Dear Broom Knight.

Chapter 702 The Curse of Uranus

Looking at the radiant smiling face opposite him, Armies couldn't help but touch his own haggard face.

How can Lowry be so relaxed and carefree? Is she distracted?

Didn't he go to the place where the gods fought?
Is it possible for a human to remain unmoved while a group of gods are fighting and scheming in front of him, eating and sleeping as usual?

Is it because Lowry's recovery ability is too good? He can come back and sleep... but after listening to those things, he can come back and sleep?

Doesn't it bother you at all?
At least, Armes, still inside a human body, couldn't do that.

The lack of sleep and rest during this period, and the exhaustion he felt, were clearly visible on his face.

Although she appeared calm and collected on the surface, there were still a few red lines in her eyes, and her meticulously combed hair had lost its luster.

It looks like a well-groomed dog that has fallen into the water, but you can still tell how disheveled it is inside.

"It seems you're doing quite well."

Although he had so much to say, Almes could only utter this one sentence at that moment.

Lowry, who was standing up from the sofa to greet him, paused for a moment: "Haven't I always been doing well?"

"I heard you went to an interesting place?" Armies finally suppressed the bitterness in his heart, and his tone became much more normal.

"How did you... find out yourself, or did someone tell you?" Lowry asked hesitantly.

“Nobody told me, I saw it myself,” Armies answered very frankly.

“I thought you were going to hide until the very end…” Lori was a little surprised. “My isolation array here is said to be very strong, but it can’t guarantee that it can even plug the ears of the Sun God and the Lord of Storms.”

"Ah... there are only these two?" Armes said with great emotion. "No wonder the churches are so in awe of you, you really are something."

Don't worry, there's no need to hide it anymore.

Pearl's greatest strength is her inability to hide anything.

"What happened?" Lori remembered what Taylor had said last night: Valera had broken several vines to save Pearl.

But he remembered that before they went to the Lord of Ice, Pearl was placed in the safest place in Hamilton Castle, helping Ezra, the scholar's advisor, with trivial matters.

As long as she doesn't go out... right?

"She ran away by herself?" Lori asked in surprise. "Why?"

“We can’t blame her. After all, she has no memory.” Armies was now able to speak calmly, but before yesterday, he was practically furious and enraged.

Because she noticed something was off about her daughter, the worried Countess Hamilton didn't dare to ask him anything. She and her youngest daughter remained quiet, filled with doubt, until today when Armies actually left the house.

The heroes who caused all of this fled faster than the last, and Sofia Watson, who had to wait for her family to return, even took over his job as her messenger.

"That group, that one, Evelyn Costa used something to force out the extremely weak Set power hidden in that child's body."

Add to that the smell of those scarabs that have been modified to be impervious to sacred fire... and it's surprisingly similar to the Greek River Styx, which is covered in spider lilies.

That was the place where she planted each tree by hand, where she played and had fun with her husband and children.

Persephone was a girl full of emotions; even though she didn't have those memories, she still remembered them deep down.

So she rushed out.

"I heard that when everything is over, where you are..."

Armies abruptly interrupted Lori's probing: "Pear's timing for coming out is terrible. Lady Pain should be here to pick up Seth and leave."

At that time, she was so dazed that she inadvertently revealed a hint of the red spider lily.

The Lady of Pain may not remember Persephone, but she must have smelled that scent.

Armies gave a wry smile: "As the goddess of seeds recognized by both the underworld and the earth, the messenger of spring, the scent of Persephone is something that haunts the dreams of those who have been on the verge of death."

When they smelled that scent, they knew that they had once again escaped death.

The spider lily at the entrance to the underworld is both a welcome and a rejection.

Once you cross that threshold, you enter the underworld, a place from which there is no turning back.

Poseidon's daughters were all unlucky.

You have to struggle to live on your own, and no one can save you if you die.

However, because they possess Poseidon's blood, they are very popular with all kinds of giant sea creatures... There are almost no Poseidon's daughters who have never been to the Sea of ​​Red Spider Lilies.

Of course, Poseidon didn't give them nothing.

The daughters of the sea god were far more physically robust than Zeus's children, especially in terms of regenerative abilities. If they could escape before they died, their chances of survival were very high.

Although no one wants to die and come back every day like this, this is how these girls developed their iron will.

Poseidon had seven daughters with names, all of whom were quite ruthless.

The woman in pain would surely figure out Pearl's identity immediately.

Once it was determined who Pearl was, Armies could no longer hide.

His name can only fool the most innocent strangers who have never even heard of him.

However, the names of the Greek gods seem to be of great importance, pointing directly to their core essence. For them, divine roles could change, but names must never be altered.

This may stem from the fact that the divine duties of most Greek gods were assigned by Mount Olympus, rather than being their inherent laws.

Zeus's contemporaries are definitely no problem, and Athena and the others who existed when Zeus first took over Mount Olympus are also somewhat fortunate, since they all held their own divine positions.

Apollo and Artemis, the brother and sister duo representing the sun and moon, are examples of deities who hold official positions.

They are actually more in line with the God of War archetype.

But they didn't have the confidence to share such divine duties with Hera's own son... even if the other was foolish enough to lead an army that obeyed him to a victory against overwhelming odds, they would still fail.

Although Zeus had little conscience and wouldn't show any special favor to Apollo and Artemis because of their pitiful fate, he was quite willing to show his affection for their beautiful, capable, and essentially non-threatening children who posed no threat to his rule. However, judging from Artemis's almost immediate declaration of her choice to remain chaste for life and Apollo's foolish behavior, it was clear that his favor was not easy to accept.

If it weren't for wanting to protect their brainless mother and to live with some dignity, why would those two unfortunate siblings have willingly walked into this mess?

Almes, a trusted confidant whom Zeus placed great hopes on and valued highly, was someone that even the most impulsive man would want to touch when he was in a moment of madness!

Aside from Zeus, who could arbitrarily assign divine positions, the simplest way for other gods to grant divine status to their children was to distribute it outwards from their own divine offices.

Of course, it has to be the kind of Greek god who also has a divine authority bestowed upon him.

For example, Persephone's roles as the goddess of seeds and the goddess of spring were both derived from her biological mother.

After becoming Queen of the Underworld, Hades generously bestowed upon her all the laws of the Underworld that were even remotely related to life.

This includes a path where one can die and be resurrected but never turn back, and a near-death beach amidst a sea of ​​red spider lilies.

He was quite generous to his children, assigning them divine duties according to their attributes.

Poseidon... The only thing Poseidon gave his son was that sea god's messenger.

Almes also had a similar divine role, but Zeus gave him the role of messenger of Mount Olympus.

This means that Armies could teleport directly to all the dwelling places of the Olympian gods.

Although Zeus was a scoundrel, at least he wasn't stingy; when it came to using someone, he was quite willing to take action.

Poseidon, who was so stingy even with his only son, is not worth mentioning.

He had no advisors, no gods to follow, and relied entirely on his own efforts.

Triton walked out with such style because his mother was of noble birth, being the daughter of a natural sea god.

She shared almost everything she had with Triton, which made him the manager of the marine animals.

If it weren't for his mother still being under Poseidon's control, Triton, who had already broken free, would never have obediently listened to him.
The Greek pantheon has many unique methods of control... not only between fathers and sons, but also between husbands and wives.

It wasn't that the Queen didn't want to run away, but rather that she must have made some promise that she couldn't break free from, making escape impossible.

Including Hera, it was because the sunk costs were so high that she couldn't turn back that she had to swallow her anger.

However, it is said that the reason for such a terrible outcome was the curse uttered by Uranus before his death... The sky of the Greek world was constructed by this first god, and no one dared to destroy the sky unless they wanted the world to collapse.

Therefore, Triton and the younger generation like Armies could easily break free from control with a little effort. They wouldn't be completely unaffected, but they wouldn't be in mortal danger either.

But those of Zeus's generation were still beyond help.

Even a great god like Prometheus, who wouldn't be killed by Hell, could only stay on Mount Olympus... Even though the mountain range is no longer contained by the Greek world, but by Paradise Mountain, he still couldn't leave.

But this also proves that although the Greek world was destroyed, Uranus still existed.

No matter what form he exists in, even if he is just a remnant mixed into someone else's soul, he is still alive.

This is the cruelest revenge against the descendants who betrayed him and chose Gaia... As long as the multiverse exists, they must bear this sin, no matter where they go, to heaven or hell.

Of course, having made such a solemn vow, the Greek god himself had to pay the price.

His resurrection will be extremely difficult; he'll likely encounter the Lord of Hell as soon as he tries to show himself.

(End of this chapter)