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Aphrodite has a good attitude towards you and has agreed to your request. However, she has also made her own demands. She hopes to find a suitable mate for you to continue your superior genes that far surpass those of other mortals. This is Aphrodite's functional nature. She is a spirit intelligence warfare attack machine in the Greek Mechs fleet, and also a large terminal for teaching intellectual beings. Teaching intellectual life forms is her primary duty, which is why she is regarded by mortals as the goddess of love and beauty.
However, her word choice can sometimes be overly exaggerated, which can easily lead you to misunderstand her. But now that the misunderstanding has been cleared up, you feel that going along with her a little won't hurt.
[Because you recall the stories in Greek mythology related to the chosen spouses of Aphrodite, all of which have left their mark on history. The most classic example is the Trojan War caused by the golden apple. You are very curious about what kind of troublesome woman this goddess will choose for you. You hope that the more difficult she is, the greater your fame will be.]
As your thoughts arose, a large bed appeared in the temple. Aphrodite invited you to share her bed, and you lay down without hesitation, anticipating what would happen next. However, as soon as you lay down, a deep drowsiness overwhelmed your mind, and you fell into a deep sleep.
[In a deep sleep, you feel a gentle, large hand caressing your entire body. You feel as if you are lying on a beach, letting the tide wash over your body. The intense relaxation and comfort make you linger. It's not the stimulation from sex, but more like the intimacy of a maternal embrace.]
You don't know what Aphrodite did to you, but when you wake up again, you find yourself naked, and Aphrodite is lying on her side beside you. You don't think much of it because you notice that she is fully clothed and is looking at you with a very complicated expression.
“Beautiful lady, although I know that you mortals have very unique sexual preferences, you… are going a bit too far. I think people shouldn’t be so perverted, at least not. I think you should choose a beautiful woman as your wife, or even a beautiful man wouldn’t be a problem, but you…”
No, what nonsense are you talking about?
Quinn stared blankly at the goddess so close to him, who seemed to want to say something but hesitated, not understanding what she was trying to say.
Aphrodite noticed Quinn's confusion. She sighed with mixed feelings, pondering whether to give him some face. But after much thought, she decided she had to be direct. Otherwise, Quinn could easily go astray, which wouldn't be in line with her duty as a large terminal for teaching intellectual subjects. So, she spoke.
"Beautiful one, if you wish, I can be your wife. Although I am not human, I am still much better than other strange creatures. I truly do not recommend that you go to the Island of No Return to find those three monsters who have long been abandoned. They may be quite beautiful, but they will bring disaster to mortals. Being defeated by heroes is their fate. You are destined to become the ruler of mortals in the future, and you should not put your mind on those non-human things..."
Aphrodite, as if transformed into a teacher, began to nag Quinn in an attempt to correct his thinking. However, before she could finish speaking, Quinn's eyes lit up.
Oh right, how could I have forgotten about the three Gorgon sisters on the Island of No Return?
When it comes to the easiest way to gain prestige, besides cultivating good relations with the gods, there are also a bunch of monsters roaming the Greek lands, right? Those things are native to Earth, and although they can't compare to alien gods in terms of strength and fame, they are still good material for creating anecdotal history.
A healthy diet is needed for both gods and demons. Indeed, Aphrodite, you truly are the most troublesome woman in all of Greece! This trip was definitely worthwhile!
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Author's note: PS: I'm feeling much better now, there will be a follow-up update later.
Chapter 107 I Must Protect My Hook (Second Update)
[You received divine revelation from Aphrodite and decided to make the Isle of the Unknown your next destination, to see the legendary Gorgon sisters, especially the youngest sister Medusa, whom you feel would be a suitable wife for you on the Greek mainland.]
You expressed your gratitude to Aphrodite, believing her to be a true goddess of love who had pointed out your best match.
Aphrodite fell silent. She began to feel guilty for failing you; she shouldn't have mentioned the Gorgon sisters to you. She felt obligated to guide your desires onto the right path. Thus, she displayed the fickle nature of a woman, demanding a change in her expectations of you. She proposed that you acknowledge her as your guardian, regarding her as your "mother" among the gods.
[You didn't refuse; on the contrary, you were very happy. You've already figured out who the real troublemaker is on this land. Compared to Aphrodite, even Hermes, the master of stirring up trouble, has to give way. As long as you get involved with Aphrodite, you're sure to have no shortage of troubles in the future.]
[Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty, regards you as her adopted son. Since Aphrodite, or Venus, is the mother of the Roman people, and you were born of a she-wolf, you are granted a weak claim to the "Kingdom of Rome." You can initiate the resolution "To Found the City of Rome."]
["Founding Rome": When you arrive at Mount Aventine, you can establish the renowned city of Rome there. You gain the "City Builder" trait, and your clan trait +1.]
[Clan Traits You Can Use Now: 1]
Aphrodite was satisfied. She kept her promise and began to bless your creation. She gave this doll a vigorous life force, so that even an inanimate object could move and reproduce like a normal person. She may not understand the ways of the world at first, but with time and experience, she will understand what love and life are, and eventually find her own happiness.
[Under the blessing of the goddess of beauty, your doll looks exactly like a normal human being. She even breathes and has a rising and falling chest. You observe this creation you made with your own hands, and for a moment you seem to see the doll's eyelashes twitch, but when you look again, you find no abnormal reaction.]
The doll is still a doll; she has gained life, but not yet possesses normal consciousness. However, you feel you are not far from that point; you are about to create a life with your own hands.
[While you were gazing at the doll, Aphrodite's eyes seemed to be shining. She clearly felt that you were a better match for the doll, so much so that when you turned to look at her, she still had that same expression. You know that the eyes of gods can see the future, and you felt that this god must have seen a glimpse of the future and was deeply engrossed in it.]
Fortunately, Aphrodite's infatuation didn't last long. She noticed your gaze, her cheeks flushed slightly, and she scolded you for being somewhat disrespectful to the goddess. You understood once again what it meant for goddesses to be women as well, even though they weren't human, they shared certain commonalities.
[You didn't intend to stay by Aphrodite's side for long, therefore, you offered the blood of the God of War, hoping Aphrodite would teach you how to use it.]
Aphrodite invites you to share her bed again. This goddess seems particularly fond of using this ambiguous, yet ultimately meaningless, method to draw attention to her beloved. However, it doesn't matter to you, since you know she's just a machine.
And so, you fell asleep once again in Cupid's bed.
[You have received a special buff – Son of Mars: The trait experience you gain from all adventures in this simulation will be slightly increased, and you will find it easier to recruit characters with the traits of "Swordsman," "Gunfighter," and "Tank Driver."]
You have unlocked a special cultural unit – the Roman Praetorian Guard.
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You currently have a maximum of 14 recruitable units, and you currently have 0 units.
[Because you claim to be part of the "Kingdom of Rome" and possess the special buff "Son of Mars," you have initiated the construction decision for a special legendary building—the Pantheon in Rome.]
Your legendary seed begins to rise.
According to unofficial Athenian history, the wolf-child brought to Athens by Hermes and receiving an oracle from the king of the gods won the favor of Aphrodite and Ares while making gifts. Aphrodite adopted him and guided him to his destined lover. To win his lover's affection, this child, who grew up in the wilderness, decided to embark on an adventure to the Isle of the Unknown and establish his own city-state.
You left Aphrodite's temple, preparing to travel to the legendary Isle of No Return. You didn't intend to return to Athens because you felt Athena wouldn't tell you the location of the Gorgon sisters, as the two groups of women were incompatible. You decided to seek out Poseidon, the god of the sea. You learned from Aphrodite that this sea god was now in the legendary city of Atlantis.
Atlantis.
Quinn didn't have much of an impression of the city, because unlike Athens or Rome, which still exist in later generations, this city was an ancient city with almost no ruins left, which was rumored to have been buried deep in the sea as punishment by the gods.
There are many rumors about this city, but Quinn's deepest impression is of the little fishmen holding tridents in movies and TV shows. But these are not the point, because in the Age of Gods, whether Atlantis before his time travel was real or not, at least on the moon, this city definitely exists.
Therefore, Quinn was not worried about finding the city; what he was worried about was the city's guardian deity—Poseidon.
If Zeus is the Greek super stallion in Greek mythology, then Poseidon is the Greek super XP developer. Almost half of the giants and sea monsters in Greece are related to this sea god in some way. Although this situation will change in Type-Moon, Quinn thinks it probably won't change much.
in other words……
"Isn't Poseidon the greatest threat to me not the Gorgon sisters?"
Quinn fell into deep thought. He felt he needed to prepare for dealing with Poseidon in advance. This guy was not an easy god to get along with, neither in the original canon nor in the Type-Moon setting. Even among the Greek Mecha Gods, his position was rather unique.
Poseidon, the god of the sea, is a work vessel used for planetary environmental terraforming; in other words, this guy accepts anything that comes his way.
Hmm, it seems I need to come up with a way, either to avoid being included in Poseidon's list of potential partners, or to find a good target that can distract him, so that he doesn't set his sights on my hook.
Chapter 108 The God-King, Omniscient
Just as Quinn thought, Atlantis was a real city in ancient Greece. This city-state was built on the Mediterranean Sea and was a maritime city-state supported by the divine power of Poseidon. It was also the home of many seafarers and sea monsters.
Traveling to Atlantis was not difficult at this time; one could simply find a captain in any coastal city-state and pay him a small sum of money to proceed.
However, some things didn't go as Quinn had initially anticipated.
He had thought that this journey to Atlantis would be a solo adventure of battling Poseidon, but he never expected that he would have a companion traveling with him.
“Priestess Dione, are you really going to come with me to Atlantis?” Quinn looked at the priestess who had suddenly appeared before him with utmost respect, not daring to show the slightest disrespect. “Is this also the arrangement of the God-King?”
"Yes, son of the god of love, the god-king is all-knowing. He has commanded me to take you to Atlantis to meet the sea god and protect your safety."
Dione spoke fluently, her beautiful voice seeming to come from another world, but Quinn felt no sense of security from it. He was extremely conflicted, because Dione's disguise could fool the other Greeks, but it couldn't fool him, a magician from the future.
What divine oracle from the king of gods? You Zeus are clearly eyeing my hook too!
Last time, Quinn was preoccupied with how to buy Artoria's hook, but this time it was his turn to have someone eyeing the hook. This contrast was truly indescribable for Quinn. However, after weighing the pros and cons, he felt that selling the hook to Dione, who at least looked like a beautiful girl, was better than selling it to the cold-blooded Poseidon.
After much deliberation, Quinn decided not to expose the priestess's lie, but instead nodded and allowed her to accompany him.
This reaction caught Dione's eye, bringing a slight smile to the face of the priestess who symbolized the dark side of Zeus, the king of the gods. She could tell that Quinn had already guessed her identity, but she simply enjoyed watching this beautiful man's expression of both fear and resignation.
[On your journey to Atlantis, Dione joins your group. You know her identity, and she knows you know hers, but you both maintain a tacit understanding, pretending that neither of you knows. This disguised god-king particularly enjoys this process, which is precisely the unique hobby of the Greek god of machines, Zeus—cosplay.]
In the original mythology, the Greek god-king loved to transform into different forms and play role-playing games with mortals. Although in most cases this god-king would transform into a bull or a woman's husband to seduce women, there are also many records indicating that when Zeus took a fancy to a man, he would also transform into a beautiful woman to fall in love with him and attract men to fall in love.
[You, on the other hand, have clearly encountered the latter situation. This is neither a good thing nor a bad thing, because in a sense, this god-king will not allow other gods to have their way before he gets what he wants. With Dione by your side, you at least don't have to worry about Poseidon causing you any harm. But traveling with the god-king is not without its disadvantages.]
Once you and Dione boarded the ship, the priestess asked to see the gift you had prepared for the King of Gods. Clearly, she could hardly contain her curiosity and was eager to see the gift you had prepared for her.
[You naturally wouldn't refuse, but you mentioned beforehand that the gift wasn't finished. After Dione indicated she didn't mind, you took out your doll, and then you regretted it.]
[Because the moment the doll met Dione, your creation began to change. You found that your doll's appearance began to resemble Dione's. In just a few breaths, the doll seemed to become Dione's twin sister, making it difficult for outsiders to tell them apart.]
[You don't know what happened, but Dione's eyes sparkled with delight. Clearly, the God-King didn't mind the change in the doll's appearance. Then, she asked if you had named the gift.]
You shake your head, and Dione immediately becomes impatient, pressing you to ask if she is qualified to name the doll. You know that your gift has already satisfied her immensely, and the God-King is so eager that he can hardly contain himself and wants to mark this gift with his own mark.
Since the King of the Gods has said so, you naturally have no reason to refuse. Anyway, this thing is a gift for Zeus, and the King of the Gods can name it whatever he wants. Just when you were watching with a "let's see what Dione can come up with" attitude, you were dumbfounded.
"Jupiter, what do you think of this name?"
"what?"
"Do you think there's anything wrong with this name?" Dione frowned slightly, looking at Quinn in front of her. "This is a gift to the God-King, so naturally it should have a name worthy of the God-King."
“…Don’t you think someone like Pandora or Helen would be more suitable?” Quinn felt there was something wrong with his script.
Why name this gift?
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"A name that brings misfortune? This is a gift offered to the King of Gods, how can you use such a name? Her name should be bright and just, a combination of all the laws and beauty of the world, only then is she worthy of the King of Gods, and only then is she worthy of a craftsman like you. You should think more about beautiful things, instead of having your mind filled with dark thoughts all day long."
Where do I find the romantic tragedy script that fits the heroism that I lack?
Quinn stared in disbelief at Dione, who seemed to be glowing.
He felt that things were going wrong, just like his current desire to go to the Island of No Return to marry Medusa. The reason he wanted to create a small mechanical god as a gift was because he was following the trope in various literary novels where a craftsman painstakingly creates a flawless creation, only to die at the hands of that creation.
Yes, when Quinn wanted to create humans, he was aiming to kill himself.
As a professional expert in fabricating anecdotal history, Quinn knew that for Westerners, the so-called Greek heroes were the epitome of tragedy and romance, and the life of almost every Greek hero symbolized the Westerners' perfect imagination of the heroic image.
In the eyes of Westerners, a so-called heroic story should begin with a heroic adventure, reach its climax with a romantic love story, and end in tragedy due to the romantic love. All the famous heroes have such an ending, and even the later famous God of War series of games follows the same pattern.
Quinn knew that if he wanted to become a famous hero by simulating reality, he had to go through this process to be more easily accepted by future generations. Therefore, as soon as he arrived in Greece, he had already set the tone for his trip.
He stirs up trouble, attracting the attention of the gods, embarking on an adventure under their arrangement, building great achievements along the way, creating many legendary artifacts, marrying several women who will bring him disaster, and finally dying at the hands of the legendary treasures he created and the women he loves. Thus, the Greek epic is perfect to the extreme.
If this plan succeeds, no matter how you look at it, it should be worthy of a separate biography by future generations.
But Jupiter, where is there even a hint of tragedy in your name? It sounds like this puppet could generate a million horsepower of magnetic field and annihilate all enemies in the world with a single punch.
Zeus, you damned donkey! Don't try to dress up my lovely creation in your Roman disguise! I won't allow you to ruin my perfect plan!
At this moment, you finally realize Dione's ultimate purpose in coming here. Obviously, your new foster mother has spoken to her. Dione is here to protect you from ruining yourself. Yes, that's how the Greek mechanics are. No matter how you think your future is unimportant, the mechanics are like overbearing patriarchs who have a strong desire to control their children. They believe that what kind of future their children should have is what matters.
You believed you could define your own path to heroism, but little did you know, your future had already been planned by the gods, and the God-King would not allow you to self-destruct.
This is the Greek Mecha God of Type-Moon.
Chapter 109 Medusa: You deserve to die!
Accompanied by Dione, you arrived in Atlantis. Due to Dione's status as the high priestess of the gods, the King of Atlantis posed no obstacle to you, and you successfully reached the Temple of Poseidon, where you also met Poseidon.
Just like in mythology, Poseidon's incarnation is a handsome man wielding a golden trident. And as you predicted, Poseidon's eyes changed when you appeared. This machine god, who has the power to modify the planet's ecological environment, is extremely interested in you, and seems to have the intention of modifying you as well.
But he ultimately didn't act, because Dione was right beside you. Although she didn't directly intervene in your conversation with the sea god, she was constantly affecting the success of your journey.
[Thanks to this, your communication with the sea god is also very direct. You express your intention to go to the Isle of No Return and to seek blessings for your creations. Although the sea god is wary of Dione, he is not so willing to grant your wish so easily. After a little thought, he arranges a difficult problem for you.]