In the memory phantom of Hercules, time is forever frozen in a spring thousands of years ago. On an unknown wasteland in the Greek peninsula, the hero who completed the twelve trials washed off his blood and looked up at the The sacred mountain of Olympus, thinking about his future path. At this moment, he has not yet ushered in the end of his miserable life. For the last time, he stood on the land of his hometown with a human body, and the next time he returned to this place, the fragments of Olympus that fell from the sky had already wiped out the entire land. Burned up.
So his memory is frozen here. At this moment, he has lost a lot, but he still has a lot. His hometown in heaven and earth is still there, his father is still sitting on the throne, and he has not devoted himself to In the vortex of the world of the gods - he is still a human being.
At least consider yourself a human being.
"I don't like Olympus." Hercules stood side by side with Hao Ren on a boulder. He crossed his arms and looked up at the sacred mountain in his memory. A part of the sacred mountain has been blurred. It was Hera's. realm, "Gods are cruel—I don't know how people in your time understand and imagine the age of mythology, but you can guess as viciously as you can. Hera once taunted my father, and she used the phrase 'This man is addicted to have sex with their domestic animals', and in fact, most of the 'gods' on Mount Olympus have this view of human beings. They are also very contradictory. They have unparalleled strength, a hundred times stronger than the people on the ground, but they Only to find that the humans on the earth had the same features as themselves, which made them confused and angry. The gods dissected countless mortals, just to find evidence that there was a fundamental difference between the gods of Olympus and the mortals on the earth, to prove that the two species It is true that there is a difference between high and low, and their final conclusion is that no matter how close human beings are to the gods of Olympus, their souls are just animals. So I didn’t like that place afterward, even though I had longed for it.”
Hao Ren thought that Hercules would immediately tell him about the artifact and Vivienne, but he didn't expect the hero to start recalling the past first. But memories are just memories, he thought, and Hercules said that these should be meaningful.
"What kind of group is the 'Gods' of Olympus?" Hao Ren asked following Hercules' words.
"Twisted and depressing, after living on that mountain for hundreds of years, I finally figured it out," Hercules said in a low voice, "At first, I was confused by the radiant appearance there, but slowly, I have come into contact with the true side of the gods: they are like caged beasts and lost urchins. They are confused, anxious, confused and contradictory. On the one hand, they show full authority to human beings. and powerful, but on the other hand, they are always worried about their own fate. They seem to know when the end will come, and even know the cause and effect of the end, but they are powerless. Sometimes I wonder if their cruelty to human beings will Is it because of this pressure? They cannot escape the future they will eventually face, but human beings do not have to face this fate. Even, human beings will one day build a new kingdom on the ruins of Olympus, so they will Grumpy and angry..."
"Zeus knew that Mount Olympus would eventually be destroyed?" Hao Ren raised his eyebrows, "Did he ever say what caused the destruction?"
"He said that sooner or later there would be destruction, for whatever reason, because in this world, except for the humans in the mud, all intelligent beings are but poor prisoners exiled to this place, and the sentence of death has fallen on these prisoners, Execution day will come one day, no matter what form it takes. Few people know these secrets, basically only limited to the twelve main gods, but other than that, 'half gods' like us are also eligible Know. My father seems to think that this disaster will only befall pure Olympians, and that those of us who are half mortal... will be spared. Now that I think about it, Olympians The countless mixed-blood descendants left by the gods may also be secretly arranged by the father—use the blood of mortals to avoid disasters, and use the blood of Olympus to continue the inheritance."
Hercules said all the things he knew, and Hao Ren couldn't help raising his eyebrows after hearing this.
This seemingly unfounded speculation may really be possible—according to Zeus's half-knowledge of the "Original Sin of Divine Blood", perhaps he would really think of avoiding or weakening this original sin by creating a large number of mixed-blood offspring!
And his method can't be said to be ineffective: the offspring of mixed blood are indeed resistant to innate hostility, but this effect is still useless after all. Demon hunters are so affected by the Excalibur that they won't stop hunting just because the target is a half-breed.
"What kind of role does Vivienne play in Mount Olympus?" Hao Ren asked curiously, this is the key to the problem.
"Her? She plays an important role in almost all the gods." Hercules folded his hands on his chest, "She is the only one who is not inherently hostile to any race, and at the same time, no race can be too hostile to her." Individuals. She's fought countless opponents, including witchers and 'others,' but have you ever heard of anyone having a feud with her?"
Hao Ren thought for a while, then shook his head.
"Because she is a point of balance, the only hope to end the disaster. My father once said that all exiles in the world have committed the same great sin, which is to offend a power that created everything in the universe, and this great power It also leaves the sinners with the only way of redemption, which is to seek the forgiveness of the "forgiveness". Vivienne Ansesta is this forgiveness. Her mission in the world is to forgive sinners, but she does not I will not forgive everyone, and I will not know my mission. My father knew this secret, so he intended to make friends with that ancient blood clan. He hoped to obtain that precious pardon, but now it seems... After all, no one be pardoned."
Hao Ren found that there was a discrepancy between the information obtained from Hercules and the evidence from the Ark of Origin.
According to the evidence in the Ark of Origin, the "pardon" has actually happened from the very beginning. The Goddess of Creation completed the pardon for all races at the moment of her fall. Vivian's identity was just a guide, but in Zeus's eyes, Vivian was the one responsible for the pardon—he thought for a while, thinking that there was a problem with Zeus's intelligence.
After all, Zeus didn't know the existence of the Ark of Origin.
After making this conclusion in his mind, Hao Ren looked at Hercules: "Then what's going on with that artifact? Why does it have Vivian's power?"
"Because it was made by Vivienne Ansesta herself. Of course, the person concerned may not remember this matter now."
Hao Ren was really stunned this time. He was stunned for a full minute before choking out a few syllables: "Yes...she did it!? Didn't you say that the core of the artifact was obtained by chance? "
"That's right, the core was indeed found by my father from a strange cave at the bottom of Tartarus, but we didn't have time to learn anything about it—when Athena just put the thing on the test bench, the female The count suddenly appeared in front of us. I happened to be there at the time, so I still remember the situation at that time... Her eyes became blood red, and she seemed not very conscious. , and then asked us to hand over the core."
Hao Ren swallowed, "Have you handed it over?"
"It was snatched away by her," Hercules laughed, "The countess's power is very strange, sometimes she is weak, sometimes she is extremely powerful, but she was extremely powerful that day, so Ares was beaten to the point by her three moves. At the foot of Mount Lympus, Apollo was beaten into a coma on the spot. Then my father came in a hurry and told us not to stop her - so the countess took the thing in a grand manner. Three days later, she came back and gave it to us The scepter, the core is sealed in the scepter, so the scepter can produce a steady stream of powerful magic power, which is the only safe way to deal with the core. After giving us the scepter, she left, and since then There has been no news of her for a century."
Hao Ren immediately thought that Vivienne had ushered in her sleep cycle.
If what Hercules said is true, then Vivienne's deep sleep that year was obviously very different from the previous ones.
"Hathaway didn't tell me this detail..." Hao Ren muttered.
"Because I didn't tell her about it."
"It seems that Vivienne already knew the danger of the core of the scepter back then, but since it is such a dangerous thing, why did you hand it over to you?" Hao Ren suddenly couldn't figure it out, "She just kept it for herself? "
"I don't know," Hercules spread his hands, "Athena thought about the same question, and she said that the only answer is: the countess can't hold the scepter herself, when the scepter is in her own hand , the danger will increase a hundred times, and if the scepter is sealed somewhere, the energy fluctuations it leaks may attract the attention of other families. Therefore, it is better to hand the scepter to Olympus Even better, my father values promises and will definitely take good care of this artifact."
Of course, there is another possibility—Hao Ren thought—maybe Vivienne was about to fall into a deep sleep back then, and she didn't have time to think about a better solution, so she had to hand over the scepter to the Olympus family first.
"The scepter really brought us great power." Hercules shook his head with a wry smile. "A century later, the countess came to visit again, but she didn't mention the scepter again. My father guessed that she had forgotten about it." This thing, so I never mentioned it to her again."
"Greedy..." (to be continued~^~)