Wearing Pandora is swollen and broken [Greek mythology]

In the room full of fire, there was a sound of "jingling, clanging" hammering. The collision between the forging hammer and the raw ore was powerful, and the sparks produced by the collision crackled.

The rhythmic sound of forging is reminiscent of a blacksmith's shop, the knotted muscles, the sweat streaming from the bronzed skin... and the strong male breath...

In this room, however, none of the above imaginations existed.Beside the blazing stove, there was only a delicate-looking little girl with a tender and fair face blushing, and she swung the sledgehammer repeatedly with a rather ferocious expression.

The scene was so weird no matter how you looked at it.

Pan Duoduo stopped swinging the forging hammer in her hand, and wiped her wet forehead with her arm to prevent the salty sweat from flowing into her eyes.

She finally understood why Hephaestus didn't give her talent in the first place... because, it's really against the law...

Blacksmithing and the like are really only suitable for men, no, male gods.

Pan Duoduo could feel that since accepting the gift of Hephaestus' forging talent, her strength has improved to a higher level.Coupled with the "little" strength given to her by Ares, the god of war, it stands to reason that it is no problem to strike an iron.

But her body was originally made of mud and water. According to Hephaestus, too many soft materials were used to make her, so her physique is still very delicate.It is not burdensome to use strength, but the long-term high fever makes her fragile skin feel very uncomfortable.

As a beautiful woman, Pan Duoduo cares about her image very much.Now she is very worried that she will turn into black charcoal after leaving the forging room, and she is also very worried that if she continues to forge iron like this, she will become a girl with iron arms...

Just thinking about that scene gives me a chill.

However, forced by survival, she had to grit her teeth and continue.Originally, I didn’t have the opportunity to connect to the iron, but now I finally got it, and I must not let down such an excellent opportunity.

Pan Duoduo looked down at the ugly slab on the forging platform, which was forged with the iron ore left by Hephaestus.She was a novice on the road, combined with the guidance of her forging talent, and worked hard all morning to get such a small piece of result that was almost invisible.

Efficiency is too low.

In the past, when she used the talents bestowed by Olympus, she was almost at ease, but she never thought that when she came to the last talent that she valued most, she hit a wall for the first time.

After thinking calmly, Pan Duoduo immediately discovered the problem - Vulcan's forging ability is inseparable from his ability to control fire.He is familiar with what materials need to use a flame of what temperature, and can flexibly use the flame to melt every part of an object.The fire has been tamed by him properly, like an arm and a finger... It even surpassed his hands, and it can attack all solid materials with precision.

And Pan Duoduo herself is a human being, at best she can make fire with physical abilities opportunistically, as for controlling fire - it is simply unattainable for her.

Therefore, she who can't control the flame uses Hephaestus' method, and the road to smelting is bound to be quite bumpy.

Pan Duoduo sighed.

She really wants to be like Hephaestus, who can turn metal into soft fingers with a touch of a finger.Simple utensils don't even need a forging hammer, they can be smelted directly by controlling the fire, and it doesn't waste a blink of an eye-she saw it with her own eyes, and all the metal products in her house now come from that way.

It's like magic.

Pan Duoduo almost couldn't resist patting her cheek with her dirty hands to wake herself up.Although her forging talent is greatly reduced in her hands, she can still get some basic tools if she is willing to work hard... It is better than nothing.

And I have to try more, combine some of my common sense, and sum up a set of forging methods that humans can also use... It is impossible for her to be a lifetime iron, and now she is the only one who can't help it, and when everyone knows it, She is determined not to strike again...

Iron-armed girl resolutely refuses!She still prefers her delicate arms.

However, it would be great if she could really teach humans to smelt iron, and her productivity would be greatly improved, and she would probably be able to gain some power of faith...

Wait, power of faith?

Pan Duoduo felt that sometimes she was really slow to react.She has no divine power and cannot use it to control fire, so why not try it with the same magical power of faith?

——When talking with Prometheus earlier, she learned that the potential of the power of faith is infinite.Before that, although she could condense a small group of power of faith, she didn't know what effect it could have.

It was during that meeting that she learned from Prometheus how to simply manipulate the power of faith, such as using it to weave an anti-snooping barrier... It's a pity that time was tight, and she only got the last There are a few commonly used tricks, but I haven't learned more...

Not learning doesn't mean you can't explore on your own.

Always dare to explore.

Pan Duoduo's blue eyes reflected the blazing orange fire, she raised her hand, and condensed a small milky white light cluster on her index finger.

This little light cluster has not changed much compared to the original one.In fact, she has used the anti-snooping technique taught by Prometheus more than once, but the small light ball seems to have not been consumed at all...or, after being consumed, it was regenerated...

Maybe Prometheus knew what was going on, but he didn't mention it to her.Pan Duoduo guessed that as long as people's beliefs do not change, the strength of the power of belief will not change...

In a sense, it is really an existence that God has to fear.

But now, how would she use it to control the fire?

Totally clueless.

Pan Duoduo recalled the method of opening and listening to the enchantment, and felt that the key might be to control it to change with his own mind, and to build it into the appearance he needed.She stretched out her hand and put her finger close to the fire, imagining that the small ball of light would turn into a net to bind the untamable flame.

After a long while, the small ball of light moved, and then turned into a flat ball of light, which stuck to Pan Duoduo's fingers like mud.

Pan Duoduo: ...

very good.At least it had changed, she thought.

Then the girl began to silently compete with her fingertips.

She blushed at first, and squeezed her strength into her fingertips, but the small ball of light just trembled and became a little bigger, like a tube of toothpaste that was run over pitifully spat out the last bit stock.

Pan Duoduo: ...

She was silent for a while, and began to hypnotize herself. She is actually a middle school girl who needs to use her thoughts to turn the small ball of light in her hand into a weapon that kills all directions.The little light ball changed again this time, from a pool of flat light balls to a small tadpole with a pointy tail.

She doesn't believe in evil anymore.

……

When Epimetheus was allowed to enter the forging room, he saw his beloved girl sitting on the forging table in disgrace, staring coldly at the tip of his left index finger.

"Duodo...is it time for lunch?" Epimetheus said hesitantly, feeling distressed at the same time.At this moment, his delicate lover is like a little rabbit who has burrowed into the ashes, and his white fur is all dirty.

It looked like too much work, and he didn't want to... make his treasure suffer and suffer.

Epimetheus walked over, not minding the girl's dirty body, and gently took her hand.Taking a closer look, I found that the girl's palms were rubbed red, and there were even purplish red blood spots under the skin.

Now the Son of God was distressed.

He hugged the girl on his lap, and said in a low voice, "Duoduo, let's stop doing it, or you can teach me and let me do it for you. I don't want to see you get hurt."

The lover's embrace brought Pan Duoduo back to reality, his words were still in her ears, she couldn't help but smiled, "It's nothing serious, I just haven't found a way now, when I find the key point, it will be very easy gone."

"But..." Shenzi's emerald green pupils were filled with disapproval.

Pan Duoduo rubbed his chin with her fairly clean hair, and comforted him in a relaxed tone, "We are very lucky to get this opportunity from Hephaestus. This is what we are looking forward to." Work hard for the future-compared to being with you for a long time without any worries in the future, this little suffering is nothing at all."

Epimetheus' eyes softened, his girl has always made him proud.He lowered his head slightly, gently pecked and kissed the girl's hair, and said softly, "I won't let you work hard alone, I will always be with you."

Of course Pan Duoduo knew that her lover was also silently trying to change herself.

It feels good that they support each other and move forward together...

"Okay, now that my girlfriend is tired, my boyfriend should hug her to dinner." Epimetheus made a serious suggestion at this time.

His words made Pan Duoduo blush under her blackened cheeks, and she muttered, "You actually want to hug me, right?"

"Yes." On this issue, Shenzi was as frank as Pan Duoduo.

The girl closed her mouth a little shyly.

After lunch, Pan Duoduo took a bath in her bathtub.Letting go of a tank of water that was full of black ash, and bringing in clear water again, Pan Duoduo let out a breath of comfort.

I don't know how Hephaestus did it. One of the two faucets in the bath can produce hot water.Thinking in the direction of the law of energy conservation, something must be transformed into the heat absorbed by the water, but there is neither a wood-burning boiler nor modern solar energy next to the bathroom.

Probably some other magical thing in this world.

Pan Duoduo casually picked up the water on her body, scrubbed her arms, thinking that maybe she should make some soap, as it is difficult to wash away the heavy dirt with clean water alone.She thought back to what she had learned in chemistry class and thought it was a good idea to try.

She needs lye and grease.You can get it by burning grass and wood ash with lye... As for oil, vegetable oil is not available at present, and the source of animal oil is the prey that is hunted, and the types may be more heterogeneous.

It's a bit difficult to make in large batches, but should be more than enough for your own use.

With this idea in mind, Pan Duoduo decided to take the time to try it out. After all, she would probably spend some time fighting in the forging room, and soap would make her clean.If she succeeds, she can also teach it to humans, and maybe make the little light ball in her hand grow a bit...

While washing her face with water, she was thinking silently.After arranging everything in my mind, I couldn't help but think that it would be nice if Athena and Poseidon had a dispute earlier - the olive tree and horse they created in the future will occupy the leading positions in planting and animal husbandry respectively ...

Soap made of olive oil must be refreshing than soap made of animal oil, right?she thought with some uncertainty.

However, Pan Duoduo also knew that his thoughts were nothing more than daydreaming, because the settlements of human beings are only so small now, and there is no shadow of the city of Athens...

There is no object to compete for, so why are you still arguing?

Pan Duoduo collapsed into the bathtub on her back, flicking the water with her hands in boredom.

Looking at the water flow whose shape changes at any time due to external forces, she suddenly thought, if only her little light ball could change shape as easily as water.

I have been working hard all morning, but there is no progress.

Pan Duoduo lowered her hand.

Suddenly, something flashed across my mind, and my thoughts seemed to be lit up for a moment.

Wait...like water, like water...

She suddenly turned over from the bathtub and sat up, and cast her gaze on her fingertips.