'Of course I wouldn't just place blind faith on my future knowledge and try to take control over the underworld. I naturally looked at the requirements and my resume for the job: I am god, my soul is perfectly able to handle another domain ever since my meditation routine expanded ever so slightly, and as compatible. I am related to the underworld as Hades and the criminal boss, I ended up ruling the underworld, whether mythical or not. I am built for this job.' Hades thought with a smirk.
Then Phlegethon started to laugh loudly "You–hahaha–A kid who was born 2 decades ago–haha–doing something that not even the primordial dares to do–hahah." Hades just stared at him, and after he was finished, he said
"Laugh all you want, it's not like I am the one who doesn't have any time. How long can you control the underworld before other pantheons target it due to its weak defenses? If you think Cronus, Zeus, or even Nyxx will help you. Let me give you a reality check. They don't care." Hades said, now smirking as Phlegethon's face got redder and redder before he tried to attack Hades again, but this time, Styx intervened.
"Lead him to the throne," she said with a stern voice.
"Are you sure about it, sister?" Acheron asked.
"What do we have to lose? If he succeeds, we gain a ruler and a good one; if he loses, we neither gain or lose." Styx said as she began to leave, but Hades just stopped her and teleported all of the underworld residents with a single snap towards the throne room.
'Normally, I would have been killed if I even attempted to do something so huge, but just the pure darkness in the underworld has given me enough for me to teleport such a large army. This is the difference between fighting in your domain and fighting outside, you can pull shit like this.' Hades thought as he marveled at the power he held while still not being the king of the underworld. All of the underworld residents arrived at the throne of the underworld, A single dusted throne sat there on top of a rock with steps engraved with the language of gods.
It looked ancient, like it was made of glass, but Hades did not underestimate the power it held. He could feel the power testing him right now; even his power was able to subdue it, though. Hades walked over to the throne and ran his hands through it, dust being cleaned off. He took a breath and sat down, as the power overwhelmed him as a bright light erupted from the throne..
"What is happening?"
"This never happened," whispers were going around as they witnessed what was happening, but Styx stayed silent as she watched him. Meanwhile, inside Hades' body, a sphere of gray energy was the domain of the underworld that was headed straight to Hades' soul. Hades himself was watching this in his inside consciousness form, him but without any clothes. He watched as the domain was nearing his soul when it stopped by an ethereal hand made by his soul or, specifically, the afterlife domain of his soul.
The underworld domain, not happy that it was stopped, tried to move around, but what followed was the greatest beating one could receive…second best after Hades himself took the fist spot with his battle with 2 undead at the same time. He wasn't even taken seriously; they just played him like a professional tennis player. Anyways, a while later, his soul seemed to have grown from its previous size as his afterlife domain ate up the underworld and made it into a subdomain. Hades just watched this, helpless not only because he couldn't do anything but he was just shocked, pure disbelief lined his face as he could not believe what he is seeing.
After a while, he exited and just decided to file this away for later, as he exited his body to see the underworld. He was completely fine. The once-dusted throne now shows all the glory of the underworld, and people who were shocked quickly kneel before him in worship and hope for a new future. Just a movement ago, they were worried for their lives, but the movement Hades took the throne, and hope filled their eyes.
'The defense of the underworld is the first thing I need to rectify, as I used the power of the afterlife to make some defense for the underworld.' Hades thought as he raised his hand. Immediately, the power of the afterlife lit up his hand and brought a great wall at the end of the underworld, made from obsidian and enhanced with nether energy. It has many of the modern games' defenses, with automatic guns and portals for quick escape.
'Next, the infrastructure…' Hades thought as he enacted a city from the ground up. The city was split into 4 parts, one for 4 direction. "This world is now divided into 4 directions: the north will be called Elysium; this will be where souls of heroes, philosophers, and other such great people will reside. Acheron, you will flow through the north from my castle; guard the northern gate.
The East will be called reincarnation, where Lethe will flow and guard the west gate. People who deserve a second chance in life, those who did good and evil in equal quantity, will go. The south will be under Phlegethon, and those who did evil will go with Phlegethon, punishing them for their transgressions. The West will be Cocytus, and it is where those who are resentful, or want eternal rest." Hades said. Taking a few breaths after he did, the people answered his will.
"We will do our utmost to please you, my lord," They all answered, even Phlegethon, who had been sarcastic earlier. However, he did say something else: "My lord, sister Styx has yet to receive an area." Bringing attention to her who just bowed her head. It didn't bother her that she didn't receive any position, but if her lord found her unworthy, then it bothered her.