HPDBC Chapter 788: 287 Disappearance_2
Chapter 788: 287 Disappearance_2
Chapter 788: Chapter 287 Disappearance_2
They not only never had any contradictions, but their relationship was very close.
However, Apollo was not there to listen to nonsense.
“Speaking of which, you really should learn from Athena.”
“It’s proven, wisdom leads to victory in war more effectively than courage and martial arts.”
This was not sarcasm, Apollo truly believed this.
However, when these words reached Ares’ ears, they were not taken the same way.
...
“Far from it? What a joke; it wasn’t me commanding the battle, this failure was only due to the incompetence of those mortals.”
With a shout of anger, Ares’ gaze turned icy.
“Apollo, since you like to throw around such idle words, why don’t you demonstrate your archery and shoot all those Athenians dead!”
“If you can’t do that, then stop wasting words here!”
“Can’t do it?”
“Heh, Ares, Athens is still too far from me, but you are quite close.”
“Why don’t you try my arrows first and get tired from that!”
Hearing this, color drained from Apollo’s face as he grasped the silver bow from his back.
Intangible, their auras clashed in the void, as if they were about to break into a major fight the next second.
However, the next moment, a streak of thunder split between them and immediately halted the tense atmosphere.
“Enough!”
With an unpleasant expression, Hera didn’t know what sin she had committed to always encounter such situations.
They were akin to a rabble—if they weren’t gods, they might not even compare to the mortal Odysseus.
After all, although he lacked such great strength and immortality, he was at least organizing wounded soldiers and looking for a camp.
Rather than engaging in meaningless quarrels and internal strife like them.
“Fine, since you’re all useless, I’ll do it myself.”
Expressionless, Hera first looked towards the Goddess of Beauty.
More trouble than they’re worth—that was what such creatures were.
“Aphrodite, didn’t you say you could get Demeter to join us completely, where is she now?”
“I... How should I know she could endure so much...”
With a somewhat ugly expression, Aphrodite was also somewhat speechless.
Is Demeter made of cotton, what is she doing now?
“It looks like we can’t count on her—I knew you couldn’t accomplish anything.”
Ignoring the increasingly ugly expression of the Goddess of Beauty, Hera once again looked at her son whom she had borne alone.
Hephaestus; Hera had complex feelings for him.
When Zeus brought him back, Hera was surprised.
But when he was enthroned as the Principal God and married Eurynome’s daughter, she didn’t stop it.
Born out of her own spite, he was naturally ugly.
So Zephyrus paying attention to Heracles amounted to Zeus paying attention as well.
And what was so special about him that Zeus cared so much?
However, it was probably not a good thing, as few who had drawn Zeus’s attention had encountered good fortune.
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On a nameless mountain peak, Hera thought about the whereabouts of the God of West Wind.
To the east of the earth, the armies of all countries were also slowly gathering.
Yet at this moment, Zephyrus, whom the Heavenly Empress pondered upon, was not at ease.
Following the orders of the Divine King, he had not easily convinced that special mortal to act according to his demands, but who knew the first trial would go wrong.
Demeter was supposed to be trapped in the city, but then she disappeared.
This made Zephyrus, who later understood the whole story, curse Aphrodite silently for creating a mess, but he had no choice but to clean up.
So he immediately arranged a second task, sending Heracles north of the main road to hunt a formidable Demon Lion.
Regarding that lion, Zephyrus did not know much either.
He only knew it rampaged in the north, not even fearing Apollo’s divine bow.
But no matter what it was, Zephyrus didn’t think Heracles would fail.
If he indeed faced difficulties, wasn’t he there to help?
Back in the day, Perseus had a full set of Divine Artifacts on his adventures.
Of course, if possible, he would still let Heracles solve it himself.
After all, this was his trial and a way to hone his capabilities.
But...
“Where is he, though?”
Transformed into intangible wind, Zephyrus meandered over a forest that stretched for hundreds of miles.
This was the north of Athens, inherently colder and more desolate.
But the mythic world always had various surprises, such as this place.
However, these were not of concern to the God of West Wind, what really troubled him was that he had followed Heracles along the way, but after taking a break, he had lost sight of him.
Such a large living person, where could he have gone?
“Damn it, although my skill in concealing my tracks is unmatched in the world, finding people is indeed not my forte...”
Frowning, Zephyrus recalled the only mistake in his life.
At that time, it was during the reign of the second generation of Divine Kings, and he was responsible for monitoring whether anyone sneakily entered the Delphi Plain, where Gaia resided.
Somehow, Iapetus had managed to get in.
This was not because his ability to conceal his tracks was lacking, it was simply because he hadn’t seen it.
“If only I had the ability of the ‘High Altitude Observer’ from the Ancient Sun God.”
“If so, such an oversight would not have occurred.”
He gritted his teeth silently, but soon after, the God of West Wind comforted himself.
No deity is invincible; every god has weaknesses.
Since heaven had already granted him one ability, giving him a flaw also seemed not out of place.