Jason takes a bath in Styx

'Well, at least, even if I die, I will be resurrected, right?'

'Speaking of which, what it feels like upon dying has always been a mystery. And now, it seems that I have a chance to solve this eternal mystery.'

At this point, Jason can only hold his breath and accept it!

Still, at the same time, Jason is actually feeling relieved in his heart because Hecate has agreed to his request and officially accepted him as a student under the witness of Chiron.

After all, this means that Jason now has a Goddess as his backing!

All Gods are representations of troubles and Jason naturally does not want to provoke any one of them.

But the transmigrated young man is very clear in his heart that as Jason himself, no matter what he wishes for, it just isn't under his control.

Therefore, it is better to simply find a god or goddess to be a backer.

And Hecate obviously has the strength to give him protection.

"Student Jason salutes teacher Goddess Hecate!"

"What a mess of names." Looking at Jason, who is greeting her with a teacher and student salute, Hecate, who has also accepted it, said: "Just call me teacher."

"Then I'll take him." Hecate looked at Chiron while saying.

"Won't Goddess Hecate take a break?" Chiron asked Hecate.

"No free time for it, I need to throw him into the Styx next."

Jason trembled slightly and widened his eyes to look at Hecate, who looks like she is talking casually.

"Throw him into the Styx?" Chiron was also taken aback.

"He is too weak, if I don't find a way to strengthen him, how would he be able to cooperate with me? Although it'll be alright even if he dies, it's very troublesome to negotiate with Hades."

At this moment, for Jason, the little bit of happiness in his heart has just disappeared in an instant.

And compared to this, he felt that Teacher Chiron was simply an angel!

'Damn it, you decided to throw me in the Styx as soon as I started my apprenticeship. You aren't even giving me the time to prepare my heart for a transition!'

"Well... Goddess Hecate, this... is not suitable..."

Chiron, who is also feeling ashamed for his previous words to Jason, hadn't finished speaking when he got interrupted.

"Since we have nothing else to do here, then, let's go."

And after Hecate finished speaking, Chiron saw ghost butterflies radiating deep blue light starting to appear from all around.

After Jason and Hecate got surrounded, along with the dispersing of butterflied they also disappeared in front of Chiron.

Chiron continued looking at the now empty plain in front of him, and after being silent for a while, he suddenly seemed to remember something, and thought: "Since Jason has known about his destiny, does he also know about that girl being with Goddess Hecate?"

Chiron thought for a while, then nodded: "Well, Jason is very smart, he should have his own plans."

Then, Chiron left with a smile.

"Jason, I'm looking forward to your... graduation!"

.....

On the other side, after being in a trance, when Jason opened his eyes, he found himself surrounded by a dim world.

Faint blue light is adorning the darkness and underfoot is the road of no return, with pure white spider lily flowers, black poplars, and fruitless coconut trees.

Abbreviated of this place will be the Road to the Underworld.

"Teacher Hecate, this is..."

"Underworld." Hecate continued simply: "Let's go, I'll take you on the road of no return. After crossing the Styx, in the future, I would be able to directly transmit you to the underworld."

"Well... Teacher Hecate, why do we need to enter the underworld?" Jason's mouth twitched.

"My temple is in Underworld, don't you know?" Hecate asked while looking at Jason, who shook his head.

"Then, now you know."

After saying this, Hecate began walking.

And Jason, after looking at the desolate environment around him, stopped the slight shivering in his body and had to start rushing to follow quickly.

Not long after walking with Hecate, Jason began finding more and more souls wandering around, and most of them are looking at him; after all, Jason is a living person, if not for Hecate being beside him, these dead souls would have rushed over to tear him into shreds.

Soon, both reached the gate of the underworld.

There, Jason naturally saw Cerberus, the three-headed hell dog, who guards the gate of the underworld.

Through the dim light, what Jason can see is a three-headed Cerberus that is as tall as a hill.

And when it opened its mouth, Jason also saw the inside covered with sharp fangs.

Just as Jason was looking at it in shock, the three-headed hell dog noticed Hecate, and under Jason's surprised vision it became smaller, around the size of a puppy.

Then arrived in front of Hecate while wildly wagging the tail.

'Hmm...the shock immediately disappeared.'

"Goddess Hecate, you're back."

"Um, I'm back... see him?" Hecate pointed to Jason and said to Cerberus: "Go, remember his smell, if you later see his dead soul, protect him for me."

"Goddess Hecate, he is..."

"My new student."

After Hecate finished speaking, Cerberus doubtfully looked at Jason with a fierce gaze, but almost immediately his gaze became intimate.

'This is the new little master I need to take care of in the future, right?'

[A/N: For those wondering what is the meaning of this sentence, in mythology, the actual master of Cerberus is Hecate and it is on her orders Cerberus is guarding the gate of Underworld.]

Cerberus stepped forward, smelled Jason's scent, then nodded: "Okay, Cerberus has remembered it!"

Then, Hecate entered the gate of the underworld with Jason and arrived at the shore of the turbulent black river, the River Styx, the River of Hatred.

There is a small boat in front of the Styx, and on it is a skeleton man with an oar in his hand. This skeleton man, whose eyes are blazing with blue flames, is Charon, the ferryman of Styx and also a God.

"Goddess Hecate, why are you here?" After saying this, the ferry-god Charon naturally saw Jason and immediately noticed that he is a living person, so he asked curiously: "And this child, he is..."

"My apprentice, Jason."

"Originally, he is your student, Goddess Hecate." Hearing this, although Charon is surprised, he still accepted it and said: "Then you have brought him to cross the river, I understood."

After saying this, Charon began preparing to untie the ropes that are binding the ship in position.

"Wait for a moment." After saying this, Hecate turned to look at Jason, then stretched out her hand and a beautiful ghost butterfly appeared on her gorgeous palm.

Immediately, the butterfly flew up and began dancing around Jason.

And the dark light particles sprinkled by it integrated into Jason's body.

After a while, the butterfly returned to Hecate and disappeared. Then Hecate observed Jason for a few moments before nodding and saying: "Go inside."

Jason looked at Hecate, then looked at the turbulent black river in front of him, after hesitating for a moment, he lightly gritted his teeth and jumped into the Styx.

"This kid...isn't bad."

Charon, who had a panoramic view of the situation in front of him, couldn't help but say.

"Um." Hecate also nodded.

And Jason, who has jumped into the Styx, had already made plans to endure the pain caused by the Styx flushing his body.

But as time passed, he didn't feel any pain at all.

As a matter of fact, this process is indeed very painful, after all, this is the Styx so it naturally has corrosive, erosive, and other similar effects.

And this kind of pain is almost unbearable for human beings, but Hecate has directly relieved Jason from such pain.

Then soon, Jason discovered that there is a faint deep blue light on his body that is protecting him, which are light dust just sprinkled on him by the ghost butterfly.

Immediately, Jason glanced at Hecate and after hesitating for a moment, took a deep breath, closed his eyes, then submerged, to soak his entire body in the Styx.

Inside the river, while letting the Styx wash him, time passed.

One minute, two minutes...

After a few minutes passed, just when Jason was unable to hold back, Hecate acted and salvaged Jason from the Styx.

"Um...it is not bad."

After coming ashore, looking at Jason who is soaking wet, Hecate nodded in satisfaction: "With this, you will be stronger."

"Um... well, do I have an undying body now?"

Jason asked with some anticipation.

"Undying body? ... Well, ordinary swords really can't hurt you, but your body can be casually broken by any god using divine power."

If there is really an undying body that cannot be broken even by the gods, all gods would have come to soak in Styx long ago.

This so-called undying body is only from the perspective of human beings.

Jason also thought about it and felt that this is indeed more reasonable.

But Jason is still very happy, after all, he has obtained the legendary undying body without even doing anything.

Therefore, he gratefully said to Hecate, "Thank you, Teacher Hecate!"

"It's alright." Hecate waved her hand: "With this, you won't get killed so easily due to me playing."

As soon the words fell, Jason's sense of gratitude towards Hecate instantly faded.

Charon, who was listening on the side, was speechless.

But he had already guessed the reason behind Hecate accepting this apprentice.

Because basically, all the gods who know Hecate are aware that Hecate is a research maniac and has no interest in the status or rights of gods.

So this Jason is clearly Hecate's new test piece.

However, even if it is just an experimental test piece, with Hecate's capabilities, the existence created by her will definitely be a monster!

"Let's go." After roughly completing her first goal, Hecate said: "The next step may be a little painful, so don't die easily."

"A little painful?" Jason was taken aback.

'It isn't over yet?'

"The river of hatred can only wash your body and can't hone your soul." Looking at Jason, Hecate continued: "Since you want to learn magic from me, then your soul must reach a level at which it can resist 'God Words'."

"Now, I will take you to the river of Blazing-Fire, Pyriphlegethon."

"So you can burn and temper your soul with the unquenchable fire of the underworld!"