"Mr. Russell."
The old President Karolos, who had finally calmed down, turned his head and asked William: "You showed me this, not just to let me know... that those children were killed by giant beasts."
"Yes." William did not deny, he manipulated the computer between the two and said: "Because the agents are connected to the Umbrella branch in Athens in real-time broadcast, this was go let you and myself know about the enemies we will have to face..."
"These threats?" Karolos was taken aback.
"That's right." William continue to control the screen again to display the murals and ancient texts in the corridor of the ruins on the screen.
"Umbrella had not needed to recruit full-time experts on ancient civilisations before this incident. In addition to the sudden incident there are other factors in play, and I hope that as one of the most knowledgeable people in Greece, Mr. President, you can help translate these contents. "
"Ok…"
Hearing William's words, Karolos took off his glasses, rubbed his eyes with his hands, before putting on his glasses again, and saying: "No problem, although I am a doctor of law, but when I was young, I followed my uncle to search for ancient relics. I can be considered a half ancient civilisation historian."
"Then please enlighten me, sir." William spoke with admiration.
"Don't worry, I will help where I can, afterall that scalp-numbing monster is killing on my beloved land. So it is also my responsibility to assist your Umbrella in the containment, hehe."
Karolos smiled bitterly, and then began to read the content on the screen carefully.
While William just remained silent.
It was due to William's own actions that had to caused him to ask for the a president of the country to assist in the analysing of the anomaly.
It was because before this, Umbrella had yet to recruit experts who can specifically to deal with such incidents.
That's because Halsey was left in charge of medicine, engineering, and physics. She is also the top scholar of ancient civilisation.
Halsey had easily deciphered the ruins of the Forerunner in "Halo" and the various other technologies that had been recorded by the Forerunner.
Umbrella had no need to recruit any of those nameless 'old experts'.
It's better than anything to leave more money for the agents to upgrade their equipment.
But, Halsey was busy on the island of Minos, which is hidden from the outside world.
And this incident is urgent.
Therefore Karolos who is the most prestigious scholar in Greece, is someone who seems reliable enough to hand over the translation work.
A few minutes later;
"It's unbelievable, it's...it's....my God!"
When Karolos read all the murals and texts, he held his glasses frame with his right hand, while pointing at the computer screen with his left, not daring to look away:
"Mr. Russell...Do you know what it says?!"
"Uh..." When he heard what the other party said, William shrugged with a little embarrassment on his face: "If I knew, I wouldn't need to ask for your help, Mr. President."
"Oh.... uh yes, sorry that was rude."
Karolos apologised, took off his glasses and put them in his pocket, asking with no concealment of the excitement on his face:
"Mr. Russell, do you know about ancient Greek history or the ancient Greek mythology?"
"This…"
William held his chin in his left hand and was silent for a moment, before saying: "I've heard about it from my grandpa when I was young. It's just that I don't have a good impression of the main god, Zeus, in Greek mythology, so I never did elaborate on learning about it. "
"Ah, Zeus, that old pervert." Karolos chuckled lightly.
The old president continued: "Greek mythology is different from legends and religions around the world. It is not like Buddhism in ancient India, nor Christianity, etc. The gods in other religions rarely have personal desires and have supreme commanding heights, right? "
"True." William nodded.
Karolos continued: "But the gods in our culture have seven emotions and six desires, they are more like...people. Just like you and I said Zeus. He had fun with mortals many times and gave birth to many heirs, that were, demigods. The demigods produced by the combination of various gods and human beings were even extremely active in our legends and culture. The most famous among them is Achilles, the son of the sea goddess Thetis. And what I translated it appears that what we found was the tomb of that hero. "
"And perhaps many more."
William said incredulously: "Mr. President, you are not kidding me. As far as I know, Achilles was just a character from the greek poetic Homer's epic, who fought in the Trojan War. Besides, even if he really exists, then was not the ending of Achilles to be cremated and ascended to heaven, how could there be a remains or a tomb? "
{An epic is a long narrative poem recounting heroic deeds}
William believed that this old president may not be as reliable as he thought. Not expecting him to start talking about some myths and legends.
"You young people, staying safe and restless."
Karolos patted William on the right shoulder and explained patiently: "Cremation is just one of Achilles' many endings in the story. (Looks at the screen) The words written on the wall of this tomb say...'Here is the great warrior, the great hero, the tomb of Achilles. The hero who had never been injured in previous battles. And did not know what pain is, for his body is invulnerable, a kin to the very gods. But Paris, the coward, shot an arrow by sneak attack, piercing the hero's only weakness, his heel. The war ended, and everyone held cremations for the heroes. The fire burned for three days and three nights, but the hero could not be cremated. In the end, the hero sleeps at the gate of the underworld, shocking all men. If you want to see the hero, you must pass the test of three tomb guards. Mortals, If you have no courage and strength, then leave!'"
"..." William was silent.
This was definitely unusual phenomenon.
It represents a phenomenon beyond what ordinary people can understand.
'If you remain suspicious of anything, you can't move forward~. '
Recalling what Halsey had told him before, William smiled unconsciously.
He then looked at Karolos and whispered: "Well, Mr. President, I believe what you said. According to the recorded content, besides the mutated lion, there should be two other 'guardians'. But the underworld... do you really believe that this is the underworld from the greek myth. "
"Ok…"
Karolos didn't know why William's attitude changed, but he didn't think much about it. Instead, he thought about the problem just now.
Karolos then said: "I don't think it is. The Santorini volcano erupted in 1650 BC, the largest volcanic eruption in the earth's ten thousand years, which caused a devastating disaster in which several civilisations in Greece disappeared. The Trojan War occurred around 1200 BC. At that time, the technology was underdeveloped and the crustal movement was not understood. It was concluded that the Santorini volcano might be the entrance to the underworld. So people let the heroes who died at the time be guarded, to bless the peace of the earth. "