The world-devouring dragon

When Apollo returned to the top of Mount Olympus, he met the hunting queen with a bow and arrow.

On the mountain, the beautiful and tall goddess stared at the bottom of the mountain intently. Her white arms were extremely steady and did not shake. The golden arrow was aimed at the mortal world below the mountain.

"Ka..."

The bow was slowly pulled open, making a slight sound.

When the golden arrow of the hunting goddess was shot at the mortal world, it meant that a wild hunt would come. The golden arrow blessed by the goddess would be shot at the most powerful beast on earth. At that time, the beast would become the prey chosen by the gods and the trophy of the hunters.

The heroes on earth would chase the beast hit by the invisible golden arrow, prove their strength and bravery to the hunting queen, and sincerely pray to the hunting queen for the archery skill of hitting the target every time.

However, there is a hero who should not do this, because he has defeated "hunting" itself.

All the arrows he shoots will hit everything.

All his prey will have nowhere to escape.

There is no need to pray to the gods, because he has already made the gods afraid.

"Artemis, did you help those three mortals?"

The goddess heard this, her wrist did not move, her eyes still staring at the distance, and her lips moved slightly.

"My brother, this seems to have nothing to do with you."

The voice was calm, but too calm.

Artemis is a proud goddess, always very active, and she would not speak so quietly.

"Artemis, just a demigod, you..."

"Zheng!"

Before Apollo finished speaking, a sudden explosion sounded. The bowstring vibrated, and the golden arrow flew out like a rainbow and disappeared at the end of the sky.

The hunting queen turned around, and her beautiful face was gloomy at this moment.

"Apollo, are you here to make fun of me? If you don't want to help me, I don't care, but I want to kill that mortal, but you want to stop me?"

The goddess scolded angrily.

The handsome god had to explain to his sister.

"Of course not, I'm on your side..."

"In that case, don't mention that guy to me anymore."

The hunting queen disappeared on the spot.

The goddess's anger towards the demigod was beyond words. No great god had ever been humiliated like this, and her affair with the demigod had almost become a private laughing stock among the gods.

However, if she did it herself, there would be no other effect except to increase the humiliation, so the hunting queen turned her attention to the three mortals.

Apollo sighed as he watched his sister disappear.

For some reason, he always felt a sense of uneasiness, as if something was happening, but he couldn't find the reason for it.

In another part of the sacred mountain, in the garden, the hunting goddess, who had taken off her hunting clothes, was sitting on the grass.

Only in front of a few female companions would this goddess, who was always lively and heroic, show her rare tranquility and elegance. The female companion next to her combed her hair while talking to her.

"Artemis, is your anger still not going away?"

Athena asked softly while combing the goddess' hair.

Athena has always had a friendly relationship with other goddesses, and even the matter of the three mortals was told to her by Athena.

The goddess, who was still beautiful and heroic with a frown on her face, bit her lips and said after hesitating for a long time.

"Father treats that demigod better than us, his own children. If I hadn't dared to use my divine power and alarm my father again, how could I have lost to that mortal. Pallas, what do you think is so special about that demigod? Why does father like him so much?"

Athena's eyes turned slightly, as if she was thinking about something, but she smiled and shook her head in the end.

"I don't know what my father is thinking, but everyone can see that my father values ​​that demigod very much."

Athena said while quietly combing Artemis' hair. The goddess of hunting loves hunting. She usually wears hunting clothes, as lively as a boy, but once she is quiet, people will realize her immaturity and ignorance.

She is a pampered goddess, carefree, and still as pure as a girl even after living for many years.

Her long golden hair is smooth, just like the best silk. Because it is too beautiful, it feels as soft as running water, and it will slip from your palm naturally if you are not careful.

Athena put away the comb and used the flowers beside to weave a crown for the goddess.

"Look, it's beautiful, isn't it."

Then, Athena turned into a round mirror in her hand, which reflected the confused eyes of the hunting queen, and the flickering eyelashes made people feel pity.

But the hunting queen didn't like herself who was too weak in the round mirror.

"I look so weak."

She wrinkled her nose and showed a disgusted expression.

She didn't like herself who was so weak, looking as weak as a delicate flower. In the heart of this goddess, she should be strong, proud and confident, and not lose to all the gods in the world. Therefore, she was so upset about losing to the demigod twice.

Artemis looked at Athena with some envy.

"Pallas, sometimes I really envy you. The gods respect you, the mortals worship you, and those mortal heroes regard you as an idol... Oh, it seems that guy also respects you, hum."

Artemis said, the topic unconsciously turned to that guy again, and her face showed disgust.

Athena just smiled.

"Hercules and you will reconcile one day, maybe at that time, you will get along well with him?"

Hearing this, Artemis sneered.

"I reconcile with him? Don't even think about it."

"Even if he kneels in front of you, kisses your toes, and begs for forgiveness from you, you won't forgive him?"

Athena teased.

"Being kissed by a man on my toes? That's disgusting."

The hunting queen imagined it for a while and showed a disgusted expression.

She would not let the men in the world touch her.

The goddess of wisdom smiled but said nothing.

The two goddesses enjoyed a comfortable rest in the garden and told stories between the gods.

"Ares went to the mortal world to fight again, and Aphrodite followed him."

Athena said.

Hearing this, Artemis was a little surprised, but then showed an indifferent expression.

"Ares is like this, but hasn't Aphrodite given up yet? This guy's obsession with Ares is really strong."

Since the affair between Ares and Aphrodite was exposed, Aphrodite seemed to be too lazy to perfunctory and often stayed with Ares.

This goddess of love and beauty is only three minutes hot for other male gods and men, but she has a great passion for Ares, even... obsession. This beautiful goddess who is considered to have only beauty and an empty brain is weak, crybaby, vain, spoiled, and likes all beautiful and delicate things, but she fell in love with Ares who acts rough and barbaric.

The most delicate and delicate goddess and the strongest and roughest male god are really a wonderful combination.

However, many gods think that this goddess just has something she likes rarely. Sooner or later, like many of her former lovers, she will eventually forget the god of war.

After talking about Ares and Aphrodite, the two goddesses accidentally talked about the moon god who forgot his duties.

"Since falling in love with Endymion, Selene, the moon goddess, has not driven the moon chariot herself for a long time."

Athena said helplessly.

Selene, the moon goddess, is one of the twelve ancient Titans. She is the original moon.

Since the genealogy of the gods changed, many ancient gods were forced to fall into sleep, but Selene, the moon goddess, has survived until now. The king of gods Zeus did not make things difficult for the moon goddess. Instead, he generously allowed her to continue driving the moon chariot and fulfill her divine responsibilities.

But since the moon goddess fell in love with the shepherd Endymion, the moon goddess, who was worried about Endymion's aging, took a solution. She hid her lover in a cave and woke up only one day a year.

Every time that day came, the moon goddess would spend it with her lover. That day was a run day, an extra day. Therefore, she gave birth to fifty daughters, who took turns driving the moon chariot on her behalf. Each daughter helped her drive for seven days a year, and so a year passed.

The moon goddess, who was immersed in love, no longer cared much about her divine responsibilities. Now it was often her and Endymion's daughters who drove the moon chariot every day. Although the god king Zeus has not spoken yet, the gods have vaguely sensed his dissatisfaction.

"Maybe one day, my father will exempt the moon goddess from his duties."

Athena said, with a strange light flashing in her eyes.

Artemis couldn't understand. She didn't like being touched by men, so she asked her father to keep her chastity forever. From then on, love was something that was isolated from this virgin goddess.

"Is love so important? The moon goddess is unwilling to take on her own responsibilities for a mortal?"

The eternally chaste girl didn't understand.

It's obviously very happy to be carefree with archery hunting, why do you have to be with others?

She doesn't like being touched by men, she is afraid of being touched by men, she doesn't understand, and she doesn't want to understand what love is.

Compared to Artemis, Athena laughed instead.

She sat on the grass, the hunting goddess rested her head on her knees, and her bright eyes flickered at her.

"Artemis, love is very important to many people and gods in the world. It is a very sacred and great power. Although it is indeed difficult for us to understand."

Athena also couldn't understand what love was, but she had her own respect for these feelings.

Sincere feelings are noble and great, even if you can't understand them.

Then, Athena stroked Artemis's hair and suddenly asked.

"Artemis, have you ever thought about becoming a moon god?"

Artemis opened her eyes wide, pointed at herself with a slender finger in doubt, and said uncertainly.

"Me?"

Moon god?

This priesthood was too unfamiliar to Artemis. She had never thought about this kind of thing. After all, the moon and her hobbies had little to do with each other.

The priesthood is often determined by the nature and origin of a god. Artemis loves hunting, so she is the goddess of hunting. But the moon god? She really didn't think about this kind of thing.

"No way? Even if Selene angered my father, my father would not give me the position of the moon god."

Artemis felt that Athena was joking with her.

Athena nodded and smiled.

"Well, it's just a joke."

She smiled, as if she had just made a joke.