Beside the River Styx, Achilles walked to the place that, according to his mother, was the source of his strength.
When he was very young, he knew that the relationship between his mother and his father was extremely bad, and even his mother, the sea goddess Thetis, never appeared in front of him with his father Peleus.
When he was older, he learned skills from his teacher, the centaur Chiron, but within a few years, his teacher was trapped in the Caucasus Mountains by the god-king Zeus, replacing the imprisoned prophet Prometheus.
Then, the preacher Iathion, who was rumored to be dead, took the goddess Hecate, Pandora and Ian, two aunts with weird personalities, to the teacher's cave to teach him.
It was also at that time that he also learned that the so-called preacher Iathion was actually the incarnation of Adros, the god of roads and directions.
Later, he embarked on the road to find the Golden Fleece and set foot on the battlefield of Troy. These past events that made Achilles' blood boil were all deeply engraved in his heart.
"Achilles, how dare you come here?"
A slightly familiar voice came, and Achilles turned around to see that it was Paris, the Trojan prince who died at the hands of his love rival in a high-level battle.
And behind him, there stood a group of heroes, or the souls of heroes, who were all those who died in the Battle of Troy.
After their death, they were led by Taratona, the god of death, to the palace of Hades. The silent King Pluto received them very gently and granted them the status of gods in the underworld, so that they, who only have souls, have greater strength in the world than in the human world.
"Don't let Achilles go."
"Let him stay here with us."
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Whether it is the heroes on the Greek side or the heroes on the Trojan side, almost all of them are at odds with Achilles and want him to die here.
Achilles smiled disdainfully at them. They were all losers who dared to be so arrogant. He took out his bronze sword and shield and shouted to the group of people: "You losers, if you are not afraid of dying again, come here."
Achilles was fearless in battle, let alone facing a group of defeated generals. But Achilles also felt a little bitter in his heart, because among them were his former comrades-in-arms and some people he thought were friends. He regards others as his friends, but unfortunately others only regard him as his enemy. It has to be said that this is a sad thing.
Achilles was so arrogant and arrogant that the heroes on the opposite side were furious, but due to Achilles's reputation, they did not dare to move forward. They have already died once, and now they all know the value of life. If their souls are killed by Achilles again this time, there will be no chance of resurrection.
"We shot him with arrows."
Paris, Helen's former husband, suddenly heard a familiar voice and asked the heroes for advice.
When the heroes heard this, they thought it was a good idea, so the heroes with bows and arrows unloaded their arrows and shot at Achilles with all their strength.
Achilles, who was shocked by the shamelessness of these people, had no choice but to use his bronze sword and shield to resist the dense arrows. Although a few arrows were not blocked by him, it was not a big problem because his body was strong enough to withstand ordinary arrows.
But he didn't notice that Paris, the former war criminal, secretly took out a special arrow with patterns and strange colors on it.
He followed the instructions of the voice in his mind, and while Achilles wasn't paying attention, he shot an arrow at the heel of Achilles' right foot.
Annoyed by these dense arrows, Achilles was about to kill the group of fly-like heroes when suddenly, he felt severe pain in his heel.
Achilles couldn't bear the pain that penetrated his heart. He screamed and was carried into the Styx River next to him. The waves rolled in the River Styx, and Achilles quickly disappeared.
Seeing this, these heroes finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although they had reached the underworld and became gods, they were still full of fear for Achilles, the strongest man in the Trojan War.
Not far from them, a person, or the soul of a hero, watched the fight between the two sides coldly, and watched coldly as Achilles was hit by an arrow and fell into the River Styx.
He was Agamemnon, the former king of Mycenae and king of kings, but he was poisoned and killed by his wife and her concubine. When he arrives in the underworld, Hades, the king of Hades, will entrust him with the important task of becoming the king of these dead heroes.
But Agamemnon refused. He told Hades directly: "I would rather be a slave on earth than a king in the underworld."
The angry Hades refused to allow him to enter the Elysee, the place where good people and heroes lived, but Agamemnon was unwilling to go to the abyss of Tartarus. So, he wandered between several Styx rivers day after day.
He was different from Achilles in that the dead heroes, whether from Troy or Greece, maintained their original respect for him. So even though a man was alone and helpless by the River Styx, no one ever came to disturb him.
Agamemnon saw Achilles being besieged and dying, but he didn't mind his own business. This powerful demigod had offended him more than once. Although Agamemnon is dead and has no interest in revenge against Achilles, he also has no interest in helping this enemy.
So, like other heroes, he silently left the River Styx where Achilles was buried.
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Achilles was immersed in boundless pain. In the severe pain, he began to think about whether all his actions were right or wrong.
He likes fighting, and many problems that can be solved through fighting, he disdains to use other methods. He looked down on those who were timid but talkative, so many heroes in the Greek coalition were offended by him. He also looked down on people who sacrificed the interests of others for their own purposes, so both Agamemnon brothers were offended by him.
It's not that Achilles doesn't know this, it's just that he doesn't care. He thinks that even powerful gods, he dares to face and fight with them, let alone these human heroes.
"Yes, there is something wrong with the way I do things, but I don't want to change it. Because, this is who I am."
Thinking of this, Achilles ignited the flame in his chest and abdomen. Although the time was not yet ripe, if he didn't do this, he would never have a future.
The red flame burst out, burning Achilles in the River Styx directly into a burning man, causing a sharp pain like tearing from his body to his soul.
The flames burned stronger and stronger, but Achilles never sensed the sea of divinity, the sea that neither his teacher Chiron nor Sisyphus experienced when they became gods.
After all, Achilles' divine power was limited. Soon after, the flame began to grow weaker. Achilles felt the changes in his body and soul, and couldn't help but despair. It seemed that he was really going to die this time.
Just when he was desperate and helpless, a stone on his chest suddenly emitted sparkling starlight, and then plunged directly into his soul.
Achilles knew about this stone, which his mother had asked him to wear since his birth. It was said to be a birth gift from a mysterious god.
After this stone was thrown into Achilles' soul, the fire of his divine power burned brightly again, so bright and dazzling.
This time, Achilles finally felt the blue ocean. Wandering in it, all pain seemed to be washed away.
"Achilles, the son of Thetis, became a god as a natural demigod. He is the Lord of the Destroying Army of the Court of Stars and the leader of the stars in charge of the divine power of destruction."
Somehow, Achilles heard this voice, and then the sea of divinity gradually disappeared, and in his mind, there was a lot more news about the Court of Stars.
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Above the sea, in a newly built palace, the sea goddess Thetis sat worriedly on her seat, and several other goddesses continued to comfort her.
Not long ago, this goddess suddenly screamed, and then tears flowed from her eyes. The beautiful goddess Eurynome quickly asked her what happened.
Thetis then told the three sisters that something might have happened to her son Achilles.
Because Thetis is a goddess who knows some prophecy skills, she often has premonitions, and other goddesses don't know how to persuade her.
Fortunately, the goddess of oaths and Lord of the River Styx, Styx, was present, and he told Thetis that she did not sense Achilles' death.
Whenever a demigod or a human dies, the soul must first be washed by the River Styx, so if she says she is not dead, then she is definitely not dead.
When the voice of the Star Lord came, indicating the return of the Pojun Star Lord, the ocean goddess Thetis finally felt relieved. From then on, his son's fate had changed, and he no longer had to worry about his death. The path after the gods was no longer something she could predict.
"Seven Kills, Broken Army, and Greedy Wolf are finally here. It seems I should prepare to go to Egypt."
In the Temple of Troy, Aphrodite was teasing her children when she suddenly heard the words of Adros next to her and was startled.
"When are you leaving?" Aphrodite had already heard Adros mention this, but she didn't expect it to come so early.
Adros looked at his wife and said softly: "Don't worry, before you leave, give our God King a big gift first, otherwise I won't be worried."
"What kind of gift?" The God of Love and Beauty looked confused. She didn't believe that Adros would give gifts to Zeus.
Adros waved his hand gently, then hugged Aphrodite and said with a smile: "You don't need to know this. We will wait until Apollo and Artemis come over to make plans. As soon as I leave , it is estimated that it will take several years. During this period, we will practice all the postures we have used before."
Aphrodite suddenly turned red with embarrassment and said coyly, "No, the child is still nearby."
"This is indeed a problem." Adros quickly called the divine attendants and asked them to take the child to his mother, the goddess Leto, and his aunt Asteria, and then started a battle with his wife.
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