The final destination

After a week.

Following the direction shown on the compass given to him by Athena, Jason, who is sitting on the golden horned deer, came to the bottom of another mountain and was about to climb over.

"You are finally here, I have been waiting for a long time." A god, who had been waiting here for a long time, walked out of the shade of a tree.

He is wearing a feather hat, a short-sleeved tunic, and holding a staff in his hand, looking like a handsome young man with blond hair.

Looking at him walking out of the shade, Jason was stunned for a moment, then looked around before then pointing to himself with a questioning look on his face.

The man smiled and said, "Wearing the divine garment that Athena herself had woven for you, carrying the sword of Apollo, and riding the golden-horned deer of Artemis... I think you should be Hecate's student, Jason, right?"

Hearing this, Jason's expression slightly changed.

Then he hurriedly gestured to the golden-horned deer, to let him get down from above, and respectfully saluted the man, while muttering silently in his heart: 'Didn't teacher say that now I won't meet other gods?'

"Don't be so restrictive... Let me introduce myself, my name is Hermes."

'Hermes... the Messenger of the Gods, or to be more precise, Hermes, the Messenger of Zeus!

Instantly, this thought went through Jason's mind.

"The reason I have appeared here is to congratulate you, child, you have come to the endpoint of your task."

Hermes said to Jason with a smile, then turned to look at the mountain in front of him, and continued: "In the temple on this high mountain, Persephone is imprisoned there!"

'Endpoint?'

While being slightly surprised, Jason looked up at the mountain.

"But kid, although you've reached the endpoint, you can't just go in like this."

Hermes immediately explained to Jason: "Now, although Athena, Apollo, and Artemis have taken Demeter away from this place, Demeter has already arranged eyeliners on this mountain. .....To be more precise, all the plants in this entire mountain are her eyeliners!"

"So if you break in rashly, child, not only you would not be able to bring out Persephone, even you will get trapped in a dangerous situation!"

Hearing this, Jason's expression turned serious.

"But I'm here, of course, to solve this trouble for you."

After Hermes finished speaking, he lightly tapped the staff in his hand against the ground, and a black helmet appeared out of nowhere in his hand.

"This is the invisible helmet that the King of Underworld has given me. Wearing this, no one would be will be able to detect your breath... Also, after you have used this helmet, return it to the King of Underworld yourself."

After saying this, Hermes threw the invisible helmet at Jason.

After Jason caught it, he only felt that the helmet is unusually heavy... although, strangely enough, his body isn't feeling any weight at all, like it is lighter than a feather.

'This belongs to Hades, the Invisible Helmet of Hades, owned by the King of Underworld!'

"Also, the temple where Persephone is imprisoned is full of dangers, so..."

Hermes tapped the ground again, and a pair of winged shoes appeared in his hands.

"These are my flying shoes, you can use these to fly over any danger in the mountains."

"Also, at the gate of the temple, two terrifying monsters are perched and are guarding Persephone, so take this scepter too, but remember that there is a time limit on how long they can be put to sleep with this, because, after all, you are not me and cannot use all of its strength."

"So you must first find Persephone and while bringing her out, put both guarding beasts to sleep, then leave before they wake up."

[A/N: For those who haven't read about the staff of Hermes, it is said the staff would wake the sleeping and send the awake to sleep; also if applied to the dying, their death was gentle; but, if applied to the dead, they returned to life.]

Flying shoes and a staff that makes people sleep, these two are the well-known artifacts of Hermes... to be more precise, his companion artifact!

Therefore, when Jason took the two more artifacts, immediately after getting Hades' Helmet, he swallowed his saliva and couldn't help wiping the little sweat that has appeared on his forehead.

"God Hermes, this..."

Jason looked at Hermes, with his eyes already filled with tears in his heart.

"Come on, kid."

Hermes smiled and patted Jason's shoulder: "The great God-King Zeus is gazing at you... oh, right."

Speaking till here, as if thinking of something, Hermes lowered himself and said to Jason: "If you can complete this matter, then the matter of Divine Flame is not completely non-negotiable!... although, it can't just be given to you so simply."

After speaking, Hermes stood up and patted Jason on the shoulder with a smile.

'That...actually, I have never mentioned anything about becoming a God, I just want to live in peace...'

Jason's lips slightly moved, as he felt that the gods seemed to have misunderstood something.

In fact, he has never expressed any desire to become an immortal god, after all, just like Hermes has spoken, he won't simply be allowed to become a god without doing something extremely troublesome in return!

But after some hesitation, Jason finally said nothing because he does feel that becoming a God is indeed a possible path for him; moreover, at least for now, he doesn't even have the luxury of choice.

At this moment, probably becoming aware of tiredness in Jason's heart, due to the long companionship, the golden-horned deer softly bleated and bumped into Jason.

And looked at Jason's eyes with concern.

"It's okay... I'm okay, Sister Deer."

Feeling the Golden Horned Deer's concern for him, he touched her with a smile; but, at the same time, Jason has made a decision in his heart, and since he already decided, being decisive, he immediately felt motivated to move forward.

Then he turned to look at Hermes, took a deep breath, and said: "I understood God Hermes, don't worry, I will definitely bring Goddess Persephone out!"

'There is no way for me to not bring her out, the god-king Zeus is watching me, and Hades, the King of Underworld, has given me his invisibility helmet; when have I ever been given a choice!'

"Well, it is good to have such enthusiasm!" Hermes patted Jason and said with a smile: "Go on, boy, the gods will bless you!"

'No, I don't think it's is something Gods should concern themselves with... it's would be best for me if you can, no, please be sure to treat me as transparent!'

Jason, while feeling a mild headache, finished complaining in his heart, then turned around and said to the Golden Horned Deer: "Then Sister Deer, please wait for me here for a while... Don't worry, I will be back soon!"

After speaking, Jason put the invisible helmet on his head.

And the moment it was put on, even Hermes, the Messenger of Gods, cannot feel where Jason is at this time!

Only vaguely, through the accompanying artifacts that he has lent to Jason, he can roughly determine the location.

So, holding the Staff of Hermes, wearing Hermes' Flying Shoes, and wearing the invisible helmet of Hades, Jason stepped toward the final destination!

Then, following the direction of the compass given by Athena, after spending a day, when it was a dark night and everything was silent, Jason finally reached the temple.

As Hermes has said, this temple is full of traps to prevent Persephone from sneaking out.

So Jason used the flying shoes to fly over all kinds of swamps and dangerous places, then reached the gate of the temple.

At the gate of the temple, two terrifying beasts are sitting but are still appearing to be many meters high.

After Jason gently landed on the ground, they seemed to have sensed something and looked in the direction of Jason.

But under the power of the Invisible Helmet, they continued to lie down after sniffing for a long time, thinking it was a false alarm.

Seeing this, Jason's unsteady and violent heart slowly calmed down.

Licking his dry lips, he cautiously took a step forward.

After confirming that they didn't respond, Jason took a few more steps and walked into the temple.

Then, once inside the magnificent temple, Jason followed the compass given to him by Athena.

And after passing through a few fairies, who are here to serve the gods, walking around in the temple most like to keep an eye on Persephone as well as to serve her needs, Jason finally entered a room in the temple.

And found the goddess sitting there alone, Persephone!