Chapter 30: The Thirty-Five Eras
"No, there's food here. Athena raised her hand to stop him, pointed to the horn of plenty on the table and said, "This is the horn of plenty, which can flow wine and food, you are weak, don't be too tired for the time being." ”
Excellence from the memory of the little virgin knew this thing, it is said to be Zeus's nurse - a horn of the goat, Zeus in order to thank a fairy who raised him, Amalthea, with ** force to refine it into an artifact, from which food and wine can flow, it is said that mortals eat not only to enhance the body, but also to prolong life.
He went over and took out two jasper cups, poured out two glasses of wine according to Athena's instructions, handed one to Athena, raised the other, and said solemnly: "Sister, I am very proud of you, I don't say anything about saving you many times, you don't get angry when you hurt you with bad words, I won't say kind words, this glass of wine shows my heart!"
Athena also raised her head and finished drinking, and said with a smile: "Okay, I, Athena, am very happy to make you a bosom friend, continue to bring wine!"
The wine was warm and refreshing, and when it reached the stomach, it immediately turned into a ball of heat, and instantly felt refreshed, and Zhuo Zhuo's heart was shocked, knowing that it was a good thing, so he poured two more glasses, and the two continued to drink.
Athena is extremely dry, every time she drinks it in one gulp, and she wants to show her own heroism, and she is even more dry from cup to glass, so you drink it one by one, and soon it will be a little bigger.
Athena took out two white jade bowls and poured some delicacies to eat, but although the food was good, it was like slimy gruel, and it was not very enjoyable to eat, and Zhuo Zhuo couldn't help laughing: "No wonder you people in the god realm keep running to the mortal world, and I am tired of eating this thing every day." ”
"Haha, there's really the reason you said for this!" Athena blushed from drinking, and now she let go of it, and talked about some things about the divine realm without any scruples. "In fact, the divine realm is also quite boring, there are only so many people who come and go, and they have to intrigue every day, and you will die if you meet a pervert, so Hestia would rather live in the world forever, and Dionysus has been wandering around the mortal world for most of the year. ”
"Hey, I heard that Hestia, the goddess of the house, came to live on the surface to escape the pursuit of Poseidon and Apollo, is it true?" As soon as Excellence heard her talk about the divine realm, a raging fire of gossip immediately ignited in his chest.
"Well, there are reasons for that. Athena nodded.
"Then you gods have done too much!" said Zhuo Zhuo and couldn't help but start to judge again, "Zeus's bastard is a ** professional, Hestia is also Apollo's aunt and Poseidon's eldest sister according to his generation, aren't they still **?
Athena made his face flush when he spoke, and said angrily: "That's different, Oedipus is a mother." ”
"Hey, what about your grandfather Ouranos and Gaia, the Mother of the Earth?" said Excellence, looking at Athena with a smirk, "I've heard that Gaia and many of her descendants don't know about it!"
Athena's face turned white with anger, and she pointed at Excellence and said, "You... You... You're really angry with me, and you don't want me to be happy, aren't you?"
"How can I have it!" Zhuo Zhuo felt aggrieved, and said hatefully: "Isn't it too strong to ask us humans to abide by what you don't abide by? ”
"Alas, you fool, where is the fairness in this world!" Athena sighed and said with a sigh.
Seeing that Excellence didn't seem to care much, Athena's face sank, and she said: "This world is a world of fists and scheming, why can Zeus sit on the throne of the god king? It's not that he is stronger than others and his means are better than others." Why do gods and men revere me Athena, is it because I am the goddess of gardening and weaving? Wrong, because I am the goddess of wisdom and war, I can bring them wisdom and courage to fight, they dare not disrespect me, they have to respect me!"
"I know. "Excellence drank a glass of wine again, although the 21st century in the previous life was also respected by strength, but it was no longer so naked, how to say that there is still a veil of warmth on the face, and the materials are abundant, even ordinary people can live.
It's different here, there are wars and vendettas here every day, and he can't get along without strong strength, and he's still a little uncomfortable when he comes here for more than a year.
In fact, according to his lazy and unambitious nature, if there was no disturbance from Zeus, maybe he would really find a place to live his two-person world with Callisto, although the gods in the previous life did not expect him to fall in love with Callisto, but they also beat him crookedly and sharpened him.
"Isn't it the law of the jungle, the so-called natural selection, survival of the fittest, I understand the truth, I just can't be angry. Excellence stood up, looked at Athena and said arrogantly: "One day I want to change the world, even if it can't be completely fair, at least it must be relatively fair, so that everyone has the opportunity to survive and the right to develop." ”
"Hey, it's impossible, it's all things that have already been tried!" Athena shook her head and added, "You've probably heard of the legends of the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Ages, and those are all true, but they all fail, so what you envision can't succeed." ”
Although Excellence doesn't know much about Greek mythology, he still knows about the five great ages, these gold, silver, and bronze are the first three of the five great ages, and the last two are the Age of Heroes and Black Iron, and he is now in the age of heroes.
It's a pity that he only knows the name, a little general impression, but he doesn't know anything about the specific things in it, so he asks Athena about the meaning of it.
It turns out that this golden age was established by the first god-king Ouranos.
Speaking of this god Ouranos is also a wonderful person, although he is not very good to his children Twelve Titans, and gives them back to the furnace at every turn, but it is said that in this era human beings live happily with God without worry, and sincerely obey the will of God, because food is abundant and does not need to work, the body is strong and powerful, and there is no need to worry about disease and death, probably to send their father's love to it!
However, this era finally came to an end, because Ouranos only created a man, and it is estimated that the asexual reproduction technology was not yet formed at that time, and he could not leave offspring, and he was also rebelled by his youngest son Kronos to usurp the throne and deprive him of the throne of the god king.
Kronos was also interested in humans, so he created the Silver Age with the gods.
It may be the reason for the technical failure, or it may be a punishment from the heavens for the violent ascension of Kronos, the humans of the Silver Age no longer obey the will of the gods, and therefore are no longer as happy as they used to be, they are strong but lack reason, their childhood is a hundred years, but their adulthood is short and they quarrel with each other.
At this time, Zeus succeeded in ascending to the throne, and Zeus was very angry at their disrespect, so he sank them all to the ground.
Zeus was also interested in humans as creatures, so he asked the Prometheus brothers to create humans and create the bronze time zone.
However, the humans of this Bronze Age were even more ungodly and devoted to war all day long. They possessed strong bodies and cruel minds, and were named after the Bronze Age because their production tools, weapons, and even houses were made of bronze.
The desperate Zeus finally destroyed them all with a great flood, and only two escaped the disaster, that is, Prometheus's son Diocalion and his wife Pila, who later received a revelation from the gods and created a new human race out of stones, and Diocalion had a son named Helen, from whom the Greek name is said to have come.
"And what is the era we live in, what is it called?" Seeing that Athena didn't talk about it here, he was very curious.
"You can call it the Age of Demigods, or you can call it the Age of Heroes. Athena's expression was indifferent, and her tone was also very cold, "Because many of those so-called heroes are descendants of the gods, Zeus wants to change the bloodline of mankind and establish a powerful earthly kingdom of gods." ”
"Oh, it looks like you don't believe he will succeed!" Although Excellence doesn't know these stories, the Heroic Age must not have succeeded, otherwise there would not be another Black Iron Age.
"It's a ghost if you can succeed!" Athena sneered, "and a few of those so-called heroes are real heroes, but they are just bullying fools." Except for the godly rule, there is no difference between humans in this heroic age and the Bronze Age. ”
"Ah, Athena, will you make a man?" asked Excellence with a smile.
Seeing that her face was not good, she knew that she had misunderstood, and quickly explained: "I didn't say that we made people, I asked if you would create people like the gods and Zeus?"
"I won't, but Prometheus will. Athena shook her head, remembering her friend, and said sadly, "But he has rebelled against the will of the god-king, and is now imprisoned on a cliff in the Caucasus Mountains, where he has to suffer every day from the falcon pecking at his liver." ”
Legend has it that Prometheus is the father of mankind, and it is said that the flame was stolen by him from the divine realm, and he still knows this, seeing that Athena's face was sad, he said heroically: "Sister don't be sad, when I have great magical powers, I will definitely rescue him!"
Thinking that he was reassuring herself, Athena smiled and did not answer.
Zhuo Zhuo suddenly remembered the technique of the Dan Dao, and said in his heart Where am I going to hit the alchemy furnace, why don't you ask if there is this great god here.
Athena knew that he had a lot of strange things, and she didn't care too much, and when she heard that she was going to build something, she thought about it and said, "Hephaestus, the god of fire, is striking iron on the island of Piro not far to the east these days, and I will take you to see it tomorrow, and you can tell him what you want to fight." ”
Excellence was grateful in his heart, this Athena is not only strong, but also the divine fate is also first-class, I am really lucky to be friends with such a great god!