[Greek mythology] Queen of the Underworld

After many years of wind and rain, the great hall that has been standing until now collapsed and dissipated in an instant due to the impact of the divine power of the god king and the king of the underworld.

Not even a speck of dust was left.

Melos breathed heavily, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses.

When the impact happened before, he instinctively wanted to protect Hades. At the same time, Hades probably had the same idea as him, so by accident, in the end, the two of them could only hug each other tightly. , and lowered his body slightly to avoid the impact.

"How?" Hades patted his head, and his own breathing was not so smooth. If he hadn't tried his best, it would be impossible to make the hall like this.

Melos shook his head, compared to Hades who was trying his best, he just assisted on the sidelines.

There was nothing around now, and Zeus was pushed down the stairs by the shock of their strength.

Even the main hall has dissipated, but the throne is unscathed. It seems that Melos guessed correctly before. This is indeed the center of the entire Olympus today. Once the throne is destroyed, then Olympus will also be destroyed. It's over.

"Hera! What are you doing!" Zeus suddenly yelled.

Melos heard the words and looked up.

Before the impact of the two forces, Hera did not know when she appeared and blocked most of the damage for Zeus. She, who was always noble and beautiful, was covered in blood at this moment, and her whole body was shaking.

But under such circumstances, she stubbornly led Zeus to the throne on the stairs.

Melos looked strange, but Zeus should have seen Hera's intentions. He could no longer move and could not stop Hera's actions.

"Do you know how much I hate it?" Hera put Zeus on the throne, and she sat on the lower steps of Zeus, next to his legs, looked up at Zeus, "If you are not Lord of the gods, will you only belong to me... I love you so much, Zeus, no one loves you more than me..." She burst into tears as she spoke, her whole body covered with tears. blood, his hands were trembling unbelievably, but he was still holding on to Zeus's leg.

Zeus gasped but didn't speak.

"I used to always dream about the time when we just met. At that time, you were not the king of the gods. At that time, we joined forces to overthrow our father. At that time, it was only us... there were not so many women, there were no... At the end of her speech, she began to grit her teeth, "Actually, I think it's good that we've been doing this recently, you only have me, only me..." The blood on her body flowed faster.

Melos suddenly reacted.

The body structure of a god is completely different from that of a human being. The blood loss from Hera's body can't hurt her in the slightest as a god, but her behavior... is clearly a sign that she is gradually dying.

Is she planning to...

The throne suddenly emitted a faint light, and under such circumstances, Hera's entire body seemed somewhat transparent.

Zeus' eyes widened suddenly. He stretched out his hand and grabbed Hera's shoulder fiercely. His expression was a little ferocious. He tried hard, as if he wanted to say something, but he couldn't.

Tears were still hanging from the corners of Hera's eyes, but she firmly held Zeus' hand, put it to her lips, and kissed reverently.

"Honey, I love you so much, as long as it's something you want to do, I'll help you do it..." Hera murmured.

Zeus gritted his teeth, gasping for breath, trying to suppress something.

"No, she wants to sacrifice herself to Zeus." Give Zeus all her divine power and godhead, and when Zeus recovers, they will be in danger.

Melos looked at her and quickly guessed what she was going to do.

Just standing around and doing nothing while waiting for Zeus to heal himself and then come back to bite them is absolutely stupid.

This is not a TV show!

There was a brief blank in Melos's head. Once Zeus recovered, they would face absolutely catastrophic revenge.

He didn't think too much, and didn't even ask Hades what he thought. He took off the bracelet on his hand and threw it towards Zeus.

It was given to him by Persephone, the last relic of Demeter.

Unable to explain why he used it, Melos only felt that his head went blank and then his head became hot, and his intuition told him that this thing would help them.

The small bracelet rushed towards Zeus with lightning speed, Hera only had time to raise her head, and the bracelet had passed through Zeus's shoulder blades and hit the throne.

In an instant, there was a cracking sound from the throne, and Hera quickly pulled Zeus off the throne with quick eyesight and hands.

The next moment, the bracelet hit the mark left by the throne, igniting a raging fire.

The throne, which was built with divine power and has survived the three Lords of Olympus, has been shrouded in black flames, and all the divine power sacrificed by Hera before has been returned.

Zeus is gone.

"Let's go." Hades pulled Melos and left here quickly.

The seat of the gods was burned, and Zeus could no longer survive. This domain of the gods was about to disappear.

Melos took a last look at Hera, who was embracing Zeus tightly without any movement, turned his head and held Hades' hand, and followed his pace.

Hera may not be incapable of stopping the bracelet, and Zeus may not be incapable of protecting the throne behind him.

But neither Hera nor Zeus launched a Jedi counterattack against Meros.

why?

Melos didn't think about it again. The couple's thoughts were never understood by others.

He followed Hades and left the hall. If he hadn't thrown the bracelet out before, he would have taken Hades to a safe place after eating it, according to Persephone's instructions when he gave him the bracelet. It's a pity that he has nothing now.

Olympus has been closed by Zeus for many years, and now there are not many entrances to other spaces left. It is definitely time-consuming to find them now, so they need to return to the entrance they entered when they entered before the domain of God disappeared. .

Behind him, Hera hugged Zeus tightly, with a satisfied smile on her lips.

"Honey, you are finally... mine alone." The last tear fell from the corner of her eyes, and she finally closed her eyes peacefully.

Zeus was speechless. He opened his mouth, as if he wanted to express something, but in the end, he could only hold Hera's shoulder tightly.

I don't know if I want to push her away or hug her tightly.

This became a perpetual fascination.

The flames spread to them, surrounded them together, and then spread to the entire Olympus.

……

Outside the realm of the gods, Artemis and Apollo fought together. Persephone was wary of Hermes' approach. Several people came around one after another. And gods who survive to this day.

Not many of the original Olympus gods are still alive today.

But they're just getting close, they're not moving, they're not helping anyone, they're not trying to do anything.

Even if the entrance to God's Domain is behind Persephone.

"Apollo!" Perhaps because she didn't want to kill her, Artemis dodged everywhere, but she was very annoyed when she kept fighting, "Stop it, Apollo, you will be as irrational as you are now!"

Apollo seemed to want to answer something, but the next thing, everyone fell silent.

The earth shook violently, and the whole world, people shouted in horror: "An earthquake!"

The gods standing in the air trembled involuntarily.

Except for the "isolation" of the underworld where Makaria is located, almost all places have been affected.

Underworld:

Poseidon reflexively protected Amphitrite—it was only later that he realized that it would not hurt his wife—the whole underworld was shaking violently, the cries of ghosts became louder, and Amphitrite was The sudden earthquake gave a jump. Ever since the couple came to the underworld, there had never been such a strong earthquake. In fact, everything in the underworld was very quiet, except for the cries of the dead, there was almost no sound.

This was the strongest shock they had experienced in such a long time.

But in the next moment, they were stunned: "The domain of God...is disappearing..."

Human World:

The sudden earthquake made mortals panic, and several gods opened the barrier in time to prevent humans from entering their area.

Apollo finally stopped the attack in his hands, but he was at a loss: "God's Domain...God's Domain..."

Hermes pursed his lips, and calmly continued his endless words: "The domain of God has collapsed."

The era of gods can finally come to a complete end.

Every god always has a special connection with Olympus, even if he has not set foot on the gate of God's Domain, but as long as God's Domain still exists, every god can feel its location, that is where all gods of faith.

Even after the Holy War, God's Domain was sealed off by Zeus, and no one could detect its traces, but as long as it is still there, even if no one knows where it is now, everyone will feel at ease.

Now that Olympus has collapsed and dissipated, all gods who are still alive can feel its changes.

Some even couldn't help but shed tears.

It was as if the former spiritual pillar collapsed without warning, and everyone was caught off guard.

"Ah!" Apollo yelled in pain, and Artemis hugged him tightly.

"Let's stop fighting, okay, let's stop fighting, okay?" Artemis choked up, and she, who had always been strong, finally revealed her weakness in successive changes, "Zeus is gone, and mother is gone, Now that God’s Domain is gone, I only have you left.”

From ancient times to today, the two brothers and sisters have a deeper bond than other gods. It was not her wish to turn against Apollo. Artemis grabbed Apollo and almost bit her own lower lip.

Before Apollo could reply, a passage suddenly opened in the air behind Persephone, and someone ran out of it.

"Meros," Persephone exclaimed in surprise.

Melos held Hades with one hand, and held Persephone's hand with the other. He probably had to find the exit in a hurry before, and he was still panting now, but he gave Persephone a comforting smile.

After they came out, the passage behind them was not closed. Everyone saw the building inside gradually collapsing, and then gradually shattered, turning into dust in the flames.

When the entire domain of the gods became smaller and smaller, at the end, they seemed to hear Hera's pure laughter like a girl.

The next moment, God's Domain was reduced to ashes, and the passage gradually returned to its original state.

Melos hugged Hades fiercely, pulled his head down and brought his lips together.

For the rest of his life after the catastrophe, no action can describe his mood at this time.

Hades just froze for a moment, then took control of the initiative, hugged him into his arms, and returned a fiery kiss.

The ground was still shaking, but Persephone smiled comfortably.

The era that belongs to the gods, so far, finally bid farewell to the stage of history...

……

later……

The global earthquake that occurred that day shocked the whole world, and the federal government mobilized personnel to participate in the post-earthquake relief in the shortest possible time.

We should be thankful that the wave of immigrants has been started intermittently in these years. After the establishment of the Federation, the wave of immigrants reached a peak. If the number of people crowded in the past is based on the number of people crowded in the past, this earthquake with a relatively large magnitude on a global scale will definitely kill a lot of people. Life.

With the development of science and technology in these years, the requirements for natural disasters and buildings have become more and more stringent, but even so, the global shock still caused a lot of casualties in the human world.

There are very few such global earthquakes on this planet, and this earthquake came very suddenly. Generally, there should be some omens before the earthquake, such as animals showing abnormal habits, but this time there was nothing. It was very sudden. , the ground began to tremble.

All kinds of experts wanted to investigate the cause of the earthquake, but they somehow found out that the rapid development of human beings had left disasters on the planet many years ago. You must know that for a long time in human history, the weather has been affected by human activities. Impermanence, continuous natural disasters, endless disasters.

With the rapid development of science, people now have green and environmental protection policies, but experts believe that the scourge buried before is not so easy to solve.

Later, this matter became a reflection on human activities. The federal government called on people to intensify their efforts to rebuild their homes, and at the same time to speed up the greening of the planet and so on.

But these things are not what Melos should care about.

In the underworld where Poseidon is, some people are seeing him off.

"Are you going back?" Persephone asked with a smile.

Melos nodded: "Maybe I will come back to see it in the future. To tell you the truth, I always feel that the underworld is my home."

Persephone smiled, and patted his younger brother on the shoulder: "I want to come and see me occasionally, but I won't have any news once I go back."

Melos smiled and agreed.

Zeus is dead, God's Domain has been destroyed, he no longer has to worry about people coming to trouble him from time to time, he used to dream of seeing the world beyond the underworld, when Hades took him to the ground, his heart Excitement, he still remembers.

But today, when there is no more threat, he is eager to return to the underworld.

For so many years, the gloomy environment and the silence without time flow gave him a sense of security.

He once invited Persephone to follow him to the underworld, but she refused with a smile.

At the beginning, she tried everything possible to leave the underworld. Although she changed her mood now, she still didn't like the environment there.

It's okay to visit my brother occasionally, but let her live there.

"Then, my dear, there will be a time later," laughed Persephone.

Melos nodded.

Peleus did not leave with them. He had been in the underworld for many years. Once he changed places, he was very happy. He simply asked Tartarus to accompany him, and Meros and Hades followed him. Even if they are their own children, they will not interfere too much. In fact, most gods will learn to be independent after landing.

Peleus is not really a child.

The underworld has already become an independent world, which is completely different from the world here. It is safest not to connect the two worlds frequently.

Although they promised Persephone to visit from time to time, they all knew that this could not be a regular event.

and……

Meros looked behind Persephone.

Since the death of Zeus, Hermes has been with Persephone. Melos vaguely knew that the two had talked alone, but he didn't know what the content of the conversation was.

Melos didn't know what the two would develop into later, but he knew that Persephone would eventually have his own life.

And the two brothers and sisters who turned against each other back then, after the day God's Domain collapsed, Meros never saw each other again.

He doesn't care whether the siblings are reconciled, everyone will have their own life, what does it have to do with him whether the two siblings of Apollo are reconciled or continue to fight?

Just like he didn't care whether Athena who entered the underworld found the person or thing she was looking for.

"There will be a period later, Your Highness the Empress of the Underworld."

Amphitrite smiled gracefully and said with a chuckle.

There is a place on the side of the underworld that can open a passage to another underworld, and it will not have any impact on the human world that has just experienced the impact of the collapse of God's Domain.

Melos nodded, and the hand he held with Hades tightened.

Hades opened the passage between the two realms.

Parting always brings a little sentimentality. Melos has been a human being for a while. Although he has recovered his memory now, his living habits as a human have also affected him. When he stepped into the passage, he looked at Percy reluctantly. Fourgne.

Persephone nodded with a smile.

Many years ago, she and her mother sent her younger brother to the carriage to the underworld with tears in her eyes, full of worries.

Many years later, the mother was gone, and she sent her brother to the underworld again, but she was full of joy.

Melos didn't look back after all, he held Hades' hand and followed him.

Not far away, the dark gate of the underworld is open to welcome the return of the master.

Melos smiled slightly: "I'm back."

Hades looked sideways at him.

Going around, the person next to him returned to his side.

He reached out and hugged Melos in his arms, as if caring for a treasure.

"kindness."

he said softly.

It was as if a little breeze was blowing, and would gently wrap around the two of them. The underworld not far away, because of the return of the master, was a little more angry.

The death of Zeus is not the end, their holding hands again is just another beginning.

They still have a lot of time to enjoy and experience many things.

When he was a human being, he once learned a truth that life cannot always be smooth sailing, and he took it very seriously.

So today after the disappearance of God's Domain, he doesn't expect to be fine forever, but even if the wind blows again, so what?

For him, no matter whether it is stormy or calm, as long as the person he cares about is still there, then everything is happiness...

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