[Greek mythology] Apollo's counterattack plan

The great hero Achilles has been very angry, and he has not had a happy day since he arrived in Hades.

He is the son of the sea goddess Thetis. He has always liked the sun and the sea, and he only likes to live in that place.

He was supposed to spend his life in the sun, but because he killed Hector, he was shot by the long-range shot god and hit his ankle, so he had to come to the underground kingdom when he was still young.

And because he is the son of half-man and half-god, he will not lose consciousness and consciousness like other people's undead, so Minos, the judge of Hades, made him responsible for managing these dead souls. Naturally, there are all kinds of perverted punishments.

Or like Sisyphus, pushing a stone up a hill, but the stone will roll down again, or standing in waist-deep water, hungry and thirsty, but whenever he wants to bend down to drink water , those waters will disappear without a trace.

The underworld is not a good place, and these perverted punishments emerge in endlessly.

In order to avoid these things, Achilles had to obey Hades' dispatch and serve him. God knows, he would rather be a slave on the ground and work all his life than be the leader of a group of dead souls underground.

On this day, he was sitting on a hilltop in the wilderness, feeling sorry for himself, gritted his teeth and hated Apollo, and saw his figure not far away.

Achilles rubbed his eyes to make sure he was right. Although he was wrapped in a black cloak, a strand of golden hair fell out from the gap in the hood, shining brightly like the sun. The luster attracted all the nearby souls to look sideways.

Achilles stared at the strand of blond hair for a long time.

This was the only bright thing he saw during his long career in the underworld, and he felt attracted to it.

No, no, he immediately warned himself, this is his enemy, the big enemy, how could he be attracted to him.

So Achilles put on his hat and followed them softly.

His figure was hidden among a large group of dark souls, unobtrusive.

Beside Apollo, there was also a tall and thin young man. Judging from his back, Achilles didn't know who he was.But it doesn't matter, whoever he is, it must be another unlucky guy like himself who is responsible for guarding the dead.

Achilles quickly ignored the man, giving his full attention to Apollo.

Of course, what he didn't expect was that besides Apollo and the young man, there was Thanatos, the god of death, on the wasteland.

He originally wanted to deal with Achilles quietly, but was cast aside by Pluto, so he had to step aside resentfully.

Hades' plan is very simple: the more conflicts between Apollo and his enemies, the better, which means that part of his remaining divine power will be lost, so it will be more difficult to imprison him in Tartarus. easy.

At this moment, Achilles had already walked behind Apollo, he suddenly pulled out the saber from his waist, and slashed at him.

The silvery sword light was like lightning, passing silently in the dark wilderness.

Apollo already had a wealth of combat experience, and suddenly felt something was wrong. He pushed Hades aside, fell down by himself, rolled on the spot, and avoided the sword.

He looked back,

It is an acquaintance, no, it is the soul of an acquaintance.

Achilles!

He is here.

Achilles spoke first, and he sneered, "Apollo, I didn't expect you to come to Hades by yourself. Are you going to die? Then, I will grant you."

Apollo snorted: "Achilles, you despicable villain, you actually sneaked up from behind."

The hero's face was a little red. Anyway, he is also a great warrior. If he was not eager for revenge and worried that he would not be able to defeat Apollo, he would not have done such a thing as a sneak attack.

So he snorted and said, "As long as I can kill you and avenge myself, I don't care if he sneaks up or not."

Apollo said: "So, do you have the courage to fight me openly?"

Achilles proudly said: "Don't dare. A duel is a duel." Anyway, he has already died once, so why should he be afraid.

"Bring out your golden arrows."

Apollo thought to himself that with the little divine power left in his body, he couldn't pull the silver bow, so he pretended to be generous and said: "It's just for you, so there is no need for a silver bow. You didn't shoot me for the first time." Are you very dissatisfied with killing you, then let's use your best sword to duel face to face once."

Achilles looked at him without saying a word, thinking in his heart: Long-shot God is not famous for his swordsmanship, if it is a sword fight, he may not have a chance of winning.

So he nodded and agreed: "Okay, just hit."

He looked around and saw a long sword hanging by the side of the thin young man, so he said: "Hey, give your companion to use your sword."

Hades untied the long sword silently, handed it to Apollo, and glanced at him.

The God of Light thought he was worried, and said with a smile, "It's okay, this bastard is no match for me."

"Really? Let's just try." Achilles smiled.Facing the greatest enemy in his life and this opportunity for a fair duel, his blood was about to boil.

Apollo's expression was very dismissive.

"I know that your gods are immortal. Even if I slash you with a sword, it can only express the anger in my heart, and it is far from achieving the purpose of revenge." Achilles had already planned revenge. Fazi, "So, if I win, I'm going to throw you into the Styx River, and leave you soaked in the water, so weak that you can't even get up.

"No problem," said Apollo, "what if I win?"

"If you win, I'll let you handle it."

Apollo said: "You have already died once, how can I deal with you. Well, if I win, you can help me with one thing. What is it, I will talk about it after the fight. Do you dare ?”

Achilles gritted his teeth and said a good word.

The two hold their swords and strike a pose, looking for the other's weak point.

Hades watched coldly from the sidelines.

Thanatos walked up to him secretly and asked, "You just watch them fight like this, and don't care about anything?"

Hades said, "Why should I care?"

"If Apollo loses, he will be thrown into the River Styx."

"In that case, wouldn't it suit you that he is weak all over?" Hades said lightly.He knew exactly what this subordinate was thinking.

Thanatos thought for a while, smiled again, and said, "It seems so, but the premise is that I have to find someone to fish him out."

At this moment, the two started to fight.

Achilles moved first, and the tip of his sword pierced Apollo's cloak.

Hades didn't like it, so he kicked it away.

Thanatos let out a "huh" in surprise, not understanding why Pluto backtracked.

That kick hit Achilles firmly, and he felt a pain in his wrist, and with a bang, the long sword fell to the ground.

The hero was so angry that he didn't care about the God of Light. Instead, he picked up the long sword and pointed it at the man: "No matter who you are, if you dare to stop me from taking revenge, I don't mind letting you die again."

Hades looked at him coldly, and cursed in his heart: Idiot, your style of attack will not only fail to hurt him, but will tear the cloak. At that time, his body will glow again, attracting many undead. I'm afraid you are no exception.

Apollo hurried over, stood in front of Hades, and said dissatisfiedly: "Achilles, your opponent is me, don't trouble others."

After finishing speaking, he turned around again, smiled slightly at Hades, and said, "Thank you very much just now. But we have already agreed, a fair duel. Just let us fight ourselves."

"...Okay, but you must not take off the cloak."

This time, it was Apollo who made the first move.

He jumped up high, and slashed down with his sword towards the top of Achilles' head from mid-air.But in this way, the cloak on his body also flew up, revealing a gap, and a pale golden light emerged from his body.

Achilles' heart skipped a beat, as if he had been bewitched, he backed away, the sword in his hand was going towards Apollo, but now it was also sideways.

Hades shook his head and sighed.

Although just wearing a cloak can prevent a large number of dead souls from pouring over, but this unlucky young man is too close, and I'm afraid he won't be able to escape.

Thanatos also showed a gloating expression, and looked at Achilles with a smile.

Sure enough, the great hero shook his hands, he couldn't even hold the sword steadily, and a fascinated look appeared on his face.

He bit the tip of his tongue fiercely, and there was a sharp pain, but there was no blood. As an undead, he had no blood for a long time.

He hated his own powerlessness, didn't he even care about life and death?

But despite this, he walked towards Apollo step by step.

The strand of golden curly hair that fell out of his hood was as attractive as a sun in his eyes.

Seeing the situation of Achilles, Apollo was secretly worried, and couldn't help but said: "Achilles, what's wrong with you, don't you want revenge? Why, are you too timid to fight me?" ?”

"Who said that, I hate you to death, of course I want to compete with you." Achilles said, his mood was very conflicted, on the one hand, instinct made him chase the light, on the other hand, reason He wanted revenge again.

"Then you make a move," Apollo said, "you don't make a move, just stand there and let me chop with a sword? How can I compete with you if you don't make a move? Even if I win, I still have a sense of accomplishment." Neither good nor bad."

Achilles struggled between his reason and emotion, and was at a loss for a while. Finally, he yelled, rushed forward a few steps, carried Apollo on his shoulders, and ran quickly towards the place where he lived.