The Mistery of Belicena Villca later in order to seek their destruction . On that occasion , Bera and Birsha took the lead of the Golen of Carthage to personally direct the attack on Tartessos because , apart from the Race , the common hatred against the House of Tharsis united all . General Hamilcar Barca would be the new Perseus , the instrument that the Myth would use to develop back again on Earth . In order for this military to demonstrate to the God One he was prepared to perform the feat , they prompted him to assassinate forty thousand men of his mercenary army , whose rebellion had previously been incited by suppressing the payment of the salary : from the Gorge of the Axe , a River of blood thus flowed into the jaws of Moloch , to the satisfaction of the Golen and as a clear sign that the prophecy could be fulfilled . Then the government of Carthage , following the instructions of the Golen Priests , commissioned in 237 B . C . Hamilcar Barca the conquest of Spain . This invasion , the last that Tartessos would endure , was the subject of a family saga of oral legends called " The Attack of the Twenty-two Golen ”.
The saga tells that in the year 229 , through a clever and unexpected withdrawal of troops , General Barca manages to " surprise Tartessos asleep ", like the Argive Perseus with Medusa , and subjects it to blood and fire . However , while soldiers indulge in slaughter and looting , other events are taking place . Accompanying the Carthaginian army , have reached Tartessos twenty-two Golen , that is , twenty Golen Priests led by Bera and Birsha . The Argive Perseus Myth has come true , the prophecy is being fulfilled in that moment , and it is necessary to act with speed and precision : while the twenty Golen occupy the Sacred Forest , and perform rituals suitable for consecrating it to God One El Moloch and neutralize Pyrene ' s magical influence , Immortals Bera and Birsha will go in search of the Wise Sword . The Golen apply to their task and soon find themselves desecrating Pyrene ' s Lamp , concentrated next to the Apple Tree of Tharsis and the sculpture of the Goddess . What happens next is due to each one making an evaluation error on the adversary ' s capacity and mode of reaction : the Golen made a mistake by not considering the mystical and heroic madness that the Tartessian Hierophants had for being descendants of the Lords of Tharsis ; and the Hierophants underestimated the powers and determination of the Golen , perhaps by ignoring until then the existence of Immortals like Bera and Birsha .
The Golen ' s mistake was to suppose that the Hierophants , unprepared so much as the sentinels of Tartessos , would accept with resignation the loss of the sanctuary of the Sacred Forest or , at best , would offer armed resistance , case in which a troop escorting them would act in their defense . Reality , very different , was that the Hierophants had considered many years before the possibility of the Sacred Forest falling to the Enemy and they had already made a decision about it : they would never allow this to happen ; the fall of the Sacred Forest would necessarily imply its destruction . Therefore as the fire , advancing perimetrically , surrounded and burned the center of the Forest , the twenty Golen and the Guard could do nothing to prevent the horrible death : the charred skeletons later showed that all had taken refuge under the Apple Tree of Tharsis and that they finally burned and consumed like this and the remaining trees of the Forest . Everything was incinerated in that fire that had been carefully planned for years and prepared by means of a studied distribution of dry firewood in different parts of the area : when entering the Sacred Forest by train of conquest the Golen would not win a place but would fall into a death trap . Of course they would never have supposed that the Tartessian Hierophants would " sacrifice " their Sacred Forest before seeing it occupied by the Enemy and this reaction would be taken as a lesson by the Golen who would , henceforth , continue to fight against the descendants of the Blood Pact .
And the underestimation that the Hierophants made when evaluating the real power of the Golen was about to cause the final loss of the Wise Sword . If this did not occur , the merit should only be attributed to the incredible courage of the Vrayas ; and a loyalty to the Blood Pact that went beyond death . The fact was that about twenty kilometers from Tartessos , on the slope of Cerro
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