Reborn As Hades In Olympus

Ch. 157: The Flow Of Change (II)

"Remember when I told you I was just about getting you back after I lost you after all this time?" She posed her question to me.

I did not bother to hide the fact as I pressed by back against the bark of a tree that wilted white leaves in the shape of maple leaves. The ecosystem here was much different in comparison to the underworld. I still wished to explore these worlds further and perhaps also Atlantis one day and see sirens too.

"I don't recall that but continue." I responded her question.

She sighed through the phone line and I could imagine her glaring at me and shaking her head in disgust, it caused me to smile. "It was right before the war ended, you took me with you to the underworld in search of power and we barely managed to get to him. Thanatos the god of death, you wanted to borrow his arms of souls, back then you were still at odds with Charon."

"Those were really dark times. In exchange for the power of the dead you chose to free Thanatos from the underworld, that which you agreed to."

"But why was he anchored to his own realm if he was really that strong?" I interrupted her.

How had I forgotten about Thanatos, the god of death. Hades was the god of the underworld, it appeared I had been too absorbed in my knowledge that I was blinded by my hubris.

She sighed. "You really are oblivious to the fact. I can't blame you anyway, you went through the worst during that time. Blinded by your need to save everyone you took a hundred thousand lashes of fallen souls. And in turn gained the power of the god of death for a limited time."

"The power made you unstoppable and you managed to subdued Kronos. After the war you had to return back to the underworld to honour your word. But you knew that unleashing Thanatos would only result in another terror being released."

I could hear her voice tense up, my heart sped up too. "I tricked him. Is that reason why you were by my side all this time?"

"Hmm." I imagined her nodding as she spoke. "You could not go back on your word with Thanatos so you tricked him. All you had to do was carry the god of death in your body to the other side but instead you had me bind both your souls to this place making you unable to leave for a long period of time. And then you became neither Thanatos nor Hades, that was when your soul started to become fractured. I stayed by your side to try to relieve you find whatever parts of your I could save but... It's hard to put it in words but you kept changing till you eventually shut yourself in."

I released the breath I had been holding for a while.

Did this mean that all the time that Hades avoided his family it was because he wanted to keep Thanatos locked up, the reason why the poison could not really kill him was because he already had two souls within him. If Hades was sent to the black book then where did the god of death get sent to?

"Hades I want you to know that if you try such a stunt again I will personally stop you." She said in a determined tone.

Her reassurance made me smile lightly. All my life I had been shouldering my responsibility and living my life for me, now that I had people I really wanted to protect would I really want to carry all their burden?

"Listen Hades this is what we asked for we will take the risks ourselves." She added with even more reassurance.

I don't really understand her somethins but they didn't smchoise to risk their lives, I chose them to be here, they just simply complied.

I huffed out hot air and tightened my grip on the phone and spoke more firmly. "You are the first friend I ever made... Of course you'll be right there by my side."

She sighed and asked. "Will that be all my lord?"

I responded in a downbeat tone. "Sure." A monneby later I disconnected the line and dropped down on my haunches. The cool breeze washing my face in a calm I just wanted to lie forever.

An hour passed by with my head still running around a few things when I sensed someone coming my way. It was Talos walking down my way but she didn't catch sight of me, she wore a light red top and jean shorts.

Feeling the need to speak lest she walk past me I spoke up. "Out looking for me?" My voice caused her to come to a rather controlled stop, she did not look my way.

Was she worked up about me walking out on her earlier, she spoke without addressing me directly. "Infact far from the mark. I do admit I was at a time hot on your trail but I gave up on that and was coming here to take a piss."

I sighed. "Sorry about earlier. I do have a bit on my mind."

I pushed myself to my feet and started to walk away from her. "I'll be back soon."

"No you won't." She said with pain in her voice.

Now why did I feel like I was pissing off a number of people?

"You were right, I did have a plan all along." I said.

"And that is." She asked.

I said before vanishing at an astronomical speed. "To form my own little liberation army."

I felt her cold stare on me. "I-- keep me posted."

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I smiled and waved my hand in the air. "You're not one to falter Talos. Are you perhaps worried about me?"

"Of course, you're my rival." She said back.

I walked onward to my destination, navigating through the city with the help of my concealment cap. After a few minutes I hopped off the taxi I had taken on the way, I stood before the establishment of the Gorgon's Pub in broad daylight.

I climbed up the stairs and knocked gently on the door. A short while later it creaked open and I saw a huge green man standing by the door, he didn't look to be a Cyclops so I wondered what he was.

"Excuse me but we don't open in the day so perhaps come back later." He said in a rather simple voice.

I raised my head slightly and looked at him, his features he was muscular, stronger than an average person on Olympus. "I have to see Madame Perisa."

He sighed. "I don't remember anyone having an appointment with her today and besides she's not in today."

My eyes blazed hissing our black pudds of smoke that made him jolt. "You dare lie to me? I can sense her presence." I released a bit of my aura that paralyzed him.

"Don't test me." I said as I walked past him and into the pub.

The place just contained a handful of workers m, some cleaning the tables and floored others busy taking away the bottles lying around. On seeing me they all froze in place as if spotting a ghost.

I was disguising myself with the concealment cap so there was no way they could tell who I was, they were just being cautious.

"Imposter!"

"Trespassers!"

I sensed a very strong aura behind me and looked over my shoulder to see two huge rock statues holding halberds at me. "What's this?"

The people in the bar backed off to give us a little space, they seemed very confident in their rock guards.

"Where's your boss?" I asked in a cold voice as they started to approach me. "Don't make me repeat myself."

The rock guards came to a stop and froze there as if reverting to the stone form that they were. The workers in the pub spoke in confused tones. "What happened? I thought they never felt fear."

"Just who is that guy?"

I turned to them and they trembled before me. "Why are the looking at me like I'm some terrorist?"

CLACK! CLACK!"

"You are some terrorist." Madam Perisa said as she walked towards me wearing a light red dress that reached down to her knee. Her glass slippers clacking on the ground. So glass slippers are a real thing, I think I heard of it from some fairytalr. "My golem guards here are very sensitive to powerful auras so you kind of scared them off."

"Well then now you don't have to fix them later on." I said in a lighter tone.

She scoffed at me. "There you go again having your way like the pompous god you are." She paused and gasped her face filled with shock before saying. "You're back to full strength. I see you've been busy. You are even concealing your aura, that means you're beyond my level. Makes me wonder what brings you here."

I walked up to her and leaned over ignoring her perfume and whispering into her ear. "I would rather we talk someplace else."

"About what?" She asked.

I responded in a cold tone. "Taking down Poseidon for good."

"What?!" She gasped.