In the early morning,
A gentle breeze blew through Jason's golden short hair, and the bright sunlight illuminated Jason's handsome face...
Well, right now, Jason's eyes were opened a bit wide.
After all, in the ancient Greece of the mythological era, for this transmigrator youth Jason, there was really nothing more terrifying than closing and opening his eyes.
And suddenly discovering that a god had appeared before him!
Especially since the other party was also a male god.
Moreover, it was one who had a precedent of having an interest in beautiful men!
This was simply adding difficulty upon difficulty, terror upon terror!
"Lo... Lord Apollo..."
His lips trembled slightly. Jason shrank his body a little, somewhat wanting to resist Apollo's action of combing his hair.
But he did not dare to make it too obvious. Raising his voice slightly, he said, "Why have you come!"
At this moment, the only thing giving Jason a bit of comfort in his heart was that Brother Horse was eating grass nearby, and he was still sleeping on the body of the golden-horned deer, Sister Deer.
Thinking of this, Jason could not help but glare fiercely at the pegasus in secret.
As expected, Sister Deer is still the best to me!
Just as Jason was thinking this in his heart, Apollo removed his hand from Jason's body.
His golden eyes gazed at Jason, and he said softly, "Sorry, did I disturb you? Continue sleeping, child. You should be very tired.
Rest assured. I will keep watch for you. This time, no one will disturb you."
"No no no, I am not tired. Lord Apollo, I really am not tired!"
Hearing this, Jason, scared, hurriedly scrambled up from the crouched golden-horned deer's body like a puff of smoke. He even jumped twice and said to the seated Apollo, "Look, Lord Apollo. I am already completely awake!"
Turtle turtle, still sleep. How could he dare to sleep now.
Great Lady Hecate, teacher of the roads, please bless your student quickly. I hope nothing happens. No, it cannot happen!
"Yes." Apollo looked at the standing Jason and nodded lightly.
Then he stood up and carefully sized up the Jason before him. After that, with a smile, he walked to Jason's front.
He patted the dust off the body of the stiff Jason and said softly, "I truly did not expect that in just the blink of an eye without seeing you, child, you have already grown this big. Moreover, you have become so outstanding."
"Child, how about you leave Hecate and follow me instead?"
Athena, Hestia, Ares, Artemis, the Ancestor of All Monsters Typhon, and Hera, and now adding Apollo. Well, who knows what kind of reaction Hecate would have if she knew about this situation.
Is it easy? Is it easy to take in a disciple!
In his life, just these one or two disciples, and they are always being eyed by others!
"No, Lord Apollo. Lady Hecate is my teacher, the goddess I respect the most. So I absolutely will not leave Lady Hecate!"
Wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, Jason refused righteously.
"Yes, that makes sense. After all, you even refused the invitation from Queen Hera. It seems you really love your teacher Hecate."
Apollo was not angry at Jason's refusal. After all, he knew that in terms of who came first, it was not his turn. Athena and the others had moved much faster than him.
"Then let us not talk about this matter."
Saying this, Apollo took out a shepherd's flute.
One could see that the shepherd's flute was of ancient style and elegant design.
Jason instantly knew what it was.
It was precisely the 'gift' that the gods' messenger Hermes had left with Apollo, used to deal with the hundred-eyed giant Argus. It possessed the ability to make all things in the world fall asleep upon hearing its flute sound, able to make even Argus's hundred eyes close. It was the shepherd's flute.
"You should know what it is. Now it belongs to you. Take it, child. You will need it for the next stop on your journey."
Hearing this, Jason received the ancient-style shepherd's flute.
But this was not the end, because this was the gift of the gods' messenger Hermes, but not Apollo's gift!
Therefore...
"Geryon's cattle herd, the lyre music that echoes through the Underworld, and my child Asclepius as well as my beloved Coronis. Child, these are all the tributes you offered to me, and they are also the best tributes I have received."
Apollo gazed gently at the youth before him and said, "Each one of them makes me feel a satisfaction I have never had before. Sigh, if it were not because you are Hecate's child, even if it were Artemis, I would have to fight with her!"
No, Lord Apollo, please do not. We can discuss everything. Really, everything can be discussed!
"I have accepted these tributes, therefore... accept my gift, Jason."
After saying this, Apollo turned his head and looked toward the vast blue sky, at that incomparably dazzling sun.
Then he reached out toward the sun and, from the light shining down from the sun, drew out a golden bow.
"From today onward, this bow... is yours."
Holding this shining golden bow, Apollo handed it to Jason.
And all of this was naturally seen by those gods observing in secret.
Although most of the gods had already anticipated this scene long ago.
But when they truly saw with their own eyes Apollo gifting his personal divine tool, the bow, to Jason.
Many gods' eyes still widened a bit more.
"Apollo the God of Light's bow, Artemis the Moon Goddess's arrow... In the end, this child has still gathered this legendary weapon."
Not far away, Sea Queen Amphitrite sighed.
"This weapon... if I have not guessed wrong, even among the gods, it only exists in legends, right?"
Amphitrite's sister, Goddess Callirhoe, also sighed.
"Yes."
Amphitrite nodded and said, "After all, whether it is the bow or the arrow, they are both Apollo and Artemis's personal divine tools.
And besides God King Zeus, there is almost no existence in the current world that can force the two of them to fight together. However, in the past, it was not that there were no gods who had seen it completely."
"Oh?" Callirhoe looked at Amphitrite in surprise.
After hesitating for a period of time, Amphitrite said, "I vaguely remember that Poseidon mentioned this matter.
Back then, when Hera persecuted their mother, Goddess Leto.
She once sent the vicious and cruel great pest, the giant serpent Python, intending to devour that goddess.
And in that incident, Poseidon raised great winds and waves to block the giant serpent's path, protecting Goddess Leto. But just as Goddess Leto gave birth to the infant Apollo and Artemis, the giant serpent Python found them.
At that time, Goddess Leto was already unable to fight due to the pain of childbirth. Her good sister, who was also Hecate's mother, Goddess Asteria, had transformed into an island and was also unable to fight.
Thus, in that dangerous moment, the just-born Apollo grew into a youth god at an extremely fast speed. He borrowed the arrow from Artemis and shot Artemis's arrow with his own bow!"
"Oh, then what happened after?" Callirhoe looked curiously at Amphitrite, who had stopped speaking here.
Amphitrite glanced at Callirhoe and, after hesitating for a while, continued, "Then the giant serpent Python was directly pierced by that arrow. And because of this, Queen Hera no longer threatened them and acknowledged their identities."
As Amphitrite spoke, she looked up at Jason, who had received the bow.
"Because Poseidon said, that arrow not only pierced Python, but... it also flew toward Queen Hera seated on Mount Olympus!
That arrow almost took Queen Hera's life!
It was only that in the end, it was still blocked... blocked personally by God King Zeus, at the cost of injury!"
"Injured?" Callirhoe was stunned, her eyes widening as she said, "You mean that arrow... and it was an arrow shot by Apollo right after birth... injured God King Zeus?!"
"Keep your voice down! You can listen, but do not say it out."
Amphitrite glared at the extremely shocked Callirhoe. Then, looking at the scene before her where Jason received Apollo's bow and then the bow disappeared from before Jason, she said, "Yes. If Poseidon did not deceive me.
After all, back then, that incident involved too many people, and few gods dared to spy. However, no matter what, it is very clear now.
In this world, a person who has obtained that legendary power has appeared... and moreover, it is a child among humans!"
Callirhoe listened to Amphitrite's words and was stunned again and again.
Then she looked at Jason, sized him up, swallowed her saliva, and said, "Wait, according to what you said, then this child now..."
"What are you thinking? He is after all just a child... and the most important thing is that he is just an ordinary mortal. He does not possess the divine power of the God of Light Apollo.
Therefore, to use Apollo's bow, it can only be when the light falls upon the earth during the day.
To use Moon Goddess Artemis's arrow, it can only be when the moonlight falls upon the earth during the night.
Thus... if he wants to use Apollo's bow to shoot Moon Goddess Artemis's arrow, in one day, there are only two instants when he can do it."
"Which two instants?"
Amphitrite looked up at the vast blue sky and the sun illuminating the earth. Only after a moment did she reply, "At the time of sunrise, when the first ray of light illuminates the night, and the night has not completely receded, in that instant!
At the time of sunset, when the full moon appears in the sky, and night has descended but has not completely covered the light, in that instant!"
Simply put.
It is the initial arrival of dawn.
The curtain fall of twilight.