Demigod Chapter 11 The River of the Underworld
"We... We are really good people. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ο½iqugeγ info "I put my hands up in front of my chest and made defensive moves. I can't imagine what it would be like to see these birds flocking. Zepp's eyes were staring straight at me, and I was breaking out in a cold sweat all the time.
"Hahaha," it suddenly lay on Lin An's shoulder and laughed, like a colorful ball. "What are you nervous about, little ghost. The king has known that you are good people, even if you do not know the rules for the use of the snake staff. β
Lin An pushed it off his shoulder with a look of disgust, "Then how do you judge?" I asked.
"Normally, the Xudra Immortal Fetus would only send 3 snakes to deal with ordinary humans. If you have bad intentions, you will not be able to use Zeus's lightning. Zepp got up from the ground and flew to Lin An's shoulder again.
"And how on earth are we going to get to Alastair's territory?" I couldn't believe I was so desperate to go to a place where I might die. "It's Friday, I'm afraid it's too long, so I'll ......"
At this time, I noticed that Selena had lowered her head and silently shed tears, and we were all worried about Xu Yi's safety.
"Hah," Zepp flew to Selena's waist. "I'm sorry about your friend, but the king knows of any other way to get to Alastair's quarters. β
"yes, how to get there?" Selena suddenly looked up at Zepp in surprise, she grabbed Zepp with one hand and fiddled with it.
"Hey, Miss, please be careful," Zepp wrenched free from Selena's grasp, and threw his head back. "I'll tell you yes, but on one condition. β
Yi Min thrust the golden sword into the crack in the stone, and the crisp sound echoed through the cave. Then he said, "Say, what conditions." β
"Take me with you, and the king will tell you. Zepp walked around Selena's back and looked at Yimin warily, it seemed that this move was very powerful. "Since Xudra is dead and permanent, then this king has no duty, and this king will see that you don't do anything bad. β
"You want to get in touch with Zeus through Hanhan, and then take the opportunity to restore the phoenix body. Coward. Lin An said a word, breaking Zepu's careful thoughts. "Okay, though. But you have to make sure you don't talk too much. β
"Yes, sir!" Zepp flapped his wings happily.
With the remaining power of the Snake Staff, we returned to Selena's home. Mrs. Acker had already ordered 4 pizzas for us, and I decisively took the Hawaiian fruit pizza, and I have to say that the feeling of the juice tumbling in my mouth was a top treat. Lady Acker was not surprised by Zep's arrival, and her sweet words made the magician's widow very happy, and I doubted that Mrs. Acker would let Zepp be her son-in-law. However, Zepp didn't like the bird food Jenny bought for him, and he kept eating the green peppers from his pizza on Lin An's shoulder. Strange birds.
My mother has returned home, and I'm relieved about that. For now, Selena's home is my home, although it's not that safe. Jenny's complexion has fully recovered, she wears a ponytail, wears a blue sweatshirt, and exudes vitality and vigor all over her body. As she brought me Mrs. Acre's baked potatoes, I felt a strong bump in my heart as I met her pale blue eyes, but I really shouldn't have thought about it at this time.
"Ahem," Zepp drew everyone's attention by clearing his throat. "Now the king has come to announce the way to find Alastair. Alastair, the god of execution, is known to live in Tartarus, so if you want to find him, you have to make a trip there. β
"You mean, let's go to hell?" Yi Min stuck his fork into the potato.
"That's right, he lives at the end of the Styx River. β
"What a disgusting method, how can we go to hell, rogue bird!" Selena shouted at it.
"Miss, this king is kind.."
"Yes, there is a way. Lin An, holding his chin, interrupted Zep. "We can die first, and then go down to Tartarus, and this golden toad ring can protect us. He shook the ring in his hand.
"That's the way to do it," Mrs. Acker said. "The golden toad can lock your soul to your body, and that's how it works. β
"That's great," Yi Min patted the table. "Then let's go in a moment, I feel like I've become addicted to this adventure now, and I'm full of power. Even if the stocks are green, it won't stop me. β
"No," Selena stopped. "You and Lin An can't go, just me and Li Han can go. Your Golden Toad Ring can only protect you once at a time, so you don't have any protection when you enter Tartarus. It's extremely dangerous, so let's just go for the two of us. β
"Can't you bring a few rings at a time?" Lin An asked as he fed Zepu green peppers.
"No, because it doesn't work, it can only be used once. This is not stackable. Selena stroked her hair.
"Then let's decide, we'll act tonight. "I looked at Selena with a resolute gaze, hoping to increase her confidence. But at this time, my own heart was like a bottomless pit.
"Don't worry about us, Alastair is the first god we have to deal with, and we don't know what he can do, so if it's just the two of you, it's not necessarily his opponent. Let's join in. Yi Min looked at Selena and persuaded her.
"Since they support us, let's come along. "I also joined in the persuasion. To be honest, I don't agree with Yi Min, Selena is right, if something hurts in hell, the consequences will be irreversible. But if only the two of us had to deal with Alastair, we might have lost our lives instead of rescuing Flora and Xu Yi.
Selena lowered her head and closed her eyes, we all knew that she didn't want anyone to be in danger. Mrs. Acker brought a bowl of green liquid, which smelled a bit like the smell of sleepy flowers in the garden.
"This is pure flower dew extracted from dormant grass and can be lethal. Mrs. Acker said with a blank face. "I'll be watching you after you've drunk it later. After two hours, the ring will automatically pull your soul back, and if you end the mission early or are in danger, turn your ring and I will cast a spell to pull you back. β
"Little ghosts, when you go, each of you has a gold coin in his mouth to bribe Karon. He is the ferryman of the River Styx, and only his boat can walk on the River Styx. Once you fall into the River Styx, you will never have a chance to come up again. Zepp continued to eat the scraps of pizza.
"And most importantly," it curled. "Don't let your emotions dominate. β
Well, it makes me a little creepy to say that, I can't be dominated by emotions, and it sounds like it's a place that can drive normal people crazy. But since it's hell, it should be normal for this kind of thing to happen.
I lay on the bed with a bitter gold coin in my mouth. By this time I had drunk the dew of the dormant grass, and Mrs. Acker said that there was no pain in this way of death. Now I agree, in fact, the taste of this flower dew is not bad, with a hint of sweetness, just like chewing gum. I felt my body getting heavier, my brain was dizzy like a pot of paste, and I couldn't think anymore.
The body is getting heavier and heavier.
It's getting heavier and heavier.
It's like a ghost pressing a bed, and I can't control my limbs anymore.
My breathing started to get rapid.
A suffocating sensation welled up on the tip of his nose.
It was so painful that I felt like my lungs were going to explode.
I regret it..
A burst of tinnitus, followed by ...
Quiescence.
There was silence.
I suddenly felt light and fluttering, and my brain's control over my body returned. The waking consciousness forced me to open my eyes.
I was standing on a swamp with a dimly blue sky. In the distance, the sky glowed at dusk, but the fiery red was replaced with blue. Everything seems to be frozen here, and I don't feel like there's any definition of time here. There was no wind in the air, no temperature, and I didn't feel anything. I don't have any mental baggage here, I feel like everything is in the past, everything can be forgotten, happy and unhappy. I didn't have any thoughts about my mother, Jenny, Zeus, etc., and I didn't have any thoughts about saving the world. I suddenly felt how beautiful it was to be able to immerse myself in this silence. The moonlight shone on the River Styx in the distance, but there was no reflection. There is a layer of fog on the River Styx. The grass on the ground drooped lifelessly.
"Come up. "Just as I was immersed in this, Selena's voice woke me up. The three of them had already gotten into the tattered wooden boat in front of them, with two rows of seats, the size of which was only large enough for four people, and the length of the entire hull was the length of a bed. The wooden boat had begun to rot and was entwined with aquatic weeds. I'm already beginning to doubt the carrying capacity of this ship.
I took the gold coin out of my mouth and handed it to the ferryman standing at the bow of the boat. His large cloak covered his whole body, and the hat on it covered his entire head, and by the dim light I could only see a black patch of his face, as if it contained a black hole. He stretched out his hand as dry as a twig, no, not a twig, but a hand that was only a bone, and took my gold coins.
I stepped onto the boat, but it didn't shake, and CuarΓ³n looked at the light in the distance and slowly rowed up.
"Well, let's go to the end of the Styx River. Selena groaned in a powerless voice.
Caron turned slowly and nodded slightly. Blue flames suddenly lit up in the empty hat, but at this time I no longer felt fear, and the breath of death permeated every molecule in this space.
Suddenly, I saw a lot of blue light in all directions, and one after another tattered wooden ships came in ghostly, silently. Each of the boatmen had empty eyes and were fixed on the boat like a puppet.
I was suddenly very upset, and a tangled emotion suddenly burst into my heart, and if I could not return this time, I would never see my father Zeus again. I regret that I chose to come to this land of death, I can live well, it seems that Zeus does not care about me, otherwise with the power of a lord of the gods, how could he not meet his son?
I had a sudden urge that I didn't want to stay here any longer, that I should go back and ask my father why he didn't accept me.
Then I noticed that there were people jumping down the river in every boat, and they all jumped silently, as if nothing had happened around them. The person who jumped did not even struggle, and disappeared directly into the river.
A long wooden stick suddenly came from the front, and although Charon did not turn around, his wooden stick blocked Yimin, who was about to jump into the river. Yi Min suddenly came back to his senses and sat down in horror. Behind him, a golden light appeared and stretched behind him, floating in the air like a piece of golden silk.
"This is the first river in the underworld, the Achron," Selena explains. "This river, also known as the River of Afflictions, multiplies the greatest afflictions of the souls that pass through it, making them nostalgic for the world. But Charon's ship would not return, so they would all choose to swim back. However, the river has no buoyancy, and if you don't even splash, you will quickly sink to the bottom of the river, and you will never have a chance to come up. Therefore, those who are too afflicted cannot withstand the torment of this river. But if you bribe Charon, he will stop you before you jump. β
"And this golden light?" Yi Min asked worriedly.
"That's what the Golden Toad Ring does, and if you're in danger, the ring will quickly connect to your soul. So after a while you'll be pulled back by the magic of the ring. You will go back earlier than us, and this is also a protection, and now we may all have lost our feelings, but because your soul and body are connected again, your humanity is gradually restored, and once it is fully restored, you go back. Selena explained, still expressionless. Maybe now we are all like Lin An.
The ships were moving forward, and most of them were empty, but the Charons continued to move on.
Suddenly our ship made a sharp turn in one place and threw off the large forces. Yi Min was shocked.
"What's wrong?"
"This is the Styx River, and everyone else is really dead and will continue to the gates of hell. Selena continued to explain.
"Do you think you know a lot?" Lin An suddenly spoke. "Why do you have to explain everything, don't we know?"
"What? I'm a kind explanation, you don't want to listen to it, it's okay to block your ears, and then it doesn't matter to me whether you live or die. Selena replied angrily.
I am also very angry with Lin An's attitude, he usually always looks like he knows everything, and pointing fingers makes people feel very uncomfortable. Selena, the mouthy woman, was upset when she said a few words. "You idiot, do you think the whole world is going to do your bidding?" I replied loudly.
"Hey, guys. Now is not the time to quarrel. "Wang Yimin is starting to be a good person at this time, how hypocritical and disgusting.
"You idiots, can you know how to defeat Xudra without me? He me off by doing that.
"Let's talk about meritorious deeds, okay. I brought back the snake staff, and I cut off Medusa's head. If it weren't for me, you'd have been stoned. I stared straight at the bespectacled beast, hating him with itchy teeth. I have long been uncomfortable with his arrogant attitude, and I always think that I am superior. I'm a demigod, and he has to fall at my feet.
"How did you ......?"
"What about me? Without me, you would have been stoned to death by Alastair. I'm the one who started chanting the spell to protect you. Selena shouted.
"You're embarrassed to say, you're a great witch. You know, it's because of you, because of you, that we're in danger. Xu Yi's idiot was arrested because of you, idiot, and his boyfriend was arrested and was still talking nonsense. Lin An pointed at the tip of Selena's nose and said viciously.
"You madman, I didn't let you come, you have to come with you, you crazy man, go down for me!" Selena beat Lin An indiscriminately and tried to push him down, seeing this scene, I had a disgusting feeling in my heart, Selena, an unhonest woman, bumped into others when her boyfriend was away. I want to kill them with a bolt of lightning
"Hey, don't make trouble, it's dangerous. Wang Yimin's mother went to dissuade him again. I'll just hack the three of them to death.
"Ahh Behind him there was a vulgar golden light. Even his soul-connecting light was so annoying.
With a contrived look of horror, he sat down on the boat.
"Go away, Charon, and don't be nosy. Selena, the madman, dragged Lin An's clothes. "You go down for me, garbage!"
Bite!
Suddenly there was a loud bang in my head, and I stared blankly at the other three people. Selena was entangled with Lin An, and Yi Min was pulling them aside.
"Oh my God, what did I do. Selena quickly stopped. "I'm sorry, you're alright. β
"I guess it's the river. Yi Min sat on the bottom of the boat and said.
"Ah, yes. Styx, the river of hatred. Selena sat down with her big glasses open. "I'm sorry, I wasn't."
"Don't talk about that, look. "I look at what is in front of me and remind the people around me.
A cave has inexplicably appeared.
"Do any of you remember seeing a mountain in the distance?"