greek mythology stuff

Chapter 56 Trouble
After a long time, Erebus, the God of Darkness, withdrew his gaze that made Hypnos, the God of Sleep, feel his scalp numb, and lowered his head in meditation alone, not knowing what he was thinking.

He got the answer, but the answer was not what he wanted.

Therefore, Erebus did not take back his terrifying divine power that belonged exclusively to the Supreme, so Hypnos could only watch from the sidelines, and could not even speak.

This may be because Erebus felt that Hypnos, the god of sleep, was the child of his wife Nix, but not his.

He came here not to bestow gifts or provide shelter, but just to hear an answer, to hear an... the answer he wanted to hear.

But the truth is often not as expected.

And knowing the truth, those who are immersed in the illusion will eventually wake up.

Erebus looked at the noisy world in front of him.

It just seemed to get messy in one short day.

There are gods fighting outside of chaos, and Hephaestus and Epimetheus are obviously weaker, but they joined forces and showed amazing tacit understanding, and they were able to suppress Hermamene.

There, countless broken worlds are born and passed away, like flowers blooming and falling, without end.

In the sky above the world, there are also gods fighting.Time and sky, these things that mortals can't touch in a lifetime, are showing their demeanor to the fullest at this moment. They are latecomers, but they are not inferior to their predecessors at all, whether it is strength or bearing.

There is also the human world, the mortal who deliberately let go, the mortal who wants to surpass his own limit, wants to break the impossible fate and transform into a god, he is also fighting his own battle.There is no difference between a mortal fighting a god and an ant chasing the sun, but at this moment, he is able to fight with vigor, which is really unexpected.

Erebus looked at them, suddenly feeling noisy.

This irritability has no reason, as if born out of thin air.

But... Erebus he knew.

Be it the truth, fate, or the so-called answers, he has always known it.

Because He is the highest, the destination of all things and even the world, and the end of all things.

He doesn't have to do anything, everything he wants to know will come to him.He was waiting in place, but he had already stood at the end.

It's just...he didn't want to accept all of this, and didn't agree with these so-called truths and answers.

He wanted to give his own answer, the answer of a Supreme Being alone.

He wanted to deny all these truths with his own answer.

but.

Some people are gone and can only be remembered forever.

No matter how powerful you are.

Just like gods, they are indeed difficult to kill, and they can even return from people's thin memory and even the past time, but once they are really killed, there is no possibility of them returning forever, and all traces of their existence are lost. will cease to exist.

More than once, Erebus imagined that a shocking accident would happen to him, allowing him to go back to the past.

He felt that the first thing he would do would be to go to the world of Hermamene, erase everything about her, sweep her into the dustbin of history, stink with those broken worlds, and then die completely .

After all, traveling alone can be lonely, especially when you get a taste of what it's like to be accompanied by someone else.

"Oh." Erebus sighed.

No matter how you avoid some things, you will eventually face them.

He looked at Hypnos and said something incomprehensible: "This is the last time," he said.

In the sky outside the world, the returning god king of the previous generation just happened to be defeated at this moment. After all, he lacks foundation and is not enough to compete with the god Uranus who has lived in the sky for a long time. , and then he himself fell from the sky.

Erebus spread out his palm, and the supreme divine power that Cronus held tightly flew into the chaos and disappeared without a trace.

Then, Erebus took away the Misty Immortal Flower quietly blooming in the temple, and intervened in the battlefield amidst the chaos.

In the chaos, he just stood there calmly, and the three of them did not dare to act rashly.

Hephaestus looked at him and found it quite tricky.

At this point, he and Epimetheus had gradually gained the upper hand. He thought that Erebus had completely given up on Hermamene, but unexpectedly, he still came.

Hephaestus found Erebus looking at him, and just as he was about to say something, Erebus had already moved.

In front of the three of them, he crushed the Misty Immortal Flower in his hand.

Then he said to Hephaestus: "This matter, stop here."

Although Hephaestus was helpless, he could only nod his head.

After doing this, Erebus looked at Hermamene again: "Nix, this is the last time," he said.

Hermamene's face was pale and uncertain, her dream of eternal reincarnation was shattered...

But she didn't dare to say much, and she didn't dare to challenge Erebus' bottom line right now.

She was afraid that Erebus would suddenly call out her real name, the name that had existed for countless years and experienced countless worlds... the goddess of causal fate-Hemamene!

……

In the present world, Uriah, the oldest mountain god, soared into the sky and steadily caught Cronus who fell from the sky.

It seemed that he had prepared and planned accordingly.In an instant he carried Cronus to the edge of the world, ready to flee into Chaos at any moment.

Kronos struggled to get up in his arms, and his elbow accidentally touched Uriah's irregular-shaped flute pinned to his waist.

Apart from this irregular flute, Uriah, who was about to flee into chaos with Cronus, did not take anything else.

He said goodbye to the irregular-shaped flute behind him, and then supported Cronus, and the two stood together in the sky.

Here, Cronus looked into the world, his eyes swept over the gods he saw one by one.

These people have all kinds of emotions in their eyes, but they don't have the joy of his return.

He is the king of the past, and the new king succeeds, so he should be buried in the past forever.These people must have thought so.

He said to Uriah, who was supporting him, "Fortunately, you are here."

"You alone are enough."

Uriah was as reticent as ever.

"Yeah." That was his response.

Kronos didn't care about Uriah's less enthusiastic answer. He was no longer the king of gods. He left everything behind and wanted a new start.

Standing high in the sky, he stretched out a hand towards the sea.

Half pay, no one responded, he was a little disappointed.

"Let's go," he said.

"Yeah." Uriah responded to him.

The two crossed the boundary wall of the world and walked into the depths of chaos.

From today onwards, they have become wanderers, and no one knows whether they are escaping or exploring the edge of the world of gods.
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In the middle of the sea, on an unnamed island.

Chiron was silent, from the moment Kronos reached out to him.

He is the child of Cronus, but his mother is just a weak ordinary god who is not seen by Cronus' real wife.

He has never felt love, whether it is father's love or mother's love, even if it is only a little bit.

Never.

Continuing to live as the lowest level in this world, and going to chaos to hope for a better future is not a matter of choice for him at all.

He stepped slowly into the sea, and the tide covered the four horseshoes.

Then, his figure completely disappeared on the sea.

　I hope that everyone understands it in their hearts, but they just don't say it out loud.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)