Greek Mythology: Lord of the Underworld

Chapter 33 033, Penrose Ladder
"Hades, my dear brother, do you still think we are going in circles?"

Demeter was a little tired, but she could barely hold on to a smile that was still gentle.

"I'm not sure, Demeter."

Hades looked confused.

"But Hades, my thoughts are the same as those of Sister Demeter. You should be overthinking, because this is impossible to happen."

Hera shook her head, still insisting on her opinion.

"Don't you feel tired?"

Hades looked at the three women with indifferent eyes: "We have been walking for a long time."

Hestia, Demeter, and Hera were stunned for a moment. After hearing Hades' words, physical and mental fatigue suddenly surged up and filled their bodies.

Only then did they realize something was wrong. They had really been walking in this dead forest for a long, long time.

"But Hera is right, we should...not be spinning in circles, right?"

Hestia looked around uncertainly, and her tone suddenly became firm: "This is impossible!"

Demeter nodded, agreeing with what Hestia and Hera said.

This is also what Hades is confused about.

The strange thing about this forest is that they can never reach the end. As they walk, they seem to return to the starting point. It is strange that they can only return to the starting point if they keep walking in a circle.

But they walked on this road for a long time and did not see the exit or the entrance.

This is very weird!

If they kept walking in circles after walking for so long, what about the entrance?
Disappeared?
In another situation, if it was true that the three Hestia girls said that she was overthinking and they had not been spinning around in circles, then they should have walked out of this dead forest long ago.

Instead of staying here tired.

Hades frowned. This had always been his doubt. Between the two situations, he couldn't tell which one was true? Which one is fake?
Hades took a deep breath. Everything he was experiencing now reminded him of the "Penrose Stairs" in his previous life.

The four ladders are connected to each other and will never come to an end. You will only wander between the end and the starting point. But in fact, it has neither an end nor a starting point. That is just based on human thinking.

As long as you step on this ladder, you will fall into an endless loop, but it does not exist in three-dimensional space and has not been created by practice.

The current situation makes Hades feel that the two are very similar, and they seem to be trapped in an endless loop!

But he was not sure whether his guess was correct and needed to be verified...

Hera took a deep breath: "Hades is right, dear two sisters, we seem to have been gone for a long, long time!"

Hestia also realized this, but her eyes were still confused: "But sisters, you know, this is not realistic..."

"But Hestia, my sister, no matter what, if we keep going like this, we will use up all our strength."

Demeter sighed, her gentle and beautiful face full of worry.

Hearing this, Hestia and Hera fell into silence and slowly lowered their beautiful eyes. Demeter was right. After Hades' reminder just now, they realized that they had been gone for a long time. Fatigue came over me instantly. My legs are sore, and my delicate and tender feet are also tired and sore.

If they continue like this, what awaits them will undoubtedly be trapped here forever, exhausted and trapped here forever, until they die.

When they thought of this, the three women's mood suddenly became heavy, and panic spread in their hearts little by little.

Then, I don't know what they thought of. Hestia, Demeter, and Hera's beautiful eyes lit up. They raised their heads with tacit understanding and looked at each other. They instantly guessed what their sister was thinking and turned towards them. Hades looked.

At this moment, Hades remained silent. His expression was calm and calm, which made the three women feel confident. It seemed that Hades had a way, but he still had to rely on his younger brother at the critical moment.

Facing the expectant and trusting eyes of the three sisters, Hades came to a dead tree without saying a word, his divine power concentrated on his fingertips.

After carving a mark, Hades turned to look at the three sisters and said calmly: "Let's go."

The three women nodded and followed Hades towards the front again.

This time, Hestia and Demeter were no longer as silent as last time. They chuckled and chatted about their plans for the future after leaving the underworld. They would tease each other from time to time. Even Hera also It was rare to participate in this sisterly conversation, and I smiled from time to time.

The atmosphere suddenly became lively, full of laughter, and the melodious voices like lark rang in the ears. They came from three sisters with different shapes, ages, and characteristics, which was pleasing to the eye.

It seems that everything is moving in a good direction. The death and terror in the underworld have not affected them. They still remain optimistic and cheerful.

The beautiful smile on his face was incompatible with the sound of the beautiful music and the underworld full of terrifying silence and death.

But the cheerful atmosphere did not last long. As time passed by unconsciously, Hestia, Demeter, and Hera gradually felt tired. Their little feet felt sore with every step they took, and fatigue swept through their bodies. Even the conversation became feeble.

They were already very tired, almost exhausted of all their strength and unable to walk...

Hades also stopped at this time. He had been observing his surroundings along the way and did not find the marks he had made before.

So they're not spinning in circles?

No, Hades doesn't think so. Although various phenomena indicate, it is very clear that they have never been spinning around.

But the answers brought by these phenomena are too clear, it can even be said to be too certain, too absolute.

It was absolutely as if there was a hand behind his back, which had been pushing all of this to happen, wanting him to believe in a truth, a truth that he had not wandered around and fallen into an endless cycle.

Hades turned and walked backwards. The three women were stunned for a moment, not understanding what he was going to do, but they still got out of the way. Suddenly he staggered, lost his center of gravity, and fell uncontrollably towards Hera.

Hera was knocked down by Hades while she was still in a daze. The two of them clung to each other and fell to the ground together.

Hades reacted in time and reached out to protect the back of Hera's head.

Then, he quickly stood up with a calm expression, leaving Hera lying on the ground alone, still a little unresponsive, her beautiful eyes slightly widened.

The next second, she also stood up from the ground, patted the dust on her body, brushed a strand of messy hair hanging from her temples behind her ears, and returned to her previous cold and noble look, looking at it thoughtfully. Hades.

The accidental scene seemed like an accident, but except for Hera, no one noticed what Hades had taken away at that time.

Even the hand behind his back, "it" didn't notice...

(End of this chapter)