43 Chapter 43
The mountains near Mount Ottils are very tall, and Zeus and his party are on the island far from the two mountain ranges of Mount Ottils.
Although the area of this island is not large, but the scenery is good, after the arrival of Zeus and others, Demeter gave birth to the plants on the island once, and the island, which was already rich in products, became richer, and the gods not only tensed their nerves to deal with the attack of the Titans, but also had to plan when to attack, the war has been going on for nearly two years now, and there are people on both sides who have been injured and killed, but for the gods, if the wound is not very serious, it will heal quickly, and as long as the soul is kept when it dies, then it can be reshaped quickly*ββ The underworld without the existence of Hades cannot control the souls of the gods at this moment, and after the death of humans, the soul will be attracted by the underworld and will soon unconsciously go to the underworld, and the soul will not lose consciousness soon after the death of the gods, as long as the soul is retained, then it will be easy to be reborn.
Occasionally, they would relax, and during the war, many of the gods would look at each other and make out in a place where no one was around.
However, only Zeus, as long as he has time, will go to his sisters and care about their situation, although many goddesses have joined this war, but the three Hestias are his sisters, and he invited them in, so they naturally have to care about it.
Even if sometimes the three sisters didn't go out with him, after they came back, they would definitely ask them if they were okay, whether the rear had been attacked, etc., and the concerned look made the three of them very moved.
After a long time, even the cold Hestia did not continue to keep a straight face to Zeus, although he was not enthusiastic, but at least occasionally saw Zeus injured and would ask and help him deal with his wounds, sometimes seeing Zeus too tired, would let him go for a walk, no need to tense his nerves.
Zeus has grown a lot in two years, the youth on his body has completely faded, and he has become a mature and attractive man, with a handsome face and a kind smile that many goddesses have looked at him, but unfortunately Zeus is attentive to the movements of the Titans and ignores the goddesses' overtures.
Hestia said to his sisters more than once that Zeus was more and more like his two brothers, but he was not as cold as Hades, nor as good as Poseidon, and seemed to have neutralized the advantages of the two, and became the best of the three brothers, and in this year or so, Zeus's leadership skills have gradually become prominent, and he used to come to them to discuss some things, but now he will not do it, but when giving orders, he will say his orders to the three sisters in a gentle tone as much as possible, to show that the three sisters are very special to himγ
This attitude was very useful to Hera, who was more arrogant, and never obeyed the orders of people other than Hestia, but because of Zeus's action, he did not refuse the other party's request.
When Hades arrived, Zeus was pulled out of his residence by Hestia, and Demeter picked a lot of fruit from the tree, and several people gathered around to enjoy the sweet fruit and relax by the way.
Hades' arrival attracted the attention of other gods, many people had not actually seen Hades, but before they stopped Hades, Hades had already found Zeus and others, and sat down beside Hestia, and everyone looked at the indifferent expressions of several gods, and knew that this was not an enemy.
His face was more ugly than ever, Hestia looked at his side, didn't see Savis, exchanged a look with Demeter, and smiled: "Why, Savis didn't come back with you?"
Hades replied sullenly, it didn't seem like much to Zeus, but the three goddesses had been with him for a long time, and they knew too well the frustration in his voice.
Several people secretly covered their lips and laughed for a while, and Demeter handed a fruit to Hades: "What is the big deal that makes Savis drive you back and stay in the underworld?" It is not easy to get Hades to leave Savis's side, looking at Hades's unclear appearance, thinking about it, this matter must be Savis's own idea, or hurry up and let him tell the matter so that he can go back with peace of mind, otherwise they will all suffer as a result.
"Something happened in the underworld, there was a fifth river in addition to the fourth river, but now that river has disappeared due to changes in the underworld, and has become an abyss, I went down to investigate, and there is not only a bottomless bottom, but also an unknown force ......" Hades didn't say anything about Savis's reshaping of Godhead and his own Godhead, he didn't control the underworld, he couldn't rest assured before Savis left the River Styx, the Godhead of Hades is the godhead that many people flock to, and the Godhead of the underworld is the Godhead that many people dream of, Hades has not experienced the era when gods frantically poured into the underworld to find adventures, but he knew from Savis that many gods were trapped at the bottom of the River Styx.
The gods had been pulled to the bottom of the River Styx when they had come to find the Godhead of Hades, and now they regretted their decision every day, and when Savis heard about it, he told him about it.
Hades didn't trust Zeus enough after all, although the hostility was gone, but in the face of Zeus, he would not open his heart.
So he decided to wait until the reshaping of the Savis Godhead was complete and he was proud to be able to leave Styx.
He hid everything about himself and Savis, and then told the appearance of the abyss and the encounter with Gaia in a cold tone.
"In other words, we all thought that Gaia would help Kronos, and it was wrong to even intervene, although she would interfere, she was not necessarily on Kronos's side?"
But I have to say that her heart is still biased towards Kronos, but she should know that if Kronos needs her help to stabilize his position, then Kronos's strength itself has been in trouble, and he can't hide under Gaia's protection forever, when he overthrew Ouranos, he did it alone, and Gaia only helped a little. Hera sneered, "But you said she took the blood of Tartarus...... I'm worried about that. β
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 beginning of the world, Gaia herself is also one of the five creation gods, and her own blood has extremely powerful divine power, why would she still find a way to take the blood of Tartarus?
"Maybe she wanted to use Tartarus's blood to save her children who were locked up. Demeter guessed, "Hades overheard her say that she had tried to save the 'children' but had no success, and if she couldn't, what if she could use Tartarus' powers?"
After all, the male god is a little stronger than the goddess, although Gaia can single-handedly take on most of the gods of Olympus, but in front of the first generation of gods born in the world at the same time as her, she has always been much inferior.
Ouranos had imprisoned those ugly children herself, and if Gaia couldn't save them with her own powers, it was not impossible for her to use Tartarus's divine powers.
It's just that why she thinks of her children who are imprisoned at this time is really puzzling.
"If she's still in the Underworld, we'll have to trouble you and Savis to keep an eye on her, and we don't have to confront her or spoil her affairs, but we need to know at least what's going on with her at all times. Hera whispered.
Hades nodded: "Savis is watching there, I'll go back to accompany him when I'm done, and I'm not worried about leaving him alone in the underworld." β
"You're still afraid that he won't be able to lose. Hera couldn't help but smile and said, "Don't worry, even if Savis's current divine power doesn't seem to be at its best, he never puts himself in a crisis, and you know this yourself to be persuaded by him to come back, right?"
"I know," Hades rarely touched the corners of his lower lip and smiled faintly at his sister, "but it doesn't conflict with my fear of him, and I always have to be by his side to rest assured." β
"You......" In fact, Hera at this time didn't understand, Hades was also glued to Savis when he was a child, and the relationship between the two was very good when he grew up, but why should he stick together all the time, she herself loves her two sisters very much, after all, they have experienced each other from the predicament, and they have supported each other and warmed each other, but she herself will not think about sticking to Hestia and Demeter every day, why Hades would be so reluctant to leave Savis really made him feel very puzzled.
"Because we haven't received any news before, we haven't found a way to capture them alive, those who are too strong we can't catch them at the moment, and those who are caught are either killed by our people or turned back and killed by their people, if you want to try someone, I'm afraid you'll have to wait for the next time, or you go back first, we will send them to you after we catch them, then again, you can't try them with the creatures in the underworld? I remember that the underworld itself has bred a lot of dark creatures. Zeus asked suspiciously.
Hades thought for a moment and said: "The creatures of the underworld are adapted to the darkness themselves, and they are not easy to catch, and even if they are caught, if they are thrown down, they may not be willing to come up because they like the environment of the abyss, and then we will not be able to judge whether this method is feasible, if it were them, they would definitely not be willing to stay in that place." β
That's a problem, I've heard that there are a lot of ugly and irascible creatures in the underworld, they don't have intelligence, they like the dark, they like to bring death, if you throw them into the abyss, who knows if they won't want to come up because they like the environment inside.
But at the moment, they don't have the enemy's prisoners in their hands, seeing that Hades wants to rush back again, Zeus can only suggest that Hades go back first, and when the next time the war starts, they will find a way to capture someone, and 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 a random person, and retreat when they catch it.
Hades was a little hesitant about these two suggestions, he was in a hurry to go back to see Savis, but he also knew that the passage from here to the entrance to the underworld was not safe, and it was impossible for Zeus to leave at this time, but if it was someone else, he would not be at ease, but if the doubts in his and Savis's hearts were not resolved, they did not dare to say the words of letting Zeus transfer the battlefield to the underworld.
When he was undecided, an explosion sounded not far from the sky, and Hestia laughed when he heard it: "Okay, don't choose, they are in a hurry to send it to the door, you can bear with it for the time being, and take people back after this battle is over." β
Hades looked helpless, but stood up anyway.
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Savis had expected Hades to return soon, but after he had completed his remodeling and left the River Styx, Hades did not return.
He was still a little surprised after leaving the river, after the completion of the reshaping of the godhead, the scope of his exploration became wider, although the entire underworld was lifeless, but vaguely revealed a kind feeling to himself, with the completion of the condensation of the godhead after the underworld, the entire underworld also changed a lot with Savis after stepping on the riverbank.
"You stay here and watch the fracture change, and if Hades comes back, tell him I'll look around, and I'll be back soon. He crouched down and said.
The girl was lying at the bottom of the River Styx with her eyes closed, her face was very pale, showing a sickly color in the gray space, through the river you could see that her hair had lost its color, and the hand on her chest was not as good as before, and her skin and flesh seemed to be wrinkled a little, she was supposed to fall into the abyss with the sudden descent of the fifth river, but she was lifted up by the river at the last moment, and thrown into the bottom of the River Styx, and after being thrown into it, she fell into a deep sleep, but she was able to communicate with Savis briefly.
She told Savis that the river had helped Savis condense all the remaining power into her body, and that it was automatically cutting herself off from it, and that after a while, she would not be affected by the river's disappearance, but before that, she would go through a longer period of sleep and the process of growing old and younger.
When she wakes up, she says, she will give herself a name, or that when her godhead is condensed, she will have a name, and then Savis will no longer have to call her "girl" or "girl."
After Savis finished explaining, he quickly left the river, and he handed the shell to Hades not only to let Hades contact him when he was in danger, but also to be able to sense Hades's situation, as long as Hades didn't do anything, then the shell would not send him a distress signal.
The more he went inside, the more diverse the changes in the underworld became, Hades became familiar with the environment because he had traveled around a lot, and he was because many things about the underworld automatically entered his mind when the godhead was condensed.
Originally thought that there were only death and darkness in the underworld, there were big trees and low grass, and even scattered small flowers dotted the grass, and the terrain of the underworld was not only plains, he also saw hills and swamps, and there were high mountains in the underworld, Savis passed by a few mountains and found that there were not only plants and animals on the mountains, but those animals were not cute, more ugly than those he encountered in the space of Kronos's belly, but one thing is better is that these animals are harmless, when Savis approached, they looked at him very innocently with big eyes, although they looked ugly but their eyes were still clear, and they did not reveal their fiercenessγ
There are still some streams on the mountain, but those streams are muddy black, not because the scenery seen in this space is gray so it presents such a color, Savis can feel a very strange power from those streams, not like the river Styx with the domineering power that imprisons people's souls, nor like the clear and sweet of Olympus, this power is very strange, Savis tried to touch it with his hand, only to feel as if he had been stabbed by an ice pick, cold and painful.
The animals, however, were very fond of the water, and chased and frolicked in it, bowing their heads from time to time to drink.
Savis looked at it for a while and then walked on, seeing many creatures that he couldn't see in Olympus, and occasionally finding ore through the gaping crevices.
If humans were here, they would be crazy about the stuff here. Savis thought to himself.
Ah, of course, they should have been dead when they came here, and even if they saw this, they wouldn't have to.
Savis walked around the underworld and found a fault at the end of the mountain.
He looked at the fault with some surprise, and then cautiously walked to the edge of the fault.
This disconnection method is exactly the same as the way the Styx River where Savis was before appeared, blocking vertically, and then bottomless, even Sarvis's current strength cannot be explored. Could it be that he went around in a circle and then returned to the other side of the River Styx?
Just as Savis was thinking about whether to go over from above, he heard a low roar from under the abyss: "Who's up there." β
Savis was startled and subconsciously took a few steps back.
The man didn't wait for an answer, but seemed impatient, and suddenly rushed up from below.
It was a giant, with only one eye in the middle of his forehead, a little hunched back, and the only eye that shone with the light of scrutiny, and his hands and feet were bound together by a thick black fog that bound him, and a red fire could be faintly seen in the thick fog.
"Who are you and how did you end up here. The giant asked stiffly.
"Just take a look at the underworld, and I'm sorry if it bothers you. Savis looked at him and had already guessed who it was, the "monster son" who was imprisoned in the underworld by Ouranos, it seems that Gaia had made such a big move before, but he still couldn't succeed in rescuing them.
"Oh?" the giant sneered, "a group of people who searched for the Immortal Godhead here were unsuccessful, little one, do you think your luck can be so good?"
"I'm not here for the godhead of Hades," Savis rolled his eyes, "the ferryman refuses to take me across the river, in fact he refuses to take anyone else over, unless it's a revenant, so I can't leave here for the time being, I can only walk around, what about you, who are you, so you are here." β
"Poor little one, you are trapped here," the giant's tone did not rise or fall too much, "but I have no sympathy for you, for I am also trapped here." β
Savis looked surprised: "Oh, I thought you were the guardian here, you must know that I feel a great power from you, who has such a great ability to trap you here?"
The giant looked very apprehensive when he heard Savis's words, but as soon as he mentioned what had happened before, his face sank again: "That shameless bastard did a good deed!"
Savis sat casually on the ground: "How about we talk, I haven't seen anyone else since I came to the underworld." 166 Reading Network