040. Rebellion
When Athena heard the purpose of Hera's visit, her face did not reveal any other expression. She was as kind and peaceful as ever, but she felt a little ridiculous in her heart.
Hera, the Queen of Gods, was so jealous that she thought Metis, the goddess of wisdom, as the first wife of Zeus, the King of Gods, would be a thorn in her side. However, she did not expect that in order to gain her husband's full love, she would threaten and bribe the powerful Athena with Metis' freedom.
But Athena really wanted to rescue her innocent and gentle mother, and she also knew that Zeus, who was afraid of being replaced by the son of Metis, would never agree to let her go.
Since extraordinary measures had to be taken, the wise Athena knew that Hera was indispensable.
As the queen of the gods, she shared the ruling power on Mount Olympus with the king of gods Zeus. Besides, no one believed that such a jealous Hera would betray her beloved husband. Therefore, relying on Hera's status and majesty, she could conceal the truth from other gods.
"I can promise you, my esteemed Queen, but with our strength, defeating the God King will still be a very difficult task."
Hera smiled faintly and lowered her voice, "You're right, but it's not just us, there's also Him."
Athena raised her sharp gaze and smiled faintly, seemingly unsurprised. "...Him?"
"Yes, Poseidon has promised to help me. This way, the three of us gods can suppress Zeus together and have the strength to fight."
Hera suddenly changed, how could Athena, the goddess of wisdom and war, not know what role Poseidon played in it? After all, Poseidon had coveted the throne of the king of gods for a long time, and it was hard to say that all this was not his doing.
But Athena also has her own ideas. Since Poseidon wants to use them, why can't she use them in return?
Poseidon's inexplicable visit before made Athena feel something was wrong. Although his reasons were very sufficient, Poseidon's expression was very strange when he heard that Medusa was about to die. Therefore, Athena chose to take back the Aegis that she had previously lent to Perseus.
Now it seems that this decision was not unwise. It might be an exaggeration to fight against Poseidon, the god of the sea, but if you want to fight against the power of thunder of Zeus, you will not be able to do it without this shield.
As long as he is there, even if Zeus's failure is inevitable, Poseidon, the god of the sea, may not necessarily become the fourth generation king of gods as he wishes.
Why can't he, the goddess, be the protagonist of the curse when he is also the child of Metis?
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Seeing that the greedy Poseidon finally left her body to investigate the cause of the strange movement on the seabed, Medusa finally breathed a sigh of relief and looked at his departing back with disgust.
In such physical and mental torture, Medusa felt really exhausted. She wanted to take this opportunity to fall into a deep sleep. She even wanted to give up under the almost insurmountable power and ruling authority and indulge in her current seemingly "favored" life.
But she couldn't, wouldn't allow herself to do that.
Medusa was unwilling to become the possession and outlet of Poseidon, the perpetrator. She had never belonged to anyone else. She was a living person, herself, and nothing more.
But how can a woman who is not strong enough break free from all constraints and become her true self?
Therefore, in order to make the powerful gods pay with her humble mortal body, Medusa must seize every opportunity and every possibility to absorb any power she can obtain, especially when the powerful sea god leaves the sea, which is Medusa's best opportunity to act.
Medusa was unsure when Poseidon would get retribution for harming her through his rebellion against Athena.
She even pessimistically thought that it might take a very long time, so Medusa had to make additional preparations.
So, when she finally cleaned her body with great difficulty and shame, changed into gauze clothes, she left the palace of the sea god.
Although Medusa obtained the power of hope from Pandora's Box that was not released in time, she most often used it to induce the greed and hope in other people's hearts and gradually magnify it in order to achieve her own goals.
But she could feel that this power was obviously more than that. When facing the power of the demigod Perseus, who had received the blessings and gifts of the gods, she also felt a sense of fullness in her body. She was eager to fight back, but had no way to vent it in Medusa's body.
Medusa felt that perhaps she had underestimated the power of hope, but she needed help in figuring out how to bring it out.
Therefore, her first reaction was to go to where the sea goddess Thalassa was. Medusa was very grateful to the goddess Thalassa. It was she who allowed her to obtain this power in the first place. She felt that she should be willing to help her again so that she could make full use of this power.
The trench where the goddess Thalassa is located is at the end of the deep sea plain. There are undercurrents here, which is very dangerous. In addition, the original sea god uses his power to drive away the creatures in the water, so almost no creatures in the water come here.
This greatly facilitated Medusa's search for Him again.
However, when Medusa was about to jump into the dark and deep trench, a force suddenly came from behind her, pulling her back heavily, and she touched the hard yet warm chest behind her.
Medusa's heart was lifted up for a moment. She thought that the god of the sea had returned so quickly, but she was very familiar with Poseidon's breath. Medusa soon realized that this was definitely not him.
She was struggling to turn around and check, but the man's arms tightened, his head resting on her shoulders. It was inexplicable and shameless. Soon, a hoarse and slightly immature voice sounded behind her ears, filled with deep pain and struggle, "Medusa, don't..."
A fluorescent fish tail floated in the water. Medusa raised her head and immediately recognized the other person's voice. She gritted her teeth in anger at his irrational behavior and said, "Are you crazy? Let me go!"
Triton regained some of his sanity. He looked at her with deep eyes and said bitterly, "But if I don't hold on to you tightly, you will fall into this dangerous trench..."
Medusa then remembered that Triton had repeatedly warned her not to come to this dangerous place, but she not only came just now, but also acted as if she was ready to die.
But no matter how he misunderstood her, Triton had always hindered Medusa's search for a way to strengthen the sea goddess Thalassa. Time was precious, so she was naturally irritated and dissatisfied. She simply followed his lead and taunted him, "But what good will it do if you save me?"
"I am still trapped in a completely unfamiliar place, becoming your father's lover, and being forced to express my love for him in exchange for his favor and even his life..."
Medusa's beauty mixed with fragility has always seemed gentle and non-aggressive to Triton, but at this moment, her face revealed anger and hidden hatred, showing her extreme disappointment in Triton.
But Triton seemed to have heard something else in Medusa's words. His eyes lit up, as if he had realized something, and his tone was filled with hope and relief. "So, when you said you were in love with my father, you were... lying?"
She didn't answer immediately, as if she had been punctured, and her lips trembled slightly with nervousness.
But in reality, Medusa was quite sober, and of course she just made Triton think she was lying.
After a long moment, Medusa seemed to calm down. Her eyes drifted, and she stretched out her slender fingers, gently stroking his strong chest. Then, with her burning palm, she covered the red tassel on his chest. Her tone became meaningful, "Triton, let's put all this aside. I asked you to ask your father for me and to rebel against him, but you did nothing."
"You know what? You really disappoint me..."
Triton immediately held Medusa's hand. Although she said so, he could hardly hide his excitement and happiness because of Medusa's change of subject. "So, you really are not in love with my father?!"
Medusa chuckled softly and forcefully pulled her fingers free. Then she reached out and grasped his upright shoulders, leaning close to his ear. "But I'm his lover, and I'll bear his children in the future. What's the point of loving him or not?"
The voice was mixed with sarcasm and charm, which made Triton unable to distinguish for a moment, nor did he want to distinguish. Every moment of being so close to Medusa seemed to the simple Triton to be treasonous and even immoral, but he just wanted to continue to sink into this with Medusa.
But such escape was ultimately meaningless. Triton simply rested his forehead against Medusa's, affectionately and sadly. When he noticed that she wanted to retreat in disgust, his large hand firmly pressed the back of Medusa's head. He raised his eyes and looked deeply at her, as if a large piece of his heart had been gouged out. "I'm sorry... I'm sorry, but He is too powerful..."
"I understand, so now can you let me go?"
Medusa's struggle further pressured Triton. He said in pain, "I have thought about it. I even thought about the sickle that Kronos used to castrate the first king of the sky, Uranus. But it is imprisoned in Tartarus, and no man or god can get it..."
Hearing this, Medusa's expression changed. She had naturally heard such rumors and even dreamed of making Poseidon suffer the same pain.
"Oh, a scythe?"
After obtaining the new information, her resistance was not so obvious. Instead, she pretended to be confused and tried to find out more from it.
Sensing Medusa's curiosity and doubts, how could Triton be unwilling to answer her?
As long as it is what Medusa wants and as long as he can do it, Triton is willing to do anything.
So he wanted to speak and tell her in detail the rumors about the sickle and Tartarus.
However, before she could explain clearly, the sea current suddenly became turbulent and rapid, and Medusa's body was almost swept away by the undercurrent. Fortunately, Triton held her in his arms in time.
As the son of Poseidon, Triton easily discovered that a very powerful whirlpool had accumulated in the distance. Although similar situations had occurred occasionally before, he could tell that this was deliberately stirred up and accumulated by his father, Poseidon, the god of the sea.
It was already late at night, and the already deep seabed had become even darker due to the loss of the sun's light. But at this moment, the seabed suddenly became strangely bright, with dazzling light and golden waves, even brighter than the seabed during the day.
“Boom—”
A rumbling muffled sound was heard. It was definitely extraordinary that they could hear such a loud sound at the bottom of the sea. But when the sound ended, the entire seabed returned to darkness again, as if the brightness just now was an illusion.
Is this... thunder?
A guess flashed through Medusa's mind, but she quickly shook her head. No matter how much she expected it, she still didn't think that this thing would happen so quickly. She just thought it might just be a coincidence.
As expected, the thunder only sounded once and never appeared again. In the past, when Zeus was in a bad mood, there would often be lightning and thunder in the sky, and this time should be no exception.
But strangely, after this loud thunder, the ocean currents on the seabed became even more turbulent than before. Cries of surprise and requests for help were heard from the surrounding marine creatures. There was chaos everywhere. A very bad premonition made her feel as if something really had happened.
She wanted to break free from Triton's shackles and go to the surface of the sea, but Triton immediately picked up Medusa and swam with her towards the underwater palace in the chaotic and rushing sea water. No matter how much she struggled, Triton never let go and told her not to move with a grim look.
The aquatic animals on the seabed were surprised to see the lover of Poseidon and his son hugging each other so intimately, but they could hardly protect themselves at this moment and were soon almost knocked unconscious by the unprecedented upheaval of the sea. They could only helplessly rise and fall with it.
With Poseidon and Amphitrite away, Triton became almost one of the most powerful gods in the sea. He carefully placed Medusa in his father's palace, where the water flow was much calmer due to the protection of the buildings.
Triton repeatedly told Medusa not to leave here, but looking at her unwilling eyes and tightly pursed lips, he suddenly felt an inexplicable palpitation.
...She looks at me like this, is she reluctant to let him leave?
A strong yearning and desire prompted Triton to do something, just like the last time he bit Medusa's white shoulder for some reason. At such a critical moment, he suddenly wanted to put everything behind him. In such self-persuasion, he couldn't help but lower his head and kissed Medusa's lips deeply.
It was a sigh from the bottom of his heart, because her lips were so soft that Triton immediately fell into them and couldn't extricate himself. Not only that, just a simple touch between each other made him taste the ultimate sweetness and addictive numbness and tingling, which spread like an electric shock and completely captured his body and mind.
Medusa did not seem to refuse. Although all her experiences came from being forced and suffering, she was still a more skilled hunter than Triton. She could easily penetrate his lips and tongue and gently stir and suck.
Triton quickly gave everything away easily because of this small gesture, trembling with excitement. He loathed himself for the outrageous and dark actions he had taken while his father was gone, yet he greedily wanted more, even wishing for this moment to last longer and longer...
It was not until his eyes accidentally met Medusa's indifferent eyes that Triton suddenly woke up as if he was suddenly poured with a basin of cold water.
He immediately pushed away Medusa, who was looking at him quietly, with half of his body hidden in the darkness. Thinking of his sudden and crazy behavior just now, he pursed his lips in suppression and pain, and was about to say something but stopped.
But in the end, Triton couldn't say anything, so he quickly left and swam towards the surface of the sea.
Medusa raised her hand to wipe away the touch left on her lips, and looked at his back as he fled in panic, feeling only annoyance.
She had long since stopped caring about such meaningless things, and didn't want to waste her time on Triton's fragile heart.
Call her self-destructive or call her shameless, for Medusa, as long as she can make these gods pay the price, she is willing to die, let alone just a kiss?
Therefore, she would not listen to Triton's words, so she relied on the power of hope and followed him quickly and secretly.
*
The body of the king of gods Zeus is tightly imprisoned by his jealous wife Hera. His favorite daughter Athena resists the powerful force from Zeus, while his ambitious brother Poseidon controls the sea and the sky.
The whole world was in turmoil at this time, and a storm was about to come. All the people or gods who noticed that something was wrong looked up at the sky in confusion, not understanding what was happening at this time.
Zeus had been in love with Thetis, the daughter of Nereus, the god of the sea. When something was about to happen between them, the messenger Hermes suddenly found him and regretfully informed Zeus of Danae's death. He couldn't help but sigh for a moment, but was very happy because of Perseus' awakening and strength.
However, when he heard that it was his wife Hera who did all this, Zeus, who almost cheated on him, couldn't help feeling guilty, so he wanted to comfort him a little, so that Hera wouldn't continue to hurt Perseus, whom he valued.
But Zeus never expected that things would turn out like this!
The two forces were confronting each other anxiously, and Zeus was actually at a disadvantage. If no one noticed, he felt that he might really fall here!
But at this moment, a ray of early morning sunlight shone on the earth, driving away the darkness. The god of light, Apollo, drove the sun chariot into the sky. At this moment, his gaze met that of the bound Zeus and the rebellious people.
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It was actually still raining at this time. Medusa finally swam to the surface of the sea. Her body was violently ups and downs in the raging waves. She wiped the water off her face with difficulty. Her hair hung down on her face but she had no time to care. She just widened her eyes in surprise in her embarrassment and looked at the scene in disbelief.
The sea water is connected to the sky. To be more precise, streams of water and clouds are entangled and swept against each other, but it seems more like they are in confrontation and struggle.
After seeing this scene, what else did Medusa not understand?
But she really didn't expect that all this would happen so quickly, and she couldn't help laughing out loud in such a crazy and intense rainy night.
Originally, Medusa was worried that Poseidon was only rebelling against Zeus on his own and would not be able to punish Athena, whom she also hated. But now she thinks that since he has been entangled with the king of gods Zeus for such a long time, Athena must have been involved.
Thinking of this, Medusa's joy was mixed with the complexity of impending liberation, and a tear could not help but flow slowly along with the sea water and rain.
But Medusa's face was filled with determination and excitement. A faint ray of morning sun slowly rose, hiding from the dark clouds and heavy rain, and shone on her face.
Medusa raised the corners of her lips under such light, appreciating and even enjoying such a storm. Compared with the joy of revenge, the so-called complexity and pain were not worth mentioning.
At the same time, perhaps because of the complete change in her mentality, or perhaps because her heart became more determined, she felt the power of hope in her body surging more and more, as if under the sunlight, it suddenly "popped" and broke out of the ground.
At this moment, Medusa sincerely wished that the king of gods Zeus would be safe and sound in this evil and shameless rebellion, and then used the most severe divine punishment to make the god of the sea Poseidon and the goddess Athena deeply bend their proud backs and lose the source of their arrogance - the powerful power of the gods.
Then, when they are at their lowest point, Medusa will present them with her gift, making them pay the price for hurting themselves!
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