"So what do we do now?"

Chen Sheng asked.

"Wait."

Athena's golden light converged, her purple hair no longer fluttered, and the skirt and armor on her body no longer sounded, returning to her original normal.

With a flash of light, the golden spear in her hand was withdrawn by her into her godhead space.

"There has already been such a big commotion, and the Lord of the Underworld must be able to sense what is happening here."

She looked around at the mess around her.

However, as soon as her words fell, Chen Sheng suddenly smelled a trace of corruption coming from the top of the big pit.

He looked up suddenly, only to see that at the edge of the huge crater, I don't know when several monsters that looked like they had a huge wolf head had been surrounded, staring at a pair of greedy and bloody red eyes, poking out most of their gray-black bodies, looking down.

"It's the incarnation of Cerberus."

Athena also seemed to notice the monsters, but her expression didn't change.

"These are the hairs of the three-headed Cerberus that have been shaken off in their sleep, combined with the dust of the underworld, but they pose no threat to us."

"What about those?"

Chen Sheng's expression moved, and he suddenly pointed to the edge of the pit on the other side.

Athena looked in the direction he was pointing, and saw several large, gray-skinned giants with limbs and arms, appearing at the edge of the pit, their ugly, hairless heads with only a small vertical eye, and a mouthful of hideous fangs, looking downward.

"Dark trolls, a type of monster that roams the underworld, devour the undead lost in the underworld, and these things have physical strength and strength close to that of a demigod just in the flesh."

Athena looked at the more and more monsters that appeared, and couldn't help frowning a little, why hasn't the Lord of the Underworld appeared yet? Is it really indifferent to all this? It doesn't matter if your territory is unscrupulously disturbed?

Or do you want to offend the master of the heavenly vault.

But he should understand that if this world is disturbed, the underworld will definitely not be let go by that being.

If the Lord of the Underworld is really unwilling to show up, then Athena can only find a way to find the other party directly.

However, in her current state, she was not suitable for a long stay in the underworld, her true spirit was seriously injured hundreds of years ago, and it was only half recovered by now.

The true spirit is damaged, and the dark power of the underworld will imperceptibly penetrate her true spirit, even if she only needs to stay here for two or three days, it will be a big burden for her.

Just when he saw that the monsters outside the pit were gathering more and more, in the face of these underworld creatures that were about to move, Chen Sheng was even ready to strike again.

However, just when this hunting atmosphere was almost at its peak, suddenly, Chen Sheng noticed that the frenzied and corrupt killing intent on those monsters seemed to have suddenly weakened.

Directly above the pit facing him, the hideous and terrifying-looking Cerberus raised its wolf-like heads, sniffed twice into the air, as if sensing something, and then looked down at Chen Sheng and Athena in the pit, suddenly turned around and disappeared from the field of vision of the two.

Then, all the monsters seemed to start turning away.

The lingering rot and the stench of fermented corpses faded away.

"Left?"

Chen Sheng did not put away his vigilance.

But Athena showed a hint of thought as if she sensed something.

The frozen atmosphere lasted only a few seconds, and suddenly, an eerie and hoarse voice appeared in the ears of Athena and Chen Sheng.

"Athena, I haven't seen you for thousands of years, and you're still so bright, beautiful, and incomprehensible..."

"Ahh I'm afraid even the splendor of the sun god will be eclipsed by your sharpness and light..."

The eerie and hoarse voice spoke slowly in the obscure ancient gods.

It was like some kind of ancient ghost whispering, with a hellish cold, this voice was so chilling, although it seemed to be saying words of praise, but with a special magic, ordinary people are afraid that even if they just hear this voice, they will immediately be cold, and even have the risk of dying instantly.

"Charon... Sure enough, now you're in charge of the underworld. ”

Hearing this gloomy and sympathetic voice, Athena seemed to confirm some kind of thought in her heart, and a pair of deep purple eyes glanced around.

"Hehe, Hades is gone, but the underworld can't be left without an owner for a day, can it."

The gloomy voice came and went, whispering in your ear for a while, and then it seemed to come from a distant place.

"If I had a choice, it would be nice for me to continue to be my boatman. It's a pity that you Olympian gods are so selfish that you don't have the spirit of contract. ”

'Charon... Is it the god of the River Styx who crosses the spirits of the dead? ’

Chen Sheng thought in his mind.

Legend has it that the largest river in the underworld, the "River of Akeron", is the only way for all undead spirits to enter the underworld.

The owner of this river is a boatman named Charon, who is eternally on the mission of ferrying all the undead into the depths of the underworld.

However, Charon's ferry is not completely free, and anyone who wants to survive the River Styx must pay silver coins to enjoy Charon's escort, otherwise, they will have to wait in the underworld for half a year or at least a year or more to get the free ferry.

At first glance, Charon's identity doesn't seem to be very strange, but this description of the toll ferry makes him seem both mythical and magical, and as if he is a little greedy, but in fact, Charon is not the same as an ordinary Olympian god, he actually belongs to a pure second-generation Titan god.

His origins are great, because his parents are the incarnation of the underworld, the god of the night, Erebos, and the goddess of the night, Nyx.

It can be said that Gaia, the mother god of the earth, is equivalent to his aunt, and Kaos, the god of chaos, is his grandfather.

Compared to his birth, his behavior and priesthood are undoubtedly extremely low-key.

All day can only be regarded as paddling in the underworld.

And now that Hades is no longer in the underworld, he has taken over the management of the underworld.

Chen Sheng thought about it, and didn't feel much strange, this real son of the underworld was in charge of the underworld, which could be said to be completely within the scope of people's expectations.

Even he could figure out the logic in his head, no wonder Athena seemed to guess it in the first place.

"Charon, but at least the underworld is peaceful, isn't it?"

Athena's cold voice spoke calmly.

"We have helped you remove the destabilizing factors that have disturbed the underworld, and this is the sincerity of our coming."

"Tranquility?"

The gloomy voice paused for a moment as if it had heard something that touched him, and then Sen Ran chuckled.

"Athena, there has never been peace in the underworld, and what you say in your mouth has never belonged to this land."

"Do you know what happened to the underworld after Hades left?"

Suddenly, a terrifying illusion appeared in Chen Sheng's eyes.

He was in a trance for a moment, and then a cold chill suddenly rose from his body.

For a moment, he seemed to see an endless stream of resentful spirits, howling and wailing in this withered and ruined land.

He saw the largest river in the land, the eternal River Styx, as if endless souls were tearing themselves at the bottom of the dark waters, struggling to reach out and lift them up to the sky, and the infinite evil thoughts and resentments were almost turning into substance, breaking through illusions and burrowing into his brain!

In an instant, Chen Sheng's whole body immediately burned with surging arctic energy, and the pure arcane energy washed away all the illusions, but it failed to calm his mind immediately, Chen Sheng's face turned pale, and he almost stumbled to the ground.

Eventually, though, he was able to stay on his feet.

"What's that...."

He muttered, a cold sweat seeping from his pores on his forehead.

“... That's the countless souls of the dead in this world who can't rest in peace. ”

Athena also seemed to see the illusion that appeared just now, she didn't completely change her face like Chen Sheng, but her expression also seemed to be a little pale, and it became heavy.

"That's right, Athena, in just a few hundred years, do you know how many undead have accumulated in the underworld that have no place to return?"

Charon's voice rang out again.

"The gods are gone. They left behind a world of madness, in which those stupid human beings are fighting, fighting, and fighting, and even if the world collapses, even if one day, hell will turn into a human world, but they will not stop there. ”

"Do you think there is still a need for such a world to be saved?"