Greece brings evildoers

Chapter 219 Friends are currently committing crimes? (4.6k)

Seeing that her best friend actually came up with Lorne's idea, Thetis' expression changed, and she immediately stepped between the two of them, as if facing a formidable enemy: "I don't agree!"

Persephone smiled nonchalantly and lazily spread her hands: "Then there's nothing I can do to help."

"Your Highness, Queen of Hades, how about we change the deal and escape from Hades with us?" Lorne held Thetis' shoulders and walked forward with a smile, "How can such a lifeless ghost place be as beautiful as the human world? Colorful, when we get to the ground, we can walk in front of the stream, have a feast in the valley, or enter the human city and enjoy the smell of fireworks. I can stay with you for as long as you want, and no one will bother you. "

When Persephone heard this bold invitation, she was stunned for a moment, then raised her hand to lightly cover her lips and giggled.

"You are so bold, aren't you afraid that Hades will kill you?"

"You will protect me, won't you?"

Lorne blinked and a sincere and well-behaved smile appeared on his face.

Like a child who has gotten into trouble, seeking refuge from his mother.

In fact, Lorne didn't think that the Queen of Hades in front of him was looking for sex and had any evil thoughts towards him.

On the contrary, what Persephone represents is more like a closeness to something that is elusive and out of reach.

More precisely, the love between mother and son.

If I remember correctly, the predecessor of Dionysus, Zagreus, was the child of Persephone, Queen of the Underworld, and Zeus, King of Gods.

Even after going through the cycle of life and the replacement of souls, some indelible traces will still be left.

Perhaps Persephone sensed certain qualities in him and wanted to keep him in Hades to accompany her.

However, Persephone chuckled and waved her hand in response to Lorne's proposal.

"Forget it, this body has been integrated with the laws of the underworld. If I go out with you, I will be found sooner or later. I have no interest in accompanying you."

Immediately, the Queen of Hades pointed at the lingering death energy outside the garden, and looked at her former close friend Thetis with a smile. .

"Friendly reminder, it's best to make your choice quickly. If you delay it any longer, when 'him' comes, none of you can leave. I'm afraid you all have to stay with me."

"Can't you be accommodating? For the sake of the past..."

Thetis sighed, stepped forward and asked softly again.

"Or, should I stay here with you?"

Persephone raised her green-white index finger in front of her lips, making a forbidden gesture, and shook her head with a chuckle.

"That won't work. I'm only interested in him now..."

"Ok, I see."

Thetis nodded, and then as soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly rushed forward and grabbed her close friend's snow-white neck.

Lorne on one side followed up at the same time, rushing forward like an arrow, encircling Persephone with a double-teaming attitude.

This infiltration was originally a shady matter. If the two of them wanted to escape unscathed, they could not stay in the underworld.

Since soft words don't make sense, the only option is to be tough and control the Queen of Hades before Hades arrives to prevent the worst outcome.

The process went smoothly, with two hands clasping Persephone's neck and shoulders respectively.

However, in the face of being held hostage, Persephone smiled instead of getting angry and looked at the two people in front of her playfully.

"What? Do you think I'm just a vase in the underworld?"

Seeing Persephone's fearless appearance, Lorne felt a chill in his heart, and couldn't help but think of some rumors about the Queen of the Underworld.

To the ancient Greeks, after Persephone became the wife of Hades, the king of Hades, she changed from her former innocence to a ruthless and extremely terrifying person.

Persephone has great power in the underworld. She can command the demons and ghosts in the underworld and cut off the last connection between the dying and the living. At the same time, she is also the embodiment of dark magic and can ruthlessly destroy everything. Life is pulled into the embrace of the dark abyss underground, so people call the tomb "Persephone's chamber."

Gradually, the ancient Greeks did not dare to call him by his name, but were only willing to refer to another controller of the underworld as "Cole" (κρη, girl).

Another ruler of Hades? Could it be that……

Under Persephone's half-smiling gaze, Lorn felt a chill in his heart, and subconsciously tightened his fingers, trying to lock the opponent's shoulders.

However, the "Queen of the Underworld" in front of her turned into pink petals all over the sky, flying in all directions.

phantom? not good!

Looking at the pink in front of him, Lorne couldn't help but the alarm bells in his head rang loudly, and he immediately pulled Thetis' feet and retreated sharply.

But, it's too late.

Hundreds of emerald-green vines sprouted from the ground, climbing up the bodies and limbs of the two people like tangled snakes and pythons, binding them tightly.

"It's not that easy to hold me hostage."

Persephone played with a curved ram's horn in her hand that had a golden color and was engraved with intricate runes on the inside and outside, and walked from the shade in the distance.

"Horn of Plenty?"

Thetis's eyes fell on the golden ram's horn in Persephone's hand, and her expression changed slightly.

"You actually have this thing in your hands!"

Thousands of years ago, Zeus's mother, the second-generation Earth Mother Goddess Rhea, hid the infant Zeus in a cave in order to protect her sixth child Zeus from being devoured by her husband Cronus. Malthea cared for Zeus as an infant.

Amalthea is not only the suckling goat that feeds the milk of Zeus, but also an ancient deity who represents the fertility of the earth, possessing powerful earth divinity.

Later Zeus asked the god of fire Hephaestus to peel off its sheepskin and horns to make the aegis Aegis and the Horn of Plenty respectively.

In the end, the Aegis Aegis, which has the highest defense, was divided into two. One side belonged to Zeus, and the other side belonged to Athena, the goddess of wisdom.

One of the two horns of fertility is in the hands of Zeus, used to entertain the gods with banquets, and the other is in the hands of Demeter, the god of agriculture, symbolizing the inheritance of the mother goddess of the earth and the god of agriculture.

Unexpectedly, one of them actually fell into the hands of Persephone.

And judging from the divinity that controls plants, this should be the one in the hands of his mother Demeter.

The god of agriculture actually gave away all his original artifacts, and he really loved his daughter.

"More than that, I have more than that..."

As if she had read through her friend's thoughts, Persephone smiled and gently raised her hand.

The green vines that bound the two people withered instantly, and the accumulated rich death energy turned into gray-black ghost snakes, further tightening their limbs, and the scarlet snakes spit out in front of them, exuding a rich scent. The smell of blood and death.

As her mother, Demeter, the god of agriculture, gave her the blessing of life, and as her husband, Hades, the king of Hades, shared the authority of Hades with her.

Seeds, fertility, the underworld, death... these are all within the scope of this Queen of the Underworld's power.

Therefore, Persephone, who became the Queen of Hades, is no longer what she used to be.

"come over."

The goddess under the thick shade hooked her fingers forward, and the underworld snake formed by the condensed death energy dragged Lorne to Persephone, and hung her up in a humiliating "big" position.

Persephone stepped forward, lazily raised her arms, and her green-white fingertips slid across Lorne's face inch by inch, smiling and murmuring.

"Sneaking into the underworld with the intention of stealing the souls of the dead, and holding me hostage. These are first-rate felonies. What should I do with you?"

"Ahem, this is a misunderstanding. I can explain it. Why don't you let me down first?"

Lorne coughed and twisted, trying to regain the initiative.

"do not move!"

However, before he could think of the lines to deceive, Persephone's expression suddenly changed, and the hand that slipped to his chest pressed down immediately.

"Stab it!"

Along with the sound of tearing cloth, Lorne's chest felt cold, and his shirt turned into pieces and flew everywhere, exposing his toned and streamlined upper body.

Seeing her best friend actually doing such an ugly thing in front of her, Thetis felt very anxious.

"Persephone, you are crazy, stop it!"

However, before the sea goddess could continue scolding, the Queen of Hades in front suddenly raised her hand, and a vine whip that broke out of the ground hit Thetis on the back of the neck, knocking her out.

Seeing the Queen of the Underworld turn her faint gaze back to his naked upper body, Lorne felt a chill in his heart and couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

Is this going to...friends commit the crime?

Did I think wrongly?

Just when Lorne's confused mind almost turned into mush, a faint whisper came from his ears.

"The Wheel of Hecate..."

Persephone's cool fingertips lightly touched a ring-shaped black mark that appeared on Lorne's chest at some point, and her originally bright face gradually darkened.

"Did she find you again?"

"Hcate?"

Lorne subconsciously took over the words, his eyes flickering.

Based on the reaction of the Queen of Hades in front of her, it seems that her relationship with Hecate is not as close as the legend says.

Perhaps, this is an opportunity!

Lorne's heart moved to pretend to be sincere, and answered half-truthfully.

"She saved me, raised me, and taught me many things. She is half my mother and my teacher..."

"Teacher? Mother?"

However, these words somehow touched Persephone's back scale. The Queen of Hades murmured with a gloomy face, and then looked at Lorne who was hanging up in front of her with some hatred, and scolded angrily.

"How many more times will you fall for the same trick?!"

"?"

Lorne opened his mouth, and a trace of confusion appeared on his face at the right time.

Seeing this expression, Persephone suddenly lost interest. She waved her right hand easily, and the underworld snake that originally restrained Lorne suddenly turned into mist and dissipated.

"Listen, don't trust that woman!"

"You mean...Mr. Hecate?"

"That's right, everything she did was for herself!"

Persephone gritted her teeth and snorted, then stretched out her cold hands to hold Lorne's cheek, an indescribable sadness overflowing in her eyes.

"Listen to me, live well and don't do anything. Be it inevitable fate or accidental opportunities, these are things you cannot control. In their eyes, you are just a pawn..."

"..."

Lorne's face still maintained the confusion and confusion, but a hint of coldness gradually appeared in the depths of his eyes.

Sure enough, it was no accident that Hecate came to him.

Similarly, Boros who was never born, Zagreus who came back from the dead, Dionysus who came back from life and death... these are not accidents. They are all choices made by Hecate in order to challenge "inevitable fate" with "accidental possibility".

To be more precise, they are the chess pieces thrown on the chessboard and the chips thrown on the gambling table. With each fall of the dice, she wins the greatest benefit in the game with fate.

It was probably because he saw the shadow of his son Zagreus in him that the Queen of the Underworld was so rude and had such complicated emotions towards him.

Maybe, this is an opportunity...

Lorne's heart moved and he took the initiative to hold Persephone's hand. He looked sincerely at the secretly sad Queen in front of him and spoke sincerely.

"I don't know why, but when I see you, I feel like I'm seeing my mother."

"Your mother?"

"Well, she was very good to me, but she died very young."

Lorne nodded in reply, and then added somewhat sadly.

"I came to Hades this time to see her, but her soul no longer exists..."

Hearing this, Persephone looked at the orphaned young man in front of her, with deep pity and helplessness on her face.

The only thing that can destroy the soul is the gods.

Obviously, this child is still involved in the disputes between the gods in this life.

No matter how many times he repeated it or what changes he experienced, he could not break free from the shackles and curse of fate. He was thrown into the center of the whirlpool again and again until the "possibility" in him was completely wiped out.

At this time, Lorne touched the mark called "Hecate's Wheel" that appeared on his chest and took the initiative to defend the goddess of the moon.

"I know you have no ill intentions towards me, but I think the same goes for Teacher Hecate. She planted this curse mark on me, probably just to prevent me from dying in an unknown way like my mother, and to try to save my soul. ”

"madness!"

Persephone snorted, interrupting Lorne's defense, and glared at the "innocent" silly child in front of her.

"She is not trying to protect your soul, but she is coveting the [possibility] in you!"

As she spoke, Queen Ming's eyes filled with even stronger resentment.

"That woman wants to complete the integration of her own divinity, but she is afraid of the power of [destiny] and does not dare to try it herself. She just treats you who have [possibility] as a bargaining chip to leverage [inevitability], and takes you down again and again. Throw it on the gambling table, hope you blossom and bear fruit, and then let her reap the benefits!

The unborn Boros is like this, my little Zagreus is like this, and you..."

"Lorne, you can call me Lorne..."

"Is that your name?"

"Um."

Lorne nodded and looked at the Queen of Hades in front of him with sincere eyes.

"Although I don't quite understand what you mean, and I'm not sure whether Teacher Hecate will be harmful to me, but I believe you have no ill intentions towards me, because I feel a kind of warmth from my deceased mother from you."

As he spoke, Lorne's face showed a look of hesitation, and he spoke anxiously.

"If possible, can I call you - mother?"

After hearing this, Queen Ming couldn't help but be stunned for a while, she pursed her red lips tightly and fell into silence.

"Mother!"

Before the hesitation lasted long, a sincere cry broke the dead silence in the garden.

As this title was shouted out, Persephone's body trembled, she raised her head and looked at the sincere young man in front of her. She finally no longer suppressed her inner emotions, nodded slightly, and opened her red lips slightly.

"Buzz!"

Just as the mother and son in the garden were about to recognize each other, a deathly gray stream of light cut through the dim sky of Hades and rushed towards the green garden.

"He's coming! Let's go!"

Persephone's face changed slightly when she saw this, and she subconsciously pushed Lorne behind her.

At the same time, she casually broke off a golden branch in the garden, put it into Lorne's hand, and gave her solemn instructions.

"Take this and go along the river to find Charon. He will take you out of the underworld!"

It is mentioned in the poem "Aeneid" that Charon mainly transports the souls of the dead, but if a living person gets the golden branch broken off from the garden of Persephone, Queen of the Underworld, he will give it to the God of Styx. , you can send him to send you in and out of Hades.

Lorne looked at the [Garden Golden Bough] that was still warm in his hand, and the figure standing in front of him, activating the breath of life with all his strength, intercepting the death breath of the underworld, and seemed to understand something.

Perhaps, the Queen of the Underworld never intended to force the group of them to stay in the underworld.

All she has and reveals is a mother's longing for her dead son.

"I will be back!"

Lorne declared loudly, and after seeing the figure blocking the front visibly trembled, a bright and sincere smile appeared on his face.

"When I finish my work on earth, I will definitely come to Hades to see you! I swear to the River of Styx!"

"Still not leaving?"

The Queen of Hades in front raised her eyebrows coldly and waved her bare hands back.

Suddenly, a gray-black vortex formed under the four people's feet, instantly swallowing Lorne, Thetis, Sisyphus, and Adonis into it, and disappeared with the rhythm of the earth in a blink of an eye.