Chapter 123: Achilles, the Star Lord of the Broken Army
Beside the River Styx, Achilles walked to the place, which his mother said was the source of his strength.
From a very young age, he knew that his mother had a very bad relationship with his father, and even that his mother, Thetis, the goddess of the sea, had never appeared in front of him with his father Peleus.
When he was older, he studied with his teacher, the centaur Caron, but within a few years, the teacher was trapped on the Caucasus by the god-king Zeus, replacing the imprisoned prophet Prometheus.
Then, the rumored dead evangelist Iathion took the goddess Hekata, Pandora and Ian, two strange aunts, to the teacher's cave to teach him.
It was also at that time that he also learned that the so-called evangelist Iathion was actually the incarnation of Adros, the god of roads and directions.
After that, he boarded the road to find the Golden Fleece and set foot on the battlefield of Troy, and these past events that made Achilles' blood boil were deeply engraved in his heart.
"Achilles, how dare you come here?"
A slightly familiar voice came, and Achilles looked back to see that it was Paris, the Trojan prince who had died at the hands of his rival in the battle of the high platform.
And behind him, there stood a group of heroes, or rather the souls of heroes, all of whom died in the Battle of Troy.
After their deaths, they were led by Taratona, the god of death, to the palace of Hades. And the silent Hades received them very gently, and gave them the divine position of the underworld, so that they who only have souls have more strength than in the human world.
"Don't let Achilles go. ”
"Let him be here with us. ”
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Heroes on both the Greek side and the Trojan side were almost at odds with Achilles and had to let him die here.
Achilles smiled at them disdainfully, they were all losers, and they dared to be so rampant. He took out his bronze sword and shield and shouted at the group, "You losers, if you are not afraid of dying again, come here." ”
Achilles was fearless in battle, let alone in the face of defeat from this group of men. But Achilles also felt a little bitter in his heart, because there were his former comrades-in-arms and some people he originally thought were friends. He treats others as friends, but unfortunately others only regard him as enemies, which has to be said to be a sad thing.
Achilles' arrogance and arrogance made the heroes on the other side furious, but because of Achilles' prestige, they did not dare to move forward. They have already died once, and now they all know the preciousness of life, and if their souls are killed by Achilles again this time, there will be no chance of resurrection.
"We shot him with arrows. ”
Paris, Helen's former husband, suddenly heard a familiar voice and offered advice to the heroes.
When the heroes heard this, they thought it was a good idea, so the heroes with bows and arrows all wound their arrows and shot them desperately at Achilles.
Shocked by the shamelessness of these people, Achilles had no choice but to wield a bronze sword and shield to resist the dense arrows. Although there were a few arrows that were not blocked by him, it was not a big problem, as his flesh was strong enough to withstand ordinary arrows.
But he didn't notice that Paris, a former war criminal, had secretly taken out a special arrow, which was painted with a strange color.
He followed the instructions of the voice in his head, and while Achilles was not looking, he shot an arrow at the heel of Achilles' right foot.
Annoyed by the dense array of arrows, Achilles was about to slay at the flew-like heroes when suddenly he felt a sharp pain in his heel.
This deep pain in his heart was unbearable for Achilles, and he screamed, and then loaded into the Styx Styx next to him. The waves rolled in the River Styx, and Achilles' figure soon disappeared.
Seeing this, this group of heroes finally breathed a sigh of relief, although they had become gods in the underworld, they were still full of fear for Achilles, the first strongest man in the Battle of Troy.
Not far from them, a man, or rather a hero's soul, watched coldly as the two sides fought, coldly as Achilles was shot and plunged into the River Styx.
He was Agamemnon, the former king of Mycenae, the king of kings, but was poisoned and killed by his wife and husband. When he arrives in the underworld, Hades will entrust him with the task of becoming the king of these dead heroes.
But Agamemnon refused, and he told Hades directly: "It is better to be a slave on earth than a king in the underworld." ”
Enraged, Hades denied him access to the Elysée Paradise, where good men and heroes lived, and Agamemnon was reluctant to go to the Tartarus Abyss. So, day after day, he wandered between several rivers of Styx.
Unlike Achilles, the heroes who died, whether from Troy or Greece, maintained their original respect for him. So even though he was alone by the River Styx, no one ever came to disturb him.
Agamemnon saw Achilles, who was besieged and died, but did not meddle in his business, this powerful demigod, who had offended him more than once. Although Agamemnon, who was already dead, had no interest in taking revenge on Achilles, he was also not interested in helping this enemy.
So, like other heroes, he silently left the Styx where Achilles was buried.
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Achilles was immersed in boundless pain, and in severe pain, he began to think about whether all his actions were right or wrong.
He loves to fight, and many problems that can be solved with combat, he doesn't bother to use other methods. He looked down on those who were timid but talkative, so many heroes of the Greek coalition were offended by him. He also looked down on those who sacrificed the interests of others for their own purposes, so both Agamemnon brothers were offended by him.
It's not that Achilles doesn't know this, it's just that he doesn't care, he thinks that even if it is a powerful god, he dares to face it head-on, let alone these human heroes.
"Yes, there is something wrong with my approach, but I don't want to change it. Because, that's who I am. ”
Thinking of this, Achilles ignited the fire in his chest and abdomen, although the time was not yet ripe, but if he did not do so, he would have no future.
The red flames burst up, burning Achilles in the River Styx directly into a burning man, from ** to the soul, there was a sharp pain like tearing.
The flames grew stronger and stronger, but Achilles never sensed the sea of divinity, the ocean that both his teacher Charon and Sisyphus experienced when they became gods.
After all, Achilles' divine power was limited, and soon after, the flames began to weaken, and Achilles felt the changes in his body and soul, and couldn't help but despair, it seemed that he was really going to die this time.
Just when he was desperate and helpless, a stone on his chest suddenly emitted a brilliant starlight, and then it was thrown directly into his soul.
Achilles knew that the stone, which had been required to be worn by his mother since he was born, was said to have been given to him as a birth gift by a mysterious deity.
After this stone was thrown into Achilles' soul, the fire of his divine power burned again, and it was so dazzling.
This time, Achilles finally felt the blue ocean, and all the pain seemed to be washed away as if he was wandering in it.
"Achilles, the son of Thetis, became a god as a demigod by nature, the star lord of the Star Court, and the head of the stars who are in charge of destroying the power of the gods. ”
In the dark, Achilles heard this voice, and then the sea of divinity gradually disappeared, and in his mind, there was a lot more news about the Star Divine Court.
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Above the seas, in a newly built palace, Thetis, the goddess of the sea, sat on her seat worriedly, and several other goddesses continued to comfort her.
Not long ago, the goddess suddenly screamed, and then tears flowed from her eyes. The goddess of beauty, Eurynom, hurriedly asked her what was wrong.
Then Thetis told the three sisters that something might have happened to her son, Achilles.
Because Thetis is a goddess who knows some prophetic techniques, she often has some premonitions, and the other goddesses don't know how to persuade her.
Fortunately, the goddess of oaths, Styx, Lord of the River Styx, was present, and he told Thetis that she did not sense Achilles' death.
But whenever a demigod or a human dies, the soul must first pass through the River Styx, so if she says that she is not dead, she must not be dead.
When the voice of the Lord of the Stars came, signaling the return of the Lord of the Broken Stars, the goddess of the sea, Thetis, finally relieved her heart. Since then, his son's fate has changed, and he no longer has to worry about his bad death. The path after the gods was no longer something she could predict.
"Seven kills, broken army, greedy wolf, finally all together, it seems that I should prepare to go to Egypt. ”
In the temple of Troy, Aphrodite was teasing her children when she suddenly heard the words of Adros next to her, and her heart was stunned.
"When are you leaving?" Aphrodite had heard Adros say about it a long time ago, but she didn't expect it to come so early.
Adros looked at his wife and said softly, "Don't worry, before leaving, give us a big gift to His Majesty the God King, otherwise I won't be at ease." ”
"What gift?" the god of love and beauty looked puzzled, she didn't believe that Adros would give Zeus a gift.
Adros waved his hand slightly, then hugged Aphrodite and said with a smile: "You don't need to know this, when the time comes, when Apollo and Artemis come, you can plan." I guess it will take me a few years, and during this time, let's practice all the postures we used before. ”
Aphrodite's face suddenly blushed and writhed, "No, the child is still around." ”
"It's really a problem. Adros hurriedly summoned the priests and told them to carry the child to his mother, the goddess Leto, and his aunt Astria, and then began a great battle with his wife.