Greece brings evildoers

As the trial against Poseidon was about to begin, the main gods who were busy loving each other entered the great temple one after another and took their seats one after another.

However, seeing the unfamiliar faces next to Athena appear in the hall, the main gods couldn't help but frown.

"This is Aunt Hestia's job, and she is responsible for attending the theocratic meeting on her behalf. Aunt Hestia has just moved to a new house recently, and she has to study recipes, so she really can't get away."

Athena explained with a slight smile. When the gods heard this, they couldn't help but smile knowingly, and their slightly tense expressions relaxed.

Leaving matters to subordinates and hiding away for peace and quiet is exactly what the goddess of the stove would do.

Realizing the importance of the god in front of him in Hestia's heart, the gods at the table smiled and nodded, showing a touch of goodwill towards Lorne.

Lorne responded with the same smile, straightened his position as a god, and lowered his posture in response.

Such an informed and interesting behavior made the main gods at the table feel very good, and they also felt a little more pleasing to the eyes of the new recruits.

After all, their goodwill was for the hearth goddess, not really to make friends with the slave god.

But Artemis was very happy when she heard the news.

If Lorne can attend the meeting for Aunt Hestia, it means that the contact between her and her lover will be more frequent, and there will be more ways to get together openly.

However, some people are happy and some are sad.

A certain god of light and prophecy was obviously unhappy with Lorne's joining. Although his handsome face still maintained an elegant smile, strong disgust had filled the depths of his eyes.

Aunt actually gave up her authority to him? Just a newly promoted disciple!

Apollo felt even more depressed when he thought that the person he was longing for actually valued the guy in front of him so highly.

Fortunately, the turbulent discussions among the gods were soon interrupted by the solemn thunder in the great temple.

For a moment, the gods hurriedly shut their mouths and returned to their places. There was silence in the hall, and you could hear a pin drop.

However, after waiting for a while, the God King of Olympus still did not come out to preside over the situation and announce the beginning of the trial.

Even looking around, even Hera, the Queen of Heaven, was absent.

Suddenly, the gods had a bad premonition in their hearts.

And sure enough, with a slight cough in the corner, Hermes, with a pair of black eyes, stood up from his seat, came to the center of the temple, and announced with a dry smile.

"Father God has been involved in trivial matters recently. The trial has been postponed for the time being. You can go back first."

As soon as these words came out, the gods immediately understood the implication, and each of them acted as if they were not surprised, and stood up and left one after another.

No need to ask, His Majesty the God King is definitely out to steal things again.

And Queen Hera, who heard the news, was probably on her way to catch the traitor.

The long-awaited trial turned out to be such an anticlimactic scene that Lorne felt dumbfounded.

As the figures in the Great Temple gradually became sparse, he also learned from the interrogations of Hermes by several major gods that Zeus was having an affair - the Thebes princess Antiope.

At night, the main gods also left the great temple one after another and returned to their respective sanctuaries.

As Hestia's spokesperson, Lorne naturally lived in the temple of the hearth goddess.

Since Athena, who was in charge of the trusteeship, often sent people to take care of it, the furnishings inside were clean and tidy, which saved Lorne a lot of effort.

As soon as he sat down and closed the door, Lorne took out the paper and pen he carried with him from the magic array diagram, and made a series of summaries and summaries of what he saw and heard during the day.

This is a good habit he has developed since he was a student.

Is Antiope, the princess of Thebes, the seventh?

After writing this name on the paper, Lorne looked thoughtful in his eyes.

According to the prophecy of fate, Zeus will marry twelve mortal female lovers one after another and give birth to divine sons, allowing his bloodline to rule the nations of the earth and stabilize his kingship.

In order, they are:

First, he was obsessed with the heifer Io, who gave birth to a son, Epaphus, who ruled Egypt;

Second, he turned into a bull and abducted Europa, gave birth to Rhadamandis and Minos, and governed the Crete Islands;

third, Pluto, the bride of the supreme ruler of Olympus;

Fourth, he turned into a golden rain and became Danae’s bed partner, giving birth to the demigod hero Perseus;

Fifth, he entered into a flaming marriage with Semele and gave birth to Dionysus, the god of wine;

Sixth, he turned into a condor to abduct Aegina and gave birth to Aeacus, the last judge of the underworld and the original grandfather of the great hero Achilles;

Seventh, he pretended to be the god of mountains and forests, Satyr, took possession of Antiope, and gave birth to two sons, Amphion and Zetes;

Eighth, the shape-shifting swan possesses Leda and gives birth to the famous beauty Helen;

Ninth, the shape-shifting noble stallion chases Dia;

Tenth, Alcmene was given three days and three nights to give birth to the great hero Heracles;

Eleventh, he married Laodamia as his bride, gave birth to a son, Sarpedon, became the king of Lycia, and became a staunch ally of the Trojans in the Trojan War;

Twelfth, seduced Olympias and gave birth to a son, Alexander the Great...

The reason why he cares about this is because based on the above clues, Lorne can probably deduce the order in which some things will develop.

From the current point of view, the entire world of the Age of Gods is still in the early stages of the mixing of humans and gods. It is far from the occurrence of events such as the [Argo Expedition], [Twelve Trials], [Calydon Hunt], and [Trojan War] that he is familiar with. , there is still a long time to come.

In other words, he could take advantage of the gaps when Zeus went out to have an affair and slowly prepare to move the development of things to his own advantage.

The two offensive and defensive battles of Crete contributed two divine incarnations to him.

Now that he is facing this group of relatives day and night, he estimates that as long as he does things a few more times, the remaining ten gaps can be filled in soon.

By the way, Zeus happens to be away, who should we choose as the first target?

Just as Lorne was thinking secretly, there was a gentle knock on the door.

He immediately stuffed the pen and paper into the magic array diagram with vigilance, and after cleaning up the scene, he opened the door.

Athena, wearing a plain dress, stood quietly outside the door.

"Come with me."

Before Lorne could respond, he was pulled out of the room, and after twists and turns, he walked into a fiery red temple.

As soon as he stepped into it, a wave of hot air hit his face, and a crisp sound of knocking came from the forging platform in front of him that was engraved with secret texts.

Wearing an animal skin apron and being bare-chested, Hephaestus, the god of fire, was holding a forging hammer and striking the embryonic metal embryo over and over again. At the same time, he ordered several metal men to blow him up and increase the power of the fire.

These metal figures are about the size of normal people, their movements are steady but not lacking in dexterity, and they are extremely obedient.

If he hadn't known that he was in the Age of Gods, Lorne would have thought that he had entered a science fiction world.

At this moment, feeling the familiar breath approaching, Hephaestus immediately stopped the forging work in his hands, quickly wiped the handle on his apron, looked back behind him, his rough face full of smiles.

"Athena? Why are you here? Is it for the 88 sets of divine tools that can be given to mortals?"

Immediately, Hephaestus glanced at the embryonic metal embryo on the forging table and a few pieces of orichalcum waste in the corner, and couldn't help scratching his head, feeling a little embarrassed and embarrassed.

"Sorry, the number of custom orders is a bit too high, and many of the designs are too idealistic. Only three sets have been completed so far, and I still have to think about the rest."

With that said, the forging god ordered the metal man beside him to open the basement and move out three half-man-high gold metal boxes.

The star map drawn on the outside of the box corresponds one-to-one with the stars of Olympus, and a powerful, sharp, or obscure aura permeates it.

As one of the metal men pressed the mechanism in the center of the box, a burst of metal friction sounded, and the entire metal box automatically cracked and divided into multiple parts such as breastplate, arm frame, skirt, and crown, and automatically flew to the metal On the human body, it fuses with it to form a complete set of weapons.

Looking at the scene in front of him and the gorgeous armor that was exactly the same as in his memory, Lorne looked past the stack of familiar papers on the desk and was filled with admiration for the unattractive, even ugly, forging god in front of him.

The Holy Clothes were actually taken out by this old man! ox!

That's right, the design manuscripts for these things were written by Lorne.

Athena had brought a large amount of materials from the Temple of Poseidon in order to create a batch of divine tools to enhance the strength of her warriors, so as not to make the same mistakes as Crete.

After he got the news, he volunteered to participate in the design of each set of armor, and proposed to combine the magic circle inside the armor with the star map to attract the power of the stars to enhance the user.

As the goddess of wisdom who is good at accepting new things, Athena naturally agreed and even perfected the original design together with Lorne.

After several modifications by Athena and the practice of Hephaestus, the sacred clothing that originally existed in Lorne's fantasy actually gradually came to fruition.

When the metal man wearing the sacred clothes exploded with combat power several times greater than before, Athena nodded with satisfaction, first praised her friend's forging skills, and then waved her hand to put the three metal boxes into the opened magic array. Smile and speak.

"The matter of the sacred clothing is not urgent for now. I want you to take some time to help build a sacred tool for him."

While speaking, Athena pointed to Lorne behind her and told her the reason for her visit tonight.

Hephaestus couldn't help but look troubled when he heard this.

"It's okay to hand over artifacts to mortals. If you want to forge weapons for the gods, Father God..."

Lorne saw the look in Athena's hand and immediately understood. He immediately took out the bird feather from Thetis from the magic array and handed it to Hephaestus.

The moment he saw the feathers and sensed the familiar aura on them, Hephaestus' expression became solemn, he stopped trying to shirk, and turned to look at Lorne seriously.

The craftsman stayed on that handsome face for a few seconds, and seemed to realize something. Then he tried his best to squeeze out a kind smile on his rough face, and his attitude became inexplicably closer.

"Little brother, tell me, what kind of magical tool do you want me to build for you? I will do my best to help you!"

Hearing Hephaestus's offer, Lorne showed the design he had prepared without any courtesy and handed it over to this craftsman with superior craftsmanship.

"This? Are you sure?"

Hephaestus, who originally had a serious face, looked stunned after taking the manuscript and looking at it for a moment.

This is a huge wide-mouthed cup, all in gold color, with strange runes on the edges. The pure gold base of the cup is inlaid with 28 pearls, 2 rubies and 2 emeralds.

After visual inspection by the craftsman, the cup body is 5.5 cm high, 9.5 cm in diameter, and 3 mm thick. Including the base, the cup is 17 cm high and 14.5 cm wide...

So, a wine glass?

I thought that Athena brought this little guy to see him late at night and took out the token of her adoptive mother Thetis to forge something dangerous. She also thought of a reason to prevaricate in the future.

Result, that's it?

For a moment, Hephaestus was puzzled, and even the way he looked at the person in front of him was a bit strange.

Under the firelight, Lorne smiled and opened his mouth to explain.

"My vocation is the God of Dionysus..."

"Oh I got it."

Hephaestus suddenly understood, and the last trace of wariness in his heart disappeared.

After working on it for a long time, I just came here to make a drinking utensil.

Bacchus?

Hephaestus briefly looked at the young and immature new god in front of him, with a hint of contempt in his eyes.

There are a few servant gods in Olympus every year, and these are probably useless wastes.

Forget it, just return this favor, the rest has nothing to do with me.

Hephaestus was too lazy to think too much. After asking the client in detail about the forging requirements of this drinking vessel, he sent the two people away with an attitude of striving for excellence, closed the door, and devoted himself wholeheartedly to the forging of the new artifact. middle.

Looking at the locked door of the fiery red temple, Lorne couldn't help but shook his head.

According to Athena, it would take Hephaestus ten days and a half to come out of this retreat.

It's no wonder that the bus at his home is full every day, and he doesn't even know it.

Lorne teased secretly, followed Athena and bypassed the Palace of Love, where the faint sounds of men and women breathing could be heard, and then parted in front of Hestia's temple.

Watching the goddess of wisdom walk away, Lorne yawned, then opened the door and walked into the bedroom, preparing to experience his first night in Olympus.

However, the moment he lifted the quilt, a large expanse of attractive white snow came into view. He couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva and looked at the white and tender lamb on the bed.

"Artemis?"