Your Lord Has A Screw Loose?

Chapter 168: 170: When the Death God Comes to Take People

Chapter 168: Chapter 170: When the Death God Comes to Take People

Three days had passed in a flash, and Qin Muye was preparing to head to the Netherworld. He would miss Aladdin and Bedel’s wedding.

As for Sisyphus, he eventually disclosed Afeiya’s whereabouts to the River God Asopus, and in exchange, secured a never-drying spring for the Corinth Kingdom.

Qin Muye estimated that it must be of Divine Artifact Level.

Yet, these matters had little to do with Qin Muye because the Death God had come to fetch him.

The figure extended a skeleton hand. Qin Muye sneered, naturally understanding the implication; it was simply to ask for his old lighter.

Casually passing the old lighter, Death God Thanatos was very satisfied and proceeded to lead him to the Netherworld.

They traveled through endless darkness and arrived at the Gate of Hell.

Qin Muye knew this darkness was also a divine being, Erebos, the brother and husband of the Night Goddess Nyx.

As to whether he was the father of the Death God and the Sleep God, that remained unclear, as the poems he had accessed did not record this fact.

At the gate, a massive three-headed dog was guarding the door; this was not only the Gate of Hell but also the garden of the Queen of the Underworld Persephone, planted with numerous white poplar trees and barren coconut trees.

Qin Muye felt indifferent about coconut trees, but regarding white poplar trees, he wondered if Queen Persephone had ever thought of uprooting them all.

This wasn’t because Hades wanted to please Qin Muye by planting these trees; since white poplar trees were representative of Hades himself, it was natural to have them here.

But as the legitimate wife, seeing the symbol of her lover thriving in her own garden named after her, and now also having to foster his son, surely it must have cured her of any low blood pressure.

Thanatos led Qin Muye onward, reaching the River of Pain.

Caron, the River God of the Underworld, had been waiting there for a long time.

By then, Qin Muye also noticed something – upon entering the Netherworld, Thanatos transformed from a black-robed skeleton into a handsome young man with silver hair, wielding a long sword, and sporting a pair of dark wings, looking quite extraordinary.

“…”

He realized these Titan Divine beings were all about appearances. Reflecting on the ordeal of the Fire God Hephaestus made it clear.

Caron also had a robust style, with the standard large beard. Maybe in Qin Muye’s presence, as a connected person, he appeared this way; had it been another soul brought by Thanatos, perhaps he would show a terrifying and fierce visage.

Perhaps because they were now insiders, they seemed a bit more casual.

After nodding to each other, Caron and Thanatos began to ferry Qin Muye across the river and left.

“You survived from the Nether River, which is quite surprising. Even the gods wouldn’t drift intact down the Nether River like you did,” Caron spoke.

The Nether River referred not just to this River of Pain but also followed by the rivers of Lamentation, Oblivion, Flames, and Hatred. Therefore, in Caron’s eyes, the fact that Qin Muye could drift to the Mortal World and live on was truly a miracle.

Thus, in his view, Qin Muye’s lack of Titan Divine blood might be due to the scouring of the Nether River. If not for his birth near the Nether River and possessing part of Hades’s divine power, he would have been just another lost soul in the river, rather than living to this day.

Qin Muye was baffled, “So, Lord Caron, you watched me drifting past?”

“Yes, I had seen you, but before I could rescue you, you were swept away by the Nether River. I also didn’t expect you to be the progeny of Hades and Goddess Liu Ke,” Caron said.

“Is there a chance that you might have seen wrong? I don’t look anything like Lord Hades,” pondered Qin Muye, thinking this might be an enlightenment.

Caron simply smiled, “Well, I don’t look like my father, Erebos, either.”

“…”

Well then, Caron’s identity was not ordinary either; his father being Erebos, embodiment of darkness, the dark layer Qin Muye had passed through from the Mortal World to the Netherworld. If counted correctly, he and Death God Thanatos were brothers, but whether they shared the same mother, or either different mothers or fathers, was unknown.

This was no longer a question of whether one resembled another; it was a change of species altogether.

“Cerberus doesn’t resemble his father Typhon nor his mother Echidna either; you can’t find any similarities. But this doesn’t hinder the fact that Cerberus is of their bloodline,” Caron explained.

Qin Muye was left speechless at Caron’s words. He suspected that Typhon and Echidna might have been mistaken at birth; otherwise, how could their appearances diverge so much? Probability-wise, it could also be a vision issue, after all, Typhon belongs to the Titan Divine, and Echidna was half-serpent, seemingly also a divine being.

“Well, let’s not dwell on the matter of the Titan Divine Race’s bloodline. Not looking alike might be a matter of different species potentially being the actual parents.”

Therefore, in a normal world, Qin Muye’s reasoning might have held, but in this bizarre world, Qin Muye looking human was already very much like Hades.

Not turning into a strange monster is a testament to strong genes.

From what we can see now, the original Titan Divine Race holds a not-so-low status in the Netherworld, possessing considerable authority, at least in charge of all transportations.

“Alright, you’ve convinced me, but I still feel like I don’t share any bloodline with Lord Hades,” Qin Muye patched up, which would be really unlucky if later proven otherwise.

It’s not that there’s no solution, though. Qin Muye could replicate it by obtaining his blood or flesh from Hades.

As for Zeus’s, he had it too, extracted from Aladdin.

[Bloodline Potion: Titan Divine – Divine King Zeus]

[Bloodline Concentration: Extremely Low]

[Consumption results in 1% concentration of the Titan Divine – Divine King Zeus bloodline]

If it were just the Titan Divine Race’s bloodline, Qin Muye would have used it, but with the prefix ‘Divine King Zeus,’ he had to be extra cautious.

In the Netherworld, using it wouldn’t it imply Zeus cuckolding Hades? Was he seeking death?

More importantly, possessing Zeus’s bloodline might just put him under Queen of Heaven Hera’s radar, so… it might be better to refine and purify it before selling it.

Since his base is now in the Netherworld, naturally, he had to find a way to obtain Hades’s bloodline.

In fact, Qin Muye was also considering a sly move: if he could gain not only Hades’s bloodline but also add the bloodline of Queen of the Underworld Persephone, the position of Crown Prince of the Netherworld would definitely be secured.

As for whether Hades and Persephone would be bewildered, that was not for Qin Muye to worry about.

From being the lover’s son to becoming her own son, more importantly, she has never given birth, Persephone would definitely be baffled beyond belief.

But even in bafflement, they would probably accept it, as bloodlines can’t be faked, and this world doesn’t seem to have myths and legends about swapping bloodline types.

No need to worry about the authenticity of the bloodline, as long as it’s extracted and backed by the ‘Lord Era,’ it’s definitely not a big problem.

This way, the counterfeit would become legitimate.

This very idea was why Qin Muye had come to the Netherworld in the first place. If successful, all of Netherworld would be his backyard. With the support of Hades and the Queen of the Underworld, his development would be much better than having the support of the three forces in the Horror Universe.

As for the task… let’s push it off again. If his scheme really succeeds, it won’t be a big deal, but if he can’t complete it, then naturally, he’d have to flee.

The task is irrelevant; he could directly use the Super Space-Time Transmission Channel to return to the Magic Continent. Task failed, subsequent world benefits disappear.

Qin Muye didn’t want to gamble like this, but now he was already at a point of no return and had to go all in.

Charon took him across the Nether River, to the Elysian Fields, also known as the land of the everlasting flowers.

“There are two paths here, one leading to the Place of Suffering Tartarus and Elysium, the place of happiness, but you can’t take either, you need to go through the middle, where the palace of Hades and the Queen of the Underworld is located.”

“Of course, even if you lose your way, the Judge of Netherworld will remind you,” Charon thoughtfully reminded Qin Muye.

“Thanks, but too bad I don’t have any Gold Coins,” Qin Muye mentioned, remembering that Charon charged Gold Coins to ferry the living.

“Once you cross the Nether River, you’re no longer considered living,” Charon said meaningfully.

“???” Qin Muye was utterly baffled. Could crossing the river make him dead?

He wanted to ask more, but Charon had already rowed the boat away, and he never got a chance to ask. He checked himself; still alive. Why then, wasn’t it necessary?