Ares, God of War

"Don't you have the power of prophecy?"

Ares said:

"Come on, do a fortune telling for Uncle Orion to see what his future fate is, and then I will pretend to be your priest and try to trick him."

Chapter 139. Orion's Prophecy

On the other side, Orion, who was arranged by the king to a luxurious room in the palace, couldn't stay for a long time.

Although there are delicious food and wine here, the king specially arranged for two beautiful maids to serve him, but Orion was used to life in the countryside, and the behavior of those maids coming to feed him with their own hands made him Very uncomfortable.

And for some reason, Orion always felt a little restless, as if he had been tricked by someone.

This feeling... Yes, when he was invited by the goddess Athena to go hunting with Artemis, he also felt this way, as if someone silently arranged for him behind his back.

Unable to calm down, Orion simply refused the service of the two maids that he would definitely post, and then left the room alone, and started wandering around the city-state.

After all, he is also the fiancé of the princess of this city-state, so although the king asked him to avoid the conversation between their father and daughter, he did not restrict his personal freedom. Soldiers and residents would all smile and nod to him, being very close to him.

This kind of feeling made Orion feel good, at least it gave him a better feeling than those Greek city-states he had been to before. There are no people left, only a temple stands not far away.

In the age of gods in the Greek world, temples were almost standard equipment for every city-state. People in these city-states had to worship the gods on Mount Olympus to be eligible to live on this land. Those who were unwilling to worship the gods Tribes and city-states have long been destroyed by the divine punishment brought down by the Olympus protoss. Orion even learned from friends on Mount Olympus that some time ago, even those who worshiped the local gods Tribes and city-states were also destroyed one by one by the subordinates of the twelve main gods. Some of the local gods worshiped by them had to join Mount Olympus and succumbed to the might of the god king Zeus. , and some were disobedient. This kind of local god was quickly reduced to a monster by the Olympus gods with a curse, and was labeled as a monster, waiting for the heroes to crusade.

Since this city-state can still exist, the temple must be dedicated to a certain god on Mount Olympus. Orion casually walked into this seemingly deserted temple and looked inside. Looking at it, his face immediately turned green, and then he turned his head and wanted to leave.

Without him, what was enshrined in the center of this temple happened to be Orion's destined nemesis, Artemis, the moon god. Beside her was her younger brother Apollo, but Orion knew that Yes, Apollo has been trying to find a chance to kill him ever since he became close to Artemis.

But just when Orion was about to escape, an old priest in robes suddenly came out of the temple, and he called out to Orion's back:

"Young man over there! Why do you want to run away after seeing the god? Did you do something wrong?"

Orion stopped immediately. In this world, both priests and elders have a high status, and the old priest in front of him has two forces superimposed. His status may be even higher in this city-state. Above the king, Orion didn't want trouble either.

So he turned around with a bitter face, and explained to the old man in a low voice: "Priest, you misunderstood me, I didn't do anything wrong... It's just that I'm enshrining this place in my heart." The gods are a little contradictory."

"Oh? Do you have conflicts with the gods?" The old priest immediately took Orion's hand and said, "Then I can't just sit idly by. Come on young people, let's meet in the great Apollo and Artemis. Under the nose of Si, tell me, who do you have conflicts with?"

Orion was dragged by the old man under the statues of Artemis and Apollo, and then smiled wryly: "Old priest, I already said that they are the gods here, how dare you make me say so."

"It doesn't matter, the gods don't care about these small things. Besides, the great Artemis and Apollo don't pay attention to such a small and remote temple at all. They only pay attention to big places such as Delphi. You can say That's it."

The old priest said very freely:

"You just think that I am enlightening you as an elder."

Under the strong request of the old priest, and Orion was indeed in a state of confusion at this moment, he also sat down slowly, relaxed, and began to say:

"Old priest, don't believe me when I say it. In fact, I am talking to the goddess Artemis here... Well, according to her, we should be dating, right?"

"Acquaintance?" The old priest asked in surprise, "But I remember that the great Artemis is a virgin, right?"

"Yeah, I don't know what she's drawing." Orion spread his hands and said, "Don't believe it, it's all true."

"Oh, so that's the case." The old priest nodded with a smile and said, "Then you are blessed, to be favored by the goddess."

"What a blessing." Orion poured out his bitterness with his mouth curled up, "She never spends the night at my house, never makes out with me, and also doesn't allow me to do shameful things with other women. "

"Hehe, then you have worked very hard, but it is always an honor to be favored by the goddess." The old priest also sat next to Orion: "So you are worrying about this matter. ?”

"Yes and no." Orion shook his head and said, "To be honest, I am also a little scared to be pestered by her all the time. I should hate her, but when I come to this city-state, when the king promises to marry the princess to me, When I was asked to sever the relationship with her, I felt a little reluctant in my heart, why on earth..."

"Well, young man, what's your name?" The old priest asked suddenly.

"Orion, the strongest hunter in Greece, what's wrong?" Orion asked a little confused.

"Want to hear the prophecy about you?"

The old priest smiled and asked:

"Don't look at me like that, young man, I also serve Apollo, the God of Prophecy, and I can still make some prophecies."

"Then let me listen." Orion replied.

So the old priest asked Orion to wait for a while, and then walked to the statue of Apollo, and whispered something to the statue. Of course, these were all performed for Orion, because the old priest manipulated Ares had known about his fate long ago.

After tricking Orion into a face of unknown severity, the old priest stopped the "practice", and then came to Orion with a serious face, and told him:

"Young man, I have some bad news for you."

Orion swallowed, "What bad news?"

"If you continue to communicate with the goddess, you should die." The old priest warned.

"What?" Orion turned pale with shock, "You're not trying to trick me into marrying your princess, are you?"

"I didn't lie to you, what does it matter to me as a priest whether the princess gets married or not?" The old priest sighed, "Actually, I prefer to let you continue to stay with the goddess Artemis."

"Why?" Orion cried with a sad face, "Old man, do you think I deserve to die?"

"No." The old priest shook his head and said, "Do you still remember who made you meet Goddess Artemis at that time?"

"Uh... the goddess Athena?" Orion rubbed his head and asked, "What's wrong with Athena?"

"I can't say much about this kind of thing, but there must be a purpose for her to introduce you to the goddess Artemis." The old priest looked at Orion, and Orion felt the old man's eyes flash in front of him. The light of wisdom: "In this world, besides the gods of Olympus, there is also a force called 'fate', which drives the movement of this world in the dark. Your acquaintance with the goddess Artemis, And your death is all decided by 'fate', so if you don't succumb to 'fate', in order to fix this matter, I don't know what 'fate' will do."

Orion was silent for a moment, and then asked with difficulty: "You mean, this 'fate' might be unfavorable to Artemis?"

"I didn't say that." The old priest said haha: "I have no right to decide which path you choose, young man, this is your life, whether to marry the princess and reach the pinnacle of life from now on, or go back and marry the goddess Sharing joys and sorrows depends on your will."