greek mythology stuff

Chapter 150 Burial Sites of Streams and Lakes

Outside the crack of the door, in the temple.

Hephaestus watched Crotor enter the "border" and jump into chaos.

His thoughts went round and round, and all kinds of scenes were brought into his eyes.He sat on the threshold of the temple, with his back facing the temple and bathed in the moonlight, but his invisible eyes could look directly at the two goddesses deep in the temple through the crack of the door.

O power of love!

He had been looking for it for a long time, but he never expected it to be by his side.

but……

Fortunately, it was not found in advance.

Hephaestus' original intention was to completely cut off the connection between himself and the outside world, so as to resist the intrusion of invisible emotions, so as to completely become a god far away from the mundane.

Find it now before it's too late.Perhaps it could be used to create a significant artifact, like... a ring.

Wait for Clotho to return.

After setting the rules, Hephaestus closed his eyes reflecting all kinds of scenes.

The moon rose slowly, and finally got out of the way, allowing his power to be displayed secretly.

Waves and ripples from history rush to the sky continuously, rushing into chaos, they move forward in a fixed direction, looking back at the lost past.

The traces that dissipated in the chaos were revealed.

Exudes a strange smell.

It's Gaia!She has been here!
The will of Hephaestus is here to stay.These remaining breaths seem to be an ancient god laughing at him - I am one step ahead of you!
"pity."

Hephaestus said in his heart.

His will manifested in the chaos, he stretched out a palm, and the remaining breath lingered towards him, turning into a strand of dark yellow hair and wrapping around his ring finger.

It might be a good thing that the earth goddess Gaia came first, at least... the direction is right, isn't it?
Hephaestus shrugged, his will became illusory and continued on, traveling through the fallen world, following clues to find Nix, the goddess of the night.

He knew it in his heart, and probably couldn't find it.

really……

The aura left behind by the Evernight Goddess became chaotic ahead, splitting into countless intertwined paths.

At the starting point of the intersecting road, there is a black snake coiled up, spitting out a red letter.

It's strange.Hephaestus said something in his heart.

Chaos is not a place where ordinary things can reach.This black snake is no different from a vulgar thing, its body is weak and petite, but it can crawl undead in the chaos.

This just confirms the extraordinary attainments of Nix, the goddess of the night, in creation and breeding.

If it weren't for Gaia, the goddess of the earth...she must have a great reputation.

Because no matter whether it is a living creature or an inanimate creature, there is a criterion—the talents of a creature are multifaceted. When a great power is given to a creature, the talents of other aspects of the creature must not be weak, otherwise the creature It will not be able to support this great talent by itself, and it will inevitably self-destruct.

Hephaestus himself is also in charge of casting, and this principle is universal.

But the black snake in front of him broke this rule. Its body was so weak that it was obviously the work of the goddess of the night, but it was still able to support it to walk in the chaos.

And walking in chaos... that is already a great talent in itself.

Maybe in this black snake, we can find the direction of casting power beyond the limit, making the cold artifact possess wisdom, and even become a complete "human being".

Hephaestus became interested.It is not difficult for a god to create a life, and it is not difficult even to create a population.Because the gods have authority, they can naturally achieve the power given by his authority.

But few deities fully understand his authority.They can create water out of thin air, and make the world appear bright, but they don't know why, because this is their authority.

Just like ordinary people in the world, they know that they are different from all things, that they can think and have wisdom, just because this wisdom is in them.But if you ask them in detail, then they can only be attributed to the gods. If you ask the gods in more detail why they have wisdom, then everything will be attributed to the unknown.

Only a few gods can penetrate and completely master themselves, they are "one", even among the gods, there are very few "one", they can even rewrite their own rules.

Like Hephaestus himself, he can make fire burn in dreams, and stop fire from being kindled when thunder strikes trees.Probably because he is the rule, but he is beyond the rule.He is the rule of the flame itself, and the rule of the flame is not him.

This.

That's the difference, and that's where the gap lies.

Casting and creation are already two different paths, and it can even be said that casting is far inferior to creation.

And break away from the influence of the world, break away from the gestation of time, create a unique will from the very beginning, make it a complete "person", and even make the dead things return to become "human", so that maybe we can spy on the nature of life How great it was.

Hephaestus brought the black snake back.

When he opened his eyes on the threshold of the temple, and when his will returned to his body, the black snake appeared in front of him.

On the ring finger of his right hand, he also wore a ring made of dark yellow hair.

And in the distant sea area, a large ship is slowly approaching under the stars and moon...

The people on the boat knew that they had finally found the place, and in front of them was the burial place of all the streams, lakes and seas - the "gate" of the dead country.

The deck was filled with people in no time, cheering and boisterous, celebrating the belated good news.

According to the legend, the gate of the dead country is in the middle of the vast sea. There are no islands around it. It is a large void that is endless as far as the eye can see. It swallows endless sea water, but it will never be able to satisfy its appetite.

Because the streams and rivers on the earth will eventually flow to the sea, and the endless sea water will flow into the gate of the dead country, so the gate of the dead country is also known as the burial place of all streams, lakes and seas.

There have long been rumors in the world that by sailing a boat down the vortex of the Gate of the Dead and falling into the bottomless abyss, one can reach the sea of ​​the Kingdom of the Dead.

Such a group of passengers are the full load of passengers on this big ship.They spent more than ten years wandering all over the world just to enter the kingdom of death.

Their reasons are various, because of love, because of family affection, because of disappointment, because of adventurous spirit, but their purpose is the same - to pass through the gate of the dead kingdom and enter the kingdom of death.

They were cheering and jumping for joy, nervous and terrified. The more violent the eddy around them, the faster the ship fell into the abyss, the more excited they were. This excitement could not be hidden in their flesh, and it had already disappeared from their eyes. shot out, like two rays of light reaching into the bottomless abyss.

Then they fell into the abyss, and the big ship that carried them was torn apart by the eddy like a storm, and they went to the kingdom of death as they wished.

Hephaestus saw them die, not from drowning, but from being torn apart by the eddy and disappearing in the depths of the sea.

He had sent Clotho to the mortal world to refute the rumors, but he couldn't convince those who lied to him, they came excitedly and died in excitement.

With a gesture of raising his hand, the black snake in front of him was sent to the bottomless abyss by Hephaestus, and imprisoned in the deepest part of the abyss——as the creation of the goddess of the night, Nix, it does have this qualification.

Taking off the hair-woven ring on his ring finger, Hephaestus took a last look at the hollow.

"It's best not to let me know who made the rumor, no matter who you are..."

(End of this chapter)