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Chapter 74 Dog Blood Melon

"I know where they went."

Diana said, reaching out a hand to press down on Connors's hand that was resting on her shoulder.

She took Connors's bead-playing behavior as a way of comforting herself.

"I know that too," Connors said.

Diana asked in surprise, "How did you know?"

Connors sighed. What was so strange about that? He wasn't stupid.

"Faust wants you to bring back the key so he can open the gates of hell, right? You also said the gates of hell are beneath Paradise Island. Where else can Faust go besides there?"

Diana: "You're right."

She did overlook that.

The passage to the gates of hell was inside the temple. Diana walked to a corner and pressed down a protruding stone.

As the stone bricks on the ground moved, a chillingly dark tunnel appeared before our eyes.

Diana and Connors, who possess the "Athena's Vision," are almost oblivious to the darkness and enter one after the other.

But Zatanna didn't have that ability, and she didn't know the magic for lighting yet, so as soon as she went in, she bumped into Connors' back, and the snow mountain turned into a snow cake once again.

"It's too dark, I doubt you can see your feet. Hold onto my clothes and walk slowly."

Connors said that after entering the tunnel, he waited for Zatanna for a while.

The tunnel was at least several hundred meters long and had an extremely steep slope. It wasn't a big problem for Connors, but Zatanna walked it very carefully.

To catch up with "Wonder Woman" Diana ahead, Connors simply turned around, hugged Zatanna in his arms, and then jumped down.

Emerging from the tunnel, one is greeted by ruins after a great battle, with various temples, stone pillars, and buildings collapsed everywhere, as if this were an ancient battlefield and Paradise Island was built on the battlefield.

Not far from the tunnel, Fu Tude had already inserted the key into a round hole in front of the Gates of Hell and then turned the handle.

"I only know one reversal spell you taught me, and I don't know how to use it. What about you?" Connors asked Zatanna, fiddling with the petrification rune.

"I can give it a try."

Zatanna took the talisman and aimed it at a stone statue not far from the tunnel exit, which was Diana's mother, Hippolyta.

"What are you planning to do?" Diana asked.

Before answering, Connors first placed his palm on Wonder Woman Diana's forehead to test it, and asked in confusion:

"She doesn't have a fever, so why is she talking nonsense? Faust opened the gates of hell, so first restore my mother-in-law to human form to increase her self-defense capabilities. What if she shatters?"

Although the stone was very solid, Connors did not believe that such solidity could withstand the impact of Faust opening the gates of hell.

"You're right, I was affected by my emotions," Diana said softly.

Her mother was the queen of the Amazons, whose fighting prowess might not have been comparable to that of Diana today, but it was still several times stronger than that of an ordinary person.

Restoring her to her original state would certainly be more beneficial for her than keeping her in the form of a stone statue.

Zatanna carefully examined the petrification rune in her hand; her exceptional magical talent allowed her to quickly grasp its key elements:

"**&￥#!"

Connors couldn't understand the magic incantations, but that didn't stop him from seeing the effects Zatanna had cast:

The mother-in-law came back to life.

Hippolyta quickly transformed from her stone statue state into a queen wearing a white robe, a narrow gold belt around her waist, and a crown resembling a headband.

Although she had just recovered from her stone statue state and didn't understand what had happened, she had already seen Faust turning the key and urgently calling out:

"No! You don't know what you're doing. Once you open that door, everything will be irreversible!"

Is it really that serious? Connors almost suspected that the future that "The Flash" Barry couldn't see was caused by this!

Up.

I glanced at the gossip system; since the gossip event was ongoing, the system was already recording it.

[Today's Gossip: The Past of Paradise Island]

[Submit or not?]

After the "Man Who Laughs Man" incident ended, the gossip system underwent a minor upgrade, automatically submitting the daily gossip.

However, the option to submit manually still exists, but it is generally unnecessary.

Despite his mother-in-law's repeated pronouncements of "irreversible" based on the event names in the gossip system, Connors remained unmoved.

Hippolyta rushed forward to stop Faust, but the black sorcerer grabbed the key with one hand and released a purplish-black chain with the other, binding Hippolyta to a fallen stone pillar.

"Hera, help us—..—"

Wonder Woman Diana rushed forward, but Faust had just turned the key one last time.

With a violent tremor, the gates of hell, which looked as simple as a rural wooden door, slowly opened, and crimson flames erupted out.

Diana, the "Wonder Woman" who had just rushed out, took the hit squarely and flew back. As she flew past Connors, he grabbed her and put her down.

The flames formed the shape of a giant demon's head, just as they had seen in the temple. Amidst the furious and arrogant roars and laughter, a dark figure emerged from the flames.

"Finally, I'm free."

The shadowy figure emerged from the flames, revealing a towering figure over three meters tall, clad in silver-gray armor and adorned with helmets resembling ram's horns.

Faust removed the key, knelt on one knee, placed his left hand on his heart, and bowed respectfully, saying:

"Welcome, Lord Hades."

Then Faust looked up at Hades:

"I brought a gift in your memory."

He pointed to Hippolyta, who was bound by chains.

"Let me see," Hades' voice was not as volatile as it had been amidst the flames, but rather quite calm. "Could it be my dearest Hippolyta?"

"A great god is about to return, Hippolyta, do you know where I have gone?"

As Hades spoke, he took off his helmet, revealing himself to be a middle-aged man with long, slightly wavy black hair and a goatee.

Connors and Zatanna whispered to each other:

"Didn't he just come out of the gates of hell?"

"yes."

Connors was more surprised than anything else when the gossip turned to the Greek gods. After whispering with Zatanna, he turned his attention back to Hades.

This isn't your average "battle" type of gossip. According to Wonder Woman Diana, Hippolyta and Hades were once in love for a period of time.

This is still a somewhat dramatic and sensational story.

"Not a day goes by that I don't think about your betrayal," Hippolyta said defiantly to Hades, her face unwavering despite being bound by chains.

"Not a day goes by that I don't crave this wonderful feeling," Hades bent down and reached out to stroke Hippolyta's chin, "to feel the sweet touch of fresh flesh once more."

As he spoke, he was about to kiss her.

As if triggering a key word, Zatanna turned her head, covered her face, and blushed in one smooth motion.

Diana opened her mouth slightly, frozen in place as if she had been electrocuted.

Connors: "...

We were careless; there's not only melodrama, but also some shocking action scenes.