[Greek Mythology] The Ugly God's Counterattack

In front of Hephaestus, the white light dissipated, and a huge and empty stone cave appeared. In the cave, a burly and bearded man with his upper body naked was beating an iron tool in his hand vigorously.

The small sparks from the friction of the iron hit the ugly face of the big man, and after a while, the dark face of the big man was illuminated.

This big man with a long beard had bright red long hair. Seeing that the ironware was almost finished, the big man stopped his movements and picked up the newly smelted long sword and put it on the other side.While the big man was walking, Hephaestus clearly saw the big man's limping and abnormal posture.

This person, no, is this god, without a doubt the original Vulcan, the original Vulcan in Greek mythology!

Hephaestus' eyes widened in surprise, and he subconsciously wanted to step forward to find out, but just as he lifted his footsteps, the scene in front of him changed again.

The picture that appeared this time was no longer an empty cave, but a magnificent palace.In the palace named Vulcan, Aphrodite, who appears in the picture, is embracing and kissing warmly on the bed with Ares, the god of war.

They were entangled together as if they had no other people's forgetfulness, and the crackling sound reminded Hephaestus of the situation when he reversed the design of Aphrodite and Ares.

And the scene presented to him now is just like that at that time...

Vulcan opened an exquisite golden net, covering Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty, and Ares, the god of war, who were entangled with each other.

The gods of Olympus looked at the ugly God of Beauty and God of War with contempt in their eyes.

Almost the same scene, except that Vulcan in the picture is crippled and ugly.

For a moment, Hephaestus suddenly felt that his chest was constricted, as if a huge stone was pressing there, which made him feel extremely heavy.

However, before he could figure out the reason, the scene in front of him changed again...

The picture is no longer an empty huge stone cave that can hear echoes, nor is it a magnificent Vulcan Palace, but a beautiful and colorful holy land of joy.

In this holy land of joy, several beautiful goddesses are playing and playing. Hephaestus saw the figures of Athena, Aphrodite and Persephone in the picture, and they were happily gathered together. flower picking.

Then Persephone saw the most beautiful flower in the beautiful meadow, she inadvertently left her friend and ran to the flower.

The innocent and pretty goddess raised a bright smile, and took off the seemingly harmless sacred flower that actually represented Hades—the narcissus.

And at the moment Persephone picked the daffodils, the scene began to change sharply, and then the ground began to crack.Four handsome black horses pulled Hades' chariot in front of Persephone, her resistance was so ineffective, Hades easily picked up the future Hades and disappeared into the dark kingdom of death.At the end of the picture, Hephaestus only saw the back of the black war horse running vigorously.

This time the picture didn't change anymore, only the black chariot was slowly moving away.Hephaestus said what it felt like not to appear in his heart, he lowered his eyes and did not speak for a long time.

Hades's heart tightened, his brows almost frowned, and he also saw all the scenes that just appeared one after another.At first, he was able to watch calmly, until the last picture appeared, no one was more shocked than him. The Pluto in the picture was himself, but not himself.Almost immediately, he looked at Hephaestus, eager to explain to him that the Pluto in the picture was not him.

Seeing Hephaestus lowering his eyebrows, Hades didn't care about revealing his identity, he took Hephaestus' hand and said eagerly and very seriously: "That's not me. "The simple four words contained what Hades wanted to express the most. Even when he said this, there was tension in his tone that he didn't even notice.

Hephaestus saw the tension in Hades' eyes, and held his hand back, "I know it's not you."

Those pictures were all things that should have happened in Greek mythology, and he didn't know what Helios' purpose was for letting him see these pictures.

But in this world of Greek mythology, such a sight is usually considered a harbinger of disaster.After thinking about it, Hephaestus still said: "The appearance of this kind of picture should be a phenomenon produced by Helios using white light. It may be called a mirage in modern times."

"Mirage?"

"Well," Hephaestus turned his gaze back to the front, and at this time, the previous picture had long since disappeared. "A phenomenon produced by the refraction of light. The temperature below the trunk is high and the density is high, while the temperature above the trunk is low and the density is low..." roughly explained the principle of the mirage to Hades.

After Hephaestus finished speaking, Hades frowned, "How could Helios know how to use modern principles?"

"I don't know." Hephaestus shook his head. "This is also a question that puzzles me. I also don't know the purpose of Helios asking me to read these."

As soon as Hephaestus finished speaking, there was a laugh in front of him: "Hahaha, what purpose can I have!"

While speaking, the figure of Helios suddenly appeared from the weeds below. He stood on the tree trunk in front of Hephaestus and the others, and smiled very flamboyantly at the vigilant Hephaestus: "Sure enough, I brought another person."

His words were obviously aimed at Hades.

When Hephaestus heard this, he crossed his arms and smiled ironically: "The note says a person, and Hades is a god." He specially emphasized the word "person".

Listening to Hephaestus' nonsense, Helios smiled even brighter, as if he didn't mind Hades coming here at all.He looked at Hephaestus, a bright light flashed in his eyes, and he joked, "I didn't expect you to exploit such a loophole."

Hephaestus shrugged, noncommittal to Helios' words.

"Dear Hephaestus, this is the second time we meet, don't be so cold." Helios pretended to be received by Hephaestus.

Hephaestus ignored him, but went straight to the point, "Where are Kalis and Hera?"

While Hephaestus was speaking, Hades had also taken off the invisible helmet.

Glancing at Hades, who was showing his figure, Helios' eyes were a little cold, and he quickly turned his gaze back to Hephaestus, shaking his fingers slightly on his cheek: "No, because it is Dear Hephaestus broke the rules first."

Hephaestus' face was gloomy: "So you're not going to tell me where Karis and Hera are?"

Helios opened his mouth and smiled: "Yes." Then he emphasized it again with great regret: "Because it was my dear Hephaestus who broke the rules first."

This time Hephaestus didn't speak, and Hades spoke first: "Since you don't want to say it, I can only bring you back to the abyss now."

As soon as Hades finished speaking, Helios covered his stomach and laughed as if he had heard some joke, "Naive Lord Pluto, this is Bolesia Island, not your underworld, where you are standing now It's all within my controllable range." He said, and then pointed to the black cloudy fog above: "See, those fogs contain deadly poison, even if gods smell it, they may not live long. You guys The reason why I was able to come in safely is that I deliberately lured the poison away when you came in. I really don’t know where your confidence comes from! Lord Pluto?” Helios’s tone of voice rose in the last few words, which seemed extraordinarily sarcastic.

Hades' expression remained unchanged, and he said something irrelevant: "So Thanatos didn't find you because you have been hiding here."

Helios corrected: "It's not hiding, it's taking a short rest." After finishing speaking, he turned to Hephaestus and looked at him with meaningful eyes: "Dear Hephaestus, don't you realize Does he seem to be very dependent on Hades now?"

Hephaestus was slightly stunned, but only for a moment, and soon returned to normal: "I trust him, and I don't feel wrong to rely on him."

"Really..." Helios raised his eyebrows, "I thought..."

"Stop talking nonsense." Hephaestus interrupted him directly, "I don't think you can beat me and Hades, and I will ask you one last time, where are Kalis and Hera."

"Yeah!" Helios spread his hands: "Would it be unfair for you and Hades to join forces to deal with me?"

Even so, Helios's expression was very relaxed, and he didn't look worried at all.

"We can actually have a peaceful conversation instead of using force." Helios said, glanced at Hades, and then turned to Hephaestus: "What do you think?"

"Are you talking..." Hephaestus repeated, and after looking at Hades, he asked, "What do you want to talk about?"

"Of course it's about what you're interested in!" Helios said quickly, "For example, the red shard?"

Hephaestus' eyes turned cold: "You really know a lot!"

Helios squinted his eyes, very proud: "I know more things you don't know, do you want me to tell you..." There was a hint of temptation in his tone.

"Will you tell me if I ask you?"

"Of course!" Helios said, "But I want to talk to you alone, I don't want other people to intervene." As he spoke, he glanced at Hades beside Hephaestus intentionally or unintentionally.

Hephaestus replied without thinking, "No."

Unexpectedly, he would answer so simply, Helios was stunned for a moment, and then teased: "Why, are you afraid that I will do something to you?"

Not wanting to continue entanglement with the second-generation sun god in front of him with meaningless words, Hephaestus drew out his long whip and said impatiently: "It seems that talking too much is useless, I'd better bring you back to the abyss."

"Dear Hephaestus, how can you be so simple and rude!" Helios deliberately lowered his voice, "I was going to tell you a secret."