The world-devouring dragon

In the distant past, when the earth was crowded with animals, there were no humans.

At this time, the god Prometheus set foot on the earth. He is the son of the goddess of justice and the giant god. This wise and upright god traveled the earth and saw that the earth was depressed, so he came up with an idea.

The great god first sought help from his grandmother Gaia, who molded water and earth into a god-like form. Then he asked his friend Athena, the goddess of wisdom, for help. Athena was very willing to help her friend, so she breathed the breath of God into the heart of the clay man, and the clay man had a soul.

The clay figurine started running, and then there were humans.

This was the first era of mankind, but with the war between monsters and gods, the era of mankind fell into destruction.

The earth was torn apart, the continents were submerged, the flames burned the forest vegetation, the sky was infected and turned black, and mankind was facing annihilation.

But there was a couple who survived on a high mountain, named Deucalion and Pyrrha. The couple was trapped by the flood for a long time. It was not until the flood receded that they realized that the world had been destroyed.

In desperation, the couple prayed to God, who asked them to throw the dirt behind them, and the dirt became a new human being.

In this way, mankind survived the disaster of destruction.

…

"So, humans have multiplied again on the earth."

Under the underworld, the majestic and cold goddess looked pale and asked the maids around her.

This snake god serves the Lord of Destruction, but also belongs to the underworld. During this time, she is working on rebuilding the kingdom of the snake people.

It was in this dark and terrifying world of death that the servants of the snake were born.

But on the other hand, the goddess also listens to the news from the earth, especially the news about humans, and refuses to let it go. Because Orochi once accidentally said that the protagonist of this world is both a god and a human being, so she took it seriously.

There are still thousands of years before my father's escape, but we must make good preparations before then.

"Yes."

The maid said respectfully.

The goddess thought for a moment, then asked the maid to step back, and then closed her eyes.

She is what the Nordic people call Norn, the maid of fate, who is born with the ability to glimpse destiny. After many years, her talent became more and more outstanding, and she saw more and more. In this world, there was very little that could be hidden from her.

Right now, she was about to see who existed that might threaten her father. She must help her father dig out those "troublesome little bugs" that her father calls them.

Close your eyes, but there is infinite brilliance in front of you.

The body remains on the bone throne, but the soul has escaped into the cracks of the world.

Many scenes appeared in front of this Norn, but she had a cold expression on her face, ignored them, and walked straight away in a further direction.

Further and further away, further and further away, finally, she felt that she had vaguely seen it.

But at this moment, a majestic scolding sounded: "Who?!!"

No, a certain goddess of fate noticed what she was doing.

This is the control that the gods have over the world. Anything that the gods do not want to be understood by humans cannot be understood by mortals. Mona and the goddess of fate are not on good terms. Although she can get a glimpse of fate, she cannot see so far.

The goddess who secretly peeked at the destiny did not want to argue with the goddess of destiny. She only had time to jot down some fragments, and everything in front of her suddenly shattered.

Above the sky, the future goddess who opened her eyes snorted coldly and said slightly angrily.

"That snake bastard."

But this goddess was also afraid of the power of the father of monsters. She tried to stop the goddess from prying into the fate at will, but she didn't pursue anything further.

Under the underworld, Mona opened her eyes and began to think deeply.

In the few afterimages she vaguely remembered, she vaguely saw a figure. It was a man with a thick and powerful neck and a majestic and terrifying gaze.

With a god-like appearance and a strong and muscular body, Mona could vaguely see the man fighting many powerful monsters. After going through many battles, the monsters he fought with changed again and again, but the figure of the man never changed.

As for that man's name...

"Alcides."

I never recited it, just thought about it silently in my heart.

After being stopped, Mona was unable to see the era in which the man was born, nor even knew whether he was a human or a god. But Mona was vaguely aware that if there was anyone in the world who could stop her father, then maybe this person was the only one.

This unborn person/god will be the biggest obstacle to the Father of Snakes devouring the world.

Without any more basis, Mona just judged this way.

I want to stop him.

The goddess thought in her heart.

…

Time flies, humans on the earth multiply again, and civilization is re-established in this destroyed world.

In this world surrounded by the sea, civilizations gradually emerged on several of the largest continents, and they established city-states one after another around the world.

The gods are quite happy with these interesting mortals. Sometimes the noble gods will come to the world to drink, have fun, dance and sing with these interesting mortals, and even give birth to offspring.

And those descendants of gods who possess divine blood are more powerful than ordinary people and have become natural monarchs, conquering all directions and establishing powerful kingdoms one after another.

The descendants of these gods also feared the gods, and respectfully offered sacrificial meat, temple virgins, pottery, music, and all the best things in the world to the gods.

During this period, humans and gods were never separated. It was natural for gods to come from the clouds to the earth, and for humans to go from the earth to the sacred mountains.

Until... something happens.

Tantalus, he was mortal but also the son of Zeus.

Zeus favored him so much that he was treated like a god. He went to and from the sacred mountains, walked with the gods, drank the gods' jade food and wine, and allowed him to rule the most powerful country on earth.

Because of Zeus's special favor, Tantalus is also respected by the gods. If the proud gods have ever respected a mortal, it is probably only Tantalus.

But because of this, he seemed to be too indulgent. The increasingly scornful king no longer respected the gods and even dared to tease them. He invited the gods to his home, killed his son, cooked it into meat, and entertained the gods disguised as beef to test whether the gods were really that omniscient.

All the gods realized the truth and looked at each other in shock. No one ate. Only Demeter, the goddess of justice, lost her mind because her daughter was taken away by Hades and became his wife. She ate a shoulder blade in her anxiety and loss.

The gods were horrified and put the meat on the plate into a box. The future goddess Clotho took out a living child from the box. It was none other than Papulus, the son of Tantalus. It's just that the poor boy's shoulder blade that was eaten by the goddess had to be replaced with ivory.

And when the purpose of mortals provoking and testing gods was exposed, the father of humans and gods became angry.

"Tantaros, my child on earth, have I treated you badly?"

At that terrifying banquet, the father of humans and gods looked indifferently at his son on the ground and asked calmly.

Tantalus felt fear for the first time. In front of this god-king who dominated the gods and humans, the most powerful king on earth was silent and trembling.

Without any more words, the disappointed God King just waved his hand. With the sudden dark wind, the warriors of the underworld suddenly emerged from the ground, one on the left and the other on the right, taking the soul of this once powerful king. Dragged into the underworld and into the underworld, and even deeper.

On the side, the snake goddess Mona, who was also invited to the banquet, watched all this with cold eyes, watching the king's soul struggling in horror, screaming, but still being dragged deep underground.

This banquet obviously made Zeus extremely angry and dissatisfied. He snorted and left, and the gods also dispersed.

But what happened to Tantalus was just the beginning. Not long after, something happened to Tantalus's daughter again.

Niobe, daughter of Tantalus.

This woman of noble birth and prominent family married the king of Thebes and became the queen of Thebes. She is beautiful and noble, more like a goddess than a mortal.

Her father, Tantalus, was a guest of the gods, and her husband was the ruler of a powerful kingdom. What makes her even more proud are her seven sons and seven daughters. All her sons are handsome and brave warriors, and all her daughters are beautiful princesses.

Power, wealth, fame, family, beauty...she has everything a woman wants to have. It can be said that there is no happier mother than her in the world.

However, like her father, she also suffered from arrogance and arrogance.

One day, her husband Amphion got a great artifact from the Muses. It was a beautiful harp. As long as the strings were plucked, the stones could automatically form a wide city wall.

Her husband was very happy and held a celebration in Thebes.

The noble queen also wandered around the city on a whim, but saw several women praying at the altar during the celebration.

This was nothing at first, but because of her father's death, the queen had been quite dissatisfied with the gods recently, so she looked at the altar a few more times. Then he couldn't help but burst into laughter, and even got out of the carriage and mocked the group of women.

"Poor fools, it would be fine if you prayed to Zeus and Hera for happiness and health. It would be fine if you prayed to Poseidon, Ares and Athena for your children to be strong and smart. But you have to pray to yourself. Praying to a goddess who cannot be saved?”

The queen, who was dressed in luxurious clothes, raised her head proudly and looked at the statue of the goddess on the altar with disdain.

"This poor woman is just the most unknown daughter of the Titans. She gave birth to two children for Zeus, but she didn't even have a roof over her head. She was forced to hide all day long, and had no choice but to live on a small island looming in the water. We can barely live there.”

What was on the altar was clearly the Titan goddess Leto.

And the queen's words were full of contempt for this goddess.

This goddess is not particularly famous among the gods, but she gave birth to two famous gods, Apollo and Artemis, to Zeus.

But because of this, when she was pregnant, the angry Queen Hera cruelly persecuted the poor goddess, so that the pregnant goddess had to hide.

But the gods were afraid of Hera and did not dare to accept this goddess. Even the earth did not dare to provide her with a place to give birth. Only Dros, a small island looming in the water, accepted her and allowed her to give birth in this water. Two gods were born on the island.

While mocking the goddess, the queen showed off arrogantly.

"In contrast, isn't my father revered by the gods? Isn't my mother Dione the sister of the seven stars in the sky? My ancestor Atlas was so powerful that he could carry the heavens on his shoulders. On my shoulders. My grandfather Zeus is the king and father of the gods. Isn’t my husband the most powerful king of Thebes, the most prestigious king on this earth? Aren’t my sons and daughters better than that of the poor goddess? Do you need two more children? My wealth can fill every room in the palace. Isn’t it more than that goddess who hides in the sky? Isn’t my beauty only for goddesses?”

"The most noble king in the world is right in front of you. Instead of coming to worship, are you going to worship the goddess who is unknown and cannot protect yourself?"

In front of the Queen's rapid-fire words, the women gathered together looked at each other and had to remove the sacrifices and take off the wreath on the goddess's head.

The queen, who was proud of her victory over the goddess, did not realize that the goddess Leto, who was far away in the Cantos Mountain, happened to hear her words.

The goddess was so angry that she burst into tears when she heard what the queen said.

She suppressed her anger and asked her attendants to call her children in the sacred mountains and jungles.