Greek Mythology: Evolution from the Gargoyle

"Huh... I had a really comfortable sleep this time."

Hazy, Yang Qi opened his eyes and felt that every cell in his body was full and very comfortable.

"Where is this?"

Yang Qi felt that he was being hugged by a pair of warm hands.

He raised his head and saw that it was the Queen of Hades, holding him in her arms.

Yang Qi felt a little shy for a moment. He tried all his strength to break free from the clutches of the Underworld Queen, but his limbs were numb and he was hugged tightly.

"Are you awake, baby?" came the faint divine voice of the Queen of the Underworld. She was sitting at a huge table made of bones, with dead spirits flowing on it.

"Mom was worried about you just now and came to see you. You bit the cage open? As expected of my baby, you are so strong..."

"Mom was angry just now, so she put you in a cage. But baby, you can't hurt your mother, do you understand?"

"Mom feels bad when she sees you sleeping there, with no one taking care of you. She won't put you in a cage anymore. It's her fault..."

The Queen of Hades is chattering.

"Let me go, meow. Let me go, meow."

Yang Qi originally thought it was disgusting to talk like a cat, but he quickly got used to it.

The Queen placed Yang Qi on the table, and then stroked her hand along the back of Yang Qi's neck. She was gentle but powerful. Yang Qi suddenly felt soft and comfortable all over. He couldn't help but lie down on the table and let him do whatever he wanted.

"It turns out that as a cat, being petted is such a comfortable thing."

Yang Qi opened his eyes lazily and saw souls flickering on the huge table from time to time, like will-o'-the-wisps.

The colors of these souls are new, and they have obviously just arrived in the underworld.

The Queen of Hades stared at those souls, with brilliance flashing in her eyes, and then whispered a few words in her mouth, and the scale next to her hand tilted and balanced from time to time.

Yang Qi's perception of divine power is very keen. Otherwise, he had so many types of divine powers in his body that would have conflicted with each other and died.

He felt that those souls explained everything in front of the Queen of Hades. Then, the Queen of Hades judged them and decided whether they should go to the Elysee Paradise or fall into the endless abyss of Tartarus.

This was originally the responsibility of the three judges of the underworld. But the Queen of Hades deprived the three judges of the underworld of their authority and took this power into her own hands.

"So now, the power to judge the dead belongs to the Queen of Hades?"

"Is this a good thing or a bad thing? It's probably a good thing... The power in the hands of the Queen of Hades has been expanded again."

"In the past, even if the Three Judges of the Underworld were loyal to the Underworld Queen, they would not be able to intervene directly... But wouldn't the Underworld Queen be tired of catching such big and small matters?"

Yang Qi carefully felt the past events that the souls confessed. They were trivial and soon lost interest.

"Yes..." Suddenly, Yang Qi's heart lit up.

Calypso. Yang Qi once saw her in the eternal vortex of the deep sea. She gave all her divine power to Yang Qi.

Her soul is still lingering on the other side of the River Styx, and Yang Qi once promised to save her soul and let her rest in peace.

Since you have made a vow, you must fulfill it.

However, she is a prisoner of Zeus, and giving her soul rest may cause trouble.

Charon, the boatman on the River Styx, is dead, and the power of the third judge has been taken away by the Queen of Hades. Now it is the Queen of Hades who has the final say on this matter.

"Queen of the Underworld..." Yang Qi said, "Can you help me? I want to save a soul."

"Queen of Hades?" Suddenly, Yang Qi felt his whole body float out of thin air, and he was caught by Queen of Hades.

The beautiful eyes of the Queen of Hades were staring at her, very close to her.

"Baby, what's the matter with you? You called me the Queen of the Underworld?" Yang Qi felt the faint fragrance of the Queen of the Underworld, and her cold, slightly fluctuating divine power.

"Baby, since the competition in the underworld, I have felt that you are a little strange. You have become misbehaved. Now, even your names are unfamiliar."

"Should you call me Queen of the Underworld? I am your mother. Call me mom."

"Damn it, meow..."

Although Yang Qi decided not to leave for the time being, he was still somewhat resistant to this strange thing. Why did he become the child of the Queen of Hades inexplicably?

"What's wrong, baby?" The Queen of Hades touched Yang Qi's furry head, "You don't even want to call mom anymore?"

Her eyes were gentle, but Yang Qi felt that if he didn't scream, she might be angry again.

"M...M..." Yang Qi reluctantly spoke, and finally squeezed out one word from between his teeth, "Mom..."

It's really a bit shy.

"That's right, good baby." The Underworld Queen placed Yang Qi on the table, "Whose soul do you want to save?"

"Calypso, her soul is wandering on the other side of the River Styx." Then, Yang Qi said: "She is a prisoner of Zeus."

"I know." The Queen of Hades didn't even raise her head, still judging the souls, "The daughter of Atlas. The victim of the Second Titan War."

"Can it be saved?" Yang Qi asked.

"Since the baby wants to save her, that's no problem. I'll let her soul cross the river and let her rest in peace."

"It won't cause trouble, will it?"

"Don't worry about this, baby. If ordinary creatures want to save her, it will of course be a big trouble. But since it is me, Olympus will not be embarrassed by such a trivial matter."

"..." Yang Qi stared at the Queen of the Underworld, the beautiful and great Queen of the Underworld. The actual ruler of the underworld, the master of all undead spirits, and the actual owner of "death".

What I thought was extremely difficult was just a word to the Underworld Queen.

"And..." Yang Qi gritted his teeth. "Mom, I want to be crowned and become the righteous god of Olympus."

"What?" Yang Qi's eyes lit up instantly when he saw Queen Hades. She grabbed Yang Qi and held him in her arms, "Is the baby finally willing to accept the imperial seal?"

"Mom has told you many times before that you are unwilling to accept the imperial edict, saying that power only brings responsibility, and responsibility brings endless pain and troubles."

"Now that you finally figured it out?" The Queen of Hades smiled like a flower, "What kind of divine power does the baby want?"

"The right to judge all the undead? The right to rest and tranquility? The right to decay? The right to fear and yearn for death? The right to rule over the wilderness of the underworld?"

"Mom will give you whatever you want."

"Damn it, meow..." Yang Qi complained secretly in his heart, "It's better to have a mother who can help."

"My previous crazy training and fighting, and all the hardships I have gone through, only gave me a slim chance to get the attention of Ming Ting."

"Now I can just ask for it... Ouch..."

"The difference is too big..."

Then Yang Qi thought for a while, "I want the best."

Yang Qi saw that Queen Ming's eyes were bent with laughter, "Of course, of course, my baby will get the best."

"I will make arrangements for you. In three days, the sealing ceremony will be held for you."

"I also want the underworld sacred stone to use for cultivation." Yang Qi said.

"Baby, what's wrong with you?" Yang Qi felt the Underworld Queen hugging him tighter, "Do you understand? I have always asked you to practice before, but you never went. You only like to sleep in the house, or go out to provoke those Underworld butterflies. …”

"Your father has been in a state of half-death for thousands of years. Although your brother is powerful, he is always a little stupid. Your sister is withdrawn and cannot be counted on. Only you... are smart and have great potential, but you have always been lazy. I'm going to die..."

"Baby, it's great if you understand...Great...Mom is so happy..."

Yang Qi felt that the whole body of the Underworld Queen was trembling. The will called "love" turned into reality and formed a rose-colored halo, which tightly enveloped Yang Qi. Yang Qi felt that his whole heart was beating and warm. The heat flowed through the whole body, and tears were about to flow down.

Yang Qi almost fainted. The strong will of love hit his brain, making Yang Qi feel extremely happy. This kind of happiness of feeling favored is completely different from the happiness of becoming stronger or purely physical happiness.

"Is this the feeling of being favored..." Yang Qi felt his soul rising to a high place.

"Baby, here..."

Yang Qi saw a blood-colored key falling from the sky, with the divine sound of the dead souls roaring in it.

"The key to the treasury of the underworld."

"There's whatever you want in there. Baby can take whatever he wants."