Chapter 2021 Hercules (Long Chapter, Please Give Me Double the Monthly Votes!!!)
Zeus's actions were simply too counterintuitive, which was a problem.
And it was too easy for them to escape. The Pantheon was a pile of shit, but it had existed for more than 10,000 years. If you hit someone in the face, it would still make them look like a peach blossom. If you were not careful, you would be easily killed.
What was the result?
They escaped smoothly.
It was too smooth. Those gods who were not good at fighting, such as Thoth and Aphrodite, were weak. But the problem was that many other gods were also good at fighting!
The most typical example was Hercules!
Those who watched cartoons when they were young knew that this guy was very fierce! Hercules was the greatest hero in ancient Greek mythology. He was the son of the main god Zeus and Alcmene, and was hated by Zeus' wife Hera because of his origin. He was extremely brave and powerful. Later, he completed 12 tasks that were known as "impossible to complete". In addition, he rescued the bound Prometheus, hid his identity and joined Jason's heroic adventure team and assisted him in obtaining the Golden Fleece. Hercules was wise, but was eventually misunderstood by his second wife, who smeared poison on his clothes. He burned himself to death due to unbearable pain. After his death, he ascended to the Holy Mountain of Olympus and became Hercules. He punished evil and promoted good, and dared to fight. In today's Western world, the word Hercules has become a synonym for strongman and strong man.
How strong is Hercules?
This matter started after the Battle of Typhon. After the Battle of Typhon, the giants rebelled again. When Uranus was castrated by Kronos, his penis was thrown out and flew in the sky for a long time. The blood dripping down gave birth to the giants on the earth. Because the blood came from Uranus and the land was Gaia's body, it is generally believed that the giants are also the descendants of Uranus and Gaia. This time, Gaia still supported the giants behind the scenes.
In various mythological books, giants are extremely tall and invincible. Later people often confuse them with Titans. For example, in the "Heroes of Might and Magic" series of games, giants become Titans after upgrading. In fact, the two are not the same thing. If Titans are gods, giants are at most monsters. The appearance of giants is a human body with a snake tail, which is somewhat similar to Typhon. These are the characteristics of Gaia's sons. Their weapons are rocks and burning oak trees. They fired these things at Olympus like missiles, and the momentum was quite amazing. The giants have another very powerful attribute, which is immunity to divine attacks. The gods cannot completely kill them. Among them, Porphyrion and Alcyoneus are even less likely to die as long as they do not leave the place where they were born.
During the war, the gods received a prophecy that the Olympian gods could only kill the giants with the help of a mortal. However, ordinary mortals are certainly not up to this mission, so Zeus summoned the greatest hero in the mortal world, his son Hercules, to join the war through Athena. Gaia knew about this and wanted to find a herb to add a new attribute to the giants, immunity to ordinary attacks, so that mortals could not eliminate them. If Gaia succeeded, the giants would be fully immune to magic and physical attacks, and they would be invincible against bosses, and the history of the gods would definitely be rewritten.
However, Zeus's intelligence system was not covered either. He immediately banned the appearance of Eos, the god of dawn, Selene, the goddess of the moon, and Helios, the god of the sun, so the world became dark, and Zeus secretly took the medicine first. When Hercules arrived, the gods and giants were fighting fiercely. Hercules shot an arrow and shot down Alcyoneus, one of the strongest giants. However, Alcyoneus woke up immediately after falling to the ground. It turned out that the battlefield was where he was born - Pallene. As long as he was here, he would not die. With the reminder of Athena, Hercules dragged the injured giant out of Pallene, and Alcyoneus died. Another strongest giant, Porphyrion, rushed towards Hera and Hercules again. At this time, Zeus came up with a strange plan. He did not hesitate to sell Hera's beauty, which aroused Porphyrion's lust, turning his anger into lust, and he immediately rushed towards Hera. Just when Porphyrion tore Hera's clothes and was about to rape her, Hera shouted for help, and Zeus took action at the right time. It is estimated that the giant was so horny that he had forgotten to guard against hidden arrows, so he was easily knocked down by Zeus's thunderbolt, and Hercules shot him to death with another arrow. As the old saying goes, those who achieve great things do not care about trivial matters. In front of a powerful enemy, Zeus did not hesitate to sell his wife's beauty. He was really a strong man.
The two most powerful among the giants fell, and the morale of the gods immediately increased, and their combat effectiveness skyrocketed. The giant Ephialtus was hit by two arrows in an instant, one from Apollo in the left eye and one from Heracles in the right eye. Dionysus killed Eurytus with a pine cone. Hecate burned Clytius to death with a torch. Hephaestus then killed Mimas by throwing a red-hot iron block. The giants died one after another, and the remaining soldiers were shaken and began to flee. However, how could the gods allow them to escape? I saw Athena playing a big game and actually carrying an entire island - one hit the island of Sicelia; Poseidon chased a giant across the sea to the island of Kos. Seeing the giant running very fast, Poseidon Seidon broke off a piece of the island and smashed the giant to death. Later, Nisuron Island was formed here. In the melee, Hermes, Artemis, and the goddess of fate also killed the enemy and made achievements. The remaining giants were struck down one by one by Zeus with thunderbolts, and Hercules shot them all to death with one arrow.
So the War of the Giants ended with the overall victory of the Olympian gods. In this battle, the biggest winner was undoubtedly Zeus. He further consolidated his authority, demonstrated the combat effectiveness of the Olympus Protoss, and found a reason to promote one of his cronies - Heracles because of this He gained honor among the gods by fighting, and was therefore qualified to be anointed into Olympus. In modern language, through this battle, Zeus established his authority, trained his team, and trained young cadres. It can be said that he achieved three birds with one stone and achieved an all-round victory.
At the end of the battle, the gods praised Heracles for his splendid victory. Zeus called the gods who participated in the battle Olympians, a title for the brave. The two sons born to Zeus by mortal women, Dionysus and Heracles, also received this glorious title.
There is no doubt about Hercules' fighting prowess.
This guy is considered the number one combat force in Olympus, no exaggeration.
Of course, Kai didn't know Hercules. After all, when Kai traveled to ancient Greece, Hercules had already become Hercules, and it seemed that this guy was very withdrawn and didn't interact much with the gods.
He is not even close to his own father.
After all, who would want their life to become a playground for other people’s grudges?
Hercules is actually very pitiful to say the least. He has been passively accepting the control of Zeus and Hera since he was born.
Heracles's birth was full of dishonor. I don't know how long ago King Electryon ruled the city-state of Mycenae. He was the son of the heroes Perseus and Andalomeda, that is to say, He is the grandson of Zeus. Once, the Teleboae, headed by the sons of Pterelaus, the king of Mycenae's neighboring country, came to Mycenae and claimed that they also had the right to inherit Mycenae because their ancestors were also descendants of Perseus. . Electryon rudely refused their request, so they robbed Electryon of his cattle, and Electryon's son was killed in the fight for the cattle. . The grieving king Electryon announced that his famous daughter Alcmene would be given in marriage to whoever could recapture the cattle. At this time, the hero Amphitryon came to Mycenae. He took back the cattle from Polyxenos, the king of Elis, and obtained the qualification to marry Alcmene. Unexpectedly, during the wedding banquet, Amphitryon had a dispute with Electryon and accidentally killed Electryon. Amphitryon could only take Alcmene away from Thebes to join the king of Thebes. Creon.
After arriving in Thebes, Alcmene asked Amphitryon to avenge her brother against the Teleboae, so Amphitryon led the Thebes army to fight. And while he was on the expedition, an unexpected accident happened. Zeus fell in love with Alcmene, and while Amphitryon was away, he transformed into him and deceived Alcmene.
When Alcmene was about to give birth to these two children, Zeus was extremely happy with the birth of his children. He announced to the gods that his child, the greatest hero, was about to be born, and he would rule over all his relatives. That is, the descendants of Perseus.
Zeus's wife, Queen Hera, was extremely jealous and angry about Zeus's affair with Alcmene. She was determined to disrupt Zeus's arrangements. She deceived Zeus and asked him to change her oath to be the first born in the Perseus family today. The baby will rule over all its relatives. After Zeus swore an oath, Hera rushed to Argos, prompting the wife of Perseus' son Sterneros to give birth early, so Eurystheus was born before Hercules. When Zeus saw through Hera's conspiracy, it was too late. Even though the king of the gods had supreme power, he could not break the oath he swore. Hercules would be ruled by Eurystheus. But Zeus did not give up. He once again made an agreement with Hera. As long as Hercules could complete the tasks assigned by Eurystheus and achieve twelve great achievements, he would be able to get rid of Eurystheus' rule. , and become God forever. Hera, who had deceived Zeus, did not dare to offend the god king again, so she agreed.
After renewing her agreement with Zeus, although Hera did not dare to confront Zeus on the surface, she never let go of the fact that Zeus gave birth to an heir with her lover. After Heracles was born, Amphitryon and Alcmene abandoned Heracles in the wilderness out of fear of Hera.
Hera and Athena happened to pass by this place and found the abandoned Hercules. Hera loved this cute little guy very much and did not know that this was the child of her love rival. At the instigation of Athena, she fed him with her own milk. , Hercules may have been so hungry that he hurt Hera while sucking milk. Hera pushed him away in a hurry, and the spilled milk became the Milky Way in the sky. After that, Athena brought Hercules back to the palace, and by some strange combination of circumstances, he returned to his mother Alcmene; after learning that she had inadvertently helped the child of her love rival, she was very unwilling to do so. Two poisonous snakes were sent into the palace where Alcmene lived. , everyone in the palace was in a panic. Amphitryon heard the noise and hurried over. Just when he thought he was about to see a tragedy, an incredible scene appeared in front of his eyes. A poisonous snake was in the hands of a newborn baby. struggled, but Hercules was unscathed.
Later, Hercules killed his teacher. After making a mistake, Hercules was summoned to the court. Because it was Linos who took the first shot, Hercules's behavior was judged to be self-defense and he was not guilty. However, his adoptive father Amphitryon was worried that Hercules would commit such a thing again, so he sent him to Mount Cateron to graze his cattle. After being exiled to Mount Catharon by Amphitryon, Heracles gradually grew up here and showed bravery far beyond ordinary people. He once encountered a ferocious giant lion on Mount Catharon, but But he was easily killed by him, and then he used lion skin as armor and lion head as helmet, and also received various equipment given to him by the gods. When Hercules came of age, he helped Thebes resist the Orchomenos state, which levied a large tribute from Thebes every year. Hercules defeated the army of this country and levied twice as much tribute from them. Tribute before Thebes. To express his gratitude to Heracles, King Creon of Thebes gave him his daughter Megara in marriage, who later gave birth to Hercules' three children.
But seeing Hercules' happy life, Queen Hera couldn't sit still anymore. She took action again to make Hercules suddenly go crazy. In the madness, Hercules accidentally killed his own child. After waking up, Hercules was filled with endless grief when faced with this reality, but no matter how brave and powerful he was, his child could never be resurrected.
The confused Hercules went to seek Apollo's oracle, and Apollo gave him instructions. As long as he could serve Eurystheus, and after completing twelve great deeds, he could transform into a god and stay away from the world. All kinds of sufferings in the world, so Hercules embarked on the long journey back to his hometown of Tirens...
That is the famous Twelve Merits, which can also be called the Twelve Trials.
I thought that this would free Hercules from his guilt.
As a result, Heracles died tragically because of the design of the gods! He died very miserably. I originally thought that death would be a relief, but what was the result? Zeus resurrected him and made him a god... No one asked Heracles if he was willing...
However, I heard Hera and Athena talk about this Hercules. Although this Hercules has a somewhat withdrawn personality, his strength is definitely not that great. After all, when he was still a mortal, he did a lot, even the gods looked very... Dick stuff.
Such as golden apples.
Hercules' eleventh task was to obtain the golden apples. Eurystheus ordered Heracles to pluck the golden apples of the Hesperides. A long time ago, when Zeus and Hera got married, all the gods gave them gifts. The earth goddess Gaia was no exception. She brought a large tree with lush leaves from the west coast, full of golden apples. The four daughters of Night, named Hesperides, were assigned to guard the sacred garden where the tree was planted. Helping them guard was Radon, a hundred-headed dragon born of Phorcys, the father of monsters, and Ceto, the daughter of the earth. He never slept. When it walks, it always makes a deafening sound along the way, because its hundred mouths make a hundred different sounds. According to Eurystheus's command, Hercules must collect the golden apples of Hesperides from the dragon. Heracles embarked on a long and arduous journey. He walked aimlessly, going wherever he went, all relying on luck and chance, because he didn't know where the Hesperides lived. He first came to Thessaly, where the giant Termeros lived. He has a strong head, and when he encounters a passing passenger, he will chase him and kill him with his head.
But this time his head hit Hercules' head and was shattered. Hercules continued on his way and came to the river Aeghidulus, where he met a monster, Cynos, the son of Ares and Boryne.
Hercules, not knowing his details, asked him where the sacred garden of Hesperides was. He did not answer and challenged Hercules, who killed him on the spot. At this time, Ares, the god of war, rushed over to avenge his dead son. Hercules had to fight. But Zeus didn't want to see any of them bleed, because they were both his sons. He separated them with a thunderbolt. Hercules continued his journey through Illyria, crossed the river Eridanus, and came to a group of nymphs. They were the daughters of Zeus and Themis and lived on both sides of the River Elidanus. Hercules asked them for directions. "You go to the old river god Nereus," the goddesses replied. "He is a seer and knows everything. You have to attack him while he is sleeping, tie him up, and then he will tell You are sincere."
Although the river god was powerful and could change into various forms, Hercules subdued the river god according to the goddess's advice. Hercules did not let him go until he found out where to find the golden apples of the Hesperides. Later, he passed through Libya and Egypt. The king who ruled there was Busires, the son of Poseidon and Lysianassa. After nine consecutive years of drought, a prophet in Cyprus announced a cruel oracle: only by sacrificing a foreigner to Zeus every year can the land become fertile. In order to thank him for the oracle, King Busires killed him as the first sacrifice. Later, this barbaric king was very interested in this brutal annual sacrifice, so that all foreigners who came to Egypt were killed. Hercules was also captured and tied up and sent to the altar dedicated to Zeus. Hercules broke free from the ropes and killed King Busires, his son and the priests.
Hercules continued on his way, encountering many dangers along the way. He released the bound Prometheus on Mount Caucasus, and followed the direction indicated by the freed Titan to the place where Atlas carried the sky. Nearby was the sacred garden where the Hesperides guarded the golden apples. Prometheus suggested that Hercules should not pick the golden apples himself, but it would be better to send Atlas to complete this task. Hercules thought it was right, so he agreed to carry the sky himself during the time Atlas was away. Atlas handed the burden of the sky to Hercules, and then walked towards the sacred garden. He tried to lure the dragon into a deep sleep (he first picked a few colorful stars from the sky, threw them into the air and hit each other, making beautiful music. The dragon's 100 heads gradually became tired and closed their eyes one by one and fell asleep.), and then killed it with a knife, deceived the fairies who were guarding it, picked three golden apples, and returned to Hercules happily.
"But," he said to Hercules, "my shoulders have tasted enough of carrying the sky, and I feel the relief of not having a heavy burden. I don't want to carry it anymore." After saying that, he threw the golden apples on the grass in front of Hercules' feet, and let him stand there carrying the heavy blue sky. Hercules came up with a plan to get rid of the burden on his shoulders. "Hey, I want to find a cushion to put on my head," he said to Atlas, "otherwise, this heavy burden is about to explode my head."
Atlas thought this was a reasonable request, so he agreed to carry it for him for a while. He took the burden, and if he had to wait for Hercules to take over, he didn't know how long he would have to wait, because Hercules had already picked up the golden apples from the grass and walked away quickly. Hercules brought the golden apples to King Eurystheus. The king was upset that Hercules came back alive this time, and he had hoped that he would die while picking the golden apples. In fact, he didn't like the golden apples, so he gave them to Hercules. He placed them on the altar of Athena. The goddess then sent the holy fruits back to their original place and let the Hesperides continue to look after them.
This way, he basically killed gods and Buddhas who stood in his way.
Absolutely ruthless!
But from beginning to end, Hercules did not appear, let alone Hercules, even the other gods in the Pantheon who were responsible for fighting did not appear. Let them escape like this for fun!
There is definitely a problem.