[Greek mythology] Queen of the Underworld

Chapter 17

It wasn't until Hades summoned his mount that Melos realized what Hades said.

How big is Hades, no one can say in detail, if Hades is willing, this place can be boundless.

Long before Hades came to the underworld, this place has already become a whole of its own. It has long been separated from the sky and the earth, and has become its own space. Since the birth of the gods, there are many gods who have come to the underworld, but until now Hades came to Hades, and only then did he have the current situation.

Melos didn't know why the gods who came to the underworld before Hades didn't control the underworld. He attributed all this to Hades being strong enough, so the underworld willingly made him king.

On the carriage pulled by four black horses, the stern-faced Pluto held a bident. He didn't have a rein in his hand, and he didn't need a rein at all. Melos stood outside the carriage and looked at the man, slightly absent-minded.

Hades looked at him sideways, pursed his lips slightly, and stretched out his hand to him.

Melos hesitated for a moment, then stretched out his hand and put it on his.

The next moment, the other party pulled him onto the carriage.

Before Melos could sit still, the carriage flew into the sky.

As Hades said to Melos, he wanted Melos to try the feeling of looking down on Hades from the sky.

Melos really doesn't know if there is a sky in Hades, even if there is, there is nothing to be seen in the dark here, Hades has its own elements of existence, rivers and plants have adapted to life here, Melos can't be sure. He wondered how high the carriage had risen, and he was surprised that it didn't interfere with his vision.

It would be nice if he could have such good eyesight in modern times.

Hades held his hand, compared to Meros looking around because of his curiosity about Hades, he just held Meros' hand and looked into the distance.

The scope of Hades is really too big. The scope that Akarali took him around before was actually only the scope of the palace. If it is really investigated, it is no smaller than the human world or the Olympus God's Domain, and even many areas are all The "inhabitants" of Hades are as yet untouched.

However, although this country is huge, within the scope of Pluto’s rule, except for the uninhabited places, it is roughly divided into three sections. Enter the Hades from the gate of Hades, and the end of this road is Pluto’s palace. The palace and Elysee belong to The same range, in the understanding of Melos, is "heaven in the underworld".

On the other side, with the Styx River as the boundary, there are many undead gathered there, such as the undead who were unwilling to die in vain and cried bitterly on the edge of the Styx River day and night, such as those who were still alive, came to the Hades by accident, and had to stay temporarily after eating Pomegranates. The undead who stay here, and the undead who are left here forever, are understood by Melos as "the gathering place of the undead".

A little further in the past is the place that Melos understands as "hell", where there are evil spirits who committed all kinds of crimes in life and were imprisoned there by Hades after death.

In addition, other parts of Hades still have towering mountains and plains, and even Melos can see rivers, but the final direction of these rivers is the Styx that imprisoned many undead.

There is another place, which should also be called "hell", but it is not just "hell".

It is located in the scope of "hell", but it is deep underground, almost like an abyss.

There was a terrifying black air lingering there, and a terrifying roar came from inside. It seemed that someone was shouting without any scruples. They were arrogant and domineering, but they were bound by unknown forces and could not escape.

There lies Tartarus, who imprisoned the Titan.

After Zeus became the king of Olympus, the Titans who were defeated in the Battle of Titans were imprisoned here. After the defeat, they will no longer be named gods, and can only be suppressed at the bottom of Hades forever .

Melos was very curious about the depths of Hades. He sat on the carriage and looked down, but no matter how good his eyesight was in the dark, he couldn't see the bottom.

Hades lowered the speed of his carriage, but did not let them go to Tartarus, but told Melos: "Don't come near here on weekdays."

Melos looked at him puzzled.

"You are easily influenced by their emotions."

The resentment and resentment emanating from the Titans locked here have affected the vicinity of this place, but the underworld is originally a dark world, and every dead soul, every god, and even every plant, breeds darkness and negative emotions , are the "nutrition" that this world pulls to survive, and the more powerful their resentment is, after being absorbed by the underworld, the dead who are locked in "hell" will feel pain.

While other people in the underworld will not be affected, Melos is different.

He is not a "resident" of the underworld. He grew up in Olympus. Whether it is the ability inherited from Zeus or the power that Demeter sealed him, it is contrary to the power of the underworld. Although Meros has become The queen of the underworld, but if you don't want the seal on him to be untied, it's best not to get close here.

In fact, even Hades seldom approached here. After all, if nothing happens, the people inside will be trapped forever. Hades only needs to inspect the place within a certain period of time, and it doesn’t matter if there is no problem here.

Melos nodded and glanced down. The carriage was gradually moving away, but he could still feel the power coming from there.

The spread of that kind of power made him feel very uncomfortable. Fortunately, this kind of power was absorbed by this dark underworld in an instant, and did not spread again.

Hades doesn't need to drive this carriage, but Hades is so big, it takes Hades a lot of power to patrol this area and repair the cracks exposed by the sun, but even if he feels tired, he doesn't need it. Someone will see something wrong with the cold Pluto's face.

Except Melos.

It was a strange feeling. He didn't know when he could vaguely feel the other party's situation. For example, at this moment, he clearly felt the other party's fatigue.

After hesitating for a moment, he finally held Hades' hand: "Are you... all right?"

The other party looked over at him.

Those eyes seemed to contain all sorts of complex and intertwined emotions, but before Melos could distinguish one of them, the other had turned his head and left.

"It's okay." He heard the other party answer himself, "If I'm not in Hades in the future, then this is your responsibility."

"Me?" Melos still didn't respond to what he meant, until he finally realized that the other party meant that if the other party had something to leave Hades, then it was Melos' own responsibility to patrol this land to confirm that there was nothing wrong.

"How can I do it!" Melos was very surprised, "You still consume most of your divine power for patrolling this area, how could I..."

There is basically no difference between whether he has divine power or not. If he is allowed to inspect this land, something will go wrong sooner or later.

"This is your responsibility." The other party held his hand instead, "You have to learn to take over by yourself."

That's what it says...

"No." Melos still shook his head, "I can help you deal with your affairs when you are not in Hades is the maximum limit, I don't have much divine power, if you let me do this, I am worried that Hades will Because something went wrong with me."

"I am here." The man did not allow Melos to object, but insisted, "There will be no problem."

Melos looked at Hades in distress, but obviously, the other party did not give up such thoughts because of his distress.

"Then..." He pursed his lips and lowered his head slightly, clenched the other's hand anxiously, and tugged at it, "Can you help me?"

In the darkness, there seemed to be a chuckle from the other party. Melos looked up cautiously, while Hades was still looking into the distance, but the cold and hard facial lines had softened, and the corners of his mouth curved slightly, truly laughing.

Melos was frightened by Hades' reaction, and when he came back to his senses, he was embraced by the other party: "Okay."

He heard the other party's deep and pleasant voice ringing in his ears.

The carriage set off again, and the speed of the four horses was exactly the same, so there was no need to worry about them causing bumps.

"The underworld has its own rules of operation. Under normal circumstances, there will be no major problems in the underworld. However, when the underworld and the human world meet, the collision between the two spaces will always cause harm to the underworld."

This is not in the same world, but the underworld and the human world are originally two different spaces, and the spaces with two different forces collide with each other. Either there is a problem in the human world, or there is a problem in the underworld.

Fortunately, such collisions are not frequent, but an occasional collision will also cause a crack to appear in the sky above the underworld, and there will always be a God of Light who wants to take advantage of it.

The underworld doesn't need sunlight.

What Pluto needs to do is to repair these cracks.

And if Hades is not in Hades, then this matter will fall on Melos.

But the problem is, Melos doesn't have any divine power.

"Your scepter will help you," Hades said to him, "take out your scepter."

It was obviously the scepter belonging to the queen of the underworld, and it appeared in the hands of Melos the moment Hades finished speaking.

"This scepter can mobilize the power of the underworld itself." He held Melos' hand holding the scepter, "As long as you think about it, the power of the entire underworld will be mobilized for you."

It was a very wonderful feeling. He didn't need to use a single bit of divine power. As he turned his mind, the other party clenched his hand. He could clearly feel strange runes appearing on the body of the scepter. Then, The divine power poured out like this, swallowing up the extremely weak light in front of me...