Aphrodite smiled, her expression was calm and gentle, giving people a sense of tolerance and peace, which made people feel relaxed involuntarily.
He said: "I will also have a hope for human beings."
Prometheus was slightly startled, then smiled and said, "Then I thank you for them."
Then Prometheus said: "Your Highness, human beings don't have much time, please tell me your requirements for the temple, I have to visit the gods."
When he said this, his brows were tightly frowned, and there was obvious annoyance and impatience in his eyes, but he tried his best to maintain the calmness on his face.
Aphrodite said lightly: "My temple is not in a hurry. Let's wait until human beings can pass the level of offering sacrifices to the gods in half a year. But if you can't pass it...it's even more meaningless to talk about it."
Prometheus was not happy because Aphrodite said that he would not build a temple. On the contrary, his expression became more dignified.
Aphrodite looked at him seriously: "Prometheus, you have 'foresight', you are a prophet, do you think this group of humans can be loved by the gods and thrive under the protection of the gods? "
Prometheus did not answer, but said: "I will do my best, and I will use my knowledge to guide mankind. As for whether they can be loved by the gods, and what the future holds, it depends on their own decisions."
"Fate is chosen by themselves, and the consequences are borne by themselves."
Aphrodite asked curiously: "What about you, Prometheus? Is your choice to help mankind with all your strength? If the future of this group of humans is bleak, then you, as the defender of this group of humans, Pioneer, you will inevitably be punished and blamed by the gods. Are you going to entrust your destiny to these humans to choose?"
Prometheus looked at him steadfastly, and suddenly laughed. He bent his eyebrows, shook his head and said solemnly: "No, because they can give me what I want no matter what."
Prometheus took a step back, opened the distance between him and said with eyebrows and eyes slightly closed: "Your Highness, please stop asking, knowing too much about me is not a good thing for you."
Aphrodite said immediately after hearing the words: "Okay then, I won't ask any more, I wish you all the best in your actions among humans."
Prometheus said softly: "Thank you for your blessing."
Then he looked at Hephaestus and asked, "Your Highness Hephaestus, what is your request for the temple?"
Hephaestus looked at Aphrodite and said, "I am the same as Your Highness, let's talk about it in a hundred years."
The expression in Prometheus' eyes was a bit complicated. He glanced at the two gods, thanked them in a low voice, and then bid farewell and left.
Hephaestus whispered in Aphrodite's ear, "Your Highness, what is Prometheus thinking?"
Aphrodite lowered her head and thought: "Human beings can give him what he wants no matter what. If human beings are good, then as the creator of new human beings, he can become a first-class god with the power of faith." , it is indeed not bad for him. But if human beings are bad, what can he want... "
Hephaestus nodded, a look of bewilderment on his face too.
Aphrodite thought of Iapetus, he thought, was it because of what he told him? Prometheus is different from Helios. He created new humans and is a god of meritorious service. If he was punished by Zeus for being new humans, those daughters of rebellious gods would probably be completely disappointed with Zeus, and then...rebel
Aphrodite stood there thinking for a while, and these thoughts only swirled in his mind, but he did not say these thoughts, he said to Hephaestus: "Who knows, no matter who Alright, let's continue to make clay sculptures. This time I want to make a woman, a...beautiful woman who surpasses the beauty of the world and is comparable to the gods."
Hephaestus' eyes flickered slightly, he pursed his lower lip lightly, and said, "No problem, you're making great progress."
Cupid asked curiously: "Father God, don't you continue to pinch me?"
Aphrodite pinched his white wings and sighed softly: "Your wings are too troublesome to pinch."
Cupid dodged it with a smile, rolled his eyes, and said, "By the way, Father God, Sister Artemis said that she would take me to hunt in the forest on earth. Do you want to come with me?"
Aphrodite asked: "When, and what gods?"
Cupid scratched his hair and smiled foolishly: "I don't know either..."
Aphrodite and Hephaestus looked at each other and smiled helplessly.
They sat down in the temple of Hephaestus. Aphrodite planned to make clay puppets seriously this time. Honey, sheet film, etc.
Before the two were ready to do it, Athena also came to the temple of Hephaestus once. She used the excuse to get the chariot of wisdom, but after entering the temple, she asked Hephaestus to take him to see Aphrodite. Intuit one side.
Hephaestus was a little impatient with Athena's meddling, but he took her to find Aphrodite.
When they came in, Aphrodite was fabricating the doll's head, outlining the detailed but vivid eyebrows and eyes for the doll.
He didn't stop when he saw Athena coming in, and was still focusing on drawing the clay doll's eyebrows slowly and meticulously.
Athena sat down opposite him and whispered, "Your Highness Aphrodite."
Aphrodite responded casually, "Huh?"
"you… "
Aphrodite put down the carving knife in her hand, looked at her while wiping her fingers with a handkerchief, and asked doubtfully: "Your Highness Athena, did you come to the temple of Hephaestus to ask for Hephaestus? ?”
Athena pursed her lips slightly, her expression was cold and solemn, with an inexplicable solemnity: "I'm here to find you."
Aphrodite was silent, as if waiting for her to finish speaking.
Athena said softly: "After Prometheus returned to the earth, I went to him and he told me about you. You seem to be kind to the new humans."
Aphrodite smiled and said, "You misunderstood, I just like to meddle in my own business occasionally."
The goddess with gray silver hair choked up, not knowing what to say.
After a while, she pretended not to hear what Aphrodite said just now, and continued: "If possible, I don't want to bother you. But this batch of new humans probably won't be able to keep, so I can only beg you brazenly... "
Aphrodite raised her eyes and said calmly: "Please make your words clearer, why can't the new human beings survive, the antecedents and consequences?"
Athena said in a deep voice: "After the God-King Council was convened, Prometheus returned to humans with the will of the gods and told them. Humans are not stupid. They have wisdom and think that the gods are forcing them to go. They are unwilling to build temples, and they are unwilling to sacrifice to the gods."
Aphrodite said coldly: "They have wisdom, so they know that the gods are oppressing them, and they are dissatisfied with the gods. But because they have wisdom, they should know how powerful the gods are, and understand how to be in awe. Knowing that fearless defiance is useless but sacrificed..."
Athena was silent, and after Aphrodite finished speaking, she said: "What they did has nothing to do with me, nor did I give them advice."
"Is that Prometheus' idea?" Aphrodite raised her eyebrows, noncommittal, and said indifferently: "Tell me, what kind of good advice did Prometheus give the new humans?"
Athena explained to Prometheus: "I don't blame Prometheus, Prometheus just does his best to satisfy the wishes of mankind."
She began to narrate: "In short, human beings are very dissatisfied with the will of the gods. They don't want to work hard to build temples, don't want to offer food as sacrifices to the gods, and don't want to cheer up to the gods after a busy day. Pray. But they dare not show their dissatisfaction openly, so they are ready to 'deceive'."
"Prometheus indulged them too much. If you ask me, when humans first proposed this idea, he should have severely scolded that wicked human being, but he didn't. Not only did he not, he also fought with those people Humans discussed how to deceive the gods... "
"By the time I know, it's too late. God-kings and gods are not fools, and they won't let humans fool them. Prometheus and the new humans are bound to pay the price for their decisions, but the gods still need humans According to the belief, this group of human beings will be extinct, and new ones will be created. But only the clay puppets shaped by Prometheus, the son of the soul, can become human beings, we cannot just sit back and watch these human beings die out.”
Aphrodite looked at the clay puppet that was gradually taking shape in her hands, smiled but did not speak.
Athena said, "This is your chance, isn't it?"
"If you can save a group of humans among these humans, you will be their savior, and humans will regard you as the supreme god. Although this means little to you, it is better than nothing, isn't it?"
Aphrodite said little by little: "Not only am I their savior, but also because of your help in the birth of this batch of human beings. No matter what they have experienced, you are their creator. They will never dare to betray you and disrespect you." Is your reason there?"
Aphrodite looked at her with a smile: "If these new humans are completely extinct, you may not be able to intervene in the creation of the next batch of humans."
The goddess smiled, and she said frankly: "Yes, that's what I think. Your Highness, you were the god of love and desire in the first place, and you kept plundering power to strengthen yourself. You should understand the reason why I keep strengthening myself. "
"Actually, I want to save these humans myself and become their savior. But I dare not." Athena gritted her teeth and said with a gloomy expression, "My Lord God is controlled by Zeus, and I did not resist him." I can't afford any accidents, so I can only remain obedient in front of him."
Aphrodite nodded and said: "Okay, you put it down, I will leave hope for new humans. I am not helping you by doing this. As you said, this matter is only good for me. Why wouldn't I be happy to do something casual?"
Aphrodite looked at Athena with a smile, and his words were relaxed and tolerant, but his gaze gave Athena a strong sense of oppression, reminding her that this matter did not end here.
Athena understood that she also benefited from it. It's fine if she doesn't find Aphrodite to ask for it, but if she asks Aphrodite, she has to pay for it.
But it doesn't matter, she can afford the price, she has several secrets related to Aphrodite, especially that matter... If Aphrodite knew the secret content, she would definitely lose her composure.
Because that was what he 'ignored' and 'can't remember'.
But that secret was too important, it was just a new human being, and it wasn't worth her telling Aphrodite that secret.
Several thoughts flashed through Athena's mind, and she finally said: "Your Highness, in the prophecy of Earth Mother Gaia, after me, I have a younger brother, and he is the one in the curse of Cronus who will overthrow the rule of the king of gods." children."
Aphrodite raised her eyebrows and said in surprise: "You were conceived by Metis before being swallowed by Zeus, so you can continue to be born. But your brother should have completely disappeared after the fall of Metis." ?”
Athena shook her head: "He didn't disappear, but we don't know where he went. Maybe one day he will reincarnate as another god, or he has been reincarnated, but we don't know that it is him. "
"It doesn't matter where he came from. What I want to tell you is that he is the god in charge of opportunities and creation. Maybe you will be interested in his lost godhead."
Aphrodite looked surprised: "You even know his godhead, so why don't you collect his godhead yourself?"
Athena showed a speechless expression, and said after a while: "I want to too, but he is greedy for knowledge and always seeks beautiful and good things. Compared with me, you, who are smart and beautiful, are more attractive to him."
Aphrodite looked at her thoughtfully, and after thinking for a while, she asked, "Aren't he and you just like Hades and Hera, who were swallowed by their father at birth? Although you are trapped In the body of Zeus, but able to communicate and possess wisdom?"
Athena was stunned but said: "Maybe, but we all have a physical body, but my brother is different. Boros died before he was born. He has no form. But he also existed, so the law will record him trail." Boros is the name of the god of chance who died before he was born.
Aphrodite asked: "How can I attract his godhead?"
Athena looked at him speechlessly, and murmured: "I don't know, I only know his preferences, if I could directly draw out his godhead, then I would have already taken the godhead for myself, and I wouldn't tell you."
It seems that I have to figure it out myself.
But it doesn't matter, what is the difficulty of finding the godhead compared to this magical godhead that symbolizes opportunity and creation
Not to mention, he can ask about the rules.
Athena secretly glanced at Aphrodite, seeing that he was obviously moved by Poros's godhead, she felt a little relieved, and then a little expectation arose.
If Aphrodite really got the godhood of Boros, would he be close and friendly to himself under the influence of Boros
Just like the subtle influence of Metis' mother on Zeus.
Athena wasn't sure either, but she hoped so.
Then she bid farewell to Aphrodite and Hephaestus, and left with the chariot.
Aphrodite looked at the little clay puppet in front of her, and smiled helplessly at Hephaestus: "It seems that our speed should be faster, and it is best to get this beautiful woman before the sacrifice." Create it."
Hephaestus sat down beside him and asked, "Let me pinch your limbs for you."
Aphrodite buried her head in sculpting the clay puppet's cheek, and said casually, "Okay."
Cupid flew over and turned around in front of Aphrodite. Aphrodite caught a glimpse of his moving figure out of the corner of her eye and asked curiously, "Cupid, what are you spinning around?"
Cupid looked at him expectantly, his eyes sparkling: "Father God, I want to go on an adventure and find the lost chance Godhead!"
Aphrodite chatted with him, "Where do you want to find him?"
Cupid said seriously: "Since it's an opportunity, I must have met it when I should have met it."
Aphrodite glanced at him, feeling that his words made some sense.
but…
"After a while, let's wait for the new human beings to come to an end."
Cupid sat down obediently again, propped his chin with both hands and said melancholy: "Okay then..."
Obviously, the boring process of making clay puppets bored him, but Aphrodite obviously enjoyed it.
Half a year is not a long time for a god, especially a god who concentrates on his hobbies.
When the voice of Zeus summoning the gods to the human world rang in his ears, Aphrodite was painting the nails on the clay doll. Because of the sudden appearance of the voice, his nails were not perfect. He changed a finger for the clay puppet with a gloomy face, and then wiped his hands.
Aphrodite took a look at the sacred mountain with her patrol priesthood, and said to Hephaestus: "Zeus ordered us to go to the human world to receive sacrifices together."
Hephaestus felt a little boring, and complained: "A meaningless sacrifice where both sides have their own ghosts, I really don't know why we waste time on this kind of thing."
Aphrodite wiped her fingers slowly, and said seriously: "We have to go through the motions."
Cupid cheered: "Finally you can go out and play!"
Aphrodite smiled slightly, watching him indulgently and fondly as he flew up and down, until she came among the gods, her face gradually turned cold and turned into a reserved and cold look.
Zeus glanced over them, held up the thunder scepter and said to the gods: "Everyone is here, next, let's show our miracles to the group of new humans!"
All the gods smiled, but there were also many gods who smiled perfunctorily. They were obviously not interested in this trip to the human world, and the main gods accounted for more than half of them.
The gods followed Zeus to ride the white clouds, and flew down from the sacred mountain above the clouds to the human land.
They stopped above the human resident and looked at the achievements of the human race in the past six months. The so-called 'temple' - that is, a pile of random stones piled up randomly, the altar - two big stones, and the sacrifice - a pile of rich, made of cowhide. , the meat, viscera and fat covered by the belly of the beef, and another pile of beef bones that look rich but are actually just wrapped in butter.
Human beings only enshrined Zeus, the god king, and prayed to Zeus to let him have mercy on human beings and choose one of the two sacrifices.
The gods are not blind, how can they not see the hands and feet of human beings on the sacrifices, Zeus suppressed the anger in his heart, his cold eyes passed over the two sacrifices, silently, pointing to the bones of the cattle That pile of offerings.
The human being in charge of the sacrifice was very happy and gave the pile of bones to Zeus. Prometheus sighed and closed his eyes.
If Zeus chose a rich sacrifice, it meant that he accepted the sacrifice, but he chose the poor sacrifice. Humans thought they had tricked the gods with their disguised offerings, but in reality they were—
Zeus took the ox bones, and as soon as he touched them, he threw them out and said angrily, "You bastards, I told you to sacrifice me with bulls, but you fooled me with bones. Humans, do you think the gods are fools?!"
Humans knelt down anxiously, and Zeus ordered Hephaestus: "Humans disrespect the gods and use inferior sacrifices to deceive the gods. They should pay the price for their arrogance. Hephaestus, take away human beings. Tinder, I want them to no longer be able to use fire to grill food, and their future prey can only drink blood and eat it alive! And when winter comes, they are not allowed to use fire to keep warm, and endure the pain of skin piercing!"
Hephaestus glanced at the group of humans, and took away the human fire as he said.
But what the gods thought of human beings before, they are all angry at this moment.
Even if human beings do nothing, it is better to be a bunch of slackers in the eyes of the gods than to use such temples and sacrifices to perfuse them.
They are simply fooling the gods for idiots!
If they are not allowed to pay the price, human beings will definitely push forward even more in the future!
The gods were angrily brought back to the mountain by Zeus. Zeus was so angry that he reached the palace of the king of gods, slapped the handrail and said angrily: "Taking away the human fire is just a short-term small punishment, it doesn't mean that this matter is just like that. Forget it. Humans must pay for what they did!"
Hermes cheered and said: "Your Majesty, please tell us what we are going to do!"
Zeus had an idea a long time ago, and he is not blind. He has been paying attention to the movement of humans when Prometheus returned to the human world. time, and have already thought of ways to target humans.
Zeus looked at Hephaestus and said, "This group of ungodly humans must not stay anymore, they must be destroyed! I have an idea, Hephaestus, you first cast a perfect and beautiful human female When the model comes out, I will talk to the gods about my plan first."
Hephaestus froze for a moment, resisted not looking at Aphrodite, and said, "I cast a statue of a human woman before, she is very beautiful and perfect, I can let the Nymph Fairy move it here Everyone appreciates it."