Chanting for the god Apollo

Volume Two (3)

Susan couldn't help exclaiming, but felt sleepy, she forced herself to ask, "Dad, what did Hephaestus create?"

George recalled that scene, and couldn't calm down for a long time. He said, "Hephaestus created..." Before he finished speaking, he heard a soft snoring. Looking down, Susan was already lying on the sofa. fell asleep.

He put a blanket on Susan, and he went to pack all the luggage, and finally he left a letter he had already prepared.He had prepared everything for Susan, but he was destined not to be with her for a long time.

Pilatus picked up the golden lyre, opened the door and continued on the journey under the moonlight.

……

"Ignite it, and the moment it explodes, everything will be destroyed." After Hephaestus finished the work, he showed his results to everyone.He held that thing in the palm of his hand, it was a round body, and there was a small light in the center that lit it up, just like the sun lights up the entire galaxy.

Apollo looked appreciative: "I see great power is bred in it."

Hephaestus: "Haha Apollo, it's because of you and me that I came up with such an idea. Explosion, boommmmmmm, everything was born and everything died."

"Hephaestus, it's your ingenuity that made it." Apollo picked up the ball and felt the power in it carefully. He sighed and said, "All the power is brewed in it. I can't wait to see him." The moment it blooms, the world will be shocked by it."

Hephaestus was also somewhat complacent: "I think you will see it soon."

"...where are you going to detonate it?" Pilatus asked.

Apollo and Hephaestus glanced at the sphere, and Hephaestus finally said: "Zeus will choose the world."

Pilatus lowered his eyes: "But I don't want it to come to the world."

Othelsi blew a feather which he had stolen in his youth from Hypnos, the god of sleep who dwelt on the north bank of the Black River, whose strength even the gods could not resist.

Apollo's eyes were still clear and sunny, he closed his eyes, and fell asleep without any resistance.

Pilatus looked at the two sleeping gods and remained silent. He knelt down and kissed Apollo's forehead lightly. The God of Light was sleeping peacefully and peacefully.

"Apollo, Apollo, Apollo..." He couldn't say anything more, he could only say: "I can't let Zeus meddle in the world any more." He took the round body from Apollo's hand, and Auxerre They also took out the kindling from the furnace, and they looked at each other, but they didn't speak again.

All such and such reasons, so just and unjust means, are not as good as the consistent goal sought.So, they ran together to the gate of heaven in Olympus.

Othelsi found the robot he left there, climbed up, and asked, "Pilatus, where is the gate of heaven?"

Pilatus went to a place, he was blind, so after he regained his sight, he observed himself to everyone around him, "Auxerre, from here, from here, walk 160 meters northwest, that is the gate of heaven, put down the ammunition Set him on fire, and leave quickly."

Othelsea smiled and said, "Just wait and see."

The golden giant ran towards the thunder cloud without knowing it, and was quickly submerged.Inside the giant's body, Othelsi held the ball and the fire and said to himself: "Your ideal has been fulfilled, and you should be martyred."

Pilatus's eyelids twitched wildly, but he could only wait quietly, waiting for Auxerre's return, waiting for the loud explosion.Unfortunately, he only waited for the former of the two.

Accompanied by a loud noise, a mushroom cloud bloomed over Olympus, which awakened all the gods on Olympus from their carnival. When they arrived, they could only see red clouds and black smoke all over the sky .

Zeus screamed: "No! No! No!" He waved his hands to disperse the clouds and mist, and then watched as the gate that had stood in Olympus for thousands of years was covered with cracks, and then shattered and collapsed with a "boom".

A thunder storm swept across the clear sky of Olympus, and Zeus shouted angrily: "Who, who is it?"

His power has expanded to Olympus without reservation, but the gate has disappeared, and the connection point between Olympus and the mortal world has been destroyed. They will stay here forever until the gate is restored, and even the king of gods cannot restore it. all of these.

But even so, he is still struggling. No god, no god is willing to stay in Olympos forever. No matter how beautiful it is, it loses its freedom, and it is not far from the underworld.Poseidon raised his trident and wanted to help Zeus prevent the disappearance of Cloud Gate, because Zeus invited all the gods on the mainland to Olympus to participate in this carnival, so no one was spared.

All the gods realized something was wrong, sobered up and joined Zeus and Poseidon.

Hephaestus and Apollo came late. Apollo saw Pilatus not far away, and he went up to hold each other's hand. The hand was cold, but the sun was still warm.Apollo leaned against Pilatus' forehead and said softly, "It doesn't matter."

Pilatus whispered: "... Auxerre is dead."

Hephaestus was stunned, but Apollo hadn't had time to speak.The voices of the three goddesses of fate have already passed, and they are swaying in Olympos.

"Fate has arranged everything." Accompanied by this voice, there was also the sound of the textile machine moving. This voice was slow and regular, which made people calm down involuntarily and wanted to listen to it again.

Zeus was unmoved, he roared angrily: "I don't accept it, I don't accept it."

Moira: "Everything is already doomed, Zeus, you played with mortals because of your madness and selfish desires, you wantonly provoked wars in the world, and eventually incurred mortal revenge. The gates of the gods will be repaired after a long time, and by then human beings will be gone. It will control the power close to the gods, and there will be a balance between gods and humans."

The thunder exploded over Olympus, and Zeus's anger had nowhere to vent: "Ahhhhhh! Who is it! Who is it! Who is it?"

Moira didn't reply.

Zeus quickly learned the truth from Skylark, and he said angrily: "Othelsi, Othelse." But the man had been blown to pieces, and his soul was going to the underworld, so Zeus couldn't use him to flog his corpse , but he didn't want to let him go easily. There was amazing resentment in his words:

"Othelsi, you destroyed the gate of heaven and separated people and gods. Even if you die, it is not a pity. Your soul will wander in the world forever, and there will be no peace forever; your story will never be spread, and your name will be known by all human beings." Forget, you will redeem your sin of destroying the family forever."

"And Pilatus, Pilatus, you accomplice. You cunning, ungrateful humans."

"Pilatus!" Before Apollo could react, let alone stop, Zeus had pushed Pilatus out of Olympus, which is the home of gods, not mortals.Pilatus fell from the clouds and fell into the thick snow on the top of the mountain. Pilatus was frozen cold, but the sun shone down and warmed him gently. He looked up at Apollo. , but can no longer see that handsome god, only a red sun in the sky looking at him sadly.

The curse of Zeus has been heard, and his words echoed on the highest peak of snow-covered Olympus: "Pilatus, you are loved by the gods, but you have turned your back on the gods. Olympus does not welcome you, you and Apo Luo will also be separated until the gate of heaven rises again."

"Thunder and lightning will surround the sun, and it will always be dazzling, Pilatus, you will never see Apollo again, this is your punishment for betraying the gods."

Pilatus raised his eyes again, and as Zeus said, his eyes were burning, the tears couldn't stop flowing down, his eyes were blurred and he couldn't see anything at all.

The golden lira gifted by Apollo in his pocket slowly floated up, resting on his chest, playing a sad but tender song, Apollo's last words came from Olympus: "Pilatus, it will replace I am with you, and I will always watch over you in Olympos, when the seventh string is struck again, that is when we will meet again..."

All connections have been terminated.

Pilatus caught the falling lyre and murmured in a low voice: "Apollo, Apollo. I will always keep my promise, and the light will accompany me."

……

Twenty centuries later, Pilatus was waiting for a bus at a suburban bus station with his lyre in his arms.

The sky is bright, the moon has gone to the west but has not completely left, and the stars will disappear and appear.Pilatus sat in front of the stop sign, facing the endless wilderness. He picked up the lyre and played a song for the dawn.

He played this song for a long time.Until a ray of sunlight slowly climbed from his toes to his knees, and finally came to his hand, the sunlight plucked the strings to play with him, bringing a beautiful melody, and the seventh string lingered endlessly.

Pilatus looked up to the east, and the silhouette of a person became clearer and clearer. He came from Olympus, accompanied by the sun, shining on the earth.

Finish.

2018.8.14

The author has something to say:

other problems:

1. The basis of the full text is probably "Iliad", "Odyssey", "Aeneid" plus some messy Greek mythology, which is less related to history. (I haven't read these three masterpieces carefully, but I just know something about it, and I will not be responsible if I make a mistake)

2. Pilatus and Auxerre are fake characters, everything is fabricated; Susan Marie Jack Stanley is also a random name.The others should all be characters from mythology, and I added something myself.

3. Pure fiction

postscript:

Met a great teacher and she was the one who really loved.And I was probably just a follower, and I liked the world she depicted, so I had some understanding and affection for Greece, and it was only at a certain moment that I suddenly wanted to write such a story.

Helios may be people's most primitive understanding of the sun, running in the sky with the sun chariot between them.And Apollo probably represents the beginning of civilization. People abstracted the concept of light from the sun, endowed it with all the good things, and spent their lives chasing these good things. (personal opinion, irresponsible)

So the front is chasing the light, and the back is brain hole revenge.Love and hate, that's it!