Greece: Age of Ascension

Chapter 4 A Gift to the God of Sleep

"My dear brother, I have a reason to go to Tartarus. The gods know that you have a lot of friends. Can you please introduce me to the children of darkness and night."

Atlas' tone was sincere, and he looked at Prometheus eagerly, hoping to get help from the other party, but because of the prophecy, Prometheus frowned.According to the prophecy he saw, Atlas was tortured to the brink of death, presumably the reason for going to Tartarus, but the other party didn't say the specific reason, and it was hard for him to ask.After all, this eldest brother's temper was not very gentle in the past.

But out of kindness in his heart, Prometheus decided to persuade him, "Atlas, my respected brother, Tartarus is a dangerous hell. If you insist on going, you may encounter terrible things."

Hearing this, Atlas raised his eyebrows in surprise, and said to himself: "Did this kid predict something?" He wanted to ask, but it seemed that the other party had no intention of saying anything, so he could only hold back his curiosity.

But he must go to Tartarus, and the power of Thunder cannot be given up.

"Despite the danger, I will go to hell. My dear brother, please help me!"

Atlas softened his tone and looked at the other party almost pleadingly. Prometheus was even more surprised in his heart, and even Epimetheus, who was bewildered by the side, couldn't believe it.

Is this still the arrogant big brother who relies on strength?

How could you speak in such a tone?

The two brothers were silent for a while, and when the atmosphere was getting awkward, and even Atlas thought that the other party would reject him, Prometheus finally said, "Of course I am willing to help you, my respected brother.

I met Hypnos, the god of sleep, in a dream, and I told him about the vastness of the earth and sky, and he told me anecdotes about the dark depths.I can take you to him. "

Hearing the words, Atlas finally let go of his hanging heart a little. Speaking of Hypnos, the god of sleep, you may feel at a loss, but when it comes to his twin brother, Thanatos, the god of death, you will definitely not feel unfamiliar.

In the Greek world, there are many gods who hold the authority of death. His father, Iapseus, is the Titan of soul and death.

But Thanatos, the god of death, is different from others. He represents "euthanasia and good death", that is to say, he can let people die naturally.

But if he died in vain and was killed by others, it would be beyond his divine power.

Of course, since the gods are immortal, the power of death can only be exerted on mortal creatures.

You want to say that all things will come to an end, even gods, including the universe will perish.
I gotta say, yes. You're right.

But when the gods and the universe die, it means that another new god of death is born, and the concept he represents is "the demise of gods and the universe".

When it was born, all the gods and the universe will be cool.Once the universe dies, all concepts in the world will become meaningless, even "death" itself.

Therefore, the gods who are newly born and represent "the demise of gods and the universe" will also perish along with the universe.

It's not that Thanatos is the god of death, and all death is under his control, which is beyond his authority and beyond the scope of his divine power.

So, don't look at Thanatos with the title of "Death God", but there are really not many things he can control, especially when facing other gods, he will appear even more powerless.

"I have long heard the name of the God of Sleep. I heard that he is a gentle god who brings reasonable sleep to all things on the earth and even the gods. If you can recommend it, I will be very happy."

Atlas said happily, but Prometheus shook his head, "My brother, if you want to ask him for help, you always have to bring some gifts. Do you have any treasures to give?"

Upon hearing this, our Qingtian God's smile immediately froze on his face, what he said made sense, there is no way to ask someone for help without giving a gift.

As the saying goes, "There are many people who don't blame you for courtesy", if you ask someone from a long distance, and they accept your gift, you will definitely do your best.

"But... I don't seem to have any treasures."

Atlas scratched his head, feeling quite helpless.Prometheus next to him naturally saw his predicament, and quietly sipped the mead.

This elder brother knows that there are tigers in the mountains, and he prefers to go to the mountains. It would be best if he can be persuaded to leave because he has no gifts.In this way, the things in the prophecy can be reasonably avoided.

Atlas didn't know what was going on in his heart, and he was still thinking about where to find gifts.

Seeing this, Epimetheus, who represents "later awareness", couldn't help but smile naively, just like the prediction of his brother Prometheus, when Epimetheus began to think, There are always brainstorms in the mind.

In the storm, some past memories burst out from time to time, and these memories did not belong to him.Or a memory that Epimetheus knew but forgot, and was recalled by him at a certain moment.

At this moment, when he thought of the gift, a memory from the past appeared in his mind like a flash of inspiration.

Epimetheus looked at Atlas honestly but with a little fear, and said, "I know something. It may be suitable as a gift."

He stumbled and said these words, which directly disrupted Prometheus' plan, but it was too late to stop him at this time, because Atlas was already eagerly looking at the silly brother.

"Epimetheus, my dearest brother, can you tell me what kind of gift it is?"

Facing the gaze of two people and four eyes, Epimetheus was obviously a little nervous, and stammered: "It's somewhere on the west coast, there is a tree full of golden apples. "

After he stumbled and said this, a few drops of sweat unconsciously appeared on the palm of his hand.

Atlas nodded. In Greek mythology, the golden apple first appeared at the wedding of Zeus and Hera. It was given by Gaia, the goddess of the earth. It was a big tree with lush branches and leaves. Full of golden apples.

Zeus sent the three daughters of the night god, called Hesperides, to guard the holy garden where the golden apples were planted, and Radon, a hundred-headed dragon, helped them guard.

It should be said that this thing has a great relationship with Atlas, because in the original story, he was punished to hold the sky, and it happened that Hercules, the God of Hercules, was going to complete the twelve trials, one of which was to pick gold. apple.

But the magic of the golden apple is that the mortal body cannot touch it at all. As long as you stretch out your hand, your palm will pass through the apple.

Only God can touch it.

Hercules was only a demigod at that time, and he had no choice but to ask Atlas to pick it up, and he himself took over his task, holding up the sky first.

After the Atlas was picked, he didn't want to lift the sky anymore, but Hercules said that his posture was not adjusted properly, and his shoulder hurt, so he needed to find a shoulder pad.

In the story, God Qingtian really believed it, and took over the sky again. Are you stupid?
Of course he was fooled, and Hercules happily left with the golden apple.

(End of this chapter)