Type-Moon, I heard that after death, you can ascend to the Throne of Heroes?

When Zeus was captured by Hera, in order to rescue his lovers, he would find Hermes and ask him to find a way to solve the problem for him.

And Io was one of them.

Athena didn't know who Io was, but when she heard that it was Zeus asking for help, she had already guessed most of the answer.

"Why are you looking for a promise?" Athena asked.

"Because of Hera." Hermes replied with a narrowed-eye smile.

Athena reacted immediately after hearing this. Hermes had obviously seen the painting from the night before, and also understood the weight of the promise in Hera's heart.

The person who turned Io into a cow was Hera herself.

"But this is not what the Father God meant, right?" Athena roughly understood it in her heart, so she relaxed and said.

After all, as long as Zeus didn't send a message asking Hermes to go to him with the promise, everything would be easy to discuss.

Facing Athena in front of him, Hermes knew very well that it was meaningless to be clever, so he nodded and said bluntly: "Yes, but I need his help."

"Then you need to ask Nuoyan himself about this matter. After all, he is a loyal believer of Hera. I can't make the decision."

Hearing this, Hermes looked at Athena with some surprise in his orange eyes, and he found that he actually smelled a sour taste in it.

But he certainly wasn't stupid enough to say it out loud.

So he took off the feather hat on his head, bowed to Athena again, and said, "I understand. I will go to see the child now."

Having said that, just as Hermes was about to leave.

"Wait." Athena stopped him, thought for a moment, and then said, "From today on, you must tell the gods one thing: you can see the child of the promise, and you can ask for tribute, but you need to prepare a golden apple for him."

Nuoyan now has four golden apples in his hand.

Athena didn't have it anymore, and it was obvious that Hera would not give it to her, so she didn't make any promises during this period.

But Clotho had, so he went to the Temple of Destiny once and once the night before.

"And if he is willing, you must promise me one thing."

"Go ahead, Athena," Hermes replied with a smile.

Hermes made no exception when Athena called him and made a request. After all, he was not the fighting idiot like Ares, the god of war.

Otherwise, he would not have come to Athena first and then to Nuoyan.

"If that child falls into the underworld, you have to help me rescue him once."

After hearing what Athena said, Hermes subconsciously asked, "Will that child fall into the underworld soon?"

"I don't know." Athena shook her head.

"You don't know?" Hermes was stunned for a moment, then looked at Athena's golden eyes with great surprise.

"I really don't know. After all, it seems to me that he wanders around the fork in the road to the underworld almost every day, but he doesn't go in. So I just want to be on the safe side."

Athena paused for a moment before continuing to say to Hermes: "As for the details of what is going on, you will know everything when you meet him."

Upon hearing this, Hermes, with doubts in his heart, went to the Kingdom of Calydon, and it didn't take much effort for him to meet Nuoyan.

Because at this time Nuoyan was in Calydon, just like a star, no matter where he went, people would greet him excitedly.

Not to mention the marks left by the goddesses on his body, which were as conspicuous as a light in the sea fog in Hermes' eyes.

And when they met, looking at the black-haired, green-eyed young man, although his appearance was not the most handsome that Hermes had ever seen, but with the natural artistic aura and the friendly smile, Hermes still couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

What a lovely boy.

Then he turned around and prepared to leave.

Hermes finally understood why Athena asked him to prepare the golden apple and go to the underworld to rescue people.

After all, in this Age of Gods Ancient Greece, babies could probably outlive their promises by two days.

At this moment, Hermes gave up the idea of ​​saving Io as promised.

In fact, due to the competition between Athena and Hel, as well as the fame that Noyan has gradually gained so far, any normal person or god would probably think that Noyan is similar to Hercules and is a powerful human hero.

Not to mention, they all graduated from the Centaur Sage Chiron... Oh, that's not right, it seems that Nuoyan didn't graduate at all, he ran away secretly.

Hermer obviously thought the same, which is why he came here.

But the result is no better than that of Hercules when he was a baby!

You know, Hera not only turned the woman named Io into a cow, but also let a giant with a hundred eyes, Argus, guard her.

Now, let alone letting Nuoyan deal with the giant and rescue Io, Hermes was even worried that if he took Nuoyan with him, he would be scared to death on the spot by the Centaur!

Just as Hermes was about to leave, he accidentally glanced at it and suddenly stopped, even rubbing his eyes to make sure he was not seeing things.

He saw a sword on Nuoyan, which was the sword of Themis, the goddess of justice.

Then Hermes calmed down and thought of Athena and how much she valued her promise.

All the Olympian gods knew Athena's character. Anyone who was not qualified to be a hero would not be in her eyes at all.

Then Hermes came to his senses and laughed.

He felt that this matter seemed to be becoming more and more interesting.

thus......

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"Meleager, I really must go."

In the Kingdom of Calydon,

Nuoyan said helplessly to the red-haired youth Meleager who had forced him to stay beside him: "You know, I still have the oracle given to me by the Queen Hera. Now the crew consists of you, Atalanta and Chopper.

I still have to go find Theseus, Hercules, and Peleus!"

There is no need to explain who Hercules and Theseus are. As for Peleus, he is the father of Achilles, whose fame will be second only to Hercules in the future.

"I can go with you." Meleager said persistently, "I can be your bodyguard and protect you.

And both my father and mother have already promised me this.”

Meleager was a prince, but when he expressed this idea in the palace, even his parents did not object, and even thought it was reasonable.

The painting that night of Promise not only conquered several goddesses, but also apparently conquered the people of this kingdom.

In the past few days, Meleager's parents have been wanting to give Nuoyan something, and have even hinted several times that they have several very good-looking daughters.

But Nuoyan still just asked them to help spread his name.

"I personally don't mind if you follow me, as long as you can convince my Pegasus." Nuoyan shrugged.

When Meleager heard Nuoyan say this, he instantly became depressed.

That is Pegasus, a celestial horse that can normally only be touched and cleansed by the nine Muses representing art.

Let Atalanta sit because it is smart. After all, every time there is a problem with Nuoyan, it can rush to the scene to eat grass in the first place...

So last time Meleager touched it out of curiosity, he was kicked to the ground and it took him a long time to recover.

If he wasn't a hero of the Age of Gods, he would probably still be lying at home.

"Then you can stay in Calydon. As for the search for Hercules and Peleus, you can leave it to me. I will send someone to find them."

Then Meleager replied, evidently not intending to let his promise go.

After all, this time, Meleager undoubtedly owed Nuoyan a huge favor, even though he didn't know his fate.

Not to mention the promise, which makes anyone confused.

"No, this is absolutely not possible. I still need to seek revenge on them!"

Although the quality of Heroic Spirits is very high now, Nuoyan feels that he can still fight in the Holy Grail War in his current condition... Well, even if his physical condition is a big problem, at least he can catch Pegasus and make a suicide attack comparable to Meteor Ichijo.

But participating in more legends is not a bad thing. Besides, it is only one step away from becoming an A-level Heroic Spirit, and there is also the legendary Argo as a guaranteed reward.

Since he was guaranteed to be an A-level Heroic Spirit at the very least, Nuoyan felt that he had a good chance of reaching S-level. If it was even higher, he might even be able to get the championship rank directly!

When Meleager heard the promise of revenge, he wanted to laugh.

Not to mention, he really wanted to see the reactions of Hercules and his men when Nuoyan found them one by one and sought revenge.

But he was just thinking about it, and when he was about to say something, Meleager suddenly found that his vision became blurred, and he stood there in a daze.

When Nuoyan discovered that something was wrong with Meleager, he was confused.

Then he saw Hermes, wearing a feather hat and holding a double-snake staff, falling from the sky and coming in front of him.

Hull pressed his feather hat, showing a seemingly refreshing smile, took out a golden apple and placed it in the hand of Nuoyan who was slightly stunned.

"Hello, lovely child of Queen Hera, I am glad to meet you. I am Hermes, and I have brought you the oracle of the great king of gods Zeus. May I ask...are you willing to help me fulfill this great oracle?"

Chapter 3: Picture album of the twelve gods of Olympus? (k)

the next morning,

The Pegasus flapped its silver wings and flew across the sky carrying the promise.

It passed over the wilderness and the lake, flying to where Io was with its promise.

Nuoyan naturally knew who Hermes was, and when he heard the name Io from him, he recalled this mythological story.

Like the river goddess Aegina, Io was also a woman persecuted by Hera. The only difference was that she was one of the few women who had a better ending.

According to the myth, just when Zeus caught the escaped Io and was about to kill her, Hera arrived in time and discovered the situation. Zeus had no choice but to turn Io into a snow-white cow.

Although Hera discovered this, she did not point it out. She just admired how beautiful the cow was. She asked Zeus for it and asked the giant Argus with a hundred eyes to guard it day and night.

However, after turning into a cow, Io did not lose her human thinking, so she cried all day long. Later, after Hermes cut off Argus's head, she was hunted down by Hera.

In the end, Zeus, who witnessed all this, made a reluctant oath and swore to Hera that he would give up his love for Io and proved that the girl was still innocent. Only then did Hera finally let her go and allowed Io to regain her human form and return to her country.

"Argos shouldn't make things difficult for me. After all, he should be able to tell at a glance that I'm a follower of Hera." Nuoyan muttered while sitting on Pegasus.

Pegasus did not respond to this. After all, he was just a horse and at most he knew how to lower his head and eat grass at the right time.

Yes, the promise was granted to Hermes.

The reason is very simple. Not to mention that this is a legend in itself, Hermes generously gave Nuoyan a magical artifact, which was a shepherd's flute named Hyrenx. According to the legend, the shepherd's flute was the thing that made the hundred-eyed giant close his eyes and fall asleep.

It was given by Hermes as a reward for his help.

The breeze in the early morning was a little cool and blew on Nuoyan's body. The running Pegasus suddenly called to Nuoyan twice softly.

"Well, what's wrong? Do you want to take a break?" Nuoyan looked at it puzzled.

Pegasus shook his head at first, then thought about it and nodded.

Although Nuoyan was puzzled, considering that it had carried him flying for a whole night and he was a little hungry, he let it carry him and landed beside a stream in an ancient forest.

Not long after he fell asleep, Nuoyan heard beautiful piano music ringing in his ears.

Moreover, the sound of the piano sounded slightly familiar, which made Nuoyan instantly think of a person. That was Orpheus, one of Nuoyan's targets of revenge and also one of the future crew members of the Argo, who had taught Nuoyan music for a period of time.

He is the child of Apollo, the god of light. One of his most famous deeds in the future was that he moved the King of the Underworld and the Queen of the Underworld with his music, thus making an exception and having the right to bring his wife back from the underworld.

So after being stunned for a moment, Nuoyan's first feeling was surprise. He didn't expect to meet a friend by chance during this period.

But soon, Nuoyan discovered something was wrong.

Because the sound of the piano seemed to carry magic, making Nuoyan take uncontrollable steps and walk upstream of the stream.

According to Nuoyan's understanding, in the ancient Greek Age of Gods, there was only one person who possessed such magical piano sound... to be precise, a god.

Nuoyan didn't walk far. After he passed through a bush, the scenery in front of him suddenly became clear. What he saw was a very beautiful spring sanctuary.

And next to the clear spring, there is an extremely conspicuous laurel tree with silver leaves. When Nuoyan saw it, its whole body trembled slightly a few times, and a silver leaf floated in the wind and fell into Nuoyan's hand who subconsciously reached out.

It's like saying hello to a promise.

At the same time, under the laurel tree, Nuoyan finally saw the person playing the piano.

He bears some resemblance to Orpheus playing the lyre, and also to Asclepius, the future god of medicine.

He was sitting under the laurel tree with his eyes closed, playing the lyre in his hand. The sun was shining on him. His long golden hair was draped behind him, and some of it was combed into a loose ponytail, hanging low on his chest.

His appearance was very handsome, as if it was as dazzling as the light.

His name is Apollo, one of the twelve main gods of Olympus. He is recognized as the most handsome male god among the gods, and is also the twin brother of the moon goddess Artemis.