Chapter 214 Do You Think the Underworld is Your Back Garden?

After a day of hustle and bustle, the Field of Truth was completely silent. The gentle breeze brought a touch of comfort, and the ghosts' screams and howls gradually stopped.

At this time, in the backyard of the court.

An old man and a young man sat at a round stone table, drinking from each other and chatting about past and present events in a harmonious atmosphere.

"Ariadne and Phaedra are alright?"

"Thanks to you, they are all doing well. They have successfully integrated into Athens with their people and continued the flame of Crete."

"Where are my sons?"

"The eldest and second princes have taken root in their new territories, but there is no news about the others."

"Well, as expected..."

King Minos nodded, without much sadness on his face.

He did everything he could and gave everyone a fair chance to choose.

As for the outcome, that is their own future to decide. There is no need for him, a dead man, to worry about the living.

After a few brief greetings, the old man looked at the clerk in front of him and got down to business.

"So, why did you end up in the underworld?"

"Aphrodite, the goddess of love, sent me to take away the soul of her lover Adonis."

Loen didn't shy away from the question and answered with a smile, secretly putting the blame on the client.

King Minos' face turned serious when he heard this.

"Privately releasing the dead souls and defying life and death is a serious crime!"

"As long as I haven't been caught, I haven't done it."

Loen blinked and looked at the underworld judge with a smile.

"So, can you tell me where Adonis's soul was exiled?"

"impossible!"

King Minos refused righteously, then flipped through the large black-covered book in his hand and reiterated it solemnly.

"I will never tell you that heroes, demigods, and the Immaculate Souls of Gods will basically enter the Garden of Elysium and enjoy eternal peace."

"That's a pity..."

Lorne shook his head helplessly, but the smile on his face grew even wider.

"Okay, then I won't ask anymore. You should at least tell me how to get out of the underworld, right? As long as a living person like me stays here for one day, it would be a destruction and blasphemy to the order of the underworld!"

"Of course, it's my duty."

King Minos nodded, dipped his finger in the wine, and sketched the rough lines and outlines of the underworld area on the stone table.

"Starting from the Garden of Truth, after arriving at the Garden of Elysium, you can use the Styx to reach the edge of the underworld. There is a crypt called [Arima], which can bypass the underworld guards in front and reach the surface directly."

"The Land of Arima?"

Following the reminder from King Minos, Loen suddenly remembered the origin of this place.

Legend has it that after the god-king Zeus defeated the demon Typhon, the place where Typhon fell was called the Land of Arima. It was from here that it broke free from the shackles of the abyss and came to the surface.

Hesiod's Theogony also mentioned that the residence of the snake mother Echidna is far away from the immortal gods and all mortals. It is a deep cave called Arima, which is another door to the underworld.

Very good, now we don’t even have to go through the trouble of breaking out from the front.

Sure enough, the move made by Hades before was correct!

Loen muttered secretly in his heart, and at the same time memorized the circuit diagram on the table firmly in his mind. Then he raised his hand to wipe away the wine stains on the table to eliminate the unfavorable evidence of collusion between insiders and outsiders.

After finishing, Loen solemnly toasted King Minos and stood up from his seat.

"Well, I'll take my leave now and not disturb you from continuing your trial."

"Then it seems that I will be able to review your case soon..."

King Minos twirled his wine glass and added calmly.

"Hypnos, the god of sleep, the three dream gods, and the three goddesses of vengeance are all waiting for you outside."

“Ahem…”

Loen coughed violently and quickly put down his wine glass, looking stunned.

"The Furies? The three that live on the primordial ocean?"

"That's right."

"Aren't they in league with Eris? Why are they working in the underworld?"

"Of course it's all thanks to Lady Hecate."

King Minos answered seriously and briefly told Loen about the three sisters' job experiences.

Not long ago, Hecate, who was commissioned by Hades to go to the earth to investigate the imbalance of life and death, encountered obstruction from Eris, the goddess of discord, and the three goddesses of vengeance at sea.

The two sides fought fiercely, and finally Eris was plucked of all her feathers and fled.

The three goddesses of vengeance, who ran slowly, were restricted by Hecate and thrown into the underworld to serve. They are currently responsible for guarding the border of Tartarus and torturing the souls of sinners.

After listening to King Minos' explanation, Loen couldn't help but want to laugh.

Although he guessed that Eris would be badly beaten by Hecate, he didn't expect it to be so miserable.

Not only was he beaten up and plucked out of his feathers, but even the allies he had managed to win over were recruited by the underworld...

Tsk tsk, who would have thought that during the Titan War, this lady could jump back and forth in the battle between the two major pantheons of Olympus and Oetrys?

Now, he has fallen into such a state that even the last bit of his family assets has been squandered.

Others stir up trouble in order to gain profit from the chaos, but she is different. The more trouble she stirs up, the more miserable she becomes.

Hehe, I felt great chasing you before, didn't I? Without the support of the Three Furies, wait until the next time we meet, and see how I'll deal with you!

Lorne sneered gloatingly as he sat down again and refilled the wine glasses for himself and King Minos.

Since the three goddesses of vengeance and the god of sleep are waiting for him outside, he definitely cannot go out of this door.

At present, he can only hide in King Minos's house and avoid the limelight for the time being. He can consider escaping after the defense outside is relaxed.

But since he was in no hurry to leave, he had a question that he wanted to solve while he had the chance.

Loen drank a glass of wine, considered his words for a moment, and asked in a deep voice.

"I also want to check the information of another person after his death."

"Do you think the underworld is your backyard?! Do you want to check it out alone? Such secrets can only be found in the central library of the Inquisition. Don't think I will let outsiders in!"

King Minos snorted coldly with a straight face, then glanced at Loen's serious expression. After a pause, he put down the wine glass, muttered, and lay on the stone table.

"I'm old now, I really can't drink too much..."

As the snoring became louder, a bronze elephant emblem engraved with intricate runes rolled down from his waist.

Loen immediately understood, bent down to pick up the bronze elephant emblem from the ground, and under the cover of darkness, quietly moved towards the central library.

Since the Hades Court was in its infancy, its guards were basically all the God's Blood Guards who had died with King Minos in the Battle of Crete. Therefore, Loen's infiltration was unimpeded.

Soon, he arrived at the door of the Central Library and placed the bronze elephant emblem into the groove of the door and turned it.

After a moment, streaks of light lit up and the door opened.

Loen carefully took off the elephant emblem, went through the door, and looked up at the metal modules that were constantly changing in size and shape.

The construction style here is similar to the Temple of Memory he had visited. Apparently, the goddess of memory Mnemosyne also contributed to the construction of the Central Library of the Underworld.

No wonder she has a place in the underworld in some mythological records.

This result also made it convenient for Loen to access the documents.

"Semele..."

He silently recited the faded name in his mind and placed his hand on the bronze wall where the metal module was stored.

However, after waiting for a long time, there was no response from the dull and cold bronze wall.

Not found...

"What does it mean that it can't be found?"

Loen returned to the round table, put the bronze elephant emblem back, filled King Minos's wine glass, and asked in a deep voice.

The old man opposite yawned, stood up as if waking up from a dream, and spoke lightly.

"Death is not the end. Chaos and nothingness are the origin of all things. Only the soul of the Lord God has true [immortality]..."

"I see."

Luo En nodded, and the glimmer of hope in his heart was shattered.

Sure enough, since His Majesty the God King has chosen to take action, he will not easily leave hidden dangers.

King Minos didn't say much, nor did he ask any more questions. He just stood up and poured a glass of wine for Loen himself.

"Dry!"

Loen raised his glass happily and drank the blood-red wine in one gulp, the coldness in his eyes intensified.

It seems that it is not easy to reunite you and your wife, Your Majesty the God King.

(End of this chapter)