Chapter 21: Aegis, the shield of Medusa
Artemis, the goddess of the moon, the goddess of the moon, purity and hunting, has its own specific relics and symbols.
The first is the 'bow and arrow', and there is no doubt that Artemis, as a symbol of hunting, was first and foremost a talent for hunting, and it was the only sacred object she received from her father Zeus.
The second is the 'chariot', which is said to have been wrapped in gold and pulled by four golden long-horned deer, emitting a silver-gray holy light.
The third is the deer, the only animal that Artemis herself considers the most sacred.
Artemis, the moon goddess who symbolizes hunting, fell in love with these creatures after seeing them shinier than the horns, and it was the first animal she caught.
The fourth is the 'Hound', where Artemis got her hounds in the 'Arcadian Forest' and takes them with her hounds on almost every hunt.
The fifth is the 'female bear', which is said to symbolize Artemis and is said to be associated with the constellation Ursa Major.
The sixth is the 'wild boar', and although the boar is one of the hunters' favorite animals, many myths record that the selfish and resentful Artemis often used the boar to kill many people who insulted her, whether they were gods or humans.
The seventh is the 'bustard', a bird of the falconiformes family, a medium-sized bird of prey, which has been regarded as a favored bird by many gods since ancient times, and the buzzard is considered a sacred animal of Artemis.
The 'Bow of Artemis', which is compiled from Greek mythology and ancient linear scripts, is shaped like a simple silver longbow, which can not only condense the moonlight into a bow and arrow through guò string, so there is no need for arrows to be stored, but also use the bow to condense the moonlight to reproduce the symbol and holy object of the moon goddess, and each holy object has its special ability.
For example, wild boars can increase destructive power, female bears can increase arm strength and defense, etc., so it is said that the 'Artemis Bow' is the special god-level spirit tool of Desya, who is named the moon goddess Artemis! It has the power of Pallas's wise spear!
Just as Desia smashed the rest of the building into Meifeng 103 in mid-air, watching the latter tear open the building as lightly as paper and wanted to make the next move, suddenly there were two more figures on the field!
They were Simon and Pallas Athena, who were supposed to be fighting on another occasion! And it seems that they don't have that kind of hostile relationship, but get along with each other with an indescribable feeling!
"Pallas, why are you here? She ......"
Desia frowned slightly, she was worried that Pallas was accused by the other party, although she expressed disbelief for this assumption, after all, Pallas, who was named after Athena, the goddess of wisdom, would be so lightly manipulated? But if that's not the case, how can this scene in front of you be explained?
"I'll talk about that later. All I can say is that she's not an enemy, albeit temporarily. ”
Pallas couldn't help but glance at Desya: "Compared to this, Desya, have you broken the seal?" Is it already possible to use the power of Artemis, the goddess of the moon? You don't feel wrong, do you? I mean another Valkyrie power within you. ”
"I've only unlocked half of the seals, and for the time being, that Valkyrie power doesn't affect me, but it can only be used for less than a few tens of minutes at most." Desia explained briefly.
"I see."
Pallas couldn't help but nodded, and at this moment, Meifeng 103 in the air suddenly let out a hissing roar, and spat out flames from his mouth that seemed to destroy the world, so that Pallas and the others had no choice but to stop the conversation, and each used their magic powers to avoid it.
"Woman named Pallas, don't forget what you just said." Simon's voice suddenly came, which surprised Disya, who was listening.
At this time, Pallas replied: "Don't worry, since I said that, I will naturally fulfill my promise." ”
As he spoke, Pallas looked in the direction of Disya: "Desya, please wrap this area in the moonlight, I don't want to add unnecessary damage when subduing this girl named Meifeng." ”
"Yes, yes, but what's going on? Sounds like you've made some kind of agreement, right? The more she listened, the more confused she became.
However, Pallas did not want to answer, but only urged the latter, and in desperation, Desia had to gently shake the bow of Artemis in her hand, so that the condensed moonlight instantly covered the belt like a cocoon.
"Thank you. Next ......"
For some reason, one of Pallas's faces became unusually cautious, and then, she tapped the gray snake belt around her waist with her jade hand, and whispered from her mouth, "'Ekedna'!" ”
With a terrible hiss, the belt began to break away from Pallas's waist, falling downwards and suddenly swelling at a certain height!
In less than an instant, it had turned into a Nymph with squinted eyes on the upper body and white cheeks, and a monster in the form of a serpent on the lower body, hovering around Pallas! Moreover, the body length has reached a terrifying 100 meters!
Looking at the speckled skin possessed by this half-body basilisk, as well as the strange purple qi that permeates that skin, you don't need to guess to know that these purple qi must be extremely corrosive and poisonous!
However, Pallas's mind was clearly not on it, and she recited the ancient linear language with a more cautious expression.
As she spoke, her surroundings seemed to change shape, especially the half-body basilisk, which began to roll in place with a painful face and shrink its exaggerated size at an alarming rate.
After shrinking to a certain length, the halfling basilisk suddenly let out a painful hiss and spat out a quaint shield from its mouth!
According to Greek mythology, Medusa, one of the three sisters of the gorgon, was a disaster to the world, and Athena, who was grateful for the suffering of the people, used her magic power to kill her, and then the god of forging, Hephaestus, took her corpse and made a round shield from goatskin.
And the goatskin as a material is not simple, it was stripped from a mythical ewe that was fed to Zeus in goat's milk!
It is said that Zeus was the son of the titan god Kronos, who ruled the universe before Zeus, and Kronos's wife was the goddess Rhea, who ruled the passage of time.
Rhea gave birth to many children, but each child was eaten by Kronos as soon as it was born, so when Rhea gave birth to Zeus, she was determined to protect the little life.
She wrapped a stone in a cloth and lied that it was a newborn baby, and after having Kronos swallow the stone in her stomach, she secretly sent Zeus to the home of her husband's sister, the goddess Nymph, to raise her.
The goddess Nymph had no milk of her own, so she fed Zeus with the milk of a family ewe, which was such a mythical ewe.
The round shield made of such goatskin and the corpse of the gorgon Medusa is in the shape of a simple round shield, covered with soft sheepskin, and the four corners of the upper and lower sides are superimposed with symbols of fear, battle, ferocity, and tracking, and in the center, the head of the gorgon Medusa is mounted.
This is the origin of Athena, the goddess of wisdom, in addition to the wisdom spear, another famous mythical divine weapon, the god of forging 'Hephaestus' named it 'Aegis'.
Note here that the mention of Aegis cannot but mention another shield of the same name.
It was the shield used by the god Zeus, although it was forged from goatskin, but Zeus's shield did not penetrate the corpse of the gorgon Medusa.
Moreover, this shield of Zeus is made of a cyclops and endowed with incredible magic, even the divine weapon Thunder used by Zeus himself cannot penetrate it!
Therefore, in order to distinguish between them, the shield of Zeus is generally called 'Aegis of Zeus', while the shield of Athena is 'Aegis of Medusa'.
The round shield spit out by the half-body basilisk 'Ekedna' is a perfect reproduction of this mythological account, compiled in Greek mythological forms and ancient linear script.
In addition to the ability to control the snake that controls reality, the stone snake on the shield, and the ability to use symbols such as fear, battle, ferocity, and tracking to use symbols such as fear, battle, ferocity, and tracking, what is more important is the ability to instantly petrify any creature that sees the head and eye of the Medusa in the center of the shield!
Because of such a terrifying petrification ability, after obtaining the shield of Medusa that is as famous as the wisdom spear, Pallas hid this god-level spirit device in the body of the half-body basilisk 'Ekdena' transformed by his belt.
She is afraid that one day her strength will be weak and she will be petrified by this shield of her own, which is really ridiculous and generous; What's more, with Pallas's temperament, such a spirit tool that petrifies people at every turn is really not the spirit tool that her temperament should use.
But now, in order to subdue Meifeng 103, who was about to be corroded into a phoenix monster, in order to agree to the request made by Simon Mingling, Pallas had to dispatch this spirit tool even if he was unwilling.
Let Disia use the moonlight to cover and isolate this belt beforehand, for fear that the petrification ability will be displayed and she will accidentally injure herself.
"Go!"
Pallas muttered softly, and pinched a spell in both hands.
I saw that the quaint round shield suddenly emitted a beam of light from the eyes of the head of the central gorgon Medusa that was difficult to distinguish with the naked eye!
'Szz~'
Like the sound of a wall cracking, Miho 103 in the air flashed with a flash of eyes, starting from the eyes, and slowly spreading gray colors around the body.
It was a sign that she was beginning to be petrified, and at the same time, Pallas made the half-body basilisk 'Erkodena' swallow back the round shield again, and re-transformed into a belt around her waist, while she herself relied on the strength of her flesh to leap into the air with a slight jump, and pulled the body of Mei Feng 103 out of the phoenix's body that was not yet fully petrified, and then fell back to the ground before the petrification marks spread.
With a loud 'boom', the phoenix, which was petrified into the shape of a stone, fell into a gravel shape after it landed, and the wreckage was everywhere.
"Desya, it's okay."
Pallas gestured to the opposite Desya, who understood, and immediately withdrew the moonlight and resealed the power of the Moon Goddess in his body.
After doing these actions, Disia sat down on the ground with a pale face, and she secretly thought to herself that if she was one step later, she was afraid that the power in her body would collapse.
(To be continued...... )