Do not wake up the gods of the abyss [Greek mythology]

Tartarus didn't know what was going on in Apollo's mind. He chewed the delicious roast meat, and his indifferent blue eyes were full of fire, like the stars in the sky twinkling.

Apollo looked at him, but he looked at Apollo's empty hand.

Apollo understood, withdrew his scrutiny, and roasted a piece of meat again.

The wild boar is roasted until it is browned, coated with a layer of barbecue sauce, and the aroma wafts in the air wantonly.Tartarus moved his nose. After tasting the roast meat, the smell was even more alluring to him.He was staring intently at the sizzling roast among the jumping flames, unable to take his eyes off for a moment.

Apollo saw Tartarus' performance in his eyes. He didn't expect that the seemingly unfathomable Abyss God was unexpectedly simple and easy to understand in front of food, and his love for barbecue just proved his craftsmanship. Happy, and handed him the barbecue in his hand: "Have another piece?"

Tartarus readily accepted, and without waiting for Apollo's reminder, he took a bite of the roast.

"hiss."

It's too hot.

Tartarus sucked in a light breath, let go of his mouth reluctantly, and blew on the barbecue again.

Listening to his whistling sound, Apollo thought of his impatience just now, and a faint smile appeared in his eyes.It turns out that the mysterious and powerful Abyss God also has such a gluttonous side.He has always been friendly to others, but wisely kept his distance, but now he was rarely interested, and started talking to Tartarus: "It seems that you like barbecue very much, do you want another piece?"

like?

Tartarus chewed the meat in his mouth, and looked up at the handsome God of Light.The cold eyes were covered with a layer of warm firelight, dispelling the sense of distance.He pondered over that word, feeling the satisfaction on his taste buds and the relief in his chest—it turned out that it was "like".

Although he has tens of thousands of years of divine age, he lacks emotional experience-shortly after the creation of Chaos God Carlos, he followed in the footsteps of his father God and fell into a long sleep for thousands of years.Since then, the vicissitudes of life and the changes of stars have nothing to do with him.

The newly awakened Tartarus doesn't understand feelings, but this does not prevent him from accepting the "like" in his heart.He looked at Apollo seriously, and his tone was equally serious: "Yes, I like it very much."

Apollo looked into his calm eyes and was stunned for a moment.Around him, the gods of Olympus are always indulging in pleasure and cynical about the long life of the gods.He had never seen a god like Tartarus, who would seriously consider and take it seriously even when answering a small question.

Weird, but he appreciates the "strangeness".

Apollo smiled, his smile was as bright as the sun.

"Since you like it, let's have another piece."

Tartarus, ignorant of modesty, accepted his offer.

Then the fourth block, the fifth block, and the sixth block.

As long as Apollo fed him, Tartarus would not refuse.

When he ate the seventh piece, Tartarus was still not satisfied. Holding the branch in his hand, it was the first time he cared about Apollo: "You don't eat it." He probably wanted to express doubts, but his tone It was still flat, without any emotional fluctuations.

Apollo was a little surprised, and heard Tartarus say again: "I will do it myself."

The god of the abyss, who was not full, began to barbecue by himself, with Apollo guiding him by the side.

"It can be turned over."

"Spread the gravy."

"Keep away from the fire."

After successfully roasting a piece of meat, Tartarus tasted it, but raised his eyebrows.

Not the same as Apollo baked.

He didn't say anything, but Apollo saw through his thoughts and handed him another piece of barbecue: "Exchange it, Abyss God, I also want to try your barbecue."

The wise and quick-witted God of Light didn't realize it. Although he still used respectful titles in his contacts with Tartarus, his attitude was very natural, as if he had made a friend with similar status and similar interests.He is good at getting close to people, and he is a very popular existence among the gods of Olympus, but it is really not what he expected to make friends with a primitive god so easily.

It is rare for a few rays of light to leak into the deep dense forest, and it is impossible to distinguish day and night for a while.The flames illuminated where Apollo and Tartarus were, and the scent of meat drifted far away, but none of the beasts dared to follow the scent to provoke them.Tartarus is not a talkative person. Although Apollo is good at talking, he also has his own sense of proportion and scale.The two of them were speechless for a while, quietly eating the barbecue.

Suddenly, the sound of grass leaves rustling gradually approached, and Tartarus stood up with his eyes fixed.

Apollo was also attracted by the sound, and seeing Tartarus move, he followed the source of the sound together with him.

After the two walked a few steps, they heard a soft female voice.That voice seemed to have some kind of mysterious power, more intoxicating than the fine wine brewed by Dionysus. Just listening to it made one's heart itch: "Dear Adonis, you are so cruel. I use the most ardent My love embraces you, but you cruelly push me away!" It was clearly an accusation, but it sounded more like flirting.

Without looking at the dense branches and leaves, Apollo has already determined the identity of the female voice—the goddess of love and beauty, Aphrodite.

Recently, there have been ups and downs on Mount Olympus, and Aphrodite, who played with love, finally fell in love. She fell in love with Adonis, the plant god conceived in the myrrh tree, but she couldn't get the plant god. Show mercy.Apollo thought it was just an exaggerated rumor from the gods, but what he saw and heard confirmed the veracity of the rumor.

Just as I was thinking about it, I heard a pleasant male voice respond to Aphrodite's words: "Noble goddess of love and beauty, please stop your accusations. You have controlled my actions with divine power, so I have to watch you, Listening to your love, how can I push you away?" The voice paused, and added: "Of course, if you are willing to teach me how to reject love, I will be happy to try it."

This straight man's speech surprised Apollo, and one can imagine Aphrodite's embarrassed look.

Tartarus, however, ignored the face of the goddess and walked out.

Apollo reached out to stop him, and shook his head slightly under his calm gaze.

Under the shade of the forest, the dialogue between the two gods continued.Aphrodite's voice was a little more mournful: "Adonis, my love, has my pursuit never touched you? When the breeze blows, the flowers and plants will sway. Why is your heart like a rock? Just as cold and hard!"

Adonis was silent for a moment, and then slowly said: "Just as the breeze blows, the flowers and plants will sway, and your arrival has also affected my life—"

Aphrodite's eyes brightened slightly, and she looked at Adonis expectantly, but what she got was a ruthless comment: "You have affected my hunting, and my prey has decreased a lot."

Aphrodite's face changed suddenly, she slapped Adonis, and said in a hateful voice: "Adonis, the plant god, who gave you the guts to keep rejecting me!"

Her complexion became extremely fast, and her strikes were heavy. Adonis was still under her divine power control, unable to dodge, and could only bear it with his eyes closed.

The palm wind approached, close enough to flap Adonis' eyelashes, but stopped suddenly.

"You are--?"

Hearing Aphrodite's uncertain voice, Adonis slowly opened his eyes, and saw a male god in black robe holding Aphrodite's wrist, but his indifferent blue eyes fell on his. body.It was just a glance, without any emotion, but it made his heart sink, as if he was being pressed down by a huge rock.

Indifferent, powerful.It was Adonis' first impression of Tartarus.

At the same time, Aphrodite finally recalled the identity of the black-robed male god: "God from the abyss, glad to meet you again." She had only seen him at Zeus's banquet, and she knew that he had profound divine power .But he expected that there was no enmity between the two, and because of her beauty, he should give her a little bit of sympathy, so he coquettishly said: "Please let go, you hurt me."

Tartarus glanced at her and let go of her wrist.

"You still need to exercise your body."

"Ah? Oh, thank you for your concern." Aphrodite was a little overwhelmed, unable to understand the deep meaning of Tartarus' words.She responded casually, and suddenly her heart moved, thinking to herself, this indifferent male god cares so much about her body, could it be - he has a good impression of her?

Aphrodite was very confident in herself, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt that she was right.She looked Tartarus up and down, was satisfied, and said kindly, "Today should have been a terrible day, thanks to meeting you. Perhaps misfortune is always accompanied by luck, are you right?"

Tartarus didn't understand what she wanted to express, so he kept silent.

His silence caused unnecessary misunderstandings, Aphrodite raised her proud chin, secretly happy in her heart, her charm was as good as ever, making people irresistible; Adonis secretly sighed, maybe this strange male god intended to It was to rescue him, but judging from the current trend, this person probably could not escape Aphrodite's love.

At this moment, Apollo suddenly said: "Dear Aphrodite, luck and misfortune are two completely different states, but in front of your beauty, misfortune will bypass itself. May luck always be with you."

Aphrodite's smile was a bit stiff, Apollo's blessing was very pleasant, but she didn't like it very much.She had no grudge against Apollo, but it was embarrassing and irritating to think that Apollo might have been there when she was rejected by Adonis and watched her flatter Tartarus.

Tartarus didn't understand Aphrodite's embarrassment, he turned his attention to the plant god: "The plant god Adonis."

Adonis was taken aback, and responded politely: "Dear God of the Abyss, nice to meet you."

As soon as Adonis finished speaking, he felt the shock of divine power around Tartarus.The space was almost distorted, and a mass of destructive force condensed in the palm of the Abyss God.The olive trees wailed, the grass was overturned, and it was almost impossible to grasp the ground.The god's black robe was blown up by the wind, and his expression was cold, as if he was about to perish.

Adonis had never felt that death was so close to him, he felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, his whole body was cold and heavy, but he couldn't even think of resisting.

I only heard Tartarus say: "I use this power to destroy Apollo's medicine field."

???

The three gods who thought that Tartarus was about to get angry suddenly didn't know why.

With a sound of "Boom", the ball that condensed the power of destruction exploded suddenly, turning into a little black mist and returning to Tartaros' body.The dense forest returned to its former tranquility. Tartarus didn't know that he had scared the god half to death, so he said calmly, "Please help Apollo's medicine field to restore its original state."