greek mythology stuff

Chapter 135 I want them to die!
Sipyrus in a distant land.

As the king of Sipyrus, Tantalus only has confidence and ambition in his eyes.

His eyes reflected the sea of ​​flames and the people surviving in the flames. They twisted and struggled, presenting him a song and dance called pain.

This was the second time the fire had been ignited. On the first night, Tantalus used his blade to make the people go in peace, and then burned their bodies.

He stood in the flames and read the eulogy of Hades, the dead lord.

But on the first night, Hades did not answer his prayers.

Half of the "sacrifice" remained, so Tantalus changed tactics on the second night.

He ignited the flames directly on the "sacrifices", causing them to walk in pain, and watched the people howling in the flames but remained unmoved.

Later, he simply closed his eyes in boredom and listened patiently to their wailing.

This is not his bad taste, he wants to hear how many people are still alive so that he can estimate the number of sacrifices.

It never occurred to him to put all his hopes in one basket, and if Hades didn't respond, the sacrifice to him would end here tonight.

Thirteen thousand, Tantalus sent Hades an inquiry in the number of mortals.

When the wailing sound disappeared completely, Tantalus turned away without any hesitation.

However, an invisible wall stopped him.

Tantalus looked back, and found wisps of dead energy rising from the scorched corpse, and the dead energy gathered into a figure.

He is Hades, lord of the kingdom of the dead, ruler of the underworld, and here he comes.

Tantalus has no awe of him, he is not afraid of the gods, because he has slept with several goddesses and thinks he understands the world of the gods.

He went to look at Hades' face, but found that his sight could not penetrate the thin layer of mist no matter what, and he couldn't see the face of the god behind him clearly.

But he could see the corner of Hades' mouth curled up, and he could tell he was smiling—a mocking laugh.

He heard Hades' voice: "You are just doing useless work, and everything you do is in vain."

"I didn't want to respond, but you are so devout, I always want to see you."

Tantalus narrowed his eyes when he heard the words: "What do you mean?"

Hades seemed amused, he laughed loudly: "What do you mean, don't you already know it?"

"Still pretending to be confused with me?"

"You, you were abandoned by Zeus."

"What are you talking about?" Tantalus looked badly. "It is impossible for Father God to abandon me. I am the most prominent king in the world, and no one can replace me."

"..." Hades said with great interest, "You want to trick me? No need to trick me. I can tell you about the mortals who were burned to death around me."

"Zeus has decided to abandon you, and the secretly born Perseus is your replacement."

"You are going to die, and you know the reason best."

"You did the dirty work for him, but you were too smart and did too much."

"the most important is……"

"I am not his heir." Tantalus muttered to himself.He asked Hades: "Is that the man named Perseus?"

Hades smiled: "Do you think so?"

Tantalus was silent.

He suddenly said: "But after I die, no one can do better than me in the future."

"Counting down the past years, no king can unite the kingdoms scattered like stars in the world to a high degree like me."

"The king of the world obeys my orders, and I will obey his orders."

"If Zeus was a visionary king, he shouldn't have killed me."

"I'm dead, he can only benefit for a while, but not forever."

Hades sneered: "Are you questioning his determination? Haven't you already noticed it? That's why you tried to ask me for help."

"Besides, isn't it enough to benefit for a while?"

"You are not us, why do you think we need a king who can unify all the kingdoms in the world?"

"Or...you don't trust me? Just like you can never trust my brother Zeus."

Tantalus looked directly into Hades' eyes: "Of course I don't trust you, I only believe in power."

"You give me strength, and I will do things for you in the world, just like I do things for Zeus."

"It's a fair deal."

"And the transaction... there is no trust at all!"

"Yes, of course there is no trust in the transaction." Hades nodded affirmatively, and he said: "But the transaction should be loyal."

"While you are doing my business, you are also getting involved with my brother."

"I can't trust you."

As he said that, he laughed: "It seems that you still have expectations for him, and you still have a fluke mentality."

"Hmph." Tantalus sneered: "Are you so sure that I was not abandoned but killed?"

"Do you know prophecy? Are you in charge of the priesthood of prophecy?"

"Or are you trying to scare me, the most prominent king in the world?"

Hades laughed.

"Is there a difference between abandoning and killing?"

"If you don't trust me, you can try it yourself and see if Zeus has an extraordinary tolerance for you."

"Anyway, the person who replaced you hasn't grown up yet."

"You know, under what circumstances will you tolerate a person infinitely."

"When you figure it out, you can offer sacrifices to me again."

"And I will always be kind to you. As long as the sacrifice is doubled, I will always respond to you."

As Hades' figure faded away, the words he left seemed to be mocking: "I will wait for your news in the underworld."

"It's like you are always walking in a predicament, but you don't know that you have encountered this predicament before."

"When you are in despair, I will lend a helping hand."

……

Tantalus is not someone who just sits and waits for death. Once he has suspicions, he will always try to prove it.

And he already knew through the mouth of Hades that the person who replaced him was named Perseus, a newborn baby.

He also had to try Zeus's attitude towards himself to see if he would forgive himself.

So Tantalus went to the temple of Zeus. He desecrated the temple, stole the golden dog worshiped by mortals in the temple, and hid him in his deep palace.

The priests of the temple came to question him, but they never even saw his face.

Then he waited in the deep palace with his loyal servants, waiting for the punishment of the gods.

but……

Even the priests of the temple couldn't believe it. Zeus acquiesced in Tantalus's theft. From the beginning to the end, he never issued an oracle.

This made Tantalus despair, for only the offense of a dying man should not be heeded.

So, he turned out to be a dying person?

He lost his composure in the deep palace and was furious at his loyal servant: "Arrest them, arrest them all!"

"6000 people, no! It's 5 people!"

"Arrest the untouchables you can see, and those who secretly oppose me!"

"I want them dead!"

(End of this chapter)