Hermes likes to joke. Manda knows that.


    But the current situation was not like a joke. Hermes cried very sad and repeatedly stressed that he had lost his most precious thing.


    Manda did not dare to comfort Hermes. He was recalling some details of last night, about posture and position.


    The conclusion is that he can''t rule out the possibility of serious blasphemy because it was too wild last night.


    "Father, I think I have different views on the most precious things."


    Hermes looked up in dismay. "What can you say?"


    "I think there are many things worth cherishing in this world, such as family affection, friendship, and ambition on Mount Olympia!"


    "Mount Olympia!" Hermes''s nose twitched and tears came down again.


    "I can never go back to Olympia, where there are my dreams and everything I worked hard to manage, but I lost it, forever."


    Hermes went outside the cave, looked up at the sky and tried to find the location of Olympia.


    What he just said was a little complicated. Manda digested it for a long time and came to a conclusion: "so what I had with me last night... Wasn''t you?"


    Hermes slapped Manda into the yellow sand: "of course not me!"


    "Not from beginning to end?"


    "I''m sorry," said Hermes with a ferocious smile. "I''m also very sorry. Gaia sent me and left. I thought he would give me a chance. I admire him very much."


    Manda got out of the yellow sand, got rid of the dust on her body, and took a long breath: "it''s not you. It really scared me."


    "Do you know fear? The story of you and Gaia is enough to stir mount Olympia. Although I can''t go back, I''ll ask pan to find a way to engrave this story on your slate."


    "Why can''t you go back? You can''t find a way back? Pan Shen should be able to handle this."


    "He didn''t handle it well, I gave him a chance." Hermes shook his head, sat outside the cave and fell into depression again, "I''m not unable to go back, I can''t go back. I hurt Olympia mountain, which is irreparable. I asked pan to stop myself, but he failed. No one can stop me. If I continue to stay on the mountain, my harm to Olympia will continue."


    Manda looked stunned: "what have you done to hurt Olympia?"


    "I can''t tell you."


    "Are you sure you did it?" Manda knew that the question was absurd, but he would rather believe that Hermes was crazy, joking and talking nonsense than that he would hurt Olympia. Manda saw Hermes fight for Olympia when he was dying.


    "I really did it, and no one can stop me from doing it." Hermes''s expression was very serious.


    But Hermes also liked to play tricks in this serious way. Manda remembered what Gaia said to him last night: "his true separation is impersonating him in the world, and his false separation is eroding his noumenon. This situation has lasted for a long time."


    Perhaps it was because of the encroachment of false separation that Hermes misunderstood himself.


    "When did you start hurting Olympia?"


    This question ignited Hermes''s emotion: "I''ve been thinking about it for a long time. I''ve been thinking about how many terrible things I''ve done before! I lost control of myself and my memory was stolen, so all this should be counted from the day I started to go crazy. Do you know what I started to go crazy?"


    Manda thought for a moment. He really heard about it, but he didn''t know whether to mention it or not.


    "I heard pan Shen say that after getting the gold skeleton balance, your mind was not too sober for a period of time..."


    I can''t say it further. Guatel stole part of the balance. Manda suspected that he might have eaten the impure original power, which led to Hermes''s madness.


    Hermes shook his head and said, "taking the original power has indeed brought me some trouble, but that trouble is not worth mentioning. I went crazy much earlier than that time, but I have been hiding deeply. Take you as an example, do you know why you became my dependents?"


    Manda thought, "is it because your believers are too few?"


    "Although it''s rare, it''s not that there are no others. Before you enter the rank, I have two believers, but why do I have to choose you? Are you handsome? Do you know how much risk I took to steal you from tifeng?"


    Manda swallowed the Tunkou waterway: "were you crazy at that time?"


    "That''s right, I''m crazy! I''m crazy enough to rob believers from TIPHON''s temple. Although it has proved to be a very worthwhile adventure, it''s just an accident under madness."


    Hermes''s words hurt Manda''s heart.


    This is like saying that an innocent child asks his father, "why did I come to this world?"


    The father replied, "it was an accident."


    Before Manda could express his resentment, Hermes continued: "of course, this madness is not serious. At least I still keep a clear memory. Some crazy behaviors don''t leave any memory. For example, I lost the double snake stick."


    Lost the double snake staff?


    Manda looked puzzled and said, "didn''t you give the double snake staff to the world?"


    "This is a rumor in the world," Hermes sighed. "Think about it, why did the gods give artifact to the earth?"


    "In order to let believers get artifacts and help the gods regain their faith in the world."


    Hermes said with a bitter smile, "the God is holding the artifact, but he can''t regain his faith. What''s the use of letting the believers hold it? The God just wants the full rank believers to keep the artifact temporarily and return it to the God at the right time."


    He was tossing around again. Manda said with contempt: "since it''s meaningless, why send the artifact to the world?"


    "I didn''t want to send it. My father forced us to do so. After the battle of TIPHON, Gaia''s anger still didn''t subside and almost hit mount Olympia again. In order to calm Gaia''s anger, Zeus, the Lord of the gods, ordered to send all the artifacts to the world to show his sincerity to stop the war."


    Manda was stunned: "Zeus defeated tifeng. Why did he take the initiative to propose a truce?"


    "He did defeat Typhon, but this battle took almost all the possessions of Olympia. If Gaia attacked the mountain now, what could he do to resist? Not to mention that at that time, Typhon''s father woke up."


    "Typhon''s father, taltaltalos?"


    "Yes, he has been sleeping most of the time since his birth, but he woke up at that time. If he and Gaia attack mount Olympia together, I''m afraid the era of the gods has ended ahead of time."


    "So Zeus took the initiative to send an artifact and pray for Gaia''s forgiveness?"


    "Yes," Hermes nodded, "but I don''t want to do so. My believers are too few and the power of the double snake staff is too great. Once it flows into the world, it is likely to be robbed by other gods. So I thought of a countermeasure and asked Hephaestus to make a fake scepter."


    Manda motioned Hermes to keep his voice down. It''s still Gaia''s territory. I didn''t expect Hermes to dare to deceive Gaia.


    However, it is reasonable to think that Hermes was born to dare to steal Apollo''s cattle. He will not miss any chance to do things secretly.


    Hermes waved his hand and said, "there''s nothing to worry about. I didn''t deceive Gaia. I sent the real double snake stick to the earth."


    Manda was confused for a long time. He didn''t understand Hermes.


    "You made a fake double snake staff from Hephaestus, and then sent the real double snake staff to the earth?"


    "Yes," nodded Hermes, "that fake double snake stick was in your hand. It cost me twenty thousand pearls."


    "Then why did you send it to the world?"


    "I don''t know," Hermes shook his head. "I really don''t know why I made such a mistake. My explanation to myself is that this double snake stick is too real for me to distinguish."


    This is a reasonable explanation. Although this fake double snake staff can only be used once, it is no different from the real double snake staff before use.


    But Hermes shouldn''t have made such a low-level mistake. It can''t be described as a mistake. It''s a joke!


    Hermes nodded: "that''s right. It''s a joke. I''m cheating myself with a joke. In fact, at that time, I was crazy and did a very crazy thing, but I haven''t been able to leave any memory. I''m afraid I was hurting Olympia at that time."


    Hermes looked sad and fell into silence.


    Manda pondered for a long time and carefully asked, "what''s the purpose of your coming to earth?"


    "Exile myself," Hermes got up. "Of course, I didn''t give up my last chance. I wanted to find some clues from the impersonator in the world, but when I saw him, I found that he was nothing special. He might really be my believer, a man believer. I might have forgotten his existence. Maybe I was crazy all that time."


    Manda stood up, her eyes shining, and looked at Hermes. "I know the situation is difficult, but I can always think of a solution."


    "There''s no way. As I just said, I don''t want to continue to hurt Olympia, but no one on Olympia can control me," Hermes shook his head. "If you can grow faster, you may find a way to stop me, but that day is too far away. All I can do is stay away from Olympia and wander in the world for a while."


    "Don''t be so pessimistic!" Manda''s expression became more solemn. "Over the years, you have seen that as long as our brothers work together, we can''t break through the hardships!"


    Hermes looked at Manda, his eyes a little red.


    "Thank you, my child." then he slapped Manda into the yellow sand again,


    "First of all, I''m not your brother. I''m your father. Second, say the price before doing things. If you really have a way, we''ll do a business."