In the distant past, the earth was crowded with animals, but there were no humans.
At this time, the god Prometheus set foot on the earth. He was the son of the goddess of justice and the Titan. This wise and upright god traveled around the earth and saw that the earth was depressed, so he came up with an idea.
The great god first asked for help from his grandmother Gaia, who molded water and earth into a god-like form. Then he asked his friend Athena, the goddess of wisdom, for help. Athena was very willing to help him, so she breathed the god's breath into him.
Blow into the heart of the clay man, and the clay man will have a soul.
The clay figures started running, and then humans came into existence.
This was the first era of mankind, but with the war between monsters and gods, the era of mankind fell into destruction.
The earth was torn apart, the land was submerged, the flames burned the forest vegetation, the sky was infected and turned black, and mankind was facing annihilation.
But there was still a couple surviving on a high mountain, named Deucalion and Pyrrha. The couple was trapped by the flood for a long time, and it was not until the flood receded that they realized that the world had been destroyed.
In desperation, the couple prayed to God, who asked them to throw the dirt behind them, and the dirt became a new human being.
In this way, mankind survived the disaster of destruction.
…
"So, humans have multiplied again on the earth."
Under the underworld, the majestic and cold goddess looked pale and asked the maids around her.
This snake god serves the Lord of Destruction, but also belongs to the underworld. During this time, she is working on rebuilding the kingdom of the snake people.
Those snake servants were born in this dark and terrifying world of death.
But on the other hand, the goddess also listens to the news from the earth, especially the news about humans, and refuses to let it go. Because the big snake once accidentally said that the protagonist of this world is both a god and a human, so she went on board
Heart.
There are still thousands of years before my father's escape, but we must make good preparations before then.
"Yes."
The maid said respectfully.
The goddess thought for a moment, then asked the maid to step back, and then closed her eyes.
She is what the Nordic people call Norn, the maid of fate, who is born with the ability to see destiny. After many years, her talent has become more and more outstanding, and she has seen more and more. In this world, there are few things that can
Hide it from her.
Right now, she was about to see who existed that might threaten her father. She had to help her father find out those "troublesome little bugs" that her father called them.
Close your eyes, but there is infinite brilliance in front of you.
The body remains on the bone throne, but the soul has escaped into the cracks of the world.
Many scenes appeared in front of this Norn, but she had a cold expression on her face, ignored them, and walked straight away in a further direction.
Further and further away, further and further away, finally, she felt that she had vaguely seen it.
But at this moment, a majestic scolding sounded: "Who?!!"
Unfortunately, a certain goddess of fate noticed what she was doing.
This is where the gods control the world. Anything that the gods don't want to be understood by humans cannot be understood by mortals. And Mona is not on good terms with the goddess of fate. Although she can get a glimpse of fate, she can't see so far.
.
The goddess who secretly peeked at the fate did not want to argue with the goddess of fate. She only had time to jot down some fragments, and everything in front of her suddenly shattered.
Above the sky, the future goddess who opened her eyes snorted coldly and said slightly angrily.
"That snake bastard."
But this goddess was also afraid of the power of the father of monsters. She tried to stop the goddess from prying into the fate at will, but she did not pursue anything further.
Under the underworld, Mona opened her eyes and began to think deeply.
In the few afterimages she vaguely remembered, she vaguely saw a figure. It was a man with a thick and powerful neck and a majestic and terrifying gaze.
With a god-like appearance and a strong and muscular body, Mona could vaguely see the man fighting many powerful monsters. After experiencing many battles, the monsters he fought with changed again and again, but the figure of the man never changed.
Changed.
As for that man's name...
"Alcides."
I never recited it, just thought about it silently in my heart.
After being stopped, Mona was unable to see the era in which the man was born, nor even knew whether he was a human or a god. But Mona faintly realized that if anyone in this world could stop her father, then it would be only him.
This person.
This unborn person/god will be the biggest obstacle to the Father of Snakes devouring the world.
Without any more basis, Mona just judged this way.
I want to stop him.
This is what the goddess is thinking in her heart.
…
Time flies, humans on earth multiply again, and civilization is re-established in this destroyed world.
In this world surrounded by the sea, civilizations gradually emerged on several of the largest continents, and they established city-states one after another around the world.
The gods are very happy with these interesting mortals. Sometimes the noble gods will come to the world to drink, have fun, dance and sing with these interesting mortals, and even give birth to offspring.
And those descendants of gods who possess divine blood are more powerful than ordinary people and have become natural monarchs, conquering all directions and establishing powerful kingdoms one after another.
The descendants of these gods also feared the gods, and respectfully offered sacrificial meat, temple virgins, pottery, music, and all the best things in the world to the gods.
During this period, humans and gods were never separated. It was natural for gods to come from the clouds to the earth, and for humans to go from the earth to the sacred mountains.
Until...something happens.
Tantalus, he was a mortal, but he was also the son of Zeus.
Zeus was so kind to him that he was treated like a god, allowed to go to and from the sacred mountains, walk with the gods, drink the gods' jade food and wine, and let him rule the most powerful country on earth.
Because of Zeus' special favor, Tantalus is also respected by the gods. If the proud gods have ever respected a mortal, it is probably only Tantalus.
But because of this, he seemed to be too indulgent. The increasingly scornful king no longer respected the gods, and even dared to tease the gods. He invited the gods to his home, killed his son, cooked it into meat, and disguised it as beef.
Come to entertain the gods and test whether they really know everything.
All the gods realized the truth and looked at each other in astonishment. No one ate. Only Demeter, the goddess of justice, lost her mind because her daughter was taken away by Hades and became his wife. She ate a shoulder blade in her anxiety.
The gods were horrified and put the meat on the plate into a box. The future goddess Clotho took out a living child from the box. That was not the son of Tantalus, Populus. It was just this poor boy.
The shoulder blade eaten by the goddess had to be replaced with ivory.
And when the purpose of mortals provoking and testing gods was exposed, the father of humans and gods became angry.
"Tantaros, my child on earth, have I treated you badly?"
At that terrifying banquet, the father of humans and gods looked indifferently at his son on the ground and asked calmly.
Tantalus felt fear for the first time. In front of this god-king who dominated the gods and humans, the most powerful king on earth was silent and trembling.
Without any more words, the disappointed God King just waved his hand. With the sudden dark wind, the warriors of the underworld suddenly emerged from the ground, one on the left and the other on the right, taking the soul of this once powerful king.
Dragged into the underworld and into the underworld, and even deeper.
On the side, the snake goddess Mona, who was also invited to the banquet, watched all this with cold eyes, watching the king's soul struggling in horror, screaming, but still being dragged deep underground.
This banquet obviously made Zeus extremely angry and dissatisfied. He snorted and left, and the gods also dispersed.
But what happened to Tantalus was just the beginning. Not long after, something happened to Tantalus's daughter again.
Niobe, daughter of Tantalus.
This woman of noble birth and prominent family married the king of Thebes and became the queen of Thebes. She was beautiful and noble, more like a goddess than a mortal.
Her father Tantalus was a guest of the gods, and her husband was the ruler of a powerful kingdom. What made her even more proud were her seven sons and seven daughters, all of whom were handsome and brave warriors, and her daughters.
All are beautiful and touching princesses.
Power, wealth, fame, family, beauty...she has everything a woman wants to have. It can be said that there is no happier mother than her in the world.
However, like her father, she also suffered from arrogance and arrogance.
One day, her husband Amphion got a great artifact from the Muses. It was a beautiful harp. As long as the strings were plucked, the stones could automatically form a wide city wall.
Her husband was very happy and held a celebration in Thebes.
The noble queen also wandered around the city on a whim, but saw several women praying at the altar during the celebration.
This was nothing at first, but because of her father's death, the queen was quite dissatisfied with the gods recently, so she looked at the altar a few more times. Then she couldn't help laughing, and even stepped out of the carriage,
He mocked the group of women.
"Poor fools, it would be fine if you prayed to Zeus and Hera for happiness and health. If you prayed to Poseidon, Ares and Athena for your children to be strong and intelligent, that would be fine. But you have to pray to yourself.
Praying to the goddess who cannot be saved?”
The queen, who was dressed in luxurious clothes, raised her head proudly and looked at the statue of the goddess on the altar with disdain.
"This poor woman is just the most unknown daughter of the Titans. She gave birth to two children for Zeus, but she didn't even have a roof over her head. She was forced to hide here and there all day long, and had no choice but to live on a small island looming in the water.
We can barely live there.”
The person on the altar is clearly the Titan goddess Leto.
And the queen's words were full of contempt for this goddess.
This goddess is not particularly famous among the gods, but she gave birth to two famous gods, Apollo and Artemis, to Zeus.
But because of this, when she was pregnant, the angry Queen Hera cruelly persecuted the poor goddess, so that the pregnant goddess had to hide.
But the gods were afraid of Hera and did not dare to accept this goddess. Even the earth did not dare to provide her with a place to give birth. Only a small island looming in the water, Dros Island, accepted her and allowed her to give birth in this water.
Two gods were born on the island.
While mocking the goddess, the queen showed off arrogantly.
"In contrast, isn't my father revered by the gods? Isn't my mother Dione the sister of the seven stars in the sky? My ancestor Atlas was so powerful that he could carry the heavens on his shoulders.
On my shoulders. My grandfather Zeus is the king and father of the gods. Isn’t my husband the most powerful king of Thebes, the most prestigious king on this earth? Aren’t my sons and daughters better than that of the poor goddess?
Are two children too much? My wealth can fill every room in the palace. Isn’t it more than that of the goddess who hides in Tibet? Isn’t my beauty something that only a goddess can have?”
"The most noble king in the world is right in front of you. You don't come to worship, but you want to worship the goddess who is unknown and cannot protect yourself?"
In front of the Queen's rapid-fire words, the women gathered together looked at each other and had to remove the sacrifices and take off the wreath on the goddess's head.
The queen, who was proud of her victory over the goddess, did not realize that the goddess Leto, who was far away in the Cantos Mountain, happened to hear her words.
When the goddess heard what the queen said, she was so angry that she could not help but shed tears.
She suppressed her anger and asked her attendants to go to the sacred mountain and the jungle to call for her children.