Greek Mythology: Evolution from monitor lizards

Chapter 74

really!

Yang Qi saw a bright light emanating from Styx's corpse.

Her divine body began to shrink rapidly, shrinking into a silver orb.

Bialto held the orb and remained motionless.

hum...

A moment later, the orb burst out with ripples of divine power, which spread outward, like a gust of wind.

It seemed to be alive, jumping in Biya's palm, and then shattered in a golden light.

In the void, thousands of black orchids bloomed.

A chubby blond baby sat on the petals, wearing golden feathers, her hands stuck in her mouth, her blue eyes full of curiosity.

There are still four powerful fogs of divine power, which are continuously poured into the baby girl's divine body.

Yang Qi thought in his heart: "Her divine power has become stronger."

"...It's as if I've evolved!"

"I usually keep absorbing and consolidating my divine power, and my divine power will grow steadily. But every time I evolve, my divine power will usher in an exponential growth!"

"Her divine power has increased explosively in this new life!"

"Styx died and was turned into a baby."

"Is she constantly cycling between death and rebirth?..."

"I don't know how many times she has cycled between new life and death like this?"

"Each death and rebirth will become stronger... How strong is Styx?"

Yang Qi could feel Biya's strength and Naiji's divine power, but he couldn't feel Styx's strength at all.

"In the historical records, Styx is not a famous deity, and she has never been known for her combat power..."

"Styx is so powerful, so how strong are those gods who are famous for their combat power?"

wow...

The sound of turbulent water resounded all around, and the dark red and black lake water—the vomit of Styx rose into the air, condensed together, turned into a dark red gem, and disappeared.

wow...

Then, new lake water gushed out all around, filling the temple.The lake water is clear and warm, exuding a touch of divine power.

Bea lowered her body, she put Styx into the lake, Styx opened his eyes, bit his finger, and floated on the water.

She slowly floated over and floated in front of Yang Qi.

The baby's mouth corners into a smile.

"You pushed open the gates of the Styx, dragon."

"Yes. Hello, honorable God of the River Styx."

"You and Bea are friends," said the baby.

Yang Qi replied: "Yes."

"Very good. She is too easy to be deceived. Last time I went wandering in the underworld, and when I returned, there was not a single piece of the golden armor on my body that was deceived."

"The last time I went wandering in the underworld, the dew in my hand was cheated and there was not a single drop left."

"Last time... I won't say more."

"Every time, my spirit protects her in secret. If other spirits lie to her about treasures and weapons, I don't care. I want her to have a long memory and become smarter."

"If you have other plans for her... Heh."

"My spirit has seen the whole process of your interaction with her."

"You didn't lie to her...I like it very much."

Yang Qi thought in his heart: "Well... I got a lot of pieces of God's Scythe from her. But that's not a lie. I made an agreement with her, and I have fought countless times with her."

The baby said slowly: "What are you looking for when you come here?"

"I want to save a soul."

Yang Qi hasn't said the four words "Harpy," the baby nodded.

"I see. You want to rescue the prisoners of Olympus."

The baby smiled: "I am loyal to Olympus, and no creature can change my will."

"However, I have my loyal way - a little harpies, I can let her across the River Styx."

"But—you have to exchange things with me."

"what?"

"memory."

"Memory?" Yang Qi's heart skipped a beat.

"Queen of the Underworld—Memories of Persephone!"

The baby is like a fish in the water, swimming around Yang Qi, "I am loyal to the court of Olympus, and to Zeus. But my authority and domain are in the underworld, and I must also be loyal to the great Hades and Empress."

"You know...Hades, the king of the underworld, is the supreme commander of the underworld."

"But—he hasn't spoken for a long, long, long time."

"Never left, his dark throne."

"Almost all the edicts of the underworld, and the operation of the underworld, are all controlled by the queen of the underworld."

"Hee hee—you know the story—"

"The Queen of the Underworld—Persephone—how did she—come to the Underworld?"

With a tone of voice, the baby jumped out of the water like a fish and floated in the air. She was wearing golden feathers and stared at Yang Qi.

Of course Yang Qi didn't see it with his own eyes, but the story in his memory came to mind.

Hades snatched Persephone, Queen of the Underworld!

Speaking of which, in various film and television and game works of later generations, Hades is often portrayed as a gloomy, terrifying, and bloodthirsty devil image.

But in the mythological records——Hades has lived in his Pluto temple for a long time since he failed to compete with Zeus for the position of God King, and has almost no activities.

The only thing he did was to snatch Persephone as Queen of Hades.

"Hades is not so much a devil, but... a super nerd." Yang Qi thought in his heart.

The baby grinned and said, "Hades took Persephone—and then cut off her memory. Made her forget the past."

Then, the baby said softly: "What will happen if——Persephone revives this memory?"

"..."

Yang Qi remembered the story in his memory.

According to mythological records, Persephone was taken captive by Hades to the underworld. She cried out for help in despair and begged her Godmother to save her.

Persephone has a very noble life experience - she is the daughter of Demeter, the goddess of agriculture.

Demeter is the sister and wife of Zeus.

So in terms of blood, Hades married his niece-and this matter was acquiesced by Zeus.

Demeter is the goddess of agriculture, she is in charge of the growth of all crops in the world.She let all things wither, and there was no harvest on the earth, in order to threaten Zeus, so that Zeus forced Hades to return to the Queen of Hades.

Hades reluctantly agreed - but he made the Queen of the Underworld eat four pomegranates, which gave Persephone only four months a year to return to the God Realm.

At other times, you must stay in the underworld.

Yang Qi thought: "It seems that in this world, Hades' strategy is not to let the queen eat pomegranate seeds, but to cut off her memory, so that Persephone forgets her mother of gods, father of gods, her hometown."

Then he replied: "If the Empress Dowager recovers her memory, she...will want to go home."

The baby smiled: "Correct."

"The daily affairs of the Underworld are almost all handled by the Queen of the Underworld. If she wants to return to the God Realm, the Underworld will fall into chaos."

"The strength of Hades and the underworld will be weakened."

The baby said word by word: "Overwhelmed by Zeus."

"..." Yang Qi was silent for a moment, and asked, "Is this your plan?"

"It's okay to tell you, it has a lot to do with you." The baby smiled and said, "You know, I have dual allegiance to Olympus and the underworld."

"All allegiances are equal, but some are more equal than others."

"Do you understand what it means?"

"..." Yang Qi nodded, "You are more inclined to Olympus than to the underworld."

"So... this order comes from..."

The baby solemnly replied: "Yes. It came from God King Zeus."

(End of this chapter)