Journey through the Worlds from the Wilderness

Chapter 290 Styx
Early the next morning, the hunters who volunteered at the departure decided to break away from the team and go after the evil spirits. Before leaving, they handed Perseus a shield made of giant scorpion bones.

Regarding the hunter's decision, Perseus couldn't force him to stay, and reluctantly saw him off with a smile.

Looking at the backs of the hunters leaving, Perseus couldn't help but think of the man he saw when he descended the mountain last night, or to be precise, it was the god, his biological father, Zeus.

Zeus appeared and gave him a choice, which could avoid the ending predicted by the witch, and he could even get rid of the suffering of mortals, be eternal like a god, and be like the fate he deserved.

However, the scene of Hades brutally killing his family is still vivid in his mind, and his belief in revenge to Hades has never wavered. According to Io, his only chance is after defeating Kraken, the Kraken. Hades' fatal blow.

Before that, he always took this as his goal, and the witch's words moved him, but he finally became firm and rejected Zeus' asylum. As he said, he didn't want to live forever like a god, but only wished Human beings return to dust like that.

As for Zeus, even though he could clearly feel the intimacy hidden in the blood when he faced the opponent directly, he would never call the opponent his father, and his father was someone else.

But even if he rejected Zeus, the other party still gave him a strange gold coin. He didn't know what the so-called expensive passage meant, but he did not refuse this help.

The matter of the witch did change him a bit. The use of this gold coin was unknown, but he subconsciously felt that it would be useful in the future, not only for himself, but for the entire team.

"We've all heard the prophecies of witches, but we can prove them wrong."

Perseus looked at everyone who was staying at this moment sincerely and firmly, and said, "We already know how to save Argos, but I need your help."

Drago glanced at everyone when he heard the words, and said in a deep voice: "Gorgon Medusa is a terrible monster. Although we have no choice, we cannot control her."

"Then chop off her head."

Perseus grinned.

"We don't know how to get to the underworld."

Drago frowned again.

"It just so happens that I know the nearest entrance to the underworld."

Io stood up and said with a smile.

"Then how to cross the River Styx and find Medusa's prison exactly?"

Drago narrowed his eyes thoughtfully, and continued to ask.

This question stumped Perseus, and he looked sideways at Io who had guided him all the way here. The latter frowned slightly, but shook his head and apologized softly: "Sorry, Perseus, this I don't know how to solve it."

"In this case, we can only consider it at that time. As you said, we have no choice, right, Dragu?"

Perseus lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then showed an extremely determined expression again.

"Ah."

Dragu nodded slightly, suppressing his panicked mood, glanced at Gao Feng from the corner of his eyes, and said, "Then let's set off immediately, and the day of the solar eclipse will soon be here."

Gao Feng was noncommittal, and he was as good as ever.

Everyone set off again, and under the guidance of Yio, they crossed the scorched ruins of the Styx Garden, walked from dawn to scorching noon, and from noon to dusk, and when the night fell, they finally arrived at the underworld mentioned by Yio Entrance.

The underworld is deep in the ground, and the entrance is like a tiankeng in the wasteland. The tiankeng is filled with thick white mist, carrying a cold breath.

Fortunately, this feeling was only for a moment, and when they stepped into the thick fog, they gradually returned to normal.

Except Esius.

In the Garden of the Styx, which was still a day away from the entrance of the underworld, Esius, who could see the ghosts of the dead with his eyes, already had his legs limp and his face was pale. In this way, he was still trembling and raving.

"Leave him here for now, and wake him up when you come back. There is no other way."

Before entering the sinkhole, Drago glanced at Esius, and then suggested to Gao Feng.

"That's all."

Gao Feng shrugged his shoulders without any intention of vetoing it. Esius survived his blade at the beginning only because he was useful, although in the end Esius did not play the role he expected, and could only be his servant. Naturally, he would not hesitate because of a servant.

Yio led the crowd to find a hidden path in the mist, which sloped downward and led directly to the depths of the sinkhole.

They went all the way, and finally came to a simple ferry terminal.

The pier is built of wood, with long-lasting blue and white phosphorous fires burning on both sides, and a thick white mist ahead, only the sound of running water can be heard, but nothing can be seen clearly.

Here is one of the entrances to the underworld. This river is called the Acheron River, or the River of Pain. The ferry gods in charge of this river are the five creation gods in Greek mythology, the dark god Erepos and the goddess of the night. Charon, the descendant of Nyx, is the uncle of Hades.

"What should we do now?"

Dragu turned to look at Perseus, his eyes especially paused for a moment on the female demigod Io.

"The ferry god on this River Styx is Charon, we need to wait for his arrival."

Io thought for a moment and then said.

"Charon? It is said that he can only ferry the dead. Do we want us to commit suicide?"

Drago said in a dissatisfied deep voice.

"In that case, are there any volunteers?"

Solon laughed and drew out his sword, gesticulating and looking at everyone.

Holding the gold coin that Zeus gave him, Perseus thought about the words that the other party said before he left, expensive road?Is this gold coin used to cross the river?
He was unsure of this guess, and he didn't want anyone in the team to die again, so he could only throw up the gold coins and said helplessly: "Let's swim over."

Before the others could react, the evil spirit next to him suddenly stepped out, reached out and grabbed the falling gold coin, and then threw the gold coin into the river Styx under the inexplicable eyes of everyone.

Ka Ka Ka! ~
In the next moment, there was a slight sound and a burst of eerie howls in the thick fog of the Styx River, and then a dilapidated wooden boat slowly approached the pier under the influence of a group of terrifying ghosts.

"This is a bribe for the usher."

Now everyone understood it, including Perseus, but when others looked at him with special meaning, he fell silent.

But even though he didn't say anything, everyone already had some guesses.

Perseus felt helpless. He refused the God-given sword along the way, refused to pray to Zeus for strength when he was injured, and even refused to become the god of Mount Olympus, but after all, he could not refuse the gold coin to cross the river. .

It's just that for some reason, at this moment, he felt a sense of relief in his heart.

(End of this chapter)