Greece: Age of Ascension

Chapter 191 Not necessarily Zeus
Zeus is a king. Perhaps every person in power will have psychological changes. Among the countless temptations, there are always things you can't stand.

What Zeus couldn't stand was beauty.

He had a secret date with Yio, and it didn't take long before he impregnated her.

But Zeus couldn't be by her side at this moment, because he had promised Hera that he could no longer have any involvement with her.

But in fact, Zeus broke his promise, even the promise he swore to the sworn River Styx.

So he couldn't stay by Io's side all the time, because he had to devote more energy to dealing with the queen Hera.

Ever since, Io gave birth to a boy in Akhmem in the Nile Delta, named "Epaphos". This boy has half of the blood of God, so he is born a demigod.

The so-called natural saints must have visions.

Of course, Epaphos also has all kinds of strange things. He is powerful, heroic and strong, with a head of golden hair, which shines strangely in the sun.

Io asked Egyptian humans to teach him martial arts and hunting skills so that he could have a skill, or protect his mother instead of Zeus.

In short, Io, who has endured endless suffering, is extremely insecure and hopes to be protected.

This person could be Zeus or her son.

Epaphos did not disappoint the other party either. He learned various hunting skills from the old hunter, and also studied farming. Thanks to his demigod-like physique, he was almost invincible.

Once, there was a heavy rain in the sky, which made everything drenched. Along with the old hunter, Epaphos was preparing to catch a new prey, which was an extremely huge boa constrictor, with a mouth wide enough to swallow. an adult.

The two followed suit, one with a bow and arrow, the other with a saber, groping in the humid rainforest.

The rain wet their skirts and wet their hair, but it could not shake their will.

Just when they were vigilant, a salsa rubbing sound suddenly sounded from the forest, and the faces of the two who were familiar with the habits of snakes immediately showed joy, because this was the sound of giant snakes swimming.

Following the sound, the old hunter and Epaphos approached together, and soon heard a huge sound of water, followed by a roar like a monster.

The two hurriedly parted the grass and looked in the direction of the sound, and suddenly saw a huge python poking its neck, ready to go into the water.

"Once it goes into the water, we will be able to hunt it down even more." The old hunter with a saber said worriedly, and Epaphos hurriedly comforted him, "Don't worry, he will never escape my palm."

The great demigod opened his bow and arrow. The bow and arrow were huge, one person tall, and very hard. It was estimated that one arrow could shoot through the boulder, but in the hands of Epaphos, it was like a toy, and it was very convenient.

He opened his bow and aimed the arrow with the thickness of his forearm at the eyes of the snake head, and was about to shoot it through the snake's eyes when the opponent was crossing the river.

At this moment, there was a bang, and a splash of water suddenly exploded on the flowing river, disrupting the rhythm of Epaphos.

Immediately afterwards, following the surging waves, a huge crocodile opened its mouth wide and bit the giant snake's neck.

Even Epaphos didn't expect this, let alone a giant god?
But thanks to its survival instinct, it still eagerly rolled its body and entangled the crocodile tightly.

The crocodile, not to be outdone, resorted to a death roll, dragging the giant python and rolling into the river.

For a while, the waves were surging, and the sound of splashing water was endless.

Epaphos didn't expect that in addition to the giant python, there were giant crocodiles, and he couldn't help being stunned.

"What the hell is that? Why did it grow so big?"

The old hunter didn't answer him. Instead, he put down his sword and knelt down devoutly on the ground, "It's the great crocodile god. He is the god of hunting, the god of stars, and Boros, the god of death in the desert."

"What? Poros?"

"The maid of Boros, the pet of Artemis who hunts!!"

The old hunter gasped, and Epaphos was stunned. Poros' reputation in Egypt at this moment was as loud as Zeus's reputation in Greece.

The people here only know that there is Poros, and they don't know that there is Zeus at all.

But as a child of Zeus, Epaphos did not obey him. They were all born of gods, so why should you be superior?
Especially Artemis, who was said to be a child of Zeus and a beautiful goddess, turned out to be willing to be Poros' maid, which was a shame.

When mentioning these two people, I don’t know whether it was out of comparison or jealousy, or because he wanted to prove something to Zeus. In short, Epaphos was very upset.

He opened his bow and arrow again and aimed at the crocodile in the water, "I hate others to snatch my prey, wait for me to shoot it to death with one arrow!!"

After finishing speaking, with the stunned expression on the old hunter's face, the arrow with the thickness of the arm was shot out instantly, hitting the crocodile's head right on the head, and piercing through it all at once, even the big snake was shot out of a hole.

This arrow can be said to kill two birds with one stone, killing two birds with one stone.

Epaphos jumped into the river, dragged two huge monsters ashore, and proudly showed off his work, "Which one of you has ever caught such a magnificent prey? In the whole world, I am the only one who has done everything."

But the old hunter didn't pay attention to him, instead he was stunned, "You shot the Boros maid, Artemis' pet?"

"Don't worry, it's just a pet." Epaphos didn't care. In terms of identity, he is also a child of Zeus; in terms of relationship, we are still half brothers and sisters.

Epaphos stepped forward, pulled up the tails of the two prey, and placed each on the shoulders of the two prey, "Let's go, my friend. I can't wait to see everyone cheering for me."

Epaphos urged the old hunter to head towards the village.

When the demigod returned with its prey, it really caused a huge commotion. People had never seen such a giant beast, and it was shot and killed by the great Epaphos.

They sang and danced happily, and decided to hold a grand bonfire party.

Epaphos was also very generous, and he was not stingy at all. He cut the giant snake and giant crocodile into large pieces, divided them among the people, and grilled them under the fire to shine.

But before people sing and dance, they always offer sacrifices to the gods.

Artemis finally found out when the hot, shiny meat was placed on the altar in honor of Poros, Egypt's only living god.

Looking at the meat that Poros was devouring, Artemis looked strange, "What kind of meat is this? Why do I feel weird."

"I heard it's snake meat and crocodile meat." Throwing a large piece to the jackal, Boros picked up another piece like a dog, feeling the heavy weight on it, and said, "But I've never seen a piece of meat sacrificed by a human." With such a large piece of meat, these little guys seem to be very capable."

Artemis picked up a piece of crocodile meat, tried to take a bite, and instantly felt that the meat was hard and woody, and there was a faint resentment.

She opened her eyes slightly, and felt a pain in her heart for a moment. All kinds of images appeared in her heart through resentment, including the fight between the crocodile and the big snake, and the unwillingness of Epaphos to kill it with one arrow.

One after another, she felt that the crocodile meat she had just eaten became as disgusting as human flesh.

"Epaphos, how dare you. How dare you."

Artemis was trembling with anger, which naturally attracted Poros' attention, "What's the matter? Isn't it delicious?"

"Delicious? It's so delicious! You are not allowed to eat it!!"

She kicked away a jackal that came to snatch it away, her eyes were as big as a bull's with an angry stare.

"This crocodile is my pet and I raised it carefully."

In a word, Boros was stunned to hear it, good guy, killed Artemis's pet, and sacrificed it for her to eat? ?
Humans in Egypt are so fancy?

How dare you fool God? ?

"Then how are you going to deal with it? Let me send down a plague of locusts and turn the river into a beast that devours people!!"

He mentioned several methods of punishment in a row, all of which were tricks that could exterminate human beings, but Artemis didn't want to make such a big fuss.

"It was Epaphos who shot my pet, the son of Zeus."

Poros was stunned for a moment. If he said that, he could no longer implicate the innocent, because this is a family affair between the gods.

Others may commit crimes to the world without any scruples, but he won't.

Artemis pondered: "Since he dared to kill my pet, I will make him pay the price!!"

So, she summoned a vicious poisonous snake and whispered to the other party, "I have given you the most vicious poison, and it is hidden in your dental glands. Go, bite him, and let his soul return to Hades. embrace!!"

This venomous snake is a cobra, the most common snake in the desert. It used to rely on the pattern on its back to fear the enemy, but now, Artemis endowed it with otherworldly toxicity.

Receiving the order of the gods, the cobra vomited a purple snake letter and came to the human habitation.

After looking around, it saw Epaphos in the crowd. He is so heroic and tall, but facing poisonous snakes, his size is always useless. He can easily knock the opponent down without even needing to How long does it take.

The cobra determined the target, and hid under the dark stone like a killer, eating termites when hungry, waiting for an opportunity, waiting for the opportunity to drag Epaphos into the abyss.

Soon, the proud Epaphos gave it to it. On this day, Epaphos wrestled with the bull and won strongly, but he was sweating all over because of it.

Although this is a symbol of a man, the sticky taste is unbearable after all.

So he came to a river, stripped himself completely off, and jumped into it with a splash.

"Ah! This is really cold, I really want to stay here forever." Epaphos said comfortably.

Cobra heard him and decided to grant his request, "If you want, of course you can!"

Amidst the hissing snake letter, Epaphos stood up abruptly and raised his head, feeling a pain in his arm instantly, leaving two black tooth marks.

Looking at the water again, a black shadow quickly dived into the water and disappeared.

Epaphos didn't have time to think about it, because half of his arm was already numb, obviously poisoned, so he didn't dare to neglect, quickly picked up his clothes, and ran towards home in a panic.

"Mother, mother, save me, save me!!"

He stumbled, sometimes fell, and sometimes got up again. Because of his violent activities, the toxin quickly spread from the blood to the whole body.

Hearing the call, Yio quickly ran out of the room, and immediately saw his dying son lying in front of the door.

She couldn't believe it, and exclaimed again: "My child, why are you so miserable, you are the heir of the gods, and you haven't enjoyed the treatment you deserve, why did you suffer this bad luck?"

She cried out in pain one after another, and soon attracted a large crowd of people watching, including the old hunter who guided Epaphos to hunt.

Looking at the fallen Epaphos, he couldn't bear to look directly at him and said: "If he is really a god, he shouldn't anger another god. I warned him once."

Hearing this, Io was stunned, and quickly asked the other party for details. Only then did he realize that his child had shot and killed Artemis' pet giant crocodile.

Io suddenly felt sad, and cried: "My beautiful, golden Epaphos, my innocent son who lost his father, I have never heard of such a thing.

When I opened the door, I saw him lying on the ground, water flooded his eyes, and white foam flowed from the corners of his mouth.His body was limp, his heartbeat was weak, and his pulse was absent."

After saying this, she hurriedly found the temple of Boros, crying and begging on her knees: "Great Boros, please forgive my child, how ignorant he is, he is still young, he should not suffer such punishment.

Please, for Zeus's sake, give my child a chance! ! "

Presumably nothing can stop a mother from crying, so Io's crying soon reached Poros' ears. Looking at Io who lost Qin's child, and thinking of the sufferings he had encountered in the past, Poros thought Some soft-hearted.

But Artemis said, "Well, for Zeus's sake, it wasn't enough to save him from suffering.

Go back and tell Epaphos that if he can pick the Casablanca flower in the underworld and send it here, I will forgive him. "

When Yio heard this, he almost fell to the ground. The Casablanca flower is one of the characteristics of the underworld, that is, the lily that is often said. This flower is everywhere in the underworld, and you can pick it easily.

The point is, the rule of the underground world is that once a soul arrives in the underworld, it cannot return to the human world.

Want to pick flowers?
All right, these flowers are everywhere, pick whatever you want.

But if you want to go back after picking, you have to ask Pluto if he agrees.

Io knew that Hades was a ruthless man and would never agree to such a request, so she could only place all her hopes on Zeus.

From Io's point of view, obtaining a soul with the face of the king of the gods is completely easy. Even if you are the king of the underworld, you have to give this face.

But many times, as a human being, Io doesn't understand the relationship between gods and gods. If she didn't rely on Zeus, maybe Hades would really let people go.

But once Zeus is begged, people don't necessarily like him.

(End of this chapter)