Greece: Age of Ascension

Chapter 186 The Great Flood That Destroyed the World
With the end of the singing and dancing, two waiters carried a huge roasted lamb to the hall, which was smeared with yellow grease and looked shiny.

But this is a splicing of Nicki Timus' meat and mutton.

The chef took out a knife, skillfully cut the mutton into pieces, and presented the mutton part to King Lycaon, while the part that belonged to Netimus was placed in front of Zeus.

The king of the gods narrowed his eyes slightly, and he had never felt such anger. As his anger surged, dark clouds suddenly gathered in the sky outside the castle, lightning flashed and thunder rumbled, and the strong wind passed through the window and blew straight into the palace. The scalp is chilly.

However, Lycaon still pretended to be calm, and pretended to say: "Great god, why don't you eat it? Is it because you dislike it and it doesn't suit your taste?"

Zeus's eyes flashed coldly, he stood up suddenly, kicked over the table, "Lycaon, you are so courageous and vicious to entertain the gods with your own child.

I will never forgive such blasphemy! ! "

As soon as the words fell, he held an electric light in his palm and pointed it directly at the king.

Seeing that the trick was seen through, and seeing the thunder in the opponent's hand, Lycaon finally felt afraid, "Are you really Zeus?"

He trembled and couldn't believe it, but the king of gods was too lazy to prove his identity, "Your heart is more vicious than a wolf, but you wear a human appearance, it is an insult to my work, beasts should have Looks like a beast!!"

As he spoke, Zeus shot out the lightning and directly hit Lycaon who was running away in a panic. In an instant, the lightning flashed up, illuminating the entire hall brightly and whitely.

Lycaon, who was in the middle of the thunder, wailed and uttered a mournful wolf howl in an instant.

Hair grew on his body, his arms degenerated, his waist was shortened, and he soon turned into a wolf covered in black fur.

The wolf was terrified like a bereaved dog, not daring to run rampant in front of Zeus, and ran out of the palace in a panic with its tail between its legs.

Such a huge movement instantly attracted countless people inside and outside the palace to check it out, and everyone was horrified when they learned that Lycaon was turned into a wolf by Zeus.

Zeus cast a spell and revived the roasted Nicotimus. From his mouth, he learned the whole story, and everyone couldn't help but bow down and praise Zeus's greatness and foresight.

"God King in the sky, great Zeus, your omniscience and omnipotence, let us sigh in our hearts!"

Ministers and nobles knelt on the ground one after another, begging Zeus for forgiveness.

However, the God King didn't look at them, but instead focused on a thin young man in the crowd.

The young man was so inconspicuous, hiding in the crowd with a cowardly look on his face.

Zeus was complicated, because this child clearly had his blood.

You may feel puzzled, haven't all the seeds of Zeus become gods?
Why do you still cower in the crowd?
We have to start from the beginning.

We all know that Zeus's favorite thing to do is to turn into an eagle and patrol his territory. Once he sees a beautiful nymph, he will love her.

And the young man in front of him is a bloodline left by him in the past.

It turned out that Lycaon also had a daughter who was not like other people since she was a child. She wandered by the stream all day long, strolled in the garden, recited poems and composed Fu, and sang and danced.She always wears a hunting suit, carries a divine bow on her shoulders, and holds a golden spear in her hand, chasing wild animals in the mountains and dense forests.

One day, Callisto was resting in the forest, and met Zeus, the king of gods, visiting the world.As soon as Zeus saw the beautiful Callisto, he committed the old problem again, and couldn't help but feel excited.

After the two had done a lot of good deeds, Callisto soon became pregnant and gave birth to a child.

When Hera learned of this, she turned Callisto into a giant bear. Callisto, who had become a female bear, could no longer take care of his young son Alkas, so Callisto's father, Alkas, The little boy was adopted by his grandfather, Lycaon.

Why did King Lycaon not believe in God?Why don't you look up to the gods?

In addition to his arrogance, he was also affected by the experience of his daughter being cursed by Zeus and turned into a bear by Hera.

The gods do whatever they want, but they want human beings to be grateful to them. Even if your daughter is misfortune, and after the misfortune, you will turn into a giant bear again, you must be full of awe of the gods.

Is this fair?

unfair! !

So Lycaon never believed in gods, let alone worshiped them.

Seeing this scene, Zeus felt hot on his face, because he understood that the root of everything lies in his wanton behavior. If he didn't mess with men and women, Hera wouldn't be jealous, and Hera wouldn't be jealous if Hera wasn't jealous. It will cause such a tragedy.

But the country is easy to change, but the nature is hard to change. Zeus never thought of changing anything, because human beings are shaped to serve and entertain gods.

Now that he saw his own bloodline, the God King had no choice but to take care of it, so he waved to the crowd, beckoning the boy to come forward.

The timid and cowardly child walked forward slowly, Zeus stroked his hair, and couldn't help saying: "Son, what's your name?"

The boy flinched, lowered his head in fear, and said, "Alkas, my name is Alkas."

"Arkas, you are such a good boy." Zeus smiled appreciatively and said, "From today onwards, you will succeed Lycaon as king, and this country will be handed over to you to lead from now on."

Hearing this, Arcas raised his head in disbelief, and the ministers and nobles were also dumbfounded. The one who was most surprised was Nicky Timus, because he was Lycaon's own son. He inherits the throne.

Seeing everyone's strange behavior, Zeus snorted coldly, and suddenly, a bolt of lightning fell from the sky, hitting the city wall of the city-state directly, and the city wall collapsed instantly.

Zeus stared at them covetously, and said, "I said that Alkas will inherit the throne, who has any objection?"

The ministers and nobles were paralyzed by the thunder, how could they dare to say no, and hurriedly supported: "Great Zeus, majestic god, your words are the oracle, Lycaon is cruel, and Alcas should Take his place!!"

Everyone responded one after another, not daring to violate it.

Zeus nodded and disappeared.

Ever since, Alkas, who was young, weak, cowardly and ignorant, became the new king of this country.

But
Zeus thought his words were authoritative, but he underestimated the greed of the human heart, and he underestimated the ability of Alkas.

Although the other party has the blood of the gods, but because he lost his parents since childhood and stayed in the palace, he was often bullied, resulting in a cowardly personality.

You may ask, since he was adopted by the king, who would dare to bully him?
However, things were far from that simple. The reason why King Lycaon was able to kill his own children without blinking was actually because he had fifty children in total.

In addition to Nick Timus, there are 49 other brothers.

The status of these people is higher than that of Alkas, so it is very smooth and natural to bully them.

When he learned that the cowardly Alkas was appointed by the god Zeus to inherit the throne, his brothers who had bullied him in the past had thoughts.

They dare not depose the king, but they can snatch power from each other.

"My dear brother, the country's taxes are always difficult to collect. If those troublemakers don't pay taxes, it will be difficult for our royal family to get support. You should give me an army and let me collect the taxes."

Someone put forward an opinion, asking the king to hand over the army, but the cowardly Arkas did not dare to disobey, so he could only agree.

At this time, someone suggested: "We are all brothers, you should give each of us a piece of fertile land, so that everyone can live a good life."

Ever since, Alkas confiscated the land and granted the lords the right to collect taxes independently.

However, the lord collected the tax, and the king had no source of income, and soon he was wiped out.

On this day, Zeus thought of this son again and wanted to see how he was doing.
However, when he came to the land, he was instantly burned by the tyranny of the lords. These lords were indeed the sons of the former king Lycaon, and the wolf gave birth to a pack of wolves.

Expropriation and extortion against ordinary low-level human beings caused anger and resentment. Famine and disease were everywhere, causing the stench of corpses to spread on the ground.

Zeus was so angry that he felt that he had entrusted him with injustice, so he flew into the sky angrily, and wanted to settle accounts with Alkas.

When he came to a forest, he suddenly saw his son pointing his bow and arrow at a female bear.

The king of the gods just glanced at it and turned pale with fright.

Because that female bear was the mother of Arcas, Callisto who was turned into a giant bear by Hera.

At the same time that Arkas opened his bow and set his arrows, Callisto also saw his child. Out of maternal love, he rushed towards him like crazy, wanting to hug his child.

However, seeing the giant bear running towards him, Alkas' hands were shaking nervously, and he was about to let go of the string and release the arrow.

Zeus felt very uncomfortable when he saw it, "My child, how could such a human tragedy be caused! That's your mother!!"

While speaking, he hurriedly used his divine power to act on the mother and son.

In an instant, the running giant bear suddenly became light and light, and turned into foam and rose to the sky. At the same time, Alkas also turned into foam, and accompanied his mother, ascended to the sky and entered the universe.

Since then, Callisto has become the constellation Ursa Major, and her son Alkas has become the brightest Arcturus star in the constellation Shepherd, which means the guardian of the bear.

Zeus didn't protect his lover well before, so he intended his children to protect their mother forever.

After solving the matter of the mother and child, Zeus looked back and looked at the smoky world and the shackles of the lost child. He was completely disappointed in human beings.

"Prometheus, you said they are your most perfect works, but did you expect this scene today?"

The king of gods muttered to himself, but he didn't know whether it was ridicule or ridicule. In short, the bad things in the world were closely related to him.

But Zeus didn't think he was wrong. Human beings are just his creations, and they are his own personal property. Whatever they ask for is a gift from God to them.

"Since I have given you life, it is up to me to end you too!!"

He returned to Mount Olympus, summoned the gods, and prepared to destroy the world and the world.

At the same time, Prometheus, who was hung high on the cliff, had foreseen this scene early on.

So he ordered his grown son Deucalion and his daughter-in-law Pyrrha to say, "My children, the end of the world is coming, and you must build a huge ark to withstand future storms.

The fate of humanity is in your hands, don't delay. "

Deucalion knew very well that his father was the god of foresight and often possessed foresight, so his words must be right.

So, the husband and wife worked together to cut down trees and collect oil to make a huge ark.

Strange to say, when they built the boats, animals came to ride them one after another.

This is the divine power exerted by Gaia, the mother of the earth. After giving birth to Typhon, she observed the situation in the world, and the prosperity of the earth gave her a lot of fun.

Since Zeus is going to destroy the world, let the animals leave their species so as not to become extinct.

When everyone boarded the boat, the sky darkened in an instant, and the whole world became dim, with thick clouds pressing down one after another.

Zeus stood high in the sky and raised a thunderbolt. This was like an order, and the storm followed in an instant.

The heavy rain poured down, like the sky irrigated, and with it, of course there was Poseidon.

As the God of Earthquakes and in command of the sea, Poseidon floated out of the water on a sea beast and waved his trident. Suddenly, the sea set off a [-]-meter-high tsunami, swarming towards the earth and drowning everything.

The huge waves were so huge that the huge ark seemed extremely small at this moment. They drifted with the huge waves and drifted in the flood for nine days and nine nights.

During the period, the ship almost capsized several times, but it still survived with tenacious perseverance.

On the 9th day, the ark ran aground on the top of Mount Parnassus, and it is said that it ran aground on Mount Osili, Mount Athos, or Mount Etna in Thessaly.

"This is already the highest mountain, and we are the only human beings left. If we still can't get the forgiveness of the gods, even we won't live long."

Deucalion said sadly, and Pyrrha on the side couldn't help stroking his cheek comfortingly, "We don't have much food, since we can't support it, let's use the last food to sacrifice to the gods .

If they are willing to forgive, we will offer them with sincerity. "

Thus, there they made a sacrifice to the gods to appease their wrath.

Deucalion promised that as long as the gods received the wind and rain, he would build temples for the gods and worship them from time to time.

After saying this, sure enough, the sun revealed a gap in the thick clouds, and the continuous torrential rain also began to stop.

The raging sea water also began to recede, leaving a devastated land.

"God, it really appeared, and we have been forgiven by the gods!!"

The two hugged each other and wept, at a loss for what to do, but immediately after, Deucalion and Pyrrha fell into a dilemma again.

Because there are only the two of them left in the whole world, and the two of them can't fabricate people, how can we build a new human society?
(End of this chapter)