Type-Moon, I heard that after death, you can ascend to the Throne of Heroes?

Sleeping on the Pegasus.

The next day,

When the sun illuminated the world again and Nuoyan woke up, he did not find Helen, nor did he even see Tianma.

Just when Nuoyan was wondering about this, Tianma and Helen came back from the forest.

Her golden hair was a little wet, and her aqua blue dress was clean... Pegasus took Helen to wash her hair and clothes.

Speaking of this Tianma, he actually loves cleanliness very much.

"Brother Nuoyan, you're awake." Helen said, holding the wild fruits she had just picked in her arms, and ran towards Nuoyan in small steps.

The soft voice, which sounded a little childish, and the innocent smile made Nuoyan stunned.

"I finally understand why they keep showing off your sister to me... Theseus, just wait, no matter what you say this time, you'll get a beating!"

Looking at the promise made with gritted teeth in front of her, Helen was stunned for a moment. After she came to her senses, she lowered her head slightly with guilt.

Just when she was hesitant and struggling between wanting to tell Nuoyan everything but being afraid to tell him the truth.

Before they knew it, they had finished their breakfast.

Then Pegasus took the two of them into the sky again, heading towards Theseus.

Helen didn't know where Theseus went later, but it didn't matter, because Nuoyan was used to being led by Pegasus anyway.

As for Tianma, he had naturally long been accustomed to the position marked by the gods.

Theseus's location was actually not far away.

About half a day later, Pegasus stopped on an island with his promise.

This place is called Crete, and there is a king on the island named Minos.

Since you are not familiar with this, let me tell you another thing. There is a huge maze on this island. In the maze there is a minotaur monster named Minotaur.

His real name is Asterios...

That’s right, it was the monster that Theseus was destined to defeat!

For this reason, even in the FGO game, a famous "Bible" was born because of this story.

But in fact, the birth of Asterios is more interesting.

When Minos, the king of this island, became king, he sought miracles from Poseidon, the god of the sea, so that his usurpation of the throne would be legitimate. For this purpose, he knelt for a long time in Poseidon's temple and prayed devoutly to him.

Poseidon was so moved that he made a huge and beautiful white bull run out of the ocean and appear in front of King Minos.

He secretly sent a message to King Minos, asking him to present it to him, and Poseidon would then perform a miracle.

Unexpectedly, King Minos fell in love with the beautiful bull at once, and could not bear to kill it, so he slaughtered another ordinary bull for sacrifice. This naturally angered Poseidon, who cursed Minos' wife and made her fall in love with the white bull.

Later, Minos' wife made a wooden cow for herself and came to the white bull.

Then, the Minotaur was born...

By the way, there are some different versions of this story.

One of the classics is that the white bull was actually transformed by Zeus, and his target was naturally the beautiful wife of King Minos.

The second version is that the white bull was actually the sea god Poseidon in disguise. When he was about to perform a sacrifice, he reappeared and said that King Minos had helped him and that he was the real king.

But no matter what the version is, there is no doubt that King Minos wore a green hat, and the one who put the hat on him was a cow!

Later, after asking Tianma to take good care of Helen, Nuoyan went to the kingdom on the island. After revealing his identity, he soon met the king Minos.

When King Minos learned of Nuoyan's purpose, he told Nuoyan directly that Theseus had entered the labyrinth yesterday.

And this was the punishment given to Theseus by Hades, the god of the underworld.

This is why Theseus appears here, but not in the underworld.

Let’s first talk about how Theseus and his friends entered the underworld. The person who helped them enter the underworld was none other than Hermes, the messenger of the gods!

Knowing that the two of them were so bold as to want to go to the underworld to see Persephone, Hermes, who loved to watch the fun, could not help but satisfy their desire.

So he took them into the underworld and even took them to the palace of Hades, the god of the underworld, but in fact Persephone was not there at all.

She is still on vacation with her mother, Demeter.

And the person who took her away was none other than Nuoyan himself.

However, they were discovered by Hades not long after they were inside the palace, and Hermes had naturally slipped away by then.

Just when Hades knew their purpose and was about to send them into the endless abyss to receive eternal punishment, Theseus hurriedly opened the treasure bag that Hermes left for him when he left. There was only one sentence in it, which was to ask Theseus to reveal his identity.

So Theseus introduced himself to Hades.

Hades, who was not interested at first, asked Theseus about his relationship with Nuoyan when he heard that Theseus was Chiron's student.

Theseus was shocked when he heard the name of Nuoyan from Hades, but he still pretended to be his friend.

So Hades, who was silent for a while, let him go.

He was thrown into Crete and entered into a maze. If he survived, he would survive; if he died, he would die.

As for the other person, he was imprisoned forever by Hades.

Minos, the king of this island, went to the underworld after his death and became one of the three judges of the underworld in ancient Greek mythology!

Nuoyan was not clear about the things in the underworld. When he learned from King Minos that Theseus had entered the labyrinth, Nuoyan did not react much at first.

After all, he had long known that Theseus was the hero who defeated the Mavericks.

Until he arrived at the door of the labyrinth, he did not see any rope, and the guard at the gate said that Theseus did not bring any rope at all.

Not only did he not bring any weapons, he didn't even have a torch. Rather than going in to defeat the monster, it was more like going in to die.

Nuoyan finally felt something was wrong.

"No, I have to go in and take a look!" Nuoyan said finally with a frown.

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PS: If nothing unexpected happens, there will also be three updates tomorrow.

By the way, starting tomorrow, the Argonaut sets sail!

Chapter 7: As long as you are by my side, I will not be afraid (.k)

This is known as a maze from which there is absolutely no escape.

In order to get rid of this special Minotaur child and also to cover up the shame so that the world would not know about it, King Minos ordered people to build this maze.

The famous craftsman who built this labyrinth was called Daedalus, and he had a son named Icarus.

After the labyrinth was completed, the satisfied King Minos prepared to kill them so that no one in the world would be able to walk out of the labyrinth.

In order to escape, the famous craftsman collected feathers from all the birds in the world, built wings for humans, and flew into the sky with his child Ikaros.

It was just that Icarus was fascinated by the freedom of flying, so he forgot his father's advice, flew higher and higher, and even wanted to fly into the sun.

Eventually the high temperature burned the wings, and Ikaros, who had lost his wings, fell into the deep sea and drowned.

And now, Theseus came into the labyrinth.

Because of the punishment from Hades, the god of the underworld, he was not allowed to carry any weapons, so naturally he did not leave any ropes or even torches in front of the door of the maze.

So Theseus had been wandering in this maze for a whole day.

Theseus also tried to leave marks on the road, but because there were no torches, even if he left marks, he might not notice them if he passed by again.

So Theseus had no idea where he was, let alone how to move forward.

He tried to pray to the gods for help, but no god responded.

In the dark and gloomy maze, silence and darkness gradually eroded his mind, while fatigue and hunger made his steps even heavier.

What's more, even if he reaches the end of the maze, what awaits him is not treasure and power, but a monster named Lightning - Asterios!

Defeat Him, or escape from His hands, and leave this absolutely inescapable maze, this is the test that Hades, the god of the underworld, gave to Theseus for trespassing into the underworld.

And because there is not even a weapon, this trial is actually not much different from letting Theseus die.

But this cannot be blamed on Hades. After all, Theseus and his friends went to the underworld to find Persephone, not for fun, but to kidnap this beautiful goddess.

So in Hades' mind, Theseus was already dead. He threw Theseus into this maze not to wait for him to come out by himself, but to wait for that person's choice.

......

......

“Brother Nuoyan, no, you can’t go in!”

When Nuoyan returned to Tianma and Helen and told them that he was going to the maze, Tianma hadn't responded yet and Helen objected excitedly.

The story of Antaeus left a deep impression on Helen, and she witnessed how the promise overcame her and saved her.

But the strength contest last night also left a deep impression on Helen.

"This is too dangerous!" So she said to Nuoyan.

Nuoyan heard this, looked at the girl in front of him who was worried about him, walked up to her and touched her head, and replied with a smile: "Don't worry, Helen, I won't be in danger, and I will be back soon..."

The promise has not yet been fulfilled.

"That's what Brother Theseus said to me when he left!"

Helen took two steps back and suddenly said something that surprised Nuoyan.

Under Nuoyan's slightly stunned gaze, Helen's purple eyes turned red.

She looked up at the promise in front of her and finally said what she had not dared to say. "That's what Brother Theseus told me when he left. He will be back soon and take me to find my sister and brother."

"But after he left, he never came back. I waited for a long time. Many people said that he was dead and would never come back. They wanted to take me away, but I didn't want to follow them, so I ran away in fear..."

Later, he was caught by Antaeus and then found by Nuoyan.

Nuoyan was silent for a while after hearing this, then he looked at Helen in front of him and said, "So it wasn't Theseus who abducted you, but..."

"I took the initiative to ask Brother Theseus to take me away."

Helen lowered her head and said in a choked voice: "I'm sorry, Brother Nuoyan, I lied to you. I am not an honest person.

It was because I wanted to find my sisters and became interested in the adventure of the Golden Fleece that I asked my elder brother Theseus to take me away.

I’m sorry, it’s all because of me, I’m sorry, I’m really sorry…”

Nuoyan looked at Helen who was crying softly in front of him, and didn't say anything for a while, but he suddenly realized why Theseus took Helen away.

As for Helen's deception, Nuoyan didn't think much about it.

After having experienced so many things, especially the incident with Antaeus, Helen would naturally be afraid to tell Nuoyan the truth.

She was just an overly frightened child, afraid of being hated and abandoned again.

"If that's the case, then Helen, do you hate Theseus?"

Hearing this, Helen quickly shook her head.

"In that case, shouldn't I go?" Nuoyan laughed again and said to Helen, "After all, he is in danger now, and... I promised you that I would bring him to you and make him apologize to you."

"But, but this is not Brother Theseus' fault..."

"But he failed to keep his promise to you." Nuoyan replied: "He put you in danger, failed to protect you, and even hasn't come back yet."

Although the misunderstanding has been resolved now, Nuoyan still thinks Theseus is a lolita complex, so he decides to beat him up.

After all, no matter whether this was Helen's active request or not, you kidnapped someone else's daughter, and the key point is that she was only eleven or twelve years old. If you say that there was no element of lust, I would never believe you even if you kill me!

If Theseus knew what Nuoyan was thinking, he would definitely feel speechless and aggrieved.

You are noble and you are amazing.

This is Helen, and with those magical purple eyes, let alone Theseus, even if it was Hercules, he might not be able to refuse!

When she sheds tears, even gods would feel pity when seeing it. But you, a freak, are completely indifferent to this!

"And I will abide by the agreement."

Having said this, the Promise came forward, bent down and wiped the tears from Helen's face, and smiled and said: "I promise you that I will come back soon, I will bring Theseus back, and take you home."

Helen looked at the boy in front of her with her purple eyes and said carefully: "Brother Nuoyan, you...are not angry? I clearly lied to you."

"Well, I'm angry."