Thetis came to Mount Olympus and arrived at the palace of Hephaestus, the god of craftsmen, located a little above the mountainside of the Holy Mountain.

This is the rule of the gods, according to the hierarchy of the gods, from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, and the holy mountain of Dionysus, the god of wine, is above the bottom of the mountain, not to the mountainside (Note 1).

The palace is very large, it looks magnificent, and the whole palace is made of bronze, shining with starlight, beautiful and solid, and can be called luxurious.

Thetis walked into the palace and soon found Hephaestus at work.

Thetis looked at Hephaestus at work, and was unmoved and focused on her work, seemingly unmoved by all external distractions.

He is going all out to cast the three-legged tripod at the moment, there are a total of twenty tripods, each copper tripod is equipped with a golden wheel, the golden wheel can allow them to roll to the Olympus Holy Mountain Hall without being pushed, and then roll to the God's room, which is really an amazing treasure.

The tripods were finished except for the ear handles, and basically all the outlines were already there, and Hephaestus was thinking about how to install the ear handles.

As soon as he raised his eyes, Hephaestus saw Thetis, and hurriedly said with joy: "How glad I am, that the noblest goddess has come to my abode and made my place flourish. ”

"She was the benefactor who saved me when I was born, because I was born lame, my mother abandoned me, and everyone disliked me. ”

"If it weren't for Eurynoma and Thetis who took pity on me, carried me back, and raised me in a cave, I would have died long ago. ”

"My savior came to my house today, let me pack up the things in front of me and welcome them again. ”

Hephaestus was very polite (note 2) and stood up and went to clean, supported by maids, who were not real people, but only human beings, but were imitations of Hephaestus made of gold.

They were beautiful, able to think and talk, and had artistic talents, and Hephaestus left all the daily affairs of his daily life in the palace to these maids, and they were well organized.

With the help of the maid, he quickly went to wash it and came back with new clothes.

And the scene was also cleaned up by these beautiful golden maids, so that Thetis had an intuitive understanding of Hephaestus's superb skills.

Washed and dressed in clean clothes, Hephaestus sat down beside Thetis, and said, "Beloved goddess, what wind has brought you to my house? ”

Hephaestus, the god of craftsmen, had a very good attitude towards this former benefactor, and especially wanted to help her in order to repay the kindness of the past.

Thetis sighed slightly, she was still very touched by Hephaestus's enthusiasm, she saved the abandoned Hephaestus completely easily, but she did not expect to receive a rich reward.

Thetis told Hephaestus of her sorrows, wiping away tears: "Since fate has determined the end of my child Achilles, and I cannot stop fate, then in the last days of his life, I will fight for him the last glory and make him invincible in the world." ”

"Achilles lost the armor and weapons that his father Peleus gave him, and gave them to Hector, the prince of Troy, if Hector has divine armor, my son is very powerful, but also in danger of being killed, after all, the weapon of God can hurt his invulnerable body. ”

Thetis's fears were right, which was why she repeatedly stressed that Achilles should not go to war lightly and that she would wait for her to return.

Thetis said, "So I want you to make helmets, shields, armor, and shin armor for Achilles, who is doomed to perdition, so that he can be victorious in the last days." ”

Thetis worked hard for Achilles, knowing that she could not escape her fate, but she also wanted to fight for his final glory.

"O noble goddess!" Hephaestus replied at once, "do not worry, I will at once set about making armor for your son, and I will be very glad if the armor I make will save him from death." ”

"He'll love the armor I've made, and everybody will be amazed at what I've made. ”

Hephaestus was confident in his craft, and he always thought that the armor he made was the best, but his crafts were indeed praised by the gods, so he was the god of craftsmen.

"Dear goddess, I will make the best armor, shield, and weapon for your child Achilles, and you will wait here. ”

With that, Hephaestus left the goddess and came to the specially opened hearth.

"Boom!" just arrived, the furnace felt the arrival of God, and immediately burst into flames, not only that, but twenty bellows also automatically fanned the fire, under the action of these bellows, the temperature in the stove can reach extremely high, and some hard-to-melt metals can be melted here.

Hephaestus found materials for his armor, shields, and weapons, all of which were carefully selected, and he put them in the cauldron without any pain.

Hephaestus placed the anvil on the cushion, grabbed the sledgehammer with his right hand and the pliers with his left, and struck the anvil with the sledgehammer.

If you don't beat it once, the anvil will deform once, and the impurities will be tempered out.

The forging process was hard, but Hephaestus forged it seriously.

"Thetis was very understanding, she didn't make a request to embarrass me, and she also knew that the end of Achilles was destined by fate and Zeus, and no one could resist it. ”

"If I make this request to Zeus, I will only drop Mount Olympus again, right?"

"But since Thetis has not made any unwarranted requests, then I must do my best to create as soon as possible a powerful armor and weapon that Achilles can wear and be invincible in Troy. ”

Thinking of this, the "crackling" sound was heard one after another.

Troy City

As in the Greek camp, within three days the entire city of Troy was filled with smoke and cries, and many heroes and princes were cremated.

Even ordinary soldiers were cremated and buried in graves.

Many of these fallen soldiers were citizens of Troy, and their families were all in the city of Troy, so when they were burned, their families wept to death.

The funerals of heroes and princes are more solemn, and many are heroes and princes of other city-states, and their families are in distant kingdoms and city-states.

Three days passed quickly, and these three days were also the days agreed by Troy and Greece to bury the fallen heroes and soldiers, and after three days, the war would continue.

In the early morning of the fourth day, Hector woke up, and he was afraid of waking his wife, so he got up lightly, went to the armed room, and silently put on his armor.

Today he was going to attack the Greeks again, and this battle would directly decide the war, and he also valued it, put on his armor, stuck his long sword at his waist, and came to the door.

But when Hector reached the door, he was silent, and in the starlight he saw his wife, Andromace, the daughter of the Theban king Eetion, waiting quietly at the door, and the maid who followed her was holding the boy Astyanax in her arms.

This is Hector's son, Hector's heart is sour, and he looks at his son and smiles.

With tears in her eyes, Andromacher gently shook her husband's hand and said, "Hector, you rush to the front in every battle, but don't you pity your young son, nor your wife who is about to become a widow?"

"Achilles killed my father, Artemis killed my mother, and all seven of my brothers were killed by Achilles. ”

"I have no relatives but you, Hector. To me, you are my father, my mother, my brother. ”

Andromace's words made Hector's eyes redden, and he also felt very indebted to his wife and son, and said apologetically: "My dear, you are right, but I am the son of my father Priam, the heir of the kingdom of Troy, how can I avoid it?"

"What will the Trojans think of me if I give in, and what will the kings of other kingdoms and city-states think? ”

"I have to be at the front, it's my mission and it's my responsibility. ”

"But don't worry, I'll protect myself, if not for myself, for you, my wife, Andromacke, and my young son, Astyanax. Hector said loudly.

At this time, Pei Ziyun was approaching with light steps, although he was not at the full level, but the lightness of the wind still brought him a silent skill.

This war was very important, so he came in advance to join Hector, Hector's mansion, of course, the largest, in fact, part of the royal palace.

As soon as he passed, he heard someone talking, and when he looked closely, it was Hector and his wife, who hurriedly flashed and listened to the couple in the corner.

Listening to it, my heart is very emotional.

"Yes, this is a Trojan business, if even the prince of Troy does not charge at the front, who else will charge?"

The Battle of Troy was originally a war of the Trojans, some of the surrounding kingdoms and city-states were allies, and some were forced to join by the Greeks, although these people helped Troy, but whether this Trojan War can be won depends mainly on the performance of the Trojans, and others can't rely on it.

"Now I, Prince Paris, have performed amazingly, it's hard to imagine that in history, Paris, who caused a lot of trouble, hid behind, and Hector had to stand up to the front. ”

"Hector, according to mythology, is really a good brother. ”

"If it was normal, I would have been slapped to death. ”

"It's a pity that I can't do anything right now, and if I don't have an oracle, I will only have one more corpse if I expose my power. ”