Lord Shadow

Chapter 1855: Family Reunion



Poseidon seems miffed at being tricked by the illusion of this place. He is clearly not pleased. Not pleased at all.

He tries to conjure up some waves but he found out that he could not use any of his power. He look at Hades

Hades only smile

"My powers?"

"Tartarus is like a Void. It has the essence of the Other Side of Creation"

"Everything that exist is not Tartarus. Everything that is opposite of that is Tartarus. Yin and Yang, Light and Dark, Good and Evil, Life and Death, Creation and Destruction. Tartarus is the one in between. The Nullifier. The Void that Nullifies all things."

"A Void?"

"A Void"

For a moment Poseidon thought of something. Hades chuckles. Some things his brother did not learn

It is quite the great feeling of knowing something that others did not.

Poseidon then sighed

Clearly, when Hades was talking before, there is an enlightenment that passes by his mind.

But that enlightenment passes for only a brief second and he could not capture it.

Since he could no capture it, he must let it go. But he has another question. He looks around him

Different. Bizarre. Strange. Familiar all at the same time

"Is it real?"

What is real?

One might ask.

But Hades knows the reason for this question.

Poseidon did not need to elaborate.

So, Hades simply answers the question without missing a beat

"All of it is real."

He paused for a second and then he smiles as he added

"Everything is unreal"

"Tch" Poseidon clicked his tongue. Hades sometimes spoke like the Fates.

Always with obscured meaning, snickering like he knows something others doesn't

Poseidon did not know what Hades is trying to say or convey but he had enough of mind games and he believe if he keeps engaging with Hades the more mind games he would encounter so he did not say anything about what he sees anymore

After all, what he sees in the garden is not only the flowers and the leaves and the fruits. He sees his desire.

His fears.

His life

Regrets and rage.

It is like a mirror.

Letting you face yourself without mercy. Even the side of yourself you want to forget and wanted to bury.

Then he look at the old man in front of him. He tilted his head left and right like he is trying to remember this old man

"Who is this old man?'

Poseidon look at the old man and he even squinted his eyes. Maybe there is some enchantment that mask the true figure of this old man but there is no such thing

The fact that Hades brought him here and stop here in front of this old man must mean this old man is someone important.

But Poseidon has never seen this old man before.

It is true that he stores his memory to only include important and powerful beings he met.

Even as he racked his brains to dig all memories about every mortals and other beings of insignificance he ever met, he did not have the memory of seeing this old man

Hades did not keep the suspense for long

"Father, it has been a long time I see you"

The old man laughed.

"You're here" he paused for a second and the old man look at Poseidon and he added

"And you brought guest. That is unusual"

And Poseidon look at the old man again. But he shakes his head

"No."

"No, this should not be" And then Poseidon look at Hades with disbelief.

"Father?"

Hades nodded

Then Poseidon look back at the old man

"Chronos!"

There is anger in Poseidon words and he was about to launch himself toward Chronos.

But the moment he did that, his entire body was assaulted by this heaviness that he could not

shrug off.

His body transfixed in place. Every part of his body that tries to move is being bind by some kind of invisible force making him unable to even move an inch.

Hades only chuckles

"This is my realm, little brother. This is not the place for you to show off. Behave yourself"

Poseidon snorted and retract his attack and the pressure around him disappeared.

Cronos is not surprised at all that Poseidon tries to attack him. Instead, even when Poseidon seems ready to lunge ta him, he did not flinch at all.

Instead, he look at Hades and he smiles, revealing his broken and jagged teeth. He has

wrinkles on his skin

Poseidon could not recognize his father at ball.

The reason is simply because.....he looks like a mortal. He is small and tiny and seem weak and

fragile

How could this be his father Chronos that rules the cosmos of Othrys. The Titan King

The Titan that rules all the Titans

While Poseidon is trying to reconcile this new image of his father, Chronos look at Hades.

There is puzzlement in his eyes.

But also, a kind of curiosity.

He wonder why would Hades come here at this moment

He thought for a moment and he smiles. Because suddenly he thinks he knows the reason why

Hades is here.

He has some guesses. And the guesses of Chronos is rarely off the mark

"This is not the time for another Titanomachy. So, to what do I owe this pleasure?"

Poseidon hearing this narrowed his eyes

Poseidon look at Hades and whisper under his breath

"He knows of the cycle" But Hades is not surprised at all

"You remember?"

Chronos nodded

"You never said anything"

"You never asked"

"Then the last time?"

"I remember"

Hades was silent for a moment

"You didn't try to change it?"

"How many cycles you remember?"

"Three"

Chronos smiles

"Is it more for you?" Chronos did not answer but that smile tells everything that Hades need to know

"You lose because you know you were supposed to lose. That is quite the torture" Hades said

suddenly

"And didn't you all have to fight again and again and again just to complete the cycle? The only difference some remember, some choose not to remember and some do not remember at all. Those who remember are always tortured. Those who choose not to remember, is also tortured. The only one that is not tortured is the one who knows nothing"

Hades sighed and then shakes his head

"I always suspected that you know more than you were supposed to. Zeus underestimate youn/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

too much. So, did the others"

"I have lived longer than you boy. I know things about the past that would even shock beings

like you. It shock me so it surely would shock all of you"

Hades smiles

And then he come toward his father. He look at his father and then look at the celestial chain

that bound his father to Tartarus.

"Those chains must be weighing you down" he suddenly said. Chronos narrows his eyes and

he could sense something

And he too smiles Those words is guiding words. Since Hades want to guide his words, so be it. So, Chronos ask

the question

"Why? You want to release me?"

"Olympus is being attacked"

Chronos eyes narrowed

"It's Zeus problem. Not mine" Then chuckling Chronos ask

"How is your grandmother by the way?" The question is simple and casual. But, Hades knows

it.

It is a threat. It is a promise. A warning. Gaia is still there. And she is angry. She is always angry

"Gaia does Gaia things" Hades answered.

And there is another silent between this father and son

Chronos thinks for a moment and then said

"Since you remembered, you must be planning something" he did not talk about Olympus or

the threat that Olympus is facing right now. Instead, he is talking about something else

Hades nodded

"Do you know the story of the Child of the End?"

Hearing this Chronos close his eyes and sighed

"It is a Song. Echoing through eternity. From time beginning until time end" Chronos

mutters

"You hear the Song?"

"Once" then he shakes his head

"Twice"

"You know who he is?"

"No. But the Song is enough to know what He would do"

Hades nodded

"End of All Things"

"Sacrifice is needed." Chronos mutters.

"All great magic requires great sacrifice"

"But this is Olympus story. It has nothing to do with the Child of the End. Nor that story. Or

that Song"

But Hades chuckles.

"Do you know of Wargod?"

And Chronos nodded

"That titan sailing on a broken star. He has been around since Ouranos time. Even before then

probably"

"He is meeting the Child of the End" And suddenly Chronos had a look of realization.

"Ah" he mutters

"So, that is what that resonance all about" Chronos mutters

And then he look back at Hades

"if this is the case, then I could guess what you are trying to do. You want to break the cycle"

Hades nodded

"You could win?"

"I don't know"

"Honest, at least" Then Chronos added

"But too optimistic"

Then Chronos look at Poseidon.

"And you? How about you, Poseidon? You are following your big brother this time. Having no

desire to rebel this time?"

"Don't talk like that to me"

"Hmph" Chronos snorted

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