Chapter 314: Bones
Char had many fantasies about Olympus—a majestic mountain rising from the top of the clouds, the summit covered with snow. More than a dozen palaces of varying heights stand along the mountain, like a city full of high-rise buildings.
All the houses have a white Greek columned portico structure, gilded terraces, and thousands of bronze braziers, which are blazing with firelight.
However, when he actually came here, it was quite the opposite.
Under the cloudy sky, there was a mess, a corner of the mountain had collapsed, and many palace materials had been mixed in the ruins.
The rest of the palace was almost half-collapsed, with many vines winding up the Greek columns, the gilded terraces mottled and oxidized, and the bronze braziers scattered everywhere.
Char followed the path at the foot of the mountain and came to an open-air gathering room, where the colorful tents were full of the smell of time, and the fallen leaves covered many things.
Char saw many of the remains here, perhaps from people who had lived in Olympus in the past, but all of them had been annihilated by the disaster.
Looking through the bazaar to one side, you can see a stone amphitheater, but it is also in a collapsed state, and on the other side there are other buildings such as the arena and the large gymnasium.
It's a city, but it's in ruins.
There were still various shields and golden fleeces scattered on the ground, but Char thought it was a replica of the golden fleece, and with the erosion of Suiyu, it had lost its former divine light.
However, Char did not stay here for long, but continued to walk up the main road towards the largest palace, which was similar to the one in the underworld.
However, unlike everything there that is black and bronze, this palace is mainly white and silver, but due to the erosion of time, it is covered with various vines, but compared to the rest of the palaces, this palace is actually quite complete.
Outside the palace is a garden that looks dangerous on a high ground, where the olive trees planted have grown into towering trees, and various vines have spread into the palace.
Char walked through the central courtyard and came to the throne room.
The word "hall" is inaccurate, as the place makes Hogwarts look like a closet with a broomstick.
Huge columns support the semi-dome ceiling, which is inlaid with constellations that are still moving.
There were twelve thrones, arranged in an inverted U-shape, made in the shape of Heracles' tall body, but according to the size of this throne, the true god would have been taller than Hercules.
In the center of the hall was a huge brazier, but at this moment there was no longer a flame burning in the brazier, and the flame that Prometheus stole in the first place should have come from here.
Perhaps, when he was stealing the fire, he would never have thought that only humans are left behind in the flames now.
According to Hercules, the palace has gone through the process of falling from the sky to the underworld, but even so, it still retains most of it, which is enough to see the strength of this palace.
Hercules should have lived here, after all, although it was a ruin, it was at least safer than the abyss.
So if there were any useful artifacts here, Hercules would have basically been taken away, so Char didn't come to find the artifact.
Char hopes to find the remains of the gods here, but it seems that at least they don't exist.
He did not stop in the throne room, but walked to the corridor beside him, which was open, and there was also a garden, and olive trees and roses were planted, and here Char saw a special remains.
The remains of some woman in white veils lay in the flowers, their bones as clear as jade, presumably the priest who took care of the garden or something.
Her face was not completely corroded, and there was still flesh and skin remaining, like a dried corpse, and long white hair extending from her scalp.
The weakening of the gods should not be instantaneous, so they will choose to save themselves, look for hope, either fall into eternal sleep and wait for the right time, or just get out of here, as Semele should be.
The theocracy of revelry and wine is different from the theocracy of the rest of the gods, and he is more dependent on human beings.
So it gave Him the foundation to remain in the world, and of course, there was no power left.
There should not be many gods in Olympus, and there may not even be one.
And the people, priests, and fairies who stayed here waited here desperately for the fall of Olympus to come to an end.
Char pushed open the door to the first room along the corridor.
Behind the door was a bedroom, with a short-haired carpet on the floor, decorated in pure white and silver, and a large round bed in the middle, which used to have been draped, but now collapsed.
According to the size of this bed, the person who uses this bed should be about three to four meters, and the color of the curtain is very beautiful, and there is a sense of nobility.
Char felt that this should be Hera's dormitory, and the rest of the gods should have their own temples, and the main hall was where Zeus and Hera lived.
The room has an open balcony flanked by Greek-style columns, along which roses from the garden creep up and into the room.
Char went to the balcony and looked down, there was still a garden outside.
The edge of the garden is a cliff, and the skeleton sitting cross-legged on a stone on the edge of the cliff attracts Char's attention.
This skeleton is different from the skeletons on the outside, the bones are golden.
Is this the bones of God?
Char jumped off the balcony and slowly landed near the golden skeleton, which he carefully circled and examined.
The skeleton is very small, and it looks very old, like the skeleton of an old man in his nineties, only about one meter seven tall.
But if you follow the skeleton of God, it should be three to four meters.
Char thought about it for a while, and didn't pay attention to this skeleton anymore, maybe it was still a priest in this garden.
He continued into the temple.
Char wanted to investigate the truth about the decline of the gods in the first place, and eliminate some speculation, and the bones of the gods were the most intuitive thing to understand what happened at that time.
It's also good to be able to find some records if you can.
But apparently, there was nothing in the temple that he wanted to see.
Soon, he followed a cliffside path down the temple to the inside of a tower on the edge of the cliff, and as soon as he entered, Char felt a wave of heat rushing in.
On the first floor of this tower, a furnace emitting a red light is particularly conspicuous, the furnace structure is more than ten meters high, very large, even if no one has maintained it for hundreds of years, it is still exuding a scorching heat.
There are anvils and hammers for striking iron, as well as some basic materials.
This is Olympus, most likely the owner of this place, and there is no doubt that it should be the place of Hephaestus, the legendary god of craftsmen.
However, Char didn't see any useful artifacts here, but he still put away the anvil and hammer, after all, it was a tool for making artifacts, although he couldn't use it, but it was still okay to give it as a gift.
He stood still in front of the materials, picked up a stone with a glow of bronze, and his thoughts flowed.
After Arthur fought with the god of sleep, he talked to Semer that the gods are immortal and immortal, and if you want to kill them, you must use specific weapons and means.
For example, only an artifact can hurt a god, and the most important material in the artifact is Char's hand - Divine Bronze.
Char didn't hesitate and also put all these materials into his sleeve, which has a lot of space and can hold a lot of things.
Although it's very similar to the Qiankun in the sleeve, it's actually not, it's just the same space expansion technique as White's box.
Putting all these materials into his sleeve, he looked around again, in fact, if it wasn't for the fact that this stove was too big, Char also wanted to put this stove in.
However, Tony has the alchemy furnace technology of thermonuclear fusion, which can melt everything, and it is useless to have one more furnace.
After looking around to make sure there was nothing left, he turned to leave.
However, he stopped as he stepped out of the doorway, and he looked at the wall on one side, on which hung a chain, which was all silver and looked very slender.
And the attachment points on the chain are hung with some debris.
Char walked slowly over to the chain, stretched out his hand, and the holy sword appeared in his hand.
Without any hesitation, he swung his sword directly and slashed over.
"Boom!"
With the sound of metal clashes, sparks flew in all directions.
The chain didn't break, not even scratches.
Char narrowed his eyes slightly, you must know that the material of the holy sword is the Nordic legend of the sword in the tree Gulam, which is undoubtedly an artifact.
But it's such an artifact that can't cut through this chain, it's unbelievable.
He removed the clutter from the chains, and removed the chains, which were light and weighed little.
Char was very keenly aware of the handwriting on the chain in ancient Greek, Char still has some research on ancient Greek, and people will always become more knowledgeable after living for a long time.
The words on it are:
"I hereby confess, it was not my intention, Prometheus. 】
Prometheus.
Speaking of which, in legend, Prometheus was punished for stealing fire and was chained to a cliff to suffer.
And the chain that binds Prometheus seems to have been forged by Hephaestus.
If this chain is really the legendary one.
That's it. A chain that binds the gods
Thinking of this, he silently put the chain into his sleeve robe.
Although I didn't find what I was looking for, it wasn't a trip for nothing to gain something.
Char returned to the garden where she had jumped from Hera's bedroom.
However, just as he was about to make his way back to the hall through the garden, his pupils contracted sharply and he looked at the skeleton on one side.
On the top of the skeletal head, a tuft of white withered hair fluttered in the breeze.
Char is sure.
In just now, this skeleton is hairless. (End of chapter)