The Mythical Hunter has Returned - Chapter 158



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Episode 158

The light that had disappeared due to the eclipse has returned.

[Welcome the new sun that has risen in the great kingdom of the sun.]

[New killer Kim Do-jin]

I could tell why without even having to say it.

A message appeared before my eyes.

Judging by the way Set’s eyes widened, he must have been seeing the same thing I was.

Then Ra’s perforated solar plate flew in and took hold of my body.

A large halo appeared behind my head, shaped like a perforated solar panel.

“Even Ra’s solar panel… Is that your ability?”

“…okay.”

“So you were absorbing the power of the gods one by one. Now I understand why you grew so quickly.”

A strange light appeared in Set’s eyes.

“If he becomes stronger in this way, it’s only natural that the normal gods wouldn’t dare to defeat him. There must have been a reason why Thor was defeated.”

Set sighed and looked at me.

“I feel like I got in at a good time.”

The corners of his mouth were slightly raised.

It felt like a smile of resignation.

“Now the Egyptian gods will have seen the message that you have killed Ra and become the new sun.”

“Now you have to choose.”

Will you see the new sun and follow its will, or will you sharpen your sword in the darkness to avenge the sun that has disappeared?

Just like I did.

“If you just release the one-body, one-weapon, most of the gods will be on your side.”

“If the majority, is there any god who wouldn’t do that?”

“The upper gods, Geb and Nut. Around these two, several gods will follow Ra’s will.”

“Is it because of a relationship in ancient mythology?”

“maybe.”

I saw the set after hearing that it had a deep connection to mythology.

“Didn’t you have a deep connection with Ra? Then why did Ra abandon you?”

“I found out the secret of what he does.”

“I see.”

“We both knew that the relationships in myths were futile. What matters is how we live in this world.”

The expression on the speaking set’s face looked complicated.

It seemed like it was because of the guilt of killing his father with his own hands.

“Isn’t this how the rich and powerful people in mythology originally spoke?”

It was time to head to Athena’s branch with the set smiling bitterly.

The phone rang.

It was Athena.

-I think you’d better come. It looks like your pantheon has been attacked.

As soon as I heard that, I hurried to the Pantheon of Athena.

* * *

[Welcome the new sun that has risen in the great kingdom of the sun.]

[New killer Kim Do-jin]

Geb squeezed his eyes shut.

Eclipse, and the newly rising sun.

What does that mean?

It was the death of Ra and the existence of Kim Do-jin who usurped his position.

“Everyone, it’s over.”

Geb forced himself up from his trembling body and looked across at Fenrir, who had knocked him down.

Hel, the ruler of Niflheim, and her army, as well as Hades, the god of the underworld.

It was a fight they could not win, having lost the sun and half of their strength.

Geb was covered in wounds all over his body.

The hand that had been holding the spear was cut off and rolled on the floor, his shoulder was bruised, and his leg was broken so he couldn’t even get up properly.

Yet there was still determination in his eyes.

“Are you planning to fight until the end?”

“Yes, we must fight. At least we can be proud after we die.”

I didn’t want to be remembered as a man who betrayed his lord.

“Don’t buy that pride too highly.”

Hades held up the viand in silence.

Geb looked at the spear held by the god of the underworld and thought.

Where will God go when he dies?

Death was a first for him, who had existed since the beginning.

Although it was once forgotten and buried in myth, it was far from being dead.

Because it was just forgotten.

‘Perhaps it would be less painful than being forgotten.’

Geb bit his lip.

He said that he would rather be remembered as a loser than as a traitor, but he too was afraid of death.

Hades’ spear gleamed in the sunlight.

And just before the spear pierced his heart.

“Stop!”

A man’s voice was heard.

Hades’ hand stopped in midair and he looked at the running man.

“Dojin? You came sooner than I thought. What happened to La?”

Geb’s head turned at Hades’ words.

When he looked, there was Kim Do-jin with a shining halo on his back.

The moment Geb saw the Halo, he realized.

That shining flame was the flame of Ra that had gone out.

“I killed him. And I inherited his will.”

“I see.”

Geb looked at Dojin walking towards him.

“I’ve already prepared myself for death. You better not think about bribing me.”

“I have no intention of buying. I am not the type of person who would accept buying.”

Kim Do-jin approached, knelt down, and met the eye level of Gabe.

“Gev, do you also think that gods should live in a world free from the belief of humans?”

“I’m not interested.”

A world where faith is not necessary.

I never really thought about it.

Although the three main gods, including the sun god Ra, dreamed of such a world and strongly insisted that the Abyss should be conquered, Geb paid little attention to such things.

In the first place, he wasn’t the kind of person who lived a complicated life to care about such things.

He had no interest, let alone desire, in strengthening his divinity through faith or belief.

He was a free-spirited person whose only goal was to live as he was.

“Then why don’t you follow Ra?”

People who followed Ra were not so much inspired by his beliefs as simply because he was the central axis and main deity of Egyptian mythology.

“What’s it to you?”

“I was wondering if you also dreamed of the world that Raga dreams of.”

“Stop talking nonsense and just kill him. The reputation of the God Slayer will be further enhanced.”

“By killing all the gods of Egypt?”

“Yeah. Isn’t that what you wanted?”

Kim Do-jin shook his head.

“No. I kill them to prevent the disaster they are going to cause.”

“How funny. The gods who protect humanity from the threat of the Abyss are calling forth disaster?”

“You really don’t know anything, Set.”

Set, who followed Kim Do-jin’s words, sighed and said.

“Ha, I told you. Geb isn’t interested in anything.”

“A set of traitors. A man who betrayed his family and sided with the Godslayer.”

“I had no choice but to do it to survive, Geb.”

“Son, do you think that’s a good excuse?”

Geb looked at Set with resentful eyes.

If the sun god Ra was the divine father of Set and Osiris, then their true biological father was Geb.

Set, the god of chaos, born from Geb, the god of the earth, and Nut, the goddess of the sky.

“You finally call me son.”

“Because when he came to this world, Ra became the father of all Egyptian gods.”

“I know. As the world changes, so do our relationships.”

Geb saw Set, the jackal, looking down at him.

“Is that an excuse to justify your betrayal?”

“No, there’s one more.”

“what?”

“That is Ra’s true purpose.”

“… … .”

“He wanted to make all the gods, including himself, into gods of the Abyss, so that they could wield infinite power without being subject to any restrictions.”

“…Do you want me to believe that?”

“This is information I heard from the library of knowledge, so you can trust it. There is no lie in it.”

Library of knowledge.

The library of the gods, containing all information and knowledge.

There is no lie in the information there.

“You wanted to turn into that monster…?”

“They are not monsters. They were gods of another world too.”

“How can those monsters who only know destruction be called gods? God is….”

“It is sacred just by its existence. It is also a being that develops the world.”

Geb closed his mouth, seemingly shocked.

“How can you not know?”

“What do you mean?”

“That’s the truth. That Ra wants to become that kind of twisted being.”

Instead of answering, Set showed his power.

The darkness began to burn.

The burning darkness grew thicker and began to suck up all the light around Kim Do-jin.

Geb could hardly fathom the depth of that darkness.

“You have been promoted to a level given by the gods.”

“yes.”

It was the moment when I faced the truth that I had wanted to deny until the very end.

The shocking truth is that the god he followed wished for the destruction of the world.

“… Did Osiris know about that too?”

“You would have known. He was the one who followed Ra more than anyone else.”

“I see. That’s right.”

Kim Do-jin, who was listening to Geb’s sighs, asked again.

“What will you do? Do you want to be remembered as someone who died following a god who tried to destroy the world, or as a god who finally found enlightenment and was reborn?”

Geb looked at Kim Do-jin looking down at him.

A person who hunted even the one who gave him a human body.

How many people can achieve such an absurd feat?

He found out the truth that even Geb, a god of the same world, had ignored and fought to protect it.

What a noble thing it was.

It seemed like he was doing something much greater than the real rookie himself.

“There is no other way.”

Now I had no choice but to believe it.

Because Set proved that what he said was true.

To deny it here is nothing more than narrow-minded stubbornness.

“What should I do?”

Kim Do-jin smiled faintly at Geb’s words.

“It’s simple. Just convince the Egyptian gods with Set. A new sun has appeared, so follow it.”

“… You’re really asking me to do something difficult.”

“There’s nothing he can’t do. He’s the most popular god among the Egyptian gods.”

Geb nodded.

“Let’s do it.”

It was when Kim Do-jin was trying to wrap Gleipnir around Geb’s arms and legs.

“Leave the severed arm alone.”

“Is there a reason?”

“I want to remember the mistake I made when I blinded myself and foolishly settled for reality.”

“There are other ways to leave it.”

“No. This is my way.”

“…I get it.”

Geb, who had been treated by Kim Do-jin, sat up and bowed his head.

“Please take care of me in the future.”

“I, please take good care of me.”

* * *

Geb leaves.

“I really thought I could convince you.”

I said while looking at the set.

“Because you are not stubborn, you are quick to admit things.”

“I have a strong ally.”

If Geb can convince the other Egyptian gods, most of the gods of Egyptian mythology will be on my side.

At least you can build up enough power to avoid collapsing in the face of a huge group.

“Dojin!”

Lee Su-yeon, who had blocked the attack, ran out of the temple.

She ran to me with a tired face and was held in my arms.

“You arrived safely. I thought something bad was going to happen.”

She was shaking.

“It’s okay now. You did a good job. You took good care of the kids, didn’t you?”

“Well, I just provided support. Jormungand and Fenrir fought hard.”

“I think so.”

“But are you okay? All the golems are broken.”

“It’ll be okay.”

Perhaps the broken golems will regenerate on their own given time.

Just like other monsters wandering around the Abyss of Struggle.

“I think we need to talk.”

Hades approached me and said.

“Let’s rest today. We fought too much. We can talk about it tomorrow.”

“…I get it.”

I led my tired companions into the temple.