# Chapter 122
The whip sliced through the air with a swoosh. Its edge was studded with sharp metal pieces, so when it struck the person's back, bloody pieces of flesh also came off.
Each time the lash reached the required number, the wounds grew deeper, revealing the person's bones. A blood-covered white body trembled helplessly.
Ninety-five.
Gyges had put all his strength into the whip as he struck Apollo's back, but he had to stop to catch his breath. Poseidon had ordered that Apollo be whipped five thousand times, so there were still many more lashes to go.
Gyges stopped not because his arms hurt. As a Hecatonchires with fifty heads and one hundred arms, he could choose any of his remaining ninety-nine arms to continue whipping if one became tired.
The reason Gyges stopped was that he wanted to give Apollo some time to recover, as Apollo's back was already covered in wounds before his punishment was complete.
