The Cyclops was basking leisurely on the beach. He drank a mouthful of wine, pulled a piece of mutton from the fire and stuffed it into his mouth. He shouted at the forest behind him: "old friend, since he has come, why don''t you show up?"


    Manda came out of the forest, sat down next to pluphimus, drank two drinks with him, and took out a map from her arms.


    "I need your help."


    Polyphimus opened the map and dropped the wine bag on the ground: "the island of acaron, the island of the end, the edge of the world? What are you doing there?"


    "To find something very important."


    "Give up, you can''t go." polyphimus shook his head and returned the map to Manda.


    "You can''t go without," sighed Manda. "It''s a matter of life and death."


    "What I tell you is a matter of life and death. If you go, you will die. If you don''t go, you can still live. Isn''t it good to live a few more days?"


    "Help me find a way."


    "There''s no way to think about it. Let me be more direct. I''m a giant born in the sea. I can''t even go there, let alone you."


    "I can shuttle from the underworld. As long as you give me an accurate direction, the danger on the way can be ignored."


    "You can''t go there from the underworld. The underworld doesn''t extend to that island."


    Manda is somewhat prepared for this. The underworld can''t reach the edge of the world, and the same is true in the north. The underworld can''t extend to the extreme cold, or even to the tundra. Manda doesn''t expect to directly reach the island at the end, even if he can find a transit station.


    "Is it near its foothold? I have flying boots. I can fly over."


    Polymorphus shook his head again and again: "don''t do such a foolish thing. You don''t know what the sea is like there. The water dragon rising from the sea is always connected to the sky. This is not a metaphor, but the sky has fallen there,


    You will be torn by countless Water Dragons, and your bones will become finer powder than dust. Even if you have steel muscles and iron bones like Hercules, even if you pass through those Water Dragons under the protection of gods, at the end of the world, the sea will fall sharply at the intersection of heaven and earth, and in the end, you will still be washed to the bottom of the sea by the turbulent current,


    It''s not the seabed you can understand, even I can''t understand. It''s the territory of the primitive sea god Pontos, whose territory connects the other side of the world,


    Once there, let alone you, even the main god on Olympia can''t leave alive. All creatures will integrate into pure loss and darkness and become the most primitive and bottom soil in the world,


    Please tell me, Manda, what happened that made you have to go to a place where you would die? "


    This place really sounds terrible, and polyphimus is not the kind of person who likes alarmism. Manda bit her nails and said, "your description is so clear that you have been there."


    "I told you, I haven''t been there!" Manda''s question made polyphimus very dissatisfied. "Everything I know comes from my father''s description. My father once went near the island of acalaun. He has the power to control the sea, but he still didn''t get on the island. Do you think your ability is greater than my father?"


    "I have to go. I have my difficulties here. Give me some help. I really need you."


    "I''ve given all the advice I can give," said polyphimos with a long sigh and began to mark on the map. "This is the island closest to akalaun, which I know. It''s called Ping''an island. On this island, you''re safe. Continue to the East, and you''ll see hell on the sea."


    When polyphimus finished marking, Manda put away the map and thanked him again and again.


    Polyphimus shook his head and said, "don''t thank me again. I don''t know whether I''m hurting you or helping you, Manda... I remember your kindness. I should go with you, but I really don''t have the courage."


    "You''ve already thanked me for that kindness," Manda smiled. "You don''t owe me anything. I owe you now. I''ll thank you again in the future."


    ……


    Manda returned to the house and came to Athena''s room: "aunt, I need your help."


    Athena sneered, "the son of the Lord of the gods needs my help. You really think highly of me."


    Manda saluted respectfully, "Mom, I really need your help."


    Athena trembled with her mother''s cry: "didn''t you go to Gaia? Didn''t Gaia give you a chance?"


    "The opportunity is given, but I have to get something."


    "Is that thing in my hand?"


    "Things are not in your hands. I need your strength. The power of Poseidon is still in your hands."


    Athena said angrily, "I have clarified this matter to my brother. I have not obtained the power of the sea god."


    "Don''t be angry. This little thing is not worth your anger, nor is it worth us to continue our debate. My father knows where the power of the sea god is. I also know that let''s make a deal. Don''t you want to go back to Olympia? Don''t you want to be a Queen of heaven? There is a God waiting to sit on the throne of Queen of heaven. Do you want him to take the lead?"


    Athena was silent for a while, came forward and pinched Manda''s face, turned a circle mercilessly, and the pinched Manda burst into tears.


    "You little fellow, it''s really hard to refuse."


    ……


    Kejero packed his bags and waited to start with Manda.


    "Sir, I know we have different understandings of danger. This journey may be insignificant to you, but for me, this may be the last choice I make in my life. For me, that island is a mountain full of sharp knives and an ocean full of flames."


    "For me, that island is also a sea of fire," Manda gave kejero the sleeping medicine. "You still have a choice. If you really don''t want to go, I won''t force you."


    Kejero took the powder, grabbed a handful and swallowed it in his mouth: "things rise because of me, and the responsibility must be borne by me, sir. If I can''t come back with you, if I die disgracefully because of timidity, please tell my guards and tell them that at least I chose to fight bravely with you."


    Kejero fell into a deep sleep, and Manda carefully examined his condition.


    It''s brave of him to actually fall asleep.


    If kejero really falls into a deep sleep, Manda can make him suffer in the underworld. Of course, he does not rule out another possibility - kejero uses some means to control sleep and can sleep or wake himself up at any time.


    Waking up in the underworld is a very dangerous thing. It is better than Odysseus. He also has to take the medicine given to him by kalke in advance.


    But if kejero is a believer of Hermes, this is not a problem at all. If Manda wants to calculate kejero in the underworld, he must prevent kejero from starting first.


    The two people seemed to have reached some kind of tacit understanding. No one started in the underworld and came to the island tens of thousands of miles away from the mainland.


    Kejero woke up from his sleep and saw everything in front of him. He couldn''t imagine that he was on the edge of the world.


    "This is the island of akalaun? It''s different from hell."


    Blue sky and white clouds, sunny, calm sea water gently rippling on the beach, almost no sound.


    Behind him was a forest. The lush green impacted the field of vision. The gap between the trees was filled with all kinds of vines, and even one hand could not reach in.


    Fortunately, these trees are not high, and the island is also very flat. Manda stepped on her flying boots and flew to a height of about 20 meters. She has seen the whole picture of the island.


    The island is really small. If Manda accelerates with all her strength, it won''t take one percent of the hourglass to run from one end of the island to the other. Even at the normal walking speed of ordinary people, two hours is enough to cross the island.


    Kejero shouted, "Sir, here is the double snake stick?"


    Manda fell back to the ground, shook her head and said, "the double snake stick is far from here. We have just arrived at ping an island, and the rest of the journey must be at sea."


    Kejero looked around: "but we don''t have a boat!"


    "There is a boat, but it takes some time to prepare. This island is really beautiful. After we get the double snake staff, we should build a house here."


    Manda took an olive branch out of her arms and inserted it at the edge of the forest.


    Olive branches quickly took root in the soil and pulled out soft branches in the sunshine.


    The olive branch, which was more than a foot high, soon grew into an olive tree with more than one person. The extended branches and leaves grabbed the trees at the edge of the forest. Under the distortion and rotation, they uprooted the trees, cut off the excess roots and branches, and turned them into wood.


    Wood passed between olive branches, just like an assembly line, and soon formed the framework of a sailboat. Kejero was stunned and said, "this, what is this?"


    "This is the scepter of wisdom!" Manda scratched her finger by an olive branch and licked it in her mouth. "The scepter is integrated with the talent of hehuaistos. We will have a big ship soon. Unexpectedly, I have so many high-grade goods on me, which can give you a lot of insight next!"