Heroes Dislike the God of Light

Helios, as the Sun God in Ancient Greece mythology, has seen his image and stories evolve and change across different cultures and eras.

In the myths of Helios, he is typically depicted driving a sun chariot pulled by four fiery horses, traversing the sky from east to west to bring light to the world.

These four fiery horses are:

Pylos—representing the eastern horizon and sunrise.

Eos—representing the midday sun and its most brilliant radiance.

Aethon—representing the western horizon and sunset.

Phlegon—representing the arrival of night and the appearance of the stars.

These horses not only provide the power for Helios's sun chariot in mythology, but have also become symbols of the sun and light in cultural and artistic works.

In the vase paintings, sculptures, and literary works of Ancient Greece, the four horses of Helios are often depicted vividly, showcasing the artists' profound understanding of natural phenomena and their worship of the gods.

And now, A handsome male god spoke to him kindly about the situation, then said:

"Lovely child, you remind me of Hyacinthus, my lover, the son of the King of Sparta, a beautiful youth just like you!"

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Thaumas felt a sense of foreboding; he would rather be entangled by a goddess than be attacked by a plug!

"Apollo! You are frightening the child, get to the point!" Athena spoke up to reprimand the distracted Apollo, reminding him to mind his divine decorum.

Legend has it, Apollo fell in love with the son of the King of Sparta, the beautiful youth Hyacinthus.

He loved hunting and sports, so Apollo would diligently accompany him, acting like a servant by holding the youth's fishing nets, leading his hounds, and staying by his side with all his heart.

One dusk, the lovers were playing by throwing a discus in the fields. When Apollo threw the golden discus, Hyacinthus chased after it happily.

But no one expected that Zephyrus, who also admired Hyacinthus, would use the wind to deflect the discus, striking the beautiful youth directly in the head and causing a fatal wound.

Apollo rushed over in terror, clutching the poor youth in his arms. He tried to use his own body to restore warmth to the boy, but it was all too late.

Hyacinthus's head hung limply against Apollo's chest. Apollo was overcome with grief, his tears drenching the youth's handsome face.

On the ground stained by the blood of Hyacinthus, a delicate flower bloomed. To commemorate this sincere love, Apollo named the flower after Hyacinthus.

It is the hyacinth we see so often. This story is the origin of the hyacinth's name, and the language of the hyacinth is sorrow. Ever since then, Sparta has held the grand Hyacinthia every spring.

This is a sad story, And Thaumas felt melancholy because of it.

But that is only if such a sad story does not happen to oneself. Especially when one might be the heroine appearing in this tale.

Under Athena's reminder, Apollo finally snapped out of it, then said to Thaumas even more gently:

"Child, originally, after Athena told me your story, I didn't pay much attention, but now I like you very much.

But I must ask you for a favor, will you agree to it?"

After listening, Thaumas guessed: "Respected Lord Apollo! Do you need me to help you find that shy fire horse, Phlegon?"

Whereupon, Apollo firmly replied to him:

"No! How could I let you do something so dangerous? Of course, it is to marry me!"

"Ah—?"

Thaumas seemed to see a giant "DANGER" sign!

"Smack—!" Athena slapped Apollo heavily, then said angrily:

"Apollo, what did you promise me before you came? Do you not want the authority of the sun anymore?"

"That sort of thing doesn't matter! The most important thing now is to consider how to make Thaumas fall in love with me, right? That is what a God of Light should be doing!" Apollo ignored Athena entirely, his eyes burning as he stared at Thaumas.

Hiss~

What a trashy gaze.

I finally understand how beauties feel when they are being watched by perverts.

"Although I respect you, Lord Apollo, I do not like men, and I have no intention of marrying or having children, so this time, I can only refuse you."

Thaumas was not the least bit tactful, refusing sternly; he did not want to get involved in this at all.

"You don't like men? No problem, Thaumas, gods have no gender! It is only human children who think we should have a gender, so we chose one.

If you want, I can change into the style you like. As long as it is you, I specially permit you to choose for yourself!" Apollo listened patiently, then let out a sigh of relief and answered confidently.

As long as the reason is known, there is a breakthrough!

The gods of Greece are all extraterrestrial starships, and the forms Thaumas and the humans see now are all simulated divine bodies.

They are simulated using the functions of the starships. Although their true machine-god bodies are basically scrapped now, having turned into pure conceptual gods, they can still use these transformation functions.

Just like how Hera can turn into an old woman, or Zeus can turn into a bull to seduce women; such examples are countless.

But looking at Apollo's gaze, Still so trashy, as expected!

Aside from being a bit handsome, a bit strong, a bit smart, and a tiny bit capable, what else is there to like?

Fine, even Thaumas couldn't keep praising himself.

A bit shy...

Right, now he had to think about how to reject these gods. He absolutely would not do that kind of thing with a god!

Absolutely not! Goddesses were the same! Who knew if they had the hobby of growing a root to play around with...

"Absolutely not, Lord Apollo. I look forward to loyalty in love. Because I am a follower of the Queen of Heaven Hera, I will not accept diverse love! I demand that both my partner and I be equally chaste and pure!"

Thaumas cursed quite filthily; although there were no swear words, everyone knew that Apollo, as the most handsome male god in all of Greece, had countless lovers.

This was an expression of disgust at Apollo being "dirty."

Upon hearing this, tears welled up in the corners of Apollo's eyes. He clutched his chest and said to Thaumas in pain:

"Is it true that we have no fate together? Child, I feel sad because of this."

"Alright, Apollo, if you continue like this, I will truly be angry," Athena said softly, even though she hadn't even spoken of the feelings that made her wisdom feel shy...

"Then, child, I, Apollo, will not give up. I will think of another way," Apollo said.

No, please stop thinking about me, I beg you. He just wanted a normal wife; what did he do wrong?

"Child, please do me a favor. If you can bring back that fire horse, my bow and my sword shall both be at your disposal," Apollo said sadly, his face showing extreme reluctance, as well as an obvious sorrow and attachment.

Then, as if having made a certain decision, Apollo took out one of his most famous weapons: a silver bow.

This silver bow was custom-made at the request of his father Zeus to display his ability and status as the god of archery.

The silver bow was depicted as a powerful and beautiful weapon, symbolizing Apollo's strength and elegance.

This bow was only inferior to that of Artemis, after all, Artemis's true form was a bow-shaped sniper-type interstellar fighter, and her combat power was evident.

Artemis's Noble Phantasm, [Shooting Star Ortygia] (You are the Golden Star-Piercing Arrow), as a divine punishment, had extremely powerful destructive force.

And this bow of Apollo's was only slightly worse than Artemis's.

He infused his authority into Thaumas's Bracelet, granting Thaumas the right to use this bow.

At the same time, once Thaumas brought back Phlegon, Apollo's arrows and golden sword would also be bestowed upon Thaumas!

"This silver bow is the help I give you. When you bring back that fire horse, the golden sword will also belong to you! You will be the hero favored by Apollo!" Apollo said solemnly.

These were the only Noble Phantasms that Thaumas absolutely did not want!

"Please forgive my refusal, respected Lord Apollo, I cannot accept your kindness!" Thaumas replied.

"That won't do, Thaumas. This is a divine gift; you are not allowed to refuse!" It was Athena who spoke.

"Yes, that's right! Exactly! This is Apollo's gift to a hero! And it is also a commission I entrust to you. Beautiful and lovely child! I beg you! Please help me bring back that fire horse! Otherwise, the world will fall into eternal darkness!" Apollo said gently.

"Then, very well! Great God of Light Apollo, I will bring Phlegon back and hand him over to you. In this way, the sun can rise again, and light will return to the world!"

Thus, Thaumas accepted this commission from the God of Light, although he himself did not really want to accept Apollo's favor.

Well, if it's not necessary, he wouldn't use this power!

He hoped he wouldn't have to use this power from the God of Light.

After everything was settled, the Griffin finally flew down from the sky.

It didn't quite understand what Thaumas and the others were doing. Humans and Griffins were indeed different; they were strange creatures that spoke a bunch of complicated things it couldn't understand.

Just like how humans had to distinguish between men and women, they, the Griffins, as fantasy species, could be either male or female; being male or female didn't matter at all.

However, its intuition told it that it just needed to leave quietly, not get involved, not try to say anything, and just wait for things to end.

It still trusted its intuition that much.

PS:

Specifically stating that there is no gay stuff. I wrote it this way because if it really were Apollo, I feel he would do exactly this.

The previous chapter was a two-in-one, this chapter is released normally.

Also, the promised extra updates are all at the back.

Thanks to the two brothers for the monthly tickets, one extra chapter for each, plus the extra chapter for successfully signing the contract, all released today.

The extra chapters for tips will be tomorrow; I can't write them today.

The damn bees occupied my study, and now the firefighters are helping out. Today's update was typed on my phone; it's definitely not as easy to use as a computer!