[Greek Mythology] The Ugly God's Counterattack

Sensing the two figures following behind him again, Zeus knew that Hades was with Hephaestus again without turning his head.Hephaestus reacted so strongly to Helios taking Hera and the others away, and he could guess that the other party would follow them back to Mount Olympus.Just thinking that Hades followed Hephaestus so closely, and the two stayed together almost all the time, he was very unhappy, and even accelerated a lot.

Hephaestus and Hades followed at the rear, Zeus was the leader, Hermes was right behind Zeus, and Apollo was beside Hermes.

Why didn't Apollo drive his sun chariot back to Olympus?

In fact, Hephaestus wanted to ask this question very much, but in view of the more serious atmosphere now, he swallowed the words back.

Hades thought for a while, looked at Hephaestus slightly sideways, and asked in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Do you have something to say to me?" When he woke up, he saw that the other party was hesitant to speak.

"Well," Hephaestus nodded, with a serious expression, and then relayed the arias that echoed in his mind when he lost consciousness to Hades verbatim.

Those weird chants were all issued by the dead spirits of Teskes from the underworld. Perhaps Hades could help him figure out the deep meaning of them, and it might have something to do with the underworld.

Looking at Hades who was lost in thought because of his words, Hephaestus is now thankful that he could clearly hear and remember those weird chants in an environment with a splitting headache.

"How?" After a while, he glanced at Hermes and the others who were seriously flying in front of him, and then asked Hades in the same low voice: "Have those undead in the underworld chanted similar words?"

"No," Hades said with certainty.

Indeed, judging from those strange chants alone, nothing can be seen at all.

Hephaestus sighed softly, put the chanting aside temporarily, and turned to another question that concerned him very much: "If Helios' goal is the red shards, then he will take them away. Karis, perhaps it means that the red shard is not on Helios at this time, but was hidden by Karis, and the arrest of Karis may be to make her speak." He paused, and then said: " But why did they take Hera away? Could it be by the way?"

Hephaestus' tone was serious.

As soon as he finished speaking, Hades had a faint smile in his eyes: "Can the queen be taken away by the way?" His tone was slightly teasing.

Hephaestus curled his lips slightly, and stopped talking.

At this time, Zeus in front of him also suddenly turned his head back. The scene of Hephaestus and Hades standing side by side and close to each other made him feel very dazzling, so his tone was a little impatient: "What were you whispering just now? No Are you worried about the situation of Hera and Karis, why are they chatting now!" The latter sentence was obviously addressed to Hephaestus.

Hephaestus didn't answer. He glanced at Zeus lightly, then looked away, and then consciously speeded up.

When they arrived at Mount Olympus, Rhea saw Zeus and the others from a distance outside the temple, so she strode to her son and welcomed them back into the temple.

As soon as Zeus entered the temple, before Zeus could speak, Hephaestus first asked Rhea: "Honorable Mother Goddess Rhea, can Helios and the red-haired man take away my mother and Karis?" Tell me about your specific situation.” Hephaestus bowed politely: “Please.” He knew that Zeus, the king of the gods, should not speak first, but now that the situation is special, he also took care of it. Forget about the little details.

Rhea is not familiar with Hephaestus, nor is it completely unfamiliar.She looked at Hades beside Hephaestus, and then at Zeus, seeing that there was no displeasure on his son's face, she turned her gaze back to Hephaestus.Organized the language and recalled: "I felt a little unusual from the fluctuation of time passing, so I used my divine power to perceive what happened, and found that after the time stagnation appeared in the Karis palace, when I rushed over, it happened that I saw the back of Karis and Hera being taken away by Helios and the masked man."

"Why is the Queen of Heaven in Karis' palace?" Apollo asked very curiously.

Rhea sighed softly: "I don't know why." She is the goddess of time, who can perceive time fluctuations, but cannot perceive the inner thoughts of other gods.

Hearing what she said, Hermes and Zeus frowned. Unanswerable questions are sometimes the key.

Hephaestus pursed his lips, and Hades seemed to know what he was thinking, and asked what he was going to say next: "Mother God, did Helios leave any words?"

Rhea shook her head slightly: "No, I didn't say anything."

Rhea's words made the surroundings suddenly quiet.

No words were left, meaning they couldn't really define where their side was at right now.

Hephaestus rubbed his temples a little irritably, feeling a little depressed.

Rhea recalled the scene carefully, and Helios and the red-haired man appeared in her mind.

Helios grabbed Karis, and Hera was taken away by the red-haired man...

Rhea's gaze inadvertently glanced at Hephaestus who was rubbing his temples, and his body gave a sharp pause.

Seeing this, Zeus, who was closest to her, thought his mother goddess remembered something, and asked, "What else is missing?"

"No... no," Rhea waved her hand, staring straight at Hephaestus, and after scanning his whole body up and down, her eyes suddenly became complicated.

Of course Hephaestus also noticed the obvious sizing up of himself.He carefully observed Rhea's face, and then asked tentatively: "Mother Rhea, did I remind you of something?"

Rhea lowered her eyebrows as if she was in deep thought, and raised her eyes after a while, but instead of replying to Hephaestus, she asked Hades, "I heard that Hephaestus stayed with you in the underworld?"

"Well," Hades replied, glancing at Hephaestus.

After getting the answer, Rhea looked at Zeus again: "Are you and Hermes looking for Hephaestus?"

Zeus nodded, knowing she was referring to the short time he was away from Mount Olympus.

Rhea asked again: "When you saw Hephaestus, Hades was there?"

"Yes, Mother God." Zeus answered very simply, but... "Mother God, why do you ask these?" Why did you suddenly ask questions surrounding Hephaestus.

Zeus didn't know why, but Hephaestus himself could probably guess why.It may be that Rhea found that the red-haired man was exactly the same as his figure, so he suspected that the red-haired man who robbed Hera and Karis was him.This question is just to confirm whether it is possible for him to commit the crime at that time.

Obviously Hades also understood Rhea's meaning. He looked at Hephaestus, but he said to Rhea: "Mother God, Hephaestus stole from Helios and the red-haired man. He was with me before Tianhou, and has been with me until now."

With Zeus' words and Hades' words, Rhea ruled out the suspicion of Hephaestus.

Hephaestus took the initiative to ask: "Mother Rhea, is that red-haired man similar to me?"

Rhea shook her head: "It's not just similar, I look at you now, and I think you have exactly the same body shape."

Rhea's words reminded Hermes of the guy who was similar to Hephaestus that Poseidon said before, and he suggested that Hephaestus should ask Aphrodite about the situation.Now it seems that Hephaestus is indeed inextricably linked with that guy.

Concentrating his mind, Hermes said to Rhea: "Goddess Rhea, we can go to Karis's palace to look for it now, maybe there will be some unexpected discoveries." His words naturally changed the topic from Hermes attracted by Phaistos.

Zeus also nodded in agreement, then looked around, and said with his majesty as the king of the gods: "Don't let other gods know about Hera's being kidnapped."

"Understood." Apollo responded, Hermes also nodded.

Such an important matter as Tianhou being robbed must not be leaked. This is not only related to the majesty of the God King, but also the majesty of the entire Olympus Mountain.

"Goddess, you go back to your palace first, and I will take care of the rest." After Zeus finished speaking, he said to Apollo, "Apollo, you also go back first, just pretend nothing happened."

Apollo put his right hand on his chest: "Father God, if it is useful, I will do my best."

"Well," Zeus waved his hand, indicating that Apollo can go out.

Hephaestus said, "I'll go to the palace of Karis first." Then he also turned and walked towards the door.

Hades nodded goodbye to Rhea, then strode after Hephaestus.

In the temple, there are only Rhea, Zeus and Hermes who have not returned to the palace.

Rhea sighed, and her tone was a little subtle: "It seems that Hades really fell in love with Hephaestus." The one she always thought... the indifference and coldness always buried her head in her work, and she didn't care about anything. The eldest son who didn't care, now... unexpectedly fell in love.

As the first child conceived in her womb, Rhea's feelings for Hades are not very deep. If there is, it is a little bit of a debt. After all, Hades was swallowed by Cronus , but one swallow is hundreds of years.If Hades can be with Hephaestus, she will not object, as a mother owes her child, maybe she will help Hades suddenly.

Rhea's subtle expression was seen by Hermes and Zeus. Hermes frowned, and Zeus sneered: "Mother God, Hephaestus is the god of fire on Mount Olympus."

At the same moment, Karis' palace.

Hephaestus and Hades searched separately in the palace of Kalis, and soon Hephaestus found a note on the cabinet in Kalis' room.

Open it and look, there is a line of words written on it: I want to bring back Hera and Karis, let Hephaestus go to the island of Bellesia alone, remember, it is a person.