Chapter Seventy-Two: The Mirror of Eris
Hercules fulfilled the task given by the queen Zeus to dedicate the belt of Queen Hippolyta at the feet of King Eurystheus. Eurystheus did not let him rest, and then sent him to complete the problem of Zeus, the king of the gods, and bring back the herd of Geryon.
Cleion was a giant who lived on the island of Eritsa, in the Bay of Gadila, and he had a herd of brown and red cattle, which he was tended by another giant and a two-headed hound. He was as tall as a mountain, with three heads and six arms, three bodies, and six legs, and no human in the world dared to fight against him.
The two-headed hound was no ordinary thing, it was also the son of Typhon, but it was captured by the god queen Hera. Like his three-headed brother, the two-headed dog was a great talker and a pleaser to his master, and it was soon given to her daughter by Hera, the wife of the god of war, Eneo.
At the behest of her father, Zeus, Enio sent the dog as part of Hercules' mission.
Hercules knew that this difficult task required careful preparation, for Cleion's father was a world-famous wealthy man, nicknamed the "Golden Sword", and was the king of the whole world.
In addition to Grimion, he had three tall and brave sons, each commanding a mighty and warlike army.
But Hercules was not afraid of this task, and he raised his army, as before, gathered the troops he had rescued from the beast on the island of Crete, and landed in Libya by boat.
Here he met Poseidon, the king of the sea, and the son of Gaia, the willful god Antaeus.
Ever since Antaeus was taught a lesson by Adros and brought back to the sea by the goddesses of Mother Earth, Poseidon the king of the sea did everything he could to extinguish the fire of the sun on his lips.
Poseidon, the king of the sea, feared that he would cause trouble again, so he sent him to Libya, a land on the edge of the gods.
Antaeus also listened to his father's words, stayed here for a long time, and practiced diligently, preparing to take revenge on Adros in the future. He told Poseidon about this, but Poseidon, who had always doted on him, didn't say anything, just asked him to find his own way back in the future.
During this time, Antaeus could be regarded as calming down to practice, but when he was bored, he ordered passing travelers to fight with him and pass the time.
A few days ago, a goddess who claimed to be able to predict the future and change her fate came to Libya. She has a mirror of the gods, and it is said that inside the mirror, everyone can see the best future. As long as you follow the instructions of this goddess, you will be able to achieve it.
Antaeus waited in line for a long time, and finally got the opportunity to see the mirror. In the mirror, Antaeus saw what he had always dreamed of, sitting on the throne of Olympus, with the goddesses of Olympus waiting beside him, and Adros' wife, the goddess of love and beauty, kneeling at his feet and begging him to spare Adros' life.
However, he was laughing loudly in the mirror, and when he was suddenly pushed, he immediately reacted, this is just the future predicted by this mirror.
So, the son of Gaia and Poseidon, who wanted to be arrogant and arrogant, humbly asked for advice for the first time, and he asked the goddess next to him, "Please tell me how I can realize this future?"
Looking at the fool in front of him, Eris, the goddess of discord who had become a fate changer, sighed, shook her head and said, "It's difficult, it's too difficult. ”
As soon as Antails heard it, since what she said was difficult, it was a joke, and for the first time, he became smart and hurriedly asked again.
Eris pretended to be helpless by his question, and sighed: "Forget it, I'll tell you, but even if I tell you, you may not be able to do it." ”
"Goddess, even if you say it, I'm so big, there's nothing I can't do. Antaeus floated up, selectively filtering through the fat beating of Adros years ago.
"Since the first god king opened the divine court, fate has been pronounced, and the son of the god king has the fate of killing his father and seizing the throne. Therefore, Kronus was able to overthrow Ouranos, Zeus was able to overthrow Kronus, and in this era, there were also those who overthrew the divine court and became the fate of kings, they were Boros, Dionysus and Hercules. However, Boros was already doomed to not be born because of his mother being swallowed by Zeus, and only the last two remained. As long as you can kill the two of them, you can take their destiny and become the god who overthrew Zeus. ”
Listening to the half-truths of the goddess of discord, Antails left with a full stomach.
After he left, the goddess of discord suddenly said to the sea: "After watching it for so long, it's time to come out." ”
Above the sea, a graceful and beautiful goddess walked out, it was the granddaughter of Pontos, the wise man of the sea, who had just become the lord of the Cancer Palace in the court of Adros, Thetis.
"Sure enough, he is worthy of being the star master of the giant gate who is in charge of right and wrong, the magic mirror is said to be a divine mirror, and with a few words, the good relationship between Zeus and Poseidon is about to fall apart. ”
Thetis looked at the discordant goddess who had messed up her so-called wedding and couldn't help but admire.
Eris, the goddess of discord, put away her magic mirror and smiled: "I, the star lord of the giant gate, am at best my sister, the god of Hekate, the lord of the Big Dipper. In the words of our Majesty, it counts as Sister Hecate's own power. It's you, the Cancer Palace Master of the Divine Court, who is destined to be the big man of the Divine Court in the future, and the task of leveling Hermes and a few of them will be left to you. ”
Although Eris said this, his expression was not at all godly unwilling. Among her many siblings, the one she admired most was not the mysterious Ether and Hemera, the goddess of space, or the two Death Sleep brothers in the underworld who performed the priesthood in the place of Hades, but the youngest Hekate, who was deeply loved by their mother.
Recruited by Hecate as a god, she has no resentment. More importantly, what a supreme honor it is to be able to build a new divine court together, and how many discord among the gods can be provoked.
Thetis shook her head with a wry smile, she didn't know how to answer this strange goddess, she just said softly: "Hermes, I've already prepared a big gift." ”
In today's Star Divine Court, the only people she knows are Hekate, the Lord of the Big Dipper, Stix, the Lord of the Heavenly River, and the giant star Lord Eros in front of her, and of course, the imprisoned Jupiter.
These stars, although they did not have the strength to compete with Olympus, always gave her some comfort and some hope.
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Although Antaeus can draw strength from his Mother Earth as long as he does not leave the earth. However, in the life-and-death duel between the two, Hercules knocked him down three times and finally discovered the secret of his regaining strength.
In the end, the son of the Earth Mother and the Sea King, after a day and a night of dueling with Hercules, was choked by the neck by Hercules, hung in the air, and died at the hands of Hercules, without any god coming to stop him.