Lost Narrative Poetry

"The constellation is not just a front specially built by the gods after the betrayal caused by the giant Typhon, a "firewall" to prevent external invasion..."

Located on an isolated island outside the normal timeline, the magician explained meaningfully.

"It is Zeus who has implemented internal suppression and used the "anti-virus software" to deal with the blood curse of the Greek gods, in order to nip all factors that could threaten him in the bud. "

"Is this a measure to suppress the fourth generation of gods and prevent them from growing up?"

Arturia nodded thoughtfully, "If it were a mortal dynasty, doing this would be tantamount to death, but for the immortal gods, the necessity of continuing the family line and supplementing with fresh blood is It’s a false proposition.”

"That's right. After all, for them, how to make themselves strong is the key. Looking at the nonsense that happened in three consecutive generations, you should know what their nature is like." Xia Ran commented casually.

To put it in a nicer way, the beauty of Greek mythology is that the gods still have a destiny and are still trapped by love. They also have human emotions, know joy, anger, sorrow, and distinct personalities. They have no ascetic elements and very little mysticism.

The only difference between gods and humans is that the former has eternal life, while the latter has birth, old age, sickness and death.

Well, this is a nicer way of saying it. The more straightforward translation means that they are just a group of human beings with no power... Not all of them are like this. No one member is a noble existence that truly possesses "divine nature", but Relatively speaking, this ratio is too small.

Just like Cronus defeated his father, but failed to learn his father's lessons, but chose a more brutal solution.

The same was true for Zeus at the beginning. After all, he is not necessarily much better than Cronus. He is more obsessed with power and desire than the latter. From a certain perspective, this can be regarded as proof of blood inheritance. It can be said that it is not The whole family does not enter the same door.

"Ouranos, the lord of the sky, hates all his children. He said that these seedlings are trying their best to grow in bad ways, and sooner or later they will be punished. Now it seems that maybe at that time, everything has been finalized. Bar."

The magician said calmly——

"His brutal rule was intolerable to Gaia and her children, so they chose to overthrow it. Cronus, who couldn't stand his father's brutal rule and chose to rise up, later changed into an even more brutal person. ruler."

And because he was afraid of repeating the same mistakes and worried that he would be overthrown by one of his children in the future just like Uranus's prophecy, Cronus chose an extremely cruel method of suppression, that is, eating his own children directly. Whenever there is a new offspring, He will directly devour it.

Obviously, he chose to resist because he couldn't stand the cruelty of the ruler...

But if you become a ruler, it will be fine, and brutal rule will become a matter of course...

And he absolutely cannot allow anyone to resist him again in the future, and he will not even hesitate to suppress it even more fiercely and kill his own descendants. From this point of view, Cronus is indeed more violent than Uranus. too much.

Zeus was also worse than himself. He was born in fear, and managed to survive with great difficulty. Unlike his brothers and sisters, he was swallowed by the King of Titans just after he was born. After he finally grew up, he was determined to overthrow the brutal rule of Cronus.

There is nothing specific about this process, and there is really nothing to say. Anyway, as long as you know that Zeus succeeded in the end, he became the king of the gods who now leads the third generation of gods.

And then—what did He do?

That's right, just like his father, he followed the same method. He was afraid of the reincarnation of the Blood Curse. In order to defend his absolute power, he chose to eat the descendants who could threaten him directly, one by one.

It is simply a perfect vicious cycle. Each generation of victims accepts the logic of the perpetrators. After successfully overthrowing the previous generation by resisting, they will naturally do the same bad and cruel things when they take over.

This is basically the case, every generation of the Greek pantheon is getting worse.

Even if there are bloody and tragic examples as a warning, they have never thought about changing. They just blindly suppress them brutally and maintain their absolute power with brutal rule.

"Although Athena later split his head and escaped from his body, Metis, the goddess of primitive wisdom, and Poros, the god of creation and opportunity who was predicted to have the status of a god-king, did not return. Appeared, only Athena herself came out.”

If the magician has a clue, he knows all the secret and unknowable things, so some things may be hidden from Zeus and others, but not from his eyes.

"But it was precisely because of Athena's resistance that time that Zeus changed such a simple and crude method and decided to change his mind. He probably thought that just swallowing all the offspring directly in such a rough way would cause indigestion, and It’s not safe enough…”

After all, that's what Cronus did. In the end, he overturned because of an exception, and that exception was Zeus himself.

So Zeus, who was familiar with and skilled in this, after Athena almost repeated what he had done, he more or less used his brain and thought that it was necessary to make certain changes.

And under the circumstances that it is absolutely impossible to overturn the curse of the first generation of the original God King, what can he do? The simplest and most effective way to cure the root cause is to control your own desires...

——Of course, this is absolutely impossible, He is the embodiment of desire.

Therefore, Zeus would rather die than do this. If he needs to restrain his desires and cannot vent them everywhere, then what fun is there in being a god? He maintains His absolute power in order to indulge His own desires and enjoyment, and cannot put the cart before the horse.

So He decided to let Athena, Apollo and other grown-up descendants become the twelve main gods of Olympus, occupying the golden throne of Mount Olympus and under his direct supervision.

At the same time, with the help of the plan to promote the twelve constellations, the bloodlines of those who were born later and did not have time to grow up were suppressed and strictly guarded. They were absolutely not allowed to explore the potential of their bloodlines and carry forward the inherited divine power.

"Even if Ouranos, as half of the bloodline that gave birth to the entire God Clan, personally planted a curse on the bloodline of the gods, in the final analysis, there are limits. It is impossible for a demigod to be able to kill the most powerful person in the infinite world. The most powerful signator at the pinnacle, there are so many major realms between them..."

Xia Ran said with a smile: "So Zeus's method is indeed more perfect than that of his old father. Those who have grown up to be able to resist him are always under his supervision, and the remaining ones who have no time to grow up, He will never give them another chance to grow up."

"They are born as innate demigods, but they will stop there. They will have the strength to live well, and when Zeus remembers his cheap children, they will be assigned a so-called glorious destiny, but they will not Allowed to grow and become truly divine stepping into the infinite world.”

There is no other reason.

If they are always demigods, then they will never be able to pose a threat to Zeus. Even if they have a special attack against their father, it will be useless. The basic panel is too low, and even with the attack coefficient, they will not be able to deal damage.

Arturia listened with a somewhat pitiful expression:

"So you are obviously blessed with such generous conditions from birth, but you can never take that step and become the protagonist of your own destiny. Instead, you are the background to set off other legends?"

It sounds wonderful. You never have to worry about the rest of your life and you can always live a life full of glory. But in fact, their father simply broke their wings and raised them like pigs.

"That's basically it. But now that the twelve constellations no longer exist, the corresponding firewall of laws has also disappeared, and naturally they will no longer be suppressed by any means."

The magician looked at the battlefield, then stood up——

"Okay, let's get ready. This trip in muddy waters is about to end."

"Master, who do you think will be the final winner?" The girl nodded, and then asked with a little curiosity.

"Athena."

Xia Ran said the name without thinking.

"Huh?" Artoria raised her eyebrows slightly and looked at him suspiciously, "Are you... prepared to support this goddess of wisdom? When did you two hook up?"

Xia Ran turned to look at her and frowned in confusion: "What does hooking up mean? Isn't this wording too rude? Besides, Athena and I have not reached any secret agreement, so don't think about it, okay?"

"..."

"..."

The girl didn't say anything, just stared at him with wide emerald green eyes.

The magician sensed something was wrong. When did his trust in Artoria become so unconvincing?

He coughed lightly and said seriously: "It really doesn't matter. If it weren't for Medea, I wouldn't want to wade into this muddy water. It's actually a bit risky to reach this level. If I think about directly intervening in the decision, Do you think Chronos really has no temper as to who owns the position of God King?"

"Then why are you so sure it's Athena and not someone else?" Artoria thought about it for a moment and felt that it was the same, but it still couldn't relieve the doubts deep in her heart.

She stared at her Master: "Compared with those strong competitors, Athena doesn't have any advantage, right?"

Apollo and Artemis, the twin gods, are the children of Zeus and Leto, and are also the eldest son and daughter of all the children of Zeus.

Then there is Ares. Although the god of war, mutiny, killing and riots is not the eldest son, his mother is Hera, the queen of heaven, so he is the legitimate son, more legitimate than the Apollo brothers and sisters.

There is also Dionysus. In addition to Athena's unborn brother Poros, Dionysus is the second son of Zeus who is predicted to be a god-king. He has the status of a god-king, and most importantly, he Live till now.

——Compared with them, what does Athena have?

She has the name of the goddess of wisdom, but she has no one to rely on. Even her mother Metis died in Zeus's belly. She is so weak that she doesn't seem to have anyone to rely on. Even Zeus was violent just now. When the attack started, she was probably at the bottom of the kill list.

It can be said to be the least threatening kind...

Could it be that because the snipe and the clam are fighting, the fisherman benefits? Precisely because she was the most inconspicuous, everyone ignored the existence of this goddess. As a result, in the end of the struggle, either they died together, or both sides suffered losses, and no one benefited.

So in the end, Athena easily missed it?

Arturia thought quickly. After much thought, she could only think of the most reasonable explanation.

"No, you are only half right." Xia Ran shook her head, "Athena is indeed a low-threat object in the minds of all competitors and is easily ignored, but it does not mean that this A goddess doesn’t have any trump cards and can only rely on luck.”

"Strictly speaking, Athena is actually the most confident and qualified seed player among all the competitors. Whether it is Apollo, Ares or Dionysus, perhaps they may not necessarily compete together. Get the cards in this goddess’s hand.”

"Obviously he holds the most trump cards and should be the most wary of people and the target that should be eliminated in advance, but he is hidden so well that he is ignored by everyone, thinking that he can deal with his problem at the end... …”

At this point, the magician paused briefly and said meaningfully: "How high do you think this goddess's chance of winning is?"

Ninety percent? Or 100%?

…

…

"Treason! Treason! I shouldn't have let you live in the first place!"

His eyes seemed to be spitting out flames, and Zeus, who was extremely angry, was wrapped with terrifying thunder, like a luminous god burning in the universe, illuminating every inch of the dark void.

His momentum climbed crazily, reaching a whole new level in a short period of time, as if he was burning his life in exchange for glory. In fact, this is indeed the case. Although as a god, there is no concept of lifespan at all, but such an overdraft...

Well, even if Zeus survived this time safely, he would have to fall into a long sleep before he could recover afterwards. It can be said that he has basically recognized the reality and no longer has any delusions.

Probably because he knew that his fate was over, he hysterically chose the final act of madness.

But facing Zeus like this, the King of Titans who had dared to fight before silently chose to retreat with the other Titans... After all, all fools now know that this madman is going to fight hard now, who wants to be there? Become the unlucky guy that the other party drags along with you at the last moment?

Anyway, according to the contract, what they have to do has been completed, and the rest is the problem of these juniors themselves.

Fight, fight, fight, eventually kill each other cleanly...

"You don't want us to survive now!" Dionysus, who was covered in blood, laughed loudly and faced him head-on without fear. He had just been severely injured by Zeus' sudden sneak attack, which completely aroused his cruel and irritable nature. nature.

"Get out of the way! This idiot's head belongs to me!"

Ares didn't show any signs of weakness, and followed closely behind, his wild laughter resounding in all timelines, expressing his glory and determination to win and kill his old father with his own hands.

When the gods of Olympus instantly became confused and started fighting, the goddess with the olive crown silently retreated abnormally. The divine light in her bright eyes lit up bit by bit, growing stronger and seemed to To overflow.

Two completely different auras appeared on his body, intertwined, resonating with joy, and infinitely climbing and sublimating.

The light is getting brighter and brighter, hotter and hotter, expanding continuously, spreading in the void, like a bright sun rising up, getting bigger and bigger, and finally bursts out suddenly, sweeping across hundreds of millions of stars and covering the entire fragmented Origin Universe. .

The radiance of divinity pervades everything, shining on Guizhou and shining on the earth.

At the same time, everyone's movements froze for a moment, and they subconsciously looked over. Suddenly, their hearts were shaken, and they had a kind of understanding.

Why couldn't Metis, the original god, escape, and why couldn't Poros, the god-king who was predicted to become Zeus, escape, but the relatively ordinary Athena managed to escape from Zeus's belly?

That is the person of the Trinity—

At this moment, the disguise that had lasted for so long was finally torn apart.

Just as Athena is famous for her wisdom, this is a gamble that started countless epochs ago, and the outcome of victory has been destined from countless epochs ago.

…………

Maybe at the same time.

The magician, who was watching everything happening on the battlefield with interest, changed his face slightly.

Because in the unknown and vast chaos, the long dragon body circled and moved.

The great god with human, bull and lion heads opened his eyes, yawned lazily, looked in his direction casually, and softly uttered the syllables:

"boring."