The burning bonfire not only brings warmth to travelers, but more importantly, provides stability in the dark night.
Qi Zhen stayed by the bonfire, constantly adding firewood to the fire to make it burn brighter.
His eyes were always fixed on the majestic city in the distance, looking at the city wall that was always obscured by dark clouds, and he didn't know what he was thinking in his heart.
Perhaps because everyone in the team knew that they would be separated from Jocasta tomorrow, and they would never see each other again in the future, or perhaps because they felt that this journey was a bit irritating, Nolan came to her tent by accident and met Jocasta. Chatted.
No one in the team stepped forward to stop him, and it was unclear whether his attention was on the content of the conversation between the two.
"Miss Jocasta, I want to ask you the question from the past two days again." Nolan said.
"Come in." Jocasta's voice came out without leaving the tent.
"Excuse me." Nuolan said, opened the tent curtain and walked in.
Jocasta had already sat up, looked at Nolan with a smile, and said, "If you have any questions, please tell me."
"Do you love your husband?" Nuolan asked curiously.
Jocasta shook her head.
"Then you told us before that you need to find true love to spend the rest of your life together. You yourself..." Nuo Lan hesitated.
Jocasta pondered for a moment and then said: "I have always thought that getting married and having children is the most useless thing, probably because of my father's influence. I have never had such thoughts. I swear I will never marry in this life. People, alone, are neat and tidy.”
"But if everyone thinks the same as you, how can humans survive?" Nuolan asked.
"Other people are naturally their business. I can't let others think the same way as me. Compared to looking for a partner, I think it is more interesting to place my love on the mountains and rivers than to get married." Ioka Ste said bluntly.
"I still think falling in love is so interesting..." Nuolan stuck out her tongue.
"If you had experienced what happened around me, I'm afraid you wouldn't see it this way." Jocasta said.
"You just said that you were influenced by your father, can you tell me about it?" Nuolan still thought that the other party had some misunderstandings about marriage and childbirth because her son was eaten by the Sphinx, so she was a little curious. .
There was a rare trace of disgust on Jocasta's face: "There's nothing to say, he's just an old pervert with seven official wives and countless lovers."
Nolan was a little shocked and asked, "Your family must be very rich..."
Jocasta's expression was joking: "I don't have much money, but I have a lot of power. My father's wives are basically related to him by blood. They have older sisters, younger sisters, and aunts. My mother is his cousin. "
"This, this, this..." Nolan wanted to say that this is not incest, but after thinking about it, he swallowed the words that came to his lips.
"So, I swear not to marry in this life, so as not to get involved in those dirty things." Jocasta said as if she knew what Nolan wanted to say.
"I would like to ask, do you have a bad relationship with Queen Hera?" Nuolan suddenly asked.
"Huh?" Jocasta was stunned, "Why do you ask?"
"I just think that you, a mortal, can kill the messenger sent by the Queen with one arrow without fear of the majesty of the Queen of Heaven, and you can still pursue it for so long. I guess you must also have a lot of resentment towards her." Nuolan said.
"More than just resentment." Jocasta snorted, her words full of anger: "If it weren't for..." She stopped mid-sentence, then gritted her teeth and said, "I wish I could kill her with my own hands!"
Nuolan knew that if she continued talking about this topic, she would be afraid that she would kick her out, so she changed the subject: "Then you got married because you didn't think clearly about it?"
"You'd better change the topic, or I'll still kick you out." Jocasta seemed to know what Nolan was thinking, and said jokingly.
As if he didn't know how to continue the topic, Nuolan was speechless for a moment, and the atmosphere became a little awkward.
At this moment, Jocasta's eyes suddenly flashed.
Nuo Lan's heart tightened, and she was about to be kicked out.
With a sad face, she said, "Don't hit me, I'll go out by myself."
"Stay here and don't come out, someone is coming." The voice was still echoing in Nuolan's ears, but there was no sign of Jocasta in front of her?
Qi Zhen had already stood up by the campfire, looking to the west, her Sharingan was dim and difficult to see.
Seeing Jocasta come out of the tent, he did not feel surprised, but asked: "Coming for you?"
Jocasta did not hide anything and nodded: "I will solve it myself. You guys have a good rest."
"Do you need help?" Qi Zhen asked.
"If the other party is not suffering from madness, then there will be no fight. If we really want to fight, you will not be needed." Jocasta said something difficult to understand.
But Qi Zhen understood.
"Who are you?" Qi Zhen asked.
"You can't guess?" Jocasta asked.
Qi Zhen remained silent.
Jocasta walked forward slowly, heading towards the west.
Lin Biao appeared beside Qi Zhen at some point and said, "Wake Sun Jie up. It's such an interesting thing. Even if you don't participate in it, it's good to watch it from the side."
Qi Zhen glanced at him and simply used spiritual communication to shout everyone up.
Everyone gathered around the bonfire and looked to the west.
In the distance, a few stars seemed to be emerging from the fields. Looking carefully, there was a white figure stepping on the stars.
When the team came out of the tent, the figure was already less than a hundred meters away from everyone. It was a woman.
The woman's body is wrapped in gauze, her face is sad with a hint of perseverance, her slender legs are exposed, and she walks barefoot among the fields, growing flowers every step of the way.
If you look carefully, you will see that the little stars under your feet are bright white flowers, which complement the woman and are exceptionally beautiful.
Jocasta stepped forward and stood opposite her.
"You still mustered up the courage to come to me." Jocasta seemed not surprised by the other party's arrival.
"I have no worries anymore, so I will naturally come to you." The woman's voice was extremely ethereal, as if she was far away in the horizon.
"If you take action, you know what will be waiting for you." Jocasta said coldly, and her unsmiling nature returned to her.
"Ever since my whole family was slaughtered by your two siblings and I changed my name from Flora to Cloris, it was destined that this day would come sooner or later. Oh, the commandments of the Lord of the Gods are just to protect you. This daughter he loves the most?!" The woman's voice was a bit sad.
"Cloris?! Isn't that the Spring God?" Sun Jie suddenly said not far away.
Neither Qi Zhen nor Lin Biao showed any unexpected expressions on their faces. On the contrary, the others' eyes widened with disbelief on their faces.
A few short sentences were enough to explain the identity of Jocasta who was traveling with everyone in the team.
"Have you known this for a long time?" Liang Sicheng looked at Qi Zhen and then at Lin Biao, complaining a little.
"You can't lie without evidence. Besides, people may have their own reasons for concealing their identity." Qi Zhen advised Liang Sicheng instead.
"Come on, you two, one is competing against the other for being able to endure it. Good guy, you have walked all the way with the twelve main gods, and we don't even know about it!" Liang Sicheng frowned.
That's right, the bow-wielding woman named Jocasta is known as the "Mistress of Beasts and Lord of the Wilderness", one of the twelve main gods of ancient Greece, Artemis, the goddess of hunting!
No wonder she was vague when talking about her husband and children. No wonder she was so dismissive of love and marriage.
As the virgin goddess on Mount Olympus who is most opposed to marriage between men and women, saying such words is simply revealing her true nature!
Nuolan was wondering just now, what kind of person could have such an unreliable father, well, it turned out to be Zeus!
"I'm sorry about your mother Niobe, but she was the one who disrespected my mother first. My brother and I were just exercising our rights as gods." Artemis shrugged, as if she didn't care.
"Thirteen of my brothers and sisters, plus fourteen of my mother, will be killed by you just because they are disrespectful to your mother. As expected, the gods are cold-blooded and ruthless." Cloris's face was filled with hatred. , "But why did you leave me alone!"
"I am so kind and forgiving that I will make you the goddess of spring and flowers. Even I will share part of the power of natural faith with you. When I become a god, there is an essential difference between nature and mortals. Don't you understand this?" Artemis said coldly.
"I don't understand! Why do the gods have to be superior to others, and mortals have to be driven by you and worship you. Even if I become a god, I will avenge my mother and brothers and sisters!" Cloris roared.
"You are no match for me. If you insist on taking action, then I will have no choice but to fight back." Artemis obviously did not want to argue with her on this matter anymore. She drew her bow like a full moon, and an arrow glowed with black light. It's already on the string.
"I know I can't beat you, but even if I die, I will make you pay the price!"
An extremely huge divine power emanated from her body, spreading outwards with her as the center. Only a dazzling moment passed, and the little stars under her feet instantly lit up the entire field.
All of them are beautiful flowers with white shimmer. They are swaying in the windless fields, reflecting the surrounding environment as bright as day.
"It's so beautiful!" Nolan exclaimed.
"It's a pity that it was just a flash in the pan." Qi Zhen shook her head and sighed.
In matters between the gods, it is difficult to say who is right and who is wrong. Entanglements between grievances and grievances are always being cut and confused, but the positions are just different.
Everyone in the team can only be a bystander.
