Chapter 44: HELL AND UNDERWORLD
Perseus POV -
,'' What is the second thing you want King Perseus?''
I replied, '' I want some information. Through our studies we find out that there are almost no god on earth any more. Is it true? ''
She said,''Yes it's true. Most of the Gods left the earth under the leadership of the son of GAIA. Some Gods whose existence is not favorable for earth or those who disregard human life were killed by me and others died fighting amongst themselves. So beside Asgard and some Gods almost all were gone. ''
I carefully listened what she said. I have read in my past life that she killed many Gods and just now she confirmed my doubts. This women is truly dangerous. Then I asked,'' If there are no Gods then that means Gods of Death and underworld have also left or died out.''
She nods her head in affirmative so I continued,'' Then what happens to the souls of people after they died. Their judgment, punishment or there peace after death.''
She said,'' This particular system is always been messy but now it has crossed all limits. In the past Gods of Death will look after all these work. They will judge the souls based on there good or bad value. Punish the guilty and reward the good. And after they have finish there punishment for their sins they would have send back to reincarnation cycle. But now these souls are just restless.''
Then I asked my other question that has bothered me for a long time, ''What about the lord of hell - Mehespito? ''
She replied, '' To know that you must know somethings first. Like the difference between hell and underworld.
You must know there are no Angels or Devils in this particular universe. So the concept of Devil Mehespito is baseless.
Hell amd underworld are two different places or should I say Dimensions. Hell is a dimension outside the range of Nine realms. That is the reason Mehespito is not allowed to come on earth. He had nothing to do with the punishment of dead. He takes pleasure in the suffering of others. He want to spread evils.
He is allowed to send his copies here. He use those copies to make people fall for him, sign the contracts and take there souls.
On the other hand underworld is place jointly ruled by all the Gods of Death as the last place for there Pantheon's member. It is place of judgement and rest.
So Mehespito has nothing to do with your question. ''
I was silent for a while. I have already guessed most of the answers she gave me. But now I have confirmation. I need to do something about the Mehespito. Well it is for the future me. Right now I am thinking about my next steps. I looked towards Anna, she was silent for a while. She then said, '' What should we do next?''
Before I can answer Ancient one said,'' You can think of your future plans after some days. You are our guest here. Let's go let me take you to take your quarter for rest.''
I do not want to waste the time but I do not have any options. Because I truly don't know what I should do in future. It is one of the problems I should solve. No guilty shall go unpunished because it is insult to the Victims and injustice to those who have suffered. And every good people shall have a Good place to rest.
After saying that she stood up and started walking out of the room. We also started following her. Since the moment we came and started talking some time has passed. The sun is high in the sky.
Students and Masters of Kamar - Taj have woken up. They were practicing in the courtyard. We stopped to look at them. They were doing rather well. They were using Symbiote in different methods. Some were using it like tentacles to hang from the places, some were using its incredible strength in fighting others, Some were jumping high, and many peoples are using to create different kinds of weapons out of it.
Suddenly Ancient One said, '' After attaching your Symbiote the shortcomings of these people have been mended. Before these people expert in magic but were bound by there physical body. But now they have almost became supernatural. And with there healing they can fight greater dangers. Since bonding with those there were no casualties in Kamar Taj.''
I said,'' Well we all are giving our all in protecting the innocents. Even If I can't help them I can give them some help.''
Then they divided themselves in two different teams. Each person were fighting others. These were not simple practice these were battles to death. With Symbiote they are not afraid of death. So they fight like this to hone their battle instinct.
After that we saw many kinds of magic. Because of our Essence of Archmage everytime I see a spell, I could perfectly understand it. How to cast it, it's uses, it's limitations and other things about this. Like about the Portal we need some kinds of memory or connection to open a portal.
After sometime watching them fight we moved on. Then she took us to the living place. There are many rooms where the people live. She took us to a room and opened it. It wasn't some grand room. It is small room with a bed and a corner table. There is a window for fresh air and light.
She said,''The room next to you belong to Lady Anna. Please rest, then I will take you to the library where you can copy the books there.''
Then she smiled at us and left. I went into the room followed by Anna. I sat on bed and at the same time Anna asked,'' So seaweed brain, What will you do next?''
I smiled and said,''Isn't it your work to think and tell me what to do?''
We both laughed at this and I said,''I really have no idea what to do Anna. I got the answers I am looking for and somewhat I was already aware of these answers. So I am not really surprised but right now I am at loss about my future steps. ''
Anna came and hugged me. She said,''I think you already know what to do. You are just afraid that it will change you that's why you do not want to do that. But don't worry I am always with you at every step, every moment and every beat of your heart. We are in this together like always. ''
After listening to her I thought-