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Chapter 109 The Goddess of Luck Luka and the Flame Gate

The goddess of fortune is one of the three thousand goddesses of the ocean. She is the offspring of the ocean god Oceanus and the sea goddess Tesis.

She is in charge of the power of luck, the power of luck conceived by the world itself.

She is a quirky goddess.

Recently, she came to the coast to develop, trying to get involved in faith to a deeper level, and push her power to a higher level.

It is difficult for Chiron to judge whether this goddess values ​​faith or has a mentality of playing with her mind.

He has an appointment with this goddess, and he wants to use an arrow along the coast to decide whose beliefs in the surrounding areas belong to.

He wanted to fight, so he came to the island in the bet early.

Chiron went to the appointment alone, and the moon set one time earlier than the time stipulated in the bet.

He held the bow tightly, and only a small arrow made of wood was contained in the quiver made of animal skin, and his body was covered with dew.

He stood quietly on the side of the island, facing the sea farther away.

He was waiting for his old friend to come, so she came.

The goddess of luck, Rika, came ashore from the vast sea and stood on the other side of the island.

She has wings on her back, a garland of flowers, and a gauze dress intertwined with sky blue and off-white.

She is barefoot, her slender soles stuck to the sandy soil of the island.

As soon as Yan Kachu came to the island, he showed a gentle smile to Chiron: "Little Chiron, you have grown up."

"Are you ready to claim your own land from me?"

"This is something that your mother Felula can't do, do you think you can do it?"

Yes, technically, Lucky Rika is the invader.

Chiron encloses a small piece of land along the coast, a small piece of uninhabited land, and has not done any development before this goddess comes.

She was the contemporary goddess of Chiron's mother Fylura, and was her sister.

She came suddenly, and she wanted to gamble with Chiron.

She wants Chiron to shoot an arrow at her, and she will stand where she is. If the arrow hits her, she will retreat to the sea. Otherwise, she will take half of Chiron's land and rule the mortals here together with Chiron.

Chiron doesn't want to lose his hard-won land, even if it's untouched.He wants to develop and gain strength to accomplish more things he wants to do. In today's land, it is unrealistic to obtain a land where mortals gather. Most of them have their own masters, or there are several coveted and restrained lands. gods.

Chiron wants to develop slowly, and a piece of land is the beginning of development.

He looked at Rika, the goddess of fortune.On the opposite side, Luka held an empty big conch shell in his left hand, and there was a steady flow of water and gold coins and treasures pouring out of it. They fell to the ground and disappeared like raindrops melting into the ground.

Chiron's attention was not on the strange conch, but his eyes were on the exposed, white right hand of Ryuka.

Although the slender and white hand held nothing, it wore a silver ring.

This silver ring is not a bracelet, because it is not worn on the wrist, but on the bare arm of the goddess Rika.

Chiron narrowed his eyes.

According to legend, this silver ring was asked by Rika, the goddess of luck, from his foster mother, Eurynome, the goddess of water plants and pastures, when Hephaestus, the god of fire, was not far away from the sea.

During that period, many works of that master craftsman were circulated in the ocean.

Now that master craftsman has ascended to the sky and far away from the sea, the silver ring worn by Yunka has obviously become a unique treasure.

The goddess of luck, Rika, has never shown the power of the silver ring in front of people, but it is conceivable that this silver ring must be extraordinary.

Its extraordinary power may affect the outcome of this bet.

Chiron showed a far-fetched smile to Luka on the opposite side: "Goddess, I'm ready."

After speaking, he took out the only wooden arrow from his quiver and put it on the bowstring.

Seeing this, Luka on the opposite side lifted the sky blue skirt, which danced with the sea breeze, and she was smiling.

According to the bet, her wings with gray and white soft feathers were all spread out, and she stood pretty in place, waiting for Chiron's arrow with all her strength.

Chiron drew his bow slowly, and he glanced at the arrow in the corner of his eye.

This arrow branch was taken from a dead branch of a birch tree. He didn't want to kill people, so he didn't inlay tail feathers for the arrow branch, didn't use better materials, and didn't linger on the arrowhead with the breath of death that belonged to the kingdom of death.

However, Chiron was still full of confidence. The goddess who was older than him could not catch this arrow.

Although this goddess holds the creation of the master craftsman, but he got more!
He is a god, and after losing everything and regaining it, he is indistinguishable from most gods.

It was just that Chiron suddenly remembered something after fully charging his bow.

Why did Luka, the goddess of luck, come to compete with him?

She is the first-generation offspring of Oceanus, the ocean god, and Tesis, the goddess of the sea. She is a contemporary sister of her own mother, Phylula. Why did she come?
There is nothing in the territory that I enclose, the land is small, and there are no traces of people necessary for faith. When I come here, I can only start from the basics.

Maybe not bad for some gods who can only curl up in the water of lakes, but Rika, the goddess of fortune, is obviously not one of them.

She could ask Oceanus, the god of the ocean, for a piece of land that belongs to the coast and is populated by people.

So, why is she here?
Is it... because of sympathy?

She has seen herself in the most desolate and miserable time, and she wants to help out of sympathy for her sisters and children?
Chiron recalled carefully.This is not the first time she and Luka met. As early as when she met the owner of the burnt wooden bow and the leaves in his arms, he saw Luka in the depths of the earth, and met the goddess of luck.

They also talked briefly.

After that, he really became lucky, and got the wooden bow in his hand and the strange leaves in his arms.

Thinking of this, Chiron suddenly realized that this land cannot be defended by relying on his own strength alone. He only has strength, and it is not an aboveboard strength.

He suddenly understood one thing—Ruka, the goddess of fortune, is not a predator, but a protector!
It's just that the arrow is on the string and has to be sent.

Chiron relaxed his arm a little, slightly relaxing the already tense bowstring.

The arrow shot out.

Chiron stared at Yunka, wanting to see the magic of the goddess of luck.

He saw Luka smiling, and then heard a crisp click.

The wooden arrow he shot actually split from the middle?
luck?

Chiron knew right away—luck indeed.

The wooden arrows he made from dead branches of mortal birch trees were indeed very brittle, and might split in half from the middle.

The two-half wooden arrow passed through both sides of the goddess of luck, Luka. She obeyed the bet from beginning to end, smiling and never moving.

Chiron took a deep look at Rika, the goddess of luck, "You won." He said.

"According to our bet, we will each have half of this sea area and the land along the coast."

"We each hold half of the sea and half of the land, is there a problem?"

Luka on the opposite side showed a meaningful smile: "No problem."

Chiron breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the words, he was really afraid that the goddess would ask for more.

He turned and set foot on the sea, and heard the mocking words from the goddess behind him: "The arrows you shoot are still as weak as before."

Chiron ignored it.

Behind him, the conch held by Rika, the goddess of fortune, continuously spewed out gold, treasures and flowing water. The gold, treasures and water flowed out, and finally, a wooden arrow gushed out of it, and the wooden arrow shimmered. Same texture as the wooden bow held by Chiron.

The wooden arrow landed on the golden treasure, and disappeared after staying with the golden treasure for a short time.

As the instigator of everything, the goddess of luck, Rika, is smiling, with a weird and meaningful smile.

She carried the conch back to the sea, and the silver ring on her arm reflected the moonlight.

She didn't notice that Chiron, who was behind him, had already stepped into a flame door in a trance, and disappeared inside the door...
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ps: It’s half a chapter away, let’s talk about it tomorrow
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