[Greek mythology] Apollo's counterattack plan

"Then," Plato went out, "it's none of your business if I go out and beat him up."

Daedalus hurriedly stood up and stopped in front of him: "As an adult, what do you care about with a child. Besides, he didn't mean it."

Plato looked at him coldly.

What is not intentional.Even if the action of smashing is unintentional, is the act of playing also unintentional?

However, he was too lazy to tell Daedalus so much, so he nodded and said, "You're right. I shouldn't beat him, I should beat you." As soon as he finished the last word, he started from the table A dagger, took a step forward, and slashed at the craftsman's head.

His movements were so fast and powerful that Daedalus was so frightened that he didn't even have time to think. He stepped back with his head in his arms, and hit the table behind him, shaking violently. It just fell to the ground.

At the same time, Plato's dagger was about to fall on his head.

Seeing that he could not dodge, Daedalus cried out in fright, but the weapon suddenly stopped still, and only touched his hair without even hurting his scalp.

Plato retracted the dagger expressionlessly and threw it on the ground.

Daedalus came back to his senses, turned around and looked, and immediately felt unbearably heartbroken.

I don't know how much effort he had made on the pile of broken things.

He was trembling with anger, pointing at Plato, and said, "You...you damnable guy, you actually destroyed my masterpiece. I, I must drag you to the judge. You just wait to go to jail."

Plato snorted, and said, "Just go. But I want to remind you, it's none of my business that you hit the table yourself."

"If it wasn't for you to attack me, would I back off?" Daedalus said angrily.

Plato rolled his eyes: "Did I attack you? I just frightened you. Who knew you would be so timid. Tell me, which law of Atlantis is not allowed to frighten you?" people."

"You...you..." The veins on Daedalus' forehead burst out of anger, but he couldn't think of how to refute for a while.

Plato let out a small breath, but still felt it was not enough.

He already knew the purpose of the conch.What the child dropped was a valuable item, and it was Apollo's hope of escaping Atlantis.

He was thinking about how to deal with the father and son again, when Apollo suddenly tugged at his sleeve and said in a low voice, "Let's go."

Plato hesitated for a moment and replied, "Okay."

As soon as they were out of the house, he picked up a stone on the side of the road with his toe and kicked it at the son of Daedalus.The stone hit the child's ass straight, and he cried loudly.

His father rushed out in a hurry, jumping and scolding, but the culprit had already fled away.

The two ran until they were far from where Daedalus lived before stopping.

"Don't be angry." Apollo said before Plato could speak.

Judging from his face, he was very angry.

Plato was very surprised, and said: "Okay. Well, if you didn't pull me out, I really wanted to smash his workshop. That shameless person should feel lucky to meet such a generous god like you."

Apollo smiled embarrassedly and said, "Actually, I'm not too generous. It's just that I was curious about their future just now, and found that it's pretty miserable, so I let go of my anger."

"Ah? What future?" Plato was puzzled.

"Actually, I am not only the God of Light, but also the God of Prophecy." Apollo said.

Plato looked adoring: "It's amazing."

Apollo couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.

Plato asked humbly again: "Then how miserable is their future?"

"The picture I saw was like this," Apollo said while recalling, "the father and son each tied a pair of big wings on their shoulders, flapped their arms and flew into the air. Everything went smoothly. But for some reason, the little boy flew higher and higher, and it was no use shouting to his father from below. Then all of a sudden, his wings fell off his body, and he himself fell into the sea and drowned."

"The same pair of wings we saw in his house just now?" asked Plato.

"Almost like that."

"Then I know," Plato said after thinking for a while, "those feathers are sealed together with wax. The child must have disregarded his father's instructions and flew too high and too close to the sun, which scorched the wax." melted, and the wings fell off."

He sighed again: "Oh, what a pity, I didn't have to die like this."

As soon as he thought of that scene, a flash of light flashed in his mind, and he grabbed Apollo: "That's right, can you fly?"

"Of course, every god can fly, and they don't need wings." Apollo said.

"Then if you want to leave Atlantis, you can fly away." Plato was extremely excited.This method is much better than using conch shells, "Just go above the first continent."

"The problem is that I can't go." Apollo said dejectedly. "Triton said that he sent those priests there. I don't want to go to him. I'd better find a way by myself."

"Don't worry, I have a solution." Plato was confident.

Els was having a headache. The offerings for this issue hadn't arrived yet, so two young people came to their door automatically.

Els is a priest, the most special priest on the entire continent.The other priests are responsible for matters related to sacrifices and mediating the relationship between humans and gods.But the object of Els' service is not Poseidon himself, but the Pillars of Atlantis!

As we all know, that big pillar is the most important thing in the entire Atlantis. It is not only responsible for firmly fixing the ten continents in the sea, but also absorbs the sun's rays, transforms them into its own power, and then uses them for lighting.

Although Poseidon claims to be the master of the continent, it doesn't matter whether he is there or not, as long as the big pillar is there.

However, very few people know that the huge brass-colored pillar actually needs sacrifices.

Because it is not a dead thing, but a living thing!

It is alive, so it needs sacrifices, and its sacrifices are higher than those of the sea god.

People only need to offer cattle to Poseidon, and he is satisfied.But the sacrifices of the Pillars of Atlantis turned out to be living human beings.It needs to absorb the blood and life of living people on a regular basis so that it can stand tall and shine brightly.

Of course, no one else knew about this matter except the high priest who was in charge of selecting sacrifices in the past.

If people knew that the Pillars of Atlantis were far from being as stable and perfect as they had imagined, and that they needed a steady stream of blood and life supplies, I'm afraid they would find ways to escape from here.This was exactly the scene that Seagod did not want to see.

To do this, priests need to secretly find sacrifices and sacrifice them to the Pillars of Atlantis.

This job is both great and shameless.

The great thing is that he is equivalent to maintaining the existence of the entire Atlantis.The shamelessness lies in that he has to use all kinds of tricks and deceptions to deceive living human beings, and let them sacrifice their lives without their knowledge.

This is difficult to say, but actually easier to do.

Els tends to find some homeless or heinous people, especially the death row prisoners in various kingdoms, and then asks them if they are willing to dedicate the rest of their lives to the sea god in the temple on the first floor of the continent He has been engaged in handyman for life and is not allowed to return to his hometown.Of course, they can get a compensation.

Generally speaking, the answer of the condemned prisoners is usually yes.After all, going to the temple to serve the Sea God is just losing your freedom, which is better than losing your life, so it is an excellent choice.

But it is not so easy to convince others.Ayres often racked his brains and words to impress some of them.

As for those expensive rewards, some people will give them to their families.Some people will squander it and enjoy their last free time before going to the first continent.

After that, Ayers will take them to the place of sacrifice, and only then will they truly understand their fate.But it's too late to regret, the Pillars of Atlantis will not let go of any delicious offerings.

In the process of doing this kind of thing, Els has always been tangled.On the one hand, he has a strong sense of honor.On the other hand, he felt sorry for those innocent lives.

But he has no choice.Priesthood is hereditary.His family's keeping this astonishing secret comes with a heavy responsibility.

And since he became a priest, it was the first time he met a young man who came to him alone and expressed his willingness to work as a handyman in the temple.

"Are there any handymen in the temple on the first floor?" Plato asked directly.

"Shortage," Els said. "You probably have heard that it is a very dangerous and hard job. People always die, so we are always short of people."

"We want to make money by our own ability," Plato said sincerely, "and we brothers have a devout belief in the god of the sea. I have heard that anyone who is willing to go to the temple to do handyman will have a good fortune after death." Maybe he will become a servant in the Sea God Temple."

Els: "..."

Who would have thought that some people would actually believe the nonsense he made up in order to fool people into offering sacrifices.

"Are you really willing to go to the temple to serve the Sea God for life?" Els was extremely surprised.

The two young men in front of them are handsome and energetic, but they are not like the kind of homeless people who are desperate and troubled.

"That's right," said Plato.

Ayers felt a little bit of unbearable in his heart, and persuaded: "If you enter the temple, you will not be able to get out for the rest of your life. You have to think about it carefully."

"We've thought it through, my lord priest," Plato said.

He and Apollo have already discussed it, as long as they can enter the first continent through Els, as for the temple and the like, even if the defense is tight, with the skills of the two of them, are they afraid that they will not be able to escape?

"Can I ask, why did you make this strange decision?" Els didn't want to watch two innocent young people die.

"Because we are short of money." Plato had to explain patiently.

"How much is missing, I will lend it to you." Els said immediately.He looked at the clothes on the two of them, and it didn't look like they were short of money.

Plato: "..."

He never expected that the priests would not even want the handyman who came to his door.

"Thank you for your kindness, my lord priest, but we are not short of a little, but a lot. I think, only by selling ourselves as slaves in the temple can we get enough money. Moreover, we can't afford it."

"It's okay, you don't need to pay it back." Els wanted to prevent them from committing suicide.Especially the young man with blond hair, who was more dazzling than any prince he had ever seen.He wished he could become a real priest so that he could see him every day.