Six days went by and I killed every monster except for the Hydra. It in a ravine so I climbed down the walls. It was still sleeping so I could get a free hit on it. I threw my knife at it's head and it woke up. It shrieked and lunged at me with one of it's two heads. I slashed it's neck and blood spilt all over the floor. The ground melted and I took some in a jar. Out of the wound, two more heads came out. The legends said Heracles defeated it with Athena's sword which I didn't have access to for various reasons. I had to find my own way to defeat it. I slashed the other head and another two came out which meant there were four more.
I kept on slashing the heads and collecting the acidic blood. There were around twenty now and I decided it was time to strike. I threw it's acidic blood on it. It's heads began to fall and didn't regenerate except for one. Suddenly, a golden sword fell from the sky. It was Athena's sword. I leaped up and stabbed it's head. The creature fell and I cut off it's head. Heracles' labours were exaggerated from the myths. I'd finished this in a week and the minotaur was far stronger than the hydra. I went back to the castle and showed the king the hydra's head.
He looked shocked and stuttered, "H-how did you kill the hydra, Heracles struggled with this!". I grinned and said, "The labours were somewhat difficult but the legends exaggerated". He sighed and snapped his fingers. The guard pushed something on the wall and a door opened. "Welcome to the grand library" he said. He handed me a horn and left the room. I found the book which was luckily in my language and took it. I reunited with my army and began reading.
"The only way to enter the underworld is by blowing the horn of Thanatos, he'll then come and ask you weather you wish to die or visit". I closed the book and blew the horn. Time seemed to stop and a man dressed in an all black suit and a fur coat. "Do you wish to die or visit the underworld?" he asked. "Visit but wait a bit because I need to tell my army about this". He nodded and I came back. I passed Han and Achilles notes to tell them to wait and Thanatos returned. "Follow me". We walked silently and before I noticed, we'd left the land of the alive. "Go to the boat and you'll cross the sea" he said vanishing. I goat on the small boat and stared into the green water. I could see many souls. The boat began moving and I looked back. There was an old man taking the boat to a huge gate. Next to it was a giant dog which seemed familiar. We went passed and I was dropped off in a forest full of dead trees. I walked towards a giant building in the distance but noticed that there was someone moving. I looked back and saw a boy about my age with black eyes and long red hair that nearly reached his knees.
"Who are you?" he asked, "Why do I feel father's energy in you?". I remembered that mom had written about me having a brother. "I'm Kati" I said. His expression changed into shock.
"Kati, why are you here?" he asked.
"To get the eye Mati" I said. I was so distracted by my mission to find Mati that I forgot I had a brother. "Well whatever, come with me, father wants to meet you!" he said dragging me. We reached the building which looked menacing. "So, what's mother like?" he asked as we walked through the halls. "Well I wouldn't know, she died and I lost my memories of her" I said. He frowned and asked, "How did you lose your memories?". I shrugged my shoulders and we kept walking. We arrived in a throne room and like every other king, there he was. "Father, Kati's here!" he yelled. Hades' eyes widened and he stood up. "Are you serious Macaria!" he yelled standing up. Macaria dragged me to Hades and he squinted. "It really is you Kati, why are you in the underworld?" he asked leaning back. "I want to get Mati".
His eyes widened again but he just pointed behind him. I looked down the well and there it was, a small eye. I pulled it out and put it in my bag. "Stay with us for a bit Kati" he said. I nodded and was led to my room. I laid down and relaxed. Now all that was left to was destroy Thebes.