Lord Shadow

Chapter 1852: Dysfunctional Family



The sky above Tartarus is a swirling vortex of black and blood red clouds. Perpetually crackling with jagged streaks of unnatural lightning bolts.

These lightning itself rivals the lightning that is wielded by Zeus himself.

There is no true ground, only jagged, floating masses of obsidian rock veined with molten fire.

The air is thick and oppressive, heavy with the stench of sulphur and the metallic tang of iron. Time flows differently here, each second stretching into eternity.

And below, Poseidon could hear the cries and roars of the Titans, mixed with the echoes of ancient battles, reverberate endlessly, creating an overwhelming cacophony of torment.

Shadows stretch and twist unnaturally, giving the impression that unseen horrors lurk just beyond perception.

This is Tartarus and there below him, in that unfathomable depth, lies the Titans. It took some time for Poseidon to understand what Hades wanted to do.

But when he saw the Titans he knew what hades wanted to do.

And the horror appears on his face.

"Titans? Titans!" Poseidon look at Hades and the incredulous expression on Poseidon rugged face nearly make Hades laugh

"yes, Titans"

For a moment there is silence between them but then Poseidon shakes his head

"No, no, no. Titans...no. It is reserved for Titanomachy. If you release them now, then...." He did not finish his words and he frowned and he shakes his head

"If we fail with what we wanted to do, then we need a backup plan. We could always fall back on the tried and true, stage Titanomachy again and then we could still survive"

Hades shakes his head

"looping eternally, playing the same story over and over again. There is a mortal I once know that said "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts."

"But, I'm tired, little brother. I'm tired of playing these plays. It is the burden of those who remember"

Poseidon hears what Hades is saying. And so, he did not say anything. He too seems to be pondering

Hades sighed and then said

"Zeus.....why do you think he seals his memories? He remembers too much. If he remembers more, he might go crazy. I on the other hand is cursed with the curse of sanity. I could not even go crazy even if I wanted to. Dionysus once tried to make me go crazy with one of his brew and it did not make drunk"

Poseidon took a moment and then shakes his head

"You want to cut off the way of retreat for us?"

Hades smiles bitterly as he look at Poseidon and pat his head

"Stop that" Poseidon push away Hades hand.

"There is a difference between the immortality of mortals and gods. Mortals...." Hades did not finish his words but it seems like he recalls something but he did not finish his wordsn/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

"Let's go all in."

Hades did not say anything else. He just waited for Poseidon to answer. And what is the question? the question has already been asked.

And Poseidon knows the question.

And after a few second, he sighed.

He nodded.

That nod is the answer

And Hades smiles.

Hades took his shoulder and in just a second they appear in a dark realm

There is a dark sun that gives a bit of glow that enables them to see in the darkness of Tartarus.

"This...."

"It's the prison road. I segmented a part of Tartarus to serve as a prison for our Titans"

This is the first time that Poseidon see this prison up close. Usually, he would see this from above the chasm

This is the first time he is inside the chasm

And he could see that this prison is vast that it almost seems limitless. And he could see the Titans in the distance

He uses his Divine Sense to scan Tartarus.

And even then his Divine Sense could not capture how long and how wide this Tarttruas really is. The only reason he could use his Divine Sense is because Hades allowed it.

The Titans are bound in colossal chains forged from adamantine, an unbreakable metal

Even in the darkness of Tartarus, the chains glow faintly with runes of divine power, constantly sapping the strength of the Titans

It is a weakening measure. If not, even Poseidon would feel a little bit scared roaming around this part of the Underworld

This is also the first time that Poseidon sees the layout of the prison.

Each Titan seems to be held in an isolated pit, surrounded by sheer cliffs that pulse with a dull red glow.

Rivers of lava flow through the crevices, their heat unbearable even to the immortal beings trapped there.

The pits are guarded by monstrous creatures-giants with eyes of fire, serpentine beasts coiled in endless watch, and spectral figures that drift through the abyss like wraiths.

And that is the few that he had seen. Knowing Hades, he might have some other creatures that

is lurking among the shadows guarding each of the Titans

After all, the moniker Unseen One is not just a simple nickname

Hades attack is rarely seen and those who sees him will not see him for long in the living

world.

As he walks following Hades, Poseidon notices something else about Tartarus.

The air around him felt alive.

And it seems to whisper maddening thought and Poseidon believe that these air, this energy feeds on fear. The further away he is from hades, the more these whispers affect him

Hadees however seems immune to these whispers

A perpetual, low hum of despair permeates the realm, echoing through every cavern and

chasm.

The walls of the abyss are inscribed with ancient glyphs and curses, written in a language older than the gods, pulsating with faint green and gold light.

If Poseidon had to hazard a guess, these languages and runes and symbols might come from

the ancient words of Etherna

And then they arrived at the gate.

The Gates of Tartarus.

Poseidon did not know much about these doors but he knows that even though these doors seems to have an end, if the Titans tries to opens it or fly over it, they would find that they

could not pass the door.

The door itself is massive, blackened irons doors sealed with all kinds of magic.

And then he saw Hecatoncheires

The Hundred Handed Ones. There are three of them. Three monstrous giants of enormous size and possess great strength, each with fifty heads and one hundred arms

There is Cottus, Briareus and Gyges. They helped Zues and the Olympians to over the Titans in

the Titanomachy

They are giants.

But they are the few giants that did not drew Zeus ire.

They were imprisoned by their father Uranus with their brothers the Cyclopes and then

released when Zeus defeated their father

"The giants, huh?"

Hades look at the giant guarding the gate of Tartarus in front of him and nodded

The Gates of Tartarus is opened and all the darkness of the Underworld tries to come out. But

the Giant body seems to repel these darkness from going out.

It seems that Hades had carved certain runes on the skin of these giants. It gave the certain properties to repel darkness.

Hades only smiles at this. He is accustomed to it but the same could not be said for Poseidon.

When the door was opened, he could feel a chill. And that is terrifying in itself

Because unless he wanted to, no one could make him fill the chill.

After all, Atlantis main castle is in deep sea where the temperature is even colder and the

pressure is so strong that no mortal ships could even hope to reach Atlantis unless if he allows

it.

And the chill he feels is not the chill of a cold. No, it is the chill that came with death. The chill that came to all mortals. When they ae alive and warm and then the chill came and they knew that the Unseen One had come for them

It is the chill of death and Poseidon feel it the moment Tartarus door was opened. The kind of horrors hidden in Tartarus must be something powerful that it could make Poseidon feel the

chill of death

No wonder, not many Olympians likes to go here.

Even he, the elder gods of Olympus feel like this, one could only imagine what those youngling gods would experience if they are in his shoes right now.

"They sometimes tell me about the Titanomachy" Hades said in a joyful manner. It is quite

weird for Poseidon.

He never felt so close to death before but here....here, Hades never look more alive. It is like there is warmth running through his pale skin.

"Ah, the battle of the Titans" Poseidon tries to reply while calming himself down

Hades nodded

In that Titan War many people see their father Cronus as the main character. But Hades think

otherwise.

The reason why that war happen and how it unfolds the way it is, is because of Uranus, their grandfather was arrogant and domineering and because of their grandmother who is

scheming conniving woman.

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