olympic mountains
The mountains are continuous, with the highest point over two thousand meters. The top of the mountain is covered with snow all year round. From the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, there are Greek-style palaces.
If a mortal is looking for this mountain, he will never be able to find it in his lifetime, because this mountain is actually not in reality and cannot be seen by mortals.
This is a sacred mountain that belongs exclusively to the gods, and the gods are located at different heights of the mountain according to their rank. The higher the rank, the closer they are to the top of the mountain.
A stream of light fell, and the young man holding the double snake staff landed on the middle and lower mountainside. The rapid flapping of the small white wings on the shoes at the condyle gradually eased, and he arrived on the colonnade.
The colonnade is composed of marble columns carved with the deeds of the gods and evergreen vines. These colonnades connect the palaces of the gods.
There are still rules here. The only place Hermes can move instantly is the height of his own palace. He has to walk to go up. It is said to be walking, but it is actually very fast. But when the footsteps appear in the colonnade, all the surrounding plants tremble. , trying our best to present the best colors and postures.
Hermes walked up quickly. He knew that today the gods were holding a banquet in the palace on the top of the mountain.
There is a magnificent palace on the top of the mountain. This palace has 240 huge columns that support the weight of the entire palace. The palace is almost entirely built of pure white marble.
When he came to the door, Hermes heard the soft singing of water. As soon as he entered, he saw Zeus sitting on a throne of gold and ivory, the gods sitting around, Apollo playing his harp, and the beautiful Charites dancing. , the soft and sweet song of the Muses intoxicated the gods.
"Oh, Hermes, you are back." Zeus said with a smile as soon as Hermes entered.
"Yes, great Zeus, the matter is done. I almost missed this banquet." Hermes said, looking up, he saw that the banquet was arranged in a circular arrangement, and the table was filled with all kinds of things. With such fruits and fine wines, the nymphs shuttled between the banquets and poured wine for the gods.
There are thick blood-colored clouds in the middle, emitting a dark red light, but it is the situation of the Troy Citizens' Assembly. It is already in the last stage, and the meeting decided that Prince Paris would be the messenger.
The expressions of the gods were different. Athena looked at Ares sideways and looked happy, as did Hera, Poseidon and other gods who supported the Greek side.
The gods who supported Troy, such as Artemis, Apollo, Ares, etc., looked unhappy.
As Hermes walked back to his seat at the door, the gods greeted him one after another, and even Apollo nodded in greeting, which shows Hermes' "popularity" among the gods.
As soon as he sat down, Hermes looked towards the Troy Citizen Assembly. At this time, he could see that the rich black air enveloped many citizens.
Hera happily poured a glass of wine for Zeus: "My dear, this result is very much what you want!"
"This is all fate, my wife." Zeus said happily.
This result is indeed in line with his wishes. Originally, he only thought that Paris would automatically accept the task, and then Greece would have a reason to destroy Troy.
But what he didn't expect was that Paris did not follow the development of the "script" and refused to go to Greece. Originally, he planned to take action to bring the "deviated" plot back to the "script", but his wife Hera Stopped him and asked him to wait patiently.
Unexpectedly, things took a turn for the worse, and the citizens' assembly finally decided to send Paris as ambassador to Greece. This had to be said to be an arrangement of fate, and it also said that the blame was placed on the people - in this case, Greece had more sufficient reasons to destroy Troy.
Because what Zeus wants is not only to destroy the royal family of Troy, but also to destroy the people of Troy, so that the fluctuating divine order can develop steadily again.
Apollo was drinking wine with an unhappy expression at the moment. Troy's safety was closely connected with his interests. If Troy was destroyed again, it would be a big blow to him, his sister Artemis and other related gods.
"Oh, my dear Apollo, you don't have to worry too much. The outcome has not yet been decided." Artemis said to Apollo.
"Yeah, I know." Apollo responded, somewhat perfunctorily, staring at the scene below.
King Priam's countermeasures were actually wise for a king, but for the gods, it was just a desperate struggle.
"Paris went to the Amazon." Apollo frowned.
Paris decided to send an envoy to the Amazons, which was a bit beyond Zeus's original plan, but this change was more in line with his wishes. You know, the Amazon Kingdom is also one of the objects he wants to cut off.
Thinking of this, Zeus was a little suspicious again. He looked at Poseidon, Athena and other gods, wondering if there was a god helping Paris secretly. This was in line with his wishes, so he looked at Aphrodite. ) said: "Have you finished refining love for Paris?"
"Ah... I have refined it." Goddess Aphrodite smiled: "What is love?"
"It is the strongest emotions extracted from human beings. Even some gods will be addicted, and mortals will be addicted even deeper - Paris is even less likely to resist. All these developments and results will definitely be as you wish, my respected Lord God. "
The goddess of love and beauty smiled and once again focused her attention on the thin singing.
At this moment, Hermes put down the wine glass in his hand and said slowly: "Great Zeus, monster disasters have broken out in various places recently. I checked and it may be Gaia's action."
Gaia is the god of the earth, the mother of the gods, the most respected of all gods, and the original god born from chaos.
When Zeus heard what Hermes said, he felt a little confused and asked, "What does she want to do?"
Although Gaia is the mother of the gods, after all, her era has passed. Now Zeus is the king of the gods, and it is his time to be the master of the country. Gaia will not be allowed to come here.
However, although Gaia's power has faded several times, it is still second only to Zeus, Hades, and Poseidon. It can even be said that they are not far behind, so Zeus just frowned and slowly unfolded , said: "This kind of small fight is just to let them cause us some trouble. Don't worry about it. It happens that heroes everywhere need to be sharpened. It is just right to use these monsters to get some training."
"Yes, great Zeus, I will continue to observe the development of things." Hermes replied.
The gods saw that things in Troy were basically stable and no longer changed, so they stopped paying attention and talking, and all drank the white wine.
sea surface
Blue waves rolled in waves, lapping at the bottom of the battleship. Groups of seagulls flew freely, flying over the battleship from time to time.
"Prince, we are almost at the port of Themischira." Gesne said respectfully. Seeing Prince Paris nod, he smiled again: "I heard that the shipyard on Mount Ida is already building a warship. Please go back. , we must see a group of huge warships, and with this group of huge warships, sailing on the sea will be guaranteed."
Things are not that simple. This is the world of the gods. Poseidon is related to navigation, but Poseidon is on the side of the Greeks.
Troy did not have a naval battle with the Greeks, but had to return to the city to defend the city. The main reason was not that they were concerned about the mutual strength of the naval battle, but that they were afraid of Poseidon's intervention and a big sinking.
But needless to say, Pei Ziyun glanced at Gesni, who was bowing, and said with a smile: "Well, the shipyard is building warships very quickly, and I'm very happy - I heard that you had trouble buying slaves?"
Gesne's flattering smile became even stronger: "Prince Paris, you don't know how rare slaves with superb skills are. I searched several slave markets in Troy, but I couldn't find many. Some of them were given to other princes. I bought it first."
"You told me not to conflict with other princes casually, so I didn't force myself."
"Okay, just keep paying attention." Pei Ziyun waved his hand: "This time I am going to the Amazon Kingdom as an envoy, and I will buy some slaves by the way!"
"Okay, Prince Paris, there are many male slaves in the Amazon, and there is no shortage of warriors among them. We will definitely find a group of suitable people." Gesni said.
Pei Ziyun stopped talking and stood on the deck of the battleship, looking at the sea and lost in thought.
During this mission to the Amazon Kingdom, he had a preliminary understanding of the country. Although the Amazons call themselves the Amazon Kingdom, in the eyes of outsiders, this place where women control everything is a sparsely populated race. It's just a big tribe.
This seems to be the reservation of Apollo's sister Artemis, but the recent frequent actions of Ares, the god of war, have intervened. Hippolyta, the former queen of the Amazons, received a belt personally given to her, and the current queen is even the god of war. Reese's biological daughter.
But the Amazons also suffered a blow from the Greek mainland. The first person who caused great harm to the Amazons and gained great reputation was the great Hercules. He caused heavy casualties to the Amazons. What made the Amazons feel most humiliated was , he also stole the belt of the former queen Hippolyta.
The Athenian hero Theseus then wreaked havoc on the Amazons. While hurting the Amazons, he also tricked the former queen Hippolyta into getting married.
The Amazons couldn't bear it anymore and sent troops to Athens to prepare for revenge against Theseus.
Theseus immediately married Phaedra, the sister of the King of Crete, and without hesitation killed his wife and the former queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta, with hidden arrows. You know, facing the revenge of the Amazons, Hippolyta Polyta fought on her husband's side against her own countrymen!
However, now that the victim was dead, the Amazons' expedition could not destroy Athens in one breath, so they ended the expedition and stopped retaliating.
But the humiliation imposed on the Amazons by the Greeks was deeply engraved in the hearts of the Amazons.
"The mainstream has always been suppressing the fringes, whether it's Greece or Zeus." After thinking about it, the fleet arrived at the Amazon port Themiscyra, but then, the port warning horn blew rapidly got up.
"Puff, puff, puff" several bows and arrows were shot out, and they were nailed deeply into the cabin, warning the intruders.
"What is this for? Could it be that the people we sent out in front did not inform the other party of the news?" Pei Ziyun secretly thought in surprise and frowned.
(End of chapter)