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Chapter 144 "Actually, I also want to try, which of the two of us has the stronger reputation."

Hephaestus looked calm.

He was just close to the god in charge of the sky, took the wine jug from him like an old friend, then filled himself with fine wine, and tasted it bit by bit.

"Very satisfied," he said.

His eyes were blurred, and he slowly enjoyed the bitter taste in the wine.

But he was thinking, thinking about the goddess of the earth who didn't have much impression and had little contact with him, thinking about his name that might be engraved on the vase of life.

Since ancient times, although it has never been circulated that any god suffered unreasonably because of the life vase of the goddess of the earth, but it has never been circulated, which does not mean that it did not happen.

How can you hold your wealth and life in the hands of others!
only……

Can Hephaestus trust Uranus, the god of heaven, reflected in Hephaestus' bewildered eyes?

Unless it is a last resort, Hephaestus has no idea of ​​going to war with Gaia, the goddess of the earth.For him, that goddess is also a wandering from ancient times, you can never guess her, you can't see her clearly.

She does not hide anything, and allows you to peek at the appearance of things, but when you think that what you see is all, she uncovers the appearance and reveals the inside.

She often appears crazy in her dealings, but looking through ancient and modern times, she doesn't seem to suffer much. Even if she is arguing with other ancient and primitive gods, she is often the one who laughs last.

Among the primitive gods, the last thing Hephaestus wants to face is Gaia.Because she is the oldest god, she was born before the concept of heaven was established. Before that, the gods lived on the land she symbolized.

The establishment of the concept of heaven is also because of her. She used the vase of life to create the first generation of human beings, that is, the human beings in the golden age.Since then, in order to distinguish gods from human beings, the place where gods live is called the heaven, and the land above the earth that mortals can only set foot in is called the human world. For mortals...the place where there are gods is the heaven.

Humans at that time had eternal life.The later gods may have thought of imitating Gaia and trying to give human beings eternal life, but it is easy, if all human beings work together...

This is something that the later gods could not do, and Hephaestus thought he could not do it either.

Gaia, the goddess of the earth, is such a deity. She is the original origin, carrying the subsequent gods and mortals on her body, and she is also the oldest.Such gods wandered from the ancient years, leaving behind many secrets along the way.

It would be a disadvantage for any god to confront her with similar strength. She may only need to expose a little bit on the earth, and the plots and swords that have been buried secretly in ancient times will rush out of the ground, making it hard to guard against.

Hephaestus took a sip of the mellow wine and walked slowly into the temple.

Fighting against the goddess of the earth, Gaia, is something that needs to be carefully prepared. Not only must there be a target, but also a hit!
Uranus is still sitting on his threshold looking at the distant sea, his back to Hephaestus.

He was listening, but what he heard was not the roaring sea tide in the distance, but the footsteps of Hephaestus.

Calm, continuous, steady, like gurgling water.It reminded him of his brother, Uriah, the mountain god who later followed the former god king Cronus, the only ancient god who didn't shoot him when he fought with the earth goddess Gaia in the ancient years.

Uranus is grateful to Uriah.But he often has a feeling that although Uriah has never made a move, it is much more terrifying than when he made a move.

It's like a calm big lake. The turbulent water waves on the big lake are not scary. What's scary is the turbulent undercurrent below.

Fortunately, he came prepared.

When the footsteps behind stopped, he suddenly started to talk casually: "Yes, I am very satisfied. Even if we are creations, we are not creations without thoughts, of course we will be very satisfied."

"In order to be more satisfied, I made preparations in secret before I ruled the land."

"I have learned how Gaia prayed to Chaos, thousands of times, just to ask for a will different from mine, let him become Gaia's creation, so that we can resist Gaia together."

"But this is just a little ripple in the root of the intertwined web of this world. I can breathe stronger than it."

"But then I found out. The Vase of Life is a power that does not belong to Gaia. Its body fell into the depths of the earth by coincidence, and was covered by Gaia with layers of thick soil."

"Its power, Gaia, can only be borrowed, but it cannot move its body, even if she is the greatness who fell from the highest place, she cannot do it."

"The little bottle that usually appears in front of me is just a phantom, but this phantom is so real that it's almost hard for me to distinguish it."

"The body of the vase of life is very big, like a high mountain. When you see it, your name on the bottle will call you. When it fell, it was in the rift valley of the earth, and it is still there now. Where the earth now belongs to the sea, it is under the sea."

"Everyone thinks that Gaia went to Chaos, but I know she didn't. She is underground, guarding the bottle day and night."

Uranus stretched out his fingers and pointed to the distance, pointing to the seascape he had been staring at on the threshold: "It's in that direction."

"If you're going, go there."

After speaking, he stood up from the threshold and turned to look at Hephaestus.

Hephaestus was looking at him too, and their eyes met at the junction of light and shadow in the temple.

Hephaestus was in the shadows, and he stood in the sun.

In the shadows, Hephaestus asked him softly: "That different will, haven't you tried it since then?"

"This is a very good idea. Since it has already stirred up ripples in the root, it might not be able to stir up even bigger waves."

"No." Uranus replied.Even in sunlight, it was hard to tell his thoughts from his face.

"That faint ripple made it hard for me to say, like success and failure."

"Do you think I succeeded?"

Hephaestus didn't reply right away, as if he was thinking about this question seriously, his gaze fell on Uranus' eyes, which was normal and normal.

"Who knows?" he replied.

"You probably failed."

"But I have a hunch that you are not far from success."

"It's like the truth, it's just the last step to lift the veil."

Uranus laughed when he heard the words: "Thank you for your comfort."

He suddenly said: "I also got a lot of secrets from Hades, and I know the importance of names and taboos to us."

"Actually, I also want to try, which one of us has the stronger reputation."

"It's not for the sake of competing, but to understand myself better."

After his words fell, the temple fell silent.

Hephaestus looked at him, and after a while, he reached out to him: "Please..."

(End of this chapter)