Greece: Age of Ascension

Chapter 192 Bet with Death God
Io was guarding his child's corpse, while Epaphos was lying on the ground coldly. Although he was of the blood of a demigod, he was not a true god after all. The human portion was his weakness, so he would die too.

Just like Achilles being shot in the ankle by an arrow, just such a wound can make him die with hatred.

As a demigod, even though he was stronger than ordinary people, Epaphos could only face a stiff face, foam at the mouth, and passed away in despair in the face of the poisonous attack.

Io held Epaphos in her arms, and silently prayed to Zeus with a painful expression.

"Great king of the gods, my dear husband, if you see what happened to our mother and daughter, please have pity on this child.

He is your blood, he shouldn't just leave this world. "

After praying, she looked sadly at her ashen-faced son in her arms, and said, "Epaphos, my poor child, if you are still attached to this world, please pray with me to the gods. King, to your father, pray for salvation."

Yio's praying voice naturally reached the ears of the God King, and when he learned that his child was bitten to death by a snake, he immediately learned the reason through his authority, and immediately showed a sad expression.

"Epaphos, my foolish son; Artemis, my poor daughter, it is a great curse to see you siblings fighting each other in my lifetime.

Even if I am the king of the gods, I still have to watch my children kill each other.

Destiny, how unfair are you? "

The God King lamented, feeling very uncomfortable. This is the expression of dissatisfaction. Compared with others, Zeus is already the protagonist among the protagonists, but even so, he still feels that fate is unfair.

After thinking about it, the God King calmed down and decided that he could not let the child die like this, so he summoned Hermes and said, "Hermes, the child of Io and I is actually talking to Artemis. There is a conflict, but Artemis is my daughter, and as a father, I really don’t know who I should help.”

At this moment, Hermes didn't know that Zeus was his own father, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but complain secretly: "Your circle is really messed up."

On the face, he said: "Great Zeus, the almighty king of gods, if you have any orders, I will definitely do them for you."

The king of the gods was very satisfied with his answer, and said: "Because of the death of Epaphos, Hades has sent Thanatos, the god of death, to collect the other's soul at this moment. I want you to stop this from happening and let Epaphos die." Fox was redeemed and did something great."

Needless to say, this may be one of the few advantages of Zeus. As long as it is his child, whether it is a god or an adult, he can get a good treatment.

Isn't the so-called great cause the inheritance that the god king father gave to his son?
Hermes nodded and agreed.

After that, he spread his neon wings and disappeared in Mount Olympus in an instant.

This scene happened to be watched by the Queen Hera. For Hermes, the Queen also hated Hermes, but Zeus liked him, so we had no other choice.

Because Hermes has a very low moral concept and has a flexible bottom line, all the dirty work of Zeus is assigned to him.

So this trip, there must be other things about Zeus. Hera felt that there should be no secrets between husband and wife, but Zeus kept hiding it, so he kept his eyes on Hermes, ready to take a look. What the hell is he doing.

Hermes didn't know at all that he was being watched by the incarnation of nature, and he only felt a strange feeling lingering in his heart as he flew all the way.

Looking at the white clouds passing by, I always feel that the clouds are watching him.Flying through the lush forest, I always feel that the tree is watching him.

Finally, Hermes, who couldn't bear it anymore, came into the water, but the fish also stared at him, circling around Hermes as if there was nothing there.

As time passed, Hermes got used to this vague gaze, "Hermes, you are so perfect that people are jealous, even nature casts its gaze on you."

He said narcissistically, he almost vomited on Hera, thinking that he is indeed the child of Zeus, and the level of narcissism can catch up with Apollo.

Hermes flew to Egypt, his eyes swept over, and he saw Thanatos, the god of death from a distance, leading a group of people in chains, forming a long line, among which was Epaphos.

Poor Epaphos, whose soul is bound by shackles, even though he is a demigod, he can only walk staggeringly in the mountains.

Because it is locked one by one, if he walks fast, the soul behind him will drag him, if he walks slowly, the soul in front will drag him, this feeling of not getting up or down makes him very uncomfortable.

Epaphos became wild, not because he didn't think of resisting, but Thanatos's sword, divine body, and wings almost scattered his soul away.

After a few times, even the son of Zeus, who was as rebellious as Zeus, obediently realized the gap.

Hermes pondered. Hades was stern and selfless. If he wanted to rely on Zeus's face to force his soul, he would definitely offend the two families, and troubles would inevitably arise.

But if it's Thanatos' dereliction of duty, don't blame me.

As the most liar god, Hermes made up his mind to turn into a dying old man on the way of death, lying on the stone, exhaling a lot of air, inhaling less, and looking like he was about to burp.

Thanatos was moving forward with his soul, and suddenly, his ears moved, and he heard a cry of whoops.

"Help, help me, God, please don't let me leave this beautiful world."

Attracted by the sound, the god of death flapped his wings and flew towards the opponent, and saw an old man lying half dead.

Seeing this situation, Thanatos laughed, "Ask death for help, this is really the biggest joke I have ever heard, and my performance has improved again."

While talking, he raised his sword, ready to give the other party a good time.

But just when the tip of the sword was about to touch the old man's neck, his movements suddenly stopped.

"This human being is still alive. If I take his life away at this moment, it will be a violation of Lord Pluto's decree. Before the human is dead, the God of Death is not allowed to harvest his life."

You read that right, this law was specially set up for Thanatos, and what he feared was that he would kill innocent people indiscriminately for the sake of performance. After all, there are things that happen in the world. .

Thinking of this, Thanatos decided to bear with it. Anyway, this old man is about to die, so I'll just wait and take away his soul immediately after he dies.

Seeing this, the old man transformed by Hermes secretly laughed in his heart. Of course he knew the laws of the underworld, and he also knew Hades' restrictions on Death God, so he deliberately seduced the other party here.

It belongs to Chiguoguo's fishing law enforcement. Who knows, at the critical moment, the god of death will not be fooled.

In order not to expose the plan, he opened his cloudy eyes, and the face of the god of death was reflected in the pupils.The old face instantly frightened.

"Oh my God, it's the god of death, it's the god of death. Is the vicious death coming to harvest my life?"

Thanatos is so angry, it’s time for you to die, damn it, I’m a soul collector, why am I so vicious?

"Stupid human being, how dare you scold me in public? Death is the natural law of reincarnation and the destination of the soul. How can it be vicious?"

When the old man saw what he said, he crawled back in horror and said: "You reaped my life, how dare you say that you are not vicious enough?
Look at the earth, some people offer sacrifices to Zeus, some people offer sacrifices to the god of the sea, but did some people offer sacrifices to death?

It is precisely because you are vicious enough to harvest everyone's life that everyone will not worship you. "

What he said was reasonable. If one were to say who was the hardest among the Greek gods, it would undoubtedly be Hades, the king of the underworld.

There are twelve main gods in Greece, but because Hades is in charge of death, he is not even ranked among the twelve main gods.

Although every important meeting and banquet, Zeus would invite the other party, but the status was completely absent.

People only know that he is a very important one among the gods of Olympus, but the twelve main gods do not have him.

Even Hades is like this, not to mention the gods under his hands, everyone hates ghosts.

Just like the human world in the East, I have only heard of worshiping the God of Wealth, but I have never heard of worshiping the King of Hades.

At this moment, the old man's words really hurt Thanatos' heart, "You stupid old guy, do you know how important death is?"

Hearing this, the old man sneered at him with contempt, "In my opinion, death is vicious, the most annoying and darkest thing, and you are also like a dark mouse who always likes to steal other people's souls.

I bet you that if people don't die, they will only become more beautiful! ! "

The god of death was instantly furious, "Okay, okay, I bet you that from now on, I will no longer harvest human souls, and there will be no death in the world. Let's see, how long can human beings be free?"

Seeing that he was fooled, Hermes secretly laughed, but he didn't know that he had already got into a big disaster, so he said to himself: "Okay, if I lose, you can take my soul; but if I win, you can take it again." Nor can it harvest the souls of the world."

After hearing this, God of Death felt that it was not fair, "I won't bet with you, your soul can be mine too. If you lose, you will build a temple for me in the world, and sacrifice and enshrine me forever!! "

Hermes agreed casually.

Ever since, the god of death flew away angrily. Seeing him walking away, Hermes quickly changed back to his original appearance, and stepped forward to undo the shackles of Epaphos.

"Epaphos, your mother is waiting for you, come with me and return to your vibrant body."

The god of thieves spread his wings of light, and Epaphos only felt the colorful neon flash in front of him, and then appeared in front of his mother.

Poor Io was still holding his son's corpse and praying.

Seeing his mother, Epaphos burst into tears and said, "Mother, my poor mother, I'm back, please take a look at me."

He called for a while, but couldn't get the slightest response, because Yio had a mortal body and couldn't see a soul at all.

Seeing this, Hermes pushed Epaphos, and instantly pushed his soul into his body.

Then Epaphos opened his eyes.

Seeing his child come back to life, Io was overjoyed, knowing that the prayer to Zeus had an effect, he couldn't help crying with joy.

Epaphos hugged his mother, and after the comfort, Hermes also appeared and told Zeus that he wanted to assist Epaphos to achieve a career.

Epaphos said: "I have experienced death and suffered a lot, and I should repay all this hatred.

Artemis sent a poisonous snake to kill me, I must avenge this! ! "

Hearing his words, Hermes blinked with a headache. Why is this kid's brain circuit different from others?

"Artemis is a god, and he has learned various martial arts and hunting skills under the hands of Poros, the god of stars. Have you beat her?"

Epaphos shook his head. After seeing the god of death, he already understood the gap between demigods and true gods, so he denied it sincerely: "Of course I can't beat it."

"Then how are you going to take revenge?" Hermes asked again.

Epaphos still shook his head, "I don't know, anyway, I have to take revenge. If I can't take revenge, I will stay at home and stay with my mother forever."

At this time, Hermes finally understood his thoughts. Zeus wanted to help the other party achieve a career, but if you want to succeed, you have to do something first.

God promises to help you win the lottery, but you have to buy one first.

The meaning of Epaphos's words is that if you don't take revenge, you will never achieve your career.

And helping the other party to succeed is also my own task.

So, I have to avenge you?Begging you to make a career?
Hermes was dumbfounded, did he save an ancestor?

He cursed angrily in his heart, wishing he could beat Epaphos to death on the spot, but considering that the other party was the child of Zeus after all, and the god king had personally instructed him, it was not easy to disobey the other party's orders.

After all, Hermes asked himself, he is also a very mischievous person, he usually causes troubles a lot, the reason why he is safe and sound every time, besides he has a good mother and father (father refers to Poseidon), but also Rely on the favor and appreciation of Zeus.

Losing favor is tantamount to losing a protective umbrella.

It can be said that Epaphos is very smart, and he saw the weakness of the God of Thieves at a glance, so he blackmailed him with this matter.

Once Hermes refused to avenge him, he would not cooperate with the other party's mission, which eventually caused Hermes to lose Zeus' favor.

Lose the umbrella.

The God of Thieves gritted his teeth with hatred, and felt that he had saved a white-eyed wolf, but just as the other party thought, he was indeed caught, because the last thing he could lose was Zeus' love and protection.

"Okay, I can help you deal with Artemis, you just need to tell me, how do you want to punish her?"

Epaphos didn't even think about it, and said: "I want her to be my lover, let me play with her, and finally when she falls in love with me, I will ruthlessly abandon her!!"

(End of this chapter)