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“I have never heard of such a being even existing and I certainly would have
remembered such an abominable creature. However, since I have on the run for
quite a prolonged period of time, I have heard rumours about there being “other
gods”. Then the truth hit me as if someone was dumping ice cold water on me and
yelling at e to wake up. I realised who she was, memories of my childhood flooded like
a roaring wave engulfing anything in its path. She was Hel from Norse mythology that I
used to read from a children’s story book, the ruler of one of the nine realms,
Helheim, home of the dishonourable dead. My face was as white as a sheet of paper, I
had to escape and it didn’t matter that I had to die. Even tartarus would be better
than…

“I surrender, Thanatos can take me” I yelled with my hands raised above my head.

“ What!” They both yelled simultaneously.

“I.. mean of course.” Thanatos stammered just as perplexed as Hel was.

However, she was only confused for a second before her patience had reached its
pinnacle. Her face had become as red as her lips. However, her anger had vanished
just as soon as it had arrived.

“Fine, take him, I have no problem, less work for me.” She replied nonchalantly.

Thanatos did not reply and relocated me to where I belonged and this time I decided
to stay there. As the punishments I receive are nothing in comparison to the horrors
of the worlds. Though, one thing still remains a mystery to me, as to why Hel had
come to visit me and her words kept replaying in my mind like a broken recorder.
“Your soul belongs to me.” A million questions ran through my mind simultaneously.
Why did Hel say belong to her? Am I part Norse? Though, the idea maybe intriguing, I
suppressed it down as I knew that I did not want the answer for any of this.

As I was beginning to descend into the underworld, my thoughts of remaining here
immediately disappeared as I looked upon the other petrifying punishments of others
and remembering my own one. I decided to escape as usual. I saw a massive tree and
it seemed to be decaying, therefore it must be quite easy to carry. I broke it off and hit
the god as hard as I could, I might as well as hit him with a steel bar. His enormous
body fell with a thud and just when I thought of running. A voice boomed across the
plateau.

“Sisyphus!” A dark shadow engulfed me. Everything went dark.

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