Chapter 241 Athena, I want to die with you! (7.5k completed per day, please vote)
However, as soon as Stheno opened her mouth, a pile of dishes was pushed in front of her.
"Come on, come on, feel free to eat more."
Seeing the colorful pile of dishes in front of him, Stheno couldn't help but shudder.
Seeing that the Gorgon was resisting, Loen slammed the table and stood up angrily.
"Eat, why don't you eat? Do you dislike the food that Lady Athena cooks?"
Hearing the obvious attempt to divert blame and sow discord, Athena looked at the accusation master with a half-smile.
"If she doesn't eat it, can't you just eat it?"
"Ah, yes, yes!"
Seeing that his own god came to his rescue, Stheno was overjoyed and quickly opened his mouth to agree.
But it happened in a flash. The moment Stheno opened her mouth, Lorne grabbed the Gorgon's chin with one hand, removed her mandible, picked up the plate on the table with the other hand, and stuffed the full plate of food directly into her mouth at lightning speed.
Woo!
In an instant, Stheno, who was suddenly attacked, had bulging eyes, a distorted face, and danced excitedly, but he could not speak and could only make ambiguous sounds.
"You're so excited. It seems that Lady Athena's food is to your liking. Don't worry, no one will compete with you. You'll have enough to eat today."
As Loen spoke, he quickly stuffed the dishes on the table into Stheno's mouth.
As we all know, pythons can eat prey that are several times larger than their own bodies. On the one hand, they have a special digestive system and can eat a full meal, and then go without food or water for ten days or half a month. On the other hand, the snake's mouth can open to 130 degrees, or even 180 degrees, so they can easily swallow large prey.
At this moment, Loen pulled Steno's mouth as if he had grabbed a snakeskin bag with huge capacity, and frantically stuffed all kinds of dishes on the table into it.
In theory, as long as someone finishes eating the food, he won't have to suffer.
The answer to this kind of multiple-choice question is obvious without having to think about it: I would rather die than let my friend die.
As Loen was thinking, he increased the speed of feeding Stheno, trying to finish all the "delicacies" on the table before the Gorgon passed out.
However, the dishes prepared by the goddess of wisdom were extraordinary. Stheno only held on for a moment before his eyes rolled back and he fainted. His whole body became stiff, just like his own sister Euryale.
Loen glanced at the table, which still had one-third of the dishes on it. He put down the Stheno in his hand with regret, and was secretly surprised.
If I remember correctly, both Euryale and Sthenoko are immortal, and because they are Gorgons, they also have high poison resistance...
A demigod and three immortal gods were collectively defeated.
This shows how outrageous the things Athena made are.
Fortunately, through Chiron and Circe's poison testing, and the consumption of Stheno and Euryale, the most dangerous and troublesome dishes on the table have been almost cleared away.
The remaining ones in front of me are either barely edible or have not been touched by anyone.
At this moment, the calm goddess of wisdom smiled and spoke, revealing her true colors.
"They've all eaten, isn't it your turn? After all, this is a welcome dinner for you."
I've prepared for so long just to teach this guy a lesson. Now that things have come to this, I can't let him go no matter what.
"That's true, but since it's a family dinner, I can't enjoy it alone. Of course we should eat together."
Loen nodded sincerely, then took the lead and served Athena a portion, passing it to her with ill intentions.
"It's impossible that you cooked the meal yourself and you just watch, right?"
Looking at the high pile of dishes on her plate, Athena's eyelids couldn't help but twitch.
If we want to eat together, it's obvious that we are going to die together.
Noticing the subtle change in the goddess of wisdom's expression, Loen smiled playfully.
"Why, you don't even dare to eat the food you cooked?"
Then, Loen changed the subject and took the initiative to speak, paving the way for reconciliation between the two parties.
"Well, since we've already eaten a lot of food and everyone is having a great time, why don't we just call it a day?"
However, hearing the hint of joy at escaping punishment and the sarcasm hidden in the words, the goddess of wisdom on the opposite side turned cold, raised her head abruptly, and revealed a creepy smile.
"Okay, let's eat together. I'll accompany you."
Hearing this, the smile on Loen's face froze instantly, and he looked at Athena in surprise, who had a gentle smile on her face.
You're willing to kill 1,000 enemies and lose 800 of your own? Aren't you the goddess of wisdom? You're willing to step into such an obvious trap?!
However, before Loen could think about it, Athena had already picked up a piece of cooked beef and put it into her mouth to chew, and at the same time gave Loen a piece of the same size.
"Eat, you're welcome!"
Hearing the words squeezed out from between his teeth, Loen's scalp tingled and he could only smile stiffly, pick up his knife and fork, and join the dinner.
For a moment, the whole place was silent. The two people at the table puffed up their cheeks and chewed repeatedly the cooked beef that had been added with who knows how much adhesive.
However, as if she was worried about ruining the shape of the dish, Athena also used other solidification methods. The two were so tired that their gums ached and they didn't tear the two slices of beef in their mouths into pieces.
The atmosphere became increasingly subtle, and the two stared at each other like a pair of hamsters staring blankly.
"Gurgle~"
Then, helplessly, they could only tilt their heads back and swallow the beef whole, their eyes wandering elsewhere.
"How about we change the dish?"
"good!"
After reaching a tacit consensus, Loen, knowing that he could not avoid it, simply resigned himself to his fate, picked up the cutlery, and began to "enjoy" this torturous welcoming banquet.
But after taking a few bites, he stopped and pointed to a plate of stir-fried vegetable hearts that were beautifully presented but almost impossible to tear apart.
"Hardener?"
"No, it's shaping magic."
"How come this fish is still alive after being cooked for so long? Aren't you going to deal with it?"
"Don't you eat fish for its freshness? In order to let it survive the high temperature in the hot water, I specially fed it a magic potion that preserves and preserves it."
"Why does this dish taste weird?"
"There's not enough salt. I used alchemy to restore some..."
Athena glanced at the dishes on the table and calmly introduced her masterpieces.
Well, it’s very good, looks good, smells good, and the presentation is exquisite.
There doesn't seem to be any other problem except that it seems inedible.
Of course, this problem was also overcome by the two gods at this time.
Athena and Lorne stared at each other, trying each dish one by one with their forkfuls.
After a moment, Loen looked surprised and looked at the opposite side in astonishment.
"You seem to be glowing..."
Athena lowered her eyes and looked at her abdomen which was glowing red and blue. She calmly activated her magic power to protect her stomach and intestines.
"It's just an elemental reaction. What's the big deal?"
Element transformation and element reaction are common phenomena in alchemy, thus achieving the effect of turning decay into something magical.
In order to save herself after a certain goddess of wisdom had a frying pan, she used alchemy on the burnt food, restoring and recreating it into a perfect appearance with complete color, aroma and taste.
"Besides, you seem to be glowing, too."
Hearing Youyou's groan, Loen lowered his head stiffly.
"boom!"
After a moment, a muffled sound like thunder exploded in the living room, forming an air wave visible to the naked eye.
The victim was holding onto the table with trembling hands, wisps of green smoke coming out of his seven orifices, his brain was almost shaken apart, and one could even hear the faint sound of waves.
Okay, okay, you use the dish with added ingredients to give me elemental reactions, is that how you play?
Lorne got angry and started eating faster, unceremoniously giving Athena the same weight of food.
In order to inflict the greatest damage to the opponent and end the battle early, he even used the restoration technique in the process of picking up the food, changing the magical properties contained in the food and reorganizing the elemental reactions.
Likewise, Athena was not to be outdone and played around with the alchemical formulas in all sorts of different ways, causing all sorts of ingredients to go crazy in Lorne's stomach.
After suffering a few losses from each other, the two glared at each other, picked up food for each other more "friendly and enthusiastically", and began to torture each other madly.
But gradually, sweat broke out on the two men's foreheads, their stomachs churned, and the powers and techniques of [Healing], [Resistance], and [Protection] in their bodies continued to operate, and their expressions became increasingly ferocious.
"You're sweating so much, it must be very hard, right?"
"You too, don't you?"
"How about we take a break first? And eat later?"
"Are you scared?" Athena sneered disdainfully, stuffed a vegetable into her mouth as if it were someone, chewed it, and then swallowed it with mead.
"Are you kidding? Would I be afraid?" Seeing that the other party had no intention of making peace, Loen simply responded tit for tat, took a sip of honey wine, and launched a counterattack again.
Finally, after the two tortured each other, this inhumane dinner came to an end.
Athena and Lorne gasped and wiped the cold sweat from their foreheads with relief, finally stopping this self-abuse.
After eating and drinking, the stomach and intestines are bloated and buzzing, the magic power in the body is running, and the accumulated and surging heat makes people feel lazy.
Lorne and Athena glanced at the pot of chicken soup stewing in the kitchen, and tacitly gave up on continuing to work on it. They drank mead and chatted about other topics, silently waiting for the food in their stomachs to be digested.
But for some reason, the more he drank, the hotter his body felt and the drier his mouth felt, as if a fire was flowing through his blood vessels and countless ants were crawling and gnawing at his body.
Loen raised the wine jar and looked at it for a moment, frowning slightly.
“This wine…”
"My aunt gave it to me. She said she took it out of the cellar just for your banquet."
"A treat for me?"
“…”
Since there is no good banquet, how can the wine be good?
And the feeling of the drug's effect seems a little familiar.
It seems that...
Athena and Lorne looked at each other, their faces changed drastically, and the atmosphere between them seemed to become hot and weird.
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Meanwhile, at the foot of the mountain.
Circe, who should have fainted, was holding onto a small tree and vomiting violently. She dry-heaved for a long time before she spit out the food crumbs stuck in her throat.
"Next time, don't let Athena into the kitchen no matter what!"
"Uh-huh!"
Hestia on the side nodded repeatedly, agreeing with it.
My niece is so terrible. Other people's cooking just wastes money and ingredients, but hers wastes her life.
While secretly complaining, Hestia took off the wine flask from her waist and handed it to her friend.
"Come, drink some and rinse your mouth."
Circe was about to raise her hand to take a sip when she seemed to have thought of something. She suddenly put down the wine jug and asked cautiously.
"You didn't add any ingredients to this pot, did you?"
"No, just two jars, both on the table."
"That's good. That's good."
After hearing her friend's assurance, Circe breathed a sigh of relief and rinsed her mouth with mead.
Then, she couldn't suppress her curiosity and quietly moved closer to ask.
"By the way, what did you put in the wine?"
"Nothing much, just a little of my fire power and some special herbs. Drinking too much can easily cause blood vessels to swell, dryness and thirst, and itchy skin."
Hestia waved her hand and answered nonchalantly.
Circe couldn't help feeling a little disappointed when she heard this.
"That's it?"
"What else?"
Hestia scratched her head and rolled her eyes at her best friend.
"That's my servant. The others eating at the table are either acquaintances or relatives. I can't really poison him, can I?"
If you don't want to poison him, you can do something else, such as cursing him into a pig!
Just as Circe was about to share her wonderful ideas with her friends, two streams of light streaked across the sky and rapidly fell towards the Valley of the God of War.
“Crash!”
The clear sound of water splashing came from a distance, and Hestia and Circe looked at each other, bewildered.
"They seem to..."
"…Jumped into the lake?"
(End of this chapter)
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