Chapter 382 The Influence of the Golden Rain
The weather always changes quite quickly.
The night sky was fresh and clear just now, but now it was covered with dark clouds, and the raindrops quickly fell densely.
Acrisios returned to his throne, still painstakingly studying the remaining pages in his hands.
The sound of raindrops outside the palace was a little noisy, which made his thoughts a little confused and he could not calm down.
Just when he was about to go back to rest temporarily and stop studying, someone's shouts suddenly sounded outside.
And the shouting quickly sounded like a mountain and a tsunami, as if everyone in the city was shouting in the middle of the night.
Acrisios had a bad premonition in his heart. He stood up and quickly walked out of the palace.
The raindrops were pouring down outside, but this dark night that should have been silent and dim was now full of people and as bright as day.
Because what dripped under the clouds were not ordinary water droplets, but raindrops emitting golden light, hitting the ground.
They are as dazzling as gold, falling from the sky to the ground, flowing on the ground, exuding the light of wealth.
People throughout the city of Argos were alarmed, scrambling to collect the golden rain in containers.
Acrisios was also stunned for a moment by the magical scene in front of him, but he reacted the next moment.
The body under the exquisite attire burst out with astonishing power and went straight to the tower where Danae was.
A fierce killing intent burst out in his eyes. At this moment, all family affection and worries were forgotten by Acrisios.
Kill her to avoid future troubles, as soon as possible!
He ran as fast as he could, the muscles in his arms swelled rapidly, and at this moment he no longer felt the original weakness on his body.
After all, he had just started to decline, and he was still at his strongest.
The room above the tower was filled with a layer of light golden mist, and Acrisios was more certain of his guess.
Not long after he left here, what he was worried about had already happened.
Acrisios took a deep breath and blew away the golden mist that filled the room, revealing the situation under the mist.
All the gold ornaments in the room have disappeared without a trace, and the only thing left is the golden dress on Danae.
Light golden lines roamed Danae's body, from her arms to her sleeves. The original white skirt was pasted with gold foil, adding a bit of nobility.
These changes are not important, Acrisios's eyes are just firmly locked on Danae's abdomen.
The flat belly is now slightly bulging, exuding a strong breath of life.
He was wary of Danae's contact with others, and even thought that it was not Danae's children who might cause problems, but outsiders who took a fancy to Danae.
But Acrisios never thought that he would be the son of a human god. After all, apart from Minos, there were no other examples.
But even so, facing the prophecy of a child who would affect his throne, he could not keep him.
A trace of cruelty flashed in Acrisios's eyes, and he opened his hands to strangle his daughter's throat and end the fate predicted by him.
Danae was fast asleep with her eyes closed at the moment, completely unresponsive to external events, and it was meaningless even if she was awake.
He was confident enough that in an instant, he completely strangled Danae to death without leaving a trace of breath.
Seeing that his hand was about to grab fate's throat, Danae's figure was suddenly shot outward by an invisible force, avoiding this fatal blow.
The priestesses wearing veils and sacrificial robes appeared silently under the rain of gold.
They rescued Danae from the hands of Acrisios. After the leading priest observed it carefully, he handed Danae to the person behind him.
“King of Argos, what are you going to do?” “Do you want to kill your own daughter and destroy God’s blessing for us?”
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The priests from the Oracle came very quickly. It was clear that Acrisios deliberately built the tower in the palace so that he could react as quickly as possible.
But these priests are still only a little slower than themselves.
Acrisios could not suppress his anger and roared majestically.
“I am the king! None of you are!”
Before, he was able to avoid breaking up with the oracle, firstly for the stability of his rule, and secondly because the prophecy was still just a prophecy.
But now, this prophecy is about to come true, and he can no longer compromise.
"Even if you are a king, you cannot ignore human relations and family ties and kill your own daughter for no reason. What's more, the princess is not just the daughter of the king."
The high priest headed by him is not worried. Said slowly.
“The princess is not only a priest of our main god Hera, but now she is also the mother who bears the son of the god. How can the king decide life and death at will?”
Acrisios looked very ugly, and he even wanted to shout angrily, "What you call the Son of God wants to take away his throne."
But this kind of thing doesn't make any sense even if you say it to these religious lunatics, they don't care about it.
"Son of God? That's not necessarily the case."
Acrisios raised his head and looked out the window. From a condescending angle, he could see the chaos in the entire city caused by this golden rain. .
Everyone has to fight to collect the liquid gold dripping from the sky, and even fight, and the order is on the verge of collapse.
Even the guards in the palace were fighting with each other at this moment, and their weapons were even stained with blood.
But those who have the ability to maintain order are fighting with each other around an unborn child on this high tower.
Acrisios kept this tragic situation in his eyes, but he didn't take it to heart.
As long as you solve your own serious problems, this kind of problem can be easily solved.
“Look at the situation outside. If this is the Son of God, why does it bring such a picture?”
"People are killing each other. They only have the desire for gold in their eyes. This is clearly an influence brought about by the devil."
He beat the child in Danae's belly as an ominous child, so that There is a reasonable reason.
As for how to convince the priests in front of him
Acrisios’s arm muscles bulged slightly. His ability to become the designated heir of Inachus relied on more than just his outstanding ability.
Although the priest who attacks God is likely to be punished by God, in the current situation, he can't care so much.
Just when he was preparing to take action directly, the leading priest spoke again.
“Perhaps we can choose a compromise method to verify whether this is the real Son of God.”
“Send the princess to the sea, if she can survive the waves alone Survive means that this is indeed God’s will.”
Almost subconsciously, Acrisios thought this was a good idea.
The sea is unpredictable, and even experienced fishermen can easily leave without returning, let alone Danae alone?
But the next moment, his spiritual sense suddenly shook, causing him to suddenly wake up.
In fact, in this kind of Greek story, there is usually an effect followed by a cause. The effect is achieved first, and then the so-called prophecy is revealed.
But what I am more curious about is that, according to normal rules, Danae was placed under house arrest. Whose child was she carrying?
Could it be that they were father and daughter?
So in the original story, she was not killed, but just banished to the sea?
(End of this chapter)