A Father's Farewell, a Daughter's Smile Is Tradition 1/4
Samael's fingers resting on Hades' shoulder conveyed a unique rhythmic etheric resonance. King of the Underworld's divine will followed a trace of this aura, and his pupils instantly reflected a scene that made his eyes widen in horror.
Above the leaden, Death Qi, a ferocious dragon, clutching his beloved wife Persephone, swept across the endless wilderness. Below, howling, shrill evil spirits brandished their claws, attempting to drag down the goddess, who was filled with intense malevolence.
"You should know what to do, Your King of the Underworld Hades?"
Behind Gu Shechong, amidst the stalemate on the battlefield, several strangely shaped shadows glanced over, their smiles conveying a meaning that was self-evident.
Hades, his face grim, bent his finger forward. After a slight ringing, the Underworld King's Sword was pulled into the air by its master's power.
King of the Underworld, who was being tortured by others, gritted his teeth and plunged his longsword into the ground, suppressing a chant from his mouth.
At this moment, red and black light patterns spread out, ripples spreading to the feet of the Titans and monsters who were fighting fiercely with the human Heroic Spirit. Hades turned the hilt of his sword in the opposite direction.
Instantly, hundreds of Divine Seal Puppet were pulled inch by inch into a deep vortex formed by the swirling red and black light patterns, as if they were trapped in a quagmire.
The roars were deafening, and monsters of all sizes slapped their claws, carving deep furrows in the ground.
But as the silver divine mark on their foreheads dimmed and their consciousness faded, they were dragged one after another into the endless Tartarus Dungeon.
Even the two powerful Hecatoncheires could not escape, and were eventually swallowed up by the spreading darkness.
As the battlefield fell silent, the pillar of ethereal light that had pierced the heavens and earth gradually extinguished. Just as the vortex on the ground was about to close, Samael did not forget to throw the amber containing the last giant Briareus, into it.
The longsword was drawn, and the red and black light patterns twisted and shattered, eventually dissipating and disappearing.
Hades' eyes blazed with fury as he glared menacingly at his powerful enemy, letting out a cold growl.
"Is that enough?!"
"Not enough! I want you to swear an oath to the Goddess of Oaths, promising not to assist Zeus and to refrain from interfering in the power struggles of the Olympus!"
Hearing this, King of the Underworld was even more furious. However, the moment he looked up, he seemed to realize something, his gaze froze, and he stared in astonishment at the green beam of light that was falling from the sky.
And this clear, cold female voice came from Queen Persephone, who was gracefully approaching with Olive Branch in hand.
Behind her, the once ferocious dragon shrank dramatically, transforming into a miniature form. It leaped onto the Queen of the Queen of the Underworld's shoulder, lazily licking its claws, appearing quite docile and harmless.
"My love, why do you stand with these rebellious gods against your father? Do you know what you are doing?"
Hades, regaining his senses, froze, his face filled with disbelief.
He never imagined that even his own wife, the Queen of the Underworld, would stoop to colluding with these foreigners.
"Father? I was just a tool he used to win you over. If it weren't for the intervention of the Goddess of Justice, I would have been deprived of even the four months I spent on the surface of the earth to reunite with my mother!"
Persephone gritted his teeth, filled with resentment.
Clearly, this Queen of the Underworld harbored deep resentment towards Zeus.
It makes sense, considering that during the War of the Old Gods, Zeus, in order to gain the support of the older twelve Titans, used his charm to seduce Demeter, the goddess of agriculture.
Persephone, the daughter, was born and grew into a beautiful young woman as she aged.
At this time, Zeus's lust and promiscuity had already been observed by Demeter, especially the way he looked at his daughter Persephone several times, which made Saturn feel uneasy and worried.
To prevent her daughter from falling into Zeus's clutches, Demeter hid her in a cave.
But Zeus, whose talent for infidelity was off the charts, still found this beautiful young woman and married her.
After being forced several times, Persephone gave birth to a son Zagreus with horns on his head.
Zagreus of the Olympian climbed Mount Olympus, sat on Zeus's throne, and waved Zeus's lightning with his small, tender hands. Zeus outwardly smiled and hinted that the child would inherit his throne.
However, Zeus, the King of Gods who was obsessed with power and cursed by the King of Gods, gradually developed malice towards this child.
Jealous Queen Hera instigated the Titans to raid Zagreus, thus disrupting the war.
The Titans reached the vicinity of Olympus unnoticed, easily seized Zagreus, the son of Queen of the Underworld, strangled and tore him to pieces, boiled him in a fire, and finally ate him.
If it weren't for Themis and Athena's kindness in rescuing her child's heart and taking it to Olympus in a small box, her son would probably have disappeared completely long ago.
Even so, Persephone begged her father Zeus to save the poor child, and Zeus's solution was to swallow his heart, thus preserving Zagreus's mind.
Later, Zeus fell in love with Semele, Princess of Thebes, and placed the mind of Zagreus into Semele's womb, thus giving birth to Dionysus, one of the twelve Olympus Twelve Olympians.
A flawed deity conceived by humans could not possibly pose a threat to Zeus's throne.
Persephone, who was constantly in tears, went to the valley to pick daffodils to clear her mind before she could reunite with her son. There, she was kidnapped by King Hades, who was overcome with passion.
The daffodil is a sacred flower representing the will of King of the Underworld, and Persephone violated a taboo without permission, which is why she was initially detained in Hades.
After losing her daughter, the Mother Goddess Demeter was deeply saddened and left Olympus to search frantically for her. Her disordered powers caused the plants on earth to wither and all life to disappear.
Seeing that things were spiraling out of control, her father Zeus finally remembered his so-called daughter and hypocritically sent someone to fetch her.
But by then, she had already consumed food from the underworld and was bound by the powers of the underworld.
Finally, Demeter, the mother, pleaded with Themis, and through the efforts of the Goddess of Justice, she was granted a four-month vacation to go to the surface of the earth and reunite with her mother.
Persephone, who had suffered many hardships, was no longer an innocent and naive girl.
Her son was killed, and she was banished to the underworld; these events were probably more or less related to her father, Zeus, the King of Gods.
Therefore, expecting Persephone and Zeus to actually have a loving and harmonious relationship is simply wishful thinking.
Just now, during the fierce battle between the two sides, Samael secretly released the Colchian Dragon, which, using the token of Mount of Ares, successfully abducted Persephone.
Queen of the Underworld, who had long harbored resentment towards Zeus, acted decisively and switched sides with the help of the Mount of Ares, immediately pressuring her husband Hades to reconsider his allegiance.
Even if she couldn't directly turn King of the Underworld, Persephone would still try to pull her husband off the throne so that he would remain neutral and not take sides.
"My love, he is still your father. If you betray him like this, no one will be able to bear the wrath of his might afterwards..."
Hades, with a touch of pathos, offered his bitter advice.
Of course, there was another reason why King of the Underworld was so humble: he was able to marry Persephone largely thanks to the help of his good brother.
Hades felt a little guilty about letting Zeus fall into crisis.
"Are you scared? You coward! If you don't agree, I'll fight him to the death on Mount of Ares!"
Having finally gotten her chance for Queen Persephone, was resolute. A cold smile appeared on her lips as she casually pointed at a handsome black-haired man with Serpent Eyes who was at the head of the group.
Samael's lips twitched, his expectant expression freezing, while he inwardly grumbled.
Why are you dragging me into your argument?