"Sister Hestia, something happened to Persephone." Demeter said to Hestia with a sad look on her face and tears.
Hestia looked surprised: "What's going on, hasn't Persephone been living with you in Sicily?" She knew very well that her sister had always regarded Persephone as a treasure, and took her with her in He lived in seclusion on Sicily, fearing that something might happen to her.
Like other goddesses, Persephone was very fond of flowers, and she even played in the fields of flowers all day long. One day, she was picking flowers in the fields of Sicily. Suddenly a crack opened in the cliff, and Hades, the king of Hades, drove out of it in a glittering carriage. When Hades saw Persephone for the first time, he fell in love with her completely. Fucked her. Since he can't get her mother, let her be his wife. So he forced Persephone into the carriage and drove back to Hades.
When Demeter heard her daughter's cry for help and rushed to the wilderness, her daughter had already disappeared. Demeter searched all over Sicily but found nothing. Desperate, she was depressed all day long and abandoned her responsibilities, causing all the crops on the island to wither and the entire island to become lifeless and barren.
On that day, Helios, the sun god who drove in the sky every day, saw this happening. He couldn't bear the continued suffering of the island residents, so he told Demeter about Persephone's whereabouts.
After Demeter learned the news, she immediately went to her other brother, the god-king Zeus, who was also Persephone's biological father, and asked him to help her regain Persephone. Who would have known that the god-king Zeus, who was once madly infatuated with Demeter, learned that his daughter had been taken away by Hades, and sat on the throne without saying a word.
And her other sister, the goddess Hera, constantly persuaded her to give up retrieving Persephone. In this case, she can become the wife of Hades and half the master of Hades.
Demeter was despairing of them and had no choice but to run to her sister Hestia for help.
"You really don't understand the nature of our god-king. For his throne, let alone his daughter, he would probably give up even his wife Hera." Styx listened to Demeter He told the story with a sneer on his face: "But the God Queen Hera is really a good match for him. I just hope that one day Zeus will not sacrifice her to keep the position of the God King."
Hestia rolled her eyes at Styx and comforted her sister Demeter: "Don't blame Zeus. Although he has taken the throne of the God King, there are still many ancient gods, including the Titans. They all have malicious intentions, and he may be overthrown by the gods as the king of gods at any time, and his life is at risk. Our family is not as good as the Titans. They have many brothers and a large number of heirs, so we must be cautious. And the two sisters have no power and cannot be given to him. For help, he can only rely on the power of Poseidon and Hades. At this time, it is impossible for him to fight with Hades, otherwise it will definitely give the enemy an opportunity."
"I also understand what you said. It's just my Persephone. She is less than twenty years old. Will she have to stay in the dark underworld her whole life? I am the same. I have long known that Hades is dissatisfied with me. , I don’t know how to be careful.” At this point, Demeter couldn’t help but shed tears again.
After the ten-year Titanic War, Hades, who was Pluto, once pursued him crazily, but Demeter did not like this always gloomy brother, and chose Zeus, who was handsome, confident and cheerful. younger brother. From then on, Hades became jealous of her and never interacted with her again.
The beauty shed tears, which made even Adros feel heartbroken and pitiful, let alone her biological sister.
Seeing her sister so sad, Hestia had a thought, stood up, looked to the west, and said silently in her heart: "Hades, don't make things difficult for your sister."
"Let's go, I'll go to the underworld with you and ask Hades for an explanation. What's the use of crying." Then he turned to Styx and said, "Sister Styx, I don't have time to entertain you anymore. Will you return to the underworld with us, or continue to play?"
"Of course I'm going back to Hades. You're not here anymore, so why should I be here?"
"Thank you sister Hestia, thank you sister Styx." Demeter looked touched. She knew a little bit about the strength of these two goddesses. The three of them went to Hades together, and Hades couldn't help but give in. .
Styx stretched out: "Don't thank me, I'm not helping you fight. I've been out for so long, it's time to go home and take a look. I wonder if the tide in my river has risen?"
Ignoring Styx's joke, Hestia was slightly moved. She understood that this sister was worried that she would suffer a disadvantage in the underworld.
On the side, Adros, who had been completely ignored, was filled with excitement, finally going to the underworld.
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It is said that after death, people need to walk through a period of boundless darkness before they can reach the entrance to the underworld. At this time, Adros was following the three goddesses in the place of eternal darkness called Erebus.
This land of eternal darkness is named after Erebus, the Lord of Darkness, the god of the underworld, and it is also a world created by his great supernatural powers. Erebus is the son of Chaos, the god of chaos, the brother of Gaia, the earth mother, and the husband of the goddess Nyx, the master of the night. He sleeps in his own country all year round, but no one dares to disrespect the gods who come here.
In Erebos, a country of eternal darkness and silence, his master once told the gods that the gods could walk through it at will, but they could not speak in it or make any fire, otherwise they would be punished by darkness.
After an unknown amount of time, they finally passed through the extremely dark Erebus and arrived at the gate of the region. Both Adros and the three goddesses felt relieved. It was too depressing to travel through that darkness.
Adros did not expect that behind Erebus, the Kingdom of Darkness, and in front of the Gate of Hell, there would be such a beautiful garden. In the garden, flowers of all seasons are blooming, and you can't see such beauty in the world. He didn't know that in this terrifying garden, there were not only flowers, but also countless monsters and beasts. However, under the power of the three goddesses, they did not dare to come out. At the end of the garden is the famous hell portal.
In front of this black and patterned door, there is a terrifying monster lying. It has many heads, a snake's tail, and venomous snakes around its neck. All its eyes are closed tightly, and it is sleeping soundly. . When Adros saw it, he thought to himself, is this the watchdog of hell? It is indeed ugly enough.
As if it was awakened from a sweet dream, this monster started to roar before opening its eyes: "Who dares to disturb my sweet dream?"
When it opened its eyes, it found that Styx was looking at it with a smile but not a smile, with a cold light in its eyes. It quickly trotted over and lay down next to Styx like an ordinary puppy.
"It turns out that the beautiful, noble and generous Lord Styx is back. I heard that your sister and the new Lord of the Ocean are getting married. Congratulations." He spoke in an extremely flattering voice, and wanted to speak like a human puppy. One of its heads rubbed against Styx's calf.
"You've been guarding the gate to hell all day long. How did you know about this?" Seeing this, Styx quickly kicked it away, as if he disliked it for being dirty.
Seeing this, Adros covered his forehead. The more he knew about this beautiful goddess aunt and the longer he was in contact with her, the more he discovered her true nature. Behind her dignified air, she seemed to have the attributes of a witch.
"Sir, you don't know something. Since that wedding, water monsters and water monsters in the ocean have died from time to time, and even occasionally a few gods. They came here and chatted with me for a few words, so I know about this." The monster stood a dozen steps away from Styx and answered her question, but he did not dare to move forward for fear of being kicked by her again.
"Two sisters, this is Cerberus, son of Typhon. Tartarus sent him here to guard the gates of hell."
Typhon is the son of Gaia, the earth mother, and Tartarus, the lord of hell. He is also the ancestor of all monsters. He and his wife Echid gave birth to countless terrifying monsters, and Cerberus is one of them.
Hestia glanced at it lightly: "Don't worry about it, let's go find Hades quickly." After saying that, he walked inside first, and the other three people immediately followed.
After they entered, Cerberus shuddered and said to himself: "Goddesses are indeed so terrifying. Wait for Hades to suffer. Should I inform him? Or forget it. If you don’t notify, you’ll be punished by Hades at most, but if you notify, you’ll be dead even if you don’t.”
Only when you step through the gate of hell can you truly enter the underworld. As soon as you step into the underworld, what appears in front of you is a black river, and a bearded old man is holding a small boat to receive the souls of the dead.
However, Adros discovered that only by giving the old man a gift could he be led across the river. Those who did not give him a gift gathered at the ferry and waited. He asked Styx next to him and learned that these people would have to wait until a year before they could cross the river.
This is the River of Pain, the River Acheron, among the four rivers of the underworld. The other three are the River of Regret, the River Chiuriplegdon, the River of Forgottenness, the River Leto, and the Wrath and Oath Keeping of Styx. of river. The first three are the rivers that mortals must pass through after death, while the Styx River controls the oaths of all living beings, including gods.
Demeter looked at the boatman and sneered: "I didn't expect that Hades' servants would live so well in the underworld."
"Sister Demeter, we are born as gods and may not understand the pain that mortals feel every time they cross this river. But this servant named Charon has to cross this river thousands of times every day. He deserves some benefits. ." Styx explained.
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