Greece Brings Evildoers Chapter 219

Chapter 219 Are you currently committing a crime? (4.6k)

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

Persephone smiled nonchalantly and spread her hands lazily: "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's 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. "

Persephone was stunned for a moment when she heard this bold invitation, then she 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, 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 did not think that the Queen of Hades in front of him was looking for **** and had any evil thoughts towards him.

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

 More precisely, the love between mother and child.

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

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

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

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

"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 am not interested in accompanying you."

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

“Friendly reminder, it's best to make your choice quickly and delay it any longer. When 'he' 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, walked 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 prohibitive gesture, and shook her head with a chuckle.

 “That's not possible, 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 from a string, encircling Persephone with a double-teaming attitude.

This infiltration is a shady matter. If the two of them want to escape unscathed, they cannot stay in the underworld.

Since soft words don't make sense, we can only use hard words to 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, facing the hostage, Persephone smiled instead of angry, and looked at the two people in front of her playfully.

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

 Seeing Persephone's fearless appearance, Lorne's heart trembled, and he 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 previous innocence to being ruthless and extremely terrifying.

Persephone has great power in the underworld. She can command the demons and monsters 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 first name, but were only willing to refer to another controller of the underworld as "Cole" (κρη, maiden).

 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, like entangled snakes and pythons, climbing up the bodies and limbs of the two people, binding them tightly.

“It's not that easy to hold me hostage.”

Persephone played with a curved goat'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 deep shade in the distance.

 “Horn of Plenty?”

 Thetis's eyes fell on the golden ram's horn in Persephone's hand, and her face 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. Erthea 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. She possesses powerful earth divinity.

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

 Finally, 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.

Of the two horns of fertility, one is in the hand of Zeus, used to entertain the gods with banquets, and the other is in the hand of the **** of agriculture, Demeter, symbolizing the inheritance of the mother goddess of the earth and the **** of agriculture.

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

And according to the divinity that controls plants, this should be the one in the hand of his mother Demeter.

 The God of Agriculture actually gave away all his original artifacts. He really loved his daughter very much.

 “More than that, I have more than that...”

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

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 **** 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.

 Hence, 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.

“Breaking into Hades with the intention of kidnapping the souls of the dead, and holding me hostage are top-notch serious crimes. What should I do with you?”

“Well, 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!”

With the sound of tearing cloth, Lorne felt a chill in his chest, and his shirt turned into pieces and flew everywhere, exposing his toned and streamlined upper body.

Seeing that her best friend actually behaved in such a disgusting manner 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 underworld queen 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 now?

 Am I wrong? Just when Lorne's confused mind almost turned into mush, a faint whisper came to his ears.

 “Hecate's Wheel…”

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.

 “She found you again?”

 “Hecate?”

Lorne subconsciously took over the words, his eyes flickering.

 Based on the reaction of the Queen of the Underworld in front of her, her relationship with Hecate does not seem to be as close as the legend says.

 Perhaps, this is an opportunity!

Lorne felt a move in his heart 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 suddenly appeared on his face.

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...Teacher 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 chance, these are things you cannot control. In their eyes, you are just a pawn..."

Lorne's face still maintained that daze 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, Poros who was never born, Zagreus who came back from the dead, Dionysus who came back from the dead... 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 maximum benefit in the game with fate.

 Maybe it was 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.

 Perhaps, this is an opportunity…

With a thought in his heart, Lorne took the initiative to hold Persephone's hand, 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 kind to me, but she died very young.”

　　Lorne nodded in reply, and then added with some sadness.

"I came to Hades this time to see her, but she no longer even has a soul..."

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 among the gods in this life.

 No matter how many times he repeats it or what changes he undergoes, he can never break free from the shackles and curse of fate. He is thrown into the center of the whirlpool again and again until the [possibility] in him is 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 hard at the "innocent" silly kid 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 Poros is like this, my little Zagreus is like this, and you..."

 "Lorne, you can call me Lorne..."

 “Is this 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, I believe you have no ill intentions towards me, because I feel a kind of warmth from my dead mother from you."

As he spoke, Lorne looked hesitant to speak, and he spoke nervously.

“If possible, may I call you mother?”

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 too long, a sincere cry broke the dead silence in the garden.

With this title 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 were about to recognize each other in the garden, a deathly gray stream of light cut through the dim sky of Hades and rushed toward 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 with you and find Charon along the river. 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 seemed to understand something when he looked at the [Garden Golden Bough] that was still warm in his hand, and the figure standing in front of him, using all his strength to activate the breath of life and intercepting the death breath of the underworld.

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

 What 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 the things on earth are finished, I will definitely come to the underworld to see you! I swear to the river of Styx!”

 “Aren't you leaving yet?”

 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.

 (End of this chapter)

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