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Chapter 160 Dionysian Lost Track
The kingdoms of the world, Thebes.

The origin of Thebes is very chewy. His first king was named Cadmus, and he was a mortal.There are three things about him.

First, his sister Europa is the mortal lover of God King Zeus.Second, his wife was Harmonia, the daughter of Ares, the god of war, and Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty.The third point is that he defeated a poisonous dragon and established Thebes in the place where the poisonous dragon died.

Legend has it that the poisonous dragon killed by Cadmus was the heir of Ares, the god of war. He served eight years for Ares, the god of war, in order to atone for his sins.

There is also a legend that Cadmus gave up the kingdom he had built under the apocalypse when he was old, and he and his wife Halmonia turned into dragons and fled away.

This legend may not be true, but it is true that the kingdom of the dead cannot find his soul.

But no matter whether Cadmus is alive or not, he never thought that he could be more legendary.

He and his wife Harmonia had a daughter named Semele, who was one of Zeus' lovers in the world.

If we only talk about these, the story of Semele is naturally not a legend.Because she is dead, and whoever her lover is, she is nothing so long as she is dead, so she is not a legend.

But...she left a child alive, and the child was named Dionysus.This name is unremarkable in the world, but before this name, this baby had another name, a name that could stir up whispers among the gods——Zagreus!The offspring conceived by Persephone, the queen of the underworld, and Zeus, the god king, is a real son of god rather than a hero.

He was born destined to be extraordinary, but sooner or later.

He roamed the land, he set his feet among the nations, he was good at brewing wine, and people praised him, and this praise was a feeble faith.Dionysus could see these invisible beliefs from birth, and he gradually became stronger because of his beliefs, gradually widening the gap with the mixed-blood heroes of humans and gods.

If Dionysus was called a hero in the first place, no, they call Dionysus Dionysus now!Simply because he truly exhibited the power that only God can exhibit.

Therefore, the city of Thebes is honored by his glory and is called the city of Dionysus.

And he is a god walking in the world.

Now he has long since left Thebes, wandering among the kingdoms of the earth, spreading his faith.

The current king of Thebes is named Amphion, and his origins are also chewy. He is a mixed-blood hero with a god.

He obtained a harp from Apollo, the sun god. When he plucked the harp, the beautiful sound of the harp expanded the city wall of Thebes for him.Not only that, but his father was Zeus.

Although the god king Zeus has many descendants, if they cannot exist forever, they are mortals, but one thing is certain, no god will take the risk to play with Amphion, he is safe.

If nothing unexpected...

But the meaning is still there.He had a wife named Niobe, daughter of the great king Tantalus...

She is also the princess of this country, and bears children for Amphion.

At night, she slept soundly in the deep palace.She woke up suddenly.

Wind blows.

Where does the wind come from?In the deep palace, what kind of wind can blow here?
She woke up suddenly in her sleep, sat on the luxurious bed and looked around vigilantly.

There is fog, and there is fog in the locked palace.The fog was thick, like smoke, and surprisingly cold.

There is also the sound of water, like the oars of a ship scratching the water.Niobe followed the sound and saw a glimmer of light in the mist.

When the light got closer, it turned out to be the light on a small boat. There were roughly four people on board, one male and three females.The man sat and stood in the bow, holding a lamp in his hand, and the dim light Niobe saw came from that lamp.The three women remained silent in the cabin, their slender shadows falling on the thin window screens.

Niobe suddenly came to his senses.She bent down to look under the bed, and there was water under the bed, floating on a misty river.

"Who are you?" she asked warily.

"Matthew." The lantern bearer answered her.

Niobe was afraid because she knew to whom the name Matthew belonged. "Evil God Matthew, what do you want to do?"

"I want to see you." Matthew replied.

Niobe said firmly, "I will not be a follower of evil gods."

The words were short, but the determination in Niobe's eyes could not be faked.Because of her high status, she knew that the evil god Matthew was nothing.Being killed by evil gods is still possible to live in the human world under the pity of the gods, but if you believe in evil gods and be killed by the gods, then you have nothing.Even the soul is lost, because the soul belongs to the underworld, and the underworld belongs to Hades, who is one of the gods.

She kept staring at the evil god on the opposite side, and saw that the corner of the evil god carrying the lantern suddenly raised an arc.He was laughing, sarcastically.

This sarcasm was not hidden, it was revealed in Matthew's low and bewitching tone.

"Am I really an evil god? I don't think so."

"I just can't be a true god, that's all."

"Do you know? Your father died. Died at the dinner he gave to the gods."

Niobe couldn't believe it, but his eyes showed reason again.She was circling, chanting the prayers of the sun god Apollo over and over again in her heart.

She pretended to be unable to restrain herself: "You killed him?!"

He seemed to react quickly: "No! You can't do it!"

The evil god carrying the lantern laughed, not only did he laugh, but a woman's laughter came from the cabin behind him.Only then did Niobe confirm that they were indeed women.

Matthew smiled and said, "I really can't do it. Because I didn't kill it."

"It was the gods he feasted that killed him."

"His soul is in the underworld. I came by boat and saw him along the way."

"His soul has been blurred to the point where he cannot see clearly, and it is Demeter, the goddess of fertility, who is torturing him."

The prayer in Niobe's heart became more and more anxious, but she suddenly laughed.She sneered, "What's the reason? My father is a believer of the King of God, and his country is the largest country of belief in the King of God, and also the largest country on earth."

"Will the God King really agree to his father's death? I'm afraid he doesn't want him to live forever."

"You are an evil god, and your words are the words of God. I shouldn't have laughed, but I couldn't bear it."

"I think you are not qualified as an evil god."

Matthew, known as the evil god, also laughed.He laughed at Niobe for laughing at him.

He smiled and said, "The reason? Do you know the hunting knife in Orion's hand?"

"When a hunter hunts all the wild game on the mountain and fails to catch any more prey, he will no longer be a hunter, and his hunting knife will lose its function and become a useless thing that will accidentally hurt himself. things."

"Your father Tantalus is the hunting knife."

"I don't think you understand it yet, but you will soon."

"I will come to you again, and next time, you will have to recite Apollo's eulogy in your heart."

"Prepare for vengeance, daughter of Tantalus."

The river receded and the fog dissipated.

Niobe woke up again.Is it a dream?She suddenly leaned over to look under the bed.There are signs of water, not dreams.

Thinking of the evil god's almost dreamy words, she laughed again - he must have been driven mad by the gods to have these delusions.

There were hurried footsteps outside the palace, and someone shouted while running.

Is his eldest son.Niobe smiled and listened to his call: "Mother, sad news."

"Grandpa is dead!"

Niobe's smile turned ugly.

(End of this chapter)