Chapter 42: Athena's Secret
When their brains regained their senses, the three troubled children broke out in a cold sweat and almost fell into a world of death. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
However, Athena's proclamation did not stop, and continued after a pause.
"The image of the Grim Reaper is generally that of a black cloak and a large scythe. So, the existence of the Grim Reaper is a fusion of multiple myths. ”
"If I'm not mistaken, your gift should be based on two points, representing the 'harvest of life' of unnatural death and the 'passage of time' of dying of old age. This is the essence of the scythe Grim Reaper. ”
When the three of them were helpless in the Sixteen Nights, Athena finally stepped forward.
"So, what's the use of knowing this?"
Sixteen Nights asked the goddess.
"Actually, I've been waiting for this day for a long time."
Speaking words that make people unclear, Athena slowly walked towards death, and her words full of deep meaning could not help but make people think about it.
What does she mean by that?
Sixteen Nights was lost in thought, and Athena seemed to be planning some amazing plan, but he had no clue.
However, as one of the people who was exposed, the indifference of the god of death was unexpected. I don't know if he really doesn't care, but depending on the situation, there is some kind of inexplicable connection between him and Athena.
Just when the three problem children were scratching their heads, Athena struck at Death.
Athena is one of the twelve main gods of the Greek gods, and according to legend, her power can even be compared to that of Zeus, the god king of three generations, and she is one of the main gods in Olympus, no less important than Zeus.
How strong her strength is now undoubtedly revealed, she is the main god of the three digits, and she is also one of the martial gods that symbolizes strength.
However, Sixteen Nights still has a little question that has not yet been answered.
Athena's strength is undoubted, but that's talking about her in her heyday, not the goddess who is now at a low point in power.
She was so arrogant that she thought she could defeat death?
Athena walked slowly, and as she walked, the ground beneath her feet began to squirm, and the earth and stones were mixed together like plasticine, held up by an invisible force, and quickly molded.
It was the owl, the family of the goddess.
Sixteen Nights looked at it, and the owl was equipped with a helmet and a spear.
Needless to say, the owl flapped its wings and fought valiantly against death. They are dependents of the goddess and can give everything for the goddess Athena, including life.
However, these temporary creatures seemed to be a little weaker, and the three troubled children all frowned, full of doubts.
In the narrow underground, the numerical advantage was stuck, and the god of death swung a straight knife ahead, and the power of death filled the entire passage, that is, the gift of death immediately killed a large number of owls. Looking at this posture, no amount of owls had a chance to rush to his side.
However, Athena unhurriedly pulled out something.
It was a palm-sized golden object, with what appeared to be a needle in the middle, and what seemed to be some kind of staff, with two pythons wrapped around the middle staff.
"The symbol of Hermes – the double serpent staff."
Sixteen Nights recognized the object as the symbol of Hermes, one of the twelve main gods of the Greek gods.
Sixteen Nights is no stranger to Hermes, he and Athena are the main gods of the same group of gods, and now I am afraid that they have become those disgusting monsters.
The golden twin snake staff shot a near-invisible beam of light from Athena's hand, piercing the gap between the owls and accurately hitting the Grim Reaper in the rear.
Because it was blinded by a large number of owls, it was not until it was struck by the light that the Grim Reaper noticed it, but it was too late to avoid it.
Before the Grim Reaper could cut off the beam, the beam of light retreated faster than it had come, and at the same time, as if something had been swept away from Death's body, and the object was returned to Athena's hand with it.
Hermes, the god of thieves, could steal the gifts of other gods from them. Although Athena only had a one-time gift in her hand, the effect was no weaker than Hermes himself.
Frightened, Death immediately examined his surroundings to see what was missing.
"Finally, I finally got it."
Before the Grim Reaper could figure out what had been lost, Athena's shouts of surprise entered his ears.
It sounds like the other party has been seeking this thing for a long time.
A vague pre-cold came out.
Death looked into Athena's hand, her hands holding the lost item, her eyes full of excitement.
"Uh, what's that?"
After just one glance and understanding what it was, Asuka immediately covered her eyes, and from the exposed skin, her cheeks were already flushed. The angry shouting full of shyness also makes people understand that the other party is in extreme shyness.
"Hey, you're a virgin."
Sixteen Nights, with a playful smile, quipped to Athena.
Although he didn't know why the other party was so excited, judging by the appearance of the thing she was holding in her hand, it was undoubtedly a vital symbol of masculinity.
"According to the inheritance, that thing should belong to Ouranos."
From a Jia Huan, who couldn't find a piece of meat on his body, he could steal such a thing, and Sixteen Nights couldn't help but have some vicious conjectures coming out of his heart.
Why would Athena be so eager to get her, as one of the few virgin goddesses in the Greek gods, no one believed that Athena was motivated by lust or something. If she wanted to, she would have hooked up with those excellent male gods a long time ago. With Athena's beauty, as long as she smiled slightly, no male god of the Greek gods would be fascinated by it.
Everyone was puzzled, including the loss of the male symbol of death. Everyone stared at Athena with strange eyes, but she paid no attention to it.
Athena held her hands to her chest, and her body began to glow brightly, and the thing seemed to melt into her body. Then, Athena's figure began to change in some strange way.
"Oh, what is that goddess doing? I'm curious! ”
Cangzhen, who was paying attention to the progress of the dungeon battle, was also aroused by Athena's curiosity.
The secrets of the Greek gods seem to be revealed at this moment.
The light was getting brighter and brighter, and the Grim Reaper, who was thinking of taking the opportunity to sneak up on Athena, had to temporarily retreat and block it with his hand.
The five pairs of eyes were all focused on one place, eager to know what was going on inside.
Soon, the light dimmed.
However, the changes that took place inside shocked everyone, and Cang Zhen was stunned, and even accidentally threw out the goblet shaking in his hand.
What did he see!
"This kind of thing is too unreasonable!"
Cang Zhen suddenly felt the urge to poke his eyes blind.
Athena, whose appearance can also rank in the top five in the box garden, and the goddess of the Mediterranean, who is admired and coveted by countless people, has actually become a male god.
Masculine, strong, handsome appearance, like the legendary prince, is not inferior to the previous Apollo, and the current Athena can no longer see a trace of the softness of the goddess.
Athena, the goddess of wisdom, disappeared like this?
Turned into a male deity.
That's what she's fusing that thing for!
"I see, that's the plan...... I finally got it. ”
Seeing Athena's changes, Cang Zhen finally connected all the clues together to find the right answer.
Cang Zhen had studied many of the information of the gods, and he had his own guesses about Athena's actions.
Athena, as one of the twelve main gods of Greece, was originally a deity who was not allowed to be born.
According to Greek mythology, Athena was the daughter of Zeus and the goddess of wisdom, Metis, who swallowed Metis whole because Gaia and Uranos prophesied that the son born to Metis would overthrow Zeus. After this, Zeus suffered from severe headaches, and Zeus had to ask the god of fire, Hephaestus, to open his head. The Vulcan did that. To the astonishment of the gods of Olympus, a beautiful goddess with a graceful body and a sturdy cloak, jumped out of her split skull, radiant and glorious.
That's the birth of Athena.
But that's just one side of the story.
Since ancient times, Athena has been an important deity. In the myths of ancient legends recorded in the history of mankind, Athena has been around for a long time.
In the past, she was referred to as "queen", meaning that Athena was once a god-king equal to Zeus.
What happened in between, I don't know. But judging by the results, Athena's status was undoubtedly devalued, from a queen to the daughter of Zeus.
This is the result of being conquered.
The Greek gods conquered the gods that Athena had once been.
In the manner of the box garden, it can be said that the Greek gods defeated Athena in the Gift Contest and adopted her as a member of the community.
Since then, the legend of Athena has been rewritten.
Among them, I am afraid that the credit of the fourth strongest "poet" in Hakotei is indispensable.
From the point of view of human history, a certain symbol of the evolution of ancient Greek history can be seen - the migration and integration of peoples, the era of matriarchy was replaced by patriarchy. Zeus represents the religious beliefs of the Achaians, the ancestors of the true Greeks who created the Mycenaean and Late Cretan civilizations and moved to Greece around 2000 BC, while Metis symbolizes the spiritual beliefs of the original indigenous people of Greece. Considering Metis as the goddess of wisdom may indicate that the civilization of Greece at that time was superior to that of later immigrants; When Zeus swallowed her, it was the fusion of different religions and civilizations of the indigenous people, the Achaians and the immigrants of West Asia, thus forming a new system of classical Greek civilization - "Athena" - of course, this word is only a metaphor, the symbol of Greek orthodox religion is still Zeus and not Athena, because she is not the "son" of the "prophecy", so she did not really replace Zeus in the end. This more or less represents the subservience of the conquered peoples of the time; But the fact that Metis was swallowed and that she remained in Zeus's belly symbolizes that these peoples still retain their own traditions to some extent.
In the end, Athena takes away the male symbol of Ouranos from the Grim Reaper's inheritance and blends it into herself, representing that she will complete the mutilation. From a daughter to a prophesied son, she has the power to replace Zeus.
If the Greek gods were still alive, Zeus would never have allowed such a thing to happen. But now, Athena has waited for a golden opportunity, the gods of the Greek gods are almost completely destroyed, and no one can stop her from regaining the power she lost.