Chapter 129: Having and Not Having

"What has happened... Hermes, go to the Underworld and see for yourself. Tell me what's going on there,"

Outside the Mount of the Gods, moments before it had been bright, but now it was enveloped in dullness. The color tone of the entire world darkened for a time, and standing before the throne, Zeus's Divine Power dispelled the chill in the air but failed to dispel the unease at the bottom of his heart.

Hades was dead, and even now, the Divine King found it hard to believe, even preferring the idea of some kind of misjudgment. After all, since the beginning of creation, he had never heard of a deity dying.