Chapter 350: Heading down

"Good bye mom, I hope that whatever life you have next, you will have a happy and fulfilling life." I wished her luck as I hugged her

"And I hope your child will be healthy, so better live up to your dream, even if you're busy, always try to have time for your child, don't be like your father." she replied

"Yep, I will do so."

"Make sure to treasure your current family, and try to keep in control alright? Too much children will be hard to raise. And definitely not too many lovers, you will have a hard time providing them equal attention."

"Don't worry, I'll make sure to be cautious and once I get Dabria, I will stop, 3 will already be enough for me."

"Please don't talk like you already got me." Dabria complained "Just because I have a slight of affection towards you, it doesn't mean I'll be easy to get."

"...When the banquet arrive, instead of just going as my goddess, will you also go as my date?"

"...I'll think about it." Dabria replied "I'm leaving to the god's realm now, good bye everyone."

Dabria then disappeared and leaving a trail of black butterflies.

"Try to be less aggressive than you usually are, wait for her to make her move." Hypnos advised "You're already in the ballpark."

-I can hear all of you, you know- Dabria chimed in

"Are you seriously going to act normal as if nothing happened between you 2 in front of the others?" mom asked

"Yeah, we have to keep focus and not let it distract us, I need to find Cain while I'm down there, Kronos' essence and I have to beat the shit out of Nyx to get out of that arranged marriage."

"And make sure to rest well." she said as she holds my face one last time "Do not overwork, eat well, and most of all live happily without regrets. You don't have to carry the burdens of all these stupid things that are supposed to be destined for you, reject them, someone will take your role."

"Sorry mom, but I'm the narrator and the protagonist. So I'll take all the role to make sure no one else have to carry the burden even if I don't like it and complain about it a lot. If by taking this role can lessen the amount of people killed, then I'll do it, I have to make sure that a lot of people can return to their family again."

"Good" She nodded with a satisfied expression "You'll do me proud, do whatever you want, annoy the author, and win."

"Goodbye mom, I'm happy that I got to meet you."

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I left Elysium alongside with Hypnos, Elektra would accompany my mom in her final moments and to make sure her reincarnation process goes smoothly just in case some gods decides to destroy and erase her soul.

We arrived at Hypnos' cave entrance with Everyone waiting outside.

"You really have cool wings." Urie commented "But...your face...were you crying before you come here?"

"Yeah just a bit and for the wings topic, with both wings and wind magic, I can fly faster than I already can since I can't warp here due to me having never been here physically. All of you make sure to not touch Lethe, right?"

"I was tempted to touch it at first." Perun chimed in "I thought that you guys might be exaggerating till I saw a talkative soul earlier who got dunk in it and somehow become more lifeless than it already was."

"Dunked? Someone caused it?"

-It was me- Diana answered -She was soo annoying.-

"Well Jake, do you have an answer?"

"It was a lot for me to process." he answered "But I understand her feelings completely, an immortal life of eternity is a huge burden, not everyone want it...are you going to tell all of this to Richard and the saint, Beatrice too?"

"Yup, one of you can replace her position while the others can be minor gods supporting the one who got her position, if all of you reject the position, she will retire anyway since a god will just be born to replace the role."

"I'll do it if no one wants the position." he replied "I prefer it if Richard or the saint have the position, but if they will not, it will be my honor to take the position and after a few hundred years, I will do the same and have someone replace my position."

"Great answer Jake. You didn't even want to become a corrupted at first, I'm glad you're now a celestial by our side. Now everyone, let's head to the entrance of Tartarus."

"I'll get you, but I won't go down with you." Hypnos said as he then guide us to its entrance.

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The entrance to Tartarus is a large cave of red rocks with a lot of celestial guards outside to fight anything that tries to come out of it. The cave itself is completely dark, and thanks to all of our enhanced visions, we can navigate the cave by walking alongside a small stream of the Styx river in the cave and flows down this huge ole of the ground which is the true entrance of the abyss of Tartarus.

The sides of the hole are jagged red rocks, an the air emitting from the hole is red in color and very painful to breathe in. If we aren't celestials, we would already be dead just by taking a whiff, I used my eyes and activate it to zoom in, the bottom of it, is barely lit, probably by the river of Phlegethon, the river of flames.

Not just that, the ground of Tartarus is also jagged rocks, not plants or lifeform in sight. But that won't be for long, Tartarus is an abyss home to the most dangerous creatures and is also used to imprison the worst enemies of the gods.

"Anyone wants to back out? Now's your chance."

"You kidding? I've been waiting for a chance like this" Erix laughed as he then jump down first

"Definitely not missing a chance to visit such a cool tourist attraction." Urie chuckled "You're underestimating us, my son."

He then jumped in followed by the others.

"Well son, you remember how to get back up, right?" Hypnos asked

"Yeah, to come back up, I need the blessing of Hades or Thanatos which we already got and I have to fly back up, no warping."

"Well there are a few other gods who can give you the blessing like Tartarus himself, but you're right...be careful son, especially against Nyx." he warned

"Don't worry, I'll kick her butt and end that stupid arranged marriage and find Cain to get this stupid spirit out of me."

"Make your mother proud." he cracked a smile as I jumped down to which could possibly be my doom