Chapter 124: The Styx Crossing God
Ignoring the three-headed dog with its tail wagging incessantly, Persephone walked ahead as a matter of course, and Zelos followed her, winking at Cerberus.
It seemed to Zelos that he was a "friendly" greeting, but in the eyes of Cerberus it was a provocation, and he immediately bared his teeth at him, revealing a fierce gaze, and let out a low roar in his throat.
Startled, Zelos hurriedly put the carriage away and followed Persephone for refuge, for if he did fight, he would not be able to deal with the vicious dog.
Persephone glared back at Cerberus, who immediately howled aggrievedly and withdrew.
Passing by Radamantis, Persephone didn't ask who it was.
After all, it was not uncommon for Tanatos to go out to fetch souls in person, and she thought that this was just an ordinary person.
The group entered the entrance of the underworld, and in front of them was the vast and white mist Akron River, and the banks of the entrance were full of dense undead.
The Akron River is known as the River of Feathers, which means that not even a single feather can float on the water, and the undead want to cross the river only by relying on the river's ferryman, Charon.
However, Charon regarded wealth as his life, and whoever wanted to cross the river had to give him a gold coin before he could get on the boat.
Not to mention the undead, most of the undead came to the underworld alone, not to mention gold coins, not even copper plates.
Since he had no money, Charon naturally refused to cross them.
Most of the undead were stuck on the banks of the Akron River, lingering and unable to leave.
Until one day, there were so many undead by the river that the Hades couldn't stand it. So Hades ordered that the undead who came to the underworld, whether they had gold coins or not, as long as they had been by the river for more than a year, Charon had to send them across the river.
Although the decree was issued, even if it was a year in the world, there were countless undead who had accumulated, which was why they could see so many undead.
As soon as the gods stopped by the river, the surrounding undead immediately hid far away, not daring to come up at all.
After a while, the white mist on the river gradually dispersed, and a blue-skinned, thin old man came slowly with a wooden boat.
When the surrounding undead saw him, they immediately howled madly and rushed towards Charon, trying to climb onto the ship, and even almost crashed into Persephone, the queen of the underworld.
Thanatos, the god of death standing beside her, looked cold, raised the huge black scythe in his hand, and swung it lightly.
A black light spread along the blade, and the hundreds of undead who were wiped by the black light around them instantly turned into a wisp of white smoke, and they were completely wiped out before they even had time to let out a wail.
The surrounding undead immediately fled in all directions in fear, and even Charon's ferries were much less attractive to them.
Persephone couldn't help frowning, although she was the queen of the underworld, she was not a god of the underworld, she did not have the cold-blooded nature of most of the gods of the underworld in her bones, and she really didn't like the practice of strangling souls at every turn like Thanatos.
After thinking about it for a while, Persephone still didn't say anything, after all, the underworld has its own laws, which are much more cruel than the outside world, and Hades didn't want to change anything, so she shouldn't point fingers easily.
Fortunately, Charon finally came over with the boat.
"Your Excellency, you're back. Charon first saluted Persephone.
"Hmm. ”
Persephone snorted, didn't say anything, and jumped onto the boat, followed by the three men behind him.
Charon stroked his snow-white beard that hung down to his chest and calculated.
He would definitely not dare to accept the money of the Queen of the Underworld, and what did Thanatos say to him that it was also from his mother, and he would collect his money?
The rest are this undead and the celestial god Zeloth, and the money of these two people must be collected.
Charon coughed his throat, "God Zeroth, it's not the first time you've taken a boat, you should know my rules, right? ”
Zelos didn't say anything, pulling out a gold coin and tossing it to him.
Zelos had already tried it when he first came to the underworld, and even if he said all the good things, this miser would not let go.
Charon smiled and accepted the gold coin, and said to Radamantis: "New undead, hand over a gold coin before you can cross the river, otherwise you will get off the boat immediately." ”
Radamantis' face froze, where did he go to find a gold coin to come out?
Seeing his appearance, Charon also knew that this was a poor ghost, and shouted unceremoniously: "Get off the boat, undead, I will cross the river with you next year." ”
Radamantis was embarrassed and speechless, so he had to look at Lord Death for help.
Thanatos immediately relieved him of the siege and said, "Be polite, Charon. This Radamandis from the human world is not an ordinary undead who you can call out at will! He is the son of the noble Zeus, and the king of Crete! Our majesty the king of Hades has personally ordered me to take him to the underworld, and you are now going to drive him away?"
Charon's face changed, but he didn't expect this undead to be the Radamantis who was recently rumored to become the god of the underworld!
If the rumors were true, Radamantis was not something he could afford to provoke.
Charon immediately changed his expression and smiled awkwardly, "It turned out to be the famous Radamantis, I have been waiting for you here by the Styx for months!
Persephone, who was standing at the head of the bed, also listened to what Thanatos had said, and glanced back at Radamantis.
The son of Zeus, that is also her brother.
However, Zeus had too many children, and Persephone was not interested in recognizing them one by one.
Charon slowly propped up the boat and headed towards the opposite shore, not mentioning the fare.
There was a fog around the ferry, and it was impossible to tell how fast Charon was, but Persephone felt like he had reached the other side in the blink of an eye three or four times.
On the other side is a barren gray field that has existed since the dawn of the underworld, but no one has ever given it a name.
As soon as the group got off the boat, a tall man in a black robe and black hair slowly walked out of the gray field opposite, looking at Persephone with a smile.
Before the group could come to their senses, Zelos had already rushed forward.
"Ah, tall, handsome, handsome, and extraordinary, Your Majesty, you must have come to greet the lively, lovely, and beautiful Queen of the Underworld, right? I have lived up to your expectations and sent the Queen of the Underworld back safely!"
Hades couldn't help frowning, when did he ask Zelos to send Persephone back?
Persephone walked up with a smile of surprise on his face, "Hades, why are you here?"