[Greek mythology] Apollo's counterattack plan

Meanwhile, outside the temple, the architect brothers were whispering.

"Brother, the thing we stole from the king's treasury last time can finally be used."

"Yeah, hey, have you seen his eyes? They are so beautiful. I wanted to kiss him right then."

"See, and his skin, like silk, must be very comfortable to the touch. Hehe, at that time, as soon as you opened your mouth, I knew what you were thinking."

"Sure enough, he is my good brother, who shares my heart."

"However, brother, will the God of Light be fooled? Has he already seen our intention?"

"Probably not, brother, have you heard of any mortal who did such a thing to a god before?"

"Uh... this one really doesn't exist."

"So he must have never dreamed that we would be so bold."

"...There is another question, will we be punished for such blasphemy?"

"Aha, brother, I have never seen you so timid before. It was your idea to steal the king's treasury."

"I'm just saying what's on your mind..."

"Don't worry, I'm really scared, we can seek the blessing of Poseidon."

"Will he help us?"

"It should be, if we offer the God of Light as a sacrifice to him, haha..."

The architect brothers quickly designed the structure and details of the temple, and then began to oversee the construction of the craftsmen.

In order to speed up the process, Apollo specially gave Arion a harp, which was made by the craftsman god Hephaestus himself.As long as he plucks the strings, those stones will automatically stack together and glue together.

In this way, the construction period was much faster, and the Guangming Temple was quickly built. It is located on the top of a hill, overlooking the blue Aegean Sea. It is large in scale and exquisite in details, and it is more beautiful than other temples of gods.

All are very happy with it.

In the process of building the temple, Apollo paid special attention to the architect's actions.But after several days of observation, the actions and expressions of these two people were beyond normal, and there was no preparatory activity.

He couldn't help thinking, could it be that they have been wronged, they don't actually have such thoughts, they just admire the gods.

When he told Thanatos about this idea, Death disagreed.

"The way I see it, they're trying to make a last-minute move. Don't forget what they're asking for? For you to give the oracle yourself. Wait and see, they certainly didn't come up with the idea for nothing. So, be careful ah……"

Thanatos said meaningfully, and patted the shoulder of the God of Light.

Apollo nodded, suddenly realizing that his palms didn't seem so cold anymore.Could it be that after staying in the mortal world for a long time and getting too much sun, the body temperature gradually returned to normal?Then he should really walk around on the ground more.

Finally, the day came when the oracle was issued.

Under the instigation of Abaris, almost all the kings of the major city-states sent people, and some even put down their affairs and came here in person.After all, who doesn't want to know the fate of the future, even if it is bad luck, you can think of ways to prevent it in advance.

But what they didn't expect was that the reason why fate is fate is because it is destined to be born and cannot be changed-at least for a mortal, it is like this.

The long queue lined up from the gate of the temple to the foot of the mountain.

However, according to Arion's suggestion, the number of people is limited every day, so most people can only come for nothing.

In order to enhance the sense of mystery, the architect brothers specially built a room to receive these people who are eager for prophecy.

The room was large, but empty, only a huge three-legged altar was placed in the middle, and a chair was placed on it.

Pythia sat high on a chair, looking down at the believers kneeling at the foot of the altar—he was the only one who was allowed to enter this room.

With such an arrangement, before she even opened her mouth, the visitors would feel fearful.

And when they put forward their expectations, Pythia manipulated a mechanism on the chair, and white smoke would immediately rise from the altar, wrapping her in it, which made her look more like a demigod, and Not an ordinary mortal.

After she's pretended to be babbling, she whispers the real prophecy—from Apollo, of course.

As a priest, Pythia's greatest ability is that even if her god is far away on Mount Olympus, she can still hear his voice.

In the last step, after the prophecy was spoken, Arion, who was guarding the door, had to go in, record her words, and hand them over to the kneeling believers.

So far, the whole process is considered over.

Apollo originally thought, why bother, what prophecy they want, just tell them directly.But when he saw the excited expressions and pious eyes of the believers, and felt more and more divine power, he decided that he should follow the good advice and follow the advice of the architect brothers.After all, mortals can understand mortals best.

When the last believer left the temple satisfied.Inside the main hall, the two brothers turned their attention to Apollo.

"Great God of Light, now, can you honor the reward you promised?" said the architect brother, "Can you give us an oracle in the same way as Pythia?"

Apollo was a little drowsy at first, but when he heard this, his mind suddenly cleared up.

He looked at Thanatos.

The Grim Reaper blinked, and said a word silently, depending on the shape of his mouth, it was probably "Look, I'm right".

Apollo entered the room, as the architect brother had hoped.

He looked at the only altar and guessed how the two brothers would deal with him.

They definitely won't force it, so it's outsmarting.

There is a chair above the altar.Will there be countless golden ropes on it, binding him firmly?

Hephaestus once used this method to deal with Hera.At that time, no one on Mount Olympus could untie the rope. Later, the craftsman was invited to solve the problem.

But this chair was bought at the market.No matter how skilled the architect brothers are, they can't compare to the craftsmen.How could it be transformed into that.Besides, they had no ropes of the golden fleece.

Then, where there may be tampering, there is only white smoke.Maybe there's something in it that can stun people?

After much deliberation, Apollo could only come up with these two methods.

Forget it, don't want to, let's see it later.He is a god, would he still be afraid of two mere mortals?

"God of Light, can you sit on the chair? There is a ladder behind the altar, just climb up from there." The architect brother saw that he hadn't moved for a long time, and finally couldn't help saying.

Apollo naturally disdain to use the ladder.As soon as he lifted his foot, he jumped directly on it.He touched the smooth armrest of the chair, except for the button that released the white smoke, there were no other traces of modification, so he felt that there was something wrong with that link.

Desperately suppressing their excitement, the two brothers knelt down and uttered their request: "God of Light, we want to know how long our lives are."

Well, a very common request, and a reasonable one.

Apollo opened the mechanism on the chair, and suddenly, a large cloud of white smoke rose from the bottom of the altar.

He immediately held his breath.

These two mortals probably don't know yet, it doesn't matter even if the gods don't breathe, it's just that the divine power will gradually weaken.

Time passed by, and he watched the two people start to move uncomfortably, exchanged glances, and the expressions on their faces changed a little, and he felt quite happy at once.

It seems that he guessed right, these two guys did move their hands and feet in the white smoke.

Ha, you are far from qualified to deceive a god, especially one so wise and great.

Apollo was in a good mood, and he was idle anyway, so he might as well respond to their request and give an oracle, and then he would laugh at them severely and teach them a profound lesson.

Unexpectedly, after seeing it, he was really shocked: the lives of the two brothers have come to an abrupt end today.

This is how the same thing?The two looked as if they couldn't be healthier.

No, I want to see clearly how they died.

Apollo concentrated all his attention, and a blurry picture gradually appeared in front of his eyes.Two men appeared to be standing next to the bodies of the two brothers.He tried his best to see the appearance of those two people clearly...

Unexpectedly, at this time, a burst of drowsiness suddenly hit him, so strong and irresistible that as soon as he realized it, he immediately fell asleep.

The God of Light tilted his body, fell from the high altar, and was hugged immediately.

Thanatos put his arms around him, looked behind the altar, and said displeasedly: "Why did you wait until now?"

From the shadows, a beautiful boy with silver hair slowly walked out. He looked exactly the same as Thanatos, even the length of the hair was the same, but his expression was much gentler, without the hostility of Death.

He is Death's twin brother, Hypnos, the god of sleep.

"I have to look for opportunities." He complained, "he is the main god of Olympus, and he is not a mortal. Only when he is not paying attention, I can hypnotize successfully. Here, those two guys at your feet can be anything It's all right now."

As he spoke, he stared at the God of Light in the arms of the God of Death.That was the god he had coveted for a long time.

On the floor, the architect brothers also fell into a deep sleep, even snoring.

Thanatos kicked each of them in disgust, and said contemptuously, "Two idiots, they are beyond their limits."

He thought for a while, then smiled, and said, "However, I have to thank you for attracting Apollo's attention. Otherwise, Hypnos would not have been so easy to get. If that's the case, I'll let you all die happily." some."

As soon as he finished speaking, he held the sword in one hand, swung it twice, and cut off the hair of the two brothers, and put them into the pocket hanging by his waist.Of course, their souls were also taken away by him along with their hair.

The two brothers stopped breathing while they were still asleep.

Hypnos' face changed: "You...why are you killing people casually again. It's not that these two people must die."

Thanatos sneered: "I'm the god of death. If I don't kill people, why don't I save people? Put away your hypocrisy, Hypnos, you know, I really don't want to see you here."

"Of course, if you have a way to deal with Apollo." Sleepy God retorted.

Thanatos' face was livid.

What his younger brother said was very reasonable. Once on the ground, his divine power was greatly reduced, and he was definitely no match for Apollo.

If you can trick him into going to the underworld...