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

The two continued to walk together, passing through a large area of ​​dense olive groves, and vaguely heard the sound of waves crashing on the shore.

Apollo told Tartarus that he had come to Cyprus to gather a medicinal herb.He is the god in charge of medicine, so when talking about medicine, it is inevitable to say a few more words.Tartarus listened very seriously, his expression did not change, but his eyes gave Apollo feedback.

Apollo said: "The herbs I want to pick only grow in Cyprus. Thousands of years ago, Uranus, the god of the sky, ruled the gods. Later, he was castrated by Cronus, and his genitals were thrown into Aegean Sea, Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, was born from the foam of the waves. Aphrodite, escorted by the wind god, landed on the coast of Cyprus, and the water droplets rolled on her body fell on the seashore. On the reef, a new medicinal herb—water rose, also known as|love grass was born.”

Water rose is derived from the birth of Aphrodite, absorbing the aura of the growth of the gods, and is a kind of medicinal herb for promoting blood circulation and strengthening muscles.Apollo himself is useless. He picks water roses for the noblest male god on Olympus.

While talking, the two walked out of the dense forest, and a whole new world appeared in front of them.The olive trees that leaned on each other were all behind, and the dark green color made people feel heavy in their hearts.However, outside the forest, there is a vast sandy beach, covered with broken gold, stretching to the coastline, a little color is taken away by the reefs, and farther away, the blue sea water and the blue sky kiss together, almost A seagull flits across the water, adding a touch of dark color.

"Is it good?" Apollo asked.

Tartarus nodded.He has never seen such a scenery, and he has never thought about what is beautiful and what is not, but when Apollo asked, he had the answer in his heart-the scenery here is beautiful.

Apollo said: "I'm going to find the water rose, you can look around."

Tartarus understood the meaning of beautiful, but he still lacked interest in beautiful scenery.Seeing Apollo walking towards the beach, he followed and stepped into the fine sand.

Tartarus didn't wear sandals, and he felt uncomfortable when he walked out of the abyss. There were too many flowers, plants and stream stones on the sacred mountain of Olympus, which affected his walking efficiency.The fine sand by the sea is different, it has no slender leaves, nor sharp edges and corners, it holds his soles with gentle hands, but carefully pulls his whole body down by gravity, the fine gravel is in the His toes rubbed against each other, causing him to curl his toes.

Apollo didn't notice the strangeness of Tartarus. Seeing him coming, he would make a mistake: "When you come to the beach, you should see the sea. Let's go there together."

The two walked slowly towards the beach, hearing the sound of rushing water, and the waves kept beating against the shore, picking up foam.

Apollo had a clear goal, starting from the reef closest to him, one by one to see if there were any traces of water roses.The reason why the water rose is called water rose has something to do with its color. It has a plant as clear as water. If you don’t look carefully, it’s hard to find that it grows on the light gray reef, let alone there are traces of other living things on the reef. , which interferes with the line of sight even more.

Apollo searched carefully, and Tartarus was standing on the beach. The sea breeze blew by, carrying a hint of fishy sweetness, and brushing up his curly long hair.

Suddenly, a coconut was handed to Tartarus.The brown-skinned coconut has been broken open, exposing the tender white meat inside, and the sweet coconut juice shakes out, as if whispering "Welcome to taste".Tartarus raised his eyes and met Apollo's smiling eyes: "If you are bored, drink some coconut juice. Please wait for me, I will hurry up."

Tartarus didn't move or speak.

Apollo handed the coconut to him again.

Tartarus took the coconut, which was full of juice and heavy.

He looked at the coconut in his hand, then at Apollo: "I will help you."

Apollo didn't want to use a coconut to invite a primitive god to help him gather medicine. This is too talented and underutilized.However, facing Tartarus' serious eyes, he had learned so many polite words, but he couldn't use a single one.When the words came to his lips, there was only a smile: "My honor."

Tartarus drank coconut water and listened to Apollo's talk about the appearance and growth habits of water roses.He had a preliminary impression of Water Rose, and when the coconut juice was finished, he helped Apollo find it.

The sea breeze is gentle, and even the sun has become gentle.The footprints of the two gods were left on the coast. They stepped on a long brocade belt, but they never saw the shadow of the water rose.

"It's normal for rare herbs related to gods to be hard to find," Apollo said.He intended to comfort Tartarus, but he saw that Tartarus's expression remained unchanged, still indifferent, as if he had searched for hours but found nothing, to him, it was like clouds gathering and parting in the sky as usual.

The sky was getting dark, and Apollo suggested: "Let's take a rest, Abyss God."

Tartarus had no objection, and as long as Apollo was not in a hurry, he didn't care much about these things.

Apollo asked Tartarus to rest first, and he went to pick two more coconuts.He came back with a coconut in one hand, and saw Tartarus holding a red-shelled crab in his hand.He pinched the crab's abdomen, and was still waving its two big pincers, showing off its power at the silent male god.When Apollo saw it, it was a coincidence: "Let's eat grilled crabs!"

Apollo piled some pebbles on the beach, and set a torch on the dry pebbles to burn a pile of charcoal.Tartarus had prepared branches for him, but he smiled and shook his head: "You don't need branches for roasting crabs." He threw the crab into the red-burning charcoal. The crab struggled a few times and quickly burned. famous.

Tartarus followed suit and threw some crabs into the fire.The crabs couldn't stand the high temperature and changed color one after another.Apollo poked them out with branches, put them on the beach to cool, then broke the crab shells, and shared the tender crab meat with Tartarus.

The crabs they caught were not big, and they were eaten in a few bites.

Apollo caught a few more crabs and roasted them over charcoal fire to watch Tartarus break the crab legs.

"The conditions are simple and the food is rough. It's great that you like it." Apollo said.He didn't say polite words to Tartarus, and it is expected that this male god doesn't understand those twists and turns.It's just that the male god eating crab legs earnestly in front of him always reminded him of the time when he was hunted down by the giant python Pitong.At that time, he was always tense, as long as he could eat a mouthful of hot food, he would feel much more at ease.

In fact, for the gods, food is not a necessary thing.But Apollo deeply loved the hot fireworks, and the gentle ironing made him feel that he was really happy to be alive.

So he likes to watch Tartarus eat - he can awaken his long-lost sense of happiness.