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

"Can it bring you glory?" Apollo was stunned again, and answered subconsciously: "Isn't it Hera?"

Daphne on the side nodded, she smelled something fishy here!

Athena didn't explain. She couldn't say that it wasn't just her and Hera, there was also the goddess of justice Themis, and now the goddess of fate Clotho!

"That's not the point. The point is Apollo, are you ready to pay that kid? ... When he really changes everything."

Apollo heard Athena say this and replied without hesitation: "No matter what gift he wants, I will never refuse it!"

"What about... painting, for example?" Athena asked with a smile.

"Painting?" Apollo looked at Athena in confusion.

"Yes." Athena nodded and smiled, "And it's the same painting as the moon goddess Artemis!"

Chapter 6: The Underworld and the Night Goddess Nyx (k)

Orpheus, like Nuoyan, was a student of the Centaur Chiron.

As for his evaluation, Nuoyan could only say that he was a very "artistic" person. When talking to him, he would suddenly start singing or playing the piano by himself, which was a common occurrence.

Orpheus had an extraordinary musical talent. Even stones and trees could feel sad or happy because of the sound of his piano. Although Chiron taught Orpheus his excellent piano skills, he also contributed partly.

Orpheus had a loyal fan, who was also his wife, the fairy Eurydice. She was attracted by Orpheus' sweet voice and beautiful music. In addition, Orpheus was the son of Apollo and had a good appearance, so the two fell in love.

Apollo, the god of light, said that Orpheus was a lovesick man like him. His comment about Orpheus was correct. In his life, Orpheus only loved the fairy Eurydice, so he went to the underworld for her, but when he failed, he was depressed and finally killed by someone.

therefore......

......

Farewell to Apollo and the laurel goddess Daphne the next morning.

Nuoyan finally got a rest after a night's sleep and was about to take out the painting to call out Pegasus and continue his journey.

"Come on, little promise."

Hermes, the messenger of the gods, appeared and handed the golden apple to Nuoyan with a smile.

Nuoyan took the golden apple and looked at Hermes in front of him. Although he didn't show anything on his face, he was actually very alert in his heart. After all, in mythology, Hermes was famous for being smart and cunning, and he was also the creator of the art of deception.

And this is Type-Moon, so there is an unwritten rule, that is, guys who are good-looking, have a bright smile, and squinty eyes are either black-bellied or scumbag.

Maybe it will get worse and worse!

"Lord Hermes, this is your shepherd's flute." After taking the promise of the golden apple, he took out the ink-colored shepherd's flute and prepared to return it to Hermes.

Hermes waved his hand and said, "Didn't we agree to give it to you? This is your reward for helping me deal with Io's matter."

"But I didn't deal with Io's matter. It was the kind and great Queen Hera who forgave her." Nuoyan said sincerely.

After all, he knew that he had secretly tricked Zeus in the matter of Io!

Hearing this, Hermes glanced at Nuoyan, then smiled even more brightly and said, "Don't worry, take it. It's okay. This is the reward you deserve. Moreover...our great Father God has bestowed his love on others."

Nuoyan blinked. He understood that Zeus had a new goal.

Then, seeing that Nuoyan was still hesitating, Hermes could only continue to smile and said, "Besides, Athena is always watching."

Hearing that Athena was watching, Nuoyan finally put away the shepherd's flute.

There is no reason for Nuoyan to be so careful and cautious. Although he is not afraid of death, he has really had enough of these days with Apollo!

And this was even with the help of the laurel goddess Daphne, who shared nearly 90% of the firepower.

Apollo has been like this, if he meets Zeus, the king of gods who is even more extreme than him, thinking of such a future, Nuoyan thinks he might as well commit suicide.

Seeing that Nuoyan finally accepted the shepherd's flute, Hermes took out a small package that he had prepared long ago and handed it to Nuoyan.

"Come on, Nuoyan. Athena asked me to give this to you. She also said that you cannot open it now. You have to wait until the time of need."

Hearing this, Nuoyan looked at Hermes strangely, and after a brief hesitation, he put the package away and said with emotion: "It seems that my journey of revenge this time will not be very smooth."

"But isn't this exactly your dream, Xiao Nuoyan, and the heroic path you have chosen?" Hermes smiled, pressing his feather hat.

Yes, after all, this was the choice that Nuoyan made in front of Clotho, the goddess of fate.

So after saying goodbye to Hermes, Nuoyan once again sat on Pegasus and flew away.

As soon as he left, the wise goddess appeared and grabbed Hermes who was also about to leave.

"Wait Hermes, how many golden apples do you have? Give me two!"

Looking at Athena who was speaking anxiously to him, Hermes spread his hands and said, "No more."

"Gone?" Athena frowned, her face full of disbelief.

"It's really gone. That was the last one." Hermes said, and after thinking for a while, he continued to explain: "It's mainly because Hera has been keeping a close eye on the golden apples recently. She won't give them to anyone who asks for them, so I really have nothing now."

Not only that, Hera recently publicly stated that no one is allowed to give you the Golden Apple of Athena, and anyone who gives it to you is making things difficult for her...

Looking at Athena with a depressed face in front of him, Hermes couldn't help but feel a little happy.

You, the goddess of wisdom, have finally come to this day!

"Tsk!" Athena sighed and said, "No, I can't go on like this. I have to think of a way!"

After saying this, Athena, knowing that she could not get the golden apple from Hermes, turned around and left.

Hermes looked at Athena who was leaving in a hurry, and then looked in the direction where Nuoyan left.

He couldn't help but wonder why he didn't find Nuoyan earlier. Ever since he met Nuoyan, Hermes felt that life was becoming more and more interesting!

Just like that, three days later,

Nuoyan came to Orpheus... Although Nuoyan had never been troubled by getting lost before, it would still take at least half a month, or even longer.

However, Tianma actually didn't know who Nuoyan was looking for or where he was going, but every time he was ready to set off, a certain goddess would mark the coordinates for Tianma.

When Nuoyan found Orpheus, it was one night in a tavern in a remote town. When he saw Orpheus, Nuoyan couldn't even believe his eyes.

The once dashing Orpheus disappeared, and what appeared before Nuoyan was a guy who drank all day to drown his sorrows. Even the harp given to him by the Centaur sage Chiron as a graduation gift had been sold by him in exchange for wine.

When Nuoyan appeared in front of him, Orpheus once thought it was an illusion, but even if it was an illusion, it didn't matter, he needed someone who could listen to him so much, so he hugged Nuoyan and spit all over Nuoyan who couldn't dodge in time.

Half crying and half laughing, she dazedly told Nuoyan what had happened.

It turned out that Orpheus had gone to the underworld two days ago, and he was appreciated by Hades, the god of the underworld, because the sound of his piano made the dead in the underworld shed tears.

But just like in the myth, he couldn't stand the loneliness along the way and was worried that his wife, the fairy Eurydice, had not caught up with him, so he finally looked back.

Therefore, what remained in Orpheus' eyes in the end were his wife's sad and tender eyes. The fairy Eurydice did not blame Orpheus, but Orpheus also lost her forever.

It was obvious that this was not the first time Orpheus had told this to others, so when he finished speaking, what rang out in the tavern was not a sound of sympathy, but a burst of laughter.

They told Nuoyan not to believe it, saying that Orpheus was just a madman and had been talking nonsense. After all, all ancient Greeks knew that once you went to the underworld, it would be impossible to come out alive.

Nuoyan didn't say anything about this, neither refuted nor got angry. Instead, he calmly cleaned the vomit on his body and took out the silver leaf that Daphne, the laurel goddess, had given him before leaving.

Nuoyan exchanged this for Orpheus's lyre, and asked someone to help carry him back to a room to live in.

"Please help me take care of him, tell him that his friend has come, and that everything so far was just a nightmare. Let him rest well, and the nightmare will wake up soon, and his wife Eurydice will also come back."

As he said this, Nuoyan used the money he got from the silver leaf as a reward and gave it to those who were willing to help.

Then Nuoyan left. He left the town and came outside, opening the small package that Hermes had given him a few days ago.

As soon as the package was opened, a butterfly with wings of dark light flapped flew out from it, circled around Nuoyan twice, and then flew away. When Nuoyan did not catch up, it would stop and wait for Nuoyan.

Following the dark butterfly, Nuoyan came to a cemetery where three roads intersected, accompanied by the sound of dogs barking in the distance.

And at this moment, the moonlight that had been shining on Nuoyan was eroded.

The moon in the sky seemed to be swallowed up at this moment, and the surroundings fell into darkness. In the darkness, a goddess with a dark lamp in her hand and a black veil on her face walked step by step on the road to the underworld and came to the human world.

She was accompanied by a guard dog with three heads.

The watchdog's tail was wagging happily, because there was only a very short time every year when it didn't have to watch the gate to the underworld, but could follow its owner to the human world.

The goddess finally stopped in front of Nuoyan, her scarlet eyes quietly looking at the young man standing in front of her. At the same time, the dark butterfly that brought Nuoyan here flapped its wings and returned to the dark lantern she was holding.

"…Has Athena finally become like her mother and gone mad?"

Just as Nuoyan was looking at the goddess who appeared in front of him, hesitating about how to start talking, the first words she said stunned Nuoyan.

"You are weaker than a baby. Can you come back from the underworld?"

"Forget it. It's none of my business anyway. I'm not interested."

Having said that, without waiting for Nuoyan to reply, the goddess stepped forward and handed the dark lantern in her hand to Nuoyan.

"Don't let go once you get down there, and Cerberus, take him to the underworld."

Hearing this, Cerberus cried out miserably twice.

"He brought you honey cakes."

Then the three-headed dog of hell stopped barking.

After everything was arranged, the goddess walked past Nuoyan and disappeared at the fork in the road.

Nuoyan looked at her disappearing back and didn't react for a moment, nor did he have time to say a word. It was not until Cerberus, who was sitting on the ground beside him, called out to him twice that Nuoyan came back to his senses.

Nuoyan came back to his senses and looked at the dog sitting in front of him with three heads and six eyes staring at him. He naturally knew who it was.

Cerberus, the three-headed dog that guards the underworld in ancient Greek mythology!

Seeing that Nuoyan was staring at him without any other reaction, Cerberus called out twice more in dissatisfaction.

At the same time, his eyes were looking at the package on Nuoyan's body, with desire in his eyes.

Nuoyan followed its gaze and immediately reacted. He took out the package, opened it and saw that there was indeed a honey cake inside.

In ancient Greek mythology, honey cakes were the favorite food of the three-headed dog of Hell, so there was even a custom of placing a piece of honey cake in the coffin of the deceased.

Because as long as there is a piece of honey cake, the three heads of the hellhound will fight for it, and the dead can leave its presence safely.

However, there were naturally three pieces of honey cakes in Nuoyan's package. Nuoyan took them out and fed them into the three mouths of Cerberus one by one.

Cerberus was surprised to see that such a weak man like Nuoyan had the courage to feed him, and he did not smell any fear from him, but instead smelled a little excitement. He looked at Nuoyan twice.

But because Nuoyan brought three honey cakes and showed his sincerity, Cerberus did not care about this little thing. He wagged his tail happily, turned around and walked back with the honey cake in his mouth.

After taking two steps and seeing that Nuoyan had not caught up with her, she turned back to look at him, her eyes full of urging.

Upon seeing this, Nuoyan hurried over, but he felt a little regretful that he didn't have time to paint this time... That's right, the moment he saw Cerberus, Nuoyan's old problem came back again.

Ever since he realized that he was getting further and further away from the orthodox heroic path, Nuoyan came to his senses and decided that it didn’t matter if he was weak. It wouldn’t be bad to be a summoner who could wave people around crazily during a fight!

As soon as his thoughts changed, Nuoyan felt that it was a pity to kill the Calydonian boar.

After all, the wild boar does not belong to Artemis. She should draw it first and then ask Artemis to catch it. Then when there is a fight in the future, she can throw the giant and the wild boar at them to smash or hit them to death!

As he thought this, Nuoyan, who was following the three-headed hellhound Cerberus, also arrived at the road to the underworld.

The underworld lamp given by the veiled goddess illuminates the dim road to the underworld and illuminates the poplar trees and red spider lilies blooming on both sides of the road.

The dark wind blew, making even the promise of holding the dark lamp feel a little cold.

If there hadn't been this underworld lamp, the breeze just now would have been enough to keep Nuoyan in the underworld forever.

Cerberus continued to walk in front and looked back at Nuoyan to ask her to follow.

Then Nuoyan didn't know how long he walked, and finally arrived at the gate of the underworld.

The gate was lit by two divine fires that never went out.

Cerberus returned to the gate, put down the honey cake in his mouth, and then, in Nuoyan's sight, he grew larger at a speed visible to the naked eye, revealing his true body as tall as a hill.

After revealing his true identity, Cerberus thought that Nuoyan would be afraid of him, but he didn't expect to smell a more excited scent from Nuoyan... In fact, there was no need to smell it, because Nuoyan's emerald eyes were almost lighting up in a physical sense!

Cerberus looked at Nuoyan very depressed. If he wasn't so weak, Cerberus would have wanted to scream a few times to show how terrifying he was.

But it estimated that if it shouted in its current state, the promise would remain here forever, so for the sake of the three honey cakes, Cerberus endured it.

It lay down, yawned and closed its eyes.

The tail shook and pointed to the gate to Nuoyan.

Nuoyan naturally understood what was happening. After looking at Cerberus reluctantly for a few times, he turned on the dark lantern and walked into the gate.

As soon as Nuoyan left, Cerberus, who had pricked up his ears to make sure he was gone, immediately turned back into the size of a puppy and rushed towards the honey cake placed aside with drooling.

And soon, the sound of dogs howling could be heard... Even though there were three honey cakes and each person could have one, they were still fighting over them!

The next process should have been to meet Charon, the ferryman god of the Styx, and exchange the last ancient Greek coin in the package for the qualification to cross the Styx.