Greece: Zeus made me the queen of heaven?

Chapter 928 The Age of Heroes

After overcoming countless hardships, he finally brought his lover back, only to disappear into the darkness once again after seeing him just once.

Orpheus's heart plummeted from the peak of joy to the depths of despair in an instant; the moment he felt immense joy, the next moment was filled with regret and pain.

Without the slightest hesitation, Orpheus chased after his lover who had been dragged into the darkness, returning once more to the land of the underworld, running wildly across the twilight plains.

Regardless of whether he bumped into those souls again, Orpheus passed right through them, ignoring his hunger and exhaustion, and raced all the way to the banks of the River Styx.

The raging River Styx blocked his path, becoming an insurmountable barrier.

No matter how much he prayed and cried, he could not cross this insurmountable barrier. He could only gaze into the darkness from the banks of the River Styx and weep.

"Charon of the Shadows, ferryman of the Black Waters, hear my plea! I am willing to give everything I have as payment for crossing the river. Please take me to the other side once more."

The sorrowful plea traveled down the rushing River Styx, and the ferryman on the Styx did indeed hear his plea and appear before him.

But the skull beneath the other's black robe revealed a human-like mockery and pity. It didn't reach the shore, but answered him from within the River Styx.

"No, you have no more chips left."

“I just received the debt you incurred when you first crossed the river. Now you have nothing left that is most precious to you.”

Charon's reward was Orpheus's lover. Although the reward was not deposited into her account but went directly into the company account, the scene of taking away the other's beloved possession was still somewhat amusing.

"Moreover, one cannot step into the same river twice. You can no longer cross the River Styx. Rest in peace and return to the surface."

The cold, mocking reply from the gods filled Orpheus with immense regret, but this regret could only be felt by himself, and could not be expressed to anyone else.

Should he resent the gods? The miracle of the dead coming back to life is already an act of transgression; it is normal for him to pray for divine grace and mercy, even if he does not receive it.

The gods have shown him extraordinary mercy, giving him the opportunity without deceiving or fooling him, but rather presenting the trial openly and honestly.

It was his own failure to pass this trial that led to his lover, who was just one step away from being resurrected, being dragged back into the underworld.

Regret. How wonderful it would have been if I could have believed honestly and waited for Eurydice to call me after her resurrection before turning around.
My own intense longing for him became the cause of my failure.

Of course, Orpheus, kneeling and weeping, did not understand that even if he hadn't been so impatient for a little while, the result would have been the same.

He's just a human and doesn't understand things, but does Eurydice also not understand things?
For the sake of your own short-term selfish desires, you put your superiors in a difficult position. Even if the superiors do what they agreed to do, what about the future? You have to consider the future, right?

Therefore, from the very beginning, Eurydice would not take that final step, and Orpheus's wish to resurrect her was destined to remain unfulfilled.

If there is ever a day when they can reunite, it will only be after Orpheus dies, when he is able to enter Paradise as a man of exceptional talent.

This is the real winning strategy; relying on probability or something similar is something Eros doesn't usually do.

Orpheus wept bitterly on the banks of the River Styx for several days before finally giving up and turning back, dragging his heavy body.

He accomplished the heroic feat of returning alive from the underworld, but he failed to fulfill his own wish. What is the point of that?

In his future life, Orpheus became a musician who only played songs of longing and mourning, wandering aimlessly from place to place. He could only waste his life like this until death came.

However, if he wants to successfully cross the River Styx to reach the Land of Bliss after death, he still needs some merit or good reputation.

However, it's not a big problem, because nowadays, the connections between city-states are becoming increasingly close, and the intense clashes and frictions have also created fertile ground for the birth of heroes.

King Iasos of Arcadia prayed several times for the birth of a son to inherit his throne.

But his queen gave birth to another girl, which made him furious and disappointed. In a fit of rage, he abandoned the child in the valley.

But perhaps it was the goddess's mercy, a mother bear who had just given birth found the abandoned baby girl, took her back, and raised her as her own child.

Meanwhile, in the nearby kingdom of Calydon, King Oeneus, during a hunting festival, forgot to offer sacrifices to the goddess of the hunt to thank her for her protection.

His oversight led the petty-minded Artemis to bring disaster upon his kingdom.

The brutal and powerful wild boars ravaged the fields, devouring livestock and trampling the land and orchards, bringing devastating disaster.

A rebellion broke out in the kingdom of Thessaly, which resulted in the current king, Aeson, being usurped by his brother and banished from the city.

Among the warlike Amazons, Ares, the god of war, also bestowed her blessings. The daughter of the god of war, the queen of the Amazons, was born in a crimson light and uttered her first cry.

In Athens, the newly enthroned King Aegeus, having yet to have a child, turned to his brother Pitheus for help.

Pitheus secretly married his daughter to Aegeus. After spending a few days together, Aegeus returned to Athens, and his child, by the grace of fate, was born under the watchful eyes of his grandfather Pitheus.

Pittus named the child Theseus and planned to reveal his true parentage to him when he came of age.

In every corner of the earth, countless children with the potential for genius are being nurtured amidst conflict and strife.

Among them are many favored children born of divine grace, or demigods whose ancestors were transformed from gods.

Among them, the best performers, the most promising and undoubtedly the strongest, are indeed ahead of everyone else at this point.

While others were still very young, Alcides, the future great hero and unproven son of the gods, born in Thebes, had already begun her preschool education.

Alcmene temporarily entrusted the land she had inherited to Creon, the King of Thebes, in exchange for a degree of freedom.

She doesn't have the time or energy for political infighting right now, because she doesn't have the power yet.

All her attention was focused on her young child, the mysterious son of God, Alcides.

In order to make her son a better person, Ariadne chose to travel to Athens, hoping that Alcides would undergo the training of a Saint.

There is no need to consider whether Alcides can pass the test of the Sanctuary, for this child is the most noble son of God.

(End of this chapter)