If you had a golden apple, who would you give it to?
At the banquet, Lorne, who had been invited, saw the golden apple on the plate inscribed with "For the Fairest Goddess," and the t...
Chapter 423: The "son" with a curvy figure (8k achieved, please vote by the end of the month)
Oh no!
Seeing that his tracks were exposed, the uninvited guest on the roof decisively stepped on the roof of the temple, rushed into the temple, and grabbed Helen with his fingers.
"court death!"
The Spartan twins became furious upon seeing this and drew out the bronze daggers at their waists, flashing cold light forward.
However, the man waved his arms calmly and actually twisted the bronze daggers in the hands of the Spartan twins into flying metal fragments.
Through the flickering arc of light, Loen saw clearly a pair of gilded arm guards on the visitor's arms, and his eyes narrowed slightly.
Not only does he have divine weapons? He can also outshine the Spartan twins with his hard power? Who is this person?
Seeing the Spartan twins in a panic after losing their weapons, Loen moved his mind and several streams of condensed energy turned into sheathed swords, shooting forward.
"when!"
There was a sharp metallic explosion, and the uninvited guest crossed his arms and flew out of the temple.
When their eyes met, both Loen and the black shadow revealed a hint of doubt in their eyes, as if they were surprised at the other's strength and reaction.
And through the bright moonlight, Loen was able to see the true face of the visitor.
This is a woman, a very pretty girl.
She has a high nose bridge and deep, lively eyes, like shining stars that seem to emit brilliant lightning. She has both Western three-dimensional and Eastern soft facial features, forming a nearly perfect profile. The black cloak perfectly outlines her curvy figure.
The most valuable thing is that pair of beautiful legs, long and straight.
However, compared to her beauty, what interested Loen more was the fragrance of iron emanating from this woman.
Rust is often confused with the smell of blood. But it is rare to see a woman surrounded by the aroma of iron itself. This smell is the scent of swords, armor, shields, and people who are entangled in the battlefield.
This smell is very much like a certain race he is familiar with...
Just as Loen was lost in his memories, the man came and threw out a stream of light without any hesitation.
Loen chopped down with one hand and deflected the flying hidden weapon with a slap. The unexpected recoil made him frown again.
This feeling...could it be another godly weapon?
As he looked up, a white hand caught the golden light flying back, then held it on the head, tying up the scattered chestnut hair.
It was a metal headband of simple shape, engraved with twinkling stars and ancient characters.
"I have to admit that you are the strongest opponent I have ever encountered. If that's the case, then I don't have to hide it. Come, show me my full strength!"
Amidst a cold roar, a sharp sound of metal collision was heard, and the sharp sound waves mixed with the biting air waves swept in all directions from the smoke and dust in front.
At the same time, a nimble figure holding a golden-blue dagger in one hand and a bronze shield in the other, wearing a starlight crown and bronze armor, charged forward like a cheetah.
The dagger on the right slashed first, and dark red divine patterns emerged as its surface rubbed against the air. Burning flames rose up, wrapping around the sword and turning into a blazing burning wind.
God-made weapons and equipment, all of them?
Loen raised his eyebrows, took a half step back, leaned left, dodged the sword, and grabbed the girl's wrist with his right hand, trying to disarm her again.
However, the girl's reaction was not slow. She decisively raised the shield made of mysterious metal on her left side and smashed the hand with its extremely sharp edge.
A faint green light flickered, and divine patterns representing [protection] and [sharpness] appeared on the surface of the shield.
"Bang!"
As his right hand was bounced away by the collision, Loen's eyelids couldn't help but jump again.
There is no doubt that this is also high-end goods.
The girl opposite was even more horrified when she saw the large areas of obliterated divine patterns on the shield and the deeply sunken front.
Surprisingly, he can even destroy a divine weapon with one strike. Who is this guy?
Realizing that she would be outmatched in close combat, the girl decisively distanced herself. A pair of golden wings extended from her back, and she flapped them into the air. At the same time, she retracted her damaged sword and shield, and clenched her hands. A bronze longbow and a pointed conical arrow engraved with runes appeared in her palms.
Loen looked up, his eyes sweeping over the woman's wrist guards, crown, armor, longbow and arrows in her hands, and he counted silently in his heart.
Five pieces...
Including the previous dagger and shield, there are a total of seven artifacts?
What kind of family is this? Walking around in a set of divine attire?
Moreover, why does this scene look familiar?
While Loen was secretly complaining, the girl in mid-air had already pulled the longbow into a full moon. The cone-shaped arrow was igniting bloody flames, and a low chanting echoed in his ears.
"Bow of the Moon, arrows of war, burn in my wrath!"
“Whoosh!”
The arrow was like a meteor, breaking through the air and falling.
Loen subconsciously raised his hand and firmly grasped the arrow that was shot towards his face, but the letters on it caught his eye and he was stunned.
“Amazons?”
“Bang!”
Just as Loen was stunned, a golden rope meandered down and tightly bound his upper body.
Success!
The woman with golden wings fell down gracefully, and grasped the other end of the rope with a sense of relief. She stared at the prisoner in front of her and questioned in a cold voice.
"Tell me, who are you? Why did you come to the Moon Temple?"
Luo En came back to his senses, let go of the old bronze arrow, looked at the heroic female warrior in front of him, took a deep breath, and forced a subtle smile on his face:
"I am your father..."
"?"
The unknown strange language made the female warrior stunned for a moment, and she looked at the lasso in her hand suspiciously.
This is the secret treasure of the Amazon clan. Legend has it that it was created by the god of fire Hephaestus himself. It contains the power of the goddess of justice Themis and was bestowed by the goddess of hunting Artemis herself.
Because it is unbreakable and has the ability to protect and detect lies, and the trapped people can only tell the truth, it is also called the "Lasso of Truth".
Since it was her first time going out, her mother gave her this thing personally in order to prevent her from being deceived.
Because keeping the lasso of truth by her side at all times can keep her mind clear at all times, so that she can face the objective, real and rational world.
This way, theoretically, no one could lie to her.
So, what does “I am your father” mean?
Just as the girl was puzzled, a faint question came from the man's mouth:
"Is Hippolyta okay?"
The girl was startled when she heard this, and looked up at the opposite side in surprise:
"You know my mother?"
Loen nodded, then untied the noose of truth in the girl's surprised gaze and pointed to the great temple.
"If you want to know the answer, just follow me in."
The girl thought for a moment and followed the figure into the hall.
As soon as he entered the door, Lorne asked the girl directly:
"You came to Sparta because of King Agamemnon's visit?"
"Well, we and Sparta once made a pledge to stand together and support each other. Now that our allies are in trouble, we Amazons will certainly not ignore it!"
The girl nodded and looked at the people in the temple calmly.
"So, my mother Hippolyta asked me to come and help. If necessary, we can just abandon Sparta and take Aunt Helen away first."
Hearing that strange name, Helen looked at the girl carefully. Looking at the familiar features, she suddenly realized:
"Little Diana? You've grown so big!"
As she spoke, Helen pulled the girl into her arms and gave her an affectionate hug.
I see……
Seeing this, the twin brothers gradually lost their vigilance towards the Amazon girl.
The patron god of the Spartans was Apollo, while the patron god of the Amazons was Artemis.
Influenced by this pair of siblings, and the deep friendship forged between Sparta and Amazon in the War of the Giants, the two city-states signed an alliance and became allies that helped each other.
It is rare that two hundred years have passed and the Amazons have not yet broken their oath.
When Loen heard the origin of the girl's name from Helen, he was a little amused.
Diana is also another name for Diana, which was the pseudonym used by the hunting goddess Artemis when she walked on earth.
For some unknown reason, Artemis deliberately named the child "Diana".
Could it be that it was to make himself feel a little more involved?
Luo En secretly complained in his heart, and his eyes towards the girl gradually became subtle.
At this time, after Diana learned the identities of the three people from Helen, she also reacted and looked at Lorne strangely:
"Are you the person that mother was talking about?"
"Is it that difficult to call 'Dad'?"
Loen rolled his eyes and looked unhappily at his newly unfilial daughter.
Diana remained unmoved and asked indifferently:
"My father disappeared for two hundred years and ignored my mother and me?"
Luo En was speechless, so he had to temporarily bypass the parent-child relationship that was always the most difficult to handle in Greece, and asked:
"Are you the only one here?"
Avoiding these sharp questions, Diana's expression also eased, and she answered casually:
"There is another team responsible for meeting me near the city gate."
"Send a signal to have them gather at the Moon Temple. That's where you can be of use!"
Diana looked at Ron with a serious face, then looked at Helen who nodded slightly, and immediately took out the bronze elephant emblem she carried with her and issued an assembly order to her teammates on the other side.
A quarter of an hour later.
"Bang!"
The tightly closed door of the Moon Temple was heavily kicked open, and a figure holding a chain hammer rushed into the hall like a swift female leopard, looking around murderously.
Seeing that tiger who came in like a house-breaker, Luo En's face turned black:
"Pentesilea, when will you change your bad habits?"
"It's you!"
Penthesilea was stunned at first when she saw the familiar figure in front of her, then she came to her senses with a look of surprise on her face and quickly waved to the outside of the door.
"We are on our own, the alert is lifted, just guard the outside!"
The dozen or so Amazon warriors who were accompanying him couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they heard this. They lurked in the night in groups of three, guarding the perimeter of the great temple.
Compared to the God's Blood Guards and priests in the periphery who were infiltrated by unknown waves of people, these elites from Amazon seemed more professional.
As soon as everything outside was arranged, Penthesilea couldn't wait to reach out to Lorne.
"Where's the wine you brewed? Give me a pot! I'm almost dying of suffocation after all these years!"
Seeing that the sister-in-law's claws were about to reach out to his waist and touch him, Loen had no choice but to take out a pot of homemade honey wine from the magic circle and throw it to the drunkard to satisfy his craving.
After gulping down a pot of wine, Penthesilea burped contentedly. She looked at Lorne with a slightly tipsy look on her face and said quietly:
"Since you have already met Diana, I will not hide her identity from you..."
Lorne answered casually: "I know, she is the daughter of Hippolyta and me."
"Of course not!"
"ah?"
Hearing the unexpected answer, everyone looked at Penthesilea in astonishment.
At this moment, Penthesilea, with a slightly tipsy face, raised one hand to hook it around Lorne's neck affectionately, while the other hand was restlessly groping in his arms, like a nymphomaniac who was flirting with a decent man.
Diana looked at the two people with a strange look, and spoke in a dry voice:
"Could it be that you two are..."
Sensing that strange gaze, Penthesilea turned back and rolled her eyes:
"What are you thinking? Hippolyta is the only Amazon who has slept with him. I'm just looking for some wine."
Then, after searching in vain, Penthesilea reached out to her brother-in-law:
"Hey, is there any more? Give me another pot!"
"Come on, explain what's going on first."
Loen slapped away the claws of his sister-in-law that were touching him randomly and asked with a dark face.
"Is Diana my daughter?"
"Of course! Otherwise, where does she get such power that is stronger than that of ordinary gods?"
"Then what do you say..."
"Because her mother is not my sister Hippolyta, but your legitimate wife Thetis!"
Penthesilea interrupted Lorne's questioning and simply told him the whole story.
"About a hundred years ago, not long after the death of the King and Queen of Sparta, Lady Artemis secretly brought this child from Mount Ares to Paradise Island, saying that she was the blood of you and Thetis, and entrusted us, the Amazons, to raise her. Then she disappeared with the gods, and there has been no news of her until now. In order to hide the identity of this child and protect her safety, we borrowed Lady Artemis's former identity and gave this child a false name, Diana, and lied to the outside world that she was the daughter of Hippolyta."
At this moment, the father and daughter seemed to be hit by a blockbuster bomb. They looked at each other in bewilderment, their heads dazed.
Penthesilea took advantage of Lorne's unpreparedness, reached into his half-open magic circle, took out a pot of ambrosia, pulled out the cork and drank it, while adding with a smile on her face.
"So, her real name is not Diana, but Achilles! It seems that Thetis gave it to her herself..."
Aka... Luce?
The strongest demigod hero in Greece after Hercules, he had played a major role in the Trojan War.
By the way, this legendary child of destiny... is a man...
Looking at his curvy "son" in front of him, Loen fell into deep silence.
(End of this chapter)