Chapter 397: Trial and Beginning

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At the junction of Tartarus and the underworld, the obscure fluctuations spread slightly.

The leaping laws enveloped this area, and a black shadow was ejected from the void.

In an instant, a slight vibration spread to the entire underworld, and the owner of the Garden of Truth seemed to have noticed the changes here.

But when Hades' eyes fell, he only saw the edge of the abyss that was a little restless.

It seemed spontaneous, but also seemed man-made. Hades couldn't make a judgment.

Just thinking of the movement not long ago, he couldn't help but connect the two together.

"Underworld."

"It's really a troubled time..."

The voice was as low as ever. "Troubled times" has an extended meaning and a literal meaning.

Because it is indeed autumn in the world now, and he has never been short of things. So next to Hades, Persephone was fiddling with the pomegranates she planted, instead of staying on Mount Olympus.

Several mints grew tenaciously beside the pomegranate, but the Queen of the Underworld obviously didn't pay any attention to them.

Except for the two people present, I'm afraid no one remembers the water fairy who spoke wildly. And even today, Persephone still feels that the guy named Minta is a bit annoying.

Just like... the God King Zeus. Just existing makes her feel sick.

"What's wrong, are you worried about the changes in the power of the world again?"

"I think you just think too much. This kind of thing should be considered by the God King."

After cutting the extra branches, Persephone nodded with satisfaction.

It has always been one of her hobbies to let more plants grow in the underworld.

"If the sky falls, the tall ones will support it. If you want to support the sky, you should first make yourself the tall one."

"I want to, but this is not something that can be accomplished by thinking. I don't want to think about those extra things, but the fire in the city gate will affect the innocent."

Shaking his head, Hades saw Persephone's changing expression and knew that she understood what he meant.

Yes, he was referring to the truth garden that was razed to the ground not long ago.

Even Zeus was like this, if it was a change in the world, who knows what price a small fish like him would pay.

"I heard that you brought back Zeus's opinion this time. What did he say?"

Hades didn't want to mention these things anymore, and he knew that these things couldn't be rushed.

However, when Persephone came back from Olympus, she was said to have brought Zeus's order to him... This really made Hades a little strange.

He had never had anything to do with the things on earth, and he basically didn't intervene, so what was the other party going to do this time?

"Strictly speaking, it was not Zeus' order. Hera came to me privately and told me. But after listening to her thoughts, it would be a joke to say that Zeus didn't know about this."

"She wants to attack Athens and raze Athena's sanctuary on earth, the Parthenon, to the ground. Although she has made a lot of preparations, it is not enough, so she wants the gods of the underworld to join in. This is her request."

Speaking lightly, the Queen of the Underworld said without a trace of personal emotion: "Do you want to agree?"

"Hera promised that after conquering Athens, part of it will be given to you as a gift. But I think you should not care about the territory of the human world, right?"

"I guess so, but the gods of the underworld?"

With a sneer, Hades thought of those so-called subordinates.

"Hera probably didn't mean me, so it was Eris and the others... Heh, the golden apple was given by her, aren't they more keen to obey Zeus' orders now?"

"Let her communicate with them herself. As long as they are willing, I won't stop them. After all... I can't stop them either."

Of course he can stop them, but that means Hades is helping Athena.

However, he doesn't want to care about either his niece or sister.

There are not many things in the world that really concern Hades. But this war is definitely not one of them.

"Fight, fight, fight until the blood flows."

"But as long as you can't defeat Zeus, what can you do if you win?"

With Persephone around, Hades still knows some things on earth. For example, I don't know why, but I heard that Zeus seems to have taken a fancy to a prince named Ganymede.

It's not strange that a god takes a fancy to a mortal, especially if it happens to Zeus - if it's a princess instead of a prince.

"Hera... I don't know if you regret it after all these years, or if you have been regretting it all the time?"

No one knows the answer, not even Hades.

He will go to the entrance of the abyss to see why this ancient being suddenly became turbulent and even released a lot of power.

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Swish——

The edge of the underworld, the lightless realm.

The darkness condensed and took shape, and Erebus walked out of it.

However, compared with his indifference in the past, the Lord of Darkness today does not seem to be in a good mood. On his hands, there is still some power from the abyss.

This is the trouble caused by the sudden outbreak of the abyss. Although it is just an instinctive fluctuation, it has indeed caused a lot of trouble.

It has been more than a spring and autumn since the Golden Apple Feast, but Erebus's progress has not been very smooth.

Since he persuaded the sea god, his next goal is the abyss. However, after so much time, he still has no way to go in personally.

This is also unavoidable, after all, he is not Zeus. The God King and the Primordial God are different in this respect. When Tartarus instinctively rejects outsiders, Erebus has no other choice.

In desperation, he has been planning to put the matter of the Abyss aside for the time being.

There is still a lot to prepare, and he doesn't want to hang himself on a tree - but just when Erebus was about to give up, Tartarus suddenly rioted, causing him who was trying to suffer a small loss.

The Abyss is still the Abyss, even if there is a borer inside, it is still the strongest among the Primordial Gods.

"No, it's not a riot."

"He just felt a threat, a threat from... outside the world."

"Another Nine Realms, another Mother Tree of Flesh and Blood? Is the turbulence of the world's power coming from this..."

Not only Tartarus felt it, Erebus also had a vague feeling.

Not long ago, the originally surging and tilting world power seemed to have calmed down for a short time.

For a moment, Erebus even thought that his arrangement would end in vain, but not long after, the flow of world power started again.

However, along with it came a strange, fleeting gaze that seemed to be watching from the void outside the world.

That power was very different from the gods of Chaos, but it soon disappeared.

If the abyss had not boiled up instantly, Erebus would even think it was an illusion.

For a moment, all kinds of changes flashed through Erebus's mind, and he seemed to understand something.

The other world, the returning Nyx, the loss of world power, and even the dark source power that gradually began to vibrate slightly in his perception.

The power related to "darkness" in the entire Chaos world began to increase little by little, and as the most essential [darkness], the reaction of the lightless realm was the most obvious, so it was noticed at the very beginning.

The power of the entire world may rise again, but Erebus can almost imagine that perhaps a new god is about to be born.

Yes, except for the naturally great primitive gods like him, once the positions of gods such as [Light], [Ocean] and [Celestial Body] show signs of rising with the growth of the world, I am afraid that the long sword of the present world will fall mercilessly again.

As for what will happen at that time, it is nothing more than the internal subdivision of the lightless celestial body. There may be a third god of light, and there will be turmoil within the sea god. Perhaps another large ocean god system other than the Ocean God System and the Ancient Sea God will be born...

"Of course, maybe nothing will happen. The power of this alien world's resistance is obviously much stronger than the remains of the Nine Realms. If the present world is damaged by this, maybe someone can really take this opportunity to break the shackles."

"Then wait for the will of the present world to come back to its senses, and then weaken them little by little."

Unless the fate of the present world collapses and the old order is destroyed, Erebus does not think that the world today can still give birth to great divine powers other than the God King.

But this has nothing to do with Erebus. What he really cares about is actually another thing, that is, with the increase of the power of the dark side of the world, he feels that his mental oppression has become more serious.

In the hierarchical system defined by Ryan himself, Erebus originally had a divine power level of 25, which is also a relative critical point.

The first half of the great divine power ends here, and once the second half is entered, the Lord of Darkness does not know what he will face.

Like Gaia, splitting the sky, mountains and sea in a nearly self-fertile way, or being given new functions by the world, but also being given greater shackles, like the three-phase incarnation of Nyx? No matter what it is, Erebus does not want to leave the future to an illusory fate.

So it is urgent to make changes.

Raising his hand, he used the power of the lightless domain to suppress the slight injuries brought by the abyss. Compared with the mother tree of flesh and blood, Tartarus is strong, but the two sides are still on the same level after all.

With a long sleeve, his figure disappeared. The next moment, Erebus has arrived in the sky of the underworld.

During the last turmoil of the world's power, he met Nyx who returned from outside the world. However, the question is, in this matter, is she the only one who discovered the clues?

Did Ryan find it? If not, it would be fine. If he did...

Then is he really in the spirit world as he thought?

Raising his hand slightly, the moon of Hades is right in front of him.

The goddess of the moon of Hades should not have reacted yet, but Erebus did not feel that he was bullying the weak.

If Ryan was here, his behavior would be no different from knocking on the door at best, but if he was not here... it would be an accident. After all, how would I know if you were here or not?

So silently, darkness spread over, trying to cover the light source that illuminated the underworld.

What Hades would think about this was not within Erebus's consideration. In an instant, time and space trembled slightly, and a small shadow was about to cover the lavender moon of Hades. However, the next moment, a white finger stretched out from the void and easily smoothed out the black light.

With a slight smile, Erebus took a step back without hesitation and disappeared directly into the sky of the underworld.

In the underworld, no one knew that countless undead souls had escaped a catastrophe.

But Erebus already knew what he wanted to know, so there was no need for him to stay any longer.

"Nyx... I didn't expect it to be true. You're not here."

"Heh, this is the only good news I've gotten recently."

Erebus seemed to be in a good mood, as if he felt Nyx's gaze.

If Ryan is not in the spirit world, where can he go? It can only be in the other world, and he will definitely gain a lot.

After all, judging from the foreign existence that flashed just now, if Ryan didn't have any powerful trump cards, he would not have the ability to snatch the other world's heritage from the Chaos world in front of such an existence, but would have returned early like Nyx.

His strength has become stronger, which may be a threat, but it is also a good thing for Erebus at this moment. And he is not here while he is getting stronger, which is even better.

"After all, Zeus is not stupid. If you are still in Chaos and show stronger power, even with my support, he may not dare to be your enemy."

"Now is the best state... Three generations of God Kings will eventually die because of you."

His eyes flickered, and he was one step closer to the future "success", but Erebus still didn't really relax.

Although Ryan may have become stronger, he was not sure how much stronger he was.

The Lord of Darkness always made preparations for both situations. Compared with the uncontrollable Ryan, he also kept another plan in his mind.

How can a game of chess be won?

That is of course to jump out of the chessboard and ensure that no matter who wins, you are on the side of the winner.

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Mount Olympus.

The Queen of Heaven.

The fluctuation of the world's power is clearly visible to some people, but it is unaware of more people.

This is what Hera is like. Sitting on her golden throne, she did not consider things beyond her ability.

Ever since the Golden Apple Feast, Hera has been thinking about how to wash away her shame.

Zeus is hanging out with Ganymede, Hera knows it, but she is not in the mood to care about it now. Because not long ago, she finally made the final preparations.

"Aphrodite, are you sure there will be no problem?"

She spoke word by word, even though the relationship between the two was not good in the past, but in front of a bigger enemy, these can be temporarily put aside.

But compared to grudges, Hera is more suspicious of Aphrodite's ability.

Maybe it's a stereotype, but at least in her opinion, this so-called goddess of beauty with a high generation has only one face to look at. If she was not sure that the other party could not tolerate the shame of having words carved on her face, Hera would not cooperate with her at all.

"You don't need to worry about this. For this day, I have also made all preparations."

"Every one of them will pay the price for this!"

The marks on her face have basically disappeared, but Aphrodite still wears a veil.

There is no way... In many cases, the shadow in the heart is much deeper than the actual reality, and exists longer.

But the person who deserves to die is finally going to die. In today's world, quantity is much more useful than quality.