Chapter 206 The Soul of the Minotaur Burns (43k)

Chapter 206 The Soul of the Minotaur Burns (4.3k)

"So, how do you want me to help you?"

Aphrodite asked eagerly, her face full of eagerness.

Publicly, as the goddess of love, she has the divine power to bless love and protect suitors.

Especially this kind of love that is not tolerated by the secular world and is labeled as "tragic and beautiful", which makes Aphrodite feel the same and think of her experience with Adonis.

Privately, the soul of her lover is suffering in the underworld, waiting for the kind messenger in front of her to take the risk to rescue him.

If she doesn't give enough benefits on this journey that is almost life-and-death, Aphrodite herself feels a little uneasy, fearing that Loen will not work hard to rescue her beloved Adonis when she is really facing a life-and-death crisis.

Moreover, if the other party can successfully seduce a pure virgin goddess to break her oath and be crazy about love with her help, doesn't it just prove that her love power is more powerful? It can even indirectly strengthen her love power.

Under the eager gaze of the god of love, a trace of shyness appeared on Lorne's handsome face.

"I... I want to formally pursue Lady Hestia, and I hope she will fall in love with me."

Hearing such an innocent answer, Aphrodite was even more satisfied and immediately made a solemn promise.

"Okay! When you come back from the underworld, I will let the three goddesses of beauty baptize you in my holy pool!"

The three goddesses of beauty refer to the three beautiful goddesses in Greek mythology who represent the three qualities of charm, elegance and beauty. They are the daughters of Zeus and the sea nymph Eurynome, the singing and dancing actors of the gods, and bring beauty and joy to the world. They are the goddess of glory Aglaia, the goddess of encouragement Thalia, and the goddess of joy Euphrosyne, who embody all the beauty of life in Greek mythology.

In fact, they are also feasts, consumption, the personification of colorful life, the materialization of human desires, and the embodiment of joy in life.

Whether human or gods, as long as they pursue the beauty of life, they are inevitably affected by the power of the three Graces.

More precisely, elegance or charm is the externalization of this divine power, which can be of different types: such as the charm of lust, which is the grace of Aphrodite and can arouse the attraction of both sexes; such as glory is the charm of warriors; and such as the charm of kings can arouse respect for the law.

This kind of "charm" that is integrated with flesh and blood and deeply rooted in the bone marrow is far more lasting and more stable than the "lust" that comes and goes like the tide.

At the same time, this charm can also be bestowed on people, such as the great hero Odysseus, who was bathed by the princess Nausicaa of the Achaean Kingdom, and then accepted the "charm" given by Athena, that is, he became the same appearance as the gods, and then he was invincible in his interactions with the opposite sex.

In the original history, even the great witch Circe fell for it.

This is just a blessing given by Athena in the name of a mortal princess.

And now, Aphrodite actually decided to join hands with the three Graces under her command to bless Lorne in the sacred pool of Paphos Sea after Lorne's trip to the underworld was completed.

This shows the sincerity of the goddess of love.

Lorne could not help but show gratitude for Aphrodite's kindness.

The blessing that wanted to influence Hestia, the virgin goddess, was obviously not a cheap buff based on low-level carnal desires. Aphrodite would definitely bleed heavily this time.

Lorne estimated that according to the strength of Hestia's virgin vow, the power of the god of love he had obtained from Aphrodite and the three Graces should be enough to condense an incarnation.

Moreover, when Adonis was resurrected, he could use the reason of escaping the pursuit of the underworld to persuade Aphrodite and Adonis to hide their identities and go to the world of two people.

By then, wouldn't the eye-catching three Graces be left unattended? How could he let them suffer again?

——Perfect!

A certain Cretan scribe who inherited the essence of Minoan civilization, the soul of the Minotaur in his body was burning, and he was even a little impatient to see the plot after he returned from the underworld.

Aphrodite, who didn't know that she was being tricked, regarded the black-hearted villain in front of her as a fellow infatuated person, and even began to worry about his safety.

"Although my Adonis is very important, you have to be careful..."

Loen touched his remaining conscience, smiled slightly, and comforted softly.

"Don't worry, as long as you don't say it and I don't say it, who would want to connect me with Prince Adonis's affairs?"

He dared to take this risk in the underworld because he didn't have the motivation to do these things on the surface.

In the process of sneaking into the underworld, he wanted to do something conveniently, and it was also convenient to operate alone.

In this way, he could use Adonis's affairs to muddy the water, save the life of the future god of medicine, and by the way, he could also get some wool from Aphrodite, which was simply killing two birds with one stone.

Now, everything is ready, only the east wind is missing.

~~

A few days later, on an island near Paphos Bay.

"You want to go to Hades?"

Thetis looked at Lorne, who came to ask for help again after many days of absence, and couldn't help but frown.

The first time was to offend Ares, the god of war:

The second time was to offend Eris, the goddess of discord, and the three goddesses of vengeance:

The third time, he actually asked her for the way to the underworld...

Looking at this sneaky intention, it should not be to celebrate Hades, the god of the underworld, right?

Why does this guy always come to her for bad things?

"I don't know!"

Thetis gritted her itchy silver teeth, snorted coldly and turned her head away.

Loen hurriedly smiled and stepped forward, promising with a solemn face.

"I owe you another favor, is that okay?"

The Oceanus Sea is connected to the underworld, he knows this, but he doesn't know the specific path.

His teacher Circe may know.

But in view of the relationship between Hecate and the stupid bird, Loen did not dare to reveal his whereabouts to Circe in order to avoid alerting the enemy.

So, he thought about it and could only ask Thetis for directions.

Who made this sea fairy known for her erudition and wisdom, and she was most familiar with him near Cyprus.

Seeing that Thetis was still cold and unmoved, Lorne stretched out another finger.

"Two, two favors!"

Thetis looked at the enemy who came to her door and asked with a frown.

"Do you have to go to the underworld?"

"Yes, you have to go!"

"Is it related to the goddess of the underworld Hecate?"

"Almost..."

Lorne nodded, also a little helpless.

It's not wrong to say that. The cause of everything was Hecate coming up to investigate the imbalance of life and death, which triggered a series of changes.

In the end, after a careful consideration, Thetis sighed.

"Okay, I'll take you there..."

~~

Two days later, the primitive ocean, the underwater site of the Atlantis continent.

Three burly giants with a hundred heads and a hundred arms stood on the desolate ruins, like three giant pillars that stabilize the sea.

The remaining Atlanteans were deprived of their human form and turned into half-man, half-fish, imprisoned in that dead country.

What's more, some Atlanteans were deprived of their intellect due to Zeus' curse, and they could not even maintain their half-man, half-fish posture. They could only become irrational humanoid sea beasts, fighting and devouring each other in the dark trench.

"Puff puff puff!"

Waves of flesh tearing sounds came from the deep rifts on the seabed, and turbid blood water floated up, attracting a large number of deformed monsters to fight and grab food.

Briareus, the leader of the hundred-armed giants, glanced at it boredly and lost interest in a moment.

As usual, it was just some lost people fighting in the trench.

Then, he turned his gazes back to the underwater ruins of the Kingdom of Atlantis and continued to monitor the remaining Atlanteans.

At the same time, the two inconspicuous "sea beasts" felt the cold gazes falling on them disappear, and they breathed a sigh of relief, carefully reaching the deepest part of the dark crack on the seabed.

As the crack reached the end, the "sea beast" on the left transformed into the appearance of Thetis.

"We're here!"

The goddess of the sea pointed to the dark red light pattern at the bottom of the crack and reminded in a deep voice.

"So this is the entrance to the underworld on the sea..."

Lorne, who was disguised as another sea beast, regained his human form, reached out and touched the dark red light curtain and the mountain copper door inside, which seemed to be real, and couldn't help but secretly marvel at the huge divine power contained in it.

According to Hesiod's description in Theogony, Tartarus, the hell of the underworld, is surrounded by three layers of dark curtains and three copper walls. Its copper door was built by Poseidon. The Titans who were defeated in the Titan battle were imprisoned here and guarded by the hundred-armed giants.

This is a very hidden passage to enter the underworld from the human world.

Due to her close relationship with the King of the Sea and the Queen of the Sea, Thetis is one of the few people who know about it.

Moreover, even if something goes wrong, it seems that it can be blamed on the good brother-in-law or some survivors of Atlantis who have been deprived of reason in the trench.

The two black-bellied people with the same idea looked at each other, nodded secretly, and then stepped forward to touch the secret texts on the copper block.

After a while, three giant walls cast with mountain copper flickered with light patterns, and the bricks automatically retreated and gathered like living things, opening a narrow passage.

Then, the dark blue vortex spread down along the crack, and Lorne and Thetis, who were wrapped in it, jumped out at the right time and landed at the dark intersection of the rocky road.

The surroundings were dark, and only the dark blue phosphorescent fire floating around could bring some light.

And as soon as they landed, the dead air like black fog seemed to sense the breath of life and turned into black snakes and pythons, quickly entwining and corroding the group of living intruders.

Buzz!

However, a clear and solemn tremor rang out from Lorne, and the golden light wheel behind him pointed to the sixth grid at the same time, and a cluster of golden flames rose up, illuminating the surroundings.

The snakes and pythons formed by the dead air around them disappeared and disintegrated like ice and snow encountering the scorching sun.

At the intersection, Loen looked down at the holy fire in his palm, raised his hand and gently placed his palm on his chest, with a look of relief in his eyes.

Fortunately, Hestia's holy fire dispelled the dead air around him.

Otherwise, he would inevitably be affected if he entered the underworld as a living person.

"Cough cough..."

At this time, Loen heard a suppressed cough behind him, and he came back to his senses and quickly cast the blessing spell of the Aiyu Island lineage on Thetis, who was not very adapted to the underworld environment.

Of course, in terms of effect, this level of protection can only ensure that Thetis can move normally, and it is definitely not as good as Loen's high-standard divine protection that can eliminate a large area of ​​dead air at will.

Looking at the primitive and wild landforms in front of him and the chaotic masses that are constantly wriggling around him, Loen frowned secretly.

Tartarus, which was born from the chaos and nothingness of the Greek world, is the [Abyss] and is the body of the underworld.

Therefore, it is the home of the gods and human souls, and it is also a prison for the most heinous beings. It is connected to the ocean and the earth through the Styx.

In addition, it is said that this is also an important place where the Titans and other enemies of Zeus are imprisoned. If you delay too long, it is inevitable that there will be more trouble.

In order to avoid complications, it is better to do it as soon as possible.

Loen then held Thetis's somewhat cold hand, drove the holy fire in his body, and introduced the warmth and light from the human world into the body of this ocean nymph. Then, after confirming the direction with the faint light of phosphorus fire, he took this teammate to quickly pass through this dangerous area.

The defense circle of Tartarus is divided into two parts, the outer part is a physical fortress with three copper walls, and the inner part is a triple dark curtain that confuses perception, suppresses power, and is full of death as an invisible barrier.

For others, the dark curtain behind the copper wall is even more difficult to deal with.

The holy fire in Lorne's hand once again pointed him in the direction.

In the darkness, the two men moved forward in a zigzag manner. Although the road was connected in all directions, it was bumpy and difficult to walk on. From time to time, they would step on dead bones, which brought a creepy crisp echo in the dead silence.

On both sides, there were either slippery and cold cliffs or valleys leading directly to the abyss, which were full of dangers.

But with the guidance of the holy fire, as well as the strong physical strength and perception of the crowd, after about a day and a night of exploration, they finally walked out of the dead silence area covered by the triple dark curtain.

The shrill roar of the Styx came from the river not far away, and the wailing of the souls in the water also seemed quite beautiful at this moment.

The two men breathed a sigh of relief, and their tense nerves relaxed a little. Then they looked around and found a relatively flat wilderness to rest for a while.

Then, Lorne and Thetis outlined the evil spirit dispelling spell, set up a camp, and settled down for a short time.

Standing on the blue-gray stone, Thetis, who was in charge of vigilance, looked at the lifeless gray world around him, and thought of the miserable state of Atlantis after it angered the might of God, and couldn't help feeling a little melancholy.

Seeing that Thetis was infected with the dull atmosphere, Loen stretched his muscles, clapped his hands, and took out a pot of fine wine from the magic circle and handed it to him.

"Would you like to drink something to warm your body?"

"Okay..."

Since he was on the pirate ship, Thetis didn't hesitate too much. He decisively took the wine pot, took a sip of the fine wine, and got a little boost in spirits, and then spoke to remind him.

"We'd better hurry up, this place doesn't give me a good feeling."

Loen nodded. In order to speed up the progress of the journey, he simply picked up Thetis by the waist, activated the speed of [Goat], turned into a residual image, broke through the gray fog, and galloped in the desolate and silent wilderness.

Soon, a rugged and steep peak stood in the gray fog, towering into the clouds.

On the rugged mountain road, a tiny figure wearing rune shackles pushed a dark boulder towards the top of the mountain.

However, just as the boulder was about to reach the top, the heavy object rolled down to the foot of the mountain uncontrollably due to the influence of some rules, and a thunderous roar came all the way, as if mocking the prisoner who overestimated his own abilities.

Could it be him?

Lorne narrowed his eyes and approached carefully holding Thetis.