Reborn As Hades In Olympus

Ch. 176: Memories Of The Past (II)

The apparition looked at me for a long time I felt he was not going to answer but he eventually said. "The calamities all led to the great war but it was nothing any of us imagined. The most powerful entities in the world are:"

"Gaia: the personification of earth."

"Tartarus: the abyss"

"Eros: the force of attraction, love, desire

"Nyx: the embodiment of the night"

"Erebus: the personification of shadow and darkness."

"These forces were unparalled but have long fallen into slumber. Even with Gaia decaying into Pandora she still existed, but this triggered something else that slumbered. All these entities were birthed from the first primordial deity to exist, the formless voice of the universe before creation.m—"

"CHAOS!!" We both said at the same time.

Chaos was an entity that existed in greek mythology, it existed before the creation. Due to its introduction and name it never received much popularity leading for many to misunderstand it or not even have heard of it in the first place.

Now it made sense, the order of chaos.

"Chaos awakened and threw the world into chaos. One of it's vessel was your close companion Talos, she was one of his generals, rendered into a souless husk. We could not win, we lost too much in the war. At the end we managed to convince the fates to save our world, we trapped Chaos in a dimension isolated from ours where his power was halved. I could not stand all I had lost, my family and friend so I betrayed the fates and traveled back but Chaos ambition was much bigger than we had imagined."

"He inflicted me with a great affliction to save myself I had to purge my soul and start over. I became a single strand of life and fell to your world passing down the human bloodline till I finally took form. My memories lost I lived as a human mortal till I came in contact with the black book which was another fragment of my soul."

I gasped. "These memories, they're... mine?"

He nodded. "Eugene Daniels is Hadesz we are one and the same. In truth, you are the original source. Going back would end your time here and you would become whole again."

I dropped down unable to stomach all I had just heard, minutes went by before I spoke up again. "Is it possible to go back?"

"You did open the gateway on your own." He said back.

"What happens to you then?" I asked.

"Nothing." He said simply. "I become nothing."

All this while and I turned out to be Hades. It was all connected, to save his souls Hades sent it to the future, it shrunk but did not die, his main body went back in time but was already fractured leading to him being killed by black amber and I returned at that moment.

"!!" My head shot up.

The apparition looked at me with a serious face and said. "You've figured it out too?"

"This Chaos, is it still a threat?" I asked.

The apparition did not tremble visibly but I could feel it in my soul. "Yes, you have met him already. Hes powerful and can only be defeated by the otherworlder according to the fates and since you're me, it's most definitely not you."

I thoight hard to who the Chaos was, after a long while it finally hit me hard. "The watcher."

The apparition did not answer instead he nodded gently. My heart tightened. "He must have been enjoying toying with you, in the end whether the calamities are stopped or not the priority is to defeat Chaos. I believe that Chaos would release himself one day."

I sighed. "Damn! But why can he communicate with me."

The apparition strike his chin and turned to me. "Being reborn gave you a power that could cross that dimension. That's why he was after my souls fragment here."

I rose to my feet and looked at him. "How do I beat him?"

"One problem at a time, you have to return now and save our family. The family we have built." He held out his hand to me.

I stood there and looked at him and said. "We've been through hell, this time I won't lose."

"I know you won't." He smiled.

I shook his hand and felt an instant connection, a moment later he disintegrated before me leaving me to myself. Discover stories with empire

It was truly startling, I wasn't just a god—I was a cornerstone of Olympus, the keeper of its balance. And now, I was its last hope.

The light faded, leaving me gasping for air. The Minotaur, weakened by the altar's energy, staggered back, its once-formidable strength diminished. I rose from the altar, my new body humming with power.

The Minotaur roared one last time, charging at me with reckless abandon. I met it head-on, with a single strike, I drove my walking stick— now transformed into a gleaming, divine weapon— through its chest. The beast collapsed, its body dissolving into shadows.

Jess and Junghkook stared at me, their expressions a mix of awe and fear. I turned to them, the weight of my memories settling on my shoulders.

"That was close," I said, my voice steady despite the turmoil within.

Junghkook stepped forward hesitantly. "Blue hair. You look so..."

I looked at Jess, her eyes filled with determination. "You look good dad." Tears welled in her eyes as she ran to me and clutched tight to me, "Will you ever return?"

"I don't think that will be possible, my time here was a fun one." I said but she clutched tighter to me.

Junghkook sighed with a heavy heart and walked up to me. "So this means no more visions? And yes, it really was fun these last few hours. Sure there was a lot of running but it was fun nonetheless."

He held out his fist and we bumped together, a while later Jess pulled away from we and wiped her tears from her face. "Don't forget me."

There was no way to say goodbye in a proper manner to the only person I loved here. "How could I ever forget you my little angel?"

There was a crackle of white light behind me as the space fractured. Junghkook gasped at the sight and then gave me a nod. I nodded back. Jess waved and broke into tears, I waved back and turned to the portal, my hair dancing in waves. I walked forward without looking back.

"Live to the fullest." I stepped into the portal leaving those words behind.

Then all was pitch blackness again, this time I was sure I would come back strongest when I woke up.

As we left the altar, the forest seemed to tremble in response. The battle was far from over, but for the first time in centuries, I felt ready. The king had returned, and Olympus would rise again.