She received the gift of God [Greek mythology]

"Kires."

The water snake hesitated for a moment, then spit out a letter calling for the shadow.

--Well?Something is wrong, it feels like nothing has been eaten.

The black shadow dissipated in an instant, and the monster made of a hundred giants had disappeared without a trace.

A scene suddenly appeared in Elpis's mind:

She saw the island lying on top of the dark sea waves, its surface covered with a viscous ominous color, and the scattered breath isolated the entire sea area.The god holding the trident descended from the waves, rushed into the fire field of disaster and alienation, held up the divine weapon, and stabbed downward.The black island suddenly sank into the water, and most of the sea returned to Poseidon's rule.The power of calamity attached to the flame field is dormant underwater, and the lava from the mountain pass is surging underwater again.Day after day, the melting giant regained its shape and finally grew into a monster of a hundred people, attacking the ships with roar and strength.The Sea God came to hear the news, but for some reason, he was unable to destroy it.

Blackwater was thus born, and the bay was no longer navigable.

--I see.

——What woke us up was the battle between Poseidon and this big guy.

Kiris muttered to himself.

At the same time, the crater of the submarine volcano trembled violently, black dust and red liquid smeared and intertwined, and the water that had finally become clear became dirty again.Booming, roaring came from the mountain pass, huge blisters sprang out and burst, and a mass of things floated up from the unsolidified lava, and they howled mournfully in unison.

Even after sinking into the water, Gaia's protection of the Flame Field still continues?

In the indistinguishable shouts, Elpis read despair.The giants created by the gods probably have tried to self-destruct countless times, but each time they will be resurrected in this form uglier than Chimera.

"Can you get out of this water?" she asked.Gaia's recovery power cannot cover the entire sea area.

The monster swung its body vigorously and rushed to the distance.

boom!As if hitting an invisible barrier, Guigantes was bounced back.

Gaia's protection is likely to be polluted by disasters and deteriorated. The blessing that allows the giants to be resurrected in the place where they were born has instead become the shackles that imprison them.

--If you don't quiet that volcano, no matter how many times you try it, the result will be the same.

"Can you devour a volcano?"

——When the strength was stronger, there was no way to completely overwhelm the earth. At most, they could be quieted down, let alone now.You haven't recovered yet, and you can't help them on your own, so you can only find another way.

As if aware of Elpis' intention to leave, the monster got excited and made a gesture to rush over to intercept it.

"I will come back after I find a way to suppress this sea area," she paused, with a self-deprecating smile on her lips, "I promise, my compatriots."

The guigantes watched her for a moment in silence.Finally, they spit out long chains of blisters and slowly sink into the crater.

As she floated towards the surface of the water, Elpis suddenly thought: Even if they are polluted, the giants are extremely simple-minded, and immediately believed her promise without doubting him.If she just went away and didn't return it, would they still wait for her to fulfill her promise day after day?

But she will not break the agreement.

Not only because she needs to absorb the power of disaster mixed in Guigantes.

Kires swam her directly to a deserted beach on the other side of the bay.

"So? What do you think?" Kires resumed his raven form, and although the wings were not wet, he kept shaking his wings.

"The Goddess of the Earth may be able to unlock the protection, but I don't want to call her rashly. He may not be friendly to me," Elpis mused.Of course, she can also find the power scattered elsewhere first, and then come back to deal with the black water.But she had a hunch that even if she changed places, it would not be easy to recover her strength. "In short, we need to find out the situation in the mortal world before deciding on the next move."

"Then it's my turn to play. I'll fly around the sky to investigate the situation." Saying so, the raven flapped its wings and took off, not forgetting to tell, "Hide in the rocks over there and don't run around."

She smiled, walked to the gap on the reef beach and sat down.

Now she can see at night, but from this angle, the Plegola Peninsula on the other side and the muddy waters in the middle of the strait have completely disappeared.On this side of the bay, the smell of salt and humidity in the air is subtly different.She looked back, maybe it was cloudy sky, maybe it was the wrong direction, but she didn't find the black mountain exposed among the clouds as easily as before.

The sound of the rising and falling tide evoked a strange sadness.In the battle of the gods that existed in her memory, the Gigantes were undoubtedly the weapons Gaia used to deal with the Olympian gods, and the final outcome was probably slaughtered by the gods.But now, they still became victims, but they were involved in disputes by her.

There is nothing wrong with saying they are countrymen.

Elpis sneered, not allowing herself to indulge in useless sentimentality.

Withdrawing her thoughts, she suddenly felt a ray of light behind her.

who is it?

A woman in a long veil held a torch and turned to face her in the gap between the rocks: "This body is called Hecate."

"The goddess of the black moon and magic, the guardian of the three-forked road..." Alpis subconsciously grabbed the gravel beside her, and quietly called Kires to return it, but she instinctively knew that with her current strength, she might not be able to escape from Heka fled in front of Inte.

"No need to be nervous, I have no malice," Hecate said with a veil covering her face, her voice was calm and unwavering, but Elpis felt her smile for no reason, "I have something that belongs to you here."

"what?"

Goddess Black Moon flipped her palm, and a ball of light slowly landed in front of Elpis.Inside is a strange feather, and upon closer inspection, there is a flash of lightning flowing on the surface.

"The feathers on the wings of the storm giant Typhon's head."

Typhon was a violent, winged storm giant locked deep in Tartarus.

"A single feather can set off a terrible storm anywhere, even enough to temporarily stop the burning of the river of fire in the underworld."

Perfect for dousing underwater fire fields.

It can even be said that the timing of Hecate's appearance and the help he provided were too appropriate, which made Elpis suspicious.

"how do you know……"

"It's just acting as entrusted by others," Hecate said in a meaningful silence for a few beats, "but you can also take this as a statement."

Alpis's lips trembled.

Before she could speak, Hecate took half a step back: "I can't stay long. You shouldn't stay anywhere for too long until you learn how to hide your breath. You don't want to become like Prometheus. I want That's all it said."

The torch was extinguished, and the Black Moon Goddess disappeared.

"What happened?" Raven swooped down, "I was stuck in place just now and couldn't fly over!"

Elpis held up the ball of light and answered with lowered eyes: "Hecate came here and gave me such a thing. With it to dissolve the black water, it will no longer be a problem."

Kires stared at her sideways for a moment. "But you're not very happy."

She didn't explain, and got out from between the reefs.

"By the way, we haven't had time to report. This place is the same as the other side. For some reason, there are temples and shrines everywhere. This is really not good, it is equivalent to their eyes everywhere."

"Then solve it before the other gods notice and rush over."

Kires turned into a water snake and carried Elpis back to the Blackwater Sea.

Before approaching the bottom of the sea, the Guigantes rushed out from the crater, Kires twisted his body and hurriedly dodged, and Alpis deftly fell from its back.The monster continued to chase Kires around a circle, and then slowly floated close to her, waving its countless limbs excitedly, but carefully avoided hitting her.This scene was quite weird and frightening, but she wanted to laugh, but before she could laugh, she felt unspeakably sad.

——I always feel that these guys hate us very much.Obviously you are the culprit.

Elpis ignored Kires' complaints and dived with her arms swung.

The closer you get to the crater, the hotter the sea.Not long after, the monster moved in front of her to block the way, as if reminding her not to go down any further.The boiling water could not hurt her anymore, but she still stopped and took out the feather Hecate gave her.

The giant's crumb let out an excited cry of oooh.

"It'll be over soon," she said softly.

The ball of light left Elpis's palm and was immediately sucked into the scorching water.

The barrier was shattered, and the feathers that were as long as a forearm fluttered with the water waves, and suddenly emitted a dazzling glare.With it as the center, the water vortex rolls back, the raging waves oscillate, and the icy torrential rain falls instantly on the hot seabed.Volcanoes and fissures roared out more magma, trying to resist the impact.However, the magma that refused to solidify finally couldn't hold back under the violent wind and rain summoned by Typhon's feather. Steam blisters.

The dense gray smoke spread quickly, covering the entire lifeless seabed.

In the center of the smoke, a vague roar sounded again.

But this time, it was the cry of joy as the slave finally broke free from his shackles.

The smoke and dust were removed by the water waves driven by the shouts, revealing the appearance of the seabed: the storm has stopped.The volcano and the fissure were completely silent, looking like a large piece of faded coral reef from a distance.

And the monsters floating above the withered gray field also began to disintegrate.

No longer bound by the blessing of resurrection, the black calamity mixed in the flesh of Guigantes began to devour them quickly.

"Oh... thank you... thank you..."

"Finally... oh... bundle..."

The fragmented sentences dissipated quickly together with the lips that spit out blisters.

The arms that were still intact raised and stretched out towards Alpis.

——Don't get close, they've gone mad and can crush you with one hand.

Alpis shook her head.Ignoring Kires' warning, she came to Guigantes who was disappearing.

The young woman came face to face with the hideous monster, separated by the return of clear water and a thin gleam of light.

The large black robe and hair danced with the water waves, and her outstretched hands were pale and slender, looking beautiful and fragile.The huge palm eager to touch her hesitated, and many of them spent the last moment in hesitation, stripping away from the main body and disappearing.

Finally, a big hand plucked up the courage to hold her palm gently, even tenderly.

The moment it touched her, the black markings covering that hand spread faster, starting to crumble from the fingertips.

She makes eye contact with a single eye.It is difficult to find a complete set of facial features on them.But she felt no fear.The dark eyes were large and moist, as if they belonged to some docile giant.The sparse eyelashes blinked slowly, and her figure was reflected in the pupils, which was much larger than her actual body size.

"Is it worth it?"

she asked in a low voice.

No one asked their wishes, they had no choice but to be born, struggle, and finally die.is it worth it

Gurgling water bubbles and voices passed by his side.

For the first time she heard clearly the voices of the Guigantes:

Alcyonius, Enceladus, Polybotes, Porphyllion, Ephialte... One name after another came to her, and the giants created by Gaia reported their names and turned into Her nourishment will forever become part of the power of disaster.

After that, the bottom of the water was completely calm.

She raised her head, and a white light flickered in the distance.

It was daylight above the water.

After an unknown number of years, Dawn finally arrived at this sea that was trapped in darkness and flames.