Hades looked at Salvatore, who no longer had any signs of life, and gave a mysterious smile. With a wave of his hand, Salvatore's soul appeared before Hades.
"What happened to me?!" Salvatore said in confusion, looking at his current state. Then his eyes widened when he saw his own body.
Hades stepped forward, grabbed him by the neck, and said, "Your soul, I shall take it. Come with me to the Underworld."
"The Underworld! No!!" Upon hearing the words 'Underworld,' Salvatore, who feared nothing, immediately panicked and began to struggle fiercely.
"It's useless," Hades said indifferently. No matter how Salvatore struggled, he couldn't escape Hades's grasp.
Then, a Dimensional Screen appeared behind Hades. The screen pushed forward, pulling Hades and Salvatore into it.
Instantly, Hades brought Salvatore's soul to the Eighth Hell, Cocytus, of the Underworld. Hades threw the other souls into the ice plain, and the ice immediately pulled Salvatore into it as if alive.
"Where exactly is this?!" Salvatore looked around in terror. It was all ice plains, filled with the dead frozen by the cold.
Hades looked down at Salvatore, whose head was the only part exposed, and said, "This is the Eighth Hell of the Underworld, the Ice Hell, Cocytus. It is the hell for those who raise a rebellion against the gods. Enjoy your time here."
With that, Hades turned and left, but not before giving Salvatore one last instruction:
"Oh, I forgot to tell you, the authorities you possessed have dissipated after your Death. You cannot escape from here."
"See you."
As he finished speaking, Hades vanished from Cocytus. The deceased Salvatore, unwilling to admit defeat, tried to break free but couldn't.
Roar, roar, roar~~!!
At this moment, the Ice Dragon Legion, guardians of Cocytus, had arrived at Salvatore's location, roaring with chilling breath. Feeling the pressure from the guardian Ice Dragon Legion, Salvatore knew he was completely finished.
Hades returned to the ruins. At this time, the Cosmos of Death and darkness emanating from Hades attracted another heretic god on Sardinia.
A silver-haired, purple-eyed girl wearing a blue cat-ear shaped knitted hat and a yellow sweater, looking like a cute student, stood on a cross sculpture of a church, sensing Hades's aura on Sardinia and said:
"Hades, that homebody has also descended. Let's go pay him a visit."
With that, she disappeared from the spot.
After Hades dealt with Salvatore's corpse and packed up his painting box, he was about to leave when he felt a familiar aura. He turned his head and saw the student girl.
Hades, holding his painting box, was startled at first, then, feeling the familiar aura around her, he smiled and said to her:
"It's you, Athena. Is there something you need from your great-uncle?"
This girl before him was Athena, one of the Twelve Olympian Gods, daughter of the King of Gods Zeus, and guardian of the city of Athens.
That's how it's told in myths, but in this world of 'God Slayer,' it's like this:
A trinity of gods composed of "Athena," "Medousa," and "Metis," a deity worshipped in the Mediterranean region, whose prototype is the North African goddess "Athena." She is also the Earth Mother Goddess who dominates the land, and possesses many other names and forms. Metis, Medousa, Neith, Anat, Atana, Asherah... They were originally avatars derived from the main Athena, or one could say, Athena's sisters.
It can be said that she is a top-tier deity mixed with many mythological systems' Earth Mother Goddesses. In the past, the mythology of this world was primarily a matriarchal society centered on the Earth Mother Goddesses, after which the patriarchal gods, led by Zeus, launched an uprising.
Subsequently, this world, following the alteration of mythology, transformed from a matriarchal society to a patriarchal society.
"Hades, why has thou, the King of the Underworld who has not left the Underworld for so long, descended upon the earth?" Athena said to Hades in the tone of a lofty queen.
Hades maintained his smile and mysterious air, saying, "Guess. Perhaps I just missed the scenery on the surface, who knows."
"Don't even think of deceiving this concubine. This concubine remembers that you detest sunlight the most," Athena said with a hint of anger, pointing at Hades.
With that, a sickle with a serpentine sculpture appeared in Athena's hand. She took a fighting stance, aiming it at Hades, ready to charge at any moment.
Seeing Athena pointing a weapon at him, Hades frowned slightly and said, "Hey, hey, hey, Athena, what are you doing? Are you trying to kill me and reclaim control of the Underworld?"
"No, as the Goddess of War, this concubine merely wishes to witness the strength of you, the Lord of the Underworld, who has not shown yourself for so long!" Athena said, then swung her sickle at Hades.
"Sigh~~!" Hades forgot that Athena in this world had a slightly warlike personality, and could only let out a long sigh of helplessness.
Hades's free left hand formed a sword seal. "Swish——!!" A sound of rushing air came, and Hades's Hades Sword flew over, blocking Athena's sickle attack.
Then, under Hades's control, the Hades Sword continuously attacked Athena like a swimming snake, its attacks leaving no blind spots. Moreover, Athena, through her divinity as the Goddess of Wisdom, knew that the Hades Sword' blade carried a curse capable of easily killing gods; even a small sword wound would be unbearable for her.
Athena was forced to retreat repeatedly, her eyes wide as she looked at the Hades Sword floating beside Hades, and she loudly exclaimed in confusion:
"It's not a bident! It's a sword covered with a powerful curse!"
In mythology, Hades wielded a bident—a long pole with two sharp prongs at each end—not a Hades Sword with a powerful curse on its blade.
Hades manipulated the Hades Sword with his mind, making it appear like an Eastern immortal's Sword Control Technique. While controlling the Hades Sword, Hades said to Athena:
"Athena, give up. In your current loli form, you are no match for me, and even at your peak, it would be the same. Just put down your sickle and stop resisting. We can still be niece and great-uncle."
"Hades, do you think this concubine, as the Goddess of Battle, would easily surrender?" Athena said, continuously parrying the Hades Sword' attacks, while looking around for an opportunity to attack Hades.
"Allen!!"
At this moment, two uninvited guests arrived at their battlefield: Kusanagi Godou and Erica, whom Hades knew.
"Why are you two here?!" Hades exclaimed, his eyes wide, upon seeing their arrival.
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