Chapter 185 Eros’ Passion Theory
“You seem familiar with this place?”
Eros looked at Prometheus and Cecrops who were familiar with the road, and asked in surprise road.
“It’s okay.”
Cecrops explained.
"This is one of the few large city-states, so we often sail here for supplies."
In today's Greece, Argolis can be said to be the largest among the city-states.
It developed so rapidly that even Prometheus did not expect it.
Even at the port, there are guards wearing leather armor and holding spears. Their collars have the pattern of the Hundred-Eyed Giant.
This is the first time Eros has seen humans form organized violent groups.
The ones I encountered before were all spontaneous settlements that relied on divine authority.
What brings mankind together is the gift and status of God.
In Argolis, they finally chose to rely on violence to survive.
Rely on the most original and stable power of human beings.
Eros is very pleased that the people of Argolis realize this.
What's wrong with violence?
Besides being too violent, there is nothing bad about violence.
What wants to truly unite human beings is not interests or friendship.
It is violence, mutual dependence on violence, and forming a violent group that can dispel the idea of division.
Eros is a conservative. In order to ensure and protect, absolute violence is necessary.
Could it be that Eros, a man with a strong magnetic field, said they were a bit too violent?
To tell you a joke, your subjects brought 700,000 cavalry to rebel, but you have 700,000 magnetic fields to rotate.
So you see these guards patrolling around the port, even though they also do things like extortion.
Eros still only felt relieved, not that they were bad and bleeding.
With violence, privilege and greed will naturally breed.
But Eros is not a good person to begin with, he just does things according to his own preferences.
Doing bad things or doing good things, as long as you can see people full of enthusiasm and motivation, it doesn't matter to Eros.
What he hates is existence without emotions and desires, not these bad people.
Then he saw the guards blackmailing him.
“Travelers on the sea? Where do you come from? What are you here for?”
Several guards stopped in front of a few people and looked at the obsidian and crystals dotted on Eros's robes, showing greedy eyes.
Ceclopus stepped forward and told the prepared words with familiarity.
Just say they are mercenaries from the nearby island. This is basically a universal statement.
The snake-like appearance of Cecrops can also scare away a lot of trouble.
After clearly seeing the flesh wings and vertical pupils on both sides of Cecrops's cheeks, the greed in the eyes of several people has indeed faded a bit.
It's just that they are the privileged class after all, and they are used to being domineering.
In addition, there are so many strange people in Greece. There are falcon tamers, bear riders, and wolf-headed ones with no clothes on.
So, they were not particularly afraid, but were still controlled by greed, but their tone was slightly better.
Moreover, Cecrops and Prometheus aside, Eros does not dress like a mercenary at all.
“Since I am an outsider, do you need some help?”
"Of course, it's not free."
They looked directly at the gems on Eros, and help was just a nice way of saying it.
It’s nothing more than extorting benefits. This kind of behavior can be said to have been throughout the history of mankind.
As long as you give them what they want, they naturally don't mind giving Eros a little help.
But if you don’t give it, they will definitely try to tease you.
"Do you want these?"
Eros took an obsidian the size of an eyeball from his cuff, held it on his fingertips, and showed it to them.
He raised the corners of his mouth. Prometheus, who was familiar with him, knew that he must have something on his mind and did not speak to calm the matter.
The several guards looked at the precious obsidian between Eros's fingers, swallowed with dry throats, and nodded repeatedly.
That’s a gem!
Even if it is such a small piece, it is enough to exchange for a house in the city.
And if the person in front of him is robbed
The greedy eyes are faintly flowing on Eros, mainly on the gems and crystals adorned on Eros.
Such a large amount of wealth can probably be exchanged for a large estate, right?
It’s just that they are not that arrogant, at least not during the day.
"Haha."
Eros chuckled lightly and said.
"It doesn't matter, I don't care about such a small piece of stone, so it's okay to give it to you."
"But please introduce Argolis first. This is my first time. Come here.”
Faced with Eros’s question, several people spoke in a flurry of words as if they were competing for performance.
But Eros disliked them for being noisy, so in the end the leader sorted out his thoughts and introduced them to Eros.
Through his narration, Eros also gained a general understanding of the land beneath his feet.
Argolis, or the Kingdom of Argolis, they have formed a kingdom composed of several city-states.
After walking a short distance along the road from the pier, you will reach the center and largest city of Argos.
The all-seeing giant Argos, a retinue of Hera, the Queen of Heaven, is the protector of this land. It's just that this giant only obeys the orders of the great Queen of Heaven and does not interfere in the affairs of mortals.
Most people have only heard of this giant’s name but have never actually seen it.
Thus, the royal power emerged.
The king who founded the city of Argos was named Inachus. It is said that this king was an old man from the time he appeared.
But he was still able to slowly gather people together, establish the city of Argos, and create many new systems and ideas single-handedly.
Some believe him to be a demigod, others believe he is simply a wise prophet.
But no matter what, this proves the wisdom and ability of the king.
Then, as if fearing that it was not enough, the other party also told some other miscellaneous gossip and messy things.
"Okay, I don't need you to speak anymore, you can shut up."
It wasn't until Eros waved his hand impatiently that he closed his mouth, his eyes still burning. Looking at the obsidian in Eros' hand.
"Okay, I'm very satisfied with your performance. Of course I won't break the promise of the promised reward."
With a flick, the obsidian the size of an eyeball fell into the opponent's hand.
While the other party was ecstatic and thanked him repeatedly, Eros just showed a playful smile.
“I am very satisfied with your performance, so I paid you.”
“But I don’t like the look in your eyes just now, so you have to pay some price.”
In their somewhat stunned expressions, Eros raised his hand, at a moment when they could not react at all.
Eros's finger had already inserted into the left eye of the leading guard, just slightly.
A bloody eyeball fell to the ground along with the obsidian in his hand, followed by heartbreaking screams.
“A small punishment can lead to a big punishment, remember the lesson of this time.”
“Privilege without power is just a laughing stock.”
After saying such words calmly, Eros took Cecrops and Prometheus and walked towards the city of Argos.
The stunned guards behind him came to their senses and swallowed. No one dared to catch up.
After looking at each other, they all pounced on the obsidian that fell on the ground and started grabbing it.
As for the companion who is blind in one eye? Is that important?
“Rough, it’s still too rough.”
After gradually leaving the dock, Eros sighed.
Collecting protection fees, these things can also be done willingly by others, or even take the initiative to give them to you.
But their operation was still too rough, and they basically wrote the threat on their faces.
In this case, we can’t blame Eros for punishing them a little.
They have the freedom to display their greed and violence, and Eros naturally has the same freedom.
However, Prometheus still had some doubts.
“Since you don’t like them, wouldn’t it be better to use other methods from the beginning so that they have no chance to offend you?”
“Why do you have to do this specifically? , Isn’t this troublesome and meaningless?”
Eros has ten thousand ways to make these blackmailing guards speechless.
But Eros allowed them to speak, and then punished them.
It makes Prometheus feel like fishing for law enforcement.
"No, this is different, Prometheus."
Eros just shook his head and said.
“Fun itself is the greatest meaning.”
“Besides, if I eliminate all the troubles from the beginning before they happen, will it make sense?”
"They will still be the same as before, and the world and them will still not change in any way."
"And by doing this, I leave traces, gain fun, and thus bring about There have been different changes.”
Looking back at the guards on the dock, Eros raised his lips.
“They will have anger, fear, greed, and desire for power in their hearts.”
“And I can bring about more interesting changes just by doing it. Isn’t that the point? ”
Eros knew that Prometheus was an observer, and she tended to stand silently where humans could not notice, observing everything about them.
But Eros is not. He just wants to push things in interesting directions and ignite more people's motivation and enthusiasm.
So he will allow these guards to cause trouble for him, and then bring them some unexpected developments.
Only punished the leader, broke the status relationship between them, and engraved the yearning for power into their minds.
And it left interests that could induce them to compete with each other, adding a lot of changes to the development of the whole thing.
Wouldn't that be fun?
Enthusiasm and motivation do not necessarily only come from good places. Desire and disputes, discord and hatred can also ignite enthusiasm and motivation.
Human beings need the flame of passion, whether it will burn themselves or not.
In Greek mythology, Eros, the primitive god, represents impulse and passion, and he will create the world because he has the motivation.
So it is also a characteristic of Greece that is full of humanity.
But I feel that this impulse and passion are not necessarily complimentary, just like what the God of Love brews is more of a tragedy.
The essence of the evil god with a bit of chaos feels more suitable.
(End of this chapter)