[Greek mythology] Apollo's counterattack plan

Finally, the day came when the gods fought.

Apollo didn't want to go. Although he had been helping Troy, once Hector died and he avenged him, he didn't want to get involved.

He did some calculations, Hera, Athena, and Poseidon stood on the hostile side of Troy. These three alone are enough, not to mention Hermes also ran over to join in the fun. Things are not interesting.

As for Troy, there is Ares, the god of war, who can barely fight Athena, but Aphrodite is not enough at all. To tell you the truth, her archery skills are not bad at shooting tigers and lions, but not at gods.Oh, and his mother Leto will be involved as well, the question is what's the use of her being in.

Anyway, they lost the war before it was fought.

Apollo shook his head, went to the battlefield and swayed casually, pretending to be.

Poseidon smiled and said, "You idiot, Zeus has decided to destroy Troy, why are you fighting against him?"

"To beat you." As soon as he finished speaking, he had a hearty fight with Poseidon, and then returned to Olympos contentedly.

He needs to study carefully how to get to the underworld.

Whether it was for Plato or for Hector, he had to go there.

After Apollo returned to the Temple of Light, he pondered over various written records.

There are three entrances to the underworld that he knows of.The one Hercules went to seems to be the main entrance, guarded by three dogs.Hermes, as the envoy of the gods, often leads the souls of the dead to the small road, and only some special souls are eligible to be sent by the envoy of the gods.I heard that there is also a back door, the entrance is in the long river of Ocaianos, which was originally Persephone's sacred forest, full of weeping willows and willows, and it is closer to Hades' temple.

So, which one should he go for?Apollo hesitated.

After much deliberation, he decided to ask Dionysus first, after all, he had done something to take the soul from Hades.

"Dionysus," Apollo said when he arrived at the Temple of Dionysus, "I want to ask you something, can you tell me the truth?"

"what?"

"When you entered the underworld and retrieved your mother's soul from Hades, what did you tell him?"

Dionysus did not answer, but asked, "Why, you want to save the soul of Hector from Troy?"

Apollo didn't expect him to see through it at a glance, and he was a little embarrassed: "No, it's not him, um, I mean, it's not just him."

Dionysus had heard Hermes talk about the relationship between the two, and they were old acquaintances.

He was very unwilling that Apollo really rescued the mortal, so he lied without changing his face: "I didn't ask Hades for it. In fact, it's impossible. He's very stingy and definitely won't Let the people in the underground kingdom go."

"Really?" Apollo was puzzled, "But I heard that he once let go of a harpist's wife, oh, the man named Orpheus, who is quite famous, you know? But because he didn't seize the opportunity, he couldn't bring his wife back to the world in the end."

Dionysus smiled meaningfully, and said, "Look, you were deceived by that old guy. He was sure that the harp player would turn back, so he pretended to be generous and played tricks on him on purpose." .Actually, even if Orpheus really held back himself, Hades would have thought of other ways to make him turn back. He likes to do things that give people hope and then disappoint them. "

Apollo opened his eyes wide, and mumbled, "The Pluto is so scary."

Dionysus nodded: "A god who deals with dead souls all day long, can you expect him to be easy to talk to?"

Apollo thought for a while, and then said: "What if I threaten him with force and ask him for someone?"

"What? Force? Who told you such a bad idea?" Dionysus yelled in surprise.

Apollo blushed, "I came up with it myself. I heard Hercules said that he once shot the knee of Hades with an arrow. I think, as a long-range shooting god, my archery skills are no better than He's bad, if he can do it, then I can do it too."

Dionysus patted him on the shoulder, and said earnestly, "Apollo, don't blame me for not reminding you. When the three Zeus brothers divided their spheres of influence, they had already made it very clear that each of them took care of one area and each other did not. Therefore, as the gods of the sky, our divine power will be greatly reduced when we go to the sea or the underworld. You see, even Zeus dare not go to the underworld to find Persephone, even though he has already taken a fancy to that girl .As for Hercules, he was still a mortal at the time, so his power would not be affected. Besides, that kid is a freak, as you can see, there are some things that even the gods can't do, but he can do them."

Apollo thought about it, and was very disappointed, and said: "Then what should we do? Hard ones won't work, and soft ones won't work either."

Dionysus looked at him, shook his head, and spread his hands to show that he couldn't help.

"Then how did you do it?" Apollo returned to the original question.

"I was lucky," Dionysus said vaguely, "If it were you, I might not have such good luck."

Apollo got excited all of a sudden, "What kind of luck? Can you explain in detail."

Dionysus was so entangled by his inquisitive attitude that he had no choice but to make it up and say: "I wanted to go to Hades to ask Hades, but I told you, that old guy's heart is so hard. It's like iron. When I saw that it didn't work, I had to come back first and think about it. As a result, I picked up his invisible helmet when I was on the bank of the River Styx, and I don't know when he fell there. God helped me too. So I went back and told him that if he wanted his helmet back, he had to give me one request. Well, that's how it happened."

"It turns out that's the case," Apollo was even more disappointed. The chances of such a thing happening are so low, "It's really good luck. Well, according to this, wouldn't it be possible for me to rescue Hercules forever?" Ketor? Can't Hades give Plato eternal life?"

"Well, yes." Dionysus nodded affirmatively, "This is the fate of mortals. Don't be sad, even if Hades is willing to let go, maybe Zeus will punish you. Because you disturbed the world without authorization. rules."

Apollo left the temple of wine dejectedly.

But he did not give up, but asked all the gods on Mount Olympus who had been to the underworld, such as Hermes, Hypnos, the sleepy god, and the like. I came up with a way.

He was going to enter Hades by the back door, that is, the one whose entrance is at the Ochaeanos.

Going in from there, you can bypass the three-headed dog at the gate, Karong who crosses the river, Minos who judges and other standard equipment of Hades, and go straight to Hades' palace.Then, while Pluto was not paying attention, he sneaked into his palace, stole his invisible helmet and scepter, and proposed to him to exchange the two lives of Plato and Hector.At that time, I am not afraid that he will not agree.

After Apollo's plan was completed, he thought it was safe and proud, so he tidied up a little and set off.

On the banks of the Echaeanos River, where the Fire River and the Mourning River meet, there is an endless wilderness, and the sky is covered with perennial dark clouds and a thin layer of black mist.

Apollo stood blankly on the vast wasteland, looking at the same grass, weeping willows and willows everywhere, he felt like crying.

According to the reliable information he got, this is the back door of Hades, from here it can lead to the back door of Hades' palace, but why didn't those people tell him which direction to go in order to reach Hades' temple?

He originally thought that as long as he walked in one direction, he would always find his way. However, there is no sun, no moon, and no stars here. Where is the north, south, east, and west?I always feel as if I'm walking in a direction that deviates from the original direction.

In the end, Apollo was completely lost.He has been walking on the wasteland, uh, I don't know how long, and he hasn't even seen a shadow of himself. Of course, this is normal, there is no one here.The point is, he didn't even see a tile of a palace, which is very abnormal.

However, getting lost is actually not a particularly big problem.

Now there was another major difficulty before him.

He was surrounded by a bunch of dead souls.

The souls of Hades have lost their memory and consciousness during their lifetime, leaving only one shadowy shadow after another wandering in the wilderness.

These things would not have caused him any harm, but as soon as he entered the scope of the underworld, a faint halo began to emanate from his body, dispelling the black mist around him and the cloud above his head.The hazy light even illuminated a few meters around him.

Those souls screamed wildly as if they were attracted by something, scrambling to rush towards him, but when they touched the soft light beside him, they screamed and backed away.

Even so, they still rushed towards him one after another, like moths to a flame.

This is the instinctive yearning of creatures in the dark for sunlight.

Apollo never dreamed that he could actually shine, so he could only stare dumbfounded at the countless fuzzy shadows rushing towards him, feeling at a loss for a moment.

Although they couldn't really touch his body, they still brought a cold feeling when they got close, which penetrated into his skin and made him feel uncomfortable all over.

He tried to push a shadow, but as soon as he touched it, the shadow screamed and disappeared.

Apollo spread out his palm, looked and looked, what did I do?I didn't do anything.

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