"Boom—"

Inside the Great Temple north of Eleusis, the door was slammed open.

The cold air outside the hall suddenly poured into the interior, forming a convection current with the warm interior. Demeter staggered into the temple, his eyes blank.

The leak that had been opened at the zenith had been urgently repaired, and the bloodstains around the temple had long since been wiped clean. At this moment, only a few mortal maids remained here, waiting for the return of the temple master.

"Your Highness, do you have any orders?"

Bending their knees slightly, hearing the movement at the gate, several people couldn't help but perk up. Since the goddess returned, the maid at the head couldn't help but bow her head and come forward to greet her. But before her, Demeter stumbled forward, as if he did not see her.

The other party is her believer, or rather, many people in the city are. Standing face to face, the goddess of agriculture could clearly feel her faith.

Between the words, the other party didn't take her in the slightest. This wordless contempt made the goddess of agriculture feel insulted again, but there was nothing she could think about.

With a hoarse voice, not at all like a voice that could normally be spoken, Demeter looked at the girl in front of her, the girl who seemed to be very respectful to her.

"Demeter, how did that arrow feel before? Although it was Poseidon who hit the arrow, you should feel it a little more obviously. ”

"I want your scepter, the golden scepter that is born with you."

In the human world, she can't accurately measure the divine power of the twins, but since she can shoot the 'arrow' that affects the heart of the main god, although she hasn't seen it in person, it shouldn't be too weak no matter how you think about it.

Regardless of whether the Earth Mother went in or not, he had to look for it first, and this action could also cause some trouble for Apollo.

"Whew-"

Nodding in satisfaction, Eros didn't answer again. She spun around in place, then took a slight step back, giving up her place to the true owner of the Golden Arrow, Volos.

Shaking his head slightly, since the task was already half completed, Helios was not in a hurry to bring the news to the goddess of agriculture.

The voice was fierce and flatly rejected their request. But the next moment, Demeter's tone softened again.

"Why don't you look up at me?"

The power was still spreading, and the wrath of the goddess did not stop, and soon, the few remaining mortal maidens also followed in the footsteps. It didn't take long for Demeter to be the only one left in the entire hall, and there were several stone sculptures with different expressions standing on the ground.

Throughout the conversation, Helios always felt that the other party was a little ...... Abandon? Regardless, the sun god completed half of his mission.

To the twins' surprise, Demeter did not accede to their request.

"Bang ——!"

"You want my companion artifact?"

"This is the abyss? It seems that rumors should not be believed. ”

After all, a brief entry and exit from the abyss may not cause too much turmoil in the sun, but a little irritability is certainly there, and most importantly, it is all very 'natural'.

Space-time changes, light and shadow distort. Just in a trance, everything in front of me changed dramatically.

In the chaotic time and space that overlaps with the underworld, I don't know when there are a few more stable rules. However, their presence makes it even more dangerous, as these rules are constantly disintegrating and reorganizing, unleashing a power that terrifies mortals.

"Although the results are a bit skewed...... But it's okay if you understand it that way. ”

It is said that at first, Hera was reluctant to accept Zeus's courtship, and she avoided his pursuit until one day, the god-king turned into a wounded bird in the heavy rain, arousing the goddess's infinite sympathy.

So......

Unexpectedly, Demeter was shocked by Eros's arrogance. These two gods who came out of nowhere were so domineering, knowing that they didn't know each other at all, but they directly secretly took action, and even ran openly to threaten themselves.

Although Zeus promised him the conditions first, and now he is still carrying the righteousness to 'mediate the conflict', but the king of Hades still said very happily that Persephone is here to be the queen of the underworld and not a prisoner, so if the other party is willing to leave, then he will naturally not stop him.

Rather than ending the catastrophe that affected the earth, he still wanted to end the catastrophe that was about to befall his head first. So looking at the entrance of the abyss, after hesitating for a while, the sun god still walked into it.

But the next moment, Hades told another truth. Because Zeus's marriage to Hera was 'the model of the gods' and the 'object of his learning', he also shared his divine authority with his queen of the dead. But as an earthly god, Persephone received authority at the price of being bound to Hades from now on.

This natural disaster will eventually come to an end, and Zeus will not allow her to continue like this, of course, compared to her, Hades will be under more pressure.

Hera took the bird in her arms and soothed its damaged wings, but the next moment Zeus reverted to his true self. The goddess, who had no way to hide, ended up in the hands of the god-king and had to agree to his proposal.

"Phew—but I have to say that Hera and Persephone are indeed very lucky to be able to share some of their authority."

"Well, even if it's us, then...... What about you? ”

And the latter looked at the goddess of agriculture in front of him, and unceremoniously opened his mouth to make his request.

No one can retaliate herself...... But in this world, there are still people who can deal with their brothers.

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The Underworld, the gateway to Tartarus.

Walking into the abyss, Helios thought that what he would see would be an endless chaotic space-time and an oncoming interface rejection, but to his surprise, there was nothing at either.

"Poseidon...... Zeus...... Hades ......"

"You all deserve ...... death!"

"So...... Are you really here for the things of the earth? ”

He let out a long breath, as if he had unloaded the strength of his whole body. At this moment, looking at everything around her, the goddess of agriculture who had just been 'mighty' looked a little dazed.

In a breath, everything was over, just as this generation of humans was born from earth and stone, and she returned to her original life.

forcibly endure this breath, compared to his 'old grandmother', Demeter has never been 'rich', and naturally does not have such a strong desire to resist.

Whispering to himself, he took a step, and Helios's figure disappeared into the warped space-time.

"In comparison, Amphitrite is far inferior to them."

Nodding, Voros continued:

"And what is your reply?"

However, the twins did not want to hide anything, and walked into the inner sanctum, looking at the vigilant Demeter, and Eros said with a smile:

"I know, so I just need it for a while. When the winter is over, it's still yours. ”

"Let's hope everything goes well......"

Boom –

This kind of change in the environment can even penetrate the surface of the spirit world, and have 'color' in that gray-white world, so with the ability of the two of them, it is impossible to completely cover their whereabouts for the time being.

"Your Highness, I'm not—"

Nameless anger suddenly rose from his heart, and in the midst of his thoughts, power was released. Life was pulled away from the girl's body, and the expression on her face that opened her mouth to defend froze on her face, and then little by little turned into a stone statue.

She would rather look at the ground than at herself...... Yes, this mortal actually dared to laugh at himself!

But what's the solution, everything is the fault of the world. He gave himself the identity of a god, but he didn't give himself the power to match it, so Poseidon wouldn't be hurt even a little by killing two believers in anger, on the contrary, he should be very proud now.

"-Is that you?"

With a move on his face, the artifact was still on Olympus' own throne, always exuding the ability to influence the world's climate. Demeter didn't expect that the other party's purpose turned out to be an artifact, but she immediately sneered and said:

At this moment, Demeter figured it out.

……

"Your Highness, you are a god—"

"This matter is not impossible to talk about, unless you can swear not to harm me with this power again, and in the future, you will shoot an arrow for me."

The uncontrollable and active interference caused by the disconnection of authority is very different, and as long as there is no 'human factor' in it, Helios can excuse it when he goes back that it is the rejection of Apollo by the sun itself. Although this may not dispel some of the God-King's thoughts, it should delay some time.

Interrupting softly, the goddess of agriculture continued to question in her hoarse voice.

"Don't you know that as an artifact born with me, as long as it leaves me, its power will gradually fall asleep and eventually return to the ordinary?"

"Who?"

Silently chanting the names, a muffled curse echoed through the temple.

Seeing this, the maid did not make any more noise. The sound of footsteps remained only in the empty hall, and she caught a glimpse of the goddess walking past her. However, the next moment, the somewhat tattered hem of her garment suddenly stopped in front of her.

And for this matter, to Helios's surprise again, Hades actually behaved very well.

With a loud shout, Demeter stood up suddenly.

In the face of equally powerful gods, she seemed to have nothing she couldn't bear. The only outbreak was directed at the taciturn Hades.

"Tsk, the impotent and furious old woman, just like the other."

"No, you're laughing at me."

But none of this affects her sensitive heart now.

"But we don't have more than one arrow, and this time we're just showing you how powerful it is. Now you've seen it...... Or do you want to see if you can keep us? ”

Just like Poseidon's shrine, in his own temple, every plant and tree around him has long been infected by the power of the goddess of agriculture.

"Well, if you can recognize the status quo, it would be great."

Although there is no logic in this judgment...... But this world is not always logical. So word by word, Demeter said coldly:

"You dare to laugh at me!"

“…… I refuse. ”

'A model of marriage'...... Listening to Hades's narration at the time, although Helios didn't know whether the matter about authority was true, he did hear the irony in it, after all, in the legend, the marriage between the god-king Zeus and Hera was also very 'tortuous'.

She did feel a strange power in Poseidon's body before, and it seemed that the other party was so fanatical about her because of the influence of this power.

The first half of Poseidon is very different from the later one, which can still be perceived by the goddess of agriculture. However, thanks to this force, it did not last long, otherwise she would have been brought back to sea by now, and would not have had the opportunity to return here.

In a hurry, the young girl hurriedly raised her head, but what caught her eye was the somewhat haggard face and slightly torn clothes of the goddess of agriculture.

She can't do anything now, and she can only vent her frustration in her own place. However, the next moment, the face of the goddess of agriculture suddenly changed.

With a blank face, Demeter continued to walk slowly. It wasn't until the palm of her hand touched her chair that she collapsed in the chair as if she had lost her strength.

Of course, for Helios, these things didn't hurt him, he had never been here in the past, so naturally he didn't feel much about the changes here. He had only come here to look for Mother Earth, and he had indeed found no trace of Gaia here.

Looking at the twins in front of her, many thoughts flashed through the heart of the goddess of agriculture. But in the end, an idea that popped up was overwhelming.

obviously never knew her, but plotted against her, this must be some contradiction between the two sides. And now, the source turned out to be this cold winter that spread all over the land.

And perhaps because he was called to break his whereabouts, the two breaths immediately became obvious. Soon, with a laugh, Eros and Volos entered the temple.

Demeter didn't have the certainty of easily suppressing them in the mortal world, and Poseidon's performance had already proven its might.

“…… What are you going to do? ”

With a calm expression, Volos said lightly.

They were even more devout than the king...... But the goddess killed them anyway. So now, like a girl who has been wronged and smashes it in her room, and then looks at the mess all over the floor and regrets it, Demeter has some similar emotions rising in her heart.

No one saw this, and another deity entered Tartarus...... There is only one exception. That's Gaia, who suddenly felt something because the sun god mentioned himself.

The look of surprise disappeared for a moment, and then returned to a normal expression. But this momentary emotion was still seen in the eyes of Demeter, who was staring at her, and looking at this flickering emotion, the goddess of agriculture felt that she was once again offended.

The expression was a little careless, like an evil witch playing with people's hearts in the tower, looking at the angry goddess of agriculture, Elo said without paying any attention.

So no matter what, she had to stay in Hades for half of the time from now on, a rule that even the primordial gods could not violate. Whether Demeter accepts it or not, this cannot be changed.

"A golden arrow that makes the man who is hit by the arrow fall in love with the man marked by the arrow,—— as you can see."

"You!"

He conveyed the opinions of the gods of the Divine Court, as well as the euphemistic counsel of the God King. Zeus had no intention of convicting Hades for this, but it did affect the interests of all the gods.

The expression distorted again, and the goddess gasped violently. Her chest rose and fell until a long time before she finally regained her strength.

Suddenly looked up in the direction of the gate. There, two faint auras were approaching.

The sun god had already been to the Fields of Truth, and there he had managed to meet the king of Hades and Persephone, who had been missing for a long time. It's just that to his surprise, the bride who was forcibly snatched didn't seem to be excited or happy when she saw him, or even the opposite.

She said that Poseidon would have such a big guts, it turned out that someone did all this secretly. Even now, the culprit is running in front of him to show off his might.

"Let Hades return Persephone, or you don't want to get what you want, it's a big deal that I stay with Hestia from now on, you can't threaten me!"

"Your Highness—"

The anger that arose in an instant was vented, and Demeter's heart was no longer so chaotic. When she calmed down a little, she actually knew very well that the maids just now could not have meant to laugh at her, because in the face of the gods, the devotion of their faith was simply obvious.

Suddenly, Demeter seemed to understand something.

Because he not only got what he wanted, but even succeeded in getting Demeter to conceive a child for him. At this moment, the breath of life was conceived in the body of the goddess of agriculture, always reminding her of what had just happened.

Layers of interfaces overlap and separate, and substances are arranged and distributed in them. The power of suppression is quite weak, as if it has been temporarily transferred to another place...... Looking at the interior of Tartarus in front of him, the sun god's heart was really a little surprised.

The legendary abyss was not so friendly, and with a shake of his head, Helios did not stay where he was.

Whether Gaia is here or not, it is impossible to be in the position of the door. He still has to go deep into it to find the possible traces of the Earth Mother.

(End of chapter)