[Greek Mythology] Father of the Earth

Under the close supervision of Tartarus, since Poseidon left, Pluto has not stepped out of the Pure Land of Elysium. He stands on the bank of the River Styx next to the palace every day. In the brocade oil painting, every figure is lonely.

This is his Hades, but not his Hades.

If the whole world knows the gods of Hades best, it must be the Pluto condensed from memory in the illusion. Tartarus decided to let him assign the third task after pondering for a moment.From beginning to end, Pluto is naturally tested by Pluto, like a kind of inheritance that transcends time and space.

"It's almost there." Gaia glanced back at the changes in Hades, and felt that there was no need to procrastinate.

The chaos in the underworld was calmed down with the participation of the testers, the balance between the abyssal monsters and humans was gradually controlled, and the number of human beings died increased sharply, so that the densely populated scene before finally no longer existed.On the River Styx, Poseidon and Charon drove two small boats that could accommodate a large number of people, chatting every day to send the undead to the other side.

In Hades Hall, Cronus finished the official duties squeezed by Hades, and by the pool of reincarnation, Iapetos purified the resentment of the undead, and Coos won a terrible number of undead for Iapetos, making every hour Undead who are unwilling to reincarnate are gathered every moment.Then, with the cooperation of the Hades, he cleanly eliminated these humans who were occupying the territory of the Hades.

With free time, Hades bowed his head and stood in front of the endless hell, listening to the wailing of the undead.They use the most essential pain to express their remorse for sin and their desire for life.

However, in the cycle of life and death, how can these human beings be allowed to disrupt the arrangement of the world because of their own private thoughts.

While understanding this point, all the testers have realized the responsibilities of Pluto’s position. It can’t be done without strong means, it can’t be done without strong power, and it can’t be done without decisive judgment and appeal. It is even more difficult to divide the labor.

At this moment, Tartarus erased all the pictures, and Gaia sat upright on the throne, and together with the gods, they saw the long-curated Pure Land of Elysium reappear.

The Pluto in the picture moves away and walks towards the entrance of hell in a faraway place.

Sensing the master's coming, Cerberus, the three-headed dog guarding the gate of hell, raised his head, and barked proudly.It was telling its owner that during this period of time, no undead had been allowed to break the rules, and there was no entry or exit here because of its guards.

"Very good." Pluto touched one of its heads with a calm tone.

The three-headed dog was very happy, and the other two furry heads approached Pluto's palm as if competing for favor, rubbing and rubbing.

Pluto didn't continue to tease the pet dog, and then he began to fulfill his obligations in the illusion.Standing straight by the gate, he used the power of Hades to say to outsiders in the entire underworld: "Five gods who participated in the trial, you must come to me before the rise of the moon, and start the last round of Hades trials." .”

No matter what they were doing in the illusion, all the testers stopped their hands, and they were surprised to hear this sentence.

The trial is coming to the end?

But the last task of Pluto's trial was actually presided over by Pluto in the illusion?

Not understanding the reason why the God of the Abyss ordered this trial, the other trialists were either nervous or surprised, and rushed to the gate of hell.Only Cronus's eyes flickered, and he was annoyed that he had replaced Pluto's position to handle official duties. In this way, no king would be happy.

Without time for him to think too much, Cronus reluctantly left the throne of Pluto. When he walked out of this magnificent palace, he couldn't help but look back at the place where he lived temporarily for the past six months.

——The Hall of Hades.

The words engraved on it were dark and cold, and the strong power of death rushed towards his face, which made his mind suddenly freeze. He could no longer see the glitz and beauty in it, and only felt that the coldness of the entire underworld was gathered here.

Feeling tight in his heart, Kronos left without looking back.

When they reached the entrance of hell, Poseidon, who was closer than them all, came a step ahead, but screamed again.He widened his blue pupils, pointed at Pluto in disbelief and said, "You! Are you Pluto?"

Charon, who accompanied him, rolled his eyes and said contemptuously, "You are also a god anyway, so don't be so rude to His Majesty."

Pluto ignored their conversation, and the coercion at three meters around him was extremely strong, making Poseidon, who wanted to lift his hood, breathless, and the impulse brought by the shock was suppressed.His elder brother would not warn him with supernatural power, nor would he smile so earnestly that his whole body was cold to the bone, as if he had stood on this scorched black earth for thousands of years.

Before the moon rises, Hades is the last god to come to the gates of hell.

Seeing the elder brother he was really familiar with, Poseidon rushed towards him with tears in his eyes, and could only admit in shame that he recognized the wrong god.

"What's wrong?" Hades was a little puzzled, and let him hug him.The unhappiness in Poseidon's heart disappeared, and the temperature on his brother's body was much warmer, unlike that Pluto who was cold and stiff.

"Brother, his face under the hood is exactly like yours."

This sentence was said in an extremely secretive way, even the gods watching from outside the illusion didn't know what Poseidon just said.Believing that his younger brother would not lie to him, Hades fixed his eyes and seriously looked at Pluto standing at the gate of hell.

And Pluto felt his gaze, and under the hood, the faintly visible lips curled up.

As mysterious as ever.

Hades took a deep breath, and could no longer ignore this strange familiarity.But he knew that he couldn't talk about this matter at a critical time, just like Poseidon only dared to tell him quietly, for fear of affecting the result of this Pluto trial.

"Now that you are all here, the Pluto trial begins."

A few simple syllables turned into words that made the nerves of the gods tense. Pluto cut to the chase without any nonsense, facing the three generations of gods, he continued: "My trial is not complicated, I want you to become stiff. The stone statues, stay immobile in the place where the undead gather the most, and after three days, see whose stone statue is the least destructive."

It sounds so simple -

This was the first impression of the gods inside and outside the illusion, and when they thought deeply, the faces of the testers changed.

What they did during this time, they knew in their hearts.

Outside the illusion, the gods began to discuss, "What kind of trial is this?" "What if the stone statue is smashed by mortals?" "Do the undead of human beings know that the stone statue was transformed into a god?"

All kinds of questions kept coming, and Tartarus, who was the final conclusion, didn't realize it, and acquiesced to Pluto's arrangement.This trust in Pluto made Gaia look sideways, feeling slightly uncomfortable.Putting aside this weird emotion, Gaia said: "I suggest that you double the pain, so that these trialists can experience the cruelty of a trial firsthand."

Yes, he felt that the trial was too easy, and there wasn't even a winner who overwhelmed the whole field.

"Okay." Tartarus closed his eyes and replied.

Although Tartaros couldn't bear to see Hades and Poseidon inside, but this kind of intolerance was not worth mentioning in front of the importance of Hades' position.It was precisely because he wanted Pluto to meet his expectations that he opened this half-year-long Pluto trial.

The last trial began, and five pale stone statues were lined up on the banks of the River Styx, the place where the human undead were densest and waiting to board the ship.

The Styx ferryman smiled and walked around them, then returned to the boat with the oars on his shoulders.

He has an attitude towards humans, this thing has nothing to do with him.

Seeing the large number of human undead, Tarsus shuddered in the imaginary realm. Fortunately, he withdrew from the trial early, otherwise, judging from his preference for demons and thus killing humans in the River Styx, he would not have been smashed There are ghosts in every piece of shit.Sure enough, as Tarsus expected, the human undead first stopped curiously near the stone statue, pointing and discussing.

Immediately afterwards, human eyes focused on the handsome face of the stone statue, admiring the craftsmanship of this 'carving'.

"It's the new Styx ferryman!"

Suddenly, a human stared at the stone statue of Poseidon in surprise and said.

Poseidon was so frightened that he wanted to shrink his shoulders, but his petrified body fixed his movements and he couldn't move.Human beings are always vengeful creatures. When everyone saw the stone statue of Poseidon, they immediately remembered what the ferryman of the River Styx had done in the past six months.There were those who hated him for collecting silver coins, and those who praised him for helping to cross the river. All kinds of voices began to appear beside the Styx.

Soon, the stone statue of Poseidon was destroyed by some people.

Trembling pain came.

Poseidon, who had never suffered before, wanted to cry out, but his words were forbidden. He could only watch helplessly as those who hated him beat his stone statue, and those who admired him spoke out to defend his stone statue.

Poseidon can be treated like this, but other gods are not much better.The faces of Iapetus and Coos are recognized one after another, then Hades in the trial, and finally Cronus.Obviously Cronus rarely appeared in front of the human undead, but the damage he suffered was not light.

And the reason is——

"The first few are all from Hades, I don't believe this is not!"

"Yeah, with such a handsome face, it is probably as hateful as those high gods."

"Don't talk nonsense, I've seen the stone statues before, and they've helped us humans, but I haven't seen this one at all, and they must have never done anything in Hades."

Kronos's veins are popping out, being slandered is nothing, but the reason for destroying the stone statue makes his teeth itch.