All Chapters of Dark Goddess: Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

This time Hephaestus looked at him. “This is the doctor of the gods. Gods can also get sick or injure themselves. The other is Zeus' blue-eyed, beautifully curled daughter. Pretty smart and working here as a designer, especially for his wife. Before you ask: Zeus is the boss. And who are you? ”Hephaestus was obviously not in the mood for politeness or thought that it was only due to the gods.“This is my husband, Tjonre SoErgen from the planet Wägan”, Elri announced, not without pride. Tjonre was happy about it, and by his own definition they were really married, albeit without any document. But he did not go into detail and instead asked:“And old? If they can get sick, can gods also age? ”Hephaestus now looked at him a little more respectfully. "Of course you can. We don't live longer than other people, but you can't tell, we don't seem to age. In fifty years, when you've become a miserable old man with thinning gray h

“Neither. I never seem to have been particularly interested in people - even if they want to be gods; I see my mother and father in front of me as if I had last seen them yesterday, but I have very vague memories of all the other people in my childhood. I remember Hephaestus, probably because of his distortions. Children like that, of course. ”“ Of course, ”Tjonre confirmed.“I remember one man as very uncomfortable. But otherwise - apart from my mother - no woman. ”“ Not a nice aunt? ”“ Apparently not. ”Elri had noticed that the smell of thyme stuck in her mind and touched her insides. Was taste similarly deeply anchored in it? She ran to a rosemary bush, plucked a few needles and tasted - the sensation was very familiar and made her happy. “Come with me!” She called. A vine climbed up a small, hard-leaved plant, and Elri picked its splendid blue grapes. She handed one to each of

Two goddesses now floated towards the two opponents, one with radiant blonde hair, the other dark-haired, beautifully curled, but also blue-eyed, both with perfect figures. The blonde, scantily clad, moved almost like a snake, dancing and - it seemed to Tjonre - seemed to have no joints at all. The movements of the others, on the other hand, seemed more powerful and straightforward without appearing less feminine.“But, but,” said the dark-haired woman, “don't we want to behave like civilized gods?”And the other, her voice almost vibrating with sensuality: “How can you always think of fighting, ts, ts, when it is There are so many nicer things? ”And she gave Raft a deep look that actually calmed him, at least as far as his will to fight was concerned."Who are you, girls?" He wanted to know.The disrespectful address did not seem to bother them and the one with the many curls replied seriously: "I am Athene, Zeus daugh

Hephaestus put a nibbled rib back on a gold plate. “We have given some demons of darkness the right to stay there. And they are still in contact with their home planet, Arkeen. The Sandarken have trade contact with the Federation. ”“ Sandarken? ”Said Tjonre,“ I vaguely remember having heard that term. ”“ Dark is correct. They are black as the night, seem to suck all the light away. Their shape is roughly reminiscent of people, but of those made of a dark metal. If they weren't agile, they were like iron statues. ”At this description Elri winced and a laboriously suppressed nightmare poured over her, there was a lot of blood, the bodies of two murdered people, loved ones and then these cold creatures, the murderers, the eventually seized and dragged into slavery. Oh yes, they dealt with people, but different from what Hephaestus thought. Was that the price? Did she have to face creatures who looked like her paren

“ Anyway, ”he decided,“ Tjonre now had time to confide his worries about you to me, but he also shared Aphrodite's view that the journey could be dangerous. So he would have liked to leave you safe, but not exactly in the care of the gods. So I suggested that he secretly get you out of Olympus. Since I had an argument with Zeus, I've created a little refuge on the island of Lemnos. The Sintians who live here are very kind to me and I suggested that he take you to this refuge, which I finally did with his help without the other gods noticing. Then he returned to visit the sand ark together with Raft in a sun chariot, to return to you as quickly as possible and leave this planet. ”Suddenly he laughed out loud to Elri's astonishment. “Please excuse me, but I imagined how Ares and maybe also Helios would arrive at your villa to try out their seduction skills with you and find out that the little bird has flown out! And now they are safely running to Zeus an

Hephaestus, we have to come to your aid!""It's not that easy," he said after a moment's thought. “The helicopter we used to get here is only good for short distances. We can't get to another continent with it. ”“ Can't we take a sun chariot? ”She asked him.“Not without Helios' support. My predecessor programmed them for him. But I doubt we'll get his approval. I doubt what we just saw was an accident. Ares and Helios are behind it! That's why they didn't want you to fly. ”“ They wanted to murder her? ”“ At least they wanted to get her out of the way. In any case, they certainly had no qualms about killing anyone. They do that all the time - they have successfully suppressed the fact that they are only human themselves. "" Oh Hephaestus, that is terrible. What can we do? ”She paused for a moment. Then her expression lit up. “The ferry that we used to leave the mother ship

“Are we a tourist attraction now? What are you looking for here? And who are you anyway And above all: who told you how to get here !? "" Noble Lord God ", she began almost submissively and of course wrong, but that was clear," I'm the cousin of Ephram OrPhon and come in his place. Your secret is in good hands with me! Unfortunately, there are a handful of people who don't. How they found their way to you is a mystery to us. Ephram deeply regrets this and has sent me to clean up the matter. ”“ Clean up? What do you mean by cleaning up? ”“ Well - very easy. I will eliminate the intruders and thus keep the secret. I'll destroy your ship, the landing craft, everything that endangers your mystery in any way. "" You're a little late! We have already eliminated the two human intruders, which cost us a sun chariot! So that it is clear: your cousin can pay for the costs of this action! ”“ And what about the gi

The riders were menacing-looking figures with dirty, bearded faces, long dark manes, their bodies were protected by chain mail and by their side hung broad swords in rough, unadorned leather sheaths. Two also carried bows, which they now held in one of their hands, while with the other they took an arrow from their shouldered quiver. They weren't pointing their guns directly at them yet, but that might change as they got closer and they hurried like a pack of hungry wolves that has spotted its prey, rushing to face them. While Tjonre was still wondering whether the large sack that lay over the sixth mount's back contained food they could buy, Raft realized that these were not traders and that their intentions were not peaceful.Quietly and very calmly he to Tjonre: “Back to the wall. We have to keep our backs clear. If they circle us, we'll be over. ”Tjonre reacted immediately and quickly took the few steps towards the loess wall. A stocky, broad-shouldered rider

Raft had reacted faster than Tjonre and drew his blade in time, but was not wearing protective clothing. He was not a skilled swordsman and not agile, but he was fast enough to take on the stocky man and parry the blows that were raining down on him in time, but could not attack himself. Walking backwards he lured the attacker closer and closer to the rock face until the event he had hoped for finally occurred. The opponent's sword caught for a moment in a loop of roots. It only took a moment, then his blade had severed the root, but by then Raft had already thrown himself on his adversary and clasped his chest with both arms so tightly that the ribs gave way with an ugly crunching noise. The man screamed but didn't have the strength to break free. He tried anyway, instinctively dropping his sword to free both hands. But even with both hands he was far too weak and would have been if he hadn't been badly injured. Raft squeezed the last breath out of his lungs like a giant snake and

The inactivity to which she was forced made Elri unhappy. Elri now knew that Tjonre had survived the crash, but what happened afterwards? Had it not been for this uncertainty, if Tjonre were still with her, she would have been able to enjoy this beautiful piece of earth. Lemnos was really a beautiful island and the Sintians were extremely friendly people, although they were very shy of it. Her hair revealed that she was a deity and her saffron-colored robe, which she always wore now, also what. The Sintians obviously knew better than they did themselves.“Tell me more about myself,” they asked Hephaestus as they walked together through fragrant meadows on barren, red ground near the oracle. “Who were my parents? Do I have siblings? Am i angry Am i married Do i have children? Do I have a job? ”Hephaestus grinned. "Many questions. Well then. Your parents were titans, your father was called Hyperion, your mother Theia. You have two siblings, your