Greek Mythology: The Spiritual Dominator

With Apollo's promise, Hephaestus didn't hold back anymore. He described in detail the topography of different places on the earth, the location of Olympus, and the Oracle of Delphi under the Parnassus Mountains.

This is what his adoptive mother told him. In fact, Hephaestus himself has never been there, but this is enough for Apollo.

Knowing the destination, the young god solemnly thanked the other party, and then promised again:

"Your Highness Hephaestus, no matter what, I will remember your help today. When you need me in the future, I will definitely fulfill my promise and do my part."

"I hope so, Apollo, but you can leave now. The land is far away, and it is not easy to find Delphi just relying on my description."

Nodding, Hephaestus's attitude was still not enthusiastic. Although the two sides had a common goal for the time being, he still didn't want to spend more time with this handsome and sunny god.

Apollo didn't care about this implicit behavior of expelling guests. After thanking him, he chose to leave directly.

"Maybe he can make it?"

"Who knows."

Looking at where Apollo left, Hephaestus shook his head. He is not optimistic about the other party, but he doesn't think anything will happen to Apollo. In any case, he is an immortal true god.

Picking up his forging hammer, Hephaestus began to cast again. His skills are not high enough compared to Cyclops. Although he has the same talent, he still needs enough time to practice. At least now, he cannot use the priesthood as a material to forge a real artifact.

Of course, what Hephaestus wanted was never an artifact. He just hopes that one day, he can create a tall and powerful substitute to cover up his ugly and short appearance.

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On the other side, Apollo left the island of Lemnos and embarked on a journey to find the Temple of Delphi. Just like the heroes of later generations, he met many different people and did many things along the way. .

There are injured humans, hospitable river gods, evil monsters and nymphs being chased by vicious beasts. He used his warm light to heal human injuries, helped the river god to deal with a three-headed giant snake that had been entrenched upstream, killed the demons who coveted his blood, and also helped nymphs drive away strange beasts. In return for Apollo's help, the elf that emerged from the ash tree gave him a silver bow.

This was said to be a creation of a giant, possessing extraordinary power that made Apollo fall in love with it. With its help, the young god's journey was smoother. With the help of this treasure, more strange beasts died under his arrows, and many mortals were saved because of him.

As he continued to advance, the name 'Apollo of the Silver Bow' began to spread among the regional gods and mortals who survived the flood. Gradually, they all learned that there was a god who could bring light, heal people's injuries, and was willing to help others. He was looking for the Oracle of Delphi. He wanted to go there to get rid of a giant snake that did many evil things.

Although no one knows the origin of this god, and he has never said the origin of his bloodline, these people or gods have blessed him and hope that he will get what he wants.

And all of this was seen by Helios who drove the sun chariot across the sky, and then reported one by one to the God King who was paying attention to everything.

He doesn't like Apollo - because unlike others, the Sun God can see the other person's divine power at a glance, which is the power of [light]. Just like he divided the authority of his father, the Titan God Hyperion, the other party divided the [Light] of his mother goddess Theia.

Like it or not, the Mother of Light has been away from the world for a long time, and he is about to be promoted to powerful divine power. Helios suppressed this subjective emotion and reported to Zeus truthfully what Apollo had done on time every day. Do anything superfluous.

After all, there is no direct conflict between the two of them. The other is the son of the God King, and Helios can't think of any reason for them to be enemies.

"So along the way, he helped many human migrants who had not yet settled down, and restored the disabled and sick to health. For this reason, he was regarded by them as a protector of migration and a god who healed pain?"

In the evening, standing in front of the palace of the God King, Zeus confirmed to Helios who had just come off duty.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Nodding, maybe because he was about to be promoted, Helios seemed a lot more confident. He looked at Zeus and suggested:

"Do I need to prevent him from contact with humans?"

"The place where he is currently...is not far from Olympus. If he is allowed to continue like this, it is likely that the old incident of Prometheus will happen again."

Speaking of this prophetic god, Helios did so unintentionally at first, but then his tone suddenly paused. At this moment, the Sun God suddenly remembered the warning given to him by the other party under the maelstrom of the East China Sea.

‘You don’t need to worry now, but if another god who is qualified to drive a solar car is born in the future, then you have to be careful. ’…could this being be Apollo?

He was not the only one who heard this passage at that time, but also Krasto and Bea who were escorting Prometheus. Helios didn't know if they told the God King about this. If so, why did Zeus ask him to report on Apollo?

Without thinking deeply, Helios lowered his head slightly and avoided Zeus's gaze. He couldn't figure out the reason behind it, but that didn't stop him from feeling a little uneasy.

"You don't need to worry about Apollo's affairs. His connection with humans is not that deep, and it is even less than that of Prometheus. Since I allow Hestia's followers to contact humans, there is no need to worry about it. Apollo must be stopped.”

With a wave of his hand, Zeus signaled to the Sun God that he could leave. As for the reputation Apollo left in the world, this was actually a good thing for the God King.

After all, he is not Poseidon or any other god. He is the son of the God King. When the identity of the other party is revealed in the future, part of all the fame Apollo has achieved will be attributed to Zeus. After all, it is all the same. The 'trial' given to him by the Field God King.

"Speaking of which, this seems like a good idea?"

His eyes lit up, and as he looked at Helios's leaving back, Zeus suddenly realized that Apollo's behavior seemed to be able to be extended further.

The other party is at least a god, so even if it is his son, his achievements will not be fully attributed to the god king. After all, among the gods, it is not an exception for his offspring to be stronger than his father. But it would be different if he could have some demigod heirs, or just descendants with divine blood.

Moreover, for those humans who already have stable settlements, Zeus is already considering how to spread his beliefs. His previous idea was to direct and stage a divine revelation - a sudden storm, continuous heavy rain, and mortals were at a loss. At this time, someone who had received the 'revelation' stood up and thought that everyone should pray to the great King of Thunder. , and then he will go through various hardships, and finally Zeus will send a miracle and give them the power of magic.

This was the inspiration he found from the believers of Hestia. The God King was somewhat envious of the piety of those humans, so he wanted to do it again. All of this comes from human beings' own prayers, rather than from him taking the initiative. This is undoubtedly a very good idea. But now, the God King suddenly discovered that he had another way.

Not only is it useful, but it also suits his heart. If 'work' and 'hobby' can be combined uniquely, that wouldn't be a good thing.

"Perhaps it would be a more permanent solution for those human monarchs to become descendants with my divine blood?"

He glanced at another gorgeous palace, which was Hera's palace. Zeus could already predict the other party's reaction, but it didn't matter.

Let's give it a try first. If it really works, then he can really start his plan after Apollo returns.

As for what will happen to the first 'test subject'... that is not what the God King is concerned about. If the other party is a god, he also needs to consider the feelings of the gods. But for a mortal, no matter what he does, the gods will only think that he is a bit ridiculous at most, and will not have any other ideas.

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The thought of Zeus is a disaster for mortals, but for the gods, it is just another after-dinner joke.

Perhaps it is because Zeus has not shown real power for a long time, and gradually, other gods no longer shy away from talking about things related to him - such as the former Metis.

The gods lamented that Hera's son had been born. Although he had not grown up yet, his sharp priesthood undoubtedly showed that he was extraordinary. However, Metis failed to leave any children of his own, and even the Oceanus couple He didn't take her to heart either.

——Another example is the affair history of the God King and the anger of Queen Hera. This seems to be a cliché, but before it was at least only between the gods. But what they did not expect was that this time, Zeus actually set his sights on A mortal.

Near a recently established human city-state, the God King once again did what he did best. Inachus, the monarch of Pisrazi, the monarch who led his people to overcome obstacles and open up their homeland, had a beautiful daughter.

Her name is Yi'e. Although she does not have an extraordinary body and is just a mortal in the world, she has a beauty and graceful figure that makes the gods attracted. But just like everyone recorded in later myths, her appearance failed to bring her happiness, but instead ushered in disaster.

When Zeus came to the mortal world, he used his power to mobilize the clouds and obscure Helios's gaze from the sun chariot. Then on the grassland called Lerna, the God King successfully made the other party pregnant with his first demigod child.

His experiment was successful. When the blood of Zeus was bred in the body of the human royal family, he felt a weak connection gradually formed. But this connection is not yet stable, because Yi'e is just a princess, and this is just a very common city-state among the new generation of humans. He still needs to do more.

He needed to make his heir the future monarch of this human city-state, and make this heir flowing with divine blood a clear proof of the divine right of kingship. Starting from him, humans in the future will have more kings with his bloodline, and the existence of the God King will penetrate into every corner of human society. One day, mortals will even equate 'Zeus' with 'King', thereby achieving his great deeds.

But although everything is well thought out, this is just a test product after all. Facing the furious Hera, Zeus chose to take a step back for the time being.

Apollo's affairs will be known to Hera soon. Before that, Zeus doesn't want to irritate his queen too much. The god king took a step back, and only the helpless mortal princess was left facing Hera. From this moment on, Io's painful half-life began.

The princess of Pisrazi was turned into a cow by Zeus using his increasingly proficient holy power to hide from Hera's eyes. But Io didn't know that Zeus actually didn't expect this to be hidden from the other party. He was just using this method to soothe the queen's anger.

If he had just acted indifferently and signaled Hera to deal with the mortal he chose as he pleased, there would have been nowhere to vent his anger after that day. But he 'tried his best' to cover up Io's existence, and was easily seen through by Hera. This allowed the queen to gain a sense of 'victory' from it, and then immersed herself in her identity as the winner, diluting Zeus's betrayal of marriage again. .

For this reason, around the existence of Yi'e, a ridiculous "battle of tactics" started between the God King and the Queen. Zeus turned her into a snow-white cow, and Hera pretended not to know. She praised Io for her outstanding appearance among the cattle, then took her away and ordered her to be carefully guarded. From then on, the original princess ate licorice, drank sewage, and even lost sight of Inachus, who came to look for her daughter. She could only be immersed in pain all day long.

The God King was 'unwilling' to fail, so he once again sent his henchmen to kill the guards, and let Yi'e go privately, allowing her to regain her freedom. But this was still just part of the 'fight', because Zeus even forgot to transform the human princess back into human form. So Hera, who followed closely, caught a gadfly, baptized it with divine blood, and ordered it to chase Io endlessly. So the princess who still couldn't transform back into a human body ran around the world crazily and helplessly, but she still couldn't get rid of this unreasonable disaster.

Hera was finally satisfied. She felt that her wisdom had defeated the God King and allowed the mortal to receive the punishment he deserved. Zeus also got what he wanted. He successfully appeased his queen without causing more turmoil at this critical time.

As for Yi'e, although the other party was indeed beautiful and had brought him a pleasant night, this could not make the ruthless God King pay even more attention to her.

There are many mortals, and Io is not special. When Apollo returns to the sacred mountain, Zeus will naturally find the next beautiful woman and complete his idea of ​​spreading blood among the kings of mankind.

Everything is supposed to go on like this. Mortals cannot affect the eternal gods. Even if the gods are engraved with shackles in this world, humans in the Third Age are still just playthings in the hands of the gods. However, fate is so wonderful that even the gods who stand above the mortal world cannot really glimpse its trajectory.

So one day, under the starry night, when the ancient Mother of Night woke up from the petals, she looked out boredly.

Then she saw, above the sea, at the edge of the world, a snow-white heifer hiding from the gadfly approaching behind her. She jumped forward as she did every time before, trying to get further away, but this time there was something unusual.

Because in just one leap, her figure disappeared out of thin air on the sea, and no trace of her could be seen anymore.

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A gap opened in the void, and behind it was the eternal night and the bright starlight.

Nyx stepped out, and the vast East China Sea became inexplicably quiet. Behind the ever-changing veil of the black dress, the goddess looked a little surprised.

"So...where did she go?"

Observing the surroundings with interest, Nyx stretched out his hand to grab it, and the nearby time and space became distorted. The laws of the world had some subtle reactions due to the violent actions of the primitive god, but she didn't care.

The power of the Mother of Night surged out, carefully exploring every inch of the void. She wanted to find a space-time tunnel, or some other space, just like the interface of the wreckage of the Nine Realms that fell before, but she was disappointed.

There was nothing here, everything was so normal, as if everything she had seen before was just an illusion.

However, this is impossible. Under the watchful eye of Nyx, even the existence that controls the divine power of time and space can at least make the Mother of Night realize that all of this is man-made and not given by God.

"God-given...?"

The exploration yielded nothing, but Nyx's interest only grew. Behind everything that was normal in front of her, there was definitely something hidden that caught her by surprise.

No one could disappear silently in front of her. Even in the spirit world, she had only been 'unable to enter' rather than 'unable to find'. But now, with the facts before him, Nicks had no idea how the cow that had obviously been transformed by someone disappeared.

"If you are a human being, you will have a soul...it's really interesting."

The corner of his mouth curled up, and Nyx stretched out his hand and directly 'knocked' on the door of the spirit world on the sea.

The next moment, the door opened from the void, but this time, on the other side of the door was the fifth spiritual world.

Standing in the chaotic time and space, with illusory stars as the background, and putting down what he was doing, Ryan looked at the rare guest who was approaching with some confusion.