Chapter 180 The Trap Under the Cage
The top of Mount Olympus is higher than the Hall of Sacred Flame and has basically never been shown in the game; when you come here, the memories from the game are of no help.

Lin You looked down from his Pegasus and could vaguely see an arena. It was the place where Kratos and Hercules fought in the game, and it was also one of the nodes of the magic circle discovered by the quill pen. Athena of the big world was trapped there.

Looking up, I saw a huge palace that was similar in structure to the Acropolis of Athens, but much larger in area and height. In the dim sky, a dark green light occasionally flashed across the white marble columns, seeming to reveal the secrets hidden beneath the surface of the palace.

The green light might have come from the same bronze as the gate of Tartarus; although the name was ordinary, this "bronze" was definitely not that "bronze", but a special material that was enough to trap the Titans.

The heavy pillars cast thick shadows. The details of the palace could not be seen through the gaps between the pillars. All I could see was layer upon layer of darkness. Occasionally, one or two silent flashes of lightning would flash in the palace, making the surrounding shadows even more hideous.

This is the cage specially prepared for the king of gods Zeus, which makes Lin You hesitate and dare not rashly explore it.

This is not a place you can just walk into.

There’s a saying that goes – If tigers can’t get out, how can humans get out?
If a place where even the King of Gods can be imprisoned, can’t it also imprison a writer?
Pegasus flew around the palace twice from a distance and finally found the hiding place of the god of fire mentioned by Hermes. He approached it cautiously.

Those were the bases of two marble columns that penetrated deep into the mountain, and beneath the bases were foundations buried deep in the mountain. The entrance to the Vulcan's hiding place was between the two stone pillars, disguised as a naturally formed cave in the mountain.

Pegasus stopped more than ten steps outside the cave entrance, hovering in the air with its large wings flapping.

Lin You clearly remembered what Apollo said, that the entire palace was disguised by a cage; since it was the entire palace, it most likely also included the foundation of the palace.

A purple-black snake was summoned and swam into the cave entrance as a scout. As soon as it entered, the snake's raised head suddenly dropped downwards, affected by the suppression force of the magic circle.

As the core of the magic circle, the repressive force here is much stronger than that of the altar nodes in other locations, roughly like the difference between Mount Everest and Jade Emperor Peak of Mount Tai.

The purple-black snake was pressed to the ground, and it was extremely difficult to swim forward. If it didn't have its own special properties, it would probably not be able to crawl into the depths of the cave even if its belly was rubbed on the rocks.

As a pet raised by Ophiuchus, each snake is an outward extension of the Saint Seiya's senses, sharing vision with its owner; Lin You can also clearly feel the pressure the snake is encountering, so he mobilizes part of the microcosm and injects it into the snake's body to help it resist the suppression of the magic circle.

However, it was this infusion of the microcosm that unexpectedly led to a series of unexpected events.

A fence of unknown material fell down with a bang, sealing the entrance to the cave. A green light appeared on the fence, exactly the same as the green light on the marble pillars of the palace; and the microcosmic transmission channel between Lin You and the long snake was completely cut off as the fence door fell.

At the same time, the long snake was still sharing the vision with its master; Lin You "saw" lightning exploding in the cave, hundreds of blue-white lightning filled the cave passage, like silver snakes dancing.

The lightning struck the purple-black snake, causing its scales to burst and its skin to burn. Feeling the threat to its life, the snake coiled its body in circles, relying on the small universe that Lin You sent over to resist.

However, that little universe could not last long. In a moment, the little universe on the snake was exhausted, and its body was reduced to ashes in Lin You's "sight".

"At least the attack strength can make a main god lose resistance, but it is used against a snake. Hermes really has bad intentions. It turns out that he wants to use this trap to turn the tables."

Lin You felt a pain in his heart; although the long snake was not a real living creature, it could still be summoned later; but every time it was annihilated into ashes, a lot of microcosmic energy would be lost. A slow sound of footsteps came from deep in the cave, waking up Lin You who was in deep thought. The cave was not flat, and the owner of the footsteps almost crawled over with his hands and feet, panting, and stopped only when he reached the position where the purple-black long snake was "killed".

“Hey, that’s weird!” The other person muttered to himself in the cave, sounding quite old. “I clearly sensed a strange divinity, it should be in this position…”

Then, footsteps sounded again, but they were heading towards the cave entrance. Lin You immediately pulled the reins and led the Pegasus down a certain height, hiding in the blind spot below the cave entrance.

A teeth-grinding sound of metal friction came from the entrance of the cave, the fence was retracted, and an old man stuck his head out to look around, seeming to greedily breathe in the outside air.

While the other party hadn't lowered his head to notice him, Lin Youyi swung the staff and used the golden snake on the staff as a rope to throw it out; the golden snake cleverly wrapped around the old man's neck and bit his collarbone with its sharp teeth, which was stronger than a knotted rope. At this time, the staff was pulled down hard again, and the old man was easily dragged out of the cave.

Originally, Lin You was very alert and ready to deal with the old man's counterattack at any time; after all, once he left the cave, he would be out of the range of the magic circle, and the opponent's divine power would recover quickly. But he found that the old man did not have much power and was not much stronger than a mortal.

"Who are you? What's your name?" Lin You dragged the man in front of him and asked harshly.

"Da...Daedalus..." The rope formed by the golden snake gradually tightened, almost suffocating the old man.

"How deep is this cave and where does it lead to?"

"It's about two hundred feet, leading to the bottom of the palace."

"Who else is in the cave? How many traps are there?" the writer asked one question after another.

"Yes... and Hephaestus is inside. There is only this... this trap at the entrance of the cave." The "noose" around Daedalus' neck was still tightening, and the threat of death was always there.

"How is the trap activated? How to avoid it?" Lin You shook the scepter, and the scales on the golden snake's back stood up, rubbing bloody scabs on the old man's neck.

"Divinity, unfamiliar... no... divinity that does not belong to Olympus, will... will be aroused." Daedalus had no time or opportunity to think. One question after another made him overwhelmed. "As long as you don't reveal your divinity... it will be fine."

"What are you and Hephaestus doing hiding here?"

Lin You intended to strike while the iron was hot and not give the other party any chance to breathe. But this last question was like a thunderbolt that woke Daedalus up, and like an iron gate, it completely stopped him from talking.

The old man refused to speak any more.

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