The Mythical Hunter has Returned - Chapter 159



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Episode 159

The world was in chaos with Ra’s death and the emergence of a new sun.

– New York City was hit by an unprecedented solar eclipse lasting an hour, as the sun’s solar panels shut down. Even though it was 3 p.m. and the sun was clearly in the sky, the sunlight disappeared. Let’s take a closer look at why.

-With the death of the sun god Ra, his power disappeared. Since the land was blessed by Ra’s power, when that power disappeared, it temporarily lost its light.

– But an hour later, the solar panel glowed again and regained its light. Should we consider this the emergence of a new sun?

-Yes, Set, the Egyptian god of death, said that the sun was restored to normal when Kim Do-jin, the god-slayer, inherited the power of the sun that Ra had.

The TV was full of stories about an unusual solar eclipse that occurred in New York.

It was full of stories about the disappearance of the existing god and Kim Do-jin who inherited the god’s power.

The atmosphere was completely different from when Thor died or when Hephaestus died.

I didn’t feel any hostility towards Kim Do-jin, who killed Ra.

Rather, they were voicing a voice that was half fearful and half expectant about the change to a new era.

-Shouldn’t we see this as a new change? If humans have strong enough strength, they can gain powers like gods.

Some scholars began to say that humans could also obtain the power of gods.

-Kim Do-jin is the pioneer who leads the new era! How long will you receive help from the gods? We can fight too!

Kim Do-jin also gained new followers.

In the past, Kim Do-jin, who killed God, was considered a man to be killed, but now he has become a pioneer leading the new era.

The reason was simple.

Kim Do-jin inherited the power of God.

Humans, not gods, can take the lead in fighting monsters.

We are watching with hope for it because it has shown that it is possible.

Perhaps with the hope that the world order will change again.

I even harbored the belief that perhaps I could even drive out the Abyss.

It was a kind of signal that the Egyptian gods, including Set and Geb, were under Kim Do-jin’s command.

-We will form a new force centered around the assassin Kim Do-jin.

After starting a coffee business, a set that is known to have no connection to the Abyss joins.

Even Geb, who had absolutely followed Ra’s will, came under Kim Do-jin’s command.

All of this was raising people’s expectations.

Public opinion had long since forgotten the eclipse that had only lasted a moment.

Kim Do-jin, Kim Do-jin, Kim Do-jin.

It was that name everywhere.

“Hmm, the order is changing… .”

Hades, who was watching TV, tapped his fingers.

“It’s been like this since long ago. You keep bringing up issues.”

Kim Do-jin was creating issues every day to a degree that even the gods of the underworld could not handle.

Because he is human?

no.

There was something more to Kim Do-jin.

The power to attract people, determination, and confidence in one’s own path.

All of these are probably the reasons why people are crazy about Kim Do-jin.

Hades, who had been quietly watching the news, opened his mouth.

“What do you think?”

His question was directed to Athena, with whom he was watching TV.

“What are you talking about?”

“It’s the path we must choose. The world is changing around Kim Do-jin. The current that had been stagnant since the Abyss ceased to threaten this world is now turbulent.”

“I know.”

“We have to make a choice.”

“Are you saying that we should lead a new trend with Kim Do-jin or maintain the existing framework?”

“okay.”

Hades’ eyes were shining sharply as he spoke calmly.

“Kim Do-jin killed the god of the gods. The sun god may have started it all, but the other gods won’t let it go. Kim Do-jin boldly invaded the opponent’s pantheon, thereby changing the course of the war.”

“Zeus and Odin will also use new tactics. They will not stay still.”

“Yes. They will try to attack Kim Do-jin with all their might.”

There will be a war.

War of the Gods.

However, the one leading that war will not be God, but a human, Kim Do-jin.

“But are we in a position to go back?”

Hades remained silent at Athena’s question.

The two have been helping Kim Do-jin for a long time.

Now that things have come to this, Zeus and Odin will not leave alone the god who helped Kim Do-jin.

“I can’t turn back.”

We’re in too deep to turn back.

“But why do you ask?”

“What will become of us in a changing world?”

“Are you afraid?”

“Are you scared…?”

Hades closed his eyes at Athena’s question.

In mythology, he was an absolute being.

Because he possessed immense power and the power to never die, all who existed feared and worshiped him.

But when they were forgotten, Hades felt an endless emptiness.

The dead did not come to their afterlife, and the stagnant well gradually began to rot.

It was the first time I felt helpless.

When he descended into this world, he became the god of the underworld again and was worshipped.

But what if the world becomes one where there is no need to worship God, as they say on TV?

‘What will become of me?’

There is no answer to that question yet.

I was afraid of that unknown future.

okay.

“I am afraid. I am even more afraid because I do not know what will happen to me. I am afraid that the dead will come back to my world like before.”

Hades’ eyes turned to Athena.

“Aren’t you afraid? Maybe we’ll have to live as ordinary humans. If we lose all the powers we had, can we call that a god?”

Athena shrugged.

“It’s better than being completely forgotten and not being able to live or die.”

“You’re calm.”

“I believe that even if the world changes, we will remain the same.”

“I see.”

“Yes. This power will not disappear. I am not saying that I will destroy God.”

“How can you be sure of that?”

Athena had infinite trust in Kim Do-jin.

I knew it wasn’t just because he had made her a weapon.

“Because Dojin seems to be afraid of humanity being destroyed by the gods.”

“Destruction… why?”

“I don’t know about that. Even in the Library of Knowledge, it was an item that was off-limits to anyone except the highest level.”

“…There’s something.”

“I feel like there is a truth that the Lord is hiding from us.”

“So are you helping Dojin?”

“Yes. At least I don’t think he’s hiding anything important from us.”

“I see.”

It was when Hades sighed.

“What are you talking about?”

Kim Do-jin opened the door and entered the conference room.

“We were talking about our future.”

“The future?”

“Yes. Since you have hunted the Lords, the other Lords will not stay still. There will be a war soon, and it will not end until the Lords are dead or you are dead.”

“I guess so.”

Hades asked Kim Do-jin, who was looking at him in silence.

“What do you really want? Why on earth do you hunt the gods like this?”

Kim Do-jin, who had been quietly gathering his thoughts with his mouth shut, slowly opened his mouth.

“Because not everyone can die.”

“Everyone dies?”

“yes.”

“What does that mean?”

Kim Do-jin said while looking at the two upper gods leading the center of Greece.

“When the gods say that you must overcome the trials they speak of, they are talking about the efforts to become a god of the Abyss.”

“You want to become the god of the Abyss?”

“Really?”

“Yes. I believe that only then can we completely transcend faith.”

The two gods looked at Dojin with faces of disbelief.

“It surpasses belief.”

Hades’ voice was heavy.

Gods who exist through human belief instead of possessing absolute power.

The fact that if the human heart, like a reed, wavers, it may one day be forgotten by everyone again, just as it was in the past.

That was the fear of many gods, including Hades.

“Was Prometheus permanently banned because he tried to reveal that?”

“Probably so.”

“… … .”

Hades shut his mouth.

“It’s difficult. It’s too difficult.”

Hades recalled Zeus’s obsession with subjugating the Abyss.

I think I now understand what he meant when he said that we must break free from a life of faith and create our own independent world.

-We need to break away from human life. To do that, we need to further establish the authority of God. Because we are special beings.

-Destroying the Abyss and eliminating the enemies is the test given to us. So we all must overcome it.

“If that’s really what he meant when he fought the Abyss….”

If humans disappear, the dead will also disappear.

It would be possible to live a life independent of humans, but Hades, the god of the underworld, would lose his meaning in existence.

As his thoughts reached that point, Hades was able to realize why the gods of the Abyss were so twisted and broken.

Becoming a god of the Abyss was not an evolution, but a degeneration.

“I can’t leave it like this.”

Hades sighed.

But there was still one thing left.

“So what kind of world do you want? Do you want a life where the gods still depend on humans? Or do you want us all to return to mythology?”

“…I didn’t think that far ahead.”

“You’d better keep that in mind. Then you can convince the other gods.”

Kim Do-jin nodded.

Hades rose from his seat.

“Then what should I do?”

“Can you help me?”

“That’s right. I don’t want to become a monster in the Abyss either.”

Kim Do-jin, who was looking at Hades who was smiling, slowly opened his mouth.

“Then, I would like to meet Prometheus. Where is he?”

* * *

Prometheus.

The first god to be permanently banned along with Heimdall.

He was tricked by Heimdall, who acted as Odin’s disguised spy, and openly opposed the opinions of the three gods, including Zeus. As a result, he was permanently exiled, losing his godly powers.

Zeus did not execute Prometheus.

He probably didn’t want to die and become a symbol of resistance.

Rather, all I know is that he was permanently expelled and then sent away as a free man.

Considering that he didn’t show up until the final war, he probably didn’t regain his godly powers.

‘I don’t know if he’s alive, but….’

“Why are you looking for Prometheus?”

Hades asked, as if he couldn’t understand.

“He has no power and no believers. He won’t be of any help to the military.”

“That’s right. It doesn’t help in a fight.”

But he had a symbolism to him.

The first god to resist Zeus.

I needed that symbolism.

And if possible.

‘I’m thinking of making Prometheus an apostle too.’

Because that will be the fence that protects him.

“But it would be a great help to us. Do you know where it is?”

Both gods shook their heads.

“I don’t know. He left completely and I lost contact with him.”

“I think he’s dead.”

“Please let me know. I have to find it somehow.”

Hades and Athena nodded at my request.

“Is that okay? …How are you planning on preparing for the fight?”

“I need to think about it slowly.”

It was going to be a big fight, so we needed to prepare thoroughly.