yasinovel Chapter 1854: Road of Stories
Chapter 1854: Road of Stories
Chapter 1854: Road of Stories
The prophecy was shocking and something that Chronos did not want to hear
At first, their father did not believe it.
But the doubt fester like a wound that could not close.
The more he tried not to think about it, the more the thought spreads
And so, he became paranoid. Hades tries to understand his father, a deed that Zeus, Demeter and Poseidon is not fond of entertaining
Hades had many thought about why his father became paranoid and crazy in his later years.
Cronus knows the way he rose to the throne was not right. He betrayed his father and there will always be this fear that since he could betray his father, his sons could also emulate him and betray him just like he did.
He could have killed Hades the moment he was born.
But instead, he swallowed them
Zeus believe that their father swallowed them because he believe that his sons is immortal beings like him, so killing them in a mortal way would not be effective and might even be counterproductive
Poseidon who is always thirsty for more power, believed that their father swallowed him because he believe that their father wanted absolute control over them
By consuming them, he absorbs their potential power, reinforcing his dominance over the cosmos and preventing any possibility of rebellion.
It also deters any rebellious forces and during Chronos time, there were many rebellious factions
Demeter believe that their father fear the consequences of trying to defy fate and destiny.
Chronos might not fear destiny and fate in the beginning but being ass whooped by the Three Fates does have a way of changing your minds
Maybe when the Fates defeat his father, the ending of that fight already started the beginning of the downfall of his father
Demeter however is adamant in thinking that their father had swallow them because she believe that their father fear incurring the wrath of other divine forces or disturb the natural order.
Swallowing them is a less risky way to prevent the prophecy while avoiding direct conflict with the fates
Hades thinks differently.
Maybe....just maybe, when he wanted to kill him, wanted to kill his children, he look at his children eyes and could not bear it.
So, instead of slitting their throats and making sure the deed is done, Cronus choose the worst possible way.
Swallowing them, maybe believing that he could contain his children inside himself, neutralizing them as a threat without needing to kill them
Maybe he believe someday he would find a way to not repeat the deeds of his father and him. Maybe, in the hopes of containing them, he would have time to solve the knot in his heart There is a kind of mercy in that, a kind of compassion that is hard for one to understand
He doesn't want to but he is conflicted with the whispers in his minds and the dark thoughts that would not leave him.
The moment he swallowed the first he probably went crazy. And the first one is always the hardest.
After that it was simple.
Chronos paranoia turns him like his father before him. A tyrant. Then he began swallowing each of his children whole
Their mother Rhea had to watch as her husband is driven by the madness.
In some myths and retelling of this story in the mortal world, or in the lore's of those who has been Stamped by Divine Consciousness, they all think that Rhea resent his father
Hated him. Or wanted to kill him
Hades met his mother after the war.
And he ask her to tell her story. Yes, when the mortals and the gods talk about that war, they member Cronus, they remember Zeus and they remember the war that happen
But not many people heard the hymns of his mother. Hades himself thought that his mother probably hated his father.
Tartarus can sometimes makes the memories distorts and your mind could be persuaded to
play tricks on you.
Sometimes it makes you forget some memories. It is another measure of Hades so that not anybody could just waltz into Tartarus and break out some beings out
Hades took a breath and tries to remember the story.
"Ah, Zeus survival" Hades thought to himself. And as he remembers that part of the story, a
new path appears in front of him
"Now, there's the road" Hades smiles
"The story is about to end"
Since the story is about to end, the road is also about to reach the end.
The road is clear to Hades. The road made of stories.
A story that only he knew making it the most well-guarded trail in all of Tartarus. Also, a way
to not get lost and a way for others to get trapped.
"A cave. Mother brought Zeus to a cave"
And the moment Hades was reminded of this part of the story a cave appears in front of
Hades.
Hades enters the cave.
But in Poseidon eyes they are just going to the center of the garden
Then Hades recalls back the story of how Zeus masqueraded as their father cupbearer and the
magical concoction that cause their father to vomit him and all of the swallowed children
All of them grown inside their father belly
Hades even learned something being in that belly of his father.
And after that the rebellion against the Titans begins
And that is the end of the story of the Titans.
And now that the story has ended, Hades is out of the cave and in front of him there is an old
man.
This old man is chained to two big rocks.
The big rocks is the size of a hill.
The old man is only five feet seven
There is wrinkle on his face, on his hands and feet and his entire physique is bony.
"Wake up" Hades said as he taps Poseidon shoulder and suddenly in Poseidon eyes, the gardens melted and then what he sees is an old man chained with a large chain to a rock the
size of a hill.
Poseidon finally realized he is now in Tartarus
"This place play tricks on my mind"
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