The Mythical Hunter has Returned - Chapter 134
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Episode 134
There are two ways to go to the underworld.
There is an easy way and a hard way.
The easy way is to literally die.
There is a way to reach the underworld through death.
‘I don’t have any intention of dying yet.’
I guess I’ll have to try another way.
The difficult way was to go to that world through someone who could pass through the Underworld, like when you went to Niflheim.
When I went to Niflheim, I received help from the Valkyrie Reginleif, and now.
“Are you really going to see your uncle?”
“Of course. I’m sure he’ll be quite pleased with the surprise visit.”
I was thinking of getting Athena’s help.
Of course, there was no need for her to follow me to the Underworld like in Niflheim.
When I arrive, a guide will come.
“Okay, I understand. Just know that I can’t help you this time like I did last time.”
“All right.”
After finishing speaking, Athena opened the door leading to the underworld.
“Are you going alone this time, without any colleagues?”
“Yes. Because I am the only one who drank the water of the underworld.”
If others follow suit, they will not last long in the Greek underworld.
“I see.”
Her face was filled with worry and concern.
Does that mean you care enough about me to worry about me now?
God’s concern.
In my past life, mythical beings never worried about me.
To them, humans were like objects that they had to possess.
‘Have they changed too?’
In her previous life, Athena, like other gods, treated humans like objects and used them.
But Athena felt a little different now.
Should I say that you truly consider me a colleague?
I might be mistaken.
It might just be a guess bordering on arrogance, feeling that things are going well.
‘It’s a little awkward.’
Anyway, it was true that it was awkward.
I entered through the passage to the underworld that Athena had opened.
As soon as I passed through the gate, cold, humid air greeted me.
It’s something I’ve experienced many times, but it always feels unfamiliar.
Unlike Niflheim, which was filled with frost and cold air, this acrid and stuffy air of the Underworld.
As I faced this gloomy air that made me feel depressed just by smelling it, I thought of the family I had lost in the past.
And countless people who died in previous lives.
-Save me… .
-Kkaaaak!
-I don’t want to die… .
I shook my head vigorously, disturbing the rising voice.
‘Let’s focus.’
Now it was time to focus on Hades, the king of this place.
Hades, who had fed me the waters of the underworld, had not contacted me for some time.
He first told me that he would call me if necessary and fed me the water of the underworld, but there must have been many obstacles to calling me directly.
‘Your pride wouldn’t allow you to call a human first.’
Hades, the so-called king of the underworld, would have been the first to bow his head.
I am the one who provides the opportunity and justification.
All I have to do is come down to the underworld myself and create a situation where it would be natural for Hades to call me.
“I think you’ll start to notice me now.”
The one whom Hades himself had fed the water of the underworld opened the gates of the underworld and came in.
By now, Hades must have heard of this change.
“It’s quieter than I thought.”
I guess I’ll just have to wait until someone comes to take me.
I looked around calmly.
It was a space surrounded on all sides by stones of unknown identity.
In the damp underworld, which resembled a dark underground cave, dark blue stone piles were piled here and there.
‘Still the same.’
As I was loitering around the entrance to the underworld, Cerberus, the three-headed gatekeeper of the underworld, approached me with a growl.
Three pairs of eyes, as big as a house, staring at the opponent with angry eyes.
Cerberus, who had been glaring at me with his mouth wide open and his sharp teeth, lowered his head.
-The ruler of the underworld seeks honored guests.
“I guess the news has gone out.”
-He told us to treat the nobleman with the utmost respect.
Cerberus took the lead.
I followed Cerberus and opened the giant stone gate blocking the entrance to the Underworld.
Yeah, yeah!
When Cerberus opened the door, Charon, the ferryman of the underworld, wearing a black robe, was waiting for me inside.
“Your Majesty, I have been waiting for you. Hades has called you, so please follow me.”
“I didn’t know Caron would come.”
“Because I am the only one who can show you the way to Hades.”
Caron guided me to a boat floating on the ferry.
“Please take a ride.”
“okay.”
Choaack!
Charon’s ship moved forward, ploughing through the river of the underworld.
-He is a living human being.
-It’s unfair. I want to live.
-Human… . Human… .
-Is that him…?
As we boarded the boat, we heard the voices of the dead.
“Do not listen to the voices. Do not be deceived by the voices of the dead.”
“I know.”
If you are captivated by that voice, you will fall into the sea of the dead and become one of the dead.
I had to pull myself together and concentrate until the very end.
“… … .”
A period of silence followed.
Charon wasn’t more curious about me than necessary, and I wasn’t more curious about him.
Because Charon had never been on the front lines in his previous life.
“That’s amazing.”
He, who had been driving the boat for a while, looked at me and said.
“what?”
“Among those who ride the ship of the underworld, I have never seen a human being so indifferent to the underworld.”
“… … .”
“I asked because it seemed like you had been here several times.”
“Do you see it?”
“Isn’t it?”
I shook my head.
It wasn’t a wrong statement, since it never happened in this life.
“I wonder if you are very adaptable. After all, you are someone the King calls a noble.”
Caron nodded as if he had understood and just continued to steer the boat in silence.
After crossing the five rivers of the underworld, I got off the ferry.
Charon bowed his head and saw off the guests leaving the ship.
“If you keep following the road, you will find the castle where the king resides.”
I nodded and continued along the road.
The air is getting more and more humid.
When a cold wind blew around me.
“It’s been a while.”
A voice as cool as the wind was heard.
Hades, king of the underworld.
“What brought you to the underworld in the first place?”
He sat arrogantly and looked down at me.
“I think our Hades is shy.”
“… … .”
“You said you would call me first when needed, but since you still haven’t called me, I came to you first.”
Hades’s body rippled with energy.
“How cheeky.”
“Because I have the ability to do so.”
“Hmm.”
Hades didn’t bother to refute.
“You need a weapon, right?”
“…You know me well.”
“Because holy relics are essential to the gods.”
Hades’ body tilted towards me.
“What do you want?”
“I don’t have any other wishes. Our Hades can do anything for me.”
Hades smiled faintly.
“I heard you met Osiris. What did you hear from him?”
“You asked me to kill Hades?”
“… How cheeky. Is that why you came here to kill me?”
I shook my head.
Surely, that can’t be true.
At least I knew that I couldn’t kill Hades in the Underworld.
I wasn’t stupid enough to start a fight here.
Rather, it was the opposite.
“I came to make a deal.”
“transaction?”
Interest began to grow on Hades’ face.
“I want to give you, Hades, the offer I received from Osiris.”
The guy kept his mouth shut and looked at me as if telling me to continue speaking.
“I want you to kill Osiris.”
“If I kill Osiris, will you make me a weapon? Like you did for Athena?”
“okay.”
“What an interesting suggestion. A human who wants to start a fight between gods of the underworld.”
Hades looked down at me and asked.
“What would you do if I turned down that offer?”
“Hades would lose both a blacksmith who could create holy relics and a skilled man who could kill other gods all at once.”
I know the power of the cards I hold.
Hades, the king of the underworld, was able to exert overwhelming power in the underworld, but he had the disadvantage of not being able to exert much power in the living world.
In fact, it was no different from being locked up alone in the afterlife.
The reason he conquered Niflheim was because he wanted to expand his world.
To Hades, Kim Do-jin was one of the few windows through which he could communicate with the outside world.
You don’t want to lose that window.
“Do you think you can escape?”
“You can’t run away, but you can still mess things up?”
“…really cocky.”
“I felt that there was no need to go out in such a humble manner.”
Hades’s brow furrowed.
“Yes. Let’s say I kill Osiris as you say. Then what weapon will you give me?”
“I will make your helmet into a holy relic and dedicate it to you.”
“Would you like to offer me Quine?”
“okay.”
It was a deal where Hades had nothing to lose.
Except, of course, for the burden of having to fight a god of similar rank to himself, Osiris.
“I’m not telling you to fight alone. I’m telling you to fight together.”
“… Didn’t you say that Osiris entrusted you with a task? Then why do you want to kill him?”
“Because I was given the impossible task of killing Hades.”
Hades began to think deeply.
“Understood. I will accept your request. In return, you must promise to create Quinae as well.”
“I promise. I swear on the River Styx, your beloved river.”
Hurrruk!
Hades’ eyes lit up at the words that he would swear on the River Styx.
The corners of his mouth went up.
“It’s good because it’s as cocky as it is hot.”
“That’s my charm.”
I looked at him and laughed along with him.