MM Racing Chapter 3062 Mercury Notes (48)
Chapter 3062 Mercury Notes (48)
Chapter 3062 Mercury Record (Forty-eight)
Dick and Jason also felt a bit troubled, but they had no other choice but to take it one step at a time. They decided to launch a sneak attack and knock out the three-headed dog. Although it was still a bit violent, their original intention was to help the gods of Mount Olympus, so Hades would probably not mind.
Of course, the main reason is that he has a father who is an archangel in heaven. He is not afraid of taking the lawsuit to God and he speaks with confidence.
Having said that, necessary preparations still had to be made. Most of the magical items here had been looted or destroyed, but there were still some usable ones left. Under Faust's guidance, they picked out a few and arrived at the Samaria Valley before sunset.
There is no need to wait until sunset. Now that the sky has darkened, a huge black gate to hell is looming. The breath of death leaking out of it has left almost no living creature in the entire canyon.
They carefully walked through the grass and went up along the stream. When the last ray of sunlight on the horizon was swallowed up, the towering black door finally appeared before everyone's eyes.
"Are you scared?" Dick asked, looking at the raven.
Raven actually didn't know whether the Three Palace Demons could fight Hades, but she still shook her head and said to Dick with a smile: "I'm not afraid."
Dick smiled back at her.
The newly formed youth team turned into a few inconspicuous black dots in front of the huge gate of the underworld and disappeared in the thick black mist filled with the breath of death. The kingdom of death welcomed a few uninvited guests.
As soon as they stepped into the gate of the underworld, they were stunned by the scene before them. This was not the vast lifeless plain as they had imagined, but an endless wheat field.
Although the sky was a little gray and the clouds were very low, like a precursor to a storm, the wheat ears were still sparkling with golden light, turning this place into a golden ocean.
"What's going on here..." Dick said with some confusion.
"This is the back garden of Persephone, the Queen of the Underworld, and she is the goddess of rice. Wheat is her symbol and her favorite flower. This wheat field has existed for thousands of years and it always presents a scene of bountiful harvest." Toad Faust explained. He was indeed an expert in this area and could explain everything.
"Very special." Jason was obviously touched and stared at the wheat field in a trance, but Faust quickly interrupted him and said, "Okay, silly boy, now is not the time to think about this. The big dog will definitely come here soon..."
"What is this?!" Jason suddenly retracted his foot and looked at the mud on his shoes. The mud was very wet and a deep dark red color.
He squatted down, gently picked up some soil, sniffed his nose, stood up and looked into the distance with a serious look.
"blood……"
Jason's words sent chills down everyone's spine. Raven immediately tightened his grip on Dick's hand, but the huge wheat seedlings that were taller than a person blocked their view, and they couldn't see anything clearly.
"Shall I fly up and take a look?" asked the raven.
Aisha stopped her and said, "I'll fly up with my real body to have a look. The real body of the lamp beast is just a ball of energy, so it won't be hurt even if it's attacked."
After saying that, she turned into a parallax monster that was about the same height as a human, floating up and looking into the distance.
Then she landed with a whoosh, covered her mouth in disbelief, stared at them with wide eyes, pointed in a direction with one hand, and said in a low voice: "There is a body over there."
"What kind of body?"
"The corpse of the three-headed dog!"
Several people hurriedly ran in the direction Aisha pointed. After a few steps, they saw the huge corpse as big as a mountain. It was the dead three-headed hellhound Cerberus.
Faust was the first to jump out of Funa's hand and jumped to the side of the corpse. After jumping twice, he said in disbelief: "How is this possible? Someone dares to kill Hades' pet?! And on his territory???"
"That's good, we don't have to deal with it." Jason walked forward and checked the condition of the corpse.
"Normally, to kill the three-headed dog, you need to blow up all three heads, but the heart of this corpse was dug out directly. It's hard to imagine what kind of person can withstand the attack of three heads and dig out the heart directly."
But soon Jason said doubtfully, "No, that's not right. That's not the blood of this big dog."
Elsa apparently noticed it too, she said, "This dog's blood didn't go as far, and it's darker in color."
The others looked around and found that the three-headed hellhound had indeed shed a lot of blood, dyeing the surrounding ground black, but it did not spread to farther places. Moreover, after the blood dried, it turned a very standard black instead of dark red, which was different from the color of the soil seen before.
Elsa flew up again and took a look, but saw nothing except the corpse, and the bad news was that the gate to the underworld was no longer visible.
It was a maze. Jason turned around and stared at the gaps between the wheat ears. There was no way out, only layer upon layer of more wheat ears.
"Follow the blood." Jason said again, "Follow me."
The others followed behind him. Jason took one deep step and one shallow step, stepping on the blood-red soil all the way, constantly pushing aside the ears of wheat as he moved forward.
Suddenly, a huge figure appeared on the horizon.
They quickened their pace, and as the soil became softer and wetter, the smell of blood continued to waft into their noses.
Jason pushed aside the last of the wheat.
What came into view was a huge wooden stake standing on a piece of blood-red land. On top of the stake was an equally huge female corpse. Fresh red blood kept flowing from her eye sockets, dyeing the entire land red.
Faust the Toad screamed.
"Persephone, Queen of the Underworld!!!"
Everyone was shocked. Funa pinched the toad in her hand and said, "What did you say?! This is the corpse of the Queen of Hell?"
Faust seemed to be so shocked that he lost his voice, while Jason began to examine the body around the wooden stake. Although the body was magnified a lot, it was still clear that the fatal wound was the hole in the chest.
After a long while, Faust finally spoke: "The Queen of the Underworld is actually dead, but no news has been spread. Could it be that..."
After a pause, he said anxiously, "Hurry, hurry to the River Styx. We have to rush to the palace of the Lord of the Underworld as soon as possible. We can't let Circe succeed!"
At this time, everyone felt the ground beneath their feet becoming softer and softer, until it turned into a muddy whirlpool and everyone was sinking.
The speed of falling was faster than they had imagined. No one had time to react, and almost in an instant, they felt themselves falling to the ground.
They appeared on the river bank, and a rushing river was stretching before them. It did not look as mysterious and beautiful as described in the myths at all. One could tell at a glance that one would die if they fell into it.
"How did you get there last time?" Dick couldn't help but look at Toad Faust and asked.
"Of course, I bribed Charon, the ferryman of the Styx. As long as I gave him a silver coin, he would lead the dead across the river. I gave him 20 coins, and he also gave me a bottle of Styx water."
"So you didn't steal it?" said Funa.
"I must be crazy to put my hand into the Styx!" Faust said angrily, "Do you know how many innocent souls are buried there? If you dare to put your hand out of the boat, you will be pulled under!"
"Where did you get so many silver coins?" Dick asked with narrowed eyes.
"The Greeks would put a silver coin in the mouth of the dead, but some unlucky ones would not be able to use it before they reached the River Styx." Faust said it very vaguely, but everyone else could hear that he must have gone to dig up someone else's grave, and being turned into a toad was Circe's way of getting rid of this harm to the people.
"Where is the ferryman now?"
"I don't know. Usually he comes over when something reaches the river bank..." The toad looked around. Not only the ferryman, but all the undead who used to come and go here were gone.
"How do we get across now?" Dick asked, "Can we fly on the river?"
"It's better not to try." Faust shook his head and said, "Without the ship of the underworld, it is impossible to cross the Styx. The anger and fear of countless wronged souls will devour every soul."
"Fear?" Aisha's eyes rolled. She took two steps forward, looked down at the river bank, and almost drooled.
"We are here to save the gods. It's not too much to eat him up, right?" Elsa turned to look at Dick. Dick already knew what she was going to do and nodded helplessly.
Elsa dived down.
Because the water of the River Styx is not transparent, no one knows what is happening underwater. Anyway, one can hear a crackling sound, and the water surface gradually returns to calm. The faint wailing and screaming in the ears disappear.
Elsa climbed up again, wiped her mouth, burped, looked at the calm river, nodded with satisfaction and said, "The environmental governance is quite effective, burp!"
Faust opened his toad eyes wide in shock, shuddered again when he saw Elsa's gleaming fangs, and drew his head back into Verna's hands.
Raven tried it out and found that she could fly, so she simply used her magic power to take everyone over.
After landing, there is a vast plain. According to Faust, this is the Garden of Truth, also known as the Vinca Plain. To the left is Tartarus, to the right is the Elysian Garden, and to the middle is the palace of Hades, the lord of the underworld.
That's where the Young Avengers' journey ends.
But the first thing that caught the eye was a ruin. The judgement stand used to judge the crimes of the soul was smashed by someone, and the chief judge who was supposed to be here was nowhere to be found, leaving only a mess on the ground.
Faust clicked his tongue and didn't explain much, and they walked towards the palace in the distance.
When they arrived at the gate of Hades' magnificent palace, they found that the palace door had been smashed. There were several horrible claw marks on the broken parts. It didn't look like something a witch could have done, but it was hard to say what kind of monster she had brought.
Walking past the debris, the originally solemn and magnificent palace hall was destroyed beyond recognition.
The further they walked in, the more they felt that the traces of destruction looked too wild and did not seem like something a witch would do.
Until finally, they saw the body of Hades slumped on the throne.
The once extremely powerful Lord of the Underworld had lost his head, and his burly body in black armor had lost all its strength and became cold and stiff.
There was another huge claw mark on his chest.
"What on earth is going on?" Dick stared at the corpse, then looked at Faust and said, "You said that Circe stole the key to the gate of Hades, but this is obviously not done by that witch."
Faust seemed to have thought of something. He was silent for a long time before saying, "It may not be done by her herself. Maybe she took advantage of..."
"Used what?"
"The secrets of the ancient gods." Faust lowered his voice and said, "The last time I came to Hades, I accidentally learned the darkest secret of the gods - the first son of Zeus and Hera. Their eldest son was imprisoned in the deepest part of Hades because of a prophecy of usurping the throne."
"You mean Circe released Zeus's firstborn son? He was able to kill Hades?!"
"Yes, he has the purest blood of the gods and is almost invincible." Faust sighed and said, "If he is really released, the Olympian gods will probably be in great danger."
The eldest son is also called the first born
(End of this chapter)