[Greek Mythology] Dangxiu Tai traveled through ancient Greece

With a flash of sword light, a lump of bloody flesh flew out of Ares' mouth and fell to the ground, covered with dust.

"Hmm! Hmm!" Ares stared wide-eyed, half of his face was stained red with blood from his mouth, staring in fear at the God of Ice and Snow who waved his sword casually and shook the blood off his sword, his whole body trembling uncontrollably.

"Are you scared?" Xioni's face was flat, and her voice was calm as if it was a greeting.

Ares had his tongue cut out and couldn't speak. He could only nod repeatedly, and his bloody mouth made an indistinct sound.

Seeing the fear on Ares's face, Xioni nodded slightly in satisfaction, "It's fine if you're afraid, and if you're afraid, remember to stay away from my children in the future."

After finishing speaking, he ignored Ares who was lying on the ground shaking like a sieve, and turned to Athena and Hermes who were silent on the other side.

Athena and Hermes watched Ares' tragic experience from the sidelines, and then saw Xioni approaching them step by step with a blank face, and immediately had a bad premonition in their hearts.

However, Hades, the king of the underworld, was staring at him behind him, with his big pale hand resting on the hilt of the sword on his waist, and he had the tendency to chop them off with a single movement.

Athena's hand clenched the spear, her whole body was tense, and her blue eyes stared at Xioni warily.

Hermes also grabbed his snake staff tightly.

He is not a god of war. Even Ares, the god of war, was chopped off like a defeated lion under the sword of Xioni, let alone him.

But even if he is not Xioni's opponent, he can only fight with all his might.

Because if you resist, there may be a glimmer of hope, otherwise you will end up like Ares.

Although Xioni temporarily let Ares go, judging from the state of the other party's anger at the moment, it is very likely that he wanted to keep Ares and torture him before killing him.

It must have been the same for him and Athena.

However, Xioni was able to strike so decisively without hesitation, without any regard for Zeus and Mount Olympus, it was obviously irrational to speak of.

An irrational god would not consider the consequences of doing things.

Hermes regretted it very much.

He shouldn't be involved in this matter, let alone come to Thebes to find Athena.

Originally, he just went to the Hades once to ask the Hades to let Aymerod go to Thebes. Then Erinyes kidnapped Aymerod. It was Athena's suggestion to Zeus. He opposed it, but neither Zeus nor Hera listen to him.

And in the end, what shouldn't be more is that he was also present when Ares attacked Emerodd.

Sioni must have thought that he had a part in the kidnapping of Emerod.

Hermes was anxious in his heart, turned his eyes around, caught a glimpse of Aymerod who was locked in the ice wall in the corner, his eyes lit up, and said loudly to Xioni who was pressing every step of the way: "Sioni, please Believe me, I have no intention of hurting Emerod! Ares suddenly appeared, and I have no way to stop him! If I have enough power, I will stop him! You can ask Emerod, he can do it for you I testify that I have been begging Athena to let him go back to Hades, and I did not harm him!"

Athena's heart tightened, a little resentful.

When Hermes said this, it was obvious that it was her refusal to let Emerodd go that caused all this to happen.

Although this was indeed the case, Hermes' revelation at this moment would only make her situation more difficult.

She suspected that Hermes wanted to escape alone, so she wanted her to bear the wrath of Xioni and Hades alone.

And Hermes, who said those words in a hurry, didn't know at all that Athena had already grown doubts and dissatisfaction with herself.

Emerod in the ice prison moved his lips when he heard Hermes' words, and looked at the back of the Father God, waiting for him to ask himself.

However, Xioni didn't show any emotion on his face, and he didn't stop in his footsteps. His ice blue eyes slowly scanned back and forth on the faces of Athena and Hermes, with ruthless coldness in his gaze.

Only Hades, who had been silent and conniving, could notice that his partner's state was a little different from just now.

As Hades felt, after seeing the scene where Ares wanted to kill Emerod, Xioni suppressed a flame of shock and anger in his heart.

However, after he vented some anger when he cut off Ares' arms, his sanity returned a little bit.

So his state at the moment was exactly the opposite of what Hermes had guessed. Although he was still extremely resentful, he was already able to think rationally.

But anyway, Ares' arm was chopped off, and the job was done. If he just gave up like this, he would not be reconciled and couldn't bear the tone, so he would simply do something big.

During the time when she was slowly approaching Athena and Hermes, Xioni had already communicated with an old tree in the corner, and understood everything that happened here before she came here, and also knew that things were just as they were. Hermes said.

But even though Hermes did not contribute to the kidnapping of Emerodd, it was clear that the other party knew about it beforehand.

Knowing is tantamount to connivance, although he can understand Hermes' position, but when the victim is Emerod, Xioni can't treat the other party with a tolerant heart.

He stood still in front of Athena and Hermes, and an idea came to his mind.

Hermes continued to explain: "Xioni, please listen to what Emerod said. I never hurt him, let alone have any sinister intentions. Chaos can testify for me! "

"You are too noisy, Hermes." The cold queen of the underworld and the god of ice and snow glanced at Hermes coldly, "Furthermore, as the god of deceit and eloquence, you are not worthy of my trust."

"Xioni, Emerodd..."

"It is very likely that Emerod was deceived by you." Xioni interrupted him impatiently, and said directly: "Although it was Ares who did the murder on the spot, you two stood by and watched, don't expect me to Let you off easily."

Athena suppressed the resentment in her heart, and said in a deep voice, "What do you want?"

"What do I want..." The God of Ice and Snow elongated his voice, frowning slightly, as if he was considering how to deal with them.

Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and he looked at them with some expectation, "I thought of a good way."

Both Hermes and Athena had a bad premonition in their hearts.

Sioni had the same look when she said she was going to cut Ares' tongue just now.

Xioni looked at them as if they were facing a formidable enemy, the corners of her lips raised slightly, revealing a bewitching smile.

However, at this moment, apart from Hades, no god is in the mood to appreciate this cruel beauty, "I will give you two choices."

"First, you two fight me and Hades. If you win, you can leave, and you can take Ares away. If you lose...heh." He chuckled, and then said: "Tower Hurtaros is waiting for you."

Hermes and Athena looked at each other, and they both saw the powerlessness in each other's eyes.

If there were only Xioni, the two of them would definitely succeed together, but if Hades was added, it would definitely be a matter with no chance of winning.

Hermes looked dignified and uneasy, "What about the second choice?"

"The second one," Xioni looked at them meaningfully, and pointed to Ares who was huddled behind him, "Have you seen Ares? You two fight, as long as I What I did to Ares just now is imposed on the other party, cut off the arm and cut off the tongue, no matter who wins or loses, it is the same as the previous choice, I will let you and Ares leave."

After understanding what he said, Athena glanced at Hermes without opening her mouth.

And Hermes was cold all over.

He confronted Athena and knew the result without even thinking about it.

"How is it? Have you made up your mind? Which one do you want to choose?" Xioni looked at them calmly, seeing that they hadn't spoken for a long time, and said casually: "Is this so difficult for you to choose? Then I will replace it for you." You have chosen, let’s be the first one, you will fight with me and Hades, and if you lose, go to Tartarus. Hades..."

Hades stepped forward.

"Wait!" Athena quickly interrupted him, "We choose the second one!"

"Athena!" Hermes looked at her in disbelief.

"Hermes, we have only one choice." Athena turned to look at him, with a trace of forbearance between her brows, "You have to know, the two of us are not opponents of Hades and Xioni at all. If we choose the first One, we will only be driven into Tartarus. Even if Zeus can save us afterwards, staying even for a moment under the abyss will cause great damage to our divine body. And if we choose the second, even if Like Ares, you have your arms cut off and your tongue cut off, and it can grow back under the influence of divine power afterwards. Compared with the first one, the second choice is the best."

So you already planned in your heart that the one whose arms were cut off and whose tongue was cut off was me, right?

Hermes looked at her speechlessly, his eyes full of disappointment.

In the past, he, Athena and Apollo were the most important children of Zeus. Even if there were occasional disagreements and calculations, they had always gotten along very harmoniously. He never imagined that Athena would abandon him without hesitation at this moment.

Losing any part of the body will cause the incompleteness of divinity. Even if the severed arm and tongue will grow back, it will be transformed from divine power, which cannot be compared with the original one, and even the divine power will drop a lot. .

He did not believe that Athena would not know this.

This is also the reason why Zeus tried his best to find his lost body parts.

And his divine power is not strong at all, if it drops further, even Aphrodite, who is the weakest among the main gods, can't compare.

Hermes was not outraged by Athena's choice.

Because the second choice is indeed the most sensible, even he will choose this after weighing it.

But what he cared about was Athena's lack of hesitation.

Whenever Athena hesitated or hesitated, he would not be so angry.

The author has something to say:

It was an attack on Ares, and it was an attack on Hermes. As for Athena, Hermes, who was scheming and stingy, would never forget this day.

Of course, it's not as simple as letting them go, and it won't let Hermes have his hands and tongue cut off.