[Greek mythology] Siren

The mountains near Mount Odiers are very tall, and Zeus and his party are on the island two mountains away from Mount Odiers.

Although the island is small in size, the scenery is good. After Zeus and others arrived, Demeter gave birth to the plants on the island once, and the island, which was originally rich in products, became even richer. The nerves have to deal with the attacks of the Titans, and they have to plan when to attack. It has been nearly two years since the war, and people on both sides were injured and died, but for the gods, if the wounds are not very serious, it will be very difficult Heal quickly, as long as you keep your soul when you die, you will be able to reshape it soon*—the underworld without Hades can’t control the souls of gods at this moment, and the soul will be attracted by the underworld after human death. Unconsciousness goes to the underworld by itself, and the soul will not lose consciousness soon after the death of a god. As long as the soul is kept, it will be easy to rebirth.

Occasionally they would also relax. During the war, many gods saw the right thing, and when they were resting, they would find a place where no one was around to have sex.

But Zeus was the only one who would go to his sisters whenever he was free and care about their situation. Although many goddesses joined the war, the three Hestias were his sisters and he invited them in. So it's natural to be concerned.

Even if the three elder sisters didn't go out with him sometimes, they would definitely ask them if they were okay and if they were attacked in the rear after they came back. The expressions of concern moved the three of them very much.

After a long time, even the indifferent Hestia did not continue to be stern to Zeus. Although he was not enthusiastic, at least occasionally when he saw Zeus was injured, he would ask and help him deal with the wound. Tired, let him go for a walk, no need to tense his nerves.

In two years, Zeus has grown a lot, and the youthfulness on his body has completely faded away. He has become a mature and attractive man. His handsome face and kind smile have attracted the attention of many goddesses. Pay attention to the movement of the Titans, and turn a blind eye to the favors of the goddesses.

Hestia told his sisters more than once that Zeus is more and more like his two brothers, but he is not as indifferent as Hades, nor is he as indifferent as Poseidon. It looks like he has neutralized the two brothers. The advantages of human beings make him the most outstanding of the three brothers. In the past year or so, Zeus's leadership ability has gradually become prominent. He used to come to them to discuss some things, but now he will not do so , but when giving orders, he will try his best to speak his orders to the three sisters in a gentle tone to show that the three sisters are very special to him.

This attitude made Hera very useful. The more arrogant Hera would never obey the orders of people other than Hestia, only because of this move of Zeus, he did not refuse the request of the other party.

When Hades arrived, Zeus was just pulled out of the residence by Hestia. Demeter picked a lot of fruits from the tree, and several people gathered together to enjoy the sweet fruits and relax by the way.

The arrival of Hades attracted the attention of other gods. Many people had never seen Hades, but before they stopped Hades, Hades had already found Zeus and others, and sat next to Hestia. After standing down, everyone looked at the indifferent expressions of the gods and knew that they were not enemies.

His face was uglier than before, Hestia looked around him, but he didn't see Xavius, exchanged a look with Demeter, and said with a smile: "Why, Xavius ​​didn't come back with you? "

Hades responded dully. It seemed nothing to Zeus, but the three goddesses had been with him for a long time, and they knew the frustration in his voice too well.

Several people secretly covered their lips and smiled for a while, Demeter handed a piece of fruit to Hades: "What's the big deal that made Xavius ​​drive you back and stay in the underworld?" Can Hades leave? It's not easy to be around Xavius. Looking at Hades' unclear and not far away, I know that this matter must be Xaviz's own idea. I should hurry up or tell the matter. Let him go back with peace of mind, otherwise they will all suffer in the end.

"Something happened in the underworld. Besides the fourth river, there was a fifth river, but that river has now disappeared due to changes in the underworld, and it has become an abyss. I went down to check it, and there is not only a deep but invisible river. At the end, there is still an unknown force hidden..." Hades did not tell about Xavius' reshaping of the godhead and his own godhead, before he controlled the underworld, before Xavius ​​failed to leave the Styx He couldn't rest assured that the Godhead of Pluto is the one that many people rush to, and the Godhead of Hades is the one that many people dream of. Hades has never experienced the era when gods flocked into the underworld in search of adventures, but he knows a lot from Savis. The god was trapped at the bottom of the river Styx.

Those gods were dragged to the bottom of the river Styx when they came to look for the godhead of Hades, and now they are regretting their original decision every day. When Savis heard about it, he told him about it.

After all, Hades didn't trust Zeus enough. Although the hostility was gone, he still wouldn't open his heart to Zeus.

So he decided to wait until the reshaping of Xavius' godhead was completed, and he was so proud to be able to leave Styx.

He hid everything about himself and Xavius, and then spoke in a cold tone about the appearance of the abyss and the encounter with Gaia.

"In other words, we all thought that Gaia would help Cronus, or even intervene. Although she would intervene, she might not be completely on Cronus' side?"

"But I have to say that her heart is still biased toward Cronus, but she should know that if Cronus needs her help to stabilize his position, then Cronus's power itself has problems, and he It is impossible to hide under the protection of Gaia forever. When he overthrew Uranus, he did it by himself, and Gaia just helped a little." Hera said with a sneer, "But you said she took Taking the blood of Tartarus...I'm worried about that."

The blood of the gods is equivalent to the concentration of power, not to mention that Tartarus is the first generation of gods, and has existed since the world first appeared. With powerful divine power, why would he still try to take Tartarus' blood?

"Maybe she wants to use Tartarus' blood to save her imprisoned children." Demeter guessed, "Hades overheard her saying that she had tried to save those 'children' but failed. Success, if she can't, how about using Tartarus' divine power?"

After all, male gods are slightly stronger than goddesses. Although Gaia can single out most of the gods in Olympus, she is always inferior to the first generation of gods who were born in the world at the same time as her.

Uranus personally imprisoned those ugly children. If Gaia cannot save them with her own strength, it is not impossible for her to use Tartarus' divine power.

It's just that why she would think of her children who were imprisoned at this time is really puzzling.

"If she's still in the underworld, I'll trouble you and Xavius ​​to keep an eye on her. You don't have to confront her, and you don't need to spoil her affairs, but we need to know her situation at least at any time." Hera said softly Said.

Hades nodded: "Savis is watching there. I will go back to accompany him after I finish my work. I don't feel relieved to leave him alone in the underworld."

"You are still afraid that he will suffer a loss." Hera couldn't help laughing, "Don't worry, even if Xavius's divine power does not seem to be at its best, he will never let himself be in crisis, and you know it yourself This is what will convince him to come back, won't it?"

"I know," Hades seldom reached the corner of his lower lip, showing a faint smile to his sister, "but this does not conflict with my worrying about him, and I have to be by his side to be at ease."

"You..." In fact, Hera didn't understand at this time. Hades was also attached to Xavis when she was a child, and the relationship between the two was very good after they grew up, but why should they stick together all the time? The two sisters who love her very much, after all, they have experienced difficulties together, they have supported each other and warmed each other, but she herself will not think about sticking to Hestia and Demeter every day, Hardy Why Si would not want to leave Xavis so much really puzzled him.

"Because we didn't receive any news before, we didn't think of a way to capture them alive. We can't catch those who are too powerful at the moment. Those caught are either killed by our people or they are turned back and killed by their people. If you want If you try it personally, you may have to wait for the next time, or you go back first, and we will send it to you after we catch the person. After all, you can’t try it with creatures in the underworld? I remember that the underworld itself has bred a lot of darkness Creatures." Zeus asked suspiciously.

Hades thought for a while, and said: "The creatures in the underworld are adapted to the darkness, so they are not easy to catch, and even if they are caught, if they are thrown down, they may not want to come up because they like the environment of the abyss. It is impossible to judge whether this method is feasible, if it were them, they would definitely not be willing to stay in that place."

This is a problem. I heard that there are many ugly and violent creatures in the underground of the underworld. They have no intelligence, like darkness, and like to bring people death. If you throw them into the abyss, who knows if they will like it because The environment is not willing to come up.

But right now they don't have any enemy prisoners in their hands. Seeing Hades wanting to go back so much, Zeus can only suggest that Hades go back first, and they will find a way to catch someone when the next war starts. Then send it to Hades, or they can only let Hades stay with them temporarily, they take the initiative to attack, the goal is to catch anyone at random, and retreat when caught.

Hades was a little hesitant about these two suggestions. He was anxious to go back to see Xavius, but he also knew that the passage from here to the entrance of the underworld was not safe. It was impossible for Zeus to leave at this time, but if it was someone else , he was not at ease, but if the doubts in his and Xavius' hearts were not resolved, they would not dare to say the words to let Zeus transfer the battlefield to the underworld.

When he was undecided, there was an explosion not far from the sky, and Hestia smiled when he heard it: "Okay, there is no need to choose, they are rushing to your door, so you can bear it for a while, and wait for this one." Take people back after the battle is over."

Hades showed a helpless expression, but still stood up.

……

Xavius ​​originally thought that Hades would come back soon, but after he finished reshaping his godhead and left Styx, Hades still didn't come back.

After he left the river, he was still a little surprised. After the remodeling of the godhead was completed, the scope of his exploration became wider. Although the whole underworld was lifeless, it vaguely revealed a kind feeling towards himself. The underworld also changed a lot after Savis stepped onto the river bank.

"You stay here and watch the change of this fracture. If Hades comes back, tell him that I will look around and be back soon." He knelt down and said.

The girl was lying on the bottom of the Styx River with her eyes closed. Her face was very pale, showing a sickly color in the dark space. Through the river water, it could be seen that her hair had lost its color. The hand on her chest She was no longer the same as before, and her flesh seemed to be wrinkled. She should have fallen into the abyss with the sudden drop of the fifth river, but she was lifted up by the river at a critical moment and thrown into the bottom of the Styx river. , After being thrown in, she fell into a deep sleep, but she was still able to communicate with Xavis briefly.

She told Xavius ​​that all the remaining power after the river helped Xavius ​​condense the godhead poured into her body, and she was automatically cutting off her connection with it. After a while, she would not be affected by the disappearance of the river. influence, but before that, she will experience a relatively long period of sleep and the process of going from young to old to young again.

She said that after she wakes up, she will give herself a name, or, after her godhead is condensed, she will have a name, and then Savis will no longer need to call her "girl" or "girl" up.

After Savis finished his explanation, he quickly left the river. He handed the shells to Hades not only to let Hades contact him when he was in danger, but also because he could perceive Hades' situation As long as Hades doesn't do anything, the shell will not send a distress signal to him.

The more you go inside, the more diverse the changes in the underworld. Hades is familiar with the environment here because he has walked around a lot, and he is because many things about the underworld automatically enter his mind when the godhead is condensed.

Originally thought that there were only death and darkness in the underworld, there were big trees, short grasses, and even sporadic small flowers dotted the grass, and the terrain of the underworld was not just plains, he also saw hills and swamps, and there were mountains in the underworld After passing a few mountains, Savis found that there are not only plants but also animals on the mountains, but those animals are not cute, they are even uglier than the ones he encountered in the space of Cronus' stomach, but there is a difference The good thing is that these animals are harmless. When Xavis approached, they looked at him innocently with wide eyes. Although they looked ugly, their eyes were clear and did not reveal any viciousness.

There are still some streams on the mountain, but those streams are turbid black, not because the scenery seen in this space is gray, so they appear in such a color, Savis can feel a very strange power from those streams, not like The river of Styx has the dominance of imprisoning human souls, and it is not as clear and sweet as Olympus. This kind of power is very strange. Xavius ​​tried to touch it with his hand, but felt as if he had been pierced by an ice pick. It was cold and painful.

However, those animals liked the water here very much, and they chased and frolicked in it, and lowered their heads to drink water from time to time.

Xavius ​​looked at it for a while and then continued to move forward. He saw many creatures that could not be seen in Olympus, and occasionally found ores from the cracks opened.

If there were humans here, they'd go crazy over the stuff.Savus thought to himself.

Ah, of course, they should have died when they got here, even if they saw this, it didn't matter.

Xavius ​​wandered around the underworld, and then found a fault at the end of the mountain range.

He looked at the fault with some surprise, and then walked cautiously to the edge of the fault.

The way of this disconnection is exactly the same as the fault in the River Styx that Xavius ​​was in before, it was blocked vertically, and then it was bottomless, even Xavius's current power could not be explored.Could it be that he went around and returned to the opposite side of the River Styx?Crossing this fault is the Styx?

Just when Xavius ​​was thinking about whether to go over there, he heard a low growl suddenly from the bottom of the abyss: "Who's up there?"

Savis was taken aback, and subconsciously took a few steps back.

The man didn't wait for an answer, he seemed a little impatient, and jumped up from the bottom all of a sudden.

It was a giant with only one eye in the center of his forehead, and his back was a bit hunched, and the only eye revealed the light of inspection. His hands and feet were bound together by a thick black fog, and red eyes could be faintly seen in the thick fog. fire.

"Who are you and why are you here?" the giant asked bluntly.

"Just looking around in the underworld. I'm sorry if I bother you." Savis looked at him and already guessed who it was, the "monster son" who was imprisoned in the underworld by Uranus. It seems that Gai Ya made such a big commotion before, but still failed to rescue them.

"Oh?" The giant sneered, "Back then, a group of people failed to find the godhead of Hades here, little guy, do you think your luck is so good?"

"I didn't come here for the godhead of Pluto," Savis rolled his eyes, "The ferryman refused to take me across the river, and in fact he refused to take anyone else, unless it was a dead soul, so I can't leave here for the time being. Can go around, how about you, who are you, so you will be here."

"Poor little guy, you're actually trapped here," the giant's tone didn't fluctuate much, "but I don't sympathize with you, because I'm also trapped here."

Xavius ​​looked surprised: "Oh, I thought you were the guardian here, you must know that I feel a powerful force from you, who has such a great ability to trap you here?"

The giant looked very pleased when he heard Xavius's words, but when he mentioned the previous incident, his face sank again: "That shameless bastard did a good job!"

Xavius ​​sat on the ground casually: "How about we chat, I haven't seen anyone else since I came to the underworld."