Chapter 323: Best idea

Afterwards, I can finally contact my bonds who probably just got their sleep and tell them that I'm okay, they also told me that Nyx and Asclepius have taken me to heal my injuries while Dabria will accompany me.

I probably can't contact with her directly since she's probably watching out for me, and she doesn't really need sleep either, so it's fine for her to. She only sleeps and wash herself in preparation for the day she becomes mortal anyway.

My parents are practically frantic and out of their mind when they heard of my loss but my bonds assured them that I was okay and is in good hands since Dabria is watching over me.

The news that a goddess is in charged of me relieve them but it still worried them that a god would go out of his way to beat me to a near dead state. I also told Zach, Stella and Alice that I was okay too.

I spend so long in this dream state that Adam made contact with me after a while, he also somehow pulled Nova in too. Except this time, he showed himself. he's a guy looks to be in his late 40s, muscular, 180 cm tall, has dark brown curly hair, brown eyes and a bushy beard.

"What do you want, Adam? To use my body to kiss a woman's body without her consent?"

"Well I was separated from her for too long, so I apologize" he reasoned

"Why didn't you just take over his body?" Nova asked "I can easily sense your power level despite being a remnant, you definitely couldn't have win, but you could have at least stood a better chance."

"Yeah. Like dude, the one time that you could have taken over my body is the time you chose not to."

"Hey, I'm not much of a fighter, there's a reason why you don't hear stories of Adam fighting. I spent time in heaven to learn magic, but still I don't use them to fight, only as acts of self defense sometimes, different from bringing people across time." Adam shrugged "I'm only calling you 2 now to give you a suggestion and Nova can confirm my theory. it can give you a chance in your next great fight. It'll also improve the conditions of my host, which I would appreciate."

"I don't know how much I can help or why you need me, but go ahead." Nova replied

"You know the stories of Achilles, right?" Adam asked

Of course I know who Achilles is, but when he said that, something clicked in my head as I realized what he's referring to.

"Oh...OH! Damn, when did you get so smart?!"

"Oh...it will definitely work if it goes right." Nova nodded "It's definitely possible. But after what happened with Achilles...the gods have definitely make it harder to become invulnerable."

"Of course they have" Adam responded "Any mortal could've just become invulnerable by bathing in it, unlike Achilles whose heel was his only weakness, mortals could just avoided that by bathing their whole body."

"What do I need to do? What will I have to sacrifice?"

"Oh you will need, the blessing of a descendant of a death god or goddess and a descendant of a water god or goddess," Adam answered "And the blessing of a motherly figure. Like Achilles who was dipped with his mother, you will need a blessing from one."

"So counts Dabria count for blessing of death?"

"Oh from the goddess herself? Even better." Adam responded "You can get the blessing from her, your girlfriend and Mary Silver or Elektra if you like. But they will have to be present when you bath in it, they can look away of course since it's a requirement that you have to strip yourself of all clothes."

"Yeah, it can definitely work, why haven't we thought of this before." Nova confirmed "But the chances of death are very high even for a reincarnate whose soul is that of a demigod. Styx, the river of oath and hatred, isn't that easy to conquer."

"Of course, there are reports of visions and many other things when you bathe in it, you will need to dip yourself underwater for a long time, your skin will burn experiencing extreme pain, hear the voices of condemned spirits and many others." Adam explained "But the good news is, you experience similar pains, and you can breathe underwater, the only bad news, the underworld. You will have to use the portal to find it or..."

"Ask Hypnos to bring you there" Nova finished his sentence "Or Elektra, she knows where he lives."

"Dabria and Diana have contact with Thanatos, so it should be easy."

Things are going surprisingly smoothly apart from the fact that I'm only conscious in an astral like body.

"What about my bonds? My current mother Mary can definitely serve as their mother figure, Damon can get his literal mother to come. Will it work for them?"

"It might, but that's if they truly see Mary as their parental mother figure." Nova answered "I'm not too much of an expert, I am after all, only a god of life. A pretty young one at that."

"Bathing in the river Styx...speaking of Styx, isn't she Nike's mother?"

"Yes, your point?" Adam asked

"She may know the reason why Nike chose Eros' side. Just saying, if we can somehow sway Nike back to our side, our chances will increase dramatically. She was Zeus' charioteer at one point, so why would she choose to go against him?"

"A lot more reasons for why you should go to the underworld" Nova confirmed "Though if your bonds want to have the same effect, you will have to convince Mary to go with you."

"We'll see how it goes, damn that Eros, next time I see him, I will beat him and steal his wife...I won't literally steal his wife, it was just a figure of speech."

< Considering that your third wife will be my sister, she will kill you if you get another woman in your already complicated relationship > Nova snickered

"I'll try looking for Cain in the mean time then." Adam said "Though as always, he has effectively evaded my search."

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After that, I informed the idea to my bonds who seem to agree that it is the best course of action for now.

Well after a long while, I can finally feel myself waking up. I'm on this medical bed in a super advance medical rooms like one of those hospitals you see in the movies about a non existence future. I can see Dabria sitting nearby reading a magazine.

"Well how do you feel?" Dabria asked "Your jack mended itself and your injuries seemed to have healed, but did your head at least got hit till you are more normal than how you usually are?"

She then tossed me plot armor which I caught.

"Glad to see you are as lovely as ever, my beloved goddess"

"I'll take that as a no."