In the magnificent underwater palace, the beautiful mistress of this palace, the noble and generous Amphitrite, looked at the cold and charming girl in front of her who had surpassed her in appearance.
"Artemis, have you really decided to leave the sea?"
When she first arrived five years ago, she often had to follow behind, watch her fight, and help her when she was in danger. But now, on this ocean, she has become an existence similar to the goddess of war. Among the ancient sea god Pontos, few of his sons and daughters can match Artemis unless they take action.
Although her brothers and sisters are higher in seniority than Artemis, they can't find anyone with more potential than her. Even now, it's hard to find anyone who can beat her. Amphitrite believed that this extremely beautiful girl would shine brightly in the future.
After Artemis looked at this ocean that had always taken good care of her and even saved her life many times, although she felt a little reluctant to give up, she finally nodded.
"Aunt Amphitrite, you must also know that my divine power is actually more suitable for fighting in dense mountains and forests, rather than this vast sea." There was a more important reason in her heart that she didn't say. These three Over the past few years, she has been charging everywhere. Except for the lair of Poseidon Pontos, she has traveled to all corners of the ocean without finding any trace of Adros. Now, it's time to go to the mainland, where mother and Apollo are also waiting.
Amphitrite nodded slightly. She had noticed this a long time ago, but in today's war on the ocean, her side had very few high-end combat forces. With Artemis leaving, it would probably be even more difficult.
"In this case, Auntie won't let you stay. But if you leave alone, I won't be too worried. Ianthe and her sixty sisters and the twenty water nymphs have been fighting with you in the past few years, so you must be very familiar with them. , just let them go with you."
After hearing Amphitrite's words, Artemis was shocked: "No, I can go there alone. The battle on the sea now requires manpower, how can you leave with me?" In the past few years, she has been charging forward, so she naturally understands that in the battle between the two sides, Poseidon and the others are still at a disadvantage.
Amphitrite waved her hand: "How can we, three thousand sisters and three thousand brothers, not have enough manpower? You are alone and need someone to take care of you. Besides, your Aunt Styx is still here, so you don't have to worry about the situation. .”
Styx had already arrived on the ocean two years ago. Although Artemis did not blame her, she blamed herself extremely. Apart from asking someone to bring the parchment and a few words along the way, she never met Artemis.
When Amphitrite said this, Artemis no longer refused. Her main purpose of heading to the mainland was to find people. Naturally, the more people, the better.
Looking at Artemis's retreating figure, Amphitrite said silently in her heart: "Little Artemis, I'm looking forward to it. What kind of goddess will you become in the future?"
Behind her, a figure walked out, also looking silently into the distance, it was Styx.
"Since you are so reluctant to leave, why don't you come out to meet her. You know, she doesn't blame you."
"She doesn't blame me, but I feel sorry for this child. When I find Adros, I will go see her."
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Just as Artemis was heading to the mainland, Mount Olympus above the clouds was still so majestic, but his master, the God King Zeus, was in an extremely uneasy mood at this time. He seemed nervous and also Seems excited. He walked up and down the hall, looking inside from time to time, lifting his steps, and after thinking about it, he took them back.
In addition to him, there are also some gods above the temple. Not only the gods who live in Olympus, but also Gaia, the mother of earth, who has never visited, Rhea, the mother of Zeus, the goddess of time, who has lived in seclusion for many years, and Hestia, the messenger of the king of gods who has only come once, have been set up with Zeus. Demeter, the goddess of the harvest who had cut off all contact, was also there. Like Zeus, they also looked nervous and excited at the same time.
"Zeus, can you stop walking around and making us confused too." The speaker was Hestia, who had been to Mount Olympus three years ago. But he only stayed for a short while, took the scepter that symbolized the king of gods from Zeus's hand, and wandered among the kingdoms of the ancient gods.
When Hestia said that, Zeus stood still, but his expression was still not calm. Not only him, but others may not be much better either.
At this time, as if there were war drums ringing in the sky, all the birds and beasts in the world would lie on the ground, trembling, while some monsters would start running around in panic. Then, from the rear of the main hall where Zeus and the others were, there was a cry of a baby, and all the scenes disappeared.
"The drums of war are thundering, and all the beasts bow their heads. You are so ready to fight. Let me call you Ares. In the future, you will fight for the glory of Olympus." Zeus looked at the child held out by Hera with a happy face. He felt extremely happy. Although this was not his first son, he was the only son he had with his beloved sister Hera.
Seeing that the boy was born safe and sound, and not interested in holding a banquet with the gods on Mount Olympus, Hestia said goodbye to Zeus and left, along with Demeter and Hestia. She didn't want to stay on Mount Olympus for a moment longer.
"Hestia, whose country are you going to visit again this time?" Before Hestia left, Earth Mother Gaia looked at the scepter of the God King in her hand and couldn't help but ask. In these short three years, nearly ten ancient gods have come to complain to her. The current god-king is even more domineering than Cronus back then. His envoys carry the god-king scepter and preach them everywhere. of divine power.
"The ancient mountain god Uriah, this is the last one." Hestia replied lightly. Although Gaia was her grandmother, she did not have any good impression of the earth mother goddess.
Uriah, the ancient mountain god, is one of the earliest three sons of Gaia, the mother goddess of the earth, and the brother of the first god king Uranus and the ancient sea god Pontos.
Seeing Hestia leaving, Gaia could only ask Zeus: "What on earth did she want to do?"
"I don't know about this either. My eldest sister said she wanted all the gods to know my existence. Before I even agreed, she snatched my scepter away." Zeus looked helpless, even though in his heart, he also felt helpless. I strongly support Hestia's action, but it's not time for him to stand in front of the stage yet, so let her eldest sister take the first step.
"The scepter of the God King was jointly built by the five original gods for the first generation of God King Uranus. It is a symbol of honor and responsibility. Can you let her snatch it away?" Gaia said angrily, as if she hated iron. appearance.
Zeus had a sneer on his face: "If the eldest sister wants to take it, what can I do? I can't fight her, right?" After saying that, he stretched out his fingers to tease Ares, who was sleeping peacefully in Hera's arms. He was so handsome and cute. .
Zeus didn't know that there was an uninhabited island in the endless sea. He and Hephaestus, another son of Hera, were building a newly invented decoration in a blacksmith workshop here.
Hephaestus was born lame and ugly. He was rejected by his mother Hera as soon as he was born, and all his birth abnormalities were covered up so that Zeus did not know his existence. Later, she was thrown directly off Mount Olympus by the furious Hera.
Fortunately, another lover of Zeus, Eurynome, one of the three thousand ocean goddesses, just came down from Mount Olympus and witnessed this scene. She picked up the ugly Hephaestus and took him to the ocean. above.
Eurynome was the daughter of Oceanus, the lord of the sea, and Tesis, the goddess of the sea. She was also the sister of Styx, the goddess of oaths, Amphitrite, the queen of the sea, and Metis, the late goddess of wisdom. Befriended Zeus and gave birth to the three goddesses of grace, who are symbols of charm, elegance and beauty.
After Eurynome brought Hephaestus to the sea, he asked his good friend Thetis, another sea goddess who was also an anti-war faction in the sea, to raise and educate him with him.
Thetis, the goddess of the sea, is the granddaughter of the ancient sea god Pontus, the daughter of the sea god Nereus and the sea goddess Doris. She is the most virtuous and intelligent among their many daughters. She summoned her during the Battle of the Titans. The Hundred-Armed Giants came to help Zeus in his fight against the Titans.
Although these two sea goddesses have different camps, they have been very good friends since childhood. Since the wedding of Poseidon and Amphitrite, the situation in the sea has become inexplicably tense, and then there has been continuous war. . The two goddesses simply took Hephaestus to a remote island. They ignored the battle on the ocean and devoted themselves to teaching the talented, smart and hard-working son of Zeus.
After Hephaestus grew up a little, the two goddesses built a blacksmith workshop for him based on the attributes of his divine power, so that he could improve his divine power in this workshop and embark on the road to becoming powerful. .
Hephaestus took the finished decoration in his hand and looked at it with satisfaction. Suddenly he heard a noise outside, so he limped out on crutches.
If Adros were here, he would definitely sigh even more. His sister Artemis and brother Apollo have grown up fast enough, but this person who was born nearly a year later than him has grown even faster. When he was only about ten years old, he had already become a strong man with a beard.
The sea goddess Thetis looked at this ugly, lame, short but bearded child, and sighed in her heart: "If this child had a better face, he would be perfect." She was not married, so she sent Hefei to her. Stoss took care of him as her own child, so she knew that his potential was far beyond her own, and her brothers and sisters were even further behind.
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