Chapter 253 Hades' Invitation
"laugh……"
The sharp blade of the double-pronged fork came to an abrupt stop, stopping an inch in front of the target's forehead, emitting a cold light.
Being so close to death, Loen's back was almost soaked with cold sweat.
But at this critical moment, the other party's patience was extremely limited. He did not have time to think too much. He immediately seized this slight chance of improvement and spoke solemnly.
"I am the Queen of the Underworld's servant. She has entrusted me to help Melinoe escape from the control of the goddess Hecate and take the princess out of the underworld. Your Majesty, I'm afraid you can't kill me."
Even after his identity was exposed, Hades' expression did not change at all. He just reached out his hand coldly.
"evidence……"
“Here!”
Loen quickly took out the Horn of Plenty from his arms. As the life artifact held by Persephone, nothing could better prove his close relationship with the Queen of the Underworld.
Sensing the remaining divinity on it, Hades frowned slightly and spoke in a low voice.
"Where's my daughter?"
"She is in a very safe place now. No one should be able to find her except me."
Lorne answered in a deep voice, his tone meaningful.
Hades heard the hidden meaning, his face turned cold and his eyes flickered sinisterly.
"Are you threatening me?"
"It's not a threat, it's just a confession."
Lorne spread his hands, looking innocent.
"I am standing right here, like a piece of fish on your chopping block. You can kill me anytime you want."
But then Loen changed the subject and spoke with a smile.
"But if you kill me, things may not end so well. Not only will you lose your daughter, but you will also lose your beloved wife. After all, if Her Highness Princess gets into an accident because of you, the Queen of the Underworld will probably never forgive you in her lifetime."
“…”
After a brief silence, the double-pronged fork in Hades' palm vanished and his arms fell.
Phew, I passed the level...
The shadow of death looming over his head disappeared, and Loen breathed a sigh of relief. He was extremely glad that he had kept a trick up his sleeve before setting off, and detained Melinoe in the Arima Crypt in case of any emergency.
Otherwise, he might have been torn into pieces by Hades right now.
Even if Melinoe was present, he might not be able to stop Hades' intention to kill and silence the witnesses.
Because, His Majesty the Pluto, like him, should not appear in the dream world in front of him at this moment!
Loen sneered secretly while secretly sizing up the Lord of the Underworld who had a gloomy expression.
The fact that Old Deng did not stay in his palace but suddenly appeared in the [Dreamland] might be related to the "secret" held by Hecate.
What he wanted to do, like Loen, was probably to master the secrets of the dream world and no longer be controlled by Hecate.
After all, if there was really a choice, who would want to be a cowardly king who couldn't even protect his own daughter and wife?
Damn it, I knew there wouldn’t be any truly honest people in the God King’s family!
At this moment, Loen, who was cursing in his heart, finally understood why there was no one guarding the Elysee Garden? Why was the [Real Door] leading to the dream world open? Why were neither the Dream Talking Gods nor the God of Sleep himself in the dream world?
Because he was not the first one to come in, someone had already made some arrangements in advance.
Obviously, the Hades also knew that the goddess Hecate was out for a banquet, so he secretly transferred three thousand dream gods and the god of sleep Hypnos and sneaked in.
With Hades himself leading the way, it would be strange if the journey wasn't smooth.
After Loen secretly complained about his own carelessness, he saw that Hades's expression seemed to have improved, so he asked cautiously.
"Your Majesty, if I may ask, have you not found 'that thing'?"
Hades glanced at Lorne, a hint of disdain flashing in his dark eyes.
"Do you think what you see is all there is?"
As he spoke, the Hades summoned a double-pronged fork, stabbed it into the ground, and turned it slightly. The divine symbols engraved on both sides of the blade lit up one by one. Purple-black light patterns spread rhythmically on the ground in ripples. The spiritual veins buried deep in the abyss suddenly became active and boiling. Pillars of etheric light gushed out from the magic array diagrams formed on the ground, penetrating the sky and earth of the dream world.
Buzz!
A ripple-shaped dark light pattern spread out in all directions with the artifact in Hades' hand as the core.
The ground beneath their feet melted away, revealing a "chasm" that led straight to darkness, revealing the true underground abyss beneath this dream world.
Lorne looked down and couldn't help but gasp, his face slightly frozen.
He finally understood the true scale of this dream world.
There were thousands of wide corridors made of dark volcanic rocks, crisscrossed and arranged in rows.
On both sides of the stone wall, dark caves like enlarged shrines were dug out at fixed intervals, and the exits were blocked by light screens woven with divine text.
On the inside, figures, some ferocious, some majestic, some gloomy, and some solemn, stood quietly there, like frozen sculptures, silent and dim. Some were even half turned into nothingness, sinking in the endless dark abyss.
Among them are defeated Titans, gods and monsters of various shapes, fallen and disappeared old gods, and ferocious and terrifying monsters...
According to a rough estimate, the number is at least tens of thousands!
Apparently, almost all the gods involved in the war between the old and new gods, the war with Typhon, and the old gods who disappeared after the change of the ages of gods were buried here.
Hades pulled out his double-pronged fork, and the ground gradually returned to its original state, hiding the "secret" again.
The streets and houses that were previously affected by the battle between the two were also restored, and the residents of the dream world continued to enjoy their paradise-like life with happy smiles.
Everything seemed as if nothing had happened.
Hades made the double-pronged fork in his hand invisible, glanced at the young man in front of him, was silent for a moment, and then spoke softly.
"I will do what I should do. There is no need for her to touch something that she cannot control..."
Obviously, the King of Hell took Lorne's infiltration as the intention of Persephone, the Queen of the Underworld.
Luo En nodded slightly and promised solemnly.
"Okay, I will convey your wishes and your love for Her Royal Highness the Princess to the Queen of the Underworld."
Having said that, he turned around and prepared to take the opportunity to slip away.
Things have developed to this point, far beyond my control. Staying any longer is meaningless and will only increase the risk.
However, just as Loen took a step, a low and cold voice came from behind him again.
"Wait, did I let you go?"
Loen's face changed and he subconsciously summoned [Goat].
"Bang!"
But the next moment, a familiar feeling of shock came from the back of his neck, and Loen's eyes went dark, and his consciousness fell into endless chaos.
(End of this chapter)
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