic. The path of magic requires too many golden majestic eagles.

Kelton remained unmoved and looked at Reece quietly.

Mast didn't care about the cutlery at all, he cared more about the dishes and kept observing the egg mixture in the bowls of the six people.

Reece noticed that Mast was constantly watching and thought to himself that even a god couldn't possibly know how emulsification works, let alone that it hadn't really started yet.

After just a few moments of