[Greek Mythology] The Ugly God's Counterattack

The second time he came to the underworld, Hephaestus felt very subtle, if counted in the true sense.In addition to the time he went to the Styx River to steal the fire, this should actually be her third visit.

The environment of the underworld is as deep and dull as ever, it seems that only the palace of Hades is better.Because in addition to the shining of the dark moon, there are not too weak lights there.

On their way to Pluto's palace, they passed a large field of pale wild tulips in full bloom, and the mournful sighs and unwilling moans of the undead disappeared.

Only Hephaestus and Hades were walking on the spacious stone road. Even so, the slight sound of footsteps rubbing against the stones diluted the coldness that belonged to the underworld a lot.

In fact, Hephaestus wanted to ask Hades why he had to go to Hades' palace, but he thought that the underworld that Thanatos said before would have divine power against other gods except the underworld, and in the entire underworld, there were only two. places will not be affected.One is the palace of Hades, and the other is the palace of Hades.

After thinking about it, Hephaestus would rather choose to go to the Hades Palace than the Hades Palace.

And Dasha and Ergua, who came to the underworld with him, have been taken to Cerberus by Hypnos.

For Dasha and Ergua, the two silver hounds, he can probably guess that they can find him accurately in the forest shrouded in white smoke, probably because they are not real hounds, but are made by him with mechanical silver. out of reason.

He always thought that Dasha and Ergua were a little untrained, and it would be good to let them suffer a little from Cerberus.

However, in his heart, Hephaestus still felt that Dasha and Ergua were no weaker than Cerberus.

Thinking of Cerberus who was guarding the prison gate, he suddenly remembered another thing.So he asked Hades: "Have you not caught Helios yet?"

Hades looked ahead, but his eyes were deep and sharp, and he said two words very calmly: "No."

In the past few days when he and Hephaestus disappeared, Thanatos did not find any trace of Helios.Judging from the news from Hypnos, Helios seems to have disappeared out of thin air.

Although Helios was once the Twelve Titans, Hades didn't think that the second-generation sun god had the ability to hide himself perfectly.

Apparently Hephaestus also understood this, and after thinking for a while, he expressed his guess: "Could it be that Gaia, the Earth Mother, is helping him confuse the pursuit?"

"This possibility is not ruled out," after all, Gaia had stood in front of him to prevent him from taking Helios away.

Hephaestus rubbed his temples weakly, and said in a tired tone, "What a group of troublesome gods."

Hades watched his movements, frowned, and said, "Leave everything to me, you should rest well first, and wait for your divine power to recover."

Thinking of his current state, Hephaestus nodded.

If you don't have the strength to face the murderer, even if you guess who is behind the scenes, it will be futile and useless.

Therefore, he will not hold on until his divine power is restored.

After Hades brought Hephaestus to Hades' palace, he watched him sit on the bed with his eyes closed and start to condense the underworld fire, and he left after a while.As the lord of the underworld, Hades has his own responsibilities, and in the past few days when he disappeared, some things must be handled by him personally.

not to mention,

He also wants to investigate the reasons for this series of events...

Hephaestus did not open his eyes when he heard the sound of the door closing, but continued to attract the fire.Rather than simply recovering divine power during sleep, it is better to use the underworld fire to restore divine power as soon as possible. This is one of the reasons why Hephaestus agreed to come to the underworld.

The blazing underworld fire was gradually absorbed by Hephaestus, and it was already a day later when he felt the sense of nothingness that the divine power disappeared.

Sensing a familiar aura that kept approaching him, he opened his eyes, twitched the corners of his mouth at the visitor, and smiled slightly.

Looking at this smile, Hades' cold eyes gradually warmed up, and a smile appeared between his brows. "How do you feel?" He asked, putting the fruit plate in his hand on the table beside him.

Hephaestus got up from the bed, with a hint of relaxation in his tone: "It's almost recovered."

He went to sit at the table, glanced at the fruit bowl, then turned his gaze to Hades. "For me?" he asked.

Hades nodded.

Although the gods could not eat anything, Hephaestus was once a modern man, and habits are not easy to change.What's more, the nurse told him that delicious fruit can make people feel happy.

Hephaestus didn't know what Hades was thinking, so he picked up the pomegranate in the fruit plate, raised his eyebrows, and jokingly said: "I wonder if I will have to eat this pomegranate in the future Stay in the underworld."

"No, it's not a ghost pomegranate." He picked these fruits from outside specially.Hades didn't say the second half of the sentence.

"Isn't it the ghost pomegranate..." Hephaestus became interested, and turned the pomegranate back and forth to look at it, and found that it was indeed slightly different from the ghost pomegranate he had seen before.

Perhaps these fruits were picked by Hades from outside...

He vaguely guessed the answer from the eyes of the man in front of him.When he thought of this, his mood suddenly became cheerful.

He weighed the pomegranate, then took Hades' hand, put the pomegranate in Hades' hand, and said with a smile, "You peel it."

Hades didn't reply, but raised the corners of his mouth slightly, sat opposite him, opened the pomegranate, and picked out the pomegranate slowly but meticulously.

Hephaestus half-supported his head with his hands, half-closed his eyes and looked at Hades opposite him very leisurely.

Under the fading light, Hades' handsome face was full of seriousness, and his eyes were fixed on the pomegranate in his hand.The slender and beautiful hands picked out the pomegranates one by one and placed them in a small plate, with elegant and charming movements.

I have to say, this is really a pleasing picture.

It's just that this scene didn't last long, and there was a knock on the door: "Your Majesty Pluto." It was the voice of the sleeping god Hypnos.

Hades stopped what he was doing, looked at Hephaestus, and said after he nodded, "Come in."

After Hypnos came in, he saw the carefully selected pomegranates on the table, and was slightly stunned. Then he moved his eyes to Hephaestus, and instantly understood.

If it wasn't for the wrong timing, he had something to say now, and he really wanted to help their majesty convince Hephaestus to become the queen of the underworld at this time.

"What's the matter?" Hades' question interrupted Hypnos' thoughts.

Hypnos restrained his mind, and said in a serious tone: "The envoy has arrived at the entrance of the underworld, and he sent a message that the god king asked Vulcan to return to Mount Olympus immediately."

"Let me go back to Mount Olympus immediately?" Hephaestus frowned, pointing at himself for confirmation.

No need to think about it, it must be no good for Zeus to let him go back to Mount Olympus.

Hypnos nodded.

Hades glanced at Hephaestus, and then asked Hypnos with a cold tone: "Did he say why Hephaestus returned to Mount Olympus immediately?"

"No," Hypnos recalled what Hermes said, "The God King only said that Hephaestus should return to Mount Olympus immediately."

As soon as Hypnos finished speaking, Hephaestus couldn't help but cursed in his heart: Damn!

Should this god king be so capricious!

Thinking of Zeus, Hephaestus' joyful mood faded a lot in an instant. He looked at Hypnos and asked, "Hermes is still at the entrance to the underworld?"

"Still," Hypnos hesitated, and then said, "He said he will wait for you to go back to Mount Olympus."

Hearing what he said, Hephaestus rubbed his hair a little irritably.

What the hell is Zeus trying to do!

Sighing lightly, he glanced at the silent Hades, and then said, "I'll go and have a look now." Anyway, I'd better go to see Hermes first and see if I can learn about the situation from him.

Thinking of this, Hephaestus quickly got up and walked out the door.

As he disappeared outside the door, Hypnos clearly felt that the surrounding air seemed to be a little colder.

He stiffly turned his body towards His Majesty Pluto who was exuding cold air, and pulled the corner of his mouth a little far-fetched, "Ahem... that... Your Majesty Pluto... I just conveyed Hermes' words to Hephaestus... that's all..."

From the corner of his eye, he caught sight of the pomegranates on the table carefully selected by His Majesty Hades, and Hypnos smiled dryly on the surface.In fact, he roared in his heart why he didn't think of it... Waited for a while before telling Hephaestus about Hermes' arrival!That way at least their Majesty Pluto's little care won't be left out in the cold!

Feeling the increasingly cold temperature in the air, Hypnos opened his mouth, and when he was about to say something, the closed door was opened again.

Hephaestus, who had already left, chose to come back.

Seeing Hephaestus who came back suddenly, Hypnos opened his eyes wide in surprise.

Hephaestus glanced at him, then walked up to Hades, who was also a little surprised, and suddenly stretched out his hand to pick up the small plate with pomegranates on the table.

"I took this with me." He raised his pretty eyebrows, and then said to Hades, "Thanks." After speaking, he walked to the door again, and put the pomegranates in the small plate into his mouth as he walked deliver.

"Well, it's so sweet..." He said with a smile, and his figure disappeared outside the door again.

Hypnos froze for a moment, his first reaction when he came back to his senses was to look at Hades.

His Majesty Hades' cold eyes softened. Although his lips were still tightly closed, Hypnos clearly felt the warming of the surrounding air.

It seems that their majesty really cares about Hephaestus...

Perhaps their great king has fallen in love with Vulcan.

It’s just that I don’t know Vulcan——Hephaestus, what does he think...

Look, though.

It seems that their majesty is not singing a one-man show alone...

Just as Hypnos was guessing, Hades had already stood up and walked out the door.After he came back to his senses and chased them out, their Majesty Hades had already gone far.

So their Majesty is looking for Future Minghuo?

Thinking of this possibility, Hypnos had a bright smile on his face, and heeled up.

He really wanted to know, would His Majesty Pluto agree with God King Zeus to take Hephaestus away?

Thinking about it carefully, His Majesty Pluto really has many competitors, Aphrodite, Hermes, God King Zeus...