[Greek Mythology] The Ugly God's Counterattack

Hades' words made Hephaestus fall into thought again.

Besides weakening divine power, does it have other effects?

Other effects... what would it be?

Hephaestus carefully recalled the situation at that time. At that time, he only felt that his divine power was being restricted and slowly weakening.

Now it seems that the strange magnetic field has other functions.Assuming that Hera and Karis have been in that place all the time, their divine power will gradually weaken. If I haven't rushed to them when their divine power has weakened to the point where they are gone, what will happen to the two of them?

When all the divine power disappears, what will happen to Hera and Karis under that weird magnetic field, will the various functions of the body slowly degenerate to stop?Or…

"The body will gradually shrink until it returns to the appearance of a child." Hephaestus expressed his guess.

While he was speaking, Hades also said four words:

"Back in time."

Hephaestus and Hades looked at each other, seeing surprise in each other's eyes.

Although this is just a guess, once you have this kind of guess in your heart, some ideas can be easily connected in series.Pursing his lips, when Hephaestus was about to say something, Hades shook his head slightly, made a silent movement, and then

Pointed to the front.

Hephaestus was taken aback, and after looking in the direction of Hades' finger, he immediately understood.It turned out that they had arrived at Mount Olympus before they knew it.

It is indeed not suitable to talk about the content just now. After a moment of silence, Hephaestus turned his head and said to Karis who was not far away from them: "Karis, you go change your clothes first." Looking at Hades: "Let's go find Hermes."

As for why it wasn't Zeus, Hephaestus said that he just didn't want to see him.

When he and Hades went to the palace of Hermes, all the maids or waiters passing by along the way all carefully peeked at him with admiring eyes.

Hephaestus frowned, could it be that Fire Qilin did something?Thinking this way, another maid happened to pass by him with adoring eyes, and Hephaestus immediately grabbed the maid's arm: "Wait a minute."

Unexpectedly, Hephaestus would hold her back. The maid looked flattered, and her tone was trembling with excitement: "You...what do you want from me?"

When Hephaestus was thinking about how to speak, Hades came over, gently pulled his hand away from the maid, glanced at the maid indifferently, and asked seemingly inadvertently: "You all admire He Huai so much. Storrs?"

The maid was a little afraid of Hades, but I don't know if it was because of Hephaestus next to her, or for some other reason.The maid looked very excited at this time, and when Hades asked, she answered after thinking about it: "Of course!" She clasped her hands on her chest, and looked at Hephaestus' eyes that were about to burst into golden light: " His Highness Hephaestus is too powerful, not only can he build a gorgeous palace, but he can also quickly create a beautiful woman."

Hephaestus frowned even tighter: "Beautiful woman?"

"Yes, that woman named Pandora is really beautiful, and she has also received the blessings of the gods." The maid looked intoxicated: "It's really enviable, if only I was so beautiful..." The maid said the last sentence in a low voice, almost inaudible.

Even if he said it loudly, Hephaestus would not care, because after the maid said the previous sentence, Hephaestus' attention was already on the three words Pandora.

Pandora!

This name is not unfamiliar to him at all, and in a certain way is very familiar.These three characters not only represent a woman, but also involve the source of all evils - Pandora's box.

Hades looked at Hephaestus, who was downcast and didn't know what he was thinking, and waved to the maid to signal that she could leave.

Although the maid was puzzled by Hephaestus' performance, she didn't dare to say anything in front of Hades, the king of the underworld, so she bowed, turned and left.

Hephaestus raised his eyes and looked at Hades: "Fire Qilin used my identity to create Pandora. I think he didn't just want to punish human beings for being simple-minded. There should be other important factors that prompted Fire Qilin to do that... "It's not so much that he told Hades, it's better to say that he repeated the information again and again.

"Well," Hades responded softly, and then interrogated: "Now go ask Hermes about what happened?"

Hephaestus nodded, and the two walked again to Hermes' palace.

In Greek mythology, Hephaestus recorded the woman Pandora very clearly, because as the God of Vulcan, the relationship between this woman and himself made him particularly impressed.

Pandora, and Pandora's Box.

Hephaestus, the god of fire and craftsmen, made a very beautiful and charming woman out of clay, and the woman was blessed by all the gods of Olympus.Zeus, the king of the gods, gave it to Prometheus' younger brother Epimetheus the latter.Epimetheus was originally stupid, coupled with Pandora's deliberate temptation, he immediately indulged in beauty, forgot his brother Prometheus told him not to accept anything from Zeus, and happily accepted it. This beautiful gift.

This beautiful woman held a beautiful box in both hands, walked up to Epimetheus and suddenly opened the box, the disaster inside flew out like a puff of black smoke, and quickly spread to the ground.Pandora took advantage of the last thing in the box—Hope, before it flew out, and closed the box heavily.Since then, all kinds of disasters have filled the earth, sky and sea.Diseases spread among men day and night, raging, and silently, because Zeus did not let them make a sound.Diseases are rampant on the earth, and the god of death is reaping souls in the world like flying.

There are many versions about Pandora, but Hephaestus only remembered the version that Fire Qilin stuffed into his mind.

The information he and Hades got from Hermes was nothing more than that Fire Qilin used his identity to pinch Pandora in front of the gods, and then the gods sent blessings.In fact, he couldn't understand why Zeus agreed to Huo Qilin's request even though he had already seen through that Huo Qilin was not the real him.Is it just because Zeus wanted to punish Prometheus?

Hephaestus was thinking while listening to Hermes' reply.When the other party said that Fire Qilin made another exquisite box, and the totem on the box was the same as the totem above his eyes, Hephaestus suddenly came out of his thoughts, and his voice was raised a lot unconsciously : "You said the totem on the box is the same as my totem here?" He pointed to his forehead and confirmed.

Hermes' eyes fell on the totem above the corner of Hephaestus' eyes, and nodded, "It's exactly the same." After speaking, he looked at Hades, then at Hephaestus, and suddenly frowned : "It seems that you all know the real identity of the guy pretending to be you."

Hearing Hermes' tentative question, Hephaestus subconsciously looked at Hades, and after exchanging glances with him, he said, "Let's call that guy Fire Qilin. Not sure." After all, the claim that Fire Qilin is the original Vulcan is outrageous, so outrageous that even gods would not easily believe it.

Hermes nodded slightly, and continued: "Only His Majesty the God King opened the box. Except for him, all the gods present did not know what was inside the box."

Hephaestus frowned. It stands to reason that once Pandora's box is opened, disaster will be released, but now it seems that nothing happened at all.Sure enough, it was Fire Qilin who had tampered with the box!Thinking of this, Hephaestus suddenly felt an uncomfortable feeling in his heart, and the hand hanging beside him clenched unconsciously.

Sensing Hephaestus' emotions keenly, Hades patted his shoulder, and then looked at Hermes: "Have you asked Zeus what is in the box?"

As soon as he asked, Hephaestus immediately fixed his gaze on Hermes' face.

Hermes said: "I have asked, His Majesty the God King said that there is nothing in the box, it is empty."

"Empty!" Hephaestus was stunned for a moment, and then said in a deep voice, "It can't be as simple as being empty, there must be other conspiracy."

"Where is that guy now?" He immediately asked, although he knew that Hermes, the god of voyeurs, might not know where Fire Qilin was going, but he still had a glimmer of hope.

"Not in Mount Olympus." Hermes replied simply: "He left after making the box."

Hephaestus was a little annoyed: "Why can't you find a way to support the fire unicorn!" He really couldn't understand why Zeus would let that guy leave.

"Gaia, it was the goddess Gaia who took him away." Hermes recalled: "At that time, His Majesty the God King asked me to hold him up, and then the goddess Gaia came, without saying why , but insisted on taking the Huo Qilin away."

"How could His Majesty the God King be afraid of Gaia..." In Hephaestus' impression, Gaia was not enough to make Zeus afraid.

"Who else is here besides Gaia?" Hades asked.

"Poseidon, Poseidon, the sea emperor, and the goddess Gaia came together. After they came, His Majesty the God King let me go." Hermes narrowed his eyes and said very narrowly: " I guess that Goddess Gaia and Poseidon reached a certain kind of agreement, and the promotion of this agreement restrained His Majesty the God King in some way."

Hermes' words made him fall into thinking.It must not be a simple matter for Zeus to deliberately dismiss his right-hand man Hermes.Will be restrained by Gaia and involve Poseidon at the same time, which reminds Hephaestus that in Greek mythology, Zeus, Poseidon and Hades draw lots to decide who will be in charge of the sea, the underworld and the sky. thing.

Could it be that Gaia was threatened by Zeus cheating to get the Lord of the Sky?But why would Gaia know about this, then...Hades?

Hephaestus subconsciously looked at Hades.

Hermes secretly observed Hephaestus and Hades, his eyes glanced back and forth between the two faces, he opened his mouth, and when he was about to say something, Hephaestus suddenly said: "Hermes Si, we have something urgent to do, so let's go first."

After finishing speaking, without looking at Hermes, he directly pulled Hades and left.

"Hephaest..." Before Hermes could stop him, the figures of Hephaestus and Hades had already disappeared in front of him.

I don't know why Hephaestus suddenly pulled him away in such a hurry, Hades quietly followed Hephaestus' footsteps, his eyes fell on the hands of the two, and there was a touch of warmth in his eyes.After they took back the helmet from Karis, he asked, "What important thing did you think of just now?"

"Well," Hephaestus nodded, looking at Hades very seriously: "We are going to a place now."

"where?"

"The underworld," Hephaestus paused, "to be precise...the abyss of the underworld."

Hades was taken aback for a moment, without asking the reason, he opened the corner of his mouth, and only said one word: "Okay."

It was the third time he came to the underworld, and unlike the previous two times, Hephaestus was extraordinarily serious this time.He looked at Hades beside him, and suddenly he was glad that this guy was by his side.

Feeling Hephaestus' gaze, Hades turned his head and looked at him too: "What's wrong?"

"Hades, I have to tell you something."

"Oh?" Hades raised his eyebrows: "What things?"

"When the fire unicorn brought me into this world, it instilled stories about this world in my mind." Speaking of this, Hephaestus paused, and moved away from Hades' eyes. Gaze, turned his head to the front, and said quietly: "Fire Qilin instilled in my mind everything that he lived in Greek mythology as the original god of fire and everything that happened. So I know the Greek mythology that Fire Qilin lived in. All the things of all the gods in the world, past, present, and even...the future." He was still unwilling to tell Hades that Greek mythology itself is just a series of stories, and Hades is just a character in a book.After all, compared to this, he is more willing to believe that Greek mythology itself is the world of existence, existing in a certain parallel space.

When he said this, he kept looking forward, and he didn't turn his eyes back to Hades after he finished speaking.Maybe it's a little evasive...

There was silence in the air for half a second, and Hades' hand was suddenly placed on his shoulder.The body was straightened by the opponent, and Hephaestus raised his eyes. After seeing Hades' serious expression, he suddenly hesitated, clenched his fists unconsciously, and waited quietly for the opponent to speak.

"I'm glad that the world I'm in is different from what you know." He spoke slowly, each word clearly: "Because the Hades of that world married Persephone, and the world of this world I'm in love with you."

Unexpectedly, Hades would say that, Hephaestus was stunned.He met the other's eyes, and the love inside was so obvious that it was almost overflowing.

This is the first time Hades really told him his love. It is different from the domineering when he first hit the golden arrow of love, and also different from the insinuating expression when he was on the island of Bellesia. It is a real and true confession. .

Heart throbbing in response to Hades' words, Hephaestus just looked into his eyes, not knowing what to say for a while.

Hades' hand moved slowly up from Hephaestus' shoulder to his face, then slowly slid across his cheek, fingers lightly touching his eyes.

Because of Hades' actions, Hephaestus closed his eyes subconsciously.And just because he closed his eyes, his other senses seemed to be magnified and became more acute. He could feel that Hades was looking at him with burning eyes.

Hades' hand moved up and down from his eyes, across the high bridge of his nose, and finally stopped on his lips.

The moment his cool fingers touched his lips, Hephaestus trembled slightly imperceptibly.

Hades chuckled, the low laughter had an indescribable charm, Hephaestus was taken aback, and immediately opened his eyes.The goal was Hades' handsome face, and the other's lips were pressed against his.

Lips touched lips, Hades didn't go any further, just stuck to each other, the coldness of the past and the love at this time were completely fused together, with the taste of belonging to Hades.

His lips stuck to his lips for a while, then moved away, and moved his body forward, whispering softly next to his ear, pious and anxious words sprayed into his ear with heat, causing each other to faintly tremble: "Since you have If you changed the world, continue to change me."

He stood up straight again, his eyes tightened: "Use everything you know to continue to change my future."

Hephaestus trembled all over, his Adam's apple moved, and his calm breathing became thicker because of his words, as if he was trying to suppress the surging emotions.A few seconds later, he took a deep breath, slapped Hades on the shoulder fiercely, and said half-jokingly: "It's not like I'm acting in an emotional drama, why are you talking so provocatively!"

Hearing Hephaestus's words, Hades' eyes gradually dimmed, and his next words made Hades' eyes brighten, "Since I have changed you, my lord, I have to be responsible to the end no matter what, right."

Hades nodded hastily.

Hephaestus smiled and coughed: "Now let's get down to business. The containment mentioned by Hermes reminds me of you, Zeus and Poseidon drawing lots to divide the domain." After a pause, he pondered How should I tell Hades about the tricks, but Hades didn't expect to speak first: "Containment means that Zeus cheated to get the Lord of the Sky?"

Hephaestus was taken aback, a little surprised: "You know?!" He actually knew about Zeus' cheating!

It is clearly not recorded in Greek mythology that Hades, the king of the underworld, knew about this.

Although surprised, it was only for a moment, and Hephaestus was relieved soon.Because Hades standing in front of him now is not the Pluto in the story.

Strong, wise, calm, this is the Hades he knew.So even if such Hades knows these things, it is not surprising.

Hades nodded slightly, thought for a while, and said, "At that time, no one except me found out."

"So Poseidon doesn't know about it," Hephaestus frowned. "Could it be that Gaia told him? But Gaia shouldn't be there at that time."

"It should be known from the fire unicorn." Hades's gaze sank: "If the matter of Zeus cheating to obtain the god position is leaked, the impact will be too great. It is very unwise for Gaia to use this matter to restrain Zeus."

Hephaestus rubbed his temples: "I was surprised that Gaia would come out at this time, I don't know what benefits Fire Qilin promised her." After speaking, he sighed softly: "I always feel Fire Qilin is planning a big conspiracy."

Starting from the initial small flame form, the counterattack mission, and then Typhon, the giant race, Helios, and Cronus, these criminals were released one by one.And the Fire Qilin has been guiding them to a certain direction.Now there is the last red fragment left. At this time, Hephaestus does not know whether it is good or bad for him to find these fragments.

While the two were talking, they had already reached an iron gate in the underworld.

Hades looked at the door in front of him: "Are you going to ask Tartarus?" He asked Hephaestus.

"Well, judging from the questions Tartarus answered at that time, he should know a lot of things. At that time, he said to remain neutral, but now that Gaia is involved, no matter what I want to involve him." He Huai Stors narrowed his eyes: "It's not so easy to stay out of the matter from the perspective of a bystander..."

The abyss, located in the deepest part of hell.The distance between it and the underworld is like the distance between the sky and the underworld.It would probably take more than a light-year for a mortal to arrive.

The god of the abyss, Tartarus, is even more powerful.Although Gaia, the goddess of the earth, was born before him, in the hearts of the gods, I am afraid that the respect for Tartarus is far more than Gaia, the mother of the gods, because it is a kind of respect for the strong that is integrated into the bone marrow .However, among these gods, Hades and Hephaestus were not included.

When the two arrived at the abyss, after entering the palace of Tartarus, the lord of the abyss seemed to have known that they would come to visit, and sat very lazily on the stone chair, as if he had been waiting for them for a long time.

After being taken aback for a moment, Hephaestus returned to normal, straightened his back, and walked towards Tartarus without haste.

Hades' expression didn't change. After all, apart from Hephaestus, there were few people or gods that could only arouse his interest.This point is no exception even if the first god Tartarus is sitting on the stone chair.

Not caring about Hades' indifference at all, Tartarus raised his eyebrows slightly, and after looking at Hephaestus, he pulled a not-so-bright smile, and said in a leisurely manner: "The two of you came here on purpose. Come on, what's the matter?"

Hephaestus did not answer directly, he pursed his lips, walked to the stone chair in front of Tartarus and sat down, looking at him at the same level: "You know."

Tartarus staggered his gaze, glanced at Hades who sat down with him, suddenly half-closed his eyes, and smiled meaningfully: "It seems that I am in trouble."

Not wanting to continue haha, Hephaestus frowned and decided to get straight to the point: "God of the abyss, Mother Goddess Gaia has already stepped in. As the first generation god of the same lineage as her, the neutrality you once said has been overturned. gone."

As if thinking about what Hephaestus said, Tartaros sat up straight after being silent for a moment, resting his chin on his hands, and looked at Hephaestus very intently.

Hephaestus didn't dodge either, letting him look at him.After a while, Tartarus suddenly smiled, and then said rather distressed: "Since Gaia did it, it has nothing to do with me anyway." He picked up the teacup on the table and drank it. a mouthful.

Hearing this, Hephaestus sneered, and said slightly ironically, "Where did the bond between you and Goddess Gaia give birth to Typhon, Your Highness Abyss?"

Unexpectedly, Hephaestus would say that, and Tartarus almost choked himself with a sip of tea.

However, Hephaestus seemed to be unaware of it, and continued: "The child is so old, although ugly is a bit ugly, but after all, he is also your seed. As his mother, he said it has nothing to do with you?"

Hephaestus' words made Tartarus dumbfounded, although only for a moment.

At this time, Hades, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said: "Gaia restrained Zeus and let Fire Qilin leave, and the reason is related to you."

The goddess of the earth is almost pathologically paranoid towards the god of the abyss, which is something that all the gods know well.But for Gaia to take the risk of causing turmoil in the God Realm, besides Tartaros, it is impossible for there to be another person.

He understood what Hades meant in seconds, and Hephaestus echoed: "God of the abyss, Goddess Gaia is obsessed with you. All the gods know that she is being used by the fire unicorn. I don't know what else she will do. Let’s not talk about the purpose of Fire Qilin, at least Gaia’s purpose is definitely you.”

Tartarus stared at Hephaestus's face for a few seconds, then looked at Hades, then turned his gaze to Hephaestus, and then laughed out loud: "Not yet." Husband and wife are already talking with one nostril! After talking so much and bringing out Typhon, just to pull me into the incident and keep me out of it?"

Hephaestus remained silent, and Hades said in a deep voice, "In this world, no one is a bystander."

Tartarus smiled, noncommittal to Hades' words.

After thinking for a while, Hephaestus looked into Tartarus' eyes and said very seriously: "Your Highness, you have known about the existence of the Fire Qilin from the very beginning, and you also know some important information that we don't know. But What you know will definitely not be everything, instead of watching boredly, it is better to participate with us. Changing the established things, breaking the old information, wouldn’t it be better to experience it yourself?”

After saying these words, Hephaestus stopped speaking, but waited quietly for Tartarus' answer.He was not sure whether the other side would agree to stand on their side, but this did not prevent him from saying this. If Tartarus chose to stand on their side, it would undoubtedly be very good.

Tartarus stood up suddenly, looked down at Hephaestus, his deep eyes gradually deepened, and a certain emotion surging in his eyes flashed past, so fast that Hephaestus had no time to catch it.Just when Hephaestus and Hades also stood up, Tartarus slightly opened his lips and said a word: "Okay."

Hearing the words he wanted to hear, Hephaestus breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, no matter what reason Tartarus agreed to him, it would not be harmful to them.And although Tartarus agreed to stand by them, he would only selectively tell them many things.He and Hades are also aware of this.Right now, it is better to ask some questions. With this thought, Hephaestus rolled his eyes and asked the sharpest question: "Your Highness, what is the purpose of the Fire Qilin?"

Tartaros raised his eyebrows and joked, "I'm in the mood so soon."

Hearing what he said, Hephaestus thought that the other party would not answer his question, so after hearing what the other party said in a second, he froze for a moment before reacting.

Tartarus said only two words: "Reverse."

"Reversal..." Hephaestus murmured softly, these two words made him feel very familiar, as if he had heard them somewhere.

Where did I hear it...

Suddenly, something flashed in my mind.

Hephaestus was taken aback suddenly.It's a spell!That strange chant!

Its last sentence is inversion!

Crimson flames, noble and hypocritical, break through, break free, design, and then - reverse!