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Chapter 173 Fate is Turning

From the moment Perseus promised, the gods present knew one thing - the thread of fate began to be woven.

Most of them are some great gods, more or less dabble in the two mysteries of fate and the uncertain future.

Although they themselves don't trust these things, it doesn't prevent them from using these two powers and observing them, just like a traveler who consults a map and chooses a rough path that has not been marked on the map.

They were here mainly as a precaution, they demanded a war and wanted to be sure that it would come.

There is still one point, once fate begins to rotate, no matter what the process is, its result tends to remain unchanged.

So they retreated in peace, death closed the portal, time passed along the mountain range to the distance, and even the delicate and small statue of the god king above the dinner portal lost its spirit.

The mortal nobles at the dinner party also felt little interest, and they returned with anxiety in their hearts.

Only Perseus was the most at ease, he went back to his residence to pack his luggage, and then fell asleep peacefully.

What's ahead, what's going to be like in the future, what's the failure, he's never worried about these.He is the Son of God walking in the mortal world, and fate always favors him, and he firmly believes in this.

Athena came forward hesitantly, and she saluted Hephaestus to express her admiration and respect, but Hephaestus could tell that she didn't respect her, and she was more afraid.

Hephaestus waved her off, and she did.

She fell into the dream of Perseus, the young man of her own father who slept soundly.Athena felt a kind of envy when she saw him sleeping soundly.Sometimes ignorance is a good thing. The more intelligent a person is, the more he knows, the more fearful he will be. He will be restrained and think too much about anything.Only when you are young and ignorant, you will look forward to and long for it, and you will be willing to pay infinite hard work and sweat for it, and you will be fearless.

And things are often like this, when you are afraid, you can't do it no matter how much you know, but when you are fearless, even if you don't understand it, you can often get good results.

Athena is the goddess in charge of wisdom, she has the sum of mortal wisdom.That's why she often finds it ridiculous that the purpose of ordinary people's pursuit of wisdom is to understand the world and achieve their ideals, but no matter how much they know, their inner courage will never increase by half.

It seems that wisdom and a person's inner strength are different, and they are two distinct things.

Just because a person has wisdom does not mean that he also has the courage to make decisions.

She looked out in her dream, and Hephaestus was standing in the middle of the dinner party. The party had already dispersed and the people had dispersed. He seemed lonely, but he stood tall and straight like a straight spear made of bronze.

Who will the point of this spear be aimed at?Who will he stab at?

Athena hoped that he would not succeed, because he only had the courage to decide, but not the wisdom to maneuver, and he was a reckless man.She naturally rejects a reckless man, because she is destined not to be someone who decides her own way at will, and she will never be a reckless man.

But rather...

Athena sighed and began to enlighten Perseus.

——Look for the three daughters of Furcus, the father of all monsters. They live on the island in the sea. You will meet them on the way.The three of them share one eye and one tooth.

——When you defeat them and persecute them, they will guide you to the fairies in the forest.The fairy in the forest has several treasures that will help you defeat the demon Medusa.

While Athena was doing this, Hephaestus glanced back.

Not looking at Athena, but looking at the ignorant Perseus in his dream.

The young man is fearless because he knows so little.True courage comes not from ignorance, but from knowing everything and going forward.

Hephaestus soon lost his mind on Perseus. So far, it is difficult for this young man to pay him more attention.

He was actually thinking about something else.

Zeus didn't do it the best way, but maybe he was right.

Although he could use his god-king power to make Perseus reach the peak of mortal prestige in an instant, but in this way, Perseus would lose his persuasiveness, and he would not be able to stand up in the mortal world. feet, for all his glory comes from the power of Zeus.

The purpose of Zeus is to use Perseus to expand the glory, not to demonstrate the authority of the god-king.

Hephaestus, he thought—maybe people really want to see this scene, a hero who has gone through all kinds of difficulties and dangers to achieve great things, people always like this kind of story, and spontaneously support this accomplished hero.Even if people have nothing, even if this hero can't bring any substantial changes to their lives, and they won't ask for anything from this hero, they will still support and praise the hero to the altar.

But what is a hero like?Is it what everyone expects to make a hero?Or is the hero supposed to be alone?To fight alone, to die alone, and then no one cares?

Thinking of this, Hephaestus became even more indifferent.

At this moment, he didn't want to laugh at anyone. It's better to be more rational if a person exists.

In the distance, the old friend Epimetheus did not retreat.He looked at the moon in the sky, tapped his knuckles, and wondered what he was thinking.

After a while, he lowered his head and asked Hephaestus: "Do you think he will know later? His path is not as glorious as he thought. He is just a puppet. bleed."

"It's just an exchange between everyone, it's all a dog's business."

"However, those people and things who sacrificed for him are actually puppets. They don't want to, and they don't know all of this, but no one asks their wishes."

Hephaestus didn't think about it, or he had already figured it out.He said softly: "He will definitely know."

"One day, he will ascend to the sky and become us. This is the path we have arranged for him. Now that he has been concealed, he will go on happily."

"But he won't regret it, because then, when he knows everything, he becomes us too."

"A man's position does determine his thoughts."

"People always start from themselves and speak for their own interests."

"Yesterday has become the past, and tomorrow has not yet come, so what a person once looked like can only be remembered, and there is no way to know what a person will look like in the future."

"So people only think about the present and forget about the past and the future."

Epimetheus listened to these words in silence. His illusory body was hidden in the initial light. No one knew what he thought, and no one knew whether he agreed or disagreed.For him, maybe everything is just a dream. When he wakes up, no matter what kind of glory it is, it becomes vain, and even everything becomes vain.

Only oneself, eternal and immortal!
He was silent for a moment before suddenly saying: "Come with me."

"My father created snakes when he created. I used to be able to do it, but I wasn't qualified then."

"It just so happens that Medusa is about to die. Using her death to make up for the last vacancy in this creation, assuming it was all done by her, can also give everyone a passable explanation."

Hephaestus nodded in agreement.

"Alright, I just happen to have to go too."

"She died for no reason. Although I didn't do it, it was because of me."

"I will leave an anchor for her in history, and the rest depends on whether she has that fate."

Epimetheus said leisurely: "Then let's go together."

"Forcus is still cruel. The former female snake Echidna, now Medusa, he turned his offspring into monsters just for his own desires."

"To be his heir is to be born a tragedy."

Hephaestus shrugged: "Who said otherwise?"

(End of this chapter)