323 Visiting Hyacinth 1 (2/2)

\”Your brother? But Zeus doesn't even know Athena well enough despite being her father...\” Zero frowned.

Hades laughed at that. \”That is true. Back then, Zeus was quite the ladies' man. He didn't really care about the children he fathered because his wives were constantly causing chaos and Zeus had to somehow pacify all his lovers. He was rather hen-pecked so needing to please a harem of powerful ladies wasn't the easiest task.\”

Zero made a disgusted face and Hades didn't hold it against the teen. Instead, he had a gentle smile. \”Poseidon might be a fallen god but he is still a titan through and through. He might have the powers of his domain stripped away but he is still a proud titan born on Olympia. He might not be able to support the plane but he still holds power over the oceans.\”

Zero was surprised to hear that. \”Where can I find him?\”

Hades pulled out a tattered map from beneath his sleeve robe and passed it to Zero who quickly scanned it into his communicator so that Mii could start researching about it and marking the location out.

\”He's been banished to a water planet called Hyacinth. You might need to borrow money from someone in order to get there quickly. Hyacinth is quite far away from Earth, we don't have a direct portal there. I also wouldn't recommend planet-hopping for you just yet, it's too dangerous without Truen.\”

Zero swallowed nervously. \”There are other planets apart from Earth that I can travel to?\”

Hades laughed. \”Of course! You didn't think that Earth was the only planet with humans and life forms, did you?\”

Zero chose not to comment. His first planet was Amarania but he didn't seem to think that it was unusual for it to have life forms because Sedna owned the planet. However, he didn't think that there were independent planets that developed their own life forms without the help of gods. Then again, Zero thought about it. The memories of the divine fragments showed him many unique existences, especially in Gugu and Jevy's memories. Suddenly he felt stupid for not realising it earlier that planet travelling was a thing.

The blush on the teen's face was endearing and Hades secretly took a picture of it that was going into his private photo album. He also explained to Zero how planet travelling worked. Steve was usually in charge of operating that one portal in Heaven for anyone who needed to travel to different planets for business. Most people would also carry an intergalactic compass if they didn't have the function in their communicators. Older versions of the communicators didn't have that function and Hades recommended Zero to check if he had that app before he left.

\”Some things to note are that you cannot activate the portal after you arrive until the cooldown is up. Sometimes planets too far away don't allow you to use your intergalactic communicator. It isn't within the area of coverage. Planets that do not have portals set up for travelling cannot be travelled to using coordinate locking. You'd have to do it the physical way by teleportation from the void or nearest planet. Some other ways to travel to such planets would be by sending your astro clone through meditation, by travelling in a space ship although it takes a lot more time to reach, by crossing time cracks also known as wormhole hopping if you know which current brings you to it and by riding on one of Zeus' lightning bolts. As the God of Sky, Zeus is able to reach any planet and toss a lightning bolt there when he needs to send rain over.\”

Zero considered the options carefully and thanked Hades. Planet-hopping sounded like something he wanted to do at a later date. First, he had to complete Murvin's quest and meet Truen back on Earth to begin their adventures there. First, Zero had to figure out his mode of transport. He never knew that there were so many things to worry about when going on an adventure. Finance seemed to be the most crucial problem for now but Zero had an idea how to go around these limitations. If he could hitchhike on a space rock, surely hitchhiking a lightning bolt wouldn't be too difficult. Also, why should he pay for portal usage when he had a conveniently available portal wherever he went in the lamp?

Zero checked his communicator and found that he was missing that compass function. Enma's old communicator must be an older version so it was lacking this wonderful feature. Zero left the Garden of Roth quickly and dropped Steve a text. Once he had that feature installed, he would pay Zeus a visit in person. Hopefully, the titan was in a good mood enough to be considerate enough to land a good throw so that Zero wouldn't crash land into Hyacinth too badly.

\”Oh no!\” Zero realised. \”I might have to bring gifts. What does Poseidon like? I forgot to ask Hades earlier...\”

With that, the teen turned around and ran back, hoping to catch Hades before he returned to work.