Chapter 188: No time to explain, hurry up and get on board! (8.5k completed per day, please vote)
That’s so true!
Hearing the loud and clear response, the golden figure in the air immediately felt as if they had met too late and turned around to look in the direction of the voice.
At the same time, Loen, who was acting righteous and going to help, was also secretly looking at the golden sucker in front of him.
To be fair, this is a very dazzling goddess.
——Her facial features are full of three-dimensionality and she looks heroic. Her long golden hair is casually draped behind her head, dense like a waterfall. The blue and white dress sets off her proud figure, and the deep white scar on her chest is even more tempting. But the starlight floating around her brings a sense of mystery and majesty, which makes people feel a little awe.
Then, Loen's eyes swept across the golden-haired goddess's left hand, the scales made of gold and gems, representing "justice", and the sword in her right hand with the blade pointing downward, representing "judgment", and he asked tentatively.
"Are you the goddess of justice?"
“That’s right!”
The blonde goddess of justice nodded proudly, an aura of righteousness bursting out of her body.
It’s indeed her!
Upon hearing this, Luo En felt relieved immediately and began to speak passionately, doing what he did best, fanning the flames.
"In this atrocity, justice may be late, but it is not absent! Finally, it has come to you. Please make a decision for these innocent victims at sea!"
While a certain shameless person was speaking up for the ocean god system, he also used his own ocean divinity and his fellow ocean goddess Thetis to dress himself up as one of the victims, standing on the moral high ground and making loud accusations.
"In order to increase their power of strife and revenge, they are so unscrupulous that they are outrageous!"
Then, Loen turned into the accuser, and after shifting the blame, he pointed angrily at the rapidly approaching scarlet storm on the opposite side and announced righteously.
"Evil must stop, disputes must cease, the scales of fairness and impartiality will be placed on the hearts of all living beings, and the olive branch of peace will be extended to the sky. In order to give Oceanus a blue and pure world, although I am not strong enough, I am willing to fight alongside you!"
"good!"
Hearing the passionate and impassioned speech, the blonde goddess of justice couldn't help but feel overwhelmed. She held the sword of judgment in her hand, turned the scales of justice, and chanted solemnly.
"The lightness of good deeds leads to the heaviness of crimes; the lightness of punishment leads to the heaviness of evil deeds. Evildoers, this is the moment of judgment. See how I punish you for your atrocities!"
Amid the singing, bright stars appeared in the sky, shedding the ancient light of justice. They transformed into golden swords that pierced into the scarlet blood mist ahead, burning, melting and stirring it, forcefully suppressing the divinity of revenge and strife within.
Suddenly, the blood became thin. The three exposed goddesses of vengeance picked up their viper whips, and Eris summoned two scarlet swords. They all looked at the obstacle in their way with unfriendly faces, gritted their teeth and opened their mouths, wanting to speak.
However, the sinister Loen did not give the other party any chance to argue and immediately gave a loud "reminder".
"Don't let the other side use the Word of God! Attack together!"
In an instant, the blonde goddess of justice understood what she meant. She immediately picked up the Sword of Judgment in her other hand, turned into a golden meteor, and rushed towards the four villains in front.
Loen summoned the [Gun of Nation Building] and followed closely behind.
Of course, as per his habit, he deliberately slowed down a few steps, gave up the main C position, and kept the goddess of justice firmly in front of him.
As for himself, he would definitely choose the best viewing angle and seriously appreciate the heroic figure of this goddess of justice as she killed everyone and practiced justice.
However, a quarter of an hour later.
“Bang! Bang!”
Two figures flew out backwards covered in dust and dirt, crashing into the sea below, causing huge waves dozens of feet high.
Looking at the three goddesses of vengeance flying towards him with viper whips in their hands and flapping wings, and Eris with her blood boiling and a hideous smile on her face, Lorne, who was a little overwhelmed, quickly grabbed the shoulders of a goddess of justice, shaking her wildly and complaining crazily.
"Lady Themis, you are the goddess of justice, the nemesis of evil! One of the twelve Titans! There is no reason why you can't defeat them! Stand up!"
"I, I am the goddess of justice, yes, but, but my name is not Themis..."
The blonde goddess, who was shaken until she saw stars, answered in a daze.
Suddenly, Luo En had a bad premonition in his heart, his face froze, and he asked in a trembling voice.
"So your name is..."
The blonde goddess of justice looked at the three goddesses of vengeance who were surrounding her and the goddess of discord Eris who was watching her from above. She couldn't help but swallow her saliva and tried to maintain her righteous posture.
"Astraya!"
Good guy, this time he didn’t meet Li Kui, but met Li Gui instead.
send……
Looking at the three goddesses of vengeance and Eris surrounding him from all sides, Loen regretted it so much that his intestines almost turned green, secretly annoyed by his impulsive behavior.
In fact, there were two goddesses of justice in the Greek Age of Gods.
Themis mentioned by Loen is one of the twelve Titans. She is in charge of the natural laws, primitive laws, gatherings, etc. of the earth. She is the creator and guardian of order.
Legend has it that Themis played a crucial role in the establishment of Olympus' rule.
But because Zeus was afraid of the curse of the Titans, he ate his first wife, Metis, the original goddess of wisdom. Themis was very disgusted by this, so she created the laws of marriage, invented the concept of family, and defined the obligations between men and women to restrain Zeus. She left Olympus and disappeared.
Hera, the Queen of Heaven, who benefited from this and became a staunch defender of monogamy, honored the goddess of justice as "Lady Themis" to distinguish her from other goddesses.
Therefore, whether it is from the restrictions on the behavior of the king of gods Zeus or the respect of the queen of heaven Hera, it indirectly confirms the power of Themis.
If the person appearing in front of Loen at this moment was really the original goddess of justice Themis, he would indeed have a chance of winning without any effort.
Unfortunately, he met the second one.
Astraea, the daughter of Astraeus, the god of stars, and Eos, the goddess of the dawn, is a new generation of Titan who is of the same generation as Ares and others. She is the goddess of justice, stars, and purity, and is also the prototype of Virgo.
There are not many records about her, and the most important attention and description of her probably appeared in the golden age at the beginning of human beings.
In the beginning, the earth had a warm climate and abundant products. People did not need houses or clothes, and even if they did not farm, they could still harvest. The earth was a peaceful paradise, and people did not quarrel. However, later, there were four seasons of cold and hot, monsters invaded, and gods intervened. People had to build houses, offer sacrifices, weave clothes, and cultivate fields. The phenomenon of the strong bullying the weak gradually emerged.
Then, Astraea, the goddess of justice and fairness, descended from the stars.
She believed in humanity, enthusiastically taught the way of justice on earth, and ushered in the "Silver Age", which brought a period of prosperity.
Of course, there was no complete law at that time. Her so-called way of justice was probably to rely on her own strength to promote good and eliminate evil and practice justice.
However, after experiencing several extinctions and heavy losses by the gods, humans evolved into the "Bronze Age" and began to lie, use violence, and engage in bloody fights between relatives, fathers and sons, and brothers. The efforts of Astraea alone were not enough to control the spread of sin.
So, she had no choice but to wrap her pure body in white gauze, leave the world and return to the stars and the sea.
Her departure symbolizes that the simple sense of justice in people's hearts cannot solve all the problems facing mankind, and therefore there is no absolute purity and justice in the world anymore.
Based on the above description, we can roughly guess the difference between the two goddesses of justice.
——Themis’s divine authority is born from the laws of the earth and the original laws [natural laws];
——The divine right of Astraea is the "justice of the human heart" born from the basic logic of human society and the simple sense of right and wrong;
The difference in strength between the two divine powers is not even a little bit.
This is why Themis can check and balance Zeus, and even if Astraea partners with him, she will still be defeated by the combination of Erischa and the Three Furies.
Moreover, based on a series of observations, Loen also roughly understood Astraea's character.
This is not a judge who loves to use his brain and possesses amazing wisdom, but a righteous man who, when he sees injustice, dares to draw his sword and help others with passion.
Looking at the four evil women with whips and swords approaching him with ill intentions, Loen expressed deep resentment towards Astraea beside him, and felt like crying but had no tears.
—Sister, you can’t beat the four of them, why are you yelling so loudly?
——The pockmarks on your face are not pockmarks, they are pits!
——If I had known this would be the outcome, why would I have turned back? I might as well have just run away.
Wait, run away?
Where is Thetis?
Loen looked towards his original location and discovered that the sea goddess had disappeared. His face suddenly turned dark.
Didn’t we agree to stick together?
You saw something was wrong, but you didn't even warn me and just slipped away.
No loyalty!
Just as Loen was denouncing Thetis in his heart, the water below shook and a familiar roar came from it.
“Get in the car!”
At the same time, two divine war horses with bright fur leaped out from the magic circle reflected on the sea. The disappeared sea goddess Thetis was pulling the reins, trying to control the bronze chariot.
So loyal!
Loen, who had been complaining just now, suddenly smiled. He grabbed Astraea, who was still in a daze, jumped onto his beloved bronze chariot, grabbed the reins, and extended the power of [Goat] and [Giant Whale] forward.
"Xantos, Balios! Quick!"
Suddenly, under the blessing of power, the two immortal horses' muscles swelled and their blood vessels dilated. They immediately raised their hooves and neighed, plunged into the water, pulled up the bronze chariot, and with the help of the ocean's blessing and the goat's extreme speed, escaped far away from the battlefield by water.
"Don't even think about running!"
Seeing that the duck that had been trapped with great difficulty was almost cooked, and yet it could actually grow wings and fly away, the three goddesses of vengeance and Eris could not help but become furious, and they all mobilized their divine power to focus their fire on the bronze chariot.
For a moment, the sharp sword condensed from blood and the poisonous snakes bred in the fire shot forward like a meteor shower.
"Just drive, and I'll take care of the rest!"
At this moment, Astraea, who was a beat slow to come back to her senses, immediately stood up, raised the Sword of Judgment in her hand high into the sky, and at the same time turned the shrunk golden scales that fell on both sides of the sword.
"The evil has come, and the court is here! Justice will not be absent, and now is the moment of judgment. Listen to the voice of the stars!"
In an instant, a beam of bright starlight shot out from the Sword of Judgment, soaring into the sky and lighting up the stars in the sky.
Then, meteorites formed by concepts, with long flame tails, fell from the sky, crushing the blood swords and poisonous snakes in the path one after another, blocking the pursuers behind.
The original meaning of Astraea is "Daughter of the Stars", so in addition to the authority of justice, she also has the divinity to manipulate the power of the stars.
Realizing that the danger behind him had been successfully resolved, Loen couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, I still had some moral integrity and did not choose to sell Astraea out and run away first.
The second-generation goddess of justice also took the initiative to identify him as a teammate and consciously blocked the attack from behind for him.
Otherwise, he would have to consider jumping out of the car with Thetis in his arms.
“Hmm…”
Just as Loen was secretly rejoicing, Thetis next to him groaned in pain and fell to the ground.
Without giving it any time to think, Loen immediately put his arm around Thetis' waist and asked with concern.
"What's wrong?"
However, the sea goddess had fainted from the pain and was unable to answer.
At the same time, Thetis's skin was as hot as a red-hot iron, and the sticky feeling on his palm startled Loen, who subconsciously pulled off the shoulder straps of the sea goddess.
——A hideous bloody mouth suddenly appeared on the originally smooth back, and a piece of tender flesh was forcibly cut off.
Hiss~ This is the location of the revenge mark!
When Loen saw the situation, he felt a sudden pain in his heart, and instantly understood how Thetis had previously isolated herself from the pursuit of the Three Goddesses of Vengeance and unexpectedly appeared on the battlefield.
But this method is obviously only a temporary solution and not a fundamental solution.
As the granulation tissue on Thetis' back began to wriggle and grow, the mark of revenge also completed its regeneration.
Moreover, its area was much larger, and the three intertwined venomous snakes were lifelike, as if they were alive, and seemed to be tearing at the flesh of the host, gnawing at her divinity.
And the ball of fire of revenge in the center was beating violently, as if burning the host's soul.
At this moment, Astraea, who had just worked hard to block a new round of attacks, noticed the movement behind her. She couldn't help but look at the unconscious Thetis and the lines on her back, with a hint of surprise in her eyes.
"Mark of Revenge? Why is it this thing? And it looks like it has been going on for quite some time, and it is already on the verge of an attack."
Legend has it that sinners branded by the three goddesses of vengeance would suffer the pain of being bitten by poisonous snakes and burned by fire day and night, and would gradually become confused and mentally collapsed in this torture.
The one on Thetis has been through continuous torture and it looks like it's about to break out.
After hearing this professional judgement, the helpless Loen's eyes brightened up, as if he had grasped a life-saving straw.
"Do you have a solution to this thing?"
In theory, the punishment of revenge requires the completion of the trial of justice.
maybe……
However, Astraea shook her head regretfully, shattering Loen's fantasy.
"It's been too long. I can't do it."
But before Loen could get discouraged, the goddess of justice changed the subject, looked up at the vast sea somewhere, and added leisurely.
"But my teacher should be able to do it."
"teacher?"
"Oh, it's the previous goddess of justice, Themis."
"Why didn't you say so earlier!"
Listening to Astraea's casual answer, Lorne suddenly felt that things had taken a turn for the better and he couldn't help but be thankful again for his wisdom in not selling out Astraea.
"She doesn't like to see outsiders..."
Astraea replied helplessly, then glanced at Thetis who looked in pain, gritted her teeth, and spoke solemnly.
"Never mind, saving people is the most important thing. I'll take you to see her now!"
A goddess with a simple sense of justice made up her mind, clenched her fists and swore secretly.
No matter what, we must not let those who are righteous and fight against injustice and atrocities shed blood and tears!
(End of this chapter)
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