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Chapter 22 The First Eternal Human
Linkos is preparing to climb the Caucasus Mountain for the last time. He feels that this may be his only chance in this life.

But fate is an impermanent thing. When you are most desperate, it will throw a candy into your mouth.

In the dense forest, Linkos met an ugly middle-aged man.

He did not know him, nor had he seen the statue of the god in the temple.

But he somehow had an intuition that he was a god.

Linkos froze in place, he didn't want to sit still, but he couldn't move.

Hephaestus looked at him and nodded.

Very good will, even at this point, there is no despair.

Not in a hurry, Hephaestus waited for a while.

My friend Cloto has already begun to exert his strength. From the perspective of Hephaestus, the threads of fate wrapped around Linkos are being broken one by one.

Finally, all the threads of fate were broken, and Linkos became a lifeless man.

A flame appeared on Hephaestus' left shoulder. The flame seemed to have a solid body. Hephaestus held it in his hand and threw it towards Linkos.

But in a short time, the tricks of the goddess of fertility, Demeter, were completely burned, and Linkos returned to his human appearance.

He was a little vigilant, slightly arched, like a beast preparing to pounce on its prey.

"Who are you and why did you save me?"

Hephaestus answered him: "Names are useless things that have nothing to do with our plans."

"plan?"

"What do you want me to do?"

Linkos asked cautiously, but there was no sign of relaxation in his body. From the bottom of his heart, he couldn't believe in gods other than Prometheus.

Hephaestus also feels like a magic stick, but Linkos can't be trusted yet, and it's not appropriate to let him know too much.

After all, for a smart person, the information in his hands is also a kind of capital, which can be used at any time to implement strategies to drive away wolfs and tigers.

Hephaestus was sure that as long as Linkos knew his name, he could pull himself into the water by turning around.

"Do what you want," he said to Linkos.

"Do what I want?" Links repeated.

"But even I don't know what I want to do."

Hephaestus smiled at him: "I don't know either."

"However, you can do whatever you want, and I can accept whatever you think of."

Linkos wondered, is there such a god in the world, as if playing a game.

Not allowing him to think too much, he saw a flame passing through his chest and returning to the left shoulder of the god in front of him.

The flame disappeared, and Hephaestus smiled at Linkos.

He left a spark in Linkos' heart, and from now on, as long as he is alive, Linkos will be his favored one day.

He will not age, and he can be resurrected on the spot even if he is injured and dies.

But Hephaestus deliberately didn't give him any special powers, and he's still essentially a mortal.

"From now on, you will be immortal." Hephaestus said to Linkos.

"But you'd better be careful, Demeter has seen you."

"If she finds out about you, all the gods will know the secret of your immortality."

Linkos pretended to be tough: "Are you warning me?"

"Afraid that my secret plan will be discovered by the gods?"

"I tell you, I'm not afraid of threats."

Hephaestus: "You may have misunderstood, this is not a warning, but an advice."

"Nobody can spot me, they only notice you."

"A mortal has a way of dying, and an immortal mortal naturally has a corresponding way of living."

"The gods have existed for an unknown number of years, and we know exactly how to deal with immortal enemies."

Linkos asked puzzledly, "Why did you choose me?"

"There's nothing special about me."

Hephaestus looked at him and replied half with emotion and half with affirmation:
"Those who are prepared always have more opportunities."

"Of course, luck is also important."

"Coincidentally, you have both of these qualities in you."

Lin Kesi was full of thoughts, and after just a few words of conversation, he had already realized that the god in front of him was not malicious to him, but he had received great benefits.

It is not Linkos' character to know gratitude and not repay, he asked seriously: "You gave me eternal life."

"How can I repay you."

Hephaestus told him, "You don't have to pay me back."

"What I want, I will get it myself."

"And, for mortals, eternal life is both a gift and a curse."

"How to use it is your business, not mine."

Linkos tentatively said: "If I go to blaspheme the gods, it has nothing to do with you?"

Hephaestus said with a smile: "Everything has a price, you should be very clear about this."

"In my opinion, blasphemy is not a skill, but being able to get out of the body is."

Linkos lowered his head and thought. In just one day, he met two gods, and his heart was a little messy.

He raised his head: "..."

He was alone in the jungle.

Like a dream, the unknown god had left, as silently as he had come.

Linkos stretched out his hand close to his heart, feeling warm, like the warm sun living in his body.

He murmured, "A god of fire?"

Half pay, he looked up at the sky.

"It turns out that the gods in the temple are not all the gods."

"The Creator, is He your ally?"

"Is he guiding me?"

"But I am too stupid to understand his oracle."

Linkos walked towards the Caucasus Mountains.

He doesn't intend to change his plan, even if this is no longer his last chance, he has to do something to feel at ease.
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Not long ago, when Linkos was still confused about the future, Friage, a country that fanatically believed in the gods, lost its king.

The king's name was Madaya, and he was a fanatic, so fanatical that he tied the whole country to his chariot and believed in the gods with him.

When Demeter, the goddess of fertility, was still looking for her daughter in the heavens, she once issued an oracle to the world for help. That oracle came here and was carried out by King Madaya.

After Demeter settled in the kingdom of Eleusis, he gave the king a rich reward.

She gave Madaya the ability to turn gold into gold.

At first, Madaya was ecstatic to get this ability, he thought he got the wealth of the whole world.

But soon he found something was wrong, he couldn't control this ability.

Everything he touches turns to gleaming gold, wife, daughter, subjects, even food.

So he knelt on the ground and begged the goddess to take back her boon.

The goddess of abundance once again satisfied his request, but the dead person went to the underworld early, and he has no relatives.

So, he died.

Because he lost his cronies and became a loner.
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ps: It is raining heavily today, and there are treasures in the mountains.

(End of this chapter)