[Greek mythology] The fountain of youth

They entered a dark and narrow corridor, where the fingers could not be seen, and the cry of the soul could be heard from time to time. After being harvested by the god of death, the souls of mortals would spontaneously drift and go to and from the underworld.

Demeter told them a long time ago that this section of the road is not allowed to make a little noise. The light of the originally bright torch suddenly dimmed. The soul enters the Hades, and you must keep silent all the way here, and then reflect on you. mistakes made,

To pass through Hades, they had to go through this section of the road. Heber could even feel that there were souls going through this passage with them, but in this dark and lightless passage, it was inevitable that people would feel irritable and did not know the way. How far it seems, it seems that it will never end.

Hebe had no choice but to focus on the only light source and move forward carefully. Hermes seemed to have sensed the anxiety of the goddess. The male god stretched out his hand and took the goddess's hand very naturally.

In the darkness, Hebe's hand was wrapped by the warm palm of the male god. She looked away from the torch and stared at the place where their palms interacted.

Although in this damn corridor, Hei couldn't see his fingers, and Heber couldn't see them holding hands, but the anxiety disappeared, leaving only a feeling of peace of mind.

In the darkness, Hermes' ears were surprisingly red. He held Hebe's hand without daring to use any force, as if there were no bones, her hand was too soft...

They passed through the tunnel, and it was only here that they really stepped into the underworld. Heber looked at these translucent pearly white souls, and they all drifted forward in a daze.

In front of it was a vermilion door as thick as solidified blood, and a huge vicious dog was lying on the ground. It had three vicious heads. argue with each other.

"Cerberus! Why do you always steal my food? I swear that if I find out again, I will bite your head off me alive!"

This head has a tough attitude, and the head of the other three-headed dog is not to be outdone. It also growled viciously, "Humph! Stupid Cerberus, I eat my own food, Cerberus eats Cerberus What's wrong with your food! Don't scare me with such words, I'm already tired of you, so I'm going to bite you off!"

The quarrel between these two heads woke up the other head, "Oh! Damn! Can't you be quiet? Why am I so unlucky to live with you..."

These three heads were all arrogant, and they started fighting after a while, even one of them, "the fight was fierce, and even devoured a few souls, and the other head shouted, "Are you crazy, you boy, dare you Eat the soul of Lord Pluto. "This head quickly spit out the soul that had been eaten by mistake, and would curse, "Are you going to teach me a lesson!I want to bite you to death! "

Hebe whispered to Hermes, "While it is arguing by itself, let's take the opportunity to see if we can sneak in." They were cautious enough to hide their bodies and approached the scarlet door.

But the torch could not be extinguished, so they could only move forward with the torch in hand. The light brought by the torch still attracted Cerberus, who was fighting among himself.

Its three big heads bit each other, the dog head in the middle pushed the heads on both sides, its nose twitched up and down, "Stop arguing, I smell Olympian gods, someone has sneaked in!" Their duty is to keep an eye on the gate of the God Realm. As employees of the Underworld, they are still very responsible.

They stopped arguing and focused on the outside world, and the three heads worked closely together, "Snap!" Cerberus closed the door tightly, and the other two heads began to sniff around, "Look! Is there any light there?"

"Yes! That's right, you took my words, I was going to say this, you annoying guy, I'm going to tear it up..."

The head in the middle controlled the field, "Oh, don't quarrel, catch that man first..." Before he finished speaking, Hebe and Hermes appeared in front of it.

The hell three-headed dog is famous for its domineering and cruelty, but it is a dog. His sense of smell is also exceptionally good, so Pluto entrusted Cerberus with the important task of guarding the gate.

Finding them is only a matter of time, since they will all be found, so the two of them chose to show up. Cerberus, the three-headed dog, saw Hermes, as if he was irritated by him.

His hair exploded all over his body, and his figure swelled up. Hermes waved at it in a friendly manner, "Oh! It's the one who made us punish!" The last time Hermes visited Hades for a few days , Cerberus did not guard the gate of the underworld, and let the underworld mix into the people of Olympus, so they were punished by Hades.

"Kill him to death, kill him to death!"

Hermes took the time to explain to Heber, "Oh, it is my old acquaintance. I am very glad to see you again, dear Cerberus."

It seems that he left a serious shadow on Cerberus, the eyes of the three-headed dog were red, "His father Zeus killed our father Typhon, I will eat Zeus' son, and bite the bones together broken."

Hermes held Cerberus's hatred to such an extent that he didn't even look at Hebe, and rushed straight at Hermes.

He flew up unhurriedly, without even moving the light on the torch, dodging Cerberus' pounce, he took out the flute from his arms, and prepared to let the big dog have a good dream.

Cerberus has two weaknesses. One is that he likes to listen to music. When he listens to music, he can't help falling into sweet dreams. The other is greed. When he saw Hermes was about to play the flute, he knew he wanted what to do.

Cerberus has been harassing Hermes in an attempt to stop him, but has been ignoring the other one. Hebe sneaks in, and when Cerberus is all paying attention, it is Hermes.

As soon as Hebe overturned it to the ground, it fell to the ground, a shocking spirit rushed towards Hebe, dripping saliva on the ground, corroding the marks, Hebe kicked Cerberus with his right leg. go out.

Flying forward, the tip of the knife was facing Cerberus' stomach, which was its most vulnerable place. At this moment, the sound of the Hermes flute also stopped.

At the end of the song, Cerberus closed his eyes and fell asleep. Hebe put away the sword in his hand. They came here to save people, so it would be inconvenient to carry out unnecessary killings and further anger Hades.

They traveled all the way, they must first come to the palace of Hades, and they have to cross the Styx River. Nothing can cross the Styx River. The river water here does not even exist, it is just a dead silence.

Even if it is a feather, as long as it sticks to the water of the Styx, it will immediately submerge in the Styx. There is only one extradition man, Karon, to guard these ghosts, and only he can extradite these ghosts.

The last time Hermes went to the opposite abyss hell, and did not pass this checkpoint, the old man was happy to see them, "Hahahaha, it has been tens of thousands of years, but this is the first time the little old man has seen a stranger."

He brought the boat closer to the two of them, looked him up and down, "Hey! Little old man, I'm in charge of sending people across the river, not arresting them. If you cross the river, just pay me the river crossing fee." Through the black of the bamboo hat Behind the curtain, the little old man's eyes were full of greed.

Those who want to cross the river Styx must pay for the crossing, otherwise they will be ruthlessly thrown into the river Styx by the seemingly harmless little old man Caron and drowned alive, trapped in the river Styx forever.

Heber looked at the seemingly harmless old man, he was not in vain, he had to ask about the fare for crossing the river before boarding the boat, "Old man, we have to cross the river, what is the fare for the boat?"

The old man squeezed his white beard, "It's easy to say, the torch on the young man's body, or the pendant on the little girl's neck is fine, I don't choose."

Sure enough, Hebe and Hermes glanced at each other. What he wanted was not easy to give away. The torch was an important tool to help them pass through the fog. Whether they could get out of Hades depended on the torch.

And Heber's pendant is the remnant of the vase of life that Eros gave Heber. Heber can feel that this necklace is very important to her, and the extraditionist's vision is really vicious.

Hebe hesitated, but still took off the necklace cruelly. They had to do it because of this ship. Hermes stopped her hand from taking off the necklace, and stepped forward to stand in front of the extraditionist.

Handed the two golden round coins with complicated patterns to the old man, "Two underworld crossing coins, thank you for crossing the river." Then he pulled Heber into the boat.

He whispered to Heber, but the volume was just controlled within the hearing range of the extraditing person, "There are also unscrupulous merchants in this underworld, and the morality of the world is declining."

Seeing that the old man's face was ashen as ink, Heber obviously told the extraditionist that this bad friend deliberately told him.

Hermes also saw the ashen face of the extradition man. He blinked at Heber knowingly. , laughed out loud.

Now Heber felt that the old man's face was even darker, he almost rowed the boat quickly, and quickly sent the two scourges to the opposite side.

Hermes touched his chin and sighed, "He's not good at mentality, so he just came out to open a black shop." The contempt from the God of Commerce.

Hades extradited people to cross the river, and charged a Styx crossing coin to carry people across the river. The old man just now obviously thought that they didn't understand the rules, so he deliberately opened his mouth. Fortunately, Hermes was prepared.

After crossing the shore, what they faced was a fog. Without the guidance of the god of the underworld, the soul would get lost in it, so many souls were trapped here.

They kept wandering here. While waiting day after day, they, who could not be reincarnated, became extremely manic and became a powerful barrier in the mist.

The touch of killing the soul is like touching the mist with a knife. The soul is divided into two halves and then dissipates, bringing a biting cold experience.

However, although there were some twists and turns, under the guidance of the torch, they successfully sneaked into the palace of Hades. The door was wide open, and lights and festoons were decorated everywhere. This is Hades welcoming all the guests who came to the wedding.

On the palace where darkness is the main color, white is entwined, and there is a strange and festive feeling that cannot be expressed. This is the custom of the underworld, and the bride is married in white, and even the guests and guards who come and go are also dressed in white.