"Oh! The tablets have words on them now!" Ruby pointed out when they entered the Weapons Gallery.
"Hmm… let's see what we have here…" Yang said while she read the tablet in front of the spear together with the other students. The more she read, however, the deeper her frown is.
"Reversal of cause and effect? Oh my god! It's actually real!?" Weiss said in a horrified tone.
"It says here that you need actual Luck to dodge it, and it is impossible to dodge no matter how fast you are!" Ruby continued.
"Then how did Saber- Oh, right. Saber has a pretty high luck rank. I remember it's B. In terms of rank, B is pretty high." Pyrrha pointed out.
"Well, Berserker's axe-sword seems pretty mundane in comparison." Ren quipped. "It says here that it is just part of the foundation of a temple."
"Heracles lost his ability to use a bow since he went insane too." Nora added.
"Hmm, there's not much here for us to learn, let's head to the Information Library, guys. Maybe we can learn about their legend, too." Jaune suggested.
"Yeah, let's go." Ruby agreed, and the students headed to the Information Library.
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Meanwhile, the adults were reading two new booklets added into the Information Gallery, namely "The legend of Cu Chulainn" and "The legend of Heracles".
"Damn, Lancer seems as unlucky as I am, or maybe even more." Qrow said while flipping through the pages of Lancer's book.
"True, I cannot imagine how he felt when he was forcibly weakened by his enemy's schemes because of his nature to never break a promise." Glynda commented as well.
"Heracles didn't seem like he lived a happy life either." Ironwood said. "He was vindictively targeted by a goddess and driven to madness to kill his own family. I for once am glad that Remnant doesn't have any of these gods."
Ozpin silently nodded. While what the Brother Gods did to him and Salem is painful, he can at least admit that he should've thought through what the Brother God's offer truly entails instead of accepting it hastily just to see his wife. Even though the nature of Hera and Zeus seems more humane than what he knows of the Brother Gods, Hera's action seems to be driven by jealousy and aims to cause suffering, unlike the Brother Gods who only cared for balance. Heracles's legend also pointed an interesting fact.
It is said that the gods, in a conference, approved of Hercules's great deeds and prepared a seat in Olympus after his death and worshipped him as a god.
Did Heracles truly become a god? Or is he just worshipped as one after his death? Greek mythology seems to work differently than what he knew of the gods, so perhaps he shouldn't try to draw assumptions before learning more about them.
On the other end of the library, Raven and her underlings were reading through the same books as well.
"I thought heroes were supposed to save a princess and live happily ever after?" Slyvie asked after she finished reading both books.
"That's what modern fairy tales are. If I remember correctly, this is what people call classical mythology." Raven replied. "Classical mythology is more often than not about gods screwing people over to assert their power and pride. It also shows the world is better off without the gods anyway." Raven chuckled, as if laughing at some inside joke.
"Uncle Qrow!" Ruby greeted when she entered the library. "Did they add any new books?"
"Oh boy," Qrow turned around to look at his book. "I wonder if I should convince her to not read it."
"Let her read it, Qrow." Ozpin said while putting down his book. "The students may learn something from their tales."
"I know, but…" Qrow paused to take a sip of his flask, "What's here is so different from Summer's bedtime stories that I'm afraid she won't accept it." Qrow finished, looking a little sad now. Ozpin grew a little somber at the mention of Summer, and took a sip of his cocoa.
"We should let the students read, and listen to their opinions of the story afterwards." Glynda said. "We can correct their misconceptions as well, and we still have a few books we have yet to read through." Glynda said while pointing at a few books which are titled "Magic", "Magecraft", and "Mystery".