Soon, the light dissipated, and Hercules half-knelt on the ground as if he had collapsed, but even so, he did not fall down. He just relied on the giant sword to support him, breathing heavily.
However, White and others could clearly feel the difference in Hercules at this moment. His long hair that did not conform to the rules of physics and was windless automatically fell slowly, and the blood mist that filled his body gradually dissipated.
The surrounding Chars also gradually dissipated, and finally only the only Char was left.
He slowly stepped forward and stood beside Hercules.
Even though Hercules was half-kneeling at the moment, Char still looked like a dwarf standing beside him.
The figure of the demigod in front of him was simply too burly.
suddenly!
The moment Char approached him, Hercules launched an attack. His sword blade flashed through the air and slashed straight at Char's neck.
Just when everyone thought Char was going to separate the heads, the sword stopped just a few centimeters away from Char.
The strong wind caused Char's hair to fly.
Char's eyes did not change, and he didn't even hide. He just stared at Hercules quietly.
He slowly turned his head and looked at Xia Ya. His pupils were dark and slightly larger than those of a normal person, but very bright. They were no longer as crazy and filled with murderous intent as in the past.
Soon, Charia heard a very ancient language, ancient Greek, but Charia could really understand it.
"This shouldn't be a clone, right?"
His voice was very deep, as if he were speaking from a big bell.
Char shrugged, "Maybe."
Hercules exhaled a deep breath, then stood up slowly, looked around, then looked at the Titan's body not far away, and said.
"I killed Him sixteen times, He killed Him fifteen times, and I will kill Him more times in the future."
"Isn't it interesting to keep fighting in a place where you will never die?" Char said.
"It's interesting, but sometimes it's boring." Hercules said, "But... I have to fight, otherwise, the whole world will be destroyed."
Xia Ya's eyes flashed, "Here, there is a huge portal that connects the world, right?"
Xia Ya came to Hades a few years ago. At that time, his main purpose was to investigate things about Sissi, and he took a look at the ruins of different Hades.
But at the junction of Hades and the human world, he saw many mythical creatures that had passed away in mythology in the past.
They should have been in Hades or the Abyss, but they came to the junction and were waiting for the opportunity to go to the human world.
After he discovered this at that time, he also investigated the rest of the nodes in the world and found that there were more or less signs of looseness.
The evil ghost who originally attacked Longhu Mountain was able to escape successfully, partly because of Zhang Daoling's fate, and partly because of the loosening of the seal itself.
Char used to think that it was because he himself stirred up a whirlpool in this world.
But after chatting with Thanatos for a while today, he discovered that this change had already happened when he came to this world.
The foreseeable future is that many monsters may come out of Hades and come to the world.
However, the whole Hades is delaying this moment from happening.
So is this what will lead to that future?
Or a sign
Hercules raised his head and looked at Char, "I have never heard of a person like you, and I have never seen you in the abyss, but there is no reason for an existence like you to remain anonymous."
"I'm relatively low-key." Xia Ya said.
Hercules was speechless and just said, "Are you alive?"
Xia Ya nodded, and he looked at the three people looking behind him, "There is a wizard in the world who summoned Hydra from Hades to the world. They are here to seek your help."
"That thing is indeed difficult to deal with." Hercules nodded and said, "Immortality is troublesome, but as long as you know the weakness, it shouldn't be difficult. You should be able to deal with it, right?"
"Events in the world must be solved by humans themselves. In the future, they will encounter many more such things." Xia Ya said.
Hercules stared at Char for a while, then raised his hand, and a special bow-shaped mark appeared on the back of White's hand.
"This is the silver bow given by Apollo. It can help you kill the Hydra. The rest is up to you." Hercules turned his back to them and said.
"You're surprisingly easy to talk to." Xia Ya said.
"This is the reward of the victor," said Hercules.
With that said, he walked slowly towards the direction of the fog, and Char followed him. The other three people recovered from the mark on the back of White's hand and quickly got into the car controlled by Calcifer. Followed.
"I have another question to ask you." Xia Ya said.
He did not wait for Hercules to respond, but continued, "After you became Hercules, you were the guardian of the Olympus portal for a long time, until the fall of Olympus.
So, you should also know where this portal is now, right? "
Hercules stopped where he was, and turned to look at Char, "You want to go to Olympus?"
"Go and investigate something." Xia Ya said.
"It's a ruin," said Hercules. "There's nothing to see."
"I'm not here to see the scenery, am I?"
Hercules was silent for a moment, then turned around and continued walking deeper into the dark room, talking as he went.
"After Olympus fell, it first hit the world and created a huge hole in the Atlantic Ocean. As a result, the land plates began to change, and an extra piece of land appeared.
Then, it hit the underworld and finally fell into the abyss. "
"Abyss?" Xia Ya seemed to have thought of something and looked around, "Is it right here?"
"Right here." Hercules nodded, "That's why I ended up here."
Charia seemed to have thought of something and whispered softly, "So, the portal from the abyss to the human world was smashed out by Olympus?"
"Absolutely, but at least it directly connected Tartarus with the human world." Hercules said, "I guess even the God of Death above doesn't know this."
"He really doesn't know." Xia Ya said, "His original words were that in the long past, there was a big earthquake in Hades. Since then, all the doors to Hades have become loose."
"And because of this, something was awakened." Hercules murmured softly.
"What?"
"The one that Zeus used to seal here."
Char seemed to have thought of something, "The second-generation god-king, Zeus's father, Titan god-king, Cronus?"
As his words fell, the entire earth in the abyss began to tremble faintly. The earth cracked, magma burst out from it, and the sky gradually became dim.
Hercules slowly raised his head and whispered with deep eyes.
“He hears you calling Him”
"His body has been set up with multiple seals by the gods, but even so, there is still a part of him that can move and can drive the Titans in Tartarus.
He is the God of Time, who can see through your past and future at a glance, and is very good at confusing people.
Part of the reason why I was in that state just now was because of His influence.
He never gave up his goal of regaining the throne of God. After the fall of Olympus, his ambition grew wantonly.
Here I am, fighting Him for many years."
"You can go to Hades for help." Xia Ya said.
Hercules smiled disdainfully, "What is the use of a Lord of the Underworld who has slept for hundreds of years and has never been to the abyss since he came to power?"
Xia Ya shrugged, "That Great Death God does have some Buddhist qualities."
However, Xia Ya can understand that his experience has crushed his pride.
Of course, being imprisoned by the human being he despised the most was the next best thing.
The main reason is that the power displayed by the old man made him feel that there is an absolute power in this world that guides every move of all life, including gods.
Naturally, he does not know what fixed numbers are and what variables are.
In His eyes, everything is destined and nothing is meaningless.
This made him become very Buddhist, even dividing his divine power and letting others exercise his power on his behalf.
"The gateway to Olympus is near Cronus." Hercules said, "If you really want to go, you have to face that existence. Have you thought about it clearly?"
"This is the purpose of my coming here." Xia Ya said.
"Well," said Hercules, "you have saved me and brought me back to my senses, then I will grant your wish."
With that said, he continued to lead them through the wilderness, approaching the front of the dark storm. After the battle between Hercules and the Titans, the environment here was more complicated. White and others could not help but stop to drink some water from the Flame River.
They had heard many conflicting accounts of Tartarus. It is a bottomless abyss; it is a fortress surrounded by iron walls; it is nothing but an endless void.
One story describes Tartarus as the opposite of the sky—a vast, hollow, inverted dome of stone. This seems to be the most accurate description. If Tartarus is a dome, White speculates that it, like the sky, has no real bottom but is composed of multiple layers, each one darker and more sinister than the last. .
Even this doesn't fully describe the horror of this place.
They walked past a small bubble—a tumbling, translucent bubble the size of a carriage. Curled up in the water bubble is the half-formed body of a monster that resembles a flying dragon.
Hercules popped the blister without thinking. It emits steaming yellow slime like a fountain, and the monster inside melts away without a trace.
Tartarus is an ancient god, so these monsters should be the pimples on his body, White thought, and couldn't help but shudder.
Sometimes he wished he didn't have such a vivid imagination, because now he was sure they were walking on a living thing.
This whole twisted hell - domes, pits, whatever they call it - is the body of Tartarus, the oldest incarnation of evil, like Gaia, Tartarus, who occupies the face of the earth. Occupying an abyss.
"Here we are," said Hercules.
They followed Hercules' gaze and saw that at the end of a rocky road was a cliff, with the glow of magma under it.
On the opposite side of the cliff, an ancient giant was bound by many thick chains.
The chain should have a diameter of more than ten meters. It bound his arms, allowing him to hang in the air with his hands stretched out.
His size is very large, similar to the size of Taita just now, but the difference is that he has a pair of sharp long horns.
From here, only the upper body of this ancient god can be seen. His figure has a sense of power like an ancient Greek sculpture. Magma flows along his forehead and through every ravine of his body.
But what is really terrifying is the very unique aura that He exudes. It is like being in the void of the universe, surrounded by a void of darkness, with no distinction between up, down, left and right, and endless and vast fear swallows them up.
His eyes were closed tightly and he seemed to be sleeping, but even so, the breathing of White and others was somewhat stagnant.
"The seal is still very strong. Wait, don't look at Him." Hercules said, "He will see through your past and future and confuse you accordingly."
Xia Ya nodded, he turned back to look at White and the others, "You guys wait here."
Even if Xia Ya didn't say anything, they had no intention of moving on.
Facing such an existence, being able to stand here is already their limit. Even standing here is very reluctant for them.
Char and Hercules continued to move forward, and soon came to the edge of the cliff, where the view became even broader.
Below was a river of magma. The red lava exuded scorching temperature, and Char felt an obvious burning sensation.
The lute bones behind him were also pierced by iron rings and bound with chains.
However, he never took his eyes away from the Titan. The power of destiny he possessed was simply too huge.
The power that Char felt in the abyss before should have come from him.
In that case, Xia may have some intuitive understanding of why He is here.
It seemed that Xia Ya's sight woke him up, and he suddenly opened one eye.
His eyes are very special, like a whole river of stars flowing through them. Staring into that eye, it's like staring into the night sky.
His voice came from that huge body, and it was still in ancient Greek, but both Char and the magicians behind him could understand it.
"Son of Zeus, I feel the death of Cleos. Although his power is gone, it is really amazing that you can fight him to this point.
At least, he is much more powerful than your brother. He has more distracting thoughts and is not pure."
He stared at Hercules, as if he had discovered something, and a little surprise flashed through him.
"Have you come out of that anger yourself?"
"I said I would never be consumed by anger," said Hercules.
Cronus said nothing, just looked at Char, his pupils moved up and down to look at him.
“I didn’t expect that such a shabby place would have guests come to the door.
Son of Zeus, won't you introduce your friends? "
His voice was very deep, like standing inside a big bell and speaking, and it had a feeling of ringing deep in the soul.
The bodies of White and others behind him were slightly tense. Just hearing some sounds gave them a sense of fear of being surrounded by darkness.
"Ignore Him."
With that said, Hercules was about to take Char and leave here.
"Are you so afraid of me? Son of Zeus." Cronus said with some teasing, "Aren't you fearless?"
Hercules ignored his meaning and just looked at Char.
But Xia Ya never took a step forward, she just stood on the ground and stared at that eye quietly.
Cronus also slowly opened his mouth, and magma poured out from the gap in the corner of his mouth.
"At least your friends are more courageous than you."
As His words fell, the stars in that eye began to flow.
And Char's past was gradually revealed in his eyes. He saw what happened to Char in the abyss, and saw his exchange with Thanatos.
But the information was of no use to Him.
He began to increase the output of divine power, and the flow of time was also rapidly accelerating at that time. He needed to find his origin.
However, when time went back to the human world, I don't know if I used too much force, but time made a big jump at that moment.
He saw a very old house with dust and stains everywhere.
The blizzard outside the window was beating furiously against the window. In the corner of the room was a furnace burning firewood.
In front of the furnace, an old man sat there. The old man was hunched over and looked like an ordinary old man.
Suddenly, the old man seemed to notice something. He slowly turned his head and looked behind him.
Those turbid and old eyes seemed to have crossed the boundaries of time and space, and looked at Cronus.
Those were a pair of eyes that had deeply entered Cronus' mind in the past.
At that moment, Cronus's pupils shrank to a point.
He suddenly cut off the time retrieval, looked at Xia in horror, and let out a slightly harsh and uncertain howl.
"It's you!!!!!"
(End of chapter)
