Greek Mythology: Evolution from the Gargoyle

She was kneeling on the ground, wearing a plain tattered robe. Her seaweed-colored hair had lost its luster and hung messily on her thin shoulders.

A pair of blue eyes looked ahead through messy hair.

Her figure was extremely thin, and Yang Qi saw that her body was covered with deep wounds.

The flesh and blood squirmed inside, and the outside of the wound turned black, as if carbonized.

"Yeah--yeah-yeah-yeah!"

She screamed, not reacting at all to Yang Qi's arrival, staring at the floor outside the cage, her eyes full of longing.

Yang Qi did not move forward. He silently observed from the side, trying to figure out what was going on.

After passing through the three divine realms in this way, the time in the outside world has reached midnight.

As soon as noon arrived, rolling golden thunder erupted in the hall, crackling and exploding.

Those thunders twisted in the air, and suddenly, several fresh fish appeared out of thin air and fell to the ground.

The belly of the fish was broken open, exuding a delicious and fishy smell. The goddess stared at the fish, her eyes full of longing.

She swallowed hard, then carefully pressed against the cage, stretched out her hand, and wanted to catch the fish.

Zhila!

The Thunder Cage erupted with an astonishing flash, and suddenly, the gap in the cage narrowed, clamping her arm tightly.

"Yeah! Yeah yeah yeah!"

A strong burning smell came, and electric current ran through her body. She screamed, trembling all over, and almost fainted.

"I see, this is a cruel punishment." Yang Qi understood.

This Thunder Cage seems to have a wide gap and can be entered and exited at will.

But once the prisoner inside wants to come out, or even just stretches out his arm, the cage will immediately shrink, making the prisoner suffer from thunder and lightning.

Yang Qi seemed to be able to see her past life as a prisoner.

"The huge hunger is like a mountain, overwhelming like a tsunami. Every bone in the body, every drop of blood is screaming, hungry, hungry. I want to eat."

"At midnight, thunder will sound in front of me and turn into fresh fish. The fresh smell of fish and meat stimulates the taste buds, and the thunder is rolling in the belly. I really want to eat, swallow those fresh fish."

"It seems that everything has been forgotten in my mind. But in fact, I know deep down in my heart. It has been like this for thousands of years."

"As long as you stretch out your hand, the thunder cage will shrink, and then violent lightning will penetrate the whole body."

"The huge pain seemed to tremble in the soul, tearing it into pieces and scattering them all over the ground."

"It's been like this for thousands of years. I can't reach out anymore."

"But what if? What if this time is different?"

"What if the cage doesn't shrink this time?"

"My heart is burning like a fire. Do you want to try again? I have tried it a billion times, but do you want to try again?"

"Eagerness, panic, uneasiness, and huge fear were all overcome by something called [hope]. Trembling, I reached out to touch the food, and then..."

"The Thunder Cage shrank without hesitation, and it was the same this time. It was so painful that it seemed like it was going to die."

…

Yang Qi thought in his heart, "This is how her life has been for the past tens of thousands of years."

After a while, the goddess woke up. She climbed to the side of the cage and stared at the fish in front of her, her stomach growling.

Then, she raised her head and looked at Yang Qi.

Her voice was hoarse and unpleasant, "Why did you come? It's been ten thousand, ten thousand, ten thousand years, and no living thing has come here."

"I came here to avoid being chased." Yang Qi replied, "Your whole body is burning with blue-black flames. Are you a believer of Cronus?"

"!!" Upon hearing the name Cronus, the goddess trembled all over. She screamed and shrank back into the corner of the cage.

"I, I know, I know, I'm wrong, God, God, please, please forgive me, forgive me, I'm so, hungry, so hungry."

"Who is the god you are talking about? Who locked you up here?" Yang Qi asked.

"Yes, yes, the eternal king, the eternal, eternal god, the God King, Zeus, Zeus."

After chatting for a while, Yang Qi learned about her past.

Her name is Calypso, the goddess of breezes, the daughter of the ancient Titan Atlas.

"Atlas..." The name came to Yang Qi's mind. In later generations, he would be known as the "Giant God Who Holds the Sky".

However, he did not take the initiative to raise the sky.

It was Zeus who forced him to raise the Pillar of Bearing Heaven. That was a cruel punishment!

Atlas is the bloodline of the ancient Titans who sided with Cronus during the Second Titan War.

Cronus was defeated.

As a follower of Cronus, Atlas was brutally punished by Zeus.

And Chrypso, as the daughter of the god Atlas, was also punished.

"Were you involved in the Second Titan War?"

"No, no, no." Calypso shook his head, "At that time, I was still, very, very young. I saw my father, bursting with divine power, rushing into the distance."

"My mother of God stood on the edge of the cliff, looking at, waiting for, father, and then, suddenly, she burst into tears..."

"I saw huge thunder and thunder spears flying down from the sky, right in front of me, piercing the Mother of Gods, the Mother of Gods, and died."

"Then, then, the thunder turned into a god, held a sword, and pierced me directly."

"He picked me up with his sword and threw me into this whirlpool. When I woke up, I found that I was in a cage of thunder."

…

According to historical records, Calypso is the goddess of the breeze and controls the power of the breeze. At the same time, she also has superb medical skills.

Yang Qi observed Calypso. Her divine power was extremely weak. After thousands of years of torture, she had long forgotten her pride. She was the daughter of God.

Now she just wants to eat a fish.

"Do you still remember how to use medical skills?" Yang Qi asked.

"M-medical skills. I don't remember. I-I don't know how. I'm, so hungry, so hungry."

Calypso stared at the fish in front of him and stretched out his arm again.

The Thunder Cage lit up again, and then, her screams echoed in the dark hall.

…

Yang Qi shook his head. In mythology, Calypso is a rather kind-hearted goddess.

She once rescued the great hero Odysseus, the protagonist of "The Odyssey", and fell in love with him.

However, this world seems to be different from the mythical records.

Zeus wanted to imprison her forever.

She is obviously innocent.

She did not participate in the Second Titan War. She was just born at that time and did not understand the struggle for power among the gods.

However, she is the blood of an ancient Titan, and she has a god-father who is loyal to Cronus.

To Zeus, her blood was infidelity and sin.

She is very pitiful.

Yang Qi thought to himself: "She is indeed pitiful...but it has nothing to do with me."

"I can't save her."

"Because she is a prisoner of Olympus!"

"Saving her will obviously offend the Olympus."

"The Court of Olympus rules this world of gods and rules everything."

"Except to satisfy my own sympathy, what's the benefit of saving her?"

Yang Qi is not a vicious person, but she is not a Holy Mother either.

He could foresee that rescuing Chrypso would cause huge trouble.

It is no joke to offend the Court of Olympus.

"This is a war between Zeus and Cronus, it has nothing to do with me!"

Yang Qi shook his head, flapped his wings, and wanted to leave here.

"Don't, don't leave. I'm so, so lonely. It's been many, many years, and there's been no living thing to talk to me."

Calypso wanted to pounce, but did not dare to touch the cage. She carefully looked at Yang Qi through the cage. Her face was extremely pale, her eyes were blood red, and she was filled with immense sadness.

"You go away, I am alone, alone."

Yang Qi glanced at her: "I have to leave."

Calypso's eyes showed deep sadness, and she opened her mouth, but no words came out.

Yang Qi turned the dragon's body, flapped its wings and took off.

"Wait, wait! Wait!!" Calypso screamed, her voice like blood and tears.

"Then you, you kill me, let me."

"I, I, I don't want to live anymore, I, well, it's so painful."

"I committed suicide countless times, but I couldn't cross the River Styx." Calypso seemed to be trapped in some painful memories, "The River Styx, the river, is really, well, cold."

"?" Yang Qi turned his head, listened for a moment, and understood what she meant.

Calypso committed suicide countless times, and her soul drifted to the underworld and reached the banks of the River Styx.

Charon, the ferryman of the River Styx, was supposed to ferry her soul across the river.

But the presence of God King Zeus is everywhere, and he has already ordered Charon not to accept Calypso's soul.

Calypso's soul had to linger on the bank of the River Styx for a long time. There was nothing on the bank, only the desolate earth and endless white flowers in bloom.

Her soul lingered on the banks of the River Styx for three hundred and thirty years, enduring the cold wind on the river bank all day long.

Without the protection of her body, the cold wind would blow directly into her soul. She never dared to recall that kind of pain.

Three hundred and thirty years later, her restless soul will return to the Olympus God Realm, and her body will not decay in the golden thunder cage.

He endured hunger and the pain of thunder countless times, then committed suicide and was resurrected, and so on for tens of thousands of years.

"You, kill, I, please, please." There was no pleading in Calypso's voice, but only numbness.

"Then, please go to the underworld, take my soul across the River Styx, and come to the place of judgment, so that my soul can be judged and rest in peace."

"I will give you my remaining divine power."

"Okay?"