[Greek Mythology] The Ugly God's Counterattack

A handsome man and a beautiful woman.

The man is holding a harp, carrying a silver bow on his shoulder, and his golden hair is more handsome and sunny.

The woman was dressed in a slim silver-gray dress, with golden highlights shining on the clothes, and her long brown slightly curly hair was naturally scattered, elegant and glamorous.

Apollo, the sun god, and Artemis, the moon god.

Why did these two siblings come to him?Although puzzled, Hephaestus smiled slightly at the visitor.

Artemis walked in front of Apollo, and a look of surprise flashed in his eyes after seeing this smile, and then he smiled back.

"Dear Hephaestus, do you still remember me? I am Apollo, thank you for building the sun car for me, it is so beautiful and fits my heart." Apollo said as he walked forward, Finally, she stopped beside Artemis: "This is my sister, Artemis, the moon god."

Hephaestus bowed his head slightly: "Nice to meet you, beautiful goddess Artemis." After speaking, he pondered for a moment and asked, "Why are you looking for me?"

Apollo and Artemis looked at each other, he nodded to his sister, then turned his eyes to Hephaestus, smiled and said: "Dear Hephaestus, I would like to ask you to replace her." My sister also builds a gorgeous and exquisite chariot." When he said this, his tone was filled with anticipation, Hephaestus paused slightly, glanced at Artemis beside Apollo, only Seeing her unconsciously pinching the hem of the skirt, she showed her nervousness at this time.

Hephaestus smiled, nodded, and said: "Okay, but..." He stopped deliberately, causing the two siblings who had already relaxed to become nervous again, and Artemis asked quickly: "But what? "

"I have heard that the harp played by Apollo is extremely beautiful. Can I have the honor to listen to it once?" Thinking of the praise of his music in Greek mythology, Hephaestus wanted to wonder how beautiful his performance was. moving.

"Of course!" Apollo breathed a sigh of relief, exchanged glances with Artemis, and then gracefully plucked the golden strings with his slender hands.

Following the notes that jumped out of his fingertips, bursts of melodious piano sounds drifted away, hovering over the sacred mountain of Olympus, sometimes low and sometimes high.The flowers seem to be competing for the singing, and the budding stamens are slightly astringent.

Hephaestus closed his eyes and indulged the ethereal music into his ears. The sound of the piano pierced through his eardrums like magic, and instantly calmed him down. It was as if his mind was empty, and only the melody was left flying.Although he did not understand the deeper musical connotation, this did not prevent him from appreciating this wonderful sound of nature.

Apollo saw Hephaestus indulge in the beautiful melody he played, pride and joy appeared in his eyes.He likes to bring joy to others, but also rejoices in the appeal of his own music.

At the end of the song, Hephaestus opened his eyes, and the jumping notes seemed to be still echoing in his ears. He clapped his hands and praised unabashedly: "This is the most beautiful music I have ever heard."

Hearing what Hephaestus said, Apollo raised a bright smile on his face and blinked at him.

Hephaestus understood, and immediately began to build the chariot in front of Apollo and Artemis.

He first carved an exquisite hunting totem, and inlaid layers of light silver jade around the totem, so that it could shine brightly against the backdrop of the night.

At this time, Artemis summoned two elk.Hephaestus put the beautifully made chair on it, and fastened four golden chains between the elk's neck and front legs.

After doing this, Hephaestus turned his body slightly, and said to Artemis in a standard welcoming posture, "Beautiful goddess, this is your divine chariot, you might as well sit on it and try it now."

Artemis' eyes lit up, and she couldn't hold back her excitement. Hearing what Hephaestus said, she immediately got on the chariot.Sitting on the chariot she had longed for, Artemis smiled like a child. After thanking Hephaestus cheerfully, she motioned for her younger brother to come up together to learn about the chariot. Live the joy and carefreeness of the sky.

"Thank you, dear Hephaestus, I will come back to play wonderful music for you some other day." Apollo said sincerely, and after smiling brightly at Hephaestus, he jumped into the chariot.

The moment Hephaestus nodded, the chariot flashed across the sky like a beautiful shooting star, leaving only the sparkling golden light that reflected the day.

As the god of light, Apollo himself was as gentle as sunshine, and Hephaestus naturally treated the god who treated him sincerely.Compared with other goddesses of Mount Olympus, Artemis is indeed much more pleasing to the eye.Building a magic car is just a matter of effort, so why not do it if you can gain the favor of the two of them?Anyway, Huo Qilin told him to let him figure it out, so he can do whatever he wants.Thinking of this, the corners of Hephaestus' mouth raised unconsciously.

On the other side, the deepest abyss under the ground.

Hades passed the triple shady curtain and stopped in front of the three iron walls behind the shady curtain. Looking at the prisoners of the Titan Protoss guarded by the hundred-armed giants in front of him, there was a cold light in his eyes.

Hypnos, who was standing not far away, rolled his eyes at the Titans.

The Titans, unwilling to be defeated and making small moves, offended His Majesty Hades this time, and chose to resist when their king was about to go to the holy mountain of Olympus, which forced them to temporarily stop going to the holy mountain. The journey returns to the abyss.

Even from a distance of one meter, he could feel their majesty's obvious displeasure and the intense coldness emanating from their bodies.

very pitiful…

Hypnos sneered at the Titans, angering the Lord of Hell...

May their majesty be gentler.

And in fact, if Hades could treat these Titan captives with tenderness, he would not be regarded as the coldest and darkest god by the gods of Mount Olympus.Before, he treated these captives coldly, at least they were relatively free within the triple iron wall.

But now?Hades frowned, his eyes getting colder.

He narrowed the space in the iron wall, enlarged the burning river of flames around, and then summoned the most vicious monster in hell, Hydra, who has fifty heads with bloody mouths open to guard.Then began to strengthen the seal with the power of Hades.

Although the process of strengthening the prison where the Titan captives were sealed was not cumbersome, it was indeed time-consuming.

It was already a few days after he finished all this.

He returned to the upper level of hell by stepping on the stairs leading to the top. He barely relaxed his frown until he could not hear the unwilling curses and angry roars of the Titan captives.

And in the past few days, the Olympus Mountain is another scene...

The reason is that Aphrodite, the body of love and beauty, suddenly gave birth to a child, a baby with golden curly temples and a bow and arrow of love-Eros.

This is undoubtedly breaking news. You must know that Aphrodite came to the palace of Vulcan Hephaestus to look for him just a few days ago.As a result, after a few days of absence, a baby was born. According to the time, it should have been conceived a few days before marrying Vulcan, so this baby is undoubtedly the seed of Ares, the god of war.

Most of the gods who heard the news despised Aphrodite, but at the same time cast a sympathetic look at Hephaestus, and they all agreed with his move to drive Aphrodite out of the Vulcan palace.Ares, the god of war, is very unpopular in Mount Olympus because of his fiery and irritable personality, bloody cruelty and love for killing. These gods don't like him very much. , They all hold the mentality of watching a good show, looking forward to the fight between Vulcan and God of War, and it is best to see the scene of God of War being ruthlessly suppressed.

Hephaestus smiled indifferently. If he had a trace of guilt for marrying Aphrodite and driving her away before, that trace of guilt is gone now.As the god of love and beauty, Aphrodite is in charge of the growth and reproduction of all living things. She is pregnant with a child, so how could she not know it?And she knew that she was pregnant with Ares' child, and she came to him frequently, saying that she wanted to have some kind of loving union with him. Thinking about it, she felt extremely disgusting.

Anyway, Eros will be born sooner or later, and Aphrodite is just an insignificant troublesome person to him.

For insignificant people, Hephaestus didn't bother to talk to them.It's just that sometimes he ignores it, but it doesn't mean that the trouble won't come up on its own.

So when Aphrodite appeared in front of him with a little boy carrying a golden bow of love, Hephaestus had the urge to throw the man and woman into the toilet, provided that there was a toilet.

So what is going on here?

Seeing the provocative brat Eros sticking out his tongue at him, Hephaestus frowned, resisting the urge to whip him away.

Aphrodite didn't know what Hephaestus was thinking at this time, she just hugged her child and stared with admiration at the man in front of her who made her heart flutter.However, it has only been a few days since I saw him, and he seems to be much more handsome, with a slender and well-proportioned figure, exuding a strong charm.Not knowing what to think of, Aphrodite blushed suddenly.

When she blushed, Hephaestus's face immediately darkened, and he said in a bad tone, "What? I haven't come for a few days, and now I'm here, and I brought a seed?"

When Aphrodite heard it, she said aggrievedly: "What a lovely child Eros is, he is as cute as a flying beautiful white dove, so mischievous and lovable, I thought you would like Hephaestus Yes." She said it very naturally, as if it was inconceivable that Hephaestus did not like Eros.

Hephaestus couldn't help but rolled his eyes, he must be sick.Not to mention that he doesn't like Eros itself, and this woman brought herself and Ares's child to him, is she trying to make trouble for him or make trouble for him!Fortunately, he was Hephaestus with a different core. If it was the original one, he might have been chopped with an ax by now.And it seems that the woman in front of him is not conscious at all. Hephaestus held his forehead weakly, and said to Aphrodite patiently: "Bring your lovely little white dove to Ares. There, you two go together, believe me, he will absolutely love it."

Unexpectedly, just after he finished speaking, before Aphrodite answered, Eros in her arms spoke first: "Mother, is this the guy who makes your heart flutter?" He glanced back and forth as he spoke. Hephaestus, his eyes were full of provocation: "It's not that bad! But he is also a stupid poor guy whose eyes are blinded by dark clouds. The turbid smoke makes him unable to see your beauty clearly." The translation is: open your eyes. blindness!

Hephaestus understood instantly, raised his eyebrows, put his hands on his shoulders and said: "I said, little white pigeon, dare you put the smoke in your house, and you say that being deceived is being deceived? But I am still a poor person. One of you A white dove, a white lotus, and a fighting madman are a perfect match!"

Eros swallowed, "You..."

"What are you! Go slowly, don't send it off!" Hephaestus interrupted him angrily, and raised his hand, indicating that this kid can get out.

Seeing this, Aphrodite had tears in her eyes, "Hephaestus, how could you treat my lovely Eros like this. You were obviously not like this before, you were so gentle...so considerate to me before, why now... Now..." She started to choke up as she spoke.

Hephaestus' face froze, and a sentence suddenly popped up in his mind: To be gentle with you is to be cruel to myself, and I don't want to be cruel to myself.

"My beautiful mother, let me punish this stupid and ignorant guy for you. I want him to love you so much that he will never forget his own life!" Eros angrily pulled out his golden bow and aimed Hephaestus shot a golden arrow in a flash.

The arrow left the golden bow, driving the gust of wind to rattle.

Hephaestus keenly sensed the movement, and when he was about to dodge, suddenly a black figure flashed in front of him.

The golden arrow pierced through the clothes and penetrated the skin, and shot into the shoulder of the person in front of him in an instant.