Ares does not want to fall in love [Greek mythology]

The good Hermes got up from the ground when he heard this, patted the grass clippings on his buttocks, gave Ares a thumbs up and said, "Great, my brother. You are A real man, fight for love!"

Adonis didn't want to fight for Aphrodite. He never had any thoughts about love for Aphrodite, and he didn't think he could be regarded as Ares' rival in love.

Ares didn't want to listen to Adonis' explanation.He would name this duel "love" only for a legitimate reason to fight.Whether Adonis liked Aphrodite or not, he didn't care at all.

Ares looked at Adonis with burning eyes.Hermes even suspected that he was wrong: the look in his eyes was clearly not hatred towards his rival, but more like eagerness to get something he loved.

Hermes suddenly recalled that Ares didn't really want to duel with his rival in love, he just wanted to find someone to fight, whether it was a rival in love or not.

How could Hermes, who had just been abused by Ares, easily let him get what he wanted?

I saw that Hermes, who was still standing on Ares's side a moment ago, who supported him in the duel with his rival, suddenly changed his tone and said, "But, Ares, you are the god of war with supreme force, and it is inevitable to fight with the god of plants. It's a bit of a victory, isn't it?"

Thinking of today's challenge, one of the opponents is the goddess of hunting, the other is the envoy of the gods, and the other is the plant god... There is no match that is not "victorious". Ares glanced at Hermes and asked bluntly: " What do you want to say?"

The fish are hooked!Hermes' eyes flashed brightly, and he said: "Use your own strengths to compete with others, even if you get the fruits of victory, the taste will be greatly reduced. If you can win in Adonis' strengths - hunting After him, the reputation of God of War will spread throughout the world!"

Ares felt that what Hermes said was not unreasonable, so he looked at Adonis and asked, "What do you think?"

Adonis doesn't like fighting, but if it's just a hunt, he's willing to take part.While agreeing to the invitation, he did not forget to emphasize: "If you are willing to hunt with me, I am happy to accompany you. But please don't put it in the name of rivalry in love. Please believe that I am not selfless with the goddess of love and beauty." Affection."

"All right, all right," Ares urged impatiently, "Let's get started!"

Hermes gave them another idea, saying: "If you compete to see who can hunt more prey, it will be more difficult to ensure fairness. How about comparing the same prey, who can win it? Such a game It is more of a test of archery and more challenging!"

Ares nodded in agreement.

Adonis was also aroused to win, his blue eyes were full of competitive flames.

Ares was looking at his opponent provocatively, but seeing this, he couldn't help shaking his head slightly.His aesthetics are very normal, so he naturally knew that Adonis was very handsome, but when his blue eyes were ignited by the flame of determination, his beauty became even more breathtaking!

When Adonis returned to his residence and brought back the spare bows and arrows, the hunting competition officially began.

Ares walked with Adonis holding a bow and arrow, and Hermes followed behind them. He volunteered to be the counter of this competition.The nymphs who were playing in the forest looked at this strange trio, whispered to each other, followed them with their skirts in their hands, and became witnesses of this competition.

A floating cloud covered the eyes of Selene, the goddess of the moon. Without the light of the moon, the dense forest seemed even darker and quieter.

Suddenly, there was a sound of slight movement of grass blades.Adonis keenly caught the small sound, quickly set up the bow and arrow, and shot the arrow with a whoosh.There was another soft sound, and there was the sound of something falling in the grass.

The bright moon showed her cold face again, and Hermes looked through the moonlight, and saw a young civet lying in the grass, motionless, already dead.Its body was pierced with arrows, apparently from Adonis.

Hermes was speechless, with such a precise listening and position identification, Adonis is indeed proficient in hunting!He announced: "At present Adonis is leading and has a prey."

If Ares was not interested in hunting before that, after hearing the word "leading", he couldn't hold back.Apart from blood and flesh fights, what he cares most about is winning or losing, and he does not allow failure to appear in his resume!

Several people continued to move forward, and after a while, Ares and Adonis hunted three animals respectively.One of the white-fur rabbits was not shot dead, and the nymphs hugged it, hoping to restore it to health through careful care.

As they walked, they could vaguely hear the sound of water, and the humidity in the air became higher. Obviously, they were getting closer to the water source.There are only a few seasonal rivers in Cyprus, which are basically dry at present.Hermes judged: "We should have reached the seaside."

Ares hadn't enjoyed himself yet, and said, "Then change the direction and go in."

The three of them were about to go further into the dense forest, when they suddenly heard a loud sound of water, followed by splashes of water, like a torrential rain.What kind of behemoth can make such a sound?

Ares decided: "Let's go and see."

The deafening noise was getting closer and closer to the three of them, as if not only they were approaching each other, but also the other party was gradually approaching them.

Finally walking out of the dense forest, the moonlight spread down without any cover, illuminating the boundless sea.On the golden beach, a huge sea monster was looking at several people fiercely.

Adonis took a closer look, and saw that the sea monster had three large tumor-like heads, and on the big head was a sea snake spitting out a letter. The six eyes looked at the three of them together, and the cold eyes seemed to be With the venom, it wants to melt the flesh and blood of a person.Its neck is so short that its head and seahorse-like body fit almost seamlessly.A few long strips of rotten seaweed hung on the scaly skin, exuding a strong fishy smell.

This sea monster obviously does not belong to the shallow water area, it came from the deep sea.Its eyes wandered around, as if confirming something.When those six eyes returned to the three of them, the head on the left said: "Three people, it seems that there are a little more." The tongue on the right hissed out the snake letter, and greedily said: "Not many, just enough Have a full meal." The head in the middle looked like a leader, commanding: "Stop talking nonsense, hurry up!"

Ares looked at the sea monster that was approaching them quickly, sighed, and said to Adonis: "It seems that we will soon decide the winner!"

Adonis immediately understood what Ares meant, and he was determined to win the sea monster.

With two swishes, two arrows shot out from the hands of Ares and Adonis at the same time, and shot straight at the head in the middle of the sea monster, piercing the sea monster's right eye in no particular order.The sea monster screamed in pain, thick dark green blood flowed from its eyes, and its three heads shook wildly, which greatly increased the difficulty for the two archers to aim at the vital points.

Hermes knew that the competition between the two was still going on, so he didn't intervene in the sea monster hunting activities, but flew to a distant coconut tree that was not easy to be affected, and sat comfortably between the branches. Be an audience.

Two more arrows pierced through the air and hit the left eye of the sea monster head in the middle at the same time.The sea monster's undiminished pain doubled. Enraged, it rushed forward without hesitation, its long tail rolled up the dust, and threw it all at the two male gods.

Taking advantage of the time when the two raised their hands to cover their eyes, the three snake heads sprayed out venom at the same time.The two of them dodged in time without being sprayed by the venom, but puddles of bluish-black saliva had already accumulated on the beach.The saliva was obviously highly toxic, and even the hard sand was corroded cleanly.

The sea monster laughed fiercely, and the three snake heads spoke at the same time, as if they were playing a strange trio: "You are already surrounded by my venom, how are you going to use those nasty bows and arrows at such a close distance? Woolen cloth?"

Ares was a little surprised. In the past, he was the only one who threatened and mocked his opponents. He didn't expect to be mocked by an ugly and disgusting sea monster today.He laughed back in anger, raised his proud head, and said loudly in the salty sea breeze: "I don't need to bend my bow and shoot an arrow to take your life——I am the God of War!"

Ares took out an arrow from his quiver, and his fingers brushed over the arrow, a mysterious red light attached to the arrow, the red light seemed to be jumping, clamoring for bloodthirsty desire|desire.

Ares did not draw the bow, but threw the sharp arrow in his hand towards the sea monster like throwing a spear.Seeing this, the sea monster laughed loudly, shaking the whole beach: "What are you talking about, are you relying on such random arrows..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw that the red arrow pierced directly through the flesh, and penetrated deeply into the chest of the sea monster, leaving only a section of the original white feathers stained filthy by the dark green blood.

Encountering the sea monster with an arrow piercing through its chest, it still resisted stubbornly. It roared ferociously, flicked its tail wildly, swept away the sand and gravel, and fanned the hurricane.Adonis couldn't dodge in time, his tail was flicked violently, and he fell three meters away.

Adonis felt that his internal organs seemed to be kneaded into a ball, and the smell of blood surged.A stream of blood trickled down the corner of his mouth, adding a touch of enchantment to his handsome facial features.Hermes looked at him from a distance, and praised him for being so handsome.

Ares had no time to look at Adonis' situation. After the sea monster shook Adonis out of the battle, he began to target him again and again.Ares only regretted that he didn't bring a sword, so that at such a critical moment, he seemed overwhelmed because he didn't have a weapon at hand.

There was only the last arrow left in Ares' quiver. When the sea monster was approaching, he threw the feathered arrow and hit another weak point of the sea monster—the almost shrinking neck.The action of the three-headed sea monster has slowed down a lot. It seems that it finally felt the loss of physical strength and blood, and lost the power to make trouble.

This is the time!

Ares shouted: "Adonis!"

Needless to say, Adonis already understood what he meant. He took out the bow and arrow behind him, fired three arrows in succession, and hit the sea monster's neck in unison.The sea monster twitched a few times, raised its head high and wanted to speak, but before saying anything, it took its last breath.

Seeing the huge body fall to the ground, Adonis breathed a sigh of relief.

Ares wiped his face, and the blood on his hands was accidentally wiped on his face, which made the handsome God of War look embarrassed.But he didn't care, and smiled very happily: "This battle is refreshing enough!"