Chapter 151 The Holy Cloth and the Holy Grail
With the judgment against Poseidon about to begin, the main gods who were busy loving each other entered the great temple one after another and took their seats one after another.
However, seeing the unfamiliar faces next to Athena appear in the hall, several of the main gods couldn't help but frown.
"This is Aunt Hestia's job, responsible for attending the theocratic meeting on her behalf. Aunt Hestia has just moved to a new house recently, and she has to study recipes, so she really can't get away."
Athena explained with a slight smile. When the gods heard this, they couldn't help but smile knowingly, and their slightly tense expressions relaxed.
Leaving matters to subordinates and hiding away for peace and quiet is exactly what the goddess of the hearth would do.
Aware of the weight of the **** in front of Hestia in her heart, the gods at the table smiled and nodded, showing a touch of goodwill towards Lorne.
Lorne also smiled in response, straightened his position as a god, and lowered his attitude in response.
Such an informed and interesting behavior made the main gods at the table feel very good, and they also felt a little more pleasing to the eyes of the new recruits.
After all, their goodwill was for the goddess of the hearth, not really for making friends with the slave god.
But Artemis was very happy when she heard the news.
And the queen of heaven, Hera, who heard the news, was probably on her way to catch the traitor.
It's just that some people are happy and some are sad.
Since Athena, who is responsible for the trusteeship, often sends people to take care of it, the furnishings inside are clean and tidy, which saves Lorne a lot of effort.
If Lorne can attend the meeting for Aunt Hestia, it means that the contact between her and her lover will be more frequent, and there will be more ways to get together openly.
At night, the main gods also left the great temple one after another and returned to their respective sanctuaries.
Fortunately, the busy discussions of the gods were soon interrupted by the solemn thunder in the great temple.
Suddenly, the gods had a bad premonition in their hearts.
However, after waiting for a while, the God King of Olympus still did not come out to preside over the overall situation and announce the beginning of the trial.
As soon as he sat down and closed the door, Lorne took out the paper and pen he carried with him from the magic array diagram, and made a series of summaries and summaries of what he saw and heard during the day.
As soon as these words came out, the gods immediately understood the implication, and each of them acted as if they were not surprised, and stood up and left one after another.
The long-awaited grand trial turned into such an anticlimactic scene that Lorne was immediately at a loss of whether to laugh or cry.
A certain **** of light and prophecy was obviously unhappy with Lorne's joining. Although his handsome face still maintained an elegant smile, strong disgust had filled the depths of his eyes.
As the number of people in the Great Temple gradually became sparse, he also learned about Zeus's affair partner—the Thebes princess Antiope—from the questioning of Hermes by several major gods.
For a moment, the gods quickly shut their mouths and returned to their places. There was no sound in the hall, and you could hear a pin drop.
This is a good habit he has developed since he was a student.
As the spokesperson of Hestia, Lorne naturally lived in the temple of the hearth goddess.
Even if we look around, even Hera, the Queen of Heaven, is absent.
Auntie actually gave up her authority to him? Just a newly promoted disciple!
Apollo felt even more depressed when he thought that the person he was longing for actually valued the guy in front of him so much.
And sure enough, with a slight cough in the corner, Hermes, with a pair of black eyes, stood up from his seat, came to the center of the temple, and announced with a dry smile.
No need to ask, His Majesty the God King is definitely out to steal things again.
“Father God has been busy with trivial matters recently, and the judgment has been postponed for the time being. You can go back first.”
Princess Antiope of Thebes, is she the seventh?
Writing the name on the paper, Lorne looked thoughtful in his eyes.
According to the prophecy of fate, Zeus will marry twelve mortal female lovers one after another and give birth to divine sons, allowing his bloodline to rule the nations of the earth and stabilize his kingship.
In order, they are:
First, he indulged in the heifer Io and gave birth to his son Epaphus, who ruled Egypt;
Second, he turned into a bull and abducted Europa, gave birth to sons Rhadamandis and Minos, and governed the Crete Islands;
Third, Pluto, the bride of the supreme ruler of Olympus;
Fourth, turned into golden rain and became Danae's bed partner, and gave birth to the demigod hero Perseus;
Fifth, he entered into a flaming marriage with Semele and gave birth to Dionysus, the **** of wine;
Sixth, he turned into a condor to abduct Aegina and gave birth to Aeacus, the last judge of the underworld and the original grandfather of the great hero Achilles;
Seventh, he pretended to be the **** of mountains and forests, Satyr, took possession of Antiope, and gave birth to two sons, Amphion and Zetes;
Eighth, the shape-shifting swan took possession of Leda and gave birth to the famous beauty Helen;
Ninth, the shape-shifting noble stallion chases Dia;
Tenth, Alcmene was blessed with three days and three nights, and gave birth to the great hero Heracles;
Eleventh, he married Laodamia as his bride, gave birth to a son Sarpedon, became the king of Lycia, and became a staunch ally of the Trojans in the Trojan War;
Twelfth, seduced Olympias and gave birth to a son, Alexander the Great...
The reason why he cares about this is because based on the above clues, Lorne can probably deduce the order in which some things will develop.
From the current point of view, the entire world of the Age of Gods is still in the early stages of the mixing of humans and gods. It is far from the occurrence of events such as the [Argo Expedition], [Twelve Trials], [Calydon Hunt], and [Trojan War] that he is familiar with. , there is still a long time to come.
In other words, he could take advantage of the gaps when Zeus went out to have an affair, slowly prepare, and leverage the development of things to a trajectory that was beneficial to him.
The two offensive and defensive battles of Crete contributed two divine incarnations to him.
Now that he is facing this group of relatives day and night, he estimates that as long as he does things a few more times, the remaining ten gaps can be filled in soon.
By the way, Zeus happens to be away, who should we choose as the first target?
Just as Lorne was thinking secretly, there was a gentle knock on the door.
He immediately stuffed the pen and paper into the magic array diagram with vigilance. After cleaning up the scene, he opened the door.
Athena, wearing a plain dress, stood quietly outside the door.
"Come with me."
Without waiting for Lorne to respond, he was pulled out of the door, and after twists and turns, he walked into a fiery red temple.
As soon as he stepped into it, scorching waves of air hit his face, and a crisp sound of knocking came from the forging platform in front of him that was engraved with secret texts.
Wearing an animal skin apron and being bare-chested, Hephaestus, the **** of fire, was holding a forging hammer and striking the embryonic metal embryo over and over again. At the same time, he ordered several metal men to blow him up and increase the power of the fire. These metal figures are about the size of normal people, their movements are steady and dexterous, and their obedience is extremely high.
If he hadn't known that he was in the Age of Gods, Lorne would have thought he had entered a science fiction world.
At this moment, feeling the familiar breath approaching, Hephaestus immediately stopped the forging work in his hands, quickly wiped the handle on his apron, and looked back behind him, with a smile on his rough face.
"Athena? Why are you here? Is it for the 88 sets of divine tools that can be given to mortals?"
Immediately, Hephaestus glanced at the embryonic metal embryo on the forging platform and a few pieces of orichalcum waste in the corner, and couldn't help scratching his head, feeling a little embarrassed and embarrassed.
“Sorry, the number of customizations is a bit too high, and many of the designs are too idealistic. Only three sets have been completed so far, and I still have to think about the rest.”
With that said, the forging **** ordered the metal man beside him to open the basement and take out three half-human-high gold metal boxes.
The star map drawn on the outside of the box corresponds one-to-one with the stars of Olympus, and a powerful, sharp, or obscure atmosphere permeates it.
As one of the metal men pressed the mechanism in the center of the box, there was a sound of metal friction. The entire metal box automatically cracked and divided into multiple parts such as breastplate, arm frame, skirt, and crown, and automatically flew to the metal box. On the human body, it merges with it to form a complete set of weapons.
Looking at the scene in front of him and the gorgeous armor that was exactly the same as in his memory, Lorne looked past the familiar stack of manuscript papers on the desk and admired the unattractive, even ugly, forging **** in front of him.
The Holy Clothes were actually taken out by this old man! ox!
That's right, the design manuscripts for these things were written by Lorne.
At the beginning, Athena brought a large amount of materials from the Poseidon Temple, just to create a batch of divine tools to enhance the strength of her soldiers, so as not to repeat the mistakes of Crete.
After he got the news, he volunteered to participate in the design of each set of armor, and proposed to combine the magic circle inside the armor with the star map to attract the power of the stars to increase the user's strength.
As the goddess of wisdom who is good at accepting new things, Athena naturally agreed and even perfected the original design together with Lorne.
After several modifications by Athena and the practice of Hephaestus, the sacred clothing that originally existed in Lorne's fantasy has actually been gradually realized.
When the metal man wearing the sacred clothes exploded with combat power several times greater than before, Athena nodded with satisfaction, first praised her friend's forging skills, and then waved her hand to put the three metal boxes into the opened magic array. Smile and speak.
"The matter of the sacred clothing is not urgent for the moment. I want you to take some time to help build a sacred tool for him."
As she spoke, Athena pointed to Lorne behind her and told her the reason for her visit tonight.
Hephaestus couldn't help but look troubled when he heard this.
“It's okay to hand over artifacts to mortals for use. If you want to forge weapons for the gods, where is Father God…”
Lorn saw the look in Athena's hand and immediately understood. He immediately took out the bird feather from Thetis from the magic array and handed it to Hephaestus's hand.
The moment he saw the feather and sensed the familiar scent on it, Hephaestus looked solemn, no longer resisting, and turned to look at Lorne seriously.
The Craftsman God stayed on that handsome face for a few seconds, and seemed to realize something. Then he tried his best to squeeze out a kind smile on his rough face, and his attitude became inexplicably closer.
“Little brother, tell me, what kind of magical tool do you want me to build for you? I will do my best to help you!”
Hearing Hephaestus's offer of a generous offer, Lorne showed the design he had prepared without any courtesy and handed it over to the craftsman **** with superior craftsmanship.
“This? Are you sure?”
Hephaestus, who originally had a serious face, took the manuscript and looked at it for a moment, then looked stunned.
This is a huge wide-mouthed cup, all in gold color, with strange runes on the edge. The pure gold base of the cup is inlaid with 28 pearls, 2 rubies and 2 emeralds.
After visual inspection by the craftsman, the cup body is 5.5 cm high, 9.5 cm in diameter, and 3 mm thick. Including the base, the cup height is 17 cm and the width is 14.5 cm...
So, a wine glass?
I thought that Athena brought this little guy to see him late at night, and also took out the token of her adoptive mother Thetis, to forge something dangerous, and she had already thought of a reason to prevaricate in the future.
The result, that's it?
For a moment, Hephaestus was puzzled, and even looked at the person in front of him with a somewhat strange look.
Lorne smiled shyly under the firelight and opened his mouth to explain.
“My priesthood is the **** of wine…”
"Oh I got it."
Hephaestus suddenly understood, and the last trace of wariness in his heart disappeared.
After working on it for a long time, I just came here to make a utensil for pouring wine.
Dionysus?
Hephaestus briefly looked at the young and immature new **** in front of him, with a trace of contempt in his eyes.
There are a few servant gods in Olympus every year, and these are probably useless wastes.
Forget it, just return this favor, the rest has nothing to do with me.
Hephaestus was too lazy to think too much. After asking the client in detail about the forging requirements of this drinking vessel, he sent the two people away with an attitude of striving for excellence, closed the door, and devoted himself wholeheartedly to the forging of the new artifact. middle.
Looking at the locked fiery red temple, Lorne couldn't help but shook his head.
According to Athena, it took Hephaestus ten days and a half to come out of this retreat.
It's no wonder that the bus at his home is full every day, and he doesn't even know it.
Lorne secretly teased, followed Athena and bypassed the Palace of Love, where the faint gasps of men and women could be heard, and then parted in front of the temple door of Hestia.
Watching the goddess of wisdom walk away, Lorne yawned, then opened the door and walked into the bedroom, preparing to experience his first night in Olympus.
However, the moment he lifted the quilt, a large expanse of attractive white snow came into view. He couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva and looked at the white and tender lamb on the bed.
“Artemis?”
(End of this chapter)
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