[Greek mythology] Siren

"It's strange to say that I was also conceived by the river, and the river that conceived me has an intimacy with me. I can use the power of the river to do many things, but I will never be affected by the ebb and flow of the river. Why are you affected by the changes in the power of the Styx?" Xavius ​​asked a little puzzled.

The girl sat on the surface of the water, looked a little sleepy, and pointed to the surrounding environment: "That's because this is the kingdom of death. I am different from other gods or creatures conceived by the underworld. When they were conceived, the source of their divine power was the underworld. , and I am the river Styx, the purpose of this river to conceive me is to let me find a way to get rid of this river, that is to say, I am both conceived by it and bound by it, otherwise if I don't want to die and slip away, what can this river do to me?"

That is to say, she cannot use other powers other than this river as her source of power. Although she is endowed with extremely powerful power by this river, once the river disappears, she will also die.

"Actually, I knew what I was going to experience from the very beginning. Death is a very common and normal thing in the underworld." She said sadly, "But I didn't expect that there would be such a process before death. The strength is slowly being emptied, and the whole person is sluggish, and I always feel like I don’t want to move. I can think about many things in my head, but I don’t have the extra energy to do it. getting old...

Death and waiting for death give people a really different feeling. Death should be an instant thing, but in the process of waiting for death, there will be too many unknowns. This is what the girl complains the most.

"You should stay here for the time being." Savis said, "at least it can ease your situation."

"En." The girl nodded, and was about to sink into the water, and then remembered something, "I don't seem to have told you that Gaia has come to the underworld, and Cronus, who was blocked by the river Styx before, I was also taken across the river by her, because she was too powerful, and I didn't dare to stop her." After speaking, as if afraid that Savis and Hades would get angry at her, he quickly dived.

"Don't worry." Hades comforted him, "She may not be able to find Tartarus. What you have to care about now is your own situation."

"I know, I can't leave here now." He has never been through the process of condensing the godhead, because few people will encounter a situation like him, so he can't leave this river when he knows that he is reshaping the godhead He never even tried to get out of here to see what would happen.

"But although I can't leave here, you can't stay here all the time. You have to look around. You don't have to face Gaia head-on, but anyway, you need to know what she is going through and plan to do something next. What, once she finds Tartarus, we need to keep an eye on what she's up to."

Hades nodded and said that he had listened to all of Xavius's words, but even if he had listened to it, it was impossible to keep him away from Xavius, who had not yet stabilized.

Since Savis wants to stay in this river, Hades will definitely not leave easily, but even if Hades' rejection of water is not as severe as before, he will still sit on the bank most of the time, sometimes Sometimes one hand rests on the raised leg, sits upright and looks at Xavius ​​swimming in the water like this.

Xavius' divine power continued to grow with the reshaping of his godhead, and his source of divine power no longer relied solely on the power of Uranus' blessing, but unfortunately, after all, he was influenced by this power when he was born , so the "blessing" of Uranus is still affecting him now, that is to say, if one day he needs to be sacrificed to help Zeus and others win the war, then he will do so because of the influence of power.

With the reshaping of the godhead, the five rivers have basically been in his hands, and he can now accurately perceive what happened in the five rivers, what happened to the dead souls at the bottom of the river, what the ferryman Karon did on the river What, whether to park the boat in the river or carry the dead across the river, Karon began to refuse to carry the stranger across the river. According to the girl, Karon would send people across the river when a stranger strayed into the underworld. If they could get back to the river after their stroll, Caron would be kind enough to send them back to the other side.

At that time, there were not so many people in the human world, and Karon, who was just born at that time, basically didn't speak much.

But now Caron will no longer send strangers across the river. Sometimes when he meets some gods, he will shout loudly to let the gods go back the same way: "This is not the place you should step into, go back to the sun." Go down, no one will be able to peep into this world any more, unless he enters here as an undead, otherwise I will not stop the boat in front of him."

Without Caron's leadership, few people could cross the River Styx directly like Gaia, not because of how powerful Caron was, but because most people could not escape the power of the River Styx.Many people have gradually realized that something is wrong with the underworld. Ordinary people may think that the kingdom of death itself is not something that the living should set foot in, but the gods can see that something is wrong.

"Did something happen in the underworld?" They discussed in twos and threes after leaving the underworld.

"Caron seldom spoke before. I have been to the underworld three times, but I only spoke to him less than five words."

"But today he made it very clear that he would not drive us there."

"Could it be that the noise from Olympus has affected the underworld?"

"Don't be silly, things about Olympus and the underworld can't be mixed together, but it's really strange to say, why I always feel that the underworld has changed a lot..." People who don't often live in the underworld can't detect the changes in the underworld, Nyx, who hadn't been seen all year round, was standing on the bow of Caron's boat, looking down at Styx with a thoughtful smile.

Only those who live in the underworld will notice the changes in the underworld, and she has indeed felt that the power of the Styx to restrain the undead has become stronger. With a master, the Styx has new power injected, even standing on the boat. She felt the difference.

"It's a bit powerful." Nyx said with a light smile.

Behind her, Caron looked at her with some headaches. He can guarantee that he and his mother are really not close. It is said that among all the children, she loves Eris the most. It is nothing to say that she loves her, but compared to Indifferent to other children, she is relatively "kind" to Eris, and he hasn't seen his mother for a long, long time since he came here for the ferry.

Now Nyx seems to have a little interest in the affairs of the underworld, and now he sits on the bow of his boat all day, which really annoys him a little.

After enduring it for a long time, Caron finally asked, "Mother, what are you going to do?"

"I don't intend to do anything," Nix seemed to be in a good mood, and she gave her son a faint smile. Although the warmth didn't reach her eyes, it also let Caron know how she was feeling now. "I just want to watch the excitement. Those people have been looking for the Pluto Godhead for many years and haven't got it. It appears on the body of a newborn god. I don't know how many people will be scared to death after the news of the Pluto's appearance spreads." Thinking of that scene, she seemed to feel very happy, "I'm really looking forward to it."

This guy who is afraid of chaos in the world.Caron said in his heart while steering the boat in another direction, Nyx did not disappear, but kept looking at the River Styx.It seems that through the "clear" river, she can see the situation of another person.

And Savis, who is far away on the other side, also thinks so. He can clearly perceive the changes in the Styx, and naturally he can also perceive the sharp eyes of Nyx who is smiling through the eyes. The river scrutinized his condition.

This made him gasp. If it wasn't for making sure that this person didn't have any hostility—in fact, Savus felt that this person concealed his hostility very well—he would probably start to worry about himself.

"What's wrong?" Hades asked as he watched him emerge from the water.

"It's nothing." Xavius ​​swam to the shore, folded his hands on the shore, and rested his chin on his arm, "Hades, have you looked around recently? If Gaia is still here, I still don't care. rest assured."

"Yes." Hades sat on the shore, "But they are looking for Tartarus, and they will not stay in one place frequently. Gaia and Cronus have separated. Gaia probably has something urgent to find him. Cronus is thinking of finding a solution to his godhead in the underworld, I guess, he is looking for the godhead of Hades."

This is the godhead that many gods have not been able to find over the years. In the process of searching, some people left because they could not bear the environment of the underworld, and some left because they were impatient. There are not many people who have been able to live in the underworld for so many years. The next few gods themselves have powerful magic power, and they don't really care about the godhead of Hades. Cronus probably had no choice but to try to find this godhead of Hades, which no one has been able to find.

And Hades feels that even if the situation is very urgent, Cronus should not go to a godhead who is not powerful enough.

"I've also discovered many interesting places in the underworld. I'll take you there when you can leave." Hades looked at Savis's dull face, and slowed down his tone to describe what he had recently seen in the underworld. Tell Savus.

He once told Xavius ​​that he could sit on the river bank and wait for Xavius ​​to leave the river, but since he decided to stay in the underworld in the future, he wanted to familiarize himself with everything about the underworld in advance so as to avoid A lot of trouble.

Xavius ​​very much agrees with Hades' idea. In order to encourage Hades to do something, he infinitely expands his curiosity about the underworld. Although he can now know what happened on the Styx, he cannot perceive the whole world. Regarding the situation in the underworld, he really wanted to know what this unpopular world was like.

In order to satisfy Xavius' curiosity, Hades traveled all over the underworld during this time. He encountered many scenes that he would not encounter in Olympus, and he also saw the unique way of life of the creatures in the underworld. , life and death, such contradictory things, exist in a harmonious way in the underworld.

Hades told Xavius ​​everything he had seen and said along the way, Xaviz listened with wide-eyed eyes, and Hades looked at his fascinated expression with a little smile in his eyes.

Not long after, Xavis sank to the bottom again, and he left the river.

The last time he seemed to see a lot of things in the latest place, that place should have been hit by some kind of impact and split from it, revealing a lot of treasures—whether in the human world or Olympus, it is enough to make people eyeballs In addition to gold, Hong's wealth is also accompanied by gems and other things, but he failed to look carefully, and the cracked land closed automatically.

It's a pity, he thought to himself at the time, Xavius ​​likes to work on such shiny things. Speaking of which, he has similar hobbies with some elves, and he planned to give Xavius ​​a few gems to make him happy, but he didn't wait. When he reacted, the land automatically repaired.

However, he remembered the approximate location - the embarrassment of walking for a long time and not knowing the way when he first came to the underworld has disappeared. Now, as long as he remembers the approximate location, he can come back to look for it at any time.

However, he couldn't help but stop before he reached the place he remembered.

Not far in front of him, he saw Gaia, who hadn't had much news since entering the underworld, and there was a person he didn't know in front of her.