The land of Greece was getting close and you could tell by the environments, people just seemed more strange. The two were traveling through a great mountain. This particular mountain just so happened to be the Caucasus. This land is infamous for its mad inhabitants. After a few hours of traversing the treacherous mountain, they noticed a man. Not your average man, he was incapacitated.
The old man was chained up, against a huge rock. His exposed torso looked diminished and tattered. “Hey you, are you okay?” Sam asked.
The man spoke and answered in a faint whisper. “Hello there boy, don’t mind me. Keep on your path. Go on now, off you go.” The man said with a soft smile.
“We must help you off this boulder...”
“No, you won’t. This is my fate. I am to be rescued later on, but not by you two. But thanks anyway. Ahhh, Ahhh.” The man was in excruciating pain. The old rusty chains were tearing through his skin, he had been here for quite some time now. Question is, how did he get here?
“Who is supposed to save you?”
“The hero of Greece, the one called Hercules.”
I have heard of this man, said to be seven feet tall and the strongest of all.
“Where is this hero, he obviously doesn’t know you’re waiting for him.” Liliana said with cynicism. “Oh, you mock young one because you are foolish. When you have been up here as long as I have, faith is all you are left with. Zeus has sentenced me to spend an eternity on this rock while being eaten alive, but I have faith his son Hercules will save me.”
“What do you mean, eaten alive?” Sam asked.
“The evil bastard Zeus cursed me so that my liver will be eaten every day by a giant vulture. My liver always grows back day so I live this nightmare everyday. Now go! Leave me to my fate.”
“You heard him Sam, lets go. We don’t have anything to do this guy. The Conductor will orchestrate his fate accordingly. Lets just hope he saves him.”
The two left the poor man, chained up against the rock. The sounds of a screams filled the mountain range, as the giant vulture fed on the man’s liver. The two surprisingly continued on their journey.
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