Chapter 166 Until I Got an Arrow in the Knee

The Centaur Sage by the river stood up from the green grass and looked back at the old man behind him.

"He's gone?"

"Hmm..."

"You should go too, right?"

"About time."

Lorne nodded, bent down and sat down on a bluestone, then skillfully took out a pen and paper, suddenly put on a serious demeanor and asked seriously.

"So, who did we talk about last time?"

"Father Uranus."

"Okay, Mr. Ma, go on, I'm listening."

"..."

Chiron looked at the blind old man in front of him, and finally gave up correcting this strange name, and patiently told the past about the first generation of Titan God Uranus.

A few days ago, the blind poet who called himself "Homer" came to Mount Pelion where he lived under the guise of seeking medical treatment.

During the treatment, he didn't care about his illness at all, but was keen to ask himself some strange questions.

For example, where did the original life come from?

Is there a master named "Chaos" in the ancient chaos?

What kind of past did the twelve Titans have?

Are the gods of the Titan era more like humans or beasts?

How did the first golden humans reproduce before Pandora, a woman, came?

These questions cover various aspects such as local customs, historical legends, rumors and secrets. Many of them cannot be answered by himself, and he can only explain the few questions he knows.

However, he is extremely satisfied.

And in order to get more and more detailed information, this strange old man even used the excuse of seeking medical treatment for his blindness and has stayed in Mount Pelion for several days.

The breeze blew, and the old man, as an audience, listened quietly to Chiron's explanation while moving the pen tip rustling, and lines of meaningful and beautiful holy words were engraved on the blank parchment.

"Uranus, the constant component of the universe, the oldest god, the beginning and end of everything, Father of the universe, you are like a planet orbiting the earth, the abode of the blissful gods, you are patrolling in an instant, protecting the heaven and earth, covering all things! You have the invincible necessity of nature in your heart. You are deep blue, unconquerable, radiant, and ever-changing, the outstanding spirit of bliss, you see everything, you will give birth to Kronos, listen to me, please give believers a holy life." As the last sentence was completed, the blind old man put the parchment roll aside to dry with satisfaction, and continued to ask. "Okay, next, the second generation of God King Kronos? What kind of existence is he?" The sage Chiron thought for a moment and made a pertinent description as usual. The old man's pen tip moved again, and while rustling the handwriting, Chiron glanced at the corner of his eye and found that the invisible air around the blind old man seemed to have nine graceful figures, looming. Whenever there was a pause in the choice of words and a problem in the decoration of words, the nine figures around him responded differently:

They either held the old man's arm and wrote for him; or hummed in his ear to soothe his emotions;

or brushed across his gray eyes to broaden his vision in the chaos; or gently embraced the old head to awaken his dry spring thoughts.

…

At the same time, the expression, temperament and demeanor of the old face seemed to be constantly changing, sometimes depressed, sometimes happy; sometimes solemn, sometimes cheerful; sometimes angry, sometimes calm... It was as if countless characters, countless memories, and countless personalities poured into the brain, together coloring the lines of holy words written.

"Kronos, father of men and gods, you never grow old,

Titan, clever, pure, strong and brave,

You destroy everything and regenerate everything,

You embrace the infinite universe in the immortal connection,

Kronos, the constant master of time, Kronos, the colorful words,

Son of Gaia and starry Uranus!

You are born, grow and decline, husband of Rhea, pioneer of dignity.

You live in every corner of the universe, you are the ancestor of the living,

You are cunning and resourceful, you are the bravest! Listen to my prayer,

Give me a rich and blameless ending for my life."

The period fell, the rustling pen stopped moving, the old man showed a satisfied smile, and handed the parchment full of characters to the opposite side.

"How?"

Looking at the holy words in his hand, Chiron was amazed, as if he could see the magnificent past [history] through the paper, and a figure in his memory seemed to jump out of the paper.

But, there is a flaw in the ointment.

"It's so well written."

"Which sentence?"

"I mean the character image..."

Chiron looked at the description of [Kronos] on the parchment and pointed out the mistake honestly.

Lorne couldn't help laughing when he heard it.

This centaur sage Chiron is actually a complete god born by the Titan King Kronos and the goddess Philura.

But because Kronos had sex with Philura in the form of a horse, Chiron was born as a centaur.

Mother Philura was unwilling to feed Chiron because of his strange appearance, and finally turned into a linden tree.

In addition to Kronos' reputation of devouring his offspring, his impression of his parents is naturally not very good.

As for the doubts of the parties involved, Lorne, as the author, took out a well-prepared rhetoric.

"Since it is a sacred word praising the gods and creation, it is natural to show their brighter side. It is also reasonable to beautify them." Chiron thought for a moment, nodded in agreement, and showed a trace of apology for his rudeness. Teacher Ma, you are a good person! Seeing this, Luo En felt that he could meet a rare species of 24k pure good people in Greece, but he also felt guilty for some insincere concealment. Well, as a pragmatist, he would beautify Kronos when he was full. The reason for doing so is that as long as Kronos is whitewashed, Zeus's power grab can be indirectly discredited. As the human beings on the earth gradually grow stronger, the gods obviously do not realize that the era of faith determined by culture has arrived. The pen of history is like a knife. If you have the right to speak and reshape the image of the gods in literature and history, it will inevitably affect human belief in different gods. Moreover, carrying private goods has always been what pen holders like to do. But to create a literary work that is praised by the world and expand influence, the top minds and inspiration are needed.

It is based on this deep purpose that Loen would risk offending Apollo to death, and get nine Muses from the hands of the god of light, and use this descent to the world to alias [Homer] with them to complete his long-planned plan.

- That is, to revise the [Sacred Word], compile the [Theogony], and secretly crush his own Dionysian doctrine and stuff it in.

Of course, in order to be fair on the surface, it is necessary to find the parties and insiders to conduct "historical data collection".

The good old man Chiron was his first interviewee.

In addition, he also had other intentions for Mr. Ma himself.

It seems that the linden tree that his mother turned into is a tree species full of kindness to the world. The flowers can be used as medicine, and the bark is also used as a divination board.

Therefore, even if Chiron did not have the love of his parents, he never complained about himself and fought against the world. Instead, he worked hard to learn to become a sage when he grew up.

Generally speaking, in addition to being excellent hunters, using the lower body of a horse with superb archery skills, the Centaurs also have a savage side of robbing all kinds of items.

For example, the Centaurs that Lorne and Artemis met in Arcadia were the type that were wild and difficult to train.

Only Chiron had a special impression of being a "sage", and his gentle character was unique among the Centaurs.

Growing up, Chiron was proficient in all kinds of knowledge. Due to his calm character and clever teaching methods, countless "future heroes" in Greece were educated by him.

Heroes such as Hercules, Achilles, Asclepius who later became the god of medicine, and Castor who became Gemini were all his students.

In addition, Jason, the leader of the Argo and the one who won over Medea, was also one of his students. It can be said that he had many students all over the world.

The reason why Loen chose to go to the residence of Mr. Ma as the first stop was, on the one hand, he was asked by his old lover Artemis to take care of his cheap nephew Asclepius, and on the other hand, he wanted to poach people for Athena.

——The goddess of wisdom followed his advice and opened an [Athens Academy] in Athens, focusing on the popularization of academics and magic.

Since it was just a start-up, both the teaching staff and the students were in urgent need.

The wise man Chiron, who had many students all over the world, was undoubtedly the most suitable candidate.

Moreover, as the unpopular son of Kronos, Chiron was also suitable to develop into a subordinate to fight against Olympus together.

Although he himself was not competitive, in this chaotic world, not competing was weak and could be bullied, and it was not necessarily that fate would let you go at a critical moment.

As far as Loen knew, one day in the future, when resolving disputes among the Centaurs, Chiron, a good man, would be shot by a poisonous arrow from nowhere, and would have to endure the pain because of his immortality.

It was not until the peaceful Centaur Sage became "Sagittarius", surrendered to Olympus, embellished the divine power of the sky, and returned immortality to the gods that he finally got rid of this pain.

And the one who shot the poisonous arrow at that time was precisely his most proud disciple, the great hero Hercules.

Moreover, Hercules only had a conflict with the Centaurs for a barrel of fine wine brewed by the god of wine.

This manic hero chased and beat the Centaurs who angered him all the way.

But the arrow shot at the Centaurs, the arrowhead brushed the arm of an unlucky guy and unfortunately hit Chiron's knee.

In addition to Hercules and the group of Centaurs, the participants in this tragedy, the poison on the arrow came from the nine-headed Hydra killed by Hercules.

If there is no trick, Loen himself does not believe that the fate of a group of "coincidences" is not a little tricky.

Therefore, whether as a suspect in the case or to make trouble for the King of Olympus, he had to extinguish this possible future and lure the versatile teacher Ma to Athens.

Thinking of this, Luo En's face became serious and he spoke in a deep voice.

"Teacher Ma, your disciple Asclepius has accepted the invitation of the Academy of Athens and plans to reunite with you in Athens after traveling in Cyprus. Through the revelation of fate, I seem to have seen some bad things that may happen to him, so..."

Chiron was silent for a moment after hearing this, and took out the bronze emblem of the Gorgon from his arms. After a few days of hesitation, he finally made up his mind and responded in a deep voice.

"Athens? Okay, I'll go..."

Seeing that he had finally tricked the Centaur sage into the pirate ship, a certain unscrupulous god who specializes in cheating honest people showed a satisfied smile.

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