Volume 20, Chapter 62: Zeus’s Ecstasy

I don’t know if she was worried that Medea was unreliable, but Aphrodite finally pulled me and ran out of the forging room before starting to say to me: "You should have heard their report about my leaving Isengard before, right? ?" I nodded and said: "Yes, I already know, you just need to tell me what happens next. How about [ ]? Have you learned any useful information in the past two days?"

Aphrodite nodded, then frowned and said: "I tested the situation of the twelve star gods as soon as I came back, and the result was a bit beyond my expectation." "Testing? How did you test it?" Phrodite looked a little embarrassed and said: "I did not act according to your orders, but directly reported to Zeus that Iris and the others secretly contacted you."

"What? Did you sell the Twelve Star Gods?"

"I can't say it's sold, it's just a test." Aphrodite said: "According to the method you mentioned, I can't find out enough information in a short time. If I don't understand the conflicts within the Olympus Protoss, Jiji, it is very easy for contacts like me to be exposed. After listening to Aphrodite's words, he thought for a while, and then said: "Your plan is indeed more efficient, but in case of the twelve star gods It’s a sincere cooperation, but you’ve suffered miserably this time! "

Aphrodite said with a bitter face: "This is what I think Chu Hu expected. I didn't directly tell Lu that they had surrendered to us. I just told Zeus that I heard the guards talking about this before escaping. "

"Zeus plans to react?"

"This is what I am most worried about." Aphrodite said: "Zeus had no reaction when he heard the news." "No reaction?" After hearing the news, I lowered my head again and pondered. After a while, he continued: "I think I understand."

Aphrodite nodded and said: "I figured it out later. Zeus didn't get angry at that time, which means he already knew about it, so it doesn't really matter whether I retaliate or not.

But this morning, I heard that Zeus sent people to strengthen the guard strength of some of the twelve star gods. "

"Isn't that all?"

"no."

"That would be troublesome."

"What do you mean?" Aphrodite looked at me suspiciously.

I explained while thinking: "Zeus may have two purposes for strengthening the guard. One is that he guessed that you were a spy we deliberately let go, so he strengthened supervision. Those so-called guards, the protection is fake, monitor those few Star God is the real thing.”

Aphrodite thought for a while and shook her head: "But why did Zeus send people to monitor those star gods?" "Of course it is to prevent them from contacting me. If you are a spy released by us, then we will definitely send The response staff then arrived, just like I am here now. What Zeus is worried about is the connection between the two parties, and he can probably guess that even if it is not me, it must be a powerful person from the Chaos and Order Protoss. Therefore, a large number of personnel are dispatched to conduct surveillance in the name of protection.

Aphrodite asked suspiciously: "Isn't it obvious that I have discovered that I am a spy?" "No, this is only one of the possibilities."

"What about the other two?"

"The second is that Zeus still guesses that you are a spy, but he is smarter and deliberately arranges guards to protect several of the star gods who he deliberately arranged to fake surrender. In this way, we will treat these protected guys as being under surveillance, thus achieving the reverse The purpose of our judgment." "So there is something else to say?" Aphrodite said: "But isn't it impossible to decide which one is true?"

"If it were just like this, I could still guess something, but the key is that the matter is divided into four directions. The first two are Zeus guessing that you betrayed him, and the second two are Zeus believing you, so he sent The guard came out to monitor those who might betray, or he deliberately reversed black and white to protect us, so that he could reverse our judgment." "Isn't this the same as before?" "It's different." I shook my head and said: " If there are only the first two, or only the last two, then we only need to know whether Zeus is smart enough to determine the correct answer. But now we not only need to figure out what Zeus thinks, but also what he is. It's not that I doubt you. I even think Zeus may have sent troops just to attack us, and he may not know anything." Aphrodite frowned and said: "Then we don't know anything?" "So Zeus is a very powerful guy. He actually thought of using this method to deal with us." "Then what should we do now?" "It seems that there is no hope of outsmarting us. If it doesn't work, we will attack by force. Anyway, with Zeus's current strength, even if You may not be able to gain advantage by attacking him by force. But don't forget that the people of Hades are with me, and I can also exert influence on the two temples of light and darkness. If that doesn't work, I will ask Mother Earth for help." "Earth Mother?" Aphrodite covered her mouth in surprise and was stunned for a while before asking: "Isn't she not allowed to interfere in human affairs?"

"Yes, it's true that you can't interfere, but the rule is that the dead are alive. Even if you don't take the initiative to intervene, you can still help a lot."

Aphrodite is not stupid either, she understood what I meant after a little thought. "Well, should I go back with you right now, or should I continue the previous mission to investigate which gods want to leave the Olympus Protoss?" "You should continue your previous mission, but you are a little pressed for time, so you will Don't ask questions one by one. Arrange them in order according to their strength and the tendency to rebel. Then you don't need to worry about the little miscellaneous fish with average strength. It doesn't matter who they tie to anyway. When we start taking action, it will be more efficient if we ask how many people we have.

"I understand, then I'll do it now."

I nodded and said: "If Hephaestus is finished, I will ask him to send someone to your temple to inform you."

"I see."

After sending Aphrodite out, I turned around and returned to Hephaestus's smelting room. This guy was currently leading his group of apprentices to pound a few pieces of metal. On the other side, the thin man The tall, elegant young man was sitting behind a table, with something like a microscope placed in front of him, and holding two special tools like chopsticks in his hands, he was drawing something on a metal plate.

"How's the progress?"

Because the people over there were obviously not very suitable to disturb, so I naturally turned my target to Medea.

"The progress is much faster than expected." Medea said obviously very happy: "I have never seen Hephaestus so excited. He was banging metal and humming a song just now. "

"If he is in such a good mood, does it mean that the equipment coming out must be very good?"

"I can't say it's necessarily very good, but it's definitely a very unique piece of equipment. Of course, in most cases, the attributes are definitely very good. At least for so many years, he has never played poorly in an excited state. equipment."

After listening to what Medea said, I nodded with relief and said, "Now I'll have a way to explain it when Aphrodite comes back." Medea, who was still looking excited, immediately changed her face when she heard this. Just stepped over. I originally thought it was because she had a bad relationship with Aphrodite and didn't want to hear anyone mention Aphrodite, but before I could persuade her, Medea spoke first.

"Well, you still may not be able to explain it to Aphrodite." "Ah? Why?" The sudden jump in thinking made me a little suspicious.

Medea smiled bitterly and pointed to the position of an apprentice on the other side: "Look over there and you will know." My eyes instantly turned to where Medea was pointing, and I happened to see an apprentice making a mold. . Hephaestus was still refining the metal, so he couldn't see what he was making yet, but the mold had a shape, and the internal structure was clear at a glance.

"Holy crap, who is this thing meant for?"

It is not difficult to see from the shape of the mold that what Hephaestus and the others are making is not a defensive equipment at all, but a weapon. Moreover, the most important point is that Aphrodite cannot use this thing at all, and The reason is,

This is a warhammer with an ax blade.

The specific structure of this war hammer is not yet clear. After all, the shape inside the mold is the shape of the weapon, and only the general structure can be seen on the outside. It can be seen from the mold that this hammer is at least two meters long. One side of the hammer head is a flat hammer surface, and the other side is a huge ax head. The other end of the hammer handle is not flat, but is equipped with a three-edged thorn, which seems to be used in reverse.

When "I" saw the hammer, I immediately planned to rush forward and stop it. Unexpectedly, I was grabbed by Medea as soon as I took a step. "What for?"

Medea shook her head and said: "You'd better not disturb him. Hephaestus' inspiration is not fixed. His current inspiration can produce a hammer, which means he is not suitable for making other equipment. Even if you stop him, Unless this hammer, which may become an artifact, can no longer be completed, there will be no benefit." I, who originally planned to stop Hephaestus, immediately became quiet after hearing this. yes. People's inspiration is not fixed. Even if you interrupt him now, it will not do any good in the end except that the hammer will abort. In desperation, I could only take back the tui that I had just stepped out and calm down again, praying that Hephaestus would have some remaining inspiration to build a suit of armor for Aphrodite after finishing the hammer.

Due to his excitement, Hephaestus' work efficiency has obviously improved. Hephaestus, who completed the metal tempering in only ten minutes, immediately put the prepared metal solution into the mold, and then used magic to quickly cool it. Speaking of which, Hephaestus's cooling equipment was quite unique, because he used a heat-eating beast to cool the metal. This strange half-energy creature likes to absorb heat energy, and the hotter it is, the more it likes it. The metal mold was held by it for only a while before condensation was completed, and the metal hammer that was taken out had basically lost its heat.

The hammer taken out of the mold can actually be roughly formed. Of course, post-production will take a lot of work, but the apprentices of Hephaestus can't help with this part. It mainly depends on the gentle young man. and of Hephaestus.

I have already seen that this gentle young man has a profession similar to that of an enchanter. His job is probably to carve magic circles.

The roughly completed hammer was quickly decorated into a quite gorgeous warhammer after the young man and Hephaestus personally adjusted it, and it was also inlaid with many gems. Of course, the internal magic circle is also essential.

The final product is a two-meter-two-meter-long super machine sledgehammer with a shiny golden surface. One side of the hammer head looks like a small beer keg, while the other side is a huge tomahawk. The connection point between the ax head and the hammer face is connected to the hammer handle. The other end of the hammer handle is a similar pole. It was a triangular pyramid with a cold light, and its length reached half a foot, and its surface was filled with ferocious blood grooves. I believe that as long as it is stabbed by this thing, even a blood cow will be put into anemia.

"Hahahaha, it's finally finished. President Ziri, come and see my masterpiece." Hephaestus had obviously forgotten Aphrodite's equipment in the Mariana Trench. At this time, he actually had the nerve to show off his hammer to me.

I walked over and took the hammer with a cold face. I wanted to teach Hephaestus a lesson, but I didn't expect that the hammer suddenly sank down as soon as I took it. If I hadn't reacted quickly and used all my strength to resist, this would have happened. The thing almost fell to the ground.

"Damn it, who are you going to use this thing for?" It took a lot of effort and my face turned red before I managed to hold the hammer up and let it stand with its head down. on the ground. You know, my basic attribute points are only 13 points, and I am already over 2,100 levels. Even if I don’t take into account the equipment bonus and those additional bonus attribute points, I can now get the basic strength by doubling the upgrade alone. It should be above 27,000 points. If you include additional strength and equipment percentage assistance, my actual strength value is at least 40,000. However, even with such high strength, I was still almost exhausted before I could barely lift the hammer. If this were an ordinary person, let alone lifting it, I would be crushed to death as soon as I put the hammer on him.

Hephaestus not only did not express sadness at my words, but said very happily: "This shows that it is a high-level artifact. High-level artifacts will choose their masters. If I make a hammer, anyone can do it." If you use it, doesn’t it become low-level goods?”

"That's okay?" I thought for a while and said, "Then doesn't this mean that only Aphrodite can use it?"

Hephaestus heard my words and immediately asked suspiciously: "I can take it because I am the one who made it, but why did you say that only Aphrodite can use it?"

"Didn't you customize it for her? Is there anyone else besides Aphrodite who can use it?"

"Customized?" Hephaestus was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized and exclaimed: "Oops, I forgot Aphrodite's equipment, ah, what should I do now? I'm sure she's here It will kill me! "Well, did you just remember it now? Hephaestus wandered around the room with a depressed look. Finally, he grabbed my hand helplessly and asked for help: "President Ziri, what should I do now?" Please help me find a way! Otherwise, Aphrodite will kill me when she comes back! "

"Do you still need to think about this kind of problem? Can't you just buy another set of equipment yourself?"

"But……"

"You're not excited and want to stimulate it again, are you? It doesn't matter. I don't have much wine, but I'm not good at drinking, so I'll give it to you. You can continue to read that information. Anyway, even if you sit there and look at the information about our guild for a few years, you may not be able to read it all."

"No, no, no, that's not what I meant." Hephaestus shook his head and said, "The one who just got excited accidentally used up some special materials, so the acquisition may take some time, so..."

"Stop talking, tell me what you want and where you can get it."

When Hephaestus heard this, he immediately said: "Everything else is lacking, but there are two missing materials. One is the stamens and petals of the golden thread huahua, and the other is the star fragments."

"Damn it, what's wrong with you Olympians?"

Hephaestus looked at me suspiciously and asked, "What's wrong?"

I directly pulled a large bag of star fragments from Fenglong Space and threw it to him and said, "This is your problem.

I find it strange, why do all the equipment produced by the Olympus Protoss need star fragments if they need to be repaired or rebuilt? "

"This is not something I can decide!" Hephaestus said helplessly: "Star fragments can stabilize the anti-magic properties of the equipment while strengthening the properties of the equipment. You don't need to use your equipment because you don't know this property. , if you go back and try it, I guarantee you will want to add some star fragments to whatever equipment you see in the future."

"But we have tried adding star fragments before, but it didn't have the effect you mentioned!"

"That's because you added the wrong amount. Too much will have the opposite effect. You have to add it according to the proportion. Also, some metals will affect the release of the effect of the star fragments. You have to increase the dosage a little. Of course, this is also necessary. It is impossible to get any effect by adding it randomly.”

"No wonder." I nodded and said, "I'm not worried about this. Anyway, when you get to our place, you can teach me the formula to our technicians. Now let's talk about the golden thread hua you want. I'm good with that thing. I've heard of it before, but are you sure you're not mistaken? You are a blacksmith and not a pharmacist, so why do you need plants?"

"Plant?" Hephaestus said with great disdain: "You won't say that after you see the golden thread flower."

"Okay, tell me where to find them, and I'll find them for you right away. How many do you want?"

"How many?" Hephaestus looked at me in surprise and said, "If you can get me one, it will be enough for me to use for a few years. Of course, I don't mind if you have the ability to get three or five. "

"Damn, where does that thing grow? It sounds scary when I tell you."

Medea suddenly opened her mouth and explained to Hephaestus: "The long golden thread is not too complicated. With your strength, you can definitely get close. It's just a little troublesome to get it off. But anyway, you go first Just go and try it, it’s useless no matter how much we tell you now, there’s no way to know if you can get it if you don’t try it.”

I thought for a while and said: "Then I'll go and have a look first, and if it doesn't work, I'll contact you again."! .