Greek Mythology: The Spiritual Dominator.

Chapter 592 Getting the Fruit
There was no prior discussion, and it was unclear what the other party wanted to do.

Without even meeting each other, Pandora and the two ocean gods coincidentally began working on the same thing.

In the boundless source sea, the authority of [matter destruction] and Poseidon's original divine power are intertwined, and the sea adds fuel to the flames.

With the legacy left by the Sea Emperor in this world as the core, the power of both sides produced an effect where the sum of one was greater than the two.

Far below the West Sea, Pandora herself was somewhat confused about the situation.

"Is my power... really that strong?"

There was a flash of confusion in his eyes, and then he returned to his original indifference.

Pandora was just following Gaia's previous instructions and continued to stir up natural disasters in the four seas.

Somehow, the divine power left by the Sea Emperor even resonated faintly with her.

However, she is no longer the same person she used to be. After so many years, Pandora has also learned many taboos that belong only to gods.

Theocracy cannot be taken away, let alone by someone like her who gained power by housing the 'corpse' of a god.

The ancient weather Titan has been gone from the world for many years, but up to now there is no other god in the world who dares to claim that he has mastered the weather.

So no matter what she does, this is something that cannot be changed...but it doesn't matter.

With a blank expression, Pandora plucked the string of destruction.

No matter what, if someone asks her to do it, she will do it.

She has been doing this since long ago, since she brought destruction to the bronze humans.

……

Fight from the sea surface to the sky, and then from the sky to the bottom of the sea.

The sun rose six times in the sky and set six times in the sky.

With no gods to intervene in their battle, Hercules and Ladon had only each other as opponents.

The boiling dragon blood spilled all over the sea, and the dragon's roar shook the clouds.

The hundred-headed dragon lived up to its reputation, and it once injured and bled the hero on the parts of his body that were not covered by the lion skin.

But when the morning light rose again from the east, Ladon finally used up all his strength.

Its huge corpse fell on the sea, and ninety-nine tumors were wriggling on its neck.

Ladon tried to regenerate his flesh and blood, and its powerful vitality gathered on the broken surface.

However, the great hero had anticipated this, so he used the venom flowing from Hydra's fangs to curb the demon's life.

Ladon tried to gather his spirits and call upon the wrath of Typhon that burned the sky.

However, the great hero also noticed its movements, so he blew the bone flute made from the larynx of the Siren, making the demon's spirit scattered.

With no other options, Ladon wanted to dive into the seabed, hide his body, and fight him again after the poison was eliminated.

However, its body was exposed in the eyes of the Caucasian Condor and it had no way to escape the attack of the great hero.

Finally, he wanted to compete with his human opponent in endurance, but after absorbing the remains in the Sphinx's domain, the great hero was able to fight it for three years without sleep.

When all other methods failed, Radon's defeat was inevitable.

If it had met the fledgling Hercules, perhaps it could really have won.

But at this point, there is almost nothing in the world that can be the enemy of the great hero.

Stepping on the water, Hercules looked at the demon in front of him.

The copper pillars supporting the sky revealed their true form, pressing the hundred-headed dragon beneath them.

By now, the winner has been decided.

"Ladon," the great hero asked the last dragon head of the great demon, "Do you have anything else to say?"

"We are enemies, and you want to kill me. But we don't need to fight, just because I want to enter the Queen's garden."

"I won't let you go, but if you have any wish, I might be able to fulfill it for you...if it doesn't go against my code."

"……Roar……"

There was no word, the only response to Hercules was a weak roar and Ladon's unyielding look.

It looked at the great hero, but it also seemed as if it was looking at the land behind him, and the sacred mountain on the land.

Typhon's rage burned in his blood and soul, and even death could not extinguish it.

Looking at this scene, Hercules understood the other party's request.

All it needs is a death like Typhon's, and the God-King's endless will to fight.

boom--

The final blow ended Ladon's life.

Hercules picked up the bronze stick and dragged its body towards the Holy Island.

Now that the hundred-headed dragon is dead, no one will be able to stop him from getting the golden apple.

At this moment, the River of Forgetfulness in the underworld was already beckoning to him.

As long as you prepare the corresponding medicine, there will be no obstacles in your way.

……

"call……"

"Huh...huh..."

"Is it safe out there?"

On the holy island of the Queen of Heaven, in a garden planted with golden apple trees.

Peeking her head out from the nearly broken barrier, the sea fairy looked at everything in front of her in horror and shock.

It was like a hurricane passing by, or like a meteor falling into the wilderness.

Except for the core orchard, there is almost no intact place on the entire island. Looking around, it is all devastation.

Further away, the sea was experiencing terrifying waves, storms and tsunamis one after another, creating a scene of doomsday natural disaster.

This made the sea fairy, who had never seen such a situation before, stand there in a daze, not knowing what to do for a moment.

The gods treated her with great courtesy and mortals worshipped her because she was Hera's servant; but demons and natural disasters did not know who she was, so the sea nymph did not dare to run around.

Not knowing whether the disaster had passed, she could only pray to the great Queen of Heaven to notice the danger here... However, at a certain moment, the sea nymph, who closed her eyes and prayed, suddenly felt herself shrouded by a shadow.

"Ok?"

“What happened…Ah——!”

With a deafening scream, his eyes opened and the huge body of the beast dragon Ladon came into view.

The sea nymph stepped back in horror, but she tripped over a tree root and fell to the ground in panic.

"No...I don't want to die yet...I, I..."

Trembling and talking without thinking.

At this moment, the shadow of death loomed over her, and the sea fairy had almost lost her ability to judge.

The garden's barrier couldn't possibly stop this demon, I was sure—

"Hello, respected caretaker."

The great hero called out as he emerged from under Ladon's body.

But the moment he saw the sea fairy, he realized that the other party seemed to have misunderstood something.

Hercules took a step forward and stretched out his hand, trying to help her up. "Don't be afraid... Ladon is dead. This is his body."

Speaking in a deep voice, the great hero explained seriously.

"Corpse...corpse?"

The trembling body gradually calmed down. Hearing these words, the sea fairy finally calmed down a little and looked at the demon that she had been extremely afraid of in the past.

Although the aura is still strong, the vitality is no longer vigorous.

Ninety-nine heads were chopped off, and the light in the eyes of the last one was gone.

The sea fairy breathed a sigh of relief, finally letting go of her worries.

Seeing the hero's outstretched hand, she was about to use it to stand up. But when her hand was halfway stretched out, she seemed to suddenly remember something, and she couldn't help but ask hesitantly.

"Your Highness looks a little unfamiliar... I wonder what authority you hold? We haven't seen you before?"

"I am not a god." Hercules explained, telling the truth: "We have never met before."

"Not a god?"

Frowning slightly, the sea fairy hesitated for a moment and couldn't help asking again: "Then which god's servant are you, and who has been granted immortality by His Majesty?"

"No."

Shaking his head again, Hercules vaguely felt that the other party's attitude seemed to have changed a little.

"I am not a servant of any god, and no one has granted me immortality."

"You may not know me. I am a human from the earth, named He--"

Snapped--

Before he could finish his words, a crisp voice interrupted the hero's self-introduction.

The sea nymph tried to knock down Hercules' outstretched hand but failed, snorted coldly and stood up from the ground on her own.

"So you are a mortal from the human world... You have no right to have physical contact with me."

"Your life is too short. This is not the place for you."

"Okay, back off. Because of your kindness, I won't mind you accidentally entering the Queen's Garden."

"Leave now. I will pretend that I have never seen you."

The words flowed like flowing water, and in the blink of an eye, all the panic faded away, leaving only a hint of pride and confidence on the face of the sea fairy.

Standing aside, Hercules didn't react for a moment. He was stunned for a moment, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he said nothing.

The hero withdrew his outstretched hand and felt helpless for a moment. Well, he had never thought that he would encounter such a thing.

But it doesn't matter, he just came to get the golden apple.

Even though the guard's attitude was not very good, he had no intention of doing anything to him.

"Well, since you have some prejudice against mortals, I will leave here after I take the golden apple."

Shaking his head slightly, the hero planned to bypass the opponent.

But before he could take a step, another sharp voice came from behind him.

"What did you say? You want to steal the golden apple?"

"It's not stealing," Hercules took a deep breath, turned around and said, "This is the reward I deserve after completing the trial."

Not only the one before, but when he turned around and looked behind the great hero, several other nymphs and sea fairies also noticed the movement here and saw the dragon corpse here.

Frowning slightly, the hero didn't want to get entangled with them. But after hearing his explanation, the other party blocked him directly.

"What trial, what reward?"

The sea fairy refused to retreat even a step with her righteous words.

"This is the garden of Her Majesty the Queen of Heaven. No one may take the golden apples here without Her Majesty's will."

"What's more... His Majesty's fruit is the one she bestowed upon the gods. And yet you still want His Majesty's fruit?"

"How can this be allowed? What do you, a human being, need a golden apple for?"

"Hmph, I think you should stay here for now. As for how to deal with this, wait for His Majesty to make the decision himself!"

"?"

Not knowing what to say, Hercules looked back at the huge corpse of Ladon, and the last bit of patience in his heart was exhausted.

I see, he's the same guy as Triton... that makes sense.

One had been tied up and punished since the Bronze Age, while the ones in front of them had most likely been guarding the golden apple tree here since the end of the last era... They knew almost nothing about humans, and were still stuck in descriptions of fanatical followers of the gods and the Golden Age.

They fear monsters but not themselves.

Because in their eyes, humans are naturally not capable of resisting gods, and their existence is due to gods...

The hero took a step forward with a calm expression. Although he had no ill feelings towards the Queen of Heaven whom he had never met, it did not mean that he would allow the sea fairy in front of him to ignore his dignity.

"Step aside."

With a final warning, Hercules' voice was calm.

"Don't think about it!"

With a shout, and seeing that the human in front of her was actually trying to force her way in, the sea fairy suddenly stretched out her hand and summoned a dozen poisonous snakes from the garden behind her.

The poisonous snake spit out its tongue and pounced towards the hero at a rapid speed.

Seeing this, Hercules didn't take them seriously. He just grabbed them and prepared to crush the snake's vital points...

"Hmm? This scene..."

He stood there in a daze, allowing the remaining poisonous snakes to bite him, but they could not even hurt his skin.

He pinched the snake's vital point with his hand, and for some reason, a long-lost memory was recalled from the depths of the hero's mind.

That was when he was just born...he was still in a cradle.

Facing such a baby, the Queen of Heaven, who was high on the sacred mountain, lowered her eyes.

Heracles, the glory of Hera, is actually the shame of the Queen of Heaven for not recognizing the child of her rival, and is a testimony to her shame.

So under her will, two poisonous snakes climbed into the baby's cradle... and were killed on the spot by the newborn baby.

It seemed that from that moment on, Hercules had already shown his supreme talent.

Waking up from his memories, the hero looked at the poisonous snake in his hand with a complicated expression.

Queen Hera...it's hard to tell if they are enemies.

She accidentally fed her younger self milk, but ended up killing him mercilessly.

Glancing over the people present, the great hero knocked them away and strode to the core of the garden.

Here, the golden apple trees sway gracefully, with hundreds of fruits hanging on them.

The branch is not the main body, so the fruit it bears is not as powerful. In other words, the difficulty of bearing fruit is also reduced.

"...I never thought that the Queen and I had such a past..."

"Forget it, take these golden apples first."

He had only intended to take one, but when old memories were awakened here, although Hercules had not yet figured out how to deal with his relationship with the goddess, this did not affect him from taking more as the "interest" of the goddess' past actions.

The legitimate queen persecuted her husband's illegitimate child... It is indeed difficult to say who is right or wrong in this matter, especially when the other party is half of her "wet nurse".

Feeling somewhat conflicted, the great hero just silently took action and picked away the fruits that filled the garden.

(End of this chapter)