Chapter 222 Typhon, huh? Your wife is gone!
"Thanks, old man..."
After luckily escaping with his life, Sisyphus leaned against the stone wall, patted his chest with lingering fear, and sincerely thanked his temporary teammates around him.
Although this guy has a lot of bad intentions and seems to always want to sell him out.
But every time at a critical moment, this guy was unexpectedly reliable and saved him from danger again and again.
I don’t know whether this is a grudge or a favor.
At this time, Loen had no time to care about Sisyphus's complicated feelings. He looked at the figure standing in the center of the cave from a distance, with a hint of surprise in his eyes.
Medusa?
No, that's not right!
Soon, Loen observed carefully, shook his head decisively, and overturned his thoughts.
The half-human, half-snake female figure in the cave is not exactly the same as Medusa in terms of facial shape and body shape, with the similarity being only 30% at most.
Specifically, she has a higher coverage rate of scales, pointed ears, spotted skin, and retains more snake-like features. Rather than being a god, she is more like an incomplete monster, and her temperament tends to be more gloomy.
What’s more important is that she is not a living person, but just a wandering ghost.
Loen looked up at the half-human, half-snake white skeleton in the corner of the cave. Combining it with the legend of the Alima Crypt, he already had a rough guess about the identity of the soul in front of him.
"Cerberus, silly boy, I told you not to come again, He will kill you!"
Along with a faint sigh, a hint of helpless anger flashed in the eyes of the half-human, half-snake ghost.
The three-headed hellhound whined and hung its head, looking frustrated like a child who had done something wrong.
"Don't blame Cerberus. He is also worried about your safety. A child's attachment to his mother should not be criticized so harshly."
Loen touched the head in the center of the hellhound and walked forward to persuade it with a smile.
"Well, he's a good kid, I never doubt that."
The half-human, half-snake ghost nodded, then looked carefully at the strange visitor in front of him, with a hint of vigilance in his eyes.
"Why do you have the aura of my three daughters on you?!"
"Well..."
Luo En did not answer directly, but looked somewhere behind him.
Suddenly, Sisyphus, who was huddled in the corner, was startled and began to beg with a sad face.
"Brother, I know the rules, but you guys are too harsh. Can I do it myself this time?"
As he said this, he decisively picked up a stone from the ground and knocked out Adonis, who was confused, with lightning speed. Then he gestured to his head and made a solemn promise.
"Don't worry, we promise we didn't hear anything, anything..."
"Bang!"
However, before he could finish his words, Sisyphus groaned and fell straight down.
Thetis retracted her arms that were across her back, then skillfully swung her hands to cast seventeen or eighteen spells of suppression, coma, and restraint, and spoke calmly.
"I was afraid he would pretend to faint."
“Well done!”
Lorne gave a thumbs up to show his approval and pointed at Adonis standing beside him.
"Remember to give him some too."
Thetis readily agreed to Lorne's suggestion and followed suit to finish off the unconscious Adonis.
After confirming that the hidden dangers in the surroundings had been eliminated, Loen turned his head and gave a warm and friendly smile to the half-human, half-snake shadow in the cave.
"Don't worry, Medusa and the other three are fine, and have all been elevated to gods."
As he spoke, Loen handed the bronze elephant emblem stained with the divinity of the Gorgon to the half-human, half-snake undead as proof.
After carefully sensing it, the half-human, half-snake undead finally breathed a sigh of relief. The hostility towards Loen and the others in his eyes gradually faded, and he sighed embarrassedly.
"Among these children, they are the most stubborn. They must have caused you a lot of trouble, right?"
And when it comes to the three Medusa sisters, there is no sense of eeriness on those illusory scaly faces, but rather a touch of gentle motherhood.
Lorne shook his head slightly, a gentle and intimate smile on his face.
"No, Lady Echidna, they helped me a lot."
Echidna, the Snake Mother, is one of the famous nymphs mentioned by Hesiod in Theogony:
"Echidna, the violent goddess, whose upper body is a nymph with slanting eyes and white cheeks, and whose lower body is a huge snake; huge and terrible, with spotted skin, she eats raw meat and lives underground. Here she has a cave, which is located under a hollow stone, far away from the place where immortal gods and short-lived mortals live. Here the gods have arranged a home for her, and she guards Arima underground; terrible Echidna, a nymph who is eternally young..."
However, compared to herself, the gods and monsters she and the Demon Ancestor Typhon gave birth to are more famous.
Ladon, the hundred-headed dragon guarding the Golden Apple Garden, the Colchis dragon guarding the Golden Fleece, and the legendary twin dragons of Troy;
Cerberus, the three-headed dog of Hell that guards the gates of Hades, the nine-headed Hydra that caused the deaths of countless heroes, and the Nemean Lion killed by Hercules;
The Caucasian condor that ate Prometheus' liver, the Sphinx that solved the classic puzzle, and the Harpy on the sea;
And the three Gorgon sisters who were originally persecuted on the Invisible Island and who, after going through many hardships, were promoted to become the subordinate goddess Athena...
All of the above are descendants of the Demon Ancestor Typhon and the Snake Queen Echidna.
That's right.
The ghost in front of him was actually the biological mother of the three Gorgon sisters and Lorne's nominal mother-in-law.
The reason why Cerberus was so kind and obedient to him was probably because of the aura of the three Gorgon sisters, who identified him as one of their own kind and wanted to come to this cave together to meet their mother Echidna.
But judging from the current situation, the mother-in-law's situation does not seem to be very good.
"Medusa and the others rarely tell me about family matters, so I'd like to ask, what's going on with you?"
Loen glanced at the half-human, half-snake skeleton in the cave and asked in a deep voice the reason.
"It was the hundred-eyed giant Argus who killed my body while I was dormant..." Echidna sighed, and spoke without hesitation about how she suffered.
"Because of the Battle of Typhon?" Lorne asked tentatively.
Echidna nodded and recounted the past in a bitter tone.
In order to gain eternal kingship, Zeus swallowed his wife Metis to prevent the birth of an heir. He also ordered the Olympian gods to launch a flood to destroy the golden generation of mankind, repeatedly violating the laws of life.
The series of perverse actions eventually led to the wrath of Gaia, the Earth Mother.
So she entered the hell of Tartarus, extracted the power of death and nothingness from this ancient abyss, combined it with her own creative power, and gave birth to Typhon, the ancestor of all demons who represented destruction.
As time matured, Typhon's body finally broke free from the shackles of the abyss, climbed to the surface, led a large number of gods and monsters, attacked Olympus, and started a great war with the gods.
Although the king of gods Zeus successfully defeated this powerful enemy and sealed his remains and soul back into the abyss of Tartarus, the king of gods was afraid of Typhon's power and was even more afraid that Typhon's descendants would become a threat to Olympus in the future.
Therefore, Olympus sent the hundred-eyed giant Argus to secretly kill the snake mother Echidna.
After being persecuted, some of Typhon's descendants fled to various parts of the world; others chose to surrender, were branded, and were sent to various places to serve the gods.
The three Gorgon sisters who fled to the Invisible Island belonged to the former; Cerberus, who guarded the gate of the underworld, belonged to the latter.
Fortunately, although the body of the snake mother Echidna was destroyed, her soul was fortunately preserved.
And because she was nourished by the deathly aura of the underworld deep in the Arima Crypt, her soul gradually stabilized, retaining her original sanity and not falling into eternal sleep.
Later, Cerberus, as her son, sensed his mother's breath and often went deep into the crypt of Arima to visit Echidna and relieve the loneliness of the snake mother.
With the company of her child, Echidna, who had turned into a ghost, could comfort herself and continued to stay deep in the Arima Crypt.
However, the good times did not last long. As time went on, strange changes continued to occur underground.
——Typhon, who was once thrown into the abyss by Zeus, seems to be showing signs of waking up.
——And, He was extremely thirsty for life and food.
Luo En couldn't help but frowned when he thought of the bloody scene in the corridor before.
"So, He really wanted to kill Cerberus just now?"
In response to Lorn's confusion, Echidna sneered as usual, "There is no extra warmth in the wilderness. For most gods and monsters, the weak are food. Moreover, these children have the divinity of Typhon. He has just shown signs of revival and urgently needs to be replenished with the same source of power..."
After listening to his mother-in-law's narration, Loen roughly understood the nature of his "father-in-law".
The snake mother Echidna also took care of the three Gorgon sisters and other Typhon's descendants to some extent, playing the role of a mother and retaining basic warmth.
But the demon ancestor Typhon, who was born from destruction, was cruel and tyrannical. He sowed his seeds arbitrarily just to vent and reproduce. He did not understand or care about the affection of offspring.
Therefore, Echidna always called Typhon by his name instead of referring to him as her husband.
Obviously, just like in nature when male animals monopolize female animals for mating, there is no so-called affection between the two parties at all.
The snake mother Echidna was really unlucky. Not only was she forced upon by the tyrant, but she was also targeted by the Olympian gods because of the mess left by Typhon, and she even lost her life.
Now, the resurrected monster king is eyeing his blood relatives again. It would be strange if the snake mother Echidna would be nice to Typhon.
"So you could become His food?"
Loen thought of the giant beast bones piled in the deep pit and the dragon head that was just beginning to take shape, and couldn't help but worry about his mother-in-law.
"I've died once, so I'm not afraid of dying again." Echidna shook her head calmly, looked gently at Cerberus and Lorne in front of her, and patiently advised, "You should leave as soon as possible and don't come here again. It's not safe here."
Luo En thought of the three Gorgon sisters at home and took the initiative to say: "I can take you with me!"
"I understand your good intentions, but it's useless." Echidna once again declined Lorn's kindness and explained helplessly, "After Argos killed me, he threw my bones into the underworld in case of an emergency. For a long time, both my body and my soul have been completely immersed in the deathly aura of the underworld. It is impossible for me to leave here."
Loen smiled slightly, took out the Horn of Plenty and the purple-red bottle with the label of elixir of immortality, and spoke leisurely.
"What if I can use the vitality of all things to wash away the dead air in your bones and soul, and use the magic medicine to rebuild your body?"
“……!”
Echidna was startled, and a glimmer of hope was rekindled in her eyes that had been as dead as ash.
As long as there is hope, no one can refuse the opportunity to live, and neither can she.
Seeing the mother-in-law's excited expression, the corners of Loen's lips curled up in joy.
In the future, Hungarian mythologist Káreni Károly speculated based on the decoration of an ancient vase that Echidna might have been the patron saint of grape cultivation.
In other words, the divinity of him, the god of wine, and that of the snake mother Echidna are similar to each other, and it seems that he can have an extra position as a subordinate god.
More importantly, as long as he can win over his mother-in-law, the descendants of Typhon scattered around the world may be able to help him to pry open Olympus!
This is a potential force that even Zeus is wary of, so don't miss it.
As his emotions surged, Loen recalled the Demon Ancestor who had almost eaten them as a snack just now, and sneered with malice.
Typhon, huh? Your wife is gone!
(End of this chapter)
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