When Hera was about to get angry, Aphrodite and Tartarus stopped and talked about the deeds of the gods, and came to the Caucasus mountain where Prometheus was restrained.
The environment on the Caucasus sacred mountain is very harsh. The mountain is so high that it almost towers into the sky, and it is also very steep. When people walking on the mountain wall lower their heads a little, they have the illusion that they will fall down at any time.
Because there are no plants on the mountain, you can only see the land below the 10,000 meters when you look down.
The land here is yellowish-brown, and the ground seems to be cracked, and the wind blowing in front of us is also full of dry and hot smell.
Aphrodite asked Tartarus: "Why did you bring me here?"
Tartarus answered him, "Because I want to show you the god who is bound on this mountain."
Aphrodite thought for a while and asked, "Is that Prometheus who was punished for stealing the fire from heaven? Is there anything worth meeting with him?"
Tartarus thought about it: "It should be." Tartarus didn't have any special purpose in bringing Aphrodite to see Prometheus, but he didn't seem to want to go back to the forest when he saw Aphrodite. , so I took him around.
Coincidentally, when he heard about Cronus's strategy in the abyss a few days ago, he learned that they seemed to be planning to rebel against Zeus in the near future. After thinking about it, he brought Aphrodite to see him.
Aphrodite looked puzzled, with a flash of thought in her eyes, she played with Tartarus' fingers and said softly, "Are you trying to keep a secret?"
Tartarus felt the constant gentle warmth from his cold fingertips, and said uncomfortably, "No... just don't know what to say."
Aphrodite nodded, thinking, let's talk about it after seeing Prometheus.
Even though she thought so, Aphrodite didn't have much interest in Prometheus because of her lack of memory.
Until they came to the top of the mountain, they saw the god whose limbs were tied to the rock wall, with unkempt hair and head hanging down.
Prometheus's upper body was naked, and there was a large and terrifying wound on his chest and abdomen, which gave a clear view of the environment in his abdominal cavity.
God also has organs in his body, but Prometheus does not, because the organs he just grew today were taken out and swallowed by the Caucasus condor.
The condor was squatting slowly on a protruding rock at this time, slowly chewing on a pile of internal organs placed in front of it.
Prometheus, on the other hand, was weak, and weakly used his divine power to restore the growing organs.
—he had to.
Although the organs would be caught and eaten by the condor the next day after the organs grew, but if they didn't grow, he would really die within three days.
Prometheus didn't want to die, so he fell into endless torture.
When Aphrodite and Tartarus in cloaks appeared, the eagle glanced at them lazily, then lowered its head in disinterest, and continued to eat.
Prometheus struggled to open his eyes exhaustedly. He looked at the two people who couldn't distinguish their shapes or feel their breath, and smiled weakly and said softly, "Is that you, Your Excellency the Lord God?"
Tartarus frowned slightly, and Aphrodite asked curiously from under the cloak, "You know me?"
Because Prometheus would touch the wound when speaking, it was very difficult for him to speak slowly. He forced a calm smile and said, "I can't see your face, and I can't feel your face." Breath, I don't know if I know you or not. But I have seen the future in the past, and I know that His Highness will come to see me."
He said, "Would you take off your cloak so I can see if you are him?"
Aphrodite thought for a while, then refused: "No need, just forget it if you're not sure."
Prometheus smiled helplessly: "Okay then, traveler in front of me, do you have any special purpose for climbing this Caucasus sacred mountain to meet me?"
Aphrodite pondered and didn't speak for a long time.
A faint smile appeared on Prometheus' tired face, and he said, "As a prophetic god, I can point you to the maze of the future."
The future... But I have forgotten the past, and I don't know what kind of future I am pursuing now. Aphrodite thought sadly.
Tartarus whispered softly in his ear, and Prometheus tried to hear what they were saying, but an invisible membrane seemed to separate them, and he could not hear a word they said. It is also impossible to judge their thoughts from their demeanor.
Prometheus's thoughts couldn't help but fly away, back to the day when he received the soul fragment with his father.
At that time, he was surprised and dazed, because his father was thrown into the abyss long after the end of the God-King War, and he fell forever.
So long after the end of the God-King War, the soul fragment of Iapetus found him and told him that he had left a fragment in the outside world as a backup, and he hoped that his child Prometheus could help him , to overthrow the rule of the god-kings, and liberate them from the abyss.
To be honest, Prometheus didn't want to deal with Iapetos at first. He thought he was dreaming. Zeus was so powerful, and the main gods who supported him were also so powerful that even Cronus was defeated. In their hands, how could they, the remnants of the Titan gods, be the opponents of Zeus
The so-called overthrow is nothing more than a hopeless and doomed struggle from beginning to end.
But when Prometheus wanted to reject Iapetus, his prophetic divinity allowed him to see a corner of the future. He saw his father walk out of the abyss, and then he stood by an incomparably brilliant existence. beside.
He was standing at a very high position, and Prometheus's perspective was looking up, and then he saw that Iapetus gave him an appreciative smile.
A flash of inspiration struck his heart, and Prometheus suddenly understood that for Iapetus, the important thing was not the ending, but the process.
Perhaps what his father pursued was not escape from the plight of captivity, but a greater existence.
At that time, Prometheus thought that the fragments of his father's soul that could appear beside him might not be his long-ago deployment as Iapetus himself said, but the glorious existence s arrangement.
Prometheus couldn't imagine who could bring his father out of the abyss, and even sent a piece of soul fragment to his side, but this did not prevent Prometheus from changing his original mind and deploying according to his father's command. arrange.
Prometheus discovered that the existence behind Iapetus might be Aphrodite during the Ice Age. There is no more redundant and convincing reason, just because Aphrodite happened to be at that time I went to the underworld, and soon after, Iapetus went mad like losing his mind and urged him to do it quickly. He ruled out the candidates, and felt that except for the one who was particularly active and had a high position and weight, he had a great conflict with Zeus. Other than Lord God, it seems that no god will do these things.
Coincidentally, that His Highness also meets the characteristics of being powerful, brilliant, and noble.
On the day Aphrodite summoned the Citadel, from the moment he saw him in the crowd of gods, he also saw the future, which was boundless and brilliant, and Prometheus understood it It was really him who the father sent from the abyss.
Although Aphrodite is still not able to completely crush Zeus and become the supreme god of the gods, he reassures Prometheus more than the unknown existence. After all, Prometheus clearly understands his strength, wisdom and strength .
It made him more confident.
Prometheus was imprisoned on the Caucasus mountain. He didn't know anything about the outside world, and he didn't know that Aphrodite was currently missing in God's Domain. Even if he knew, he didn't care.
Everyone will experience a trough. As long as you can get over it, you will find that it is just a small hurdle that is not too difficult.
There may be people who bow their heads before the bottom, but Aphrodite is not one of them.
Seeing that Aphrodite was silent for a long time, Prometheus also closed his eyes, and said softly after a long time: "The tragedy of Selene comes first, and my experience comes later. The reasons for accusing her of disrespecting the Great God, so that the children of the rebellious God can comfort themselves, then the fact that I, a meritorious minister, was imprisoned on the Caucasus sacred mountain on the ridiculous charge of "stealing sky fire" and tortured is enough to make them Get rid of all chances."
Prometheus said slowly: "The children of the rebellious gods clearly realized that Zeus, the king of the gods, hated them. They knew that they would be abandoned by the king of the gods, so they decided to rebel against Zeus... welcome back the old king .”
A trace of surprise flashed in Aphrodite's eyes, and he frowned, thinking about the situation on the mountain. Because he lost his memory, he didn't know what kind of identity he was in this battle, but this didn't stop him from becoming interested in this matter.
He asked: "Zeus is the king of the gods, extremely powerful, and has the support of several powerful main gods. How are they going to resist him?"
Prometheus looked up at the Caucasus condor slowly chewing his internal organs, a smile gradually appeared on his face, but his eyes were filled with deep cold, he said: "There is no Only the gods are powerful, and the monsters that can pierce the skin of the gods and devour the internal organs of the gods are equally powerful. Their father, the king of monsters, has the strength to compete with the king of gods!"
Aphrodite couldn't help looking at Tartarus who was wearing the 'Adonis' vest, and murmured, "Typhon, the child of Gaia, the goddess of the earth, and Tartarus, the god of the abyss?"
"?" Tartarus said speechlessly: "When the world was created, all kinds of forces were turbid and indistinguishable. The abyss was under the earth. It was just a product born when the earth and the abyss collided and separated."
"If you have seen Typhon, you will also find that it only has the imprint of the earth on its body and no aura of the abyss."
Aphrodite pursed her lips and smiled, and asked Prometheus, "Is Typhon strong?"
Prometheus murmured, "I haven't seen him, maybe."
It was still Tartarus who answered him: "It is very powerful, because it is equal to Uranus and is the king of monsters. If Zeus fights with it, he may lose."
Prometheus was slightly stunned, and couldn't help but look at Aphrodite. In fact, he just wanted to tell Aphrodite that he and Iapetus were about to fulfill his entrustment, and show off his ability by the way. I never thought that if I overdid things, the monster Tifeng would be so powerful...
But could this be Aphrodite's real plan? Because Typhon was too powerful and defeated Zeus, the gods who were locked in the abyss successfully broke out, and the glorious being who arranged all this also praised him and the father god Iapetus
But in this way, he would not understand Aphrodite's purpose in doing all this.
Ah, no, he never understood Aphrodite's plan and purpose from the very beginning. After all, the Titan God and Aphrodite seemed to have no intersection at all.
Prometheus didn't understand, but he didn't panic. The future told him that he would be honored, and the twists and turns in the middle should be completed by that great being, and everything would be smooth.
Aphrodite was not as optimistic as Prometheus. Although he had no memory, he subconsciously frowned.
He said to Prometheus: "I understand, thank you for your information."
Prometheus said softly, "I look forward to the day when I will be free and all torments will be over."
Then he saw the man under the cloak purse his lips slightly, and nodded in response.
Aphrodite and Tartarus left the Caucasus mountain and returned to the forest where Adonis was originally.
Aphrodite pulled Tartarus and sat down on a thick tree trunk. He held the beautiful young man in his arms, resting his head on his chin, and gently followed his back with his hands, as if Preoccupied.
After leaving the Caucasus mountain, Aphrodite's expression became more solemn, because Tartarus knew about the deal Aphrodite made with the Titans, so he could understand why he behaved like this.
Aphrodite and Tartarus murmured: "I think what Prometheus said to me seems to be very important to me, but I can't remember the relevant content for a while..."
Aphrodite frowned, her expression was very tangled, Tartaros caressed his cheek, kissed his chin lightly, and comforted him: "Don't be afraid, there will be no accidents."
I can suppress Typhon for you so that he cannot defeat Zeus, and I can also help you win the agreement with the Titans and obtain their godhead smoothly.
Tartarus thought so, but didn't say it out loud. Because he is Adonis now, he has no way to explain to Aphrodite why he can suppress Typhon.
So he just kissed Aphrodite's smooth chin lightly, looked at his delicate eyebrows and eyes greedily, and murmured over and over again: "Don't worry..."
It is a pity that Aphrodite does not have the function of communicating with him, so Aphrodite has already begun to find a way to contact the god who confronted Tartarus in front of the Lete River that day. Learn what happened there, and make up and make new arrangements.
At the same time, Hera, who had obtained information about Semele, also turned into an old nanny who served Semele when she grew up and came to the city of Thebes.
With a cold face, she smoothly entered the royal city and the castle, and successfully arrived at Semele's side.
The beautiful princess was half lying on the bed where she had sex with Zeus, wearing an ivy wreath and a simple and light golden gauze dress, with long wine-red hair scattered on her chest.
She was resting with her eyes closed, her palms caressing her slightly swollen belly, with a kind look of overflowing maternal love.
When Hera thought of Nemesis whose whereabouts were unknown, she was exhausted physically and mentally. After seeing Zeus and his lover in such an intimate and happy manner, she was so angry that she almost lost her mind.
The old woman she incarnated smashed the calendula in her hand on the table heavily, waking up Semele, who was sleeping lightly.
Seeing that it was her old nanny who made the noise, Semele's frightened expression softened a little. Hera endured the bed that smelled of Zeus, and sat beside Semele, tense. She asked with a straight face: "My beautiful princess, tell me, who untied your belt and roughly took your virginity?"
Semele's eyes flickered slightly, and he muttered in a low voice: "Everyone knows that I am the great god-king who lives high on the sacred mountain of Olympus, and I am his mortal wife."
Hera sneered and said, "The king of the gods? A mortal wife? If you are in love with Ares, he will use his spear as a token of marriage certificate. If you are in love with Hermes , he will take his golden shoes or the staff of two snakes as a token. If the one who marries you is Apollo, the splendid god of music will also use his golden shoes that can compose peerless music as a token... You say you She is the wife of Zeus, the king of the gods, so can he give you the lightning bolt as a token?"
"If you have a token, you can take it out and tell everyone openly, and let everyone look at you and exclaim 'Look, that is the mortal wife of Zeus, the king of the gods. The king of gods promised her, and when she gave birth to them He brought her into heaven to be equal to the noble queen Hera and enjoy the same noble glory. The thunderbolt that shone with thunder was the token given to her by the god king'... "
Semele fantasized about the scene where she became the Queen of Heaven, her cheeks turned red with excitement, and Hera saw that she had already taken the bait, and a trace of sarcasm flashed across her eyes.
This hateful mortal woman, she can occupy the heart of Zeus, but she cannot peek at her throne and power.
The position of the Queen of God is compensation for her lost chastity, and no one can get her hands on it.
Hera patted her palm lightly, and said in a low voice: "My princess, think about it carefully, and don't tell your father these words. I'll go first."
After she finished speaking, she got up and left, leaving Semele distracted.
After Hera left, Semele felt more and more excited, tossing and turning on the bed, unable to fall asleep, simply lying in front of the window and looking up at the sky, waiting for Zeus to come to meet her in the middle of the night with the night wind and white clouds.
Zeus' love for Semele climbed to the extreme after she became pregnant. Almost as soon as night fell, he couldn't wait to knock on her window and hugged his little bride.
After some tenderness, Zeus caressed Semele's belly with love and tenderness.
Semele also made a request at this time, and she asked Zeus to send his thunderbolt to her as a token, so that she could prove her identity and status to everyone.
After hearing this request, Zeus was subconsciously overjoyed, and a secret light flashed in his eyes.
But he didn't notice all of this, just for a moment, all the strangeness disappeared from his heart, replaced by a deep worry about Semele.
He persuaded his little bride that his thunder can only be picked from his real body, but he couldn't let Semele see his real body, because people can't look directly at God.
Semele became stubborn, and she said: "Even if the destination is death, then I want this short-lived glory. People whispered behind me, saying that my husband is not the king of the gods at all, my father because of me and I feel humiliated when I cheat on someone. I need the roaring thunder to prove myself that my husband is indeed the most exalted king of the gods."
Zeus was tortured by her, so he took a deep look at her, and ordered Hermes, who was still on the mountain, to send him his thunder scepter, and at the same time, be prepared, when Semele fell under the thunder and fire, he would Quickly rescue his unborn child.
It's fine for Semele to seek death by himself, but his precious child can't die with her.
Zeus thought about all this indifferently, completely oblivious to how strange his logic and thoughts were.
Hermes kept slandering Zeus, and came to Zeus with the thunder scepter that had just been stolen from the underworld.
The movement of Hermes attracted many gods. When they learned the purpose of Zeus asking for the scepter of thunder, they couldn't help showing their expressions of watching the show.
The Goddess of Dawn, Eos, took advantage of the time when the gods were busy watching the show, quietly disappeared and ran to the Temple of the God of War, knocking on the gate of Ares.
The gods jokingly watched the scene where Zeus and Princess Thebes met on the holy mountain, and watched the thunder scepter shining with purple, white and white light slowly descend from the dark clouds and land in Semele's boudoir.
Sparks adorned Semele's veil, and lightning shone in her room.
Amidst lightning and thunder, flames spurted out, enveloping Semele's well.
Her Royal Highness the beautiful Princess died in this crazy thunder.
The gods watched this scene with laughter, Zeus sighed and closed his eyes.
Hera frowned and looked at Semele's ashes in disappointment. It's really strange that this stupid woman never had any resentment until her death...
Everyone was laughing and playing, only the hard-working Hermes hurriedly rushed into Semele's boudoir in the flickering thunder and burning flames. Take out the soul of her immature child from it.
Although the child is not yet full-term and has no body, his soul has just formed, but he has been burned by Zeus's thunder and holy fire, and he can already get a glimpse of his extraordinaryness.
Hermes solemnly handed over that soul to Zeus. Zeus looked at the pitiful little baby in his arms who had lost his mother before he was born, and his heart was full of tenderness. He didn't let the gods stop him, so he cut him open He sewed that soul into his leg, and Zeus decided to conceive him himself!
Hermes glanced darkly at Zeus' calf, and let out a light breath.
If the child had been conceived by Semele, it was probably only a demigod. But now the person who conceived him himself became Zeus...
This child must also be one of the gods in the future.
Fortunately, I was born earlier than him, and I have the position of the main god, which is more honorable than him!