He placed the blood vessels on the circle, and then, he pressed his hand on the table, and the magic flowed, and the three things began to be broken down and reassembled by Char.

After a few minutes, two rings appeared in front of them, one silver and one gold, and the two rings were linked together by a chain.

"Put it on and try it." Char whispered.

Catherine took the ring, one on her middle finger and the other on her ring finger.

She looked at the clouds in the distance, slowly raised her hand, and began to try to apply heat to the air in front of her.

With the infusion of magic power, the blazing heat wave gradually hit Char's hair and fly, and a fireball with a diameter of more than ten meters appeared in front of their eyes.

The crimson fireball was as dazzling as the sun, and under the effect of Catherina's additional impact, the fireball was instantly accelerated and smashed into the distant clouds, directly smashing the clouds into a large hole.

She lifted her hand and looked at the two rings in her hand.

"My magic seems to be bigger and smoother."

"The gold of the Rhine itself has the ability to increase." Char said, "When this thing had a curse in the past, there was even a legend that whoever obtained it could rule the world." ”

"And now?"

"Now the curse above has been pulled away by me." Char laughed, "Otherwise, you'll be out of luck." ”

Ekaterina nodded, she looked at the ring in her hand, and whispered, "But that's not enough. ”

After a pause, she seemed to have made up her mind, looked at Char and asked.

"Do you have a way to increase my strength in a short period of time?"

Hearing this, Char frowned slightly and fell into thought, "The dragon slaying magic needs to be awakened in the constant battle, and your magic also needs to be refined in the continuous battle.

If there's one place that you can offer enough opponents, there's only one place to go."

"Where?" Catherine asked.

"One, purgatory in the truest sense of the word." Char's eyes flashed with an inexplicable brilliance, "One day here, a year will pass there." There is no life and no death, and all life will gradually be resurrected after passing there, and there will only be endless battles. ”

Catherine's eyes brightened the more she listened, "Take me over there!" ”

"I can take you to see if you can survive in that environment." Char said.

"Come with me."

Char walked slowly into the living room, and Catherine followed her quickly. They came behind the door.

Char helped the doorknob to the door, and as the doorbell turned black with a clang, he slowly pushed the door open.

Behind the gate is the ruined Olympus. Ekaterina looked around and said with some confusion.

"Is this it?"

"Not here." Char said, "This is Mount Olympus. ”

"Is that the Olympus I thought?" She said.

"If there is no second place in the world with that name." Char laughed.

He looked at the ruins in front of him and sighed, "However, this place has lost its former glory, and the gods are no longer here. ”

Catherine looked at the devastated ruins and nodded silently.

They walked through the courtyard, down the stairs down the hill, past the ruined bazaar,

They reached the foot of the mountain, where a quaint stone door stood, and Char stepped forward and pushed it open.

A wave of heat followed, and Catherine felt as if her hair had been curled by the blazing heat.

But fortunately, she has the power of a dragon on her body, and her physique is already different from that of normal humans. After drinking the wine from the Holy Grail, it was even more different.

This kind of temperature is not very comfortable for her at most, so she can get used to it.

She followed Char out the door, and the heat grew stronger, and there was a very strong smell of sulfur in the air.

The rocky floor is covered in a thick layer of volcanic ash, and basalt and obsidian are everywhere to suggest that it has experienced a volcanic eruption.

As far as the eye could see, the magma flowed within the cracked earth, and the crimson lava light became the only light in the realm.

This is the high point of Tartarus, and in the distance, you can faintly see a desolate gray plain with black trees that resemble insect hair.

Bubbles bubbled up on the ground, and from time to time bubbles swelled and burst, spitting out monsters one after another, like the larvae that came out of the eggs in many horror games.

In addition to this, there are many monsters of different shapes walking in it, and a river that seems to be formed by fire runs through this gray plain, converging with another black river.

However, the most striking thing is the horned giant at the bottom of the cliff on one side of the mountain, bound by chains thicker than Quetzalcoatl.

The magma from above flowed down his face, and he closed his eyes tightly, motionless, looking like a simulated statue.

But if you look closely, you will see that His head will swing up and down with an even breath – He is alive.

"If you decide to stay here, don't bother with that guy." Char reminded, "There is no danger in His captivity here. But He can go back to your past, and it will be demagogic. ”

Catherine nodded, "Who is he?" ”

"Cronos, the second god-king usurped by Zeus."

At this moment, another deep voice came from their side, answering Catherine's doubts.

"And here, it's the abyss of Greek mythology, Tartarus."

Catherine's ears heard the sound of heavy footsteps, so heavy that even the ground beneath her feet began to tremble faintly with her steps.

She turned her head to look at the source of the voice, and saw a stout man walking towards him not far away, with a body more than three meters tall and bronzed skin giving people a great sense of impact.

"Heracles." Char introduced.

"I've heard the name." Ekaterina said.

"Her name is Catherine." Char introduced to Hercules, "She'll be practicing here for a while, practicing her magic, and I hope you can teach her something." ”

Hercules looked at Catherine, and after a moment he said, "She's still a child. ”

"This is her own request. And, I think." Char looked at Catherine with an inexplicable glint in her eyes, "She's much tougher than many people." ”

"Tartarus will teach anyone who comes here to be in awe." Hercules said slowly, "I can teach her something, but how long she can stay here is up to her." ”

"Of course." Char laughed.

He looked at Ekaterina and pointed to the door where they came, "You can always go back through this door, take a shower, change your clothes or something." However, you have to keep in mind the time difference between the two places, and you should be aware of this if you want to go back to do errands. ”

"Will my life grow here?" Catherine asked.

Char looked at Hercules.

"If you enter here as a living person, you can, but if you are a dead person, you won't." Hercules said.

"You shouldn't have to worry about that now." Char laughed.

"Why?" Catherine asked.

"Because whether it is a sage who drinks the Holy Grail, or a dragon, they are all immortals." Char said.

Catherine nodded, "I see. ”

"One more thing, you have to be careful." Char said.

Catherine raised her head slightly, her azure eyes quietly staring at Char's eyes, which she would use to express her concentration when listening to Char.

"You have to be careful with this big guy." Char pointed at Hercules and teased, "You have heard the Greek legend, you should know that the men in this legend are not good things, meat and vegetarian are not taboo and promiscuous. ”

Hercules, who was listening to Char's words on one side, also looked a little stagnant.

"Myths and legends have an element of exaggeration." Hercules said helplessly.

Ekaterina also came to her senses, and she nodded.

"Then I'm leaving." Char whispered, "Looking forward to your growth, Katyusha." ”

With that, he left the place he had come.

Seeing Char out of his sight, Hercules continued to ask.

"Who are you?"

Catherine thought for a moment and slowly spat out a word, "adopted daughter." ”

Hercules raised his eyebrows in some surprise, "Does he still have an adopted daughter?" I thought he was a loner, like the magicians who lived in seclusion in the mountains. ”

"Not only does he have an adopted daughter, he also has a wife." Catherine said calmly, "It's beautiful. ”

Hercules' face showed a hint of interest, "I'm a little curious about this. ”

"Are the great heroes of ancient Greece so interested in this kind of gossip?" Catherine teased.

"I'm not interested in other people's gossip, but he's different." Hercules said.

However, to Hercules' surprise, Catherine nodded in agreement.

"He's really the most special."

She slowly raised her head and looked at Kronos in the distance, "Are you the caretaker here, guarding this guy?" ”

"Pretty much." Hercules undeniably said, "You can think so." But with me or not, in fact, there is no difference, the chain that really binds Him, no existence can break free. But don't get too close to Him, even if you are bound, the power of a god-king is still very terrifying. ”

After a pause, Hercules laughed, "However, if you tell him who you are, he probably won't provoke you." ”

"What am I doing?" Catherine said with some confusion.

"His adopted daughter." Hercules said.

"As a god-king, are you still afraid of a magician?"

"Magician?" Hercules smiled and shook his head, "You underestimate your adoptive father too much. ”

He looked up at Kronos, who was bound in chains, and whispered in a deep voice, "The reason why my grandfather is locked up here has a lot to do with your father. ”

Catherine opened her eyes slightly, "Really? ”

"I won't forget the look He had when He saw your Father." Hercules playfully said, "Angry, excited, and alarmed."

"Do you know what He said about your father?" Hercules said, "To sum it up, it's actually just one word, "unknown." ”

"The unknown of a god-king." Hercules emphasized, "You may not understand what this means, but you must understand one thing, these god-kings walked the land before humans were monkeys. Kronos is still the god king of time, knows the past and can predict the future, but even so, he can only give an "unknown". ”

Catherine fell silent and said nothing.

"Alright." Hercules interrupted her thoughts, "Since your father gave you to me, I will be your teacher from now on.

Now, I'm going to teach you the first lesson of coming to Tartarus."

"What?" Catherine asked.

"Poof—"

As her words fell, Catherine's pupils contracted sharply, and she looked down incredulously at the black blade that pierced her chest.

The existence that pierced his chest, after this blow succeeded, quickly drew his blade and disappeared here.

Blood gushed out of her chest, and Catherine's legs and feet went limp, and she fell to her knees.

She looked up at Hercules in disbelief, her mouth slightly open as if she wanted to say something, but the blood blocked her throat.

Her heart has been pierced, even if it is a saint, even if it is a dragon, it is still fatal to be pierced.

Even if she wanted to use magic, she couldn't use it at the moment, who was weak at the moment.

Feeling the gradual passage of life in her body, she collapsed to the ground, blood quickly forming a pool of blood under her like a pillar.

Her eyes gradually lost focus, her vitality was obviously more vigorous than ordinary people, and even the fatal wound of a pierced heart still lasted for a long time.

But Hercules, on one side, watched silently as if he were unaware.

In this way, as time passed minute by minute, she completely lost her life

I don't know how long it took, Ekaterina gasped and opened her eyes.

The sight was still the black rocky earth, and the pool of blood under her had long since been dried up by the heat.

She struggled to her feet from the ground and looked at her wound in horror, where she found that although her clothes were torn and there were still traces of blood, the wound had healed as before, not even a scar.

But at the moment, she was very embarrassed, her face and hands were covered with dried blood stains and traces of dust mixture.

There was a crackling sound in her ears as the wood burned, and she looked to the side of the stone.

And he saw Hercules make a fire, and sat down beside it, roasting a great bird's leg.

But there was a strong smell of sulfur all around, and even the smell of the bird's leg was barely smellable.

"Awake?" Hercules said without looking back, "It took you about a week to resurrect." There is no life and no death in Tartarus, because this is where the dead end. Those who die here will eventually be revived.

Even if your body is destroyed into powder, it will be resurrected as well, it is only a matter of time.

Of course, even so, you are still considered a "living", because you are different from the monsters here, and you are the underworld that you entered as a living.

And they are the "dead" bound by the rules of Hades. ”

He slowly rose from the ground, took a bite on the bird's leg, and roughly tore a large piece of meat into his mouth and chewed it, the juice dripping to the ground against His chew.

"This is my first lesson to you, Tartarus is full of dangers, and you will face death all the time, so you must always be vigilant."

Ekaterina took a deep breath and suppressed the anger in her heart and asked.

"What kind of monster is that?"

It was not a pleasant feeling to be pierced through the chest with a sharp blade, and the presence in front of her just now stood by and deliberately let her be killed by that monster once, even if it was for the sake of trial, this behavior made Ekaterina very annoyed in her heart.

But Catherine also learned how to control her emotions early on.

"A stealth monster, a native of Tartarus, that could appear anywhere."

After a pause, he raised an eyebrow and said, "Now there's one near you, and it seems to be eyeing you." ”

Hearing this, Catherine looked around sharply, her sight was empty, and because of the strong smell of sulfur in the air, the powerful sense of smell derived from the dragon that she had since becoming a dragon slayer mage had lost its effect.

Looking at Ekaterina who was probing around.

Hercules slowly grinned the corners of his mouth, showed a playful smile, and teased.

"Scared, Katyusha?

If you're scared, go back to your father now. ”

Catherine raised her eyes and gave Hercules a cold look, then raised her foot and stomped on the ground.

Countless ice crystals spread around the soles of her feet, and the biting chill collided with the heat here, creating a lot of mist.

With a "click" sound.

Twenty meters away from Catherine, a frozen leg suddenly appeared, and the ice crystals spread up to the owner of the leg at an alarming speed.

And the monster's form gradually revealed in front of Catherina's eyes.

It resembles a human, but it is covered in insect-like armor and has mantis-like blades on its hands.

But at the moment it was frozen, and it couldn't move at all.

She raised her hand, and a magic array appeared in her hand, directly attaching the "splitting" magic to the monster, and the next second.

"Peng!"

With a crisp sound, the ice crystal shattered, and the monsters inside also split into countless frozen flesh and blood.

She didn't even look back, she just raised her head slightly, stared into the eyes of the ancient hero, and spoke slowly.

"I seem to ...... You are not allowed to call me by that name. ”

Although she was looking up to him at the moment, the nobility and arrogance in her bones made people feel that she was looking down on him.

Hercules looked at the shattered flesh on one side, and said nothing......

(End of chapter)