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This may not be the punishment of the gods, but the plight of Prometheus himself.
"I know what you think, but you can't help it... Forget it, just ask you."
Prometheus wanted to reject Hercules' proposal, but suddenly thought of something, maybe he should really listen to other people's opinions.
"Beforehand, I will not give the whereabouts of Hera Garden because of your answer, I just ask you and you can choose not to answer."
Naturally, Prometheus would not answer the question easily, and he seemed to have given the choice to Hercules, but Hercules had no choice but to agree to his request.
"This problem probably started with a story. You have to know that being an EX-level clairvoyant is a very painful thing. Knowing too much but not having the ability to change, this has no benefit other than deepening your own frustration. "
Everyone could hear that this was Prometheus telling his own story.
This ability to predict future events does sound perfect, but what it actually looks like, only those who have mastered this ability know.
"He saw too many things when he was a child. The cruelty of Cronus led to the destruction of the old system, and the appearance of Zeus would bring new hope to Greece, so he helped Zeus... It's not really helpful, but it didn't add trouble to Zeus, after all, even Zeus would have a headache when facing an enemy with clairvoyance."
Prometheus' rhetoric did not make people feel self-proclaimed, even Zeus would have a headache when facing a clairvoyant with an EX level.
"A lot of people know what happened after that. Cronus was defeated, and Zeus became a new generation of God King. Greece is facing a new climate, but a crisis is also lurking within it."
"Woe to Typhon?"
After all, Hercules was also born in the royal family, and he was taught by the teacher Chiron, so he still remembers these historical trends relatively clearly.
Now that Zeus has created so many constellations, he is still basically wiping his ass for the disaster of Typhon back then. One can imagine how big a disaster this is.
"Typhon? Although it is indeed a more dangerous thing, the real danger is much more troublesome than Typhon."
Prometheus' words puzzled everyone. According to the legend, even Zeus is no match for Typhon alone.
Even if it is defeated, it has been poisoned for so many years and there is still no cure for it.
"What is the real danger?"
"This is not something you should care about. Zeus will handle this matter properly. He has been planning all these years, and this is not my problem."
Naturally, it was impossible for Prometheus to tell Hercules about the star soldiers, and only Zeus had the ability and qualification to take the initiative to talk about this matter.
"Although Zeus is dealing with that crisis, the crisis is too big, it has surpassed the level of Greece... and even the entire planet. According to the original plan, all the gods on the earth should delay time one by one. Then wait for the final killer to appear."
Prometheus's words were light and calm, but the information revealed inside and outside the words was shocking.
What Zeus does is not something they can peek at at all, but a huge layout involving suppression and even the entire planet.
"It's just that Zeus is always different, and the arrangement of the suppression force didn't satisfy Zeus. He rearranged another battlefield, and I was approached by him."
"You didn't agree?"
Hercules was a little surprised, not because he was surprised by Prometheus' refusal, but because Prometheus was still alive after his refusal.
If it is an image of a wise king, Zeus should...
"He should have means to force me out, don't you think so?"
Prometheus smiled meaningfully, looking at Hercules with other meanings in his eyes.
"I am Zeus' method?"
"Who knows? Maybe it's someone else, maybe it's Zeus, maybe it's just my imagination, but you did come to me as I saw the future."
In the future that Prometheus saw, his "prison suffering" will be rescued by Hercules, that is to say, he will leave the Caucasus Mountains.
But where else can I go if I leave here?
Obviously there is only one answer.
So, Hercules, can you let me go?
"Next is my question. There are two choices in front of you. One is a battlefield where there is a high probability of winning through countless sacrifices, and the other is a battlefield where death is very likely but more people can be saved. These two Which battlefield should you choose?"
The two battlefields that Prometheus mentioned are two choices. He has thought about it countless times, but he still can't get a result. In the end, he just succumbed to the instinct of the creature and gave up.
"You know my answer."
Hercules understands his choice, and he will not feel disgusted because this is a game set by Zeus.
Hercules couldn't see through what Zeus was like personally, but as a god-king, he really couldn't fault him.
"What I want to know is the reason."
"A reason?"
Hercules fell silent. If it was him in the past, then the answer would definitely be "the strong do not fear the stronger", but the current Hercules would not say such words.
"Because there are people in this world that I want to protect, even if I die, I can't let those people die."
"Sacrificing oneself for others is a foolish act."
Prometheus shook his head, this was not the answer he wanted.
"Maybe it's because you haven't found the person in this world who needs to be protected by you. When you find that thing, you will naturally step onto the battlefield."
"..."
Prometheus was silent, and finally he spoke slowly.
"Hera's garden is built on the Atlas Mountains, you go there by yourself, I won't send it away."
"Thank you."
Since Prometheus gave the answer, there is no need for Hercules to stay here anymore. Although he doesn't understand what Zeus is going to do, but there are priorities, and now it is more important to solve the Twelve Trials.
Besides, Hera once promised Hercules that she would give herself the right to climb Mount Olympus to challenge Ares, so you can ask about it when the time comes.
"Someone to protect? Do I have someone to protect?"
After Hercules left, Prometheus stood alone on the top of the mountain that only one person could.
He has never felt lonely, because for a person with EX-level clairvoyance, he will not be lonely.
They can see the past or future at any time, and can see everything from an absolute God's perspective.
As long as history has no end, their fun will never end.
Who are they going to protect? Who are they going to cherish? What are they going to pay for?
Whether in the past or in the future, there are many people with EX-class clairvoyance.
Some people look at everything with a smile, and finally return the supreme wisdom to heaven;
Some people treat everything arrogantly, and finally see through life and death and become a generation of virtuous kings;
Some people try to reverse the future, and finally saw a heavy rain and never repented;
Some people lead the perfect king, and finally proclaim themselves in a high tower isolated from the world;
......
Those are people with EX-level clairvoyance, why would they do such thankless things.
How powerful is the supreme wisdom. Immortality is just around the corner. As long as you don't work hard, you won't be disappointed. Even though you haven't done anything, you have to claim yourself.
Prometheus couldn't understand the choices of those people, but now he seemed to vaguely see some of them.
"What you can see with a clairvoyant eye is only history, but living beings are the roots of history. All history depends on living beings."
Prometheus finally got his own answer.
Only then did Prometheus realize that he was alone.
"No matter how much I boasted about how I knew Zeus before, I just wanted to find myself a 'similar'."
Prometheus is afraid of loneliness, so he enriches himself by watching countless histories, which is essentially no different from surfing the Internet.
But what if the network cable of an autistic otaku is cut off?
If all else fails, even if Prometheus survives and can enrich himself by watching the world lines of other worlds, his world will end forever.
In the civilization harvested by the white giant, there is not even a single person who can talk to him.
"Lonely, that's what it feels like. Are you also afraid of being alone, so you choose to walk among humans?"
Prometheus came to the edge of the cliff, and then he jumped lightly and saw a condor holding him up. It may be his friend all these years.
"Brother Diao, Elbow."
Chapter 270 Once I Accept My Weakness, Then I'm Invincible
Atlas Mountain, in Hera's golden apple orchard, Ares was picking his favorite golden apple, but an unexpected person appeared.
"Hercules?"
Ares watched this violently break Hera's barrier and broke into the barbarians. The last time was not enough, is he going to be beaten again now?
"Take away the belt I gave you, and now come here again to steal the golden apples, don't you think the gods are too low?"
Ares obviously intends to give Hercules a little bit of trouble.
Although this guy is someone Zeus valued, as long as he doesn't kill him, it's fine, right?
"The purpose of my coming here is indeed the golden apple, and the belt is also a trial given by Hera, so will you be part of my trial too? Ares."
Hercules naturally knew that there would be no obstacles from Ares in his trials, after all, one of the rewards Hera gave him was to make Ares agree to his challenge.
But now that there is such an opportunity, Hercules doesn't mind starting this battle earlier.
"You treat me... as a trial?"
Ares sensed the provocation in Hercules' words. A hero needs trials to achieve, but will heroes regard trials as enemies?
No, it's just a stepping stone on the hero's road.
Hercules meant to use Ares as a stepping stone. If this god of war could be used as a stepping stone, Hercules would undoubtedly be the most powerful hero in Greek history.
"court death."
At this time, Ares didn't care about Zeus's possible layout. With so many human beings, Hercules died, so couldn't he be replaced? But his dignity of Ares couldn't be trampled on like this.
Hercules must pay the price.
In the void behind Ares, a huge mechanical arm stretched out. Just one finger is taller than Hercules. When such five fingers are clenched into a fist, there is huge power in it. , is enough to smash Hercules into the ground and cannot be pulled out.
Faced with this attacking punch, if it was Hercules before, he might still be pressed to the ground and unable to get up as he was at the beginning, but he is different now.
A gigantic phantom of a lion appeared around Hercules, Heracles didn't dodge the punch of the God of War, and even this punch couldn't shake him a bit.
"what?"
Ares couldn't believe it. He had already been able to press Hercules to the ground with such power before the trial, but now he was able to block this blow with only magic power and lion skin?
Even if Nemea himself came here, he would not be able to defend against this move so easily.
"If you just rely on the lion's skin, there is really no way to defend against your blow. After all, Nemea himself is not your opponent, let alone a dead thing."
Hercules admits the strength of Ares, but the current Hercules is not the same as he was at the beginning.
"As a god of war, you should understand that a person's strength is not just based on physical strength, magic power, fighting skills...the most important thing is mentality."
"Oh? What changed in your mentality that made you strong enough to block my fist."
Ares couldn't accept it, even though he understood that Hercules' words hadn't changed in any way, he still couldn't accept that a human being could block his fist so easily.
Ares had many failures in his life, but who did he lose to?
But it is Zeus, Athena, when a human being can come to show off his power in front of him.
Instead of just a mecha part, a huge golden mecha began to appear, which was Ares's main mecha, and now he was really angry with Hercules.
"Show your body armor here, don't you care about this piece of golden apple orchard?"
Although Hercules knew that the golden apples were not worth much to Zeus, but to Hera this garden had a special meaning.
Even if Ares was his own son, destroying this garden would still have to face Hera's wrath, but at this time Ares obviously couldn't listen.
"Why don't you, a human being, have to worry about the golden apple orchard. What you really worry about is the golden apples, so come and get them."
Scarlet light overflowed from the gaps in the golden armor, and the light constructed by the magic power directly turned Hera's beloved orchard into ashes, and the golden apple coveted by countless people was burned like garbage in the hands of Ares Exhausted, leaving only the only one in the hand of Ares.
"Trying God for yourself, Hercules, you will pay for your arrogance."
The human body of Ares held the golden apple and merged into the mecha, and then the majestic mecha suddenly increased in momentum, and a huge crisis enveloped Hercules, but... .This is not a reason to back off.
"I, can't fall down here."
Hercules could feel that Ares and himself were no match at all at this time, but as he himself said, the so-called strength is not such a paper data. Once he accepts his own weakness, then Hercules is ......unrivaled.