Chapter 13: The Artifact "Thunderbolt"
The chair also has a story about Hephaestus being born ugly and lame, and Hera was disgusted and abandoned him. Fortunately, the goddess of the sea, Thetis and Eurynome, rescued and raised him, and returned to Mount Olympus nine years later.
He was very dissatisfied with his mother, Hera, and tried to take revenge. After the Rebellion of Tiphon, the gods came to Olympus, and he made a beautiful chair for Hera. Hera was glad to receive her son's gift, but as soon as she sat down, she was glued to the delicate chair and strap, unable to move, and no one could untie it.
Suddenly, Hera's embarrassment was seen by the Olympian gods. Later, after the mediation of Poseidon, the god of the sea, Hephaestus finally let go of Hera, and the mother and son reconciled.
Hera kept this delicate chair in her hall as a testimony to the reconciliation of mother and child.
"Adros, I thought about it for a while, my deal this time, let's forget it. Hera's eyes lit up and she looked at Adros with a smile on her face.
Adros originally looked at Hera, who was embarrassed by his teasing with a smile, but suddenly saw that her face changed, and she actually said that she wanted to cancel the transaction, and was in a hurry: "Don't, you see I brought this sand of the Styx for you, no matter how you say cancel, cancel it." With that, he took out the cloth bag that Styx had given him and handed it to Hera.
Unexpectedly, Hera shook her head and didn't take the bag, just pursed her lips and smiled: "I suddenly felt that it was okay not to use this sand." ”
"Don't, look at our God King, looking for a lover outside every day, even I can't stand it. As the gods, the most noble and beautiful goddess between heaven and earth, how can she endure it, you must teach him a lesson. Although he knew that Hera was deliberately hanging his appetite, Adros had to say all the good things about him. And Zeus, the god-king, undoubtedly became the best case for him to curry favor with Hera.
When Hera heard this, her eyes were full of smiles, and her eyes narrowed into two crescent moons: "The noblest and most beautiful, more beautiful than Aphrodite?"
"Of course, Aphrodite is also beautiful, but after all, she is not as noble as yours. Our God King doesn't know how to cherish it, and he actually goes out to find others, which really doesn't have any vision at all. ”
Adros, who looked flattering, didn't expect that this so-called other person also included his mother, the black-robed goddess Leto. But Hera was very happy to hear it, and her eyes were smiling.
"Well, for the sake of your kid who can speak, I'll swap it with you. After Hera finished speaking, she still rubbed Adros's face a few times, feeling Adros's helpless gaze.
"Come with me. ”
Hera led Adros to a large and empty room in her palace, in the center of which was a stone platform, and on top of the stone platform was a huge white lightning bolt, constantly changing shapes, sometimes turning into a thunderbolt in the sky, sometimes into a rolling ball, sometimes into the neighing of cows and horses, and sometimes like a dragon and a snake swinging its head. Around it, within a radius of a hundred paces, thunder continued to fall.
The outermost thunder, grand and dazzling, seems to be the judgment of the end, which is prohibitive. However, the further you look inside, the thunder gets smaller and smaller, and when it comes to the huge white lightning, there are only three or two tiny electric wires, which streak through the space from time to time.
"This is the artifact 'Thunderbolt'?"
Adros muttered to himself, and when he saw these countless lightning bolts, he suddenly felt a sense of humility in himself, as if this lightning bolt was the punishment of heaven, and his crimes would be judged before it. If a thunderbolt comes, it seems that there is no way to avoid it.
"Yes, after the Battle of Titan, an artifact fell from the sky and fell into the arms of Zeus, so the gods made him a god-king. Hera said slowly, as if she was nostalgic for the great war a hundred years ago.
"Didn't you say that the God King was decided by lottery?"
Hera sneered: "Can you also believe that the personalities of Hades and Poseidon will give up the position of god king because of a lot? ”
I see, it seems that Hades is really not unlucky that he failed to become the god king in the end, it turned out to be providence.
"Okay, the thunder and lightning will be handed over to you, with your strength, it is estimated that it will be difficult to get close to the central area, but remember not to touch the central area with divine power. Zeus set up a divine ban there, and once touched, it would immediately release the source of thunder, directly hitting the gods and souls, and there was no way to avoid it. Hera instructed with a serious face.
"What about the god body, can you touch it?" Hearing Hera say that the divine power cannot be touched, Adros subconsciously thought about what would happen if the god body was touched.
"If you have such a strong body, you can try it. Hera smiled faintly: "It should be a little more terrifying than the touch of divine power." She knew that Adros wanted to temper his body with thunder, but she didn't think he could hold up to the "thunder" center.
"Don't worry, I'm measured, you're going to be busy with you, and Zeus will have a few more lovers later. ”
Herami gave him a blank look, then snorted coldly, swaying his soft waist, and walked out, leaving Adros alone.
After she left, Adros couldn't help but be happy when he looked at the endless thunder in a hundred steps. Since the last time he was in the red copper veins of the human world, he had practiced the Wu Clan's Xuangong for a while, and he had never found a suitable place for him to practice.
He later learned from Demeter that Zeus had an artifact called "thunder and lightning", but unfortunately he never had the opportunity to get his hands on it. This time, taking the opportunity of Hera to ask for the sands of the Styx, she was finally able to use the endless power of thunder to refine her body.
Slowly walking into the range of thunder, Adros was very cautious, he was not sure if he would be able to withstand this level of thunder. After all, from the outside, it looks so imposing.
"Ah······h
As soon as he entered it, Adros couldn't help but scream, and the thunder slammed at him, directly making his skin open and painful. The power from the thunder made him numb from his body to his soul, as if it was pain, and after the pain, there was a slight pleasure.
Being in the midst of it, he couldn't help but think that those who have masochistic tendencies may have a little bit of this feeling when they are self-harming, and the pleasure brought by the pain makes people want to try it again.
At the moment, he didn't think much about it, and began to sit cross-legged on the ground, using the Xuan Ming to give him the Wu Clan Xuan Gong, and using this endless thunder power to refine his body.
After about half a month, Adros felt that this most marginal thunder power could no longer bring him any help, so he got up and walked a few steps inside.
The new thunder rolled down, although it was a little smaller, but it was indeed more powerful, allowing him to enjoy the thunder blow again, and the feeling of pain in his heart. After taking a few hits, Adros hurriedly restrained his mind and silently exercised Xuangong.
In this way, Adros faced the "thunder and lightning" in the palace of Hera behind him, from the outside to the inside, trying the power of this thunder step by step, and tempering his body step by step.
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The old river god Asopus was very bitter and helpless, he had always been proud and happy for so many innocent and lovely daughters, and he was even more fond of them. However, he was extremely saddened by the mysterious disappearance of his daughters one by one, and he had searched many places, asking passers-by or gods only about their whereabouts, but he did not get a trace of information
He finally learned of his young daughter from King Sisyphus of Corinth, and the lustful god-king Zeus took the form of an eagle and took her last daughter away. He gave King Corinth a spring that would never dry up, and only then did he learn where the eagle had gone.
The river god Asopus desperately pursued Zeus, but instead of putting his daughter down, Zeus crippled one of his legs with a thunderbolt and took his daughter with him and did not know where he went.
The old river god could only sigh on the earth, constantly searching for his daughter, and cursing the mighty god-king Zeus, but his curse had no effect.
During this time, Asopus searched everywhere he could, but found nothing, and finally came to the city of Thebais to ask for help. His brother Lykos was the river god here, and he was also one of the lords of the Thebais city.
Thebais is unlike any other, and many gods and legendary heroes have chosen it to establish their own kingdoms. And Lykos is the lord of one of the kingdoms.
"Why don't you go to the temple of Hera, the queen of gods, and ask for help. She is also very dissatisfied with Zeus's behavior and will definitely help you. Seeing that Asopos looked loveless, the lord of Thebais, Lykos, made such a suggestion to her.
Asopus thought of it and felt that it made sense, so he went to the temple of Hera and told the queen about his pain, hoping that the queen would help him.
"Asopos, I can tell you where your young daughter Aegina is. But in return, you'll need to give her the potion. "Hera, the queen of the gods, appeared and made a request to Asopus.
"May I ask the great god, what kind of medicine is this?" Asopos could not easily agree to Hera's terms, which might have killed his daughter. For he knew very well that among the gods, it would be difficult to find a stronger jealous than Hera.
"All I can tell you is that the drug didn't hurt her at all. If you agree, take the bottle away. After you give this bottle to Aegena, I can even tell you where my other daughter, Antiope, is, at the cost of having her take the same medicine. Hera put down the medicine and left the temple, believing that Asopos, who missed her daughter so much, would not refuse.
Sure enough, Asopus thought about it for a long time, took the bottle of medicine in his hand, and walked out of Hera's temple with difficulty. He had no choice but to find his daughter, and if Hera were to kill his daughter, there was no need to do so.