Greece brings evildoers

Chapter 272 Do you want a wife or not? (6.3k)

"So, it was Hecate who planted this curse on you?"

After listening to the story, Athena raised her hand and carefully touched the black divine seal on Lorne's chest. She pondered for a moment, and her eyes seemed to understand something.

"Where is the thing she gave you at the beginning? Take it out!"

Lorne was slightly stunned, and then realized the target Athena was referring to. A blue-gray serpentine twelve-sided dice appeared in his palm.

The sacred symbols representing the ten main gods on its ten faces have flickered and lit up, leaving only Zeus's [Lightning] and Hephaestus's [Flame], which are still dim.

Athena stared at the twelve-sided dice and murmured with a complicated expression.

"It turned out to be this..."

"Do you know it?"

Lorne was stunned when he heard it.

"More than that!" Athena snorted coldly and said faintly, "Strictly speaking, it was me who planted this seed!"

The unexpected answer made Lorne's face even more stunned.

Seeing Lorne's blank expression, Athena took a deep breath and asked immediately.

"You have met Persephone, the Queen of the Underworld. She should have told you about Zagreus, right?"

Lorne came back to his senses and nodded slightly.

Athena took a deep breath and answered while recalling.

"Zagreus died during the Titan War. He was dismembered and cooked by a group of giants. When I arrived at the scene, I was powerless. I only had time to rescue his divinity and seal it in a small box to bring it to Zeus. After that, I induced Zeus to swallow it, hoping that my father god would sow this [seed] into the mortal world during a secret affair and let it take root and sprout again (the record of the original myth)."

The box containing Zagreus' divinity?

Lorne heard the key words and looked at the twelve-sided dice in his hand.

Athena nodded and gave an affirmative answer.

"Yes, it should be this one. Although the appearance has changed, I sensed a similar aura from it."

That makes sense!

Lorne looked at the twelve-sided dice in his hand, and many doubts in his heart were solved.

No wonder Hecate gave him this twelve-sided dice on purpose, because this is the seed that preserves Zagros's divinity!

It is for this reason that this twelve-sided dice will issue a series of oracles to guide him to directly or indirectly destroy the order of [Destiny] and enhance his own [contingency] divinity.

"I sowed this seed, originally just hoping to leave a possibility of fighting against fate in the world, but I didn't expect that Hecate would get it first."

Athena stared at Lorne in front of her, feeling quite emotional.

"I didn't expect that after all the twists and turns, you would come back to me again..."

What a bad fate.

Lorne rubbed his numb temples and asked the doubts in his heart.

"Speaking of which, why are you so concerned about Zagros? Isn't this a little strange?"

When Zagros was killed, Persephone, his biological mother, did not rush to the scene, and Athena went there first. Isn't this too much of a coincidence?

The more reasonable explanation is that the goddess of wisdom has been paying attention to Zagros's growth intentionally or unintentionally.

"Because there is still the first half of Zagros' story." Athena answered unhappily, and asked calmly, "Do you know how I was born?"

"Yes." Loen nodded, "When Zeus devoured the pregnant Metis, Zeus had a splitting headache soon, so he had to ask the god of fire Hephaestus to split his head, and you were born from Zeus's head."

"In fact, in addition to this, I also brought something out of the body of the father god. The divinity of my brother who has never been born-the god of opportunity, Poros..." Athena paused, and added quietly, "Then, Hecate, who is in charge of the underworld, found me."

Loen heard the answer and immediately thought of it: "Zagoreus?"

Athena nodded, sighing helplessly: "As a result, this child was wiped out by fate before he fully grew up. I feel that it is too conspicuous to put it in the heaven, so I hope it can be born in the mortal world and live safely."

So, this time it is the Theban princess Semele, and Dionysus who should have been born?

After hearing this secret, Loen looked at the twelve-sided dice in his hand, which was messy in the wind.

Three successors died one after another because of this thing, and there are too many instant death BUFFs.

Moreover, you and Hecate are one of the sources of my birth, and are inextricably linked to my growth. How should this be calculated?

In the abstract sense, a biological sister plus a half-eldest sister is like a mother? And in the traditional sense, a vicious stepmother who came to intercept?

After sorting out his complicated emotions, Loen continued to ask: "What is the purpose of collecting twelve divinities?"

Athena thought about it and gave her own opinion: "The twelve gods of Olympus represent the order of destiny. The encroachment of these divinities may indicate that it is taking over the original destiny and providing nutrients for the growth of the [accidental divinity]?"

"Well, it makes sense." Loen nodded, and then asked again, "Is there any way to control this thing in my own hands?"

"I'll try..." Athena picked up the twelve-sided dice and tried to use her own magic formula to break the restriction on it.

However, after a flash of light, Lorne suddenly felt his heart twitching, a strong sense of suffocation coming from his chest, his soul wailing, and his consciousness was gradually swallowed up by darkness.

The rapidly intensifying discomfort made Lorne quickly raise his hand to stop: "Stop!"

Athena quickly put down the twelve-sided dice in her hand, and helped Lorne, who was dripping with cold sweat on his forehead, to the seat, with a gloom gathering on his face: "It seems that this thing has become one with you, and there is no way to forcefully remove it."

Lorne nodded, vaguely guessing in his mind.

He is a variable outside of destiny and cannot be accommodated by this world, and it is precisely because this twelve-sided die containing [possibility] resides in him that it maintains his existence.

Once it is forcibly peeled off, I am afraid that I will be finished.

"Forced cutting doesn't work, so we can only try another method." Athena thought for a moment and gave the answer, "If you can become the main god and your soul enters the [immortal] level, maybe you won't be restricted by this thing, or even In turn, take this divinity into your own hands.”

"Hecate will not give me this opportunity." Lorne shook his head, feeling quite helpless, "As long as I complete the collection of twelve divinities, steal part of Olympus' destiny, and be promoted to the main god, Hecate will definitely attack me."

"How about this way around?"

"I've tried it. The god of medicine's immortality medicine is just an idea. I don't know how long it will take to complete it. And according to the current speed of collecting divinity, I'm afraid I won't be able to wait too long before it matures."

Lorne sighed, feeling depressed about his current situation which was not optimistic.

Although he tried his best to avoid the divine collection work, whether it was inevitable destiny or accidental possibility, he was pushing him forward intentionally or unintentionally.

Just like when I met Hera this time, my mother opened the door for me. It was so outrageous.

Therefore, he suspected that even if he deliberately avoided it, sooner or later he would have an intersection with Zeus and Hephaestus because of something.

As the strategies were eliminated one by one, Athena narrowed her eyes slightly and a faint chill appeared on her face.

"Then how about we find a way to kill that woman?"

If you can't solve the problem, just get rid of the person who caused the problem. This is also a method.

Lorne saw the malicious look on Athena's face, a soft color appeared in his eyes, but he asked unceremoniously.

"Can you beat her?"

"I haven't tried it, so I can't say."

"And what about Sleep and Death?"

"It's very difficult..."

"Where are the three Fates and Zeus?"

"..."

Athena heard the implication and turned to look at Lorne in surprise.

"You mean, if I touch Hecate, they might take action?"

"Roughly the same."

Lorne shrugged and further told Athena what he and Hades learned in the "Real Dream".

"I roughly understand that she is the key to completing the divine integration and is responsible for keeping those dangerous old gods sleeping. So once she encounters trouble, the three goddesses of fate and Zeus will probably intervene."

"Yes, that's what happened."

"Then is there any way to take away her trump card and let us control [Real Dream]?"

"The idea is very good. Pluto and I also tried it, but we couldn't find the core of the dream world at all."

"You and Hades?"

Athena frowned slightly, then her eyes flashed and she spoke seriously.

"Tell me again your experience of entering the dream world without omitting anything."

Seeing that Athena seemed to have thought of something, Lorne was about to tell the truth about what happened.

After listening, Athena held her chin with one hand and muttered.

"It shouldn't be. With your strength, you only went once and couldn't find any extenuating circumstances. But as the Lord of the Underworld, Hades went there many times and failed to discover the core of the dream world. Clues, don’t you think this is a bit bizarre?”

"Yeah, it's a little weird."

After Athena's reminder, Lorne also thought of another doubt and murmured in a deep voice.

"Moreover, infiltrating seems to be too easy. Hecate doesn't seem to worry about someone breaking into the dream world and revealing her trump card."

"Is it possible that the trump card isn't even there?"

"It's okay to be absent once, but why not be there every time?"

"Could it be possible that it could run away?"

run?

In a daze, when the two heard this word, an idea flashed in their minds. They looked at each other and said the answer in unison.

"Hecate!"

That's right, the core that controls the [Real Dream] is not in the Elysee Gardens, nor in the [Real Dream], but in Hecate.

To be precise, it's probably herself!

When the answer came out, Lorne suddenly became enlightened.

"Possibility! The continuation of the dream is a possibility! Only Hecate herself as the core can support such a large and orderly [Real Dream]!"

"[Night] is the mother of dreams, and [Road] will guide the direction of dreams, letting the sleeper know when to wake up!"

Athena, who also solved the mystery, also chanted the relevant records.

As the hearty and familiar feeling surged through their bodies, the two of them looked at each other and smiled, as if they had returned to the small stall in Knossos City in the past.

It was an encounter involving riddles, and it was also the beginning of a relationship between the two parties.

After that, it’s about supporting each other and working together to do our best for the survival of Crete.

But after the two came to Athens, the external pressure they needed to face together disappeared, and they each had their own ideas. The originally close relationship gradually became a little distant due to the passage of time.

Now, mutual honesty has broken the accumulated barriers and allowed them to regain the feeling of working together in the past.

As the biggest mystery was solved, Lorne continued to ask.

"Now that the answer is found, what should we do next?"

"Since we can't kill her, we can only catch her."

"Catch her alive? It seems more difficult..."

"Or, use your strengths and charm to sleep with her?"

Athena suggested with a smile, with a teasing look on her face.

Lorne knew the character of this elder sister well. Seeing her smile so brightly, he would not be easily fooled, so he immediately refused.

"Forget it, I'll choose the one!"

Seeing that Lorne didn't take the bait, Athena shook her head with regret and gave her own hint.

"Okay, if you want to catch that woman, you probably need two things."

"[Bait] and [Hook]?"

Lorne answered with understanding, then frowned.

"I understand the bait, there are two here, either me or Melinoe can use them, but what about the hook? It's not easy to trap that woman."

"Have you forgotten? I have the power of [Labyrinth], plus the 88 Star Palaces I built myself are spread all over the Ares Mountain. As long as the sanctuary is closed, this place is like a closed cage. It's not impossible to trap her."

"It's not that easy."

Lorne picked up the twelve-sided dice that he couldn't open in his hand and snorted lightly.

"That woman is smart. Not to mention that her witchcraft attainments are not inferior to your magic level, she is also a god with the [Road] attribute. Your [Labyrinth] may not be able to hold her. When she first arrived in Athens, she sneaked into the Ares Mountain and came to find me specifically."

Hearing that the other party was so tricky, Athena also had a headache.

But soon, she had a new idea, pointing to Mount Olympus among the stars, and said with a smile.

"If the [fish hook] can't lock, how about adding a few [dip nets]?"

"What do you mean?"

"Hephaestus! There are still a lot of materials scraped from the Temple of Poseidon before. Let him help us build a few sturdy dip nets!"

"Good idea!"

When Loen heard this, his eyes lit up, and the haze in his heart gradually faded.

The craftsmanship of the god of craftsmen is beyond reproach. Even Hera was trapped. If they can operate it, Hecate may not be overturned by them.

But in this way, I have to contact the god of craftsmanship, which may accelerate the maturity of the [seed].

Forget it, instead of waiting to die, it is better to give it a try!

Loen made up his mind, a fierce look flashed in his eyes, and he spoke in a deep voice.

"Let's go find Hephaestus now!"

However, Athena shook her head, looking helpless.

"I'm afraid not. I've been targeted. I don't dare to go back to Olympus easily recently, for fear that my father God will ask something."

"Zeus?"

Lorne was shocked and immediately realized that this was the disaster caused by the rapid development of Ares Mountain, especially since he kept earning batches of gods to go up the mountain, which deepened Zeus's suspicion.

At this moment, Athena has been resisting pressure for so long, and she can't handle the trouble.

Thinking of the sunken Crete in his memory, Lorne couldn't help but worry.

"Is it too risky to help me deal with Hecate at this time? What if Zeus pursues it..."

"But not, my father is not the only one who is worried about me now."

Feeling the long-lost concern, Athena smiled and waved her hand, her flashing eyes full of gloating.

"Aphrodite has disappeared recently. I don't know where she went to have fun. Ares and Hephaestus have been fighting over this all day long.

Apollo seems to like visiting the Oceanus Sea very much, and often goes out with Poseidon in pairs.

Also, thanks to you, the Queen Hera seems to be really interested in you. As soon as she returned to Olympus, she started to contact Poseidon and Apollo..."

Hearing about the recent series of changes in Olympus, Loen didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Good guy, the mines he had buried before seemed to have signs of exploding.

No wonder Zeus saw Athena's restlessness and didn't intervene. It turned out that the situation was already in a mess.

If that's the case, then doesn't it mean...

Athena seemed to see Loen's floating mind and burst his fantasy with one word.

"Don't be happy too soon. No matter how much they struggle, they will only cause trouble. My father god has three hundred-armed giants in his hands and the three goddesses of fate behind him. How can he be so easy to deal with?"

"That's right. Those who can do it first."

Lorne shrugged and raised his hands to his chest to pray.

It's easy to know that these people who are preparing to rebel can't even hide it from Athena, let alone Zeus. Most of them are cannon fodder in the future.

It's more reliable to expect that they can beat Zeus than to expect that they can join forces with Athena to turn the tables.

After a simple review of the current problems and the corresponding solutions, Athena gave follow-up suggestions.

"I can't help you now, but you can go to the Oceanus Sea to find Thetis. As long as she shows up, Hephaestus will definitely be willing to help."

Hearing this, Lorne was a little ashamed.

Well, it seems that every time I look for that sea goddess, nothing good happens.

Just as Loen was thinking about what reason to use to resolve the awkwardness when they met again, there was a violent tremor in his chest, accompanied by a strong burning sensation.

He quickly opened his coat and looked at the Gorgon bronze elephant emblem in his arms that was humming, and his face changed slightly.

"Something happened to Thetis! She is asking me for help!"

With that, Loen didn't bother to explain more, and immediately rushed out of the Great Temple, turning into a golden red stream of light, cutting through the dark night outside the window, and falling straight into the Sea of ​​Oceanus shrouded in mist.

Looking at the figure that disappeared in the sky, Athena, who was standing in front of the door and staring, was frightened for no reason, as if she had a premonition that something bad was about to happen.

Just going out for a trip, as usual, this kid is as slippery as a catfish, always taking advantage and not suffering losses, how could there be any problem?

Well, I should think too much.

Athena comforted herself, but her ten fingers unconsciously twisted a piece of parchment into pieces.

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At the same time, a white seagull flew across the sea quickly, as if avoiding some flood beast.

Behind it, a young man with long green hair, wearing armor, a bow and arrow on his waist, holding a cross javelin in his hand, riding a majestic black Pegasus, chasing the seagull.

This is the revelation of destiny, and it is also the good match given to him by his father Zeus.

Once he completes this feat and captures the goddess, he will be promoted to an immortal god in the future and enjoy the favor of the gods forever on Mount Olympus.

Seeing that the graceful figure gradually distanced himself, the young hero with long green hair took off his longbow, put a golden arrow engraved with complicated spells on the longbow, and slowly pulled the bowstring to the full at the seagull in front of him.

"Swoosh!"

The sharp arrow broke through the air, and the white seagull that was flapping its wings and flying fast could not dodge in time, and its right wing was immediately pierced.

"Puff!"

Blood splashed, the seagull's body trembled, and it fell into the sea with a wail, turning into an elegant goddess with long golden hair and a white gauze dress.

——It was the ocean nymph Thetis, who was famous for her wisdom.

As soon as she fell into the water, she endured the pain and hummed with a high frequency.

A moment later, a white dolphin heard the news and came, picked her up obediently, and swam quickly to the deep sea.

Sensing that the pursuer behind her was gradually pulled away, Thetis gritted her teeth and pulled out the arrow inserted into her right shoulder with all her strength. Then she simply used healing magic to treat the wound, and then hugged the dolphin's neck with one hand, looking at the dead sea, with a burst of desolation in her heart.

After taking precautions and giving in again and again, disaster was inevitable.

Zeus wanted to marry her to Peleus, the son of Aeacus, and generously gave the young hero Pegasus, a bow, a spear, and armor, and instigated him to come to the Sea of ​​Oceanus to harass her.

Thetis clearly refused, but the father god promised nonchalantly that once Peleus succeeded, he would personally organize a grand wedding, betroth her to Peleus, and grant her the throne of god.

With such temptation in front of him, the young hero pursued her relentlessly.

Unwilling to succumb, Thetis fled all the way to the deep sea of ​​Oceanus and asked for help from her father Nereus, her sister who was the queen of the sea, and Poseidon who was her brother-in-law.

As a result, no one on the sea dared to respond or come forward to stop it.

When she saw the three hundred-armed giants squatting in the primitive ocean, they were wandering off the coast of Oceanus for the first time, and the clever Thetis immediately figured out the cause and effect.

Apparently, the father god discovered the signs of dishonesty in the sea gods, so he used her as an example to kill the chicken to scare the monkey, or to force them to submit.

After all, she is the think tank of the sea gods, the daughter of Nereus, and the sister of the Queen of the Sea. She has enough weight and reputation.

But sadly, no matter her weak father, or her thoughtful sister and brother-in-law, even if they saw her being forced to the end of the road, no one dared to lend a hand and touch Zeus's brow.

And she is destined to be a victim of this game of the strong.

Feeling the continuous loss of the divine blood in her body, Thetis looked down at the wound on her shoulder that had not healed for a long time, and her heart sank.

That arrow has extraordinary divine power, and she should not be able to support it soon.

The dizziness in her head became stronger and stronger, and the sound behind her was getting closer and closer. Thetis clutched the warm metal in her hand and could no longer support it. She slipped off the dolphin and floated on the vast sea.

At this moment, Peleus, who had been chasing all the way, saw that the beautiful woman was no longer able to break free, and he couldn't help but smile, and swooped down towards the target on his Pegasus.

"Bang!"

However, as soon as the galloping Pegasus flapped its wings, the horse's head instantly exploded into a ball of minced meat, and the golden-red light that penetrated the sky fell into the sea. A pair of arms picked up the unconscious Thetis in the large steaming mist.