Greek Mythology: Evolution from monitor lizards

Chapter 97 The Secret Palace of the Empress Dowager, the Conversation Between Mother and Child
Some time earlier.

In the Temple of Hades.

The gods are gone.

The king sat in the dark, silent, as he had been for thousands of years.

Beside the throne, a shadow boiled.

Persephone, just stepped into it.

"..." Zagreos remained motionless, staring at the shadow.

"Hee hee hee hee hee hee!"

"Brother~~~Brother~~~Why don't you go in~~~" Merinoe, the goddess of conspiracy and ghosts, danced around Zagreos.

"Queen of the Underworld~~I love you so much~~It really makes me~~jealous~~"

"Go in~~ Let the Empress~~ continue to love you~~"

"Hahahaha!"

"Enough." Zagreos turned his head and grabbed Melinoe's neck.

"My dear sister, don't disturb my heart any more."

Swipe——Melinue erupted with divine light all over her body. She transformed from a physical state into a pure ghost state, and easily escaped Zagreos's hand.

"Big brother~so~rough~"

"I~~ don't like it!"

She flew aside, cursing Zagreos in a low voice.

"Let the maggots bite you~!"

"Rotten blood-red meat~!"

"Finally turned into bones~!"

"he he he he he!"

Zagreos ignored her as if he hadn't heard her.

He continued to stare at the seething shadow.

"My Godmother..."

"As far as I can remember, she is beautiful, majestic, and powerful."

"My godfather has not spoken for a long time. She alone rules the underworld."

"I respect and love her so much..."

Zagreos' face turned pale in an instant.

"Why... do I feel fear?"

"I simply... don't want to step into that shadow!"

"I don't want to meet my Godmother at all!"

"why is that?!"

"Why do I have such a premonition..."

In the distance, Melinoe looked at Zagreos in pain and smiled ferociously.

She trembled all over and covered her mouth with her hand.

"Hee hee hee hee hee hee……"

"My dear brother, hurry up and go in...hehe..."

"Let the underworld be colored with uneasiness and taboo again...hehe..."

Zagreos stood in place for a long time, and finally, he took a deep breath.

"Anyway, the Mother of God sent me into the shadows to find her."

"I must go."

He gritted his teeth and walked into it.

brush--

He stepped over the shadows and came to a magnificent palace.

"This is... the bedroom of the Mother of God."

Zagreos looked around in surprise.

Persephone's bedroom is located in the deepest part of Hades Temple, which is made of dark rocks.

In the air of the bedroom, a huge black diamond was floating, emitting a cold light, illuminating every dark corner of the palace.

The ground is covered with precious black gems from the earth and the river Styx.

The interior of the palace is gorgeous and desolate, with five murals hanging on the walls in bright colors.

What is depicted is death.

A mural, a male lion fell to the ground under the siege of ferocious beasts, its eyes were still burning with unwilling flames, and scarlet blood flowed from the corner of its mouth.

A mural shows a herd of antelope being chased by a cheetah, one of which has fallen to the ground.It's not dead yet, but death is destined to come to it.

In a mural, a white lark spreads its wings to fly, but is tightly entwined by bright red thorns, and its pure white feathers are stained red with blood.

A mural, a black river flows quietly, and the corpses of countless creatures are floating on the river, some of which have begun to decay, and some still maintain the last expression of their lives, swimming peacefully to the dark country.

And in the mural in the center, a young and beautiful woman fell on the steps of the dormitory. Her eyes were dull, her face was as white as paper, and the clothes on her chest were soaked in blood.

The surrounding area seemed to still be echoing her mourning and howling before she died, but the silence prevailed in the end, and only death acted recklessly in this space.

That woman looks exactly like the Empress Dowager.

"My mother would hang such a mural..."

Looking at the mural, Zagreos felt a twitch in his heart, as if he had been stabbed in the heart by a dagger. He felt cold all over his body and felt extremely uncomfortable.

It was also the first time for him to come to the bedroom of the Empress of the Underworld.

In the center of the sleeping hall is a huge black bed.Chains and sharp knives hang from it, proclaiming that the queen of the dead is always with death, even in dreams.

Beside the black bed stands the throne of the Queen of Hades.

Behind the throne stands a huge black skeleton statue with snakes and bats entwined around it.

The Empress of Hades sat on the throne, quietly watching Zagreos.

Her face is beautiful and deadly, like a black lotus blooming in the winter.

There was a cold light in her eyes, stared at by those eyes, as if she was being dissolved little by little, and fell into the eternal night.

"Mother of God. May your existence be as eternal as your death."

Zagreos knelt down on one knee, his heart was beating wildly, and he felt extremely uncomfortable.

"My dearest son. Please get up."

Zagreos stood up, and he saw the queen of the underworld lightly raised her hand, showing the back of her white hand.

This is for him to go over and kiss the back of her hand.

"Do not……"

Zagreos felt his blood was boiling, and his body was about to explode.

"No... my Godmother... I... I can't..."

"Heh. Don't even dare to kiss the back of your mother's hand, son of the underworld."

A cold light flashed in Persephone's eyes, and then passed away.

"Don't be nervous. I asked you to come here just to prepare for the cruel battle ahead."

"That's all...?" Zagreos thought to himself.

Persephone said quietly: "In a hundred days, you have a chance of winning against that mighty dragon."

Zagreos raised his head and stared at the Queen of Hades.

"Ten percent."

Persephone smiled, "Ten percent."

"It is because of trust that deception is easy to succeed."

"And mothers are always the easiest to be deceived by their sons."

"I'll ask you again, what are the chances of winning?"

"..."

Zagreos was speechless for a moment.

After a while, he gritted his teeth, "Seventy percent."

"Seventy percent..." Empress Dowager raised her eyes and stared into the distance.

"My beloved son, you bear the future of the underworld. That is your glory, your destiny, and your shackles."

"Don't let those shackles bind your heart."

"The last time, to be honest. A few percent."

"!!!" Zagreos was shocked.

After a long time, he said slowly.

"Sixty percent."

"After Ming, I am not lying hypocritically, this is my true thought."

"I don't need to use the source of divine power to defeat Nai Ji."

"I am the strongest among the new generation of gods in the underworld!"

"Even Thanatos, I can fight him!"

Empress Ming nodded lightly, "Yes."

"But that giant dragon didn't use its source of divine power in the battle with the hell three-headed dog."

"It doesn't matter!" Zagreos suddenly roared, "The hell three-headed dog, that weak beast!"

"It is not qualified to guard the gate of the underworld!"

"There is no glory in defeating that beast!"

"Heh." Persephone smiled and said softly.

"My favorite son. You know that?"

"I predict that you have a good chance of winning the battle with that dragon."

Before Zagreos could answer, she spoke softly.

"Less than [-]%."

(End of this chapter)