Holy Mountain, Olympus –

A tall hall of white stone at the summit is hung with distinctive crimson drapery, those tassels twisted with precious stones, exquisite gold furniture, and beaded ornaments, all of which show how noble the owner of this palace is.

After the attendants had been cleared, Kamod entered the majestic palace.

After returning to the Holy Mountain from the human world, he changed into a light purple dress and trousers, and wore a plain cloak diagonally.

Thinking that his mission to the human world had not been successfully completed, Carmod was in a state of uneasiness at this time, and unconsciously quickened his pace and walked straight down the corridor, his inky thin-soled leather boots grinding a series of muffled sounds on the soft embroidered carpet.

Led by his attendant to a well-lit room, Kamod took a few steps to the middle of the room and stopped, then bowed down on one knee, his eyes never daring to look at the god on his seat.

Xu is because of his high position, Xu is because of his divine power source The breath is naturally full of a kind of non-angry and self-righteous aura, which makes this palace full of uncomfortable oppressive forces.

"Great God, I'm back. I'm sorry, but I couldn't bring Carreta back. ”

After speaking cautiously, Karmad took a deep breath to relieve the uncomfortable feeling in his body, and his body always remained in a posture of leaning forward and bowing his head, not moving at all.

The owner of this palace was none other than Zeus, the god of the gods, and his wife, the goddess Hera, who blessed him.

At this moment, Zeus, dressed in red and gold, was sitting on a high-backed chair with his eyes closed, and when he heard the sound of Kamod paying homage, he slowly opened his eyes.

“... It's okay, I'm sure she won't come back easily. ”

Zeus looked at the kneeling Kamod in a reverent posture, and only replied to him after a while, and the voice that poured out casually permeated the depth of an adult man.

"Zeus, please forgive Karette. She was not unfaithful to Olympus, but she was young and shallow, and was therefore bewitched by the god of darkness. Please give me a chance, next time, I promise to personally take her back to the Holy Mountain......"

Zeus's bland attitude made Kamod particularly nervous at this moment, and he kept sending pleas to Zeus.

"You've said too many good things about your sister, Kamod!"

As soon as the curtain moved, Hera entered the room through the right corner door in a graceful royal blue floor-length dress, and she rebuked Kamod as she twisted her waist all the way to Zeus's side.

Stopping, she turned her body toward Kamod.

"It is precisely because the Great God trusts you that he will send you to the human realm this time, how can you be embarrassed to disappoint him by returning empty-handed? With your strength and means, it is not impossible to sincerely let Kareta return to the Holy Mountain!"

As soon as she finished speaking, she narrowed her eyes resentfully, and the light in them was extremely sharp, as if she was going to split Kamod in half in an instant.

"I beg your pardon, diva. At that time, I found Kareta in the public area of the human realm, and it was impossible to snatch her back by force. ”

There was a numb look on Kamod's face, and those indifferent answers and kisses were not difficult for Hera to find that he was completely disgusted and resistant to himself.

"Okay! You and her are still brother and sister. You also had a lot of protection for Karette from my daughter, and now she disobeys the will of the great god and refuses to return to the Holy Mountain, and you come here to intercede for her, and Alice will be embarrassed for you if you do this—"

"That's it!"

Zeus interjected impatiently, interrupting Hera's chatter. He glanced again at the Kamod, who was kneeling on the ground, and commanded:

"Get up, thank you. Since Carette was no longer willing to accept the protection of Olympus, she simply ...... Let her go. ”

Zeus...... Trust me, I'll ......"

"No need, we'll discuss this later, you can go down. ”

A grimace on Camod's lowered face froze.

Although he was dissatisfied with Zeus's decision, he was always worried about Kareta's situation, but he did not dare to disobey the orders of the gods of all gods. Helpless, he gritted his teeth and bowed slightly, stood up and left.

Hera approached her husband at this time, put her hands on his shoulders and rubbed them gently, relaxing his nerves and currying favor with him.

Zeus closed his eyes.

"Okami, don't you really have to worry about Karete?"

After kneading for a moment, Hera asked tentatively, the movement in her hand continued.

"I'm just testing Kareta's resolve with Kamod, it's better for her to come back, and it won't save us a lot of trouble if she doesn't come back. Those two gods will surely deal with the god of darkness for her, and we Olympus...... Just sit back and enjoy it......" Zeus replied calmly with his eyes closed.

"Cali, I'm not worried, but the god ......"

"Don't worry, Hera, if he wants the Athena Gem, he won't be able to hurt Karet, after all...... She's the key!"

After speaking, Zeus reopened his eyes, and two sharp and shrewd lights appeared in his dark blue eyes. The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and his expression seemed to be smiling......

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There is a jungle on the top cliff of the sacred mountain, and in the center of the jungle is a natural pool that is as vast as a plain, that is, the Tianshui Cold Pool.

Due to special geographical reasons, this jungle is covered with snow all year round. And the pool water also looks extremely cold, hazy cold smoke and cold fog have been floating on the surface of the pond water for thousands of miles, covering the clear bottomless pool water.

The source of this pool of cold water is a cold spring that flows from the high cliff wall of the sacred mountain. The water gushes out from the source and descends into a flat pond with a drop of several hundred meters from the high cliff, and from a distance, it looks like a small waterfall in the shape of a silver ribbon.

A gentle breeze blew the waterfall into a cloud of smoke, and the light splash fell in all directions, as if it were raining misty.

At the bottom of the waterfall, a figure stood in the cold pool, unmoved for a long time.

He was dressed only in a thin white robe. The cold waterfall rushed down and wet his whole body, and suddenly splashed a thousand ice flowers that were swaying with cool air. The bone-chilling cold water covered his waist, and his vague face, enveloped in the floating and heavy freezing air, endured indescribable sorrow.

Suddenly, he couldn't hold it anymore, and his cold-frozen body collapsed into the pool.

Just then, a girl in a moon-silver dress and white over-the-knee boots arrived at the poolside.

Without saying a word, she waved her arms and began to cast her mana, and her whole body was enveloped in a striking icy white light. The white smoke in the pool water was inspired by her spell, and then pounced on her from the surface of the pool, and for a moment it was twisted together with the layer of strong cold white light outside her body, and was completely swallowed by the light in an instant.

The girl took the spell and cast it. The cold light went out, revealing her youthful and beautiful face, but because her body had absorbed all the cold air from the pool just now, her delicate little mouth had taken on a black and purple color. But with her Water Yin's divine power source attribute, the cold of these freezing gases was not enough to cause damage to herself.

"Are you alright, Bai Xiu. ”

The girl stood in the snow by the pool, casting a concerned look at the man who had fallen in the waterfall.

The man's stiff body moved in response, and he struggled to stand up again. He was the courtier of the sun god who secretly helped Carette elope with Jose in the human world, and was ordered by Zeus to return to the holy mountain to be punished.

"I'm fine. Thank you, Goddess Artemis. Thanks to you for coming over every time to dispel the cold of the pool for me. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been able to make it this far. ”

Bai Xiu squirmed his cold lips, trying to speak as clearly as possible. In gratitude, he also raised his eyes to look at the girl on the shore.

Artimis, the daughter of Zeus and the goddess of time, Retto, the goddess of time, and the sister of Apollo, the god of the sun, was the goddess of the moon and the hunt. Her weapon, the "Sacrificial Moon" Divine Bow, and Bai Xiu's "Prayer for the Sun" Divine Bow were originally a pair.

"I've sent the guards on the shore for the time being, and you can come out of the waterfall for a while. Ay...... Although I can use spells, I can only suppress the freezing air of this pool for twelve hours at a time, and I can't do it once and for all. ”

Artimis spoke, and his expression became more and more sad.

She had approached her brother Apollo for the matter of Bai Xiu and asked him to intercede with Zeus.

But Apollo was an absolute supporter of the god of all gods, and it was rumored that Zeus would inherit the throne of the next god of all gods to him. Therefore, at this juncture, he would never offend Zeus for the sake of one of his criminals, even if this criminal was once his favorite minister.

At Artimis' suggestion, Pacius staggered out of the waterfall and walked to the middle of the pool.

"It's okay, I can still bear it. Goddess, did you come this time with the latest news about Kareta in the human world?"

Every time Bai Xiu saw Artimis, within two sentences, he would ask her about the girl he cared about the most. He knew that she and Kareta had been best friends since the beginning of the gods~.

Artimis didn't hide it either, nodded and said:

"She's been having a bad time lately, Zeus sent Kamod to the human realm to pick her up but she refused, and it seems that she is determined to be with the dark god. ”

"Who else can she trust but the god of darkness, and who can she rely on?"

Bai Xiu let out a long sigh in the pool water, and a stream of white gas immediately erupted from his mouth, and when the cold air dissipated, he said to himself helplessly:

"Zeus, your plan has gone awry, and you have changed your plan to get Kareta back. You're just trying to get the key to the Athena Gem in your own hands for the sake ......of the future!

"You're not the only one who is dissatisfied with Zeus's approach, it is said that Venus, the goddess of love, almost quarreled with Zeus and Hera for Carette, but it didn't work. Now, without Zeus's personal order, Hermes Ambassador will not easily open the Holy Mountain Barrier for any god, otherwise Eros and I will go to the human world to visit Kareta in the morning, and we will never leave her alone. ”

Artimis looked at Bai Xiu with blank eyes, and said a lot in one breath, but every sentence was sincere and heartfelt.

"Kareta has the god of darkness by her side, and she is not alone......"

Bai Xiu's eyes softened, and the tone of his voice seemed to reveal infinite sadness.

Artemis looked a little surprised, and then realized by his words.

The look of surprise gradually faded from her face, and she raised her feet and walked down the pool, approaching Bai Xiu step by step, her pretty body sliding in an uneven straight line on the surface of the calm pool.

She stopped in front of his eyes, and with her height, the pool of clear water was right on her chest. Most of her long, silver hair, straight and shiny under the tortoiseshell crown, was submerged in water, and strands drifted under the sparkling water.

The freezing air disappeared, and the water became very clear, clearly reflecting the opposing figures of one high and one low in the water.

When the breeze blows, a round leaf falls into the water, followed by a circle of subtle ripples, and then softly disperses in the water.

"Bai Xiu, you still love Kareta very much in your heart, right?"

Artemis looked at the haggard but handsome face in front of him, and his expression was full of distress.

Bai Xiu didn't answer, but in silence he fixed his eyes on the girl opposite him.

The willow eyebrows on the face of the bright moon are crooked, the eyebrows are bright and blue, the long eyelashes flutter slightly, the small nose is as firm as jade, and the thin lips are delicate and delicate like rose petals.

She is also beautiful, but he has never been able to open his heart for her.

After waiting for a long time, Artemis finally fell into disappointment.

"Bai Xiu, in fact, it is not my spell that has supported you in this pool of water until now, but your thoughts about Karet!"

Artemis lowered her voice with a bitter smile, and turned sadly to go ashore, her voice of hidden pain ethereal on the silent pool:

"Now that she has a heart, she will definitely not return to the Holy Mountain, don't you want to be punished in this pool for the rest of your life......"

Bai Xiu looked at her back and didn't say a word, but he remembered that fragment in his mind at this moment.

There, Kareta wept and threw herself into his blood-covered bosom, and said to him bitterly:

"Wait for me at Olympus—"