modern greek mythology

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"Apollo, we're here! We're here!!"

Hermes was so happy that he hugged Apollo and shook him, making him grin his teeth.

"Take it easy, do you want me to die faster!"

"Hey, I'm sorry..." Hermes quickly put him down.

"How does it feel, where does it hurt?"

"It's okay, the body is slowly repairing, although very slowly..."

"That's good, can you sit up? I'll carry you."

"Hey, what are you doing, don't waste your time on me." Hermes reached out to help Apollo, but he refused, "If you have free time, why don't you help me find where Athena and the others are. "

"Of course I will look for them, and you can't be left behind!" Hermes also insisted, "Don't underestimate me..."

After speaking halfway, Hermes discovered that Apollo was unusual—heavy.

"How about it, are you talking big? I'm taller than you!"

"Shut up! Isn't it just a few centimeters taller! Don't make it look like I'm much shorter than you!"

Hermes struggled to lift him up, but he was a little unsteady and wobbled twice.

"Hey, can you do it?" Apollo teased from behind, "If I can't move my back and fall down, I will be the one who is unlucky!"

"Trust me, I won't let you fall."

Hermes bowed his body, and took a difficult but firm step.

Apollo knew that Hermes would do what he said.

This situation seems to have happened a long time ago...

Apollo leaned gently on his back, letting his throbbing chest follow his frequency.

It was as if their hearts were getting closer again.

dream

Hermes carried Apollo on his back and walked through the forest for an unknown amount of time, but there was no exit.

There are huge trees and vines everywhere, and the places you walk seem to be familiar.

"Look, it's back again." Apollo pointed to the mark he made on the tree.

"Damn it! After walking so far, it turns out that I have been going around in circles!"

"Okay, don't be angry." Apollo wiped the sweat from Hermes' forehead with a smile, "Sit down and have a rest."

"Okay..." Hermes put Apollo on a bluestone under the tree.

Apollo looked up and looked around: "We seem to be trapped in an illusion. It seems that Goddess Gaia doesn't want to see us."

Hermes sighed: "It's understandable that she doesn't want to see us, she is very disappointed in our descendants..."

"Ok?"

"Oh, nothing... where do you think Athena and the others will be?"

"Maybe it's on the other side of the forest, just as clueless as we are."

"You have to think of a way!"

"If it were normal, it would be easy to crack this little illusion, but now we have all lost our spiritual power..."

Hermes simply sat down and said, "It's time to think about it, we can't go on like this."

"Let's take a rest, the sky is getting dark, and I'll see what I can do when I can walk tomorrow."

"Alright."

At night, Hermes lit a fire and roasted two pheasants that had been brought back.

He took one from the fire rack and handed it to Apollo: "Eat it, and feed the beast when you are full."

Apollo laughed with a "poof" and said, "It's because you have thinner skin and tender flesh, so I should eat you."

"That's different. You are strong and strong, so it's more cost-effective to eat you."

Just as Hermes was talking and laughing, he suddenly pulled out a piece of burning dry wood from the fire, waved his arms, and threw it at a wild wolf that was about to move.

The wolf gave an "owwow" and retreated into the woods again.

In the dark woods, pairs of faint green eyes lit up.

"It's going to be tough tonight."

"You go to bed first, I'll keep watch for the first half of the night, and I'll be there for you in the second half of the night."

"Can you do it, your injuries..."

"It's okay, I'm recovering well." Apollo showed a reassuring smile, "Although I lost my divine power, I still have the courage to deter wild wolves."

"……All right."

Hermes was quite tired after a day of tossing around. After eating the pheasant quickly, he lay down and went to sleep.

As soon as he closed his eyes, he remembered something again, and opened his eyes to look at Apollo.

"Remember to wake me up if I oversleep."

"Um, okay."

After receiving the answer, Hermes turned his face away and soon fell asleep.

Consciousness plunged into darkness, I thought I could get a moment of peace, but I didn't expect the shadow hidden in the body to quietly emerge...

Hermes watched helplessly as he emerged from his heart and gradually evolved into his silhouette...

The black hair blended into the night, the stern face was like carved ice, and there was an evil spirit in the deep eyes...

It's Hades' face, but it's not Hades.

The black shadow rolled over to him, stroking him, kissing him, whispering in his ear...

"Hermes, I miss you, hurry up and come back after completing the mission..."

Hermes' consciousness flickered, and he couldn't tell if it was an illusion or real.

His body could not move, let the shadow slowly climb up, submerge him, swallow him...

I refused in my heart, but I couldn't resist the pleasure of wave after wave, like a sea tide, along the spinal cord, straight to my mind...

That wonderful feeling moved his throat, and he let out one or two small groans in the forbearance...

"Uh...no..."

The helpless fear, he hid in his body, followed forever, and could never get rid of it.

No one can help him with that deep-seated despair...

Who can help me!

"Hermes, wake up...Hermes!"

In the chaos, a voice called his name, as if reaching out to him in the darkness, pulling him to the light.

The shadow pressing on Hermes was just halfway through, and he was quite unhappy with such interruptions.

But there was no way, Hermes' consciousness gradually became clear, and the dream was about to disappear.

The shadow had no choice but to change into its original appearance and return to Hermes' heart.

Hermes opened his eyes suddenly, panting.

The eyes are frozen out of focus, and seem to be still in fear.

"Hermes?"

Seeing his pale face and absent-minded eyes, Apollo seemed to have been greatly frightened, and wanted to hold him in his arms distressedly, caress him and comfort him...

However, as soon as Hermes stretched out his hand, Hermes shrank subconsciously.

Apollo had no choice but to take his hand back, after all, he was not the one who could do that...

"Are you OK?"

"I... just had a nightmare..."

What kind of nightmare can scare you like this?

Apollo realized that Hermes had indeed changed.

How did he escape from Kronos?Has there been any agreement between them?

"Hermes, what happened to you? Tell me and let me help you."

This is the second time Apollo has asked such a question.

"I'm fine, really..." Hermes wiped his face, and put on his customary smile again, "It's the middle of the night, it's time for me to go to work. You should rest more, you must leave by yourself tomorrow, I I don't want to carry your back."

"All right……"

Apollo still couldn't get the answer he wanted, so he had to lie down and sleep, calm on the surface, but worried about him in his heart.

Hermes went to the fire alone, and added dry wood to it to make the fire burn even hotter.

Staring at the beating flames in a daze, I don't know what to think.

That night, both of them were sleepless.

Apollo recovered quickly, and early the next morning, he was able to walk upright.

After confirming that Apollo was okay, the two decided to set off again.

However, the vast forest was submerged in a vast white mist, and the road could not be seen at all.

"Since what you see in front of you is an illusion, you can't trust your eyes." Hermes decided not to use the usual method, "Let's feel it with your heart."

Hermes closed his eyes, quietly pursuing the intuition that led him here at that time.

If it is really predestined, then please give him guidance again!

Apollo also closed his eyes, and stretched out his hand to hold Hermes: "In this way, I won't be afraid of getting lost."

This time, Hermes didn't evade, but held his palm instead.

The two held hands tightly, palms pressed together.

The surrounding scenery disappeared, and the day became like night.

The heart is quiet, and you can feel a faint wind blowing on your face.

Hermes looked for the breeze and followed it slowly.

There is always an unreasonable intuition in my heart, follow it, and you can get out of the illusion.

Holding hands, the two walked through the woods and across the creek, without encountering any obstacles along the way...

Just keep going, keep going...

Until there is a "bang"!

"Ouch!"

Hermes' forehead hit a wall firmly, and he couldn't help crying out.

When I opened my eyes, it turned out to be a hard mountain wall. Where did the forest before?

Hermes looked around, it was okay if he didn't look at it, but he was shocked when he saw it!

They actually stood on the edge of a cliff with half of their feet hanging outside.

After seeing the truth, I only felt that my center of gravity was unstable, and my body was leaning towards the abyss.

"Hermes!"

At the critical moment, Apollo gave him a hand.

Now they are not great gods, but they can't hang in the air casually, even if they don't die if they fall, it's probably enough.

Hermes looked around, and there was a mountain path that could only accommodate two people. On the right hand side was a steep and hard mountain wall, and on the left hand side was a dark abyss. It was bottomless at a glance...