Chương 2: Chapter Two: Waking Up As Hades

Chapter Two: Waking Up As Hades

"Hah!" I gasped out as my eyes opened up to behold the sight before me. It was dark but I could see a light coming through the window it was very faint.

There was also something different than before, I had a physical body. It was very heavy. Maybe it was due to the fact thaty old body was old and worn out compared to the body of a god.

Eager to test out my new body and confirm my assumptions is tried to raise my head to see myself covered by a white sheet, I was on a rather comfortable bed. Being too used to falling asleep on my work table I found this refreshing.

But enough with all that...

I was now standing in the dim light that came through the window, I observed the body I now inhabited. It was a tall muscular body frame, I took a glance at the huge mirror and marveled at how I looked. Compared to any figure I had ever set my eyes on, I looked godly.

With fine smooth skin that glowed in the light, long blue hair that was soft to touch, powerful blue eyes. This was indeed a perfect body.

The only thing I had for clothing was the pyjama pants, my chest was bare and hard with a small amount of scars around the side.

I was so overjoyed that I started to smile, at least I tried to but the handsome face of Hades seemed to always been in a state of eternal frown. I guess Hades was never one to have anything to smile about, which was within my expectations since he was the god of death.

Still, it was nothing short of a revolutionary breakthrough for me to be reborn as Hades. Eager to try out my new voice I spoke.

"How interesting!" My new voice was so thick and full of melancholy that I almost got a fright out of it. It was like a call to death itself. With such a voice it's no marvel how he failed to get any friend.

"Am I really Hades?" I asked myself as I felt every part of my body including my 'great magus', I had to make sure that this new body would not provide me with any unnecessary complications. Luckily it was very much similar to a human body if not a replica of it. "I don't know if this is real or a dream but I want to experiment something."

The times of the Greek gods were always a time of war and troubles, there were the good and flourishing time too but being prepared was something I had to do. If anything my leverage would be my knowledge of Greek mythology and Hades' status, I had to test it for myself...

The true power of the god of the underworld.

My daring curiousity was soon expunged by the flashing of a bright light through the window, it kept flashing on and off repeatedly. It made me wonder if that was the reason why the curtain was so tightly shut. I walked over to the window and pulled back the curtains and to my amazement I saw...

There is was, a huge flashing signboard singing the words: WELCOME TO THE UNDERWORLD YOU UNLUCKY SOULS. PLEASE IDENTIFY THE TIME YOU HAVE DIED TO RECIVE THE BEST POSSIBLE TREATMENT FROM OUR SERVICES!

Now what the hell was going on? This was not the underworld I knew off! Why was I seeing a metropolitan city with skycrapers, streets, spas, resort homes. Have I been misjudged by the history of my world?

Where was all the torture souls of the dead were trapped in, where was the river Styx that devoured every living flesh, where were the death reapers and soul collectors, where were the screams of unending torment.

For some reason I closed the curtains and went back to sit on the bed. I was lost in thought and confused, no that was an understatement. A more correct term would be the feeling of betrayal from all my years collecting the knowledge of my world and it all being useless in this world.

Just as I was about to doubt myself a new thought came into mind. "What if this is the real underworld? The history never did say that the gods themselves detailed their own stories so most of the stories I have read could be man made."

Hades was one of the most underplayed of the big three gods, maybe because he never let any of his information be known to the outside world. The only way to cure my own curiosity was to explore the world itself.

RIIIING!!

I thought I might have been waking up when I heard an alarm clock ring but then looked to my side to actually find an alarm clock there much to by utmost surprise.

"Dear gods! And alarm clock? What sort of Olympus world is this? The gods aren't even advanced enough to come up with this ideas." Now I knew something was wrong. "Perhaps I should have stayed dead, this must be punishment for all my years of knowledge to be turned to waste. I don't see how this day could get any worse."

KNOCK!

"Who on earth could it be?" I asked myself knowing fully well I had not yet settled into this new life. There was still the issue that I did not yet know the timeline I was absorbed into so there was no tell who it was or what conflict the world was experiencing.

After a moment a calm voice spoke lightly, "Common open up, its me— HERMES!"

My face frowned on its own, that way I could tell that Hades was not a fan of Hermes. That was how I knew things would get more complicated for me.