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Chapter 53 Hypnos
The Underworld, where Hephaestus and Epimetheus came without anyone noticing.

Hades fell into a deep sleep, and no one in the vast underworld could check and balance them.

As for Persephone, Queen of the Underworld, neither of them cared.Although Persephone, the queen of the underworld, can barely be regarded as a qualified opponent by sharing the throne of Hades, she is different from the queen Hera. After all, her foundation is too weak to support Hades to give her shelf.

The two went to the depths of the underworld, and found the dreamland in an inconspicuous corner, which is the residence of Hypnos, the sleeping god, and his children.

On the edge of dreamland stood two piercing gates, one decorated with horns and the other decorated with ivory.

According to the accidental news from the children of Hypnos, the god of sleep, there are two dreams, one is illusory and has no support, and the other is real and exists by relying on the underworld.

Through the door decorated with horns, you can go to the illusory dreamland, and through the door decorated with ivory, you can go to the real dreamland.

The gods are too lazy to distinguish the difference between reality and illusion. They choose to experience it for themselves and walk through both doors.In the end, it was discovered that Hypnos, the god of sleep, was playing tricks and that the two doors actually lead to the same place.

But these two doors are also the only way to dreamland.

But in fact, as long as you are strong enough, it doesn't matter whether you have a door or not.

Anyway, Hephaestus and Epimetheus just ignored them.To them, the dreamland built by Hypnos, the god of sleep, is just an ordinary place with special rules, and it is not as strenuous as walking in chaos.

The body was blurred, and the two of them fell asleep easily.

Compared with the depressing and boring scenery outside the underworld, the dreamland is simply a paradise.There are pale yellow daisies growing on the ground, with dew condensing on the petals, and beside it is an empty village with smoke rising from the kitchen. Looking into the distance, beautiful scenery at different times and places are scattered together. The last place The snow is still falling and the flowers are blooming, and the next place is already the bright moon and the spring breeze blowing the willows.

Everything seemed terribly unreal.

Hephaestus and Epimetheus found Hypnos, the god of sleep, on a boulder.

He had a pair of black wings on his back, his upper body was bare, and his head was covered by a black helmet, so his face could not be seen clearly, but judging from the smooth skin exposed on his upper body, he should look very young.

He is one of the children conceived alone by Nix, the goddess of the night, in the early days, and he is in charge of all the powers of dreams.

At this moment, he was resting his elbows on his knees, his five fingers clenched into fists to prop up his helmet, and he was sleeping peacefully on a boulder.

Sleeping God Hypnos is a very gentle person. His wife is not well-known, but he bore three thousand children for him. In order to show fairness and equal love for the children, he split his dream authority into shards to ensure each child gets a portion of his power.

The price is that he needs to stay in dreamland all year round to ensure that his power will not decline.

But it still seemed to be influential, Hephaestus and Epimetheus had already walked in front of him, but he still didn't notice it.

The two nodded to each other, signaling the start of the action.

A tiny world appeared in the hands of Epimetheus, and Hypnos, who was sleeping soundly on the boulder, was sucked into the world.

The will of Epimetheus also entered it immediately, and this will was magnificent and irresistible, exerting pressure on Hypnos from the sky.

The plan of the two is actually very simple, to defeat Hypnos' will and completely control his body.

Hypnos also came to his senses at this time. He felt that his will was being separated from his body uncontrollably. It was obvious that the visitor did not want to hurt him, so the methods he used were not radical, but rather upright and forceful. Convincing taste.

He sensed his position carefully, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"Still in dreamland, it's okay."

Immediately, his will simply and neatly gave up his body, and turned to connect with the dreamland of the outside world, and then escaped into it.In this way he escaped from the world created by Epimetheus and retained control of his body.

Epimetheus turned his head to look at the place where his will was hiding: "It's interesting."

In the dreamland, before Hypnos had time to secretly rejoice, flames ignited out of thin air in the depths of the dreamland to which his will was attached, and they came from all directions, forcing Hypnos to return to the cage.

In desperation, Hypnos didn't care about any secrets anymore. Above the dreamland, an identical but illusory dreamland appeared. They overlapped at first, but now they were separated by Hypnos.

With his fingers drawing in the air, a door connecting the real and the unreal was opened, and Hypnos hurried in.

The flames ignited out of thin air also stop at the moment, staying outside the illusory dreamland.

Hephaestus responded to Epimetheus: "It's interesting, but it's useless."

Hypnos, who had entered the illusory dreamland, had lost control of his body, and the two had achieved their goal.

Epimetheus took the body of Hypnos out of the tiny world he created, and under his control, even without the will of Hypnos, his body still walks, sits, and lies the same as ordinary people.

Epimetheus controlled him to speak, his voice was clear and full, full of emotion: "Mother..."

Hephaestus was quite satisfied: "Let's go. It's time to get down to business."

Epimetheus heard the words and controlled "Hypnos" to move forward.

"How sure are you?" he asked.

Hephaestus walked side by side with him, and the two walked faster and higher, gradually climbed to the sky of dreamland, and slowly stepped into nothingness.

"Not at all. After all, I haven't played before, so I don't know where the gap is."

"As for you, how sure are you?"

Epimetheus considered his words carefully: "About [-]%, plus you should be [-]%."

"It depends on how Hemamene recovers. I'm not sure about the actual situation."

Hephaestus smiled: "Relax, winning and losing is the norm."

"That means we still have a chance to step up our game."

"Even if we can't win, a draw is acceptable for the time being."

"Think of this fight as a game and you won't be nervous."

Stepping out of nothingness, there is chaos ahead, and the quiet night lies in front of you, which is where the battle is about to start.

Pimetheus sighed, he controlled Hypnos' body and walked into the night in front of him: "I'm not as optimistic as you."

"If it wasn't for Hermamene's actions being too absolute and leaving no room for it, I wouldn't want to get involved at all."

"It is easy for the strong to bully the weak, but it is difficult for the weak to defeat the strong."

"Now I can't escape, so I can only force myself to fight."

"At least for now, we haven't been defeated one by one, and we still have a chance to win."

"When you die in battle, then there is really no hope at all."

Hephaestus looked at him suspiciously: "Oh?"

"Have you foreseen it, so sure."

Epimetheus replied casually while controlling Hypnos: "I'm not a prophet, so it's strange that I can see it."

"When you ask, you should also think about my god's name first. I am the god of ignorance, which is recognized by everyone."

Hephaestus couldn't help but smile: "Understood, so it makes sense for Vulcan to be in charge of history, right?"

"Sure enough, in this world, most people still follow what others say."
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ps: It will be on the shelves tomorrow. Although I don't have any hope, I still want to tell everyone symbolically.

(End of this chapter)