Do not wake up the gods of the abyss [Greek mythology]

Chapter 21 Price

As dawn approaches, the goddess of the moon, Selene, quietly hides her figure, and a thin mist floats on the land that has not yet woken up, as if covered with a veil.

Apollo leaned on the trunk of the laurel tree and fell asleep. Suddenly, all the birds in the forest woke up and flapped their wings.He opened his eyes vigilantly, a pair of flying shoes was passing in front of him, and the male god holding a double snake staff whistled at him: "Great God of Light, how did you get together with the God of Abyss?"

"The God of the Abyss came to Olympus, and he needed the hospitality of the gods. I entertained him. Do you have any questions? Hermes." Apollo replied unhurriedly, without any concealment.

Hermes was surprised by his calmness, tapped his chin with the double snake staff, and sighed with his arms across his chest: "No problem, my dear brother. I really shouldn't find fault with you, you are too smart, I It's hard to get benefits from you."

Apollo laughed and said, "You really shouldn't stay with me for too long, you should still have business, right?" If he hadn't misjudged the direction of Hermes' frightened flying bird, he should have just returned from the human world.

"Yes." Hermes shrugged his shoulders: "Edna volcano disappeared out of thin air, I have to report this news to Zeus."

"Disappeared?" Artemis did not know when she woke up. She walked over and asked, "Is it the volcano that suppressed the giant god Typhon?"

They don't know why Mount Edna disappeared out of thin air, but there is no doubt that without the suppression of Mount Edna, Typhon must flee.

Hermes confirmed their suspicions, he did not find any trace of Typhon under the volcano.

Apollo's face was serious: "Hermes, you should go see the God King as soon as possible."

Hermes laughed and said, "I'm afraid Zeus won't be too happy to hear news that has nothing to do with sex."

Everyone in the world believed that Hermes was the most loyal messenger of Zeus, the god king, but he couldn't hide it from Apollo, because they all wore the same disguise.

"Go away, Hermes." Apollo kindly reminded him: "Don't give Zeus a chance to shirk his responsibility."

"This is too unfair to me! I rushed to report the news as soon as I received it!" Hermes boasted, said a few words, and suddenly became serious: "On the contrary, you have to be careful, Zeus' messenger ’ I’m not the only one.”

Apollo nodded, thanked him, and watched him leave.

Artemis was worried: "Why did Hermes say that? Did Zeus know something?"

Her eyes shifted to the sleeping Abyss God, her beautiful eyes twinkled like faint stars in the clouds.

Apollo was not in a hurry: "It's normal to know everything. When the abyss gods come and go to the God Realm, they don't cover their tracks."

Artemis saw that he was calm and calm, and asked again: "How do you plan to explain it?"

"There is no need to explain," Apollo said: "The more you say against your will, the more mistakes and omissions, just confess it."

"You're crazy!" Artemis exclaimed.

Apollo shook his head: "I'm not crazy. I entertained the God of the Abyss on behalf of Father God, because I was afraid that the God of the Abyss would deepen his prejudice against the God Realm and make him an enemy of the God Realm. Now that Typhon has fled and the enemy is at hand, how dare Zeus offend the God of the Abyss? He can't afford to be attacked from both sides."

"You're right." Artemis sighed, "Then I'll go first, so as not to complicate simple things."

Apollo entertained the god of the abyss, which was the overall situation, but the situation was different when their siblings entertained the god of the abyss together, and the suspicious Zeus would definitely not let it go easily.

Apollo nodded, seeing that there was still a little worry in Artemis' eyes, he couldn't help but smiled: "Don't worry, sister, I'll be fine."

Since he was an adult, he rarely called her sister anymore.Artemis only felt that his heart was ironing, and he also smiled: "That's natural! When I delivered you, I gave you the blessing of a smooth life!"

The siblings parted, and Apollo sat back in front of the harp again. He plucked the strings, and the melodious tune resounded through the mountains in the morning.

There were no mistakes or omissions in the set of arguments prepared by Apollo, but it is a pity that he missed Hera.As early as an hour ago, the white-armed goddess stepped into the Temple of Thunder, and talked to Zeus about the rumors on the Olympus mountain, about the honored guest received by Apollo, the god of light—the god of the abyss, Tartarus.With Hera on fire, the conceited Zeus would naturally not endure his violent temper. He brought the weapon "Thunder" and came to trouble Apollo, and even missed Hermes who came to report.

As soon as Apollo played the song, purple thunderbolts appeared in the sky, like terrifying snakes swallowing letters.He glanced at Tartarus again, the god of the abyss was still asleep, he was pillowed on the laurel flowers on the ground, and his sleep was more fragrant than the laurel flowers.Apollo added a shield of light and divine power to him to isolate the sound so as not to disturb his sleep.

His decision was correct, and when he finished all this, a thunderous voice rang in his ears: "Apollo! Show me what you have done!" The winged lion jumped from the purple Flying through the thunder and lightning, Zeus jumped off the lion chariot and strode towards Apollo.

He frowned, not arrogant, but Apollo was neither humble nor overbearing, he saluted and said: "Dear Father God, if you have any teachings, you can call me, and you don't have to work hard to come here."

Zeus has always liked to listen to these occasional words, and the polite words that come and go in the Olympus social arena are inseparable from him.However, this time, the male god who is good at talking skills failed to please him. He walked up to Apollo aggressively, and snorted coldly: "My good son, my dear Apollo, you are so brave, how dare you stand in front of me?" In front of you, you are obedient and vicious! If you can't share the same hatred with me, I would rather not have your son!"

Apollo just thought it was funny. Speaking of it this way, it seems that being the son of Zeus is a great honor, and there are too many gods and humans in the world who have won this honor!

He was disdainful in his heart, but he said: "You know, I will always stand by your side."

Zeus questioned him: "Look who you have received, you can see clearly before you speak!"

Calmly, Apollo gave the same story he had told Hermes.

After hearing this, Zeus' face softened a little.

He believed it.

But that didn't stop him from being unhappy.

Hera's words are still in my ears: "Just imagine, the god of the abyss messed up your banquet, and your son, your favorite god of light, is doing his best to entertain him. What do other gods think of you? They I just feel that you are afraid of him! You are afraid of the male god from the abyss! Although this god realm is your god realm, as long as there is the god of the abyss, you will fear him! The god of light is your supporter , but ruined your stalwart image, he should be punished!"

Yes, he should be punished!

Zeus sneered: "Apollo, you are a good man. You entertained the God of the Abyss for my sake. You are a filial son."

"This is what I should do, and I dare not take credit." Apollo responded, not daring to relax at all.

Sure enough, the thunder appeared in the hands of Zeus, and the purple lightning flashed. Zeus said in a deep voice, "Since you care about me so much, for my majesty as a god-king, you need to sacrifice a little more."

Apollo's heartstrings tightened, only to hear Zeus yell: "Apollo, be punished!"

The power of thunder tore through the sky, like a huge knife and ax slashing at the God of Light.

Apollo couldn't escape, and he couldn't escape when Zeus emphasized that he should "sacrifice".He closed his eyes, with a resolute expression and no fear, as if he was not facing the punishment of the terrifying god-king, but the most pleasant breeze from Mount Olympus, blowing his golden hair and plucking his luminous strings.

Danger is approaching, even if Apollo closes his eyes, he can still feel the light of thunder jumping on his eyelids, but suddenly, all the dazzling light disappears, and everything returns to darkness.

He heard a muffled groan, slowly opened his eyes, and saw Tartarus standing in front of him.

Zeus, whose robes had been tattered by the force of destruction, looked warily at Tartarus, who only returned his cold glance.

"Zeus, this is the second time."

"You woke me up."

"You will pay the price."