For Fang Zheng, he could feel that the situation in the world was gradually heating up.
This is a bit like a doomsday novel, where everyone starts out trying to survive, then forms various groups, and then begins to occupy territory and try to dominate the world.
Now Fang Zheng felt that the world had already entered a stage of competition among heroes. Basically, all forces had begun to prepare and were ready to fight for the position of savior.
After all, this is the only chance to recreate the world, and no one wants to let it go.
But Fang Zheng had experienced this before. He had done it once when Qin II died suddenly and many heroes were fighting for supremacy in the Central Plains. Now he was just doing it again. After all, Fang Zheng had been an emperor for a thousand years and was much more experienced than those high school students.
Soon, Sayu and the fairies moved all the students to the square building. Many of the students were seriously injured. If the fairies were not good at healing, there would be corpses everywhere.
But it's not completely without problems.
"Mr. Fang Zheng."
While Isono Kamitao went to help her classmates, Sayu quietly walked up to Fang Zheng and whispered.
“It’s not going well.”
"What's wrong?"
"There are too many injured people. The goblins can only barely maintain their lives, but they can't completely heal them. I just asked the Goblin King, and he said that the only way to heal these students' injuries is to find Eden and ask for her golden apple to make medicine."
"Then go find it?"
"I have looked for it...but..."
Having said that, Sayu waved her hand helplessly, and then saw a Jack Frost Elf running towards her with short legs.
"Please help me, Goddess Iden has been captured by Loki!!"
Good boy, now Fang Zheng finally understood why Sayu came to him. After all, even people who were not familiar with myths and legends knew the name Loki, and Sayu certainly would not be stupid enough to think that she had the ability to fight Loki alone. So she might as well come directly to Fang Zheng for help.
"Hmm...Okay, I'll go take a look."
Hearing this, Fang Zheng nodded. He didn't care much about Loki, but he was still a little interested in the goddess Eden.
No, strictly speaking, what he was interested in was the golden apple that the other person possessed.
That’s right, it’s the thing that often appears in ACG.
The Golden Apple often appears in Greek mythology and is the culprit of many things. The most famous legend is that Eris wanted to give the Golden Apple to the most beautiful goddess, and then Hera, Athena and Aphrodite began to compete for it. The god Zeus directly passed the blame to Paris, a handsome boy who was herding sheep at the time, and asked him to be the judge.
In order to make Paris choose themselves, the three goddesses promised him various benefits. Hera promised him supreme power, Athena was willing to grant him strength and wisdom, and Aphrodite said that she would make the most beautiful woman in the world fall in love with him and become his wife.
Then Paris thought about it and realized that he didn't need power or anything like that. He was the son of an official and would succeed to the throne when his father died.
I already have strength and wisdom, so I don't care about that.
On the contrary, it’s a beautiful wife - I’m still a single dog now, so if I have to choose, I’d naturally choose the one I don’t have.
So Paris finally chose Aphrodite and gave her the golden apple. And Aphrodite also helped Paris abduct Helen, the queen of Sparta, and fulfilled his wish.
But Helen had a husband! How could he tolerate his wife being kidnapped? So Helen's husband Menelaos was furious and summoned heroes to attack Troy - this was the beginning of the Trojan War.
What follows is a matter of Greek mythology.
The Trojan War lasted for a long time, and several heroes died. Troy was eventually destroyed. This is the so-called bloodbath caused by a golden apple.
In fact, this was not the only bloody incident caused by the Golden Apple. There was also a victim close to Fang Zheng, and that person was Atalanta.
In the myth, Atalanta once said that she would only marry someone who could outrun her, and anyone who could outrun her would be killed. A handsome young man named Hippomenes asked the goddess of love Aphrodite for help, and the latter gave him three golden apples. Every time Atalanta ran past Hippomenes, he would throw a golden apple, and then Atalanta would pick it up, which slowed down her speed. Then this happened three times, and finally Atalanta lost to Hippomenes and married him...
By the way, this guy was so excited after marrying the beauty that he forgot to give the goddess a gift in return. Then Aphrodite was naturally not happy. I acted as a matchmaker for you, and you didn’t even show any appreciation? This guy is ignorant!
Aphrodite cursed Hippomenes, causing him to be horny and drag Atalanta to the local temple to have sex. The goddess of the temple was grieving over the death of her priest. When she saw this, she realized that you two had come to my temple to have sex. Then I will make sure you guys never have sex again!
So a curse was cast and the two men were turned into lions.
From this perspective, Atalanta was really miserable, being tricked by the golden apple twice in a row.
Compared to the famous golden apple, the name Eden is not very familiar to the public. She is the goddess of youth in Norse mythology - responsible for keeping the golden apple.
That’s right, this goddess Eden is the custodian of the golden apple.
So whether it was the golden apple that Eris used to provoke the Trojan War, or the golden apple that deceived Atalanta twice, strictly speaking, they all came from her.
Look, this is what it means to be unknown!
This is why Fang Zheng is interested in this goddess Eden. After all, it is said that the golden apple in the myth can keep one young forever, which is why women and goddesses cannot walk after seeing it. Although I don't know if the golden apple in the hands of the goddess Eden here has this effect, it doesn't stop Fang Zheng from taking a few back to try.
Or giving it to your own harem, isn't that a good thing?
After learning Loki's whereabouts from Jack the Frost Elf, Fang Zheng left again, and Isono Kamitao followed him. After all, she still had to find her good friend Saori.
"Actually... it's all my fault..."
Perhaps because she saw so many injured people while taking care of her classmates, Isono Kamitao seemed a little lost at the moment. She also told Fang Zheng about Saori. According to Isono Kamitao, the girl who was captured by the skull was called Saori Kishima, and she was her good friend. Saori was originally the main player in the hockey club, but later withdrew due to injury. Perhaps because she was too strict in training in the club, after Saori Kishima withdrew due to injury, she was bullied by her classmates in the club.
The two girls who collapsed in front of her were the ones who bullied Saori Shujima. At that time, she was bewitched by the skull and planned to kill them. If Fang Zheng hadn't appeared, those two people would probably have been killed by Saori.
Fang Zheng was not surprised by this. The Japanese are the kind of people who bully the weak and fear the strong. The same is true for the so-called "lower class overthrowing the superior". When the other party is strong, they dare not say a word, but once the other party loses its power, they will pounce on them like a pack of wild dogs.
Of course, this is also related to the serious class stratification in Japan. Even in the community, the distorted characteristics in the distorted culture must always be released.
"If I had discovered this sooner..."
"Unless you can kick them out of school, this is something you have to deal with yourself."
Fang Zheng climbed onto the railway bridge, looked around, and then interrupted Isono Kamitao's self-pity.
"For things like this, you have to rely on yourself in the end. No one else can be trusted."
This is also Fang Zheng's method of educating Sayu. After all, no one except Sayu herself can solve this problem.
Sayu was also very competitive and solved the problem very decisively.
The same goes for the girl named Saori Yamashima. Unless she is determined to break the legs of those two guys with a hockey stick, just like Kotonoha Katsura did, otherwise, this kind of thing will not really stop just because someone tries to stop it.
"Oh, I found it."
At this moment, Fang Zheng also turned his gaze towards the tunnel in front of him.
Fang Zheng didn't know what the goddess Iden looked like, but it didn't matter. As long as he saw the golden apples in the basket next to the girl who was trapped in the tunnel by the steel rails, Fang Zheng knew he had found the right person.
"What do you want? Intruder?"
At this moment, a demon in a tight leather jacket fell from the sky and blocked Fang Zheng's way.
"Although I don't know who instigated you to come here, I will not return Eden to you, because she still has the important work of making golden apples - and for mankind!"
"Why?"
Hearing this, Isono Kamitao cried out in surprise, and Fang Zheng also raised his eyebrows.
"How interesting! This is the first time I've heard someone describe kidnapping in such a refined and elegant way... What do you mean by that?"
“Hehe…”
Facing Fang Zheng's question, Loki smiled smugly.
"I want to grant mankind eternal youth! You should also know that the Golden Apple of Eden has the ability to keep youth forever! Isn't it fair that this ability is only possessed by gods? Therefore, I plan to share this with all humans!"
Having said that, Loki chuckled.
"Of course, there are so many humans that I can't share them all, so I will accept the money that is in balance between supply and demand. Don't humans now believe in money instead of gods? Then, as long as I use the golden apple, I can get both faith and money!"
"Well……"
"To put it bluntly, you want to use the golden apple as bait to sell it to those high-ranking officials, right?"
Fang Zheng stared at Loki silently and complained.
"Yes, you know that most of the wealth in this world is concentrated in a small number of humans. After gaining wealth, what those humans pursue is something that they cannot buy no matter how much money they spend! Youth! Life! And I can give them all of this, as long as... they are willing to exchange it for money."
Having said that, Loki opened his hands.
"Look, supply and demand have reached an agreement, haven't they? And I will become the eternal god believed in by mankind!"
"I only see a capitalist who wants to hang a street lamp."
Fang Zheng gripped his cane tightly and raised his left hand.
"Prepare to die...PERSONA!!"