Greece: Age of Ascension

Chapter 168
Artemis' innocent words echoed in his ears, Leto smiled helplessly, not paying attention at all, who would take a child's words seriously?
After talking about the goddess of hunting, let's take a look at Apollo.

In all the stories, Apollo is a paragon of masculinity, so radiant that all who see him fall in love with him.His body proportions and facial contours are still regarded today as a model of a certain kind of masculine beauty.I
I say "some kind" because Apollo is peculiar in that not only is he fair-skinned, but he also has no beard on his face and no hair on his chest.

This is very rare for Western men. Zeus has a beard, Hades has a beard, and Poseidon has not only a beard, but also chest hair. Even the hair behind the buttocks is thicker than others.

Long hair, in the eyes of Westerners, is a symbol of a man's masculinity.

But Apollo did exactly the opposite.

However, it would be a big mistake to underestimate him because of this.

Apollo was born with supernatural power and was the god of mathematics, reason and logic. At the same time, he was in charge of poetry, medicine, knowledge, eloquence and enlightenment.

Some say he is also the god of the sun.

However, at this moment, Helios, the second-generation sun god, still controls the power of light, and Apollo still needs a lot of training if he wants to take the top position.

But when Zeus saw him, he was ready to make arrangements.

Because he knows that in this family-style power structure, Helios is an outsider, and together with his sister Luna, they do not belong to Olympus.

Before, because he had no other candidates, he could only weigh and shelve it for the time being. However, the appearance of Apollo and Artemis solved his worries.

But everyone said that food should be eaten bite by bite, and roads should be taken step by step. Before Helios left a handle, he could not forcibly seize the other party's rights.

It's not that I don't have this power, but that I can't find a suitable reason.

Because Helios is currently very loyal to Zeus, there is no reason to leave a word.

If he dealt with it rashly, the other gods who followed him would feel sad for the death of a rabbit and a fox, and it would be difficult to flock to support his rule.

Perhaps this is the right. It seems that the power is in its hands and can do whatever it wants, but when it is time to compromise and balance, it has to be compromised.

Putting aside these gossips, Hera soon found out about Leto giving birth to two children, and the Queen of Heaven was very angry, because both Apollo and Artemis were living proofs of Zeus' infidelity.

Zeus's unrestrained behavior made her, his wife, suffer all the gossip.

It's not fair, very unfair.

Therefore, Hera decided to send the big snake skin to devour the two children.

Speaking of the big snake Pitong, its image is usually a big snake, and the Pitong written by Europeans after the Middle Ages is close to a dragon.

However, whether it is a snake or a dragon, it is difficult to conceal its ferocity.

Once Rhea, the goddess of time, asked the mother of the earth to give Zeus a stone so that Cronus, the second-generation god king, could swallow it.

And when he spat out the stone, Cronus, who was angry, threw it from the high Oetrys Mountain, and fell all the way to a place called Piso on the slope of Parnassus Mountain.

The stone was quickly embedded in the ground, and later became the Greek Onfalus or navel stone, which is the navel of ancient Greece.
That is the spiritual center and point of origin.

The place where the stone fell was Gaia's holy place, so she ordered a dragon-like boa constrictor to emerge from the ground to guard the stone.The name of the snake followed the name of the place, known as Pitong.

The body of Mother Earth is always vast and boundless, but at the same time it is boundless, and it is also bound to hide dirt and evil practices.

It seems that all monsters can find their origin in her body.

Piton was ordered to find and devour the two children.

It swam into the sea and headed towards Delos Island. Its huge body could bring huge waves every time it swam.

As a matter of course, it was discovered by Poseidon.

With such a big mouth, the Sea God hurriedly told Zeus about the matter.

When Zeus of Thunder heard this, his complexion changed greatly, and he opened his eyes anxiously to watch, and sure enough, he found a big snake in the sea heading towards the island of Delos.

He couldn't help frowning tightly. If he shot it himself, he would be able to destroy the opponent with one blow. However, he was stared at by Hera, and he was guilty first. If he continued to help the opponent, maybe something would happen. moth.

As a last resort, he could only tell Leto through the wind to run quickly with the child.

Hearing the news of Zeus, Leto turned pale with fright, quickly propped up the boat, and left Delos with the child.

The boat sailed away from the island at high speed while the oars were paddling, but unfortunately, it happened to collide with the big snake that was coming.

On the boundless sea, Leto drove the small boat forward without knowing the direction. Suddenly, huge waves turned up on the calm sea, and then, a shadow passed under the boat, a huge, hill-like The snake's head popped out of the water.

wow~
The sea water splashed down from the sky like rain, revealing the ferocious face of the big snake.

Leto was so frightened that he almost froze, Pi Tong uttered snake letters, and locked a man, a woman, and two children with a fierce light.

In the next second, the huge tongue like a hill suddenly swooped down, the mouth of the snake was as big as an abyss, and endless shadows suddenly enveloped the boat.

Almost instinctively, the three quickly abandoned the boat to escape and jumped into the water.

The skin and the snake's head fell into the water, causing a huge wave, which pushed and wrapped the three people, and fell into the endless deep sea.

"Poseidon, Poseidon!!"

Zeus yelled anxiously, and the thunder light already lit up in his hand.

Just wait for the Sea God to make a move. If he stands by and watches, he can only take risks and forcefully deal with the big snake.

Fortunately, at the critical moment, Poseidon was finally reliable once.

The three of them were wrapped in waves, and they split into three directions and fled quickly.

Seeing this, Pi Tong was at a loss for a while, after weighing it up, he quickly chose a place and chased after him vigorously.

It is poor Leto, the great mother, who catches the eyes of the basilisk for her children.

After Apollo and Artemis separated, they were tightly wrapped by the waves, like being thrown into a drum washing machine, and turned into a mess by the sea water.

When he opened his eyes again, he found that he was on an island full of black reefs.

Apollo coughed twice, coughed out the choked water, stood up and looked around blankly, as far as he could see, his family members disappeared without a trace.

Only the volcano with thick smoke in the distance seems to have a faint sound of ding ding dong dong.

"There should be someone there!!"

Apollo concluded that his young body couldn't help bursting out with brand-new strength, and he wanted to climb up the volcano to have a look.

He had to determine his location before he could find his mother and sister.

On the other hand, Artemis had the same luck as her younger brother, and she was sent by the waves to the Mediterranean Sea and climbed to the continent of northeastern Africa.

Then, she also met the noble person she was destined for.

(End of this chapter)