Chapter 288: Hymn to the Two Gods
"It's ...... Lady Europa! ”
The surrounding Olympians knelt down like reeds overwhelmed by the wind, and prayed reverently to the figures that appeared in the smoke.
"In the name of Europa, I issue an oracle, all the children of Olympus, go back to their respective homes, and do not step out of their rooms, for the crimes of the invaders will be judged by our gods."
Out of the dust was a woman as beautiful as a work of art, dressed in a splendid dress like a wedding dress, with a small harp in her hand, her blonde hair and shawl, her skin as white as snow, and her eyes shining like stars.
There is no doubt that this is Europa, the goddess of the origin of this geographical concept in Europe.
Although Europa's words were mild, none of the Olympians dared to refute it, but within a dozen seconds, the people who had surrounded this place on the inner and outer three floors immediately dispersed in an orderly manner.
Near the ruins of the Temple of Distraction, only Red's party and Europa remained.
However, in the face of the goddess, Red not only did not have any awe, but scanned Europa's whole body with an aggressive gaze, and at the same time stepped closer to Europa.
"Divine Concubine Europa, I heard that you are the result of Zeus fusing the remnants of Hera's divine core with Europa, a servant of pan-human history...... I have to say that Zeus's old man's approach is a bit of a bad taste, rubbing the mistress and his wife together...... Gee. ”
Hearing Red's words, Europa frowned slightly, but still looked directly at Red with clear eyes.
"Please stop here, invaders outside of Olympus, and please do not insult the Almighty God Zeus—ah!"
However, before she could finish speaking, Europa's calm and gentle expression finally lost a little bit, as Red grabbed her arm.
"Almighty God? I don't think he's going to be able to do anything, for example, if I catch his wife now, I don't think he can stop me from doing anything to you......"
At this moment, two cold rays of light appeared from Red's left and right sides at the same time, rushing towards him at an extremely fast speed.
Here it comes.
Red, who had been prepared, pushed Europa away in front of him, and at the same time instantly used a burst of anger, and the scorching red light energy spread out to the surroundings.
Rumble.
"It's a shame to be a god and use a sneak attack—especially since this sneak attack hasn't had any effect, Dioscuri."
Two figures were sent flying by the shockwave of rage, a pair of blonde twins, with the boy holding a disc like a drop of blood in his hand and the girl holding a sharp sword, though they didn't appear to be too injured.
"Kastor, are you alright?"
"Don't worry, Pollux...... But I can't forgive this guy for daring to insult our father......"
Red knows the identity of the siblings, who are Dioscuri, the Greek word for son of Zeus, and the origin of Gemini in the constellation.
If it's the same as the original story, they are supposed to be the existing gods in this Persona Zone, but after being killed by Kirshtaria, they made a pact with him as Servants.
And because he obtained his own memories of pan-human history from Kirshtaria, Kastor developed a strong resentment towards human beings - in the legend of pan-human history, although Kastor and Pollux are twin siblings, they are different from Pollux, whose father is Zeus, and Kastor's father is the Spartan king Tyndareus.
Don't ask why twin siblings have different dads, it can only be said that ethical confusion is a characteristic of Greek mythology and has to be tasted.
In short, unlike Pollux, who was born with an eternal life, Kastor is actually of mortal blood, but this does not prevent the deep affection between the twins.
Until an unexpected incident, Kastor was killed in a chaotic battle, and Porux survived with the blood of the gods, but Pollux, who loved Castor deeply, could not accept this fact and asked Zeus to resurrect Castor in the hope of resurrecting him.
But Zeus tells Pollux that Kastor was born a mortal and that death was an inevitable fate, but Pollux voluntarily sacrificed half of his life so that he would not be eternal in order to save Kastor's life.
Kastor blamed himself for letting Pollux die, thus hating the mortal who killed him, as well as his own mortal blood, and this feeling was further amplified by Kastor in this Persona Zone, and even formed the spirit base of the Avenger.
As things stand, it is.
Red could clearly feel that brother Kastor's anger at him, and in the attack just now, he also acted with a strong killing intent against Red.
On the contrary, as the younger sister, Pollux just seemed to be just trying to protect Kastor, and at the last moment, he bounced the two away by swinging his sword to generate an air current, avoiding being directly hit by the anger outburst.
Red summoned Mjölnir in his hand, and looked at Kastor with a defiant smile on his face, the kind of powder keg that he loved most of the Red Lantern Demon who controlled his anger.
"I'm really lucky, Kastor, I was saved by my sister as a god, otherwise I am afraid that the person who did not inherit the blood of Zeus would have been hit by shame."
Red's words can be said to be accurate, and Kastor's handsome face immediately became distorted, and the disc-shaped weapon in his hand rotated at high speed, and said in a deep voice.
"It's up, Pollux, and make this guy pay for his blasphemy."
“....... Got it, brother. ”
I saw that Pollux nodded despite his complicated expression, and rushed towards Red with both legs almost at the same time as Kastor.
"Godcore Connection."
Pollux's longsword was entwined with divine power, and it swung at Red at lightning speed.
Even from Red's battle-hardened point of view, Porux's swordsmanship is at an excellent level.
However, Red dodged the trajectory of Excalibur with a backward jump, and at the same time, Kastor's Divine Ring also attacked him from behind.
"Divine Core Activation."
But with a casual swing of Thor's hammer, Red flicked Kastor's weapon away.
And Pollux and Kastor took advantage of this gap and jumped into the air at the same time, and the pair of kamiyo twins spun in a back-to-back fashion.
"We are power and light!"
"Love that shines in the sky!"
Kastor's ring spun around the two of them, forming a vortex of divine power like a drill, and Pollux held his sword aloft as a drill, aiming at Red on the ground.
Then the voices of the twins overlapped.
"Hymn to the Two Gods! (dioscures tyndaridae)”
It seems that this is the treasure of the Twins, the tricks of the swordsman Pollux, and the power of Kastor, who is angry because he has fallen from a god to a man, and the complete and perfect combination of the attacks released by the Twins who are still accompanied even in the sky.
This is born from the ultimate trust, and the cooperation stunt has been sublimated to the realm of treasures.
Moreover, Red could sense that the level of magic power on their bodies was dozens of times that of just now, and it seemed that the divine core was raised to the highest level through resonance.......
"That's it?"
However, in front of Red, these can only be regarded as small skills of carving insects.
I saw Red raise his left hand, and the power of the violent blood qi was released in front of him in the form of a whirlwind, and it was a reversal of the direction of rotation of the Noble Phantasm with the twins.
Soul Eater Demon Slash!
The Noble Phantasm, which was originally extremely powerful and could ignore various obstacles such as physics and magic, and tear the target apart, was actually slowed down in the vortex of red-light energy, and then even forcibly rotated in the opposite direction, and attracted it to Red's direction with a black hole-like pulling force.
"How could it be...... Don't try to hurt my brother! ”
At the last moment, Pollux took the initiative to accelerate forward and stabbed Red with the sword in his hand.
Bang dang!
However, Red waved Mjelnir casually, and in the crisp sound of the weapons colliding, Pollux let out a terrible scream and flew upside down, and even the weapon came out of his hand.
"Pollux—uh!"
Just as Kastor was about to go back and check on his sister's condition, Red rushed in front of him with a speed that almost teleported and grabbed his head with one hand.
Hand of the Soulthirst.
Rumble!
Blood-red energy erupted in the back of Kastor's head, and his weapon fell to the ground with a clatter, and Kastor was unconscious almost instantly under the impact of powerful red light energy.
And this is already the result of the mercy of Red's men, otherwise what erupted just now would not be the red light energy, but the brains of his minced flesh.
"Brother...... Deceitful...... Deceitful! ”
Seeing Kastor, who was stained with red liquid in Red's hand, Pollux struggled from the ground and tried to rush to Red again to save his brother.
However, at this time, she was stopped by Europa.
"Enough, stop, intruder, what the hell are you trying to do? Didn't you tell Lord Zeus that you did not come here to fight, but to find your companions? ”
It seems that in this short encounter, Europa has completely recognized Red's combat effectiveness.
"It's worthy of the goddess Europa, and it's still different from these frizzy little children—to be clear, I'm just in self-defense...... You should have seen that. ”
Red grinned and threw Kastor at the feet of Europa and Pollux as if he were throwing garbage.
"Brother...... Brother...... Wake up......"
Pollux looked nervously at her brother, relieved when she confirmed that Kastor was unconscious and not in danger of his life.
"Don't worry about the child, I'll take him to Master Demeter later, and let him be treated by Demeter's powers."
Europa gently stroked Pollux's back, comforting the girl.
"That's going to be difficult, Lady Europa, the reason why I demolished the Temple of Distraction is just to talk to you...... However, it seems that the Greek gods of the other universe have not received the message, and Demeter and Aphrodite, who were able to receive it, have not arrived, so I can't just let you go. ”
Red carried Mjölnir towards Europa, and Pollux picked up his sword and blocked it in front of his unconscious brother and Europa.
"Don't move."
Airplanes!
At that moment, Red's eyes lit up red, and devastating rays of the Omega Effect were emitted.
However, the rays bypassed Europa and Pollux through a few refractions, and shot at the back of a building not far behind them.
Bang!
A large bronze giant can be seen collapsing, which it had been using to conceal its existence.
"Is this the gift given by Zeus, the bronze monster Taros...... In that case, we should finally be able to talk about it. ”
Europa stared at Red for a moment, then sighed softly.
"What the hell do you want me to do?"
Red smiled with satisfaction.
"Nothing, it's just that I'm going to do a carpet search in Olympus...... So I need a guide to help me find my companions...... Wonder Woman Diana. ”
Europa frowned slightly and hesitated for a few seconds.
"I have never heard of the girl you talked about, and in Olympus Lord Zeus knows everything, even he doesn't know it......"
"Then I'll have to do a carpet search, but I can't go directly to some important places and the dwellings of the gods."
Red actually had a rough grasp of Diana's position, but he wasn't in a hurry.
"Can you please show us the way, Lady Europa, and I'm going to visit the gods of Olympus."
——
At the top of the Great Temple of the Track, the Altar of Thunder.
Directly below the Fantasy Tree, Kirshtaria was looking up at the flourishing Fantasy Tree.
"Zeus...... There seems to be something going on in the city, the goddess Europa and the Gemini gods are in conflict with the invaders, don't you have to go there and take a look? ”
Bang.
As soon as Kirshtaria finished speaking, a thunderbolt fell behind him, and at the same time a burly man as large as a statue appeared.
"I've made a deal with Red Douglas and as long as he doesn't do anything harmful to Olympus, he's a guest of Olympus...... I will not interfere with him in any way. ”
"Destroy a temple of distractions and wound Kastor...... Aren't they all harmful? ”
Zeus's silence was the best answer, and Kirshtalia didn't say much, and indeed none of this was a loss for Zeus.
"In contrast, I have important things to confirm with you, about the things I entrusted you with before......"
"I'm sorry, but I still haven't found what you're talking about."
"Hmm...... Is that so, then I'll keep pleasing you, and I'll focus my resources as much as possible for the next period of time - the previous battle with Red Douglas made some of the systems need further maintenance. ”
"Wait, the great god Zeus...... Can I ask you a question? ”
Kirshtaria turned around and looked at Zeus meaningfully.
"Maybe it's a bit transgressive, but I wonder - what you asked Hippolyta to find, and what you asked me to find, was it for Olympus, or for yourself?"
Zeus paused for a moment, and then a deep voice sounded slowly.
"I, as the flagship of Olympus, am willing to give everything for Olympus-"
"But before I can do that, I need to make sure that my body is still controlled by the will of Zeus."