Chapter 264: chapter 264- The Commotion In The Holy Kingdoms
A beautiful woman entered Hades' Throne room; the woman had a graceful and charming figure, smooth white skin, long brownish hair, and sparkling green eyes.
The woman was wearing a long, flowing, light blue dress and wore a beautiful spring flower crown.
The beautiful woman was Persephone, the 'wife' of Hades and the daughter of Demeter and Zeus. She entered Hades' throne room with a worried face while saying.
"... Husband! M-Mother and My Father, I couldn't feel their presence, the same as the presence of my Brothers and Sisters, t-they suddenly just disappeared"
"Persephone, Calm down"
"H-How can I calm down in a situation like this, I-I'll go to Olympus"
"NO!..."
Hades said with a slight raise in his voice, seeing this, Persephone immediately fell silent. Hades, who realized what he had just done, exhaled and then spoke back to Persephone in a gentle tone.
"... Forgive me for raising my voice, but you know how things are in the upper world right now. The balance of the upper world is currently in disarray with the disappearance of Zeus and the others. If you set foot in the upper world right now, the cycle of nature will be disrupted, I hope you understand what I'm trying to say"
"... B-But... "
"Don't worry, I will go check out what's happening on Olympus right now"
Hades said, trying to calm Persephone down.
"... Cerberus"
With the call from Hades, a giant dog with three heads, a venomous tail, and a body covered in venomous snakes appeared.
Cerberus appeared and immediately bowed the three heads to Hades. Hades said.
"Cerberus, Take Persephone to her room, and 'guard' her"
Hearing Hades' command, Cerberus did not make any additional movements, looked at Hades, and then lowered his head once again.
Cerberus looked at Persephone and then started walking out of the throne room.
Persephone knew that Cerberus wanted her to follow him, but Persephone hesitated a little and then looked at Hades once more.
"... Don't worry, I will investigate this matter, please return to your room first"
"..."
Hearing this, Persephone lowered her head and bit her lower lip in frustration, her hands clenching her dress while shaking. She knew she couldn't do anything, but she also didn't know what to do; Persephone turned to Hades one last time before then turning towards Cerberus, who was waiting for her.
"..."
Seeing Persephone leave, Hades could only remain silent and pensive while closing his eyes. In his mind, Hades was communicating with his Messengers who were in Hades' temple in the Holy Kingdom.
Over time, Hades' expression changed to anger.
*Boom!*
*Rumble!*
An angry Hades slammed the end of his staff on the floor, causing the entire room to tremble.
"... *Sigh* Where did Zeus and the others go? What exactly did they discuss in the previous meeting that caused the situation to become like this? I have to go check it myself, otherwise, this misunderstanding will cause my followers in the Holy Kingdom to be destroyed... Macaria"
Hades once again uttered a name, and from the darkness, a female figure emerged, she was the Daughter of Hades and Persephone, Goddess Of Blessed Death.
"... You called me, Father?"
"I'll leave the underworld affairs to you, for the time being; I have to go out to take care of something... And pay attention to your mother, don't let her leave the underworld, do you understand?"
"... As you wish, Father, Is there anything else?"
"That's all... If you find any difficulties, contact Hecate to help you"
"Alright, When will you leave, Father?"
"The situation is urgent, so I will be leaving now"
Hades said, Suddenly a carriage pulled by four black horses appeared out of nowhere, Hades stepped onto the carriage, took the reins, and immediately ordered the horses to move.
The horse carriage, ran through the ceiling as if it didn't exist, and so, Hades was no longer visible.
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- Holy Kingdoms.
A meeting between ten of the twelve Messengers is taking place In the underground room under the Main Temple of Zeus.
A round table with twelve chairs and only ten chairs are occupied and two chairs are empty.
They are representatives of the Temple of Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Demeter, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Ares, Hermes, and Aphrodite.
The content of the meeting concerned those who could not connect with their respective Gods, only the Ten Main God Temples experienced this, while the Temples of the other two main gods, namely the Temple of Hades and the Temple of Hephaestus, and the other Temples of the Olympian Gods did not encounter this problem, Except for the Temple of Hestia, this caused a heated debate among them.
In the end, the Messenger of Zeus, a Messenger who had slightly higher Authority than the Messengers of the other Main Gods, expressed his suspicions about the two Main God Temples that did not have the same problems as them.
Especially the followers of the Temple of Hades, who are notoriously cruel and mysterious out of the other nine followers of the Temple of the Main Gods of Olympus.
The followers of the Temple of Hephaestus were not included in the selection, because in addition to almost all the equipment they used coming from the Temple of Hephaestus, the followers of the Temple of Hephaestus were also known to rarely leave their temple area and always focused on honing their forging skills, also because of the support from the Messengers of the Temple of Aphrodite who had a good relationship with the Temple of Hephaestus because of the relationship their God had, immediately making their suspicions towards the Temple of Hephaestus disappear, leaving the Temple of Hades as the main suspect.
"...Alright, we all agree on this matter, then let's discuss how we should deal with the followers of the Hades Temple; we must stop this problem before it spreads everywhere... Are there any other Temples having the same problems as us?"
Ask the Messengers of Zeus to other Messengers.
"It seems like the others are still fine, but I haven't asked the Messengers of Hestia yet"
Answered a woman who was a Messenger of Athena.
"...She? Forget it, She never settled in one place and chose to wander to spread the teachings of Goddess Hestia, Goddess Hestia herself does not have a Temple here, so just leave her alone"
"... Alright, So how are we going to take care of the followers of the Hades Temple?" Ask the Messengers of Athena.
"Well, first we will..."
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- One day later, in a city port at the foot of Mount Olympus.
Taufik and the others had docked at a port in a city at the foot of Mount Olympus.
Currently, Marzuki and Ulf are doing the administration of identity checks and what their purpose is in coming to the Holy Kingdoms with the leader of this city.
So as long as the permit has not been given, Taufik and the other crew members cannot leave the ship.
Currently, Taufik, Aksara, and Lembuswana, who are perched on Taufik's shoulders, are enjoying the view of the city from the ship while the Marzuki crew is assessing the damage to the ship thoroughly and preparing a list of materials they need to repair the ship later.
"... Papa, What is the name of that mountain?"
Aksara asked Taufik while pointing towards Mount Olympus in the distance.
"Its name is Mount Olympus"
"Hmm~ Is there anything interesting there, Papa? Why do you keep looking up at the mountain?"
"Of course, it's something very interesting. Do you want to see it too?"
"Yeah! I wanted to see it!"
"Alright, come here"
Said Taufik who then carried Aksara.
"Try closing your eyes for a moment, and open them when I say open"
Aksara followed Taufik's instructions and then closed his eyes.
"I want to see it too, Fik"
Lembuswana said, also interested in what Aksara wanted to see.
Hearing this, Taufik also ordered Lembuswana to close his eyes.
Seeing that they had both closed their eyes, Taufik then focused his All-Seeing Eyes Skill on the sky above Mount Olympus.
The view he wanted to see was seen by Taufik's eyes, then he used his Imagination Magic.
'The Magic of Imagination: Sharing Perspectives!'
With that, Taufik's Mana enveloped Aksara and Lembuswana and then absorbed into their eyes; seeing this, Taufik smiled faintly and said.
"...Now open your eyes and look up"
Hearing what Taufik said, Aksara and Lembuswana then opened their eyes simultaneously.
"..."
"..."
They both could only remain silent, amazed at the sight they saw at that moment.
On the highest peak of Mount Olympus, a majestic date towered high through the clouds, as they followed the stairs, a floating island appeared, and there they saw a magnificent Palace.
"... What is it, Papa?"
"That's what we came here for...The original Mount Olympus, the abode of the Olympian Gods"
"Isn't that place empty because you locked them up with your technique?"
Lembuswana said, not knowing what Taufik's purpose was in coming here, while he had locked Zeus and the other Gods in his 'False World' technique.
"It may be empty without any powerful Gods inside, but the items inside are still there, right?"
"You, don't tell me you want to..."
"Hehe~"
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