Chapter 3: Oenone
Losing the sense of oppression from the three goddesses, Xia Lian breathed a sigh of relief and continued to ask the voice in his heart.
"Now....can we talk?"
"This is your trial, I won't give you any help."
"Of course, I'm not asking you to help me, but since you are intelligent and can communicate with me, it means that you are responsible for providing me with some information, right?"
The voice was silent for a moment, and then asked.
"What do you want to know?"
"What is the final outcome you are talking about? Paris is alive? Or is Troy not destroyed?"
"There is no fixed answer."
"In other words, as long as the ending is better than the original, that's fine, right?"
"The final outcome will determine the final reward."
"What if I die in this world?"
"You will be reincarnated."
"If you offend a god and die, will your soul be taken away and sent to hell to endure torture?"
"Won't."
"What if I finish this mission alive?"
"After the mission is completed, you will be reincarnated."
"In other words, no matter whether I make the most correct choice or not, I will enter reincarnation. The difference lies in the unknown rewards obtained in different endings." Xia Lian whispered thoughtfully, "Then... then...
Just think about getting the optimal solution.”
"Let me ask one last question. Are every move I make under the watchful eyes of those three goddesses?"
That was when the voice fell into silence again.
"It doesn't matter, right? For this almost unsolvable problem, just knowing this won't help much, right?"
"Even the gods cannot be omniscient and omnipotent. The attention of the three of them cannot always be on you." The voice continued to reply, "But everything you do may be known to Zeus."
"Then I understand."
After saying that, Xia Lian raised his head. On the grass not far away, a beautiful woman who looked like a hibiscus was walking towards her.
In the blink of an eye, she came to Xia Lian's side, her brows slightly frowned, and there was a little worry in her eyes.
"Paris, have you made your choice?"
"No." Xia Lian said, "I delayed it for three days, but after three days, I will definitely need to give an answer."
"You...didn't choose Aphrodite?" the woman said slightly surprised.
"No." Xia Lian said.
The woman suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and then murmured softly, "That's good...that's good..."
Xia Lian looked at the woman. He had not inherited Paris' memory, so he had no idea who this woman was, but... he had a guess.
"Onone, who do you think I should choose?"
"Choose Lady Athena." Oenone said, "She will protect you."
Xia Lian nodded silently, which was similar to his original idea.
The person in front of him should be Paris's wife, the daughter of the river god and a Narcissus. When he lived in Mount Ide, he fell in love with her at first sight and had a son with her.
When Paris was judging who was the most beautiful among the three goddesses, Oenone was abandoned because Aphrodite promised him to give him the most beautiful woman in the world as his wife.
She had the ability to predict, so he knew Paris' future fate and tried his best to persuade her husband not to abandon him, but this was in vain.
The destruction of Troy is destined by fate, so no matter what Xia Lian chooses, the final outcome may not change.
Xia Lian doesn't think he can resist fate.
But he might be able to change the process...
The Third Goddess has just returned now, so obviously he won't be so anxious to start observing his every move, but he can't move too much either.
Therefore, Oenone may be able to help him a lot.
Thinking about it, Xia Lian said: "Oenone, can you see Hercules?"
"That Hercules?" Oenone asked.
Xia Lian nodded.
"He has been stationed at the entrance to Olympus." Oenone said, "You should be able to see him."
She looked at Xia Lian, "What do you want to do?"
"Help me find Him. I will write a letter later. You give this letter to Him, and then bring me the things I entrusted Him to bring."
Onone looked at Xia Lian in confusion, "What is it?"
"You will know." Xia Lian looked at Onone's beautiful face and said seriously, "Do you believe me?"
Onone looked into his eyes slightly absent-mindedly, and then she nodded.
Xia Lian quickly wrote the letter and handed it to his cheap wife along with the golden apple, watching her stay away from this land.
The thing Xialian entrusted to Hercules was very simple, that is, to ask him to help him go to the golden apple orchard and bring back two golden apples, and also help him find a craftsman to carve the golden apples with the same pattern as the golden apple.
words.
In a sense, these three apples are all real, but no longer unique.
Hercules is the guy in the world who is most likely to help Xia Lian enter the golden apple orchard and steal the golden apples.
The reason for wanting to persuade him is very simple. Anyone who has read the story about Hercules knows that Heracles’ family was ruined by Hera, and he was a slave for so many years and suffered so much hardship.
Xia Liancai didn't believe that Hercules could really let go of his grudges with Hera, and how could he let go of such an opportunity to take revenge on Hera.
Of course, just stealing the golden apples would not be able to achieve Xia Lian's goal. The most important thing is how to engrave the two golden apples with exactly the same characters and make them look exactly the same enough to deceive the gods.
There are only a handful of such skilled craftsmen in the Greek world, and the best candidate in Xia Lian's mind is Hephaestus, the god of fire. He is the god of fire, the god of forging, masonry, and the god of sculpture.
Although he was the son of Hera, he was abandoned by Hera since he was a child because he was too ugly.
Even after he went to Olympus and became a god, Hera still did not want to see him because of his previous revenge on Hera. From a motive point of view, it was possible to help Xia Lian achieve this plan.
Hercules is the god of Hercules, but he does not only use brute force. His wisdom may not be as good as that of Odysseus, but he still has good wisdom. Xia Lian believes that he can convince the God of Fire.
Of course, he still wasn't absolutely sure, because he didn't convince him personally, so the waiting time was always difficult.
The sky was gradually shrouded in darkness, and Oenone's figure returned again, with a hint of panic in her eyes.
"What on earth are you trying to do? The consequences of fooling a great god cannot be solved by death!?"
Xia Lian did not answer, but asked directly: "Hercules agreed? Or...did he succeed?"
Oenone looked around, and after feeling no prying eyes from the divine power, she silently took out three golden apples from her body and handed them to Xia Lian.
The same characters as the golden apple have been engraved on it.
Chapter completed!