Hades sighed again just thinking about what will happen if he lets the dead roams the world of the living
"Do you know how long it takes to hunt down the ones that escaped. And there will be souls that escaped. I know it even before I open the gates"
Hades knows that the souls would like the living world very much. And even fi he won the war with the help of his host of the dead, so would possess so mortals or run away to other star system and could create calamity
That is a whole lot of trouble.
Hades would only open the gates of the Underworld if he is truly desperate. Clearly, in his eyes, this does not yet reached the point where he would open the gates of the Underworld and undermine his own foundation
"And how many cause and effect that they created when they were roaming around the Omniverse?"
Poseidon could not say anything to this.
He admit he did not know much about the kind of price that Hades had to pay when he uses his magic.
"Then how could we fight them? If we going out there would also result in the sa ending, then we better go to Interium and try to get so information there instead trying to change sothing that could not be changed"
Poseidon did not an what he said. He is just frustrated with Hades right now. He was the one that decided that they should help Olympus.
But now, he is the one that seems to be demoralizing him
Hades only chuckles looking at Poseidon behaviour.
"Poseidon, do you know your fatal flaw?" Hearing this Poseidon seems a little bit miffed "What?"
"you are impatient. Rash in making decision, easily falter when failed and easily persuaded when you are in a good mood"
If it was anyone else that said such words to Poseidon, that being would already die by now. Honest words are hard to listen to. It is the weakness of all rulers.
Many truth teller has found themselves on the execution grounds. But it also depends on who is saying it.
Hades is not soone that Poseidon could ignore and he is soone that Poseidon is in awe with and at tis even fear.
And since it is him saying these words, Poseidon could only pretend that he did not hear it. That pride of his is as high as Zeus.
Hades look at Poseidon frustrated face and he could not help but chuckles a bit
"At tis you think too much. At tis, you think too little. To fight Ra and his cohorts, and
to fight Qarthans at the sa ti is too taxing for both of us"
Thinking about it again, Hades was not wrong.
Poseidon and Hades and Zeus are the top gun of Olympus.
The reason why no one knows their true strength is because none of them truly sincerely fight each other
Hades was never that much of a fighter.
This does not an to say he did not know how to fight.
It is just that he did not fight with Zeus and Poseidon.
He is the elder brother.
Most of the ti, he did not ddle much in the realm of his younger brother.
Hades is more like Hestia only Hestia likes to hide and rarely could be found. Hades once said that maybe it is not Hestia is hiding, she is playing
Playing hide and seek with her family. She has always been the one that keeps the family together.
Sothing that Zeus and Poseidon seems to ignore
But when push cos to shove, those two knows the line
When they do fight, most of them leave a leeway to each other. Because at the end of the day, they are family.
That is why even when Poseidon has the opportunity, he did not pursue it to the end.
It is the sa case when Zeus has the advantage.
He also never pursues it to the end no matter the transgression.
Of course, this only applies to the elder gods. And not to those mortals unfortunate enough to be involved in godly drama
Because if any of them pushes each other to a desperate corner, then there would be war.
And in a war between brothers, win or lose, the family would fracture.
Hades would not see that happen. Nor would Deter and Hestia would let this co to pass.
But even though they never fight to the death with each other, many believed that Hades is stronger than both Poseidon and Zeus.
But even that is not enough.
One Hades and millions of armies from Eternal Horizon and Qarthan, and the whole lot of the pantheon of Eternal Horizon and Hades alone is not enough.
However, when Poseidon think hat Hades had just said he also had to admit that they alone
are not enough
Poseidon halted for a mont and he began thinking
"Call our allies?"
Hades shook his head
"Who would be our allies right now?"
"Asgard?" Hades only smiles at this as he shakes his head.
"Odin is not there. Thor would not do anything without his father in charge. Not to ntion that he is trying to hide the disappearance of Odin from the other realms. Thor might be brash but he is not stupid. And even if he is stupid, Frigga is there. She would give advice and temper
Thor vices"
"Thor also had learned a lot. He would not aid us without benefit. And what could we offer them that they did not already have? Even if we could offer them sothing that they do not have, don't you fear that one day they would use the knowledge we gave them to strike at us"
Hades paused for a second and then he said
"Do not be deceived by Odin wise appearance. He is Glad of War. That Aspect of him is also a part of him. He could smile at you in one mont and pierce you with a spear the next mont. He is Zeus, if Zeus is ten tis more cunning and slick. Zeus is easy to anger, but Odin...before he beca what he is today....he is quite the Trickster. It is no wonder that he sworn brotherhood with Loki the Cosmic Trickster"
Poseidon did not agree with all the points that Hades said but he does agree with so of
Hades point
"Jade Empire." Poseidon suggested again
Before Hades could speak Poseidon interjected
"I know that the Jade Emperor is now at Interium. But the Saints is there. We could ask them
for help. There is a lot that they could learn from us. And our magic is quite different from
theirs. I think we could tempt them if the price is right"
Hades laugh and he nodded
"You are right about that. But you forget another figure. Hongjun"
"The Lord of Original Chaos of the Jade Empire would not let the Saints go. It is already hard enough for him to restrain all three of his disciples, he would not let them go out and find
so way to break free from his restriction"
"Then.....who else could we ask for help?"
Olympus has many enemies.
But they also have many allies.
But the other allies did not have the power to help them that is why he did not even ntion
other star system that could not even help
They are allies but these allies also would weigh what they can get and what they could lose
by helping Olympus right now
Because this is not a normal battle. This is a battle that could decide the rise and fall of galaxy
system
Such terrible and big war has not occurred for five thousand years.
There is only a few civilization in the Omniverse that could help tide the difficulties of being
besieged by Ra and the Qarthans
It is good enough that these other civilization did not join in.
If this was any other tis, Hades is quite confident of negotiating with Loki of Asgard to
persuade his sworn brother Odin to send help.
He could even go to the Jade Emperor and renew the alliance between the two powers.
But this is not normal tis and this is not a normal circumstances.
So, he also has to make not so normal decision
"The allies are not reliable at this mont"
"So, what is your plan?"
Hades put his hand on Poseidon schedulers and before Poseidon could get a sense of what is
going on, the space and ti around him warped and soundly he is on a different place
It took him a second to orientate himself. But the mont he did, he frowned. Because he
recognize this place.
This is not the first ti he has been here.
He avoid going here if he could.
Most of the Olympians also avoided this place like a plague.
In front of him is a bottomless chasm. Just by looking at it, one could not see the boundaries
and its depths
One way to describe it is that the boundaries of this chasm is undefined and its depth is
unfathomable.
Poseidon look above him and he frowned. This place has an ecosystem of its own and its own
weather system
This is the place he least wanted to go
This is....Tartarus!
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