Chapter 50: The Oracle of Adros
Seeing that Hades had returned to a taciturn state, Zeus shook his head and smiled, and said to Poseidon: "You say, if this wise man on the ocean, if she has a son, then she will still be so concerned about the affairs of the ocean?"
Zeus's sudden idea reminded Poseidon of his brother's usual trick of showing mercy everywhere, which helped him secure the throne of the god-king, and then sowed seeds everywhere, which allowed him to have many excellent children and spread his majesty.
"Don't you remember what Prometheus said? Thetis will give birth to a child who is stronger than his father. Poseidon looked at his god-king brother strangely, knowing that he had always been lustful, but in the face of power and beauty, he would undoubtedly choose the former.
Thetis is the goddess of the sea of the ancient sea god Pontus, the daughter of Nereus, the son of Pontus, and Doris, the goddess of the sea, and is the most virtuous of their daughters. During the Battle of the Titans, he summoned hundred-armed giants to help Zeus rebel against the Titans.
Both Zeus and Poseidon pursued her, but Thetis prophesied that she would give birth to children who would be stronger than her father and Zeus. This secret was known to her friend Prometheus the Prophet, who once told it to Zeus and Poseidon, so that these two lustful kings never had a mind on Thetis.
Zeus shook his head and smiled: "Of course it's not me who pursues her, I'm going to let her have an heir with a human so that we don't have to worry about the threat of the son of Thetis." ”
Since Ouranos, the Kaos god line has had a curse that his son will overthrow his father's court, and Zeus is also very concerned about this curse when he sows seeds everywhere. So he devoured Athena's mother, Metis, the goddess of wisdom, and so he was indifferent to Dionysus, the god of wine on Mount Olympus, who came out of his thigh.
"That's a good idea. Poseidon also had to admit that Zeus's idea killed two birds with one stone, which could not only distract the sea goddess Thetis, but also eliminate the hidden dangers she had predicted.
It's just the choice of who will be Thetis's husband, and how to make Thetis marry a human willingly, but this is the biggest problem. So the three kings of heaven and earth were on this boundless sea, plotting for the husband of Thetis.
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"Cleus, you have been gracious to me by hiding me and Persephone from the persecution of our enemies. From this day forward, you will be my first priest, and after your death, you will also be the head of my gods. You and your vassals Theocles, Eumolpos, Polyxenos, and your son Tripptolemus, will be under my protection with Persephone, and you will be given the right to communicate on behalf of the believers and our mother and daughter. ”
A few days ago, the mother and daughter of Demeter, who had fled, sealed off their divine power and hid in the mortal pile, escaping many times from the detection of the gods of the abyss. After all, this place is extremely close to the state guarded by Athena, the goddess of wisdom, and the ocean country of Poseidon, and these abyssal gods dare not make too much movement, otherwise, it may be an excellent way to kill people when they see them.
In gratitude to the Eleusian kingdom for helping to hide their mother and daughter, Demeter decided to build her largest human temple here, and made the king, ministers, and princes of Eleusis her sacrifices.
Seeing the grateful people of the kingdom of Eleusis below, Adros secretly said: "Could it be that this is the most secret god worship in the legend, the origin of the secret ritual of Eleusis?"
The Eleusian Rite was considered by later generations to be the most important of all the secret cults of antiquity. These worship services and ceremonies are kept strictly secret, and the initiation ceremony, in which all believers participate, is an important channel for the faithful to communicate directly with the gods in order to obtain the blessing of divine power and the rewards of the afterlife.
This was true not only among the Greek city-states, but even after the founding of Rome and the disappearance of the gods, this secret ritual still existed.
When Demeter finished expressing his gratitude to the kingdom of Eleusis, Hermes, the messenger of the gods, the righteous god of Olympus, and the priest of commerce, theft, sports, and athletics, came here. Originally, this oracle would also be in charge of priesthood such as travel and border crossing, but this kind of priesthood involving direction and path was only available to Adros and Hecate.
He brought the will of Zeus, and Olympus would hold a grand feast to celebrate the goddess of harvest and the queen of the underworld, as well as to celebrate Persephone as the main god. This is the third Olympus god to break through from the gods after the sun god Helios and the moon goddess Selene, and the others are originally the main gods.
Especially the main god of the breakthrough, who is also the daughter of the god king Zeus and the wife of Hades, the king of Hades.
The banquet of Olympus, naturally, had nothing to do with Adros, and he said goodbye to Styx, the goddess of oaths who also disliked Olympus.
As he was leaving, Persephone sent him a message telling him to go to her when he was free, and Adros nodded in agreement. He didn't notice at all that Demeter, the goddess of the harvest, looked at him with a very strange expression.
On the way out, a silver starlight suddenly flashed in Adros's hand, and he smiled at the Goddess of Oaths: "Aunt Styx, I have a gift for you." ”
"Oh, my little Adros, there's still a gift for me. Stix also smiled, and unceremoniously took the starlight from Adros.
After receiving it, Stix was surprised: "This, how can there be such a thing, how did you get it?"
As soon as she got this silver starlight, a message came to her mind, letting her know that this was the authority to control the galaxy, or the priesthood who was in charge of the milky white bright ribbon across the starry sky. In other words, from today onwards, she will not only be the Lord of the River Styx in Hades, but also the Lord of the Galaxy that Adros calls the River of Heaven.
Unlike the Styx Styx Oath, this galaxy comes with a law of wishes, which means that she can also control the wishes of all beings.
Although surprised, Styx did not lose his temper, his eyes were fixed on Adros, and he asked, "What did you do in the starry sky?"
At this time, how could she not have guessed that some time ago, there were constant changes in the starry sky, and it should be the ghost of the young god in front of her who called herself an aunt.
Adros smiled slightly, and the power of the star god was full of flashes of power, and the rank of the main god was undoubtedly revealed, and he said softly: "I am in charge of the stars, and I am the lord of the stars." This Starry Sky Tianhe Priesthood will become the place where my divine envoy is in charge, I don't know if Aunt Styx is willing?"
The goddess of oath looked at Adros with a gentle face, did not speak, and directly fused this starlight into her soul.
From then on, she was the god of the Lord of the Stars, the future oracle of the Emperor Ziwei, the co-master of the Styx and the Celestial River, and the goddess of oaths and wishes.