"Hecate teacher, open the door... Open the door. If you do not open the door, Hecate teacher, then I will...!"
After knocking on the door for quite a while and seeing that Hecate still did not come to open it, Jason, who had just prepared to say a couple more words.
Click...
With a soft sound, Hecate, gritting her teeth, ultimately still opened the door.
Those vermilion eyes gazed at Jason before her and, somewhat amused in anger, said: "What are you, what are you going to do?... Say it!"
With those words, Hecate reached out, pinched Jason's embarrassed cheek, and said with slight anger: "My good disciple, can you give your teacher a bit of peace and quiet, let me have some free time to do some experiments?
My experiment had just made a little progress, and now it is interrupted by you again... How many times, this is how many times already!"
After finishing, Hecate, who grew increasingly angry as she spoke, yanked Jason inside the door in one pull, then slammed the door shut fiercely.
Blocking all those gazes watching the excitement outside.
And then...
"Hecate teacher, do not, do not! Ah... Aaaah!!!"
What could be heard outside the temple was only Jason's screams of agony.
Inside the temple, Hecate was chanting incantations, fiercely striking Jason with crimson lightning.
And after striking Jason a few times, leaving him disheveled and dirtied, Hecate's anger finally subsided slightly, and she dispelled the magical array.
"Act, go on and act for me!"
Hecate rolled her eyes at the screaming Jason irritably and said: "If you keep screaming, believe me when I say I will do it for real!"
With those words, Jason immediately stopped his feigned misery... This lightning strike actually did not hurt at all; it just had a tingling sensation.
After all, though her words were fierce on the surface, Hecate evidently could not bear to truly harm him.
"Teacher, teacher, do not be angry anymore. I was wrong. I know I was wrong! But... I have no other choice either."
As Jason spoke, the sacred robes on his body suddenly ignited with the ghostly underworld fire of the underworld, which was precisely the inextinguishable fire among the five rivers of the underworld.
The flames of the River Styx washed over Jason's entire body, purifying the filth left on Jason by the lightning.
As Jason spoke, he came before Hecate and quickly told her about the recent events.
Upon hearing Jason's words and learning that offering tribute to Ares required battling the hundred-headed giant dragon Ladon, and that the gods of the Olympian lineage therefore could not help, Hecate only felt a headache coming on.
"One month... It has not even been a month since the last matter with Prometheus, right? Jason, are you not a bit too much of a troublemaker!"
"Um, teacher, it should be about a month now... Around thirty-five days; it has been over a month!" Jason said 'honestly.'
No sooner had the words fallen than Hecate, rolling her eyes at him, pinched his face again and roughed it up fiercely once more.
"Enough, stop with the cheek. Say it, what do you plan to do."
"Um... Before I say it, teacher, can you promise me that no matter what you hear, you will not get angry?" Jason blinked at Hecate.
Hearing this, Hecate also blinked at Jason and said: "Do not worry, I will definitely get angry, so say it."
Hecate understood this wicked disciple of hers far too well and thus would absolutely not give Jason such an opportunity.
Thus, this pair of master and disciple, after a brief wordless staring contest...
"...Hecate teacher, I hope you can conceal it from the gods and let me meet with the ancestor of all monsters, Typhon."
After Jason, with his head slightly lowered, finished speaking, the temple, which had seemed very cold and quiet because there were only two people, now became even colder.
After a long silence, Hecate felt an exceptional headache and pressed her forehead with her hand. Her vermilion eyes gazed at Jason, who had his head lowered before her, and after a long moment, she let out a deep sigh.
"I remember I told you, do not have any dealings with that fellow... Do not forget, even now with the left eye given to you by Prometheus, you are not one hundred percent safe!"
Thinking of that future of god-slaying... Hecate absolutely did not want Jason to have any dealings with the ancestor of all monsters, Typhon!
"I know." Jason softly said to Hecate: "But teacher, I have no way to defeat the dragon guarding the Golden Apple Sacred Garden right now."
"Though Goddess Athena left you as a backup, if you secretly help, I still cannot count it as defeating Ares's tribute... So I need to meet with the ancestor of all monsters, Typhon!"
Hecate was silent for a moment, then said: "Is there no other way?... Even if Typhon is willing to help you, have you thought about what happens if Zeus and the others find out..."
"Do not worry, Hecate teacher." Jason interrupted Hecate's words and smiled: "Your student is not that foolish... Moreover, this time I am going to verify the situation regarding Typhon."
When encountering matters, absolutely do not sit idly by and wait for death!
Typhon's call to Jason, Jason had heard it very, very long ago.
Thus, this matter, Jason had actually always kept in mind.
And the hundred-headed giant dragon Ladon... Upon hearing this name, Jason felt it might be related to the ancestor of all monsters Typhon, which was why he went to the centaur sage Chiron for answers.
Ultimately, he obtained the current conclusion... Since he could not borrow the power of the Olympian gods, then borrow the power of this one who, from birth, represented absolute destruction.
The power of the ancestor of all monsters Typhon, who could even stand against the current god-king!
Jason had not failed to consider directly going to battle the hundred-headed giant dragon Ladon head-on, but in his view, this was undoubtedly the most foolish approach.
Even with Hecate watching over him so he would not die, it was still foolish.
As for not being heroic enough... Jason had never said he wanted to be a hero!
Regarding becoming a hero, Jason could not avoid it fast enough!
And among Jason's survival principles, there was one very clear rule.
That was, when encountering matters, no matter how small the matter, no matter how weak the enemy, he must face it with all his might!
Mobilize all the resources he could muster, and never try to play the pig to eat the tiger, because that would only make him more and more like a pig!
"You have already made your decision... right?" Hecate looked at Jason smiling at her before her and, after a long moment, said helplessly.
Jason nodded.
"Taking you as a student... was truly the most erroneous decision of my life!"
Hecate sighed, then stood up. Suddenly, a caduceus of the underworld moon appeared in her hand.
Then, under their feet, a teleportation magical array appeared.
"But recognizing you as my teacher, I feel it is the most correct decision I have made in my life."
As Jason spoke, he reached out, letting a butterfly of the underworld emerging from the magical array land on his palm, looking at the beautiful butterfly of the underworld in his hand.
Jason then softly said to Hecate: "Hecate teacher, from the bottom of my heart, I am glad that I am your student... After everything ends, I will follow you until the destruction of the world."
"Spare me." Hearing this, Hecate rolled her eyes. "Cause me fewer troubles, and that is better than anything!"
With those words, as Jason chuckled speechlessly.
The teleportation magical array glowed, teleporting the two out of the temple.
And just after the two were teleported away, the butterflies of the underworld dancing around gathered, transforming into the forms of Hecate and Jason, remaining in place.
Hecate ultimately still took Jason to meet Typhon.
But this was not because Hecate had softened or anything; it was merely because Hecate very clearly understood in her heart.
Since Jason had already made such a decision, he would definitely carry it out... Even after three years had passed, Jason had not changed a bit.
Even without the guidance of wisdom, his choices remained decisive!
He acted carefully and cautiously, but that did not mean he was cowardly!
Thus, Hecate concluded that rather than letting Jason go and act recklessly on his own, it was better to keep him under her watchful eye.
Soon, Hecate and Jason quietly arrived in the underworld, within the endless abyss Tartarus!
And just as the two had arrived here, even though Hecate had used the invisibility magic replicated from Lord of the Underworld Hades's helm.
The body of the abyss, aside from the god of chaos and the god who birthed heaven and earth Chaos, one of the most ancient five great divinities.
The great god of the abyss Tartarus, noticed these two special guests who had suddenly arrived.
Thus, soon, as Hecate led Jason walking in the abyss, Tartarus transformed into an old man dressed in black robes and came before Hecate, saying: "Oh, is this not the little one favored by the goddess of night Nyx?"
"Child, why have you suddenly thought to come to my place? Could it be... you plan to settle down here?"
"If you have that intention, I would be quite welcoming. Moreover, once you come to me, you no longer need to pay attention to anything in the world."
"I apologize, great god of the abyss Tartarus. I do not have such thoughts for the time being." Even Hecate, facing one of the most ancient divinities, used honorifics and bowed to him.
"Is that so." Tartarus was not angry upon hearing this, nodded to indicate understanding, then looked at Jason a few times. Before Jason could say anything, his entire body faded and he vanished before Jason.
And looking at the departing Tartarus, Hecate could not help breathing a sigh of relief, then said to Jason: "Let us go."
"Yes." Jason nodded, so the two continued onward in the endless abyss, accompanied by the butterflies of the underworld dancing around them.
And then as to how long they walked, Jason did not know, because in this endless abyss, it seemed as if even the concept of time had stopped.
No sounds could be heard, no light or end could be seen.
But fortunately, Hecate and her familiars accompanied Jason at his side.
Thus, later, unknowingly, Jason reached out and grabbed the hem of Hecate's robes.
And upon noticing, Hecate did not swat away Jason's hand; instead, she reached out and grasped his.
Ultimately, after who knows how much time had passed, Jason in this endless abyss finally met that giant who had called to him.
The ancestor of all monsters, Typhon!
The ancestor of all monsters Typhon, he is the last of the Titan giants and also the most terrifying Titan giant.
Because his very being represents destruction!
Though Typhon possesses the power to tear the earth and destroy the world, he is not a mindless monster. On the contrary, he possesses unparalleled evil wisdom.
Thus...
"Child, as I said, eventually one day, you would come before me."
In the endless, without-end abyss.
The voice of the ancestor of all monsters Typhon suddenly echoed in the ears of the two.
And hiding his massive body that could easily blot out the sun and sky, Typhon transformed into a white-haired goddess.
Just like this, he appeared before Hecate and Jason.
Incidentally, Typhon is not a goddess, but at the same time not a male god either.
The one representing destruction can be male or female!
In fact, accurately speaking, most gods can achieve this.
And the reason Typhon transformed into the form of a goddess... was probably because he felt it would make it easier to get close to Jason!
And when Typhon appeared, Hecate, whose eyes had widened slightly by two degrees, almost instinctively shielded Jason behind her.
"You need not be so tense, Goddess Hecate." Typhon said to Hecate with an evilly charming smile: "I hold no malice toward you."
Typhon's words were not false; he truly held no malice toward Hecate.
Because even if the Olympian divine system were destroyed, or even the world destroyed, Hecate would not spare it a second glance.
And if not for Jason, she would not appear so frequently at all!
"Child, we have finally met."
Then Typhon looked at Jason and said with a gentle voice and a smile.
Jason was silent for a moment, stepped forward, and bowed to Typhon, saying: "Great Titan god Typhon, it is an honor to meet you."
Typhon looked at Jason before him.
Though Jason now bore traces left by numerous gods, as the existence of destruction, he could still sense from Jason's body that aura of destruction!
Thus, Typhon could not help stepping forward two steps, approaching Jason, as if preparing to stroke him.
But he was stopped by Hecate, who silently stood before Jason.
Typhon glanced at Hecate, then said to Jason: "Child, have you come to find me for something?"
"Yes, great Typhon divinity. I do indeed have a request this time."
Jason raised his head, looking at Typhon who had transformed into a white-haired woman, then slowly said: "I hope you can tell me... the way to defeat your child, the hundred-headed giant dragon Ladon!"