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

At noon, the two gods set off for Delphi.

According to Dionysus, the giant python lived in a cave on the outskirts of Delphi, where there were cliffs and cliffs, and the bottom of the cliff was dense black mist, like dark clouds, or? poison gas.Dionysus would go there to gather a rare spice and try to mix it in wine.Whether his attempt was successful, Apollo has no way of knowing, but there is no doubt that Dionysus did him a great favor.

Patras is not very far from Delphi, but Apollo chose to use the swan car instead.

In order not to disturb the mortals, Apollo drove the swan chariot above the clouds, and let the white clouds cover their tracks.

Helios, the sun god, is driving a solar chariot on a day-long tour from east to west.Bored, he hummed an unknown song, hated that the clouds obscured his sight, but inadvertently saw a white swan that was whiter than the white clouds carrying two male gods passing in front of him.

"Apollo, my friend, the sun is so bright, why didn't you attend the banquet in Olympus?" Helios called to Apollo. shouted in the distance.

The four flame horses pulling the sun chariot were covered in raging flames, scorching the air into layers of distorted waves, preventing the white swans from moving forward.

Apollo stopped the swan chariot and greeted Helios: "Dear Sun God, thank you for bringing us such a good weather. Although I did not participate in the banquet, thanks to the sunny weather, I can Go smoothly to deal with a private matter."

Frankly speaking, Apollo and Helios have nothing to do with each other.What he said sounded polite, but he was actually telling Helios that he still had important things to do, and he didn't have time to chat with him.

Helios pretended to be stupid. He laughed and said, "If you like the clear sky, you can chat with me for a while and let the sun stay in the sky longer?"

Helios was very enthusiastic, but it was not out of his love for Apollo.When he roams the sky, no matter who appears in front of him, he will be very enthusiastic.

Because of his priesthood, Helios drives the flame horse alone all year round, and rarely has the opportunity to talk to people.Every time he catches a god, he always talks a lot.All the gods of Olympus did not know his temper, and all respected him at a respectful distance.

Apollo sympathized with his mood, and chatted with him a few more words.

Helios chatted with him about the wine of Dionysus, the performances of the Muses, and the food at the banquet, all of which were eloquent and brilliant.

The white clouds were blown away by the wind suddenly, and gathered together by the wind, but the sun always stayed where it was, motionless.The white swan was too hot to flap its wings, and the tip of Apollo's nose was sweating a little. The hard-working mortals in the world were even more scorched, wondering why the sun was so hot today.

Helios was still chattering, and Apollo couldn't help but reminded: "Helios, it's time to part. You still need to drive the sun chariot to the far west, and I also want to take advantage of your sunlight Do what I want to do during the daytime when it’s easy to move?”

Helios finally found such a good listener, really reluctant? He said: "Apollo, you don't have to worry about this. Human labor needs sunlight. I am here to illuminate them. For them Talking is a great thing! Your business? I will also? Consider it for you, I can walk slowly today and give you enough time. "

Apollo frowned, not expecting Helios to be so persistent.

Tartarus had been listening quietly, and when he heard this, he suddenly said, "You didn't give Apollo time, you took his time."

Helios was not happy when he heard this.He seldom participated in the banquets of the God Realm, and he had never met Tartaros. He tried to talk to Tartaros just now, but was defeated by Tartaros' reticence and returned home.

Unexpectedly, the black-robed male god spoke so unpleasantly, Helios raised his voice unconsciously: "Let's chat for a while? How can you take up Apollo's time?! Don't use your vicious thoughts to misinterpret me and Apollo. Luo's relationship!"

Tartarus, who had never been called "male" before, blinked, taking a few seconds to digest the meaning of the word.

Compared with Tartarus, Apollo's reaction was more intense? He said in a strong tone: "Helios, please stop your accusations! We shouldn't waste our time, my friend is right , you should apologize to him!"

Helios sneered, and raised his proud head: "Apollo, becoming the Twelve Lord Gods of Olympus made you forget yourself? How dare you teach me how to do things—"

Helios prepared a long series of speeches, and before he started, Tartaros stretched out his hand and threw him off the flame horse.He reacted quickly, and just about to step on the clouds to make himself stand firm, unexpectedly, his feet were empty, and he fell directly from the sky.

The dark destructive power is still swallowing in the white clouds, as if a hole had been torn apart by the sky.The four flame horses lost their owners and fell into endless panic. They were swept away by Tartarus' eyes and almost knelt on the clouds.

Tartarus frowned: "Run, hurry up."

The flame horse didn't have time to think, the body had already carried out Tartaros's order, and rushed to the Far West.

Seeing this, Apollo was stunned for a moment, and said: "It seems that the sun chariot can cruise the sky without the driving of the gods. Helios should finally get rid of this tedious business, he should be happy?"

After speaking, he looked at Tartarus and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Tartar, for making you unhappy."

"No unpleasantness." Tartarus was always honest.

Apollo nodded and took out a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake for him.

Tartarus took it, finished it in two bites, and stretched out his hand again: "More."

Apollo found that the male god was always extremely sensitive about eating. He did keep more than one piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake, and then handed Tartarus three pieces one after another, telling him to eat as much as he could.

Tartarus swallowed the last bit of sweet-scented osmanthus cake, and said softly, "You don't need to comfort me, I'm not angry."

He said that he didn't need comfort, but he was not polite when he ate the "comfort gift" given by Apollo.

Apollo smiled and said: "Yes, you are not angry. I just suddenly remembered that I still left the sweet-scented osmanthus cake and wanted to give it to you."

Tartarus nodded, seeming to accept Apollo's reason, then looked him up and down with serious eyes, and asked, "Is there anything else to eat?"

Apollo laughed and handed him a bunch of grapes.

After Tartarus finished eating the grapes, he looked at Apollo again.Just when Apollo was about to take out half a roast chicken, Tartarus said: "I do things according to your heart, are you happy?"

Tartarus didn't know why Apollo tolerated Helios' long-winded words, but he could feel the impatience in Apollo's heart.If it was difficult for Apollo to say, he said it for him; if it was difficult for Apollo to do, he did it for him.Apollo shouldn't be frowning, he should be smiling, like a bright sun.

Tartarus' thoughts are simple, written in his blue eyes.Apollo looked at him, and his heartbeat missed a beat. Before he understood his mind, a smile was already on the corner of his mouth: "I'm very happy, thank you, Tual."

Tartarus felt warm all over.He imitated Apollo's smile, and the corner of his mouth raised a shallow arc.

Apollo suspected that he was wrong—he saw a smile like broken gold in Tartarus' eyes, sparkling and moving like never before.

Then Tartarus said, "What else do you have to eat? I see you stretch out your hand."

Apollo: "..."

Apollo resignedly took out the roast chicken and fed it to the male god who ruined the atmosphere.

The two male gods set off again, and the white swan flew across the sky like a rolling cloud, and soon arrived in the western suburbs of Delphi.

If it is said that Pitong lives in an ordinary cave, it is not so easy to find, but in order not to be disturbed, Pitong chose a cliff that is rarely visited by people. Instead, Apollo grasped the characteristics and quickly locked the location of the cave.

I saw that under the steep cliff, there was indeed an endless black mist, just as Dionysus described.Apollo looked down at the bottom of the cliff? His sight was blocked by the black mist, and he couldn't see anything.

"Go and have a look." Tartarus suggested.

There is no doubt that he is a natural action.

Apollo asked him: "Go together?"

Tartarus nodded.

The two male gods were thrown into the black mist in a swan chariot, and Apollo said, "Tal, I have a request."

"You said."

Apollo's sight was blocked by the black mist, and he couldn't see the direction he was going.His weapon was already in his hand, and he was ready to fight: "Tal, if it is not necessary, I hope you will not make a move."

Tartarus was puzzled: "Why?"

Tartarus didn't quite understand. If he made a move, he could just press Pitong to the ground. Wouldn't it be easier and easier to do so?

Apollo's refusal attitude is very firm, like a sharpened sharp sword, which is about to strike blood: "Because I once promised the mother god and sister, I will repay the face-to-face humiliation!"

Tartarus blinked and saw that there was no conflict, he could have pinned the Piton to the ground and let Apollo kill it, with the same result.

But he didn't say, he didn't want to bother to ask about such an unimportant matter? He just said: "Okay, you work hard."

Speaking of "Come on", Tartarus' voice is still stagnant, without any passion?

Apollo smiled silently, and the white swan suddenly let out a low cry as if startled, flapping its wings and circling in the black mist.

Apollo sensed that the danger was approaching, and threw out a beam of light power.The light continued to spread, tearing through the dark and foggy sky.

Piton crawled out of the cave in the valley.It has hard scales all over its body, and its thick and long body coils around a mountain peak. With a little force, it twists the whole mountain down with its body.

From its mouth came a terrible low howl, which echoed in the silent valley.The nymphs who used to live in the valley had already been driven away by him, and no flowers, plants, birds or animals dared to approach this land of death.

Pitong was very satisfied with his deterrence, and thought that it was still the "hunter" of the past, and Apollo was his "prey", and said loudly: "Apollo, it's just in time! I can finally turn to the queen Hera! "

Apollo looked at him intently, and said in a low voice, "Let the horse come here!"