King of Underworld - Chapter 24



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The Story of Pluto’s Temple – (1)

Many years later, in Hades’ office.

The King of the Underworld was judging the souls today and selecting those who would go to Elysium.

A servant approaches him as if he has something to say to him.

“Lord Hades, I’m in the underworld now…”

“Let them in.”

What came in was the soul of an old blonde man whose hair was fading due to aging.

I knew at a glance who he was.

“A precious guest has arrived in the afterlife.”

“Do you… know me..?”

He tricked Typhon into stealing Zeus’ tendon and founded Thebes, and overthrew Dracon Ismenius, the evil son of Ares.

He was the first human to serve Ares for eight years as punishment, and was eventually forgiven by Ares and marry his daughter Harmonia.

The great hero Cadmus lay prostrate before me in fear.

“As expected, my memories have disappeared as I crossed the River of Forgetfulness. Mnemosyne, please bring me a little water from the Pond of Memory.”

“Okay, Hades. Cadmus shouldn’t matter.”

Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory.

When a dead person passes through the River Lethe, drinks its water, and crosses over to my castle, he loses all memories of this world.

However, if you drink water from the Pool of Memory, which is opposite to the water of the River Lethe, you can regain your memories of this world.

Well… sometimes, souls who die with a strong grudge retain their memories of their past even after drinking the river of oblivion…

Anyway, the goddess who governs the pond of memories is Mnemosyne, who just left.

She was also the mother of the Mousai goddesses, who spent nine nights with Zeus and governed learning and the arts.

Cadmus’ memories gradually return as he drinks water from the Pond of Memory.

His eyes, which had been cloudy and confused, gradually became clearer and he took on the appearance of a great hero.

“Ah… Lord Hades. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen you.”

“Yeah, it’s been a while. I was too busy to go to your and Harmonia’s wedding.”

He regained all his memories and smiled gently, bowing his waist.

Just like when you first met me.

“It’s okay. Lord Hades is the lord of the underworld, so he must be busy.”

“Aren’t you sad that I didn’t come to the wedding?”

“Haha.. I would have been happier if Hades had come.”

“Haha. As you get older, you become more and more joking.”

The reason I gave Cardmos his memories from this world back was simple.

What would the great hero, who stood tall even in front of Typhon, think about his life?

I want to hear it from his own mouth.

“What do you think about the life you have lived in this world?”

“What do you mean..?”

I continued speaking with a slightly bitter expression.

“A curse of misfortune given as punishment for killing Ismenios, son of Ares.”

“ah…”

“I also feel sorry for the tragedy of the Theban royal family that you established. Although Ares himself regretted it…”

A curse once placed cannot be reversed, even by a god.

I heard that Ares gave his daughter to Cadmus and regretted the curse he had previously placed on Cadmus.

It was the first time a human had married a goddess, but it did not end well.

Due to the successive tragedies of their descendants caused by the curse of misfortune, Cadmus and his wife closed their eyes and turned themselves into snakes.

“I’d rather be a snake…”

“Father Ares… please don’t leave my husband alone. Me too… please turn me into a snake too.”

Cardmos fell silent for a moment, lost in thought.

This hero, who achieved a series of feats recognized by all, but was ultimately brought to misfortune by the gods…

Should I blame the gods who kidnapped my sister, put a curse on me, and ultimately made me choose death for my wife and myself because of the misfortune of my descendants?

“There is no one who is unaware of the grace given.”

Different from that time?

After a while, he opened his mouth again.

“The curse of Ares… I can understand him. What parent would forgive someone who killed their son?”

“hmm.”

“Rather, I am grateful for the short punishment of eight years and the generosity of giving me my daughter. And…”

Just like when we first met… The truth, not a lie that you tell me for fear of being punished.

The end of life is unfortunate, and even after death, it is noble.

“Thanks to that, I was able to meet my wife who followed me even through inevitable death.”

Harmonia is the daughter of Aphrodite and Ares and the goddess of harmony.

Unlike Dracon Ismenius, he was an immortal god, but he followed Cadmus to his death.

“The tragedy of my descendants is also my fault, so who can I blame? I enjoyed ruling Thebes with my wife. I was a little worried about the remnants of Typhon that I discovered in the middle, though…”

“Typhon’s remnants? Did they look similar to Typhon?”

“Yes. It was much smaller, but it was a very powerful monster with the lower half of its body like a snake and the upper half of its body like a human. It was quite difficult to kill that monster.”

The lower body is that of a snake and the upper body is that of a human.

There is an assessment that Cadmus, who was strong enough to kill Ismenius, had a hard time.

My face is gradually becoming stiff.

Could this be the remains of Typhon? Or maybe another monster I know?

“But since we haven’t found any remnants of Typhon since then, you didn’t bother to tell the gods… Hades?”

It could be Gigas.

* * *

“Where did you find that monster?”

“Ah.. I was taking a walk near Thebes when I heard a strange sound and followed it to a cave. That’s where the thing was.”

Cadmus said he saw a giant half-human, half-monster there that was devouring people.

And he drew his sword and fought, but surprisingly, even Cadmus, who had defeated Drakon, had a hard time.

Not all Gigas are equal in strength.

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Fortunately, the entity that Cadmus encountered was something he could handle.

Could it be that he was hiding in a cave and thus escaped the gaze of the Olympian gods?

If our grandmother, Mother Earth Gaia, were to hide the location of the Gigas with all her might, it would be understandable for Demeter not to know.

Demeter is the goddess of the earth, but her power is clearly inferior to Gaia’s.

Unlike when we drove out the Titans, the right of first strike is on their side.

Maybe it was a trap deliberately set to lure the gods in.

I think it may have been an arbitrary movement by only some individuals.

But first, we need to get confirmation from the Goddess of Memory to see if Gigas is real.

“Mnemosyne, please check Cadmus’s memory for a moment.”

“Okay, just close your eyes for a moment.”

Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory, reads Cadmus’ memories by placing them on his head.

After a while, the goddess looked at me with a serious face and nodded.

Damn, it’s Gigas.

“Yes… I see. First of all, you have been granted entry into Elysium in recognition of your accomplishments during your lifetime.”

“Ah.. Elysium.. Thank you! Hades!”

“Your wife too, may she be happy there.”

It was the moment when the first inhabitants of Paradise, the Plains of Elysium, were born.

He will rest in peace in Elysium forever with his beloved wife.

I had a pleasant conversation with Cardmos whom I hadn’t seen in a long time, but my heart was not at ease.

The Gigas that the soldiers of the underworld failed to find were discovered in Thebes…?

But I don’t have much time to go around looking for Gigas myself.

It is impossible to abandon the affairs of the afterlife and wander around this world.

Should we then refer to the example of Apollo, who interfered with the lower world through his temple?

“Priest of Delphi, I have come from afar…”

“Have you also come to receive the oracle of Apollo? Just wait for now.”

But who would be happy to go to the underworld, unlike Apollo, who was a god with many talents and even the ability to prophesy?

In fact, Apollo is widely worshipped in the underworld, and his temple on the island of Delphi is also famous..

In this world, my temple is in only one place, Thebes.

A temple that Cadmus, who was alive, created in his country to remember our relationship.

“Contact Olympus and tell them that I have found traces of the Gigas, and bring Morpheus to me.”

“yes!”

After some time, Morpheus was summoned after hearing the soul soldier’s words.

“What’s wrong, Hades? Did I do something wrong?”

“I don’t want to question you about your hobby of occasionally giving humans nightmares.”

He makes a sour face.

Then did you think I didn’t know? Well, I’m not trying to make an issue of that, so let’s move on.

“You need to help me out a little.”

* * *

Thebes, a country founded by the great hero Cadmus.

The only temple of Hades in Thebes, no, the only one in the whole world.

Since it is a place where three gods are worshipped, there should be a lot of people who want to receive protection…

“Haaaaaam~”

There were only flies flying around here.

Parona, a priestess of the temple of Hades, sat in her seat with a bored expression on her face.

There are no visitors, and people are reluctant to come to the underworld.

The only good thing about becoming a priest of Hades is that you will never get into trouble.

She is a virgin of marriageable age and is one of the top ten beauties in the city…

Even the rascals who had shown their strength in the pankration didn’t even talk to her, let alone flirt with her.

“Sigh… I’m bored..”

He must have been afraid of the repercussions of being dragged to the underworld if he messed with the priest of Hades.

But, as the name of the god of the underworld suggests, the temple also became an object of disgust.

“It’s daytime, but why am I so sleepy….”

The temple of Hades was built by order of the great King Cadmus, the founder of Thebes, but it was very quiet.

So much so that no one would notice that the only priest was falling into an unnatural sleep.

* * *

When Parona opened her eyes again, she was no longer in a temple.

A space filled with darkness where you can’t see even an inch ahead.

As a highly educated priest, she quickly grasped the situation and fell to her knees.

“Uh… I don’t know which god you are, but do you have something to command a lowly human?”

I thought I fell asleep, but when I opened my eyes it was a different world.

My memory is clear and my body moves well, so it can’t be an ordinary dream.

Clearly, God intervened.

But I thought it wasn’t the god Hades she served.

Because her state has been silent for so long.

A low, cold male voice is heard from somewhere in the darkness.

“I am Pluto.”

….!

Pluto, nickname for Hades, the god of the underworld.

So is this to judge her for not managing the temple properly?

She was about to make an excuse, but she had no choice but to keep her mouth shut again.

“You are my only priest in this world. For your faithfulness, I will give you a small reward and task.”

If it’s a reward and a task… I guess there’s something you want me to do!

“You will now revive my temple. I will grant you blessings that will help you do so.”

A body that does not move in fear.

The view darkens again.

She woke up from her dream with the knowledge that came violently into her head.

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