yasinovel Chapter 1852: Dysfunctional Family
Chapter 1852: Dysfunctional Family
Chapter 1852: Dysfunctional Family
The sky above Tartarus is a swirling vortex of black and blood red clouds. Perpetually crackling with jagged streaks of unnatural lightning bolts.
These lightning itself rivals the lightning that is wielded by Zeus himself.
There is no true ground, only jagged, floating masses of obsidian rock veined with molten fire.
The air is thick and oppressive, heavy with the stench of sulphur and the metallic tang of iron. Time flows differently here, each second stretching into eternity.
And below, Poseidon could hear the cries and roars of the Titans, mixed with the echoes of ancient battles, reverberate endlessly, creating an overwhelming cacophony of torment.
Shadows stretch and twist unnaturally, giving the impression that unseen horrors lurk just beyond perception.
This is Tartarus and there below him, in that unfathomable depth, lies the Titans. It took some time for Poseidon to understand what Hades wanted to do.
But when he saw the Titans he knew what hades wanted to do.
And the horror appears on his face.
"Titans? Titans!" Poseidon look at Hades and the incredulous expression on Poseidon rugged face nearly make Hades laugh
"yes, Titans"
For a moment there is silence between them but then Poseidon shakes his head
"No, no, no. Titans...no. It is reserved for Titanomachy. If you release them now, then...." He did not finish his words and he frowned and he shakes his head
"If we fail with what we wanted to do, then we need a backup plan. We could always fall back on the tried and true, stage Titanomachy again and then we could still survive"
Hades shakes his head
"looping eternally, playing the same story over and over again. There is a mortal I once know that said "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts."
"But, I'm tired, little brother. I'm tired of playing these plays. It is the burden of those who remember"
Poseidon hears what Hades is saying. And so, he did not say anything. He too seems to be pondering
Hades sighed and then said
"Zeus.....why do you think he seals his memories? He remembers too much. If he remembers more, he might go crazy. I on the other hand is cursed with the curse of sanity. I could not even go crazy even if I wanted to. Dionysus once tried to make me go crazy with one of his brew and it did not make drunk"
Poseidon took a moment and then shakes his head
"You want to cut off the way of retreat for us?"
Hades smiles bitterly as he look at Poseidon and pat his head
"Stop that" Poseidon push away Hades hand.
"There is a difference between the immortality of mortals and gods. Mortals...." Hades did not finish his words but it seems like he recalls something but he did not finish his words
"Let's go all in."
Hades did not say anything else. He just waited for Poseidon to answer. And what is the question? the question has already been asked.
And Poseidon knows the question.
And after a few second, he sighed.
He nodded.
That nod is the answer
And Hades smiles.
Hades took his shoulder and in just a second they appear in a dark realm
And then he saw Hecatoncheires
The Hundred Handed Ones. There are three of them. Three monstrous giants of enormous size and possess great strength, each with fifty heads and one hundred arms
There is Cottus, Briareus and Gyges. They helped Zues and the Olympians to over the Titans in
the Titanomachy
They are giants.
But they are the few giants that did not drew Zeus ire.
They were imprisoned by their father Uranus with their brothers the Cyclopes and then
released when Zeus defeated their father
"The giants, huh?"
Hades look at the giant guarding the gate of Tartarus in front of him and nodded
The Gates of Tartarus is opened and all the darkness of the Underworld tries to come out. But
the Giant body seems to repel these darkness from going out.
It seems that Hades had carved certain runes on the skin of these giants. It gave the certain properties to repel darkness.
Hades only smiles at this. He is accustomed to it but the same could not be said for Poseidon.
When the door was opened, he could feel a chill. And that is terrifying in itself
Because unless he wanted to, no one could make him fill the chill.
After all, Atlantis main castle is in deep sea where the temperature is even colder and the
pressure is so strong that no mortal ships could even hope to reach Atlantis unless if he allows
it.
And the chill he feels is not the chill of a cold. No, it is the chill that came with death. The chill that came to all mortals. When they ae alive and warm and then the chill came and they knew that the Unseen One had come for them
It is the chill of death and Poseidon feel it the moment Tartarus door was opened. The kind of horrors hidden in Tartarus must be something powerful that it could make Poseidon feel the
chill of death
No wonder, not many Olympians likes to go here.
Even he, the elder gods of Olympus feel like this, one could only imagine what those youngling gods would experience if they are in his shoes right now.
"They sometimes tell me about the Titanomachy" Hades said in a joyful manner. It is quite
weird for Poseidon.
He never felt so close to death before but here....here, Hades never look more alive. It is like there is warmth running through his pale skin.
"Ah, the battle of the Titans" Poseidon tries to reply while calming himself down
Hades nodded
In that Titan War many people see their father Cronus as the main character. But Hades think
otherwise.
The reason why that war happen and how it unfolds the way it is, is because of Uranus, their grandfather was arrogant and domineering and because of their grandmother who is
scheming conniving woman.
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