The Mythical Hunter has Returned - Chapter 165



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Episode 165

People living in the vast desert were worshipping me.

I was the sun.

He was a pharaoh, a ruler, an absolute being.

I was worshipped by humans in the palace that served me.

They called me ‘Ra, the Sun God.’

But I know.

My name is Kim Do-jin, and I am not the god they say I am.

You can only receive divine power and use it for a short time.

“I think I’m doing something weird….”

I thought back to what the Abyss of Desire had said to me before I was consumed by this illusion.

-You will remain here until the balance of power is restored.

He clearly said that I had surpassed the power of the gods.

That the balance of power is achieved.

It’s about destroying everything I’ve accomplished so far.

It means that while I am away, they will destroy the temple and attack my people.

‘We have to hurry.’

But how?

No matter how hard I searched, I couldn’t find a place to escape.

I’ve tried everything I can to break the illusion.

But no matter how much I twisted my body, I couldn’t escape from this hallucination.

“Father God. What is troubling you?”

It was Osiris.

Beside them were Set and Horus.

The Egyptian gods prostrated themselves before me, awaiting my command.

Before I knew it, the scene had changed.

It was clear that people were worshipping me.

Now he was sitting on his throne, looking down at the gods.

“I have something to tell you.”

I opened my mouth.

This wasn’t my will.

It was as if someone was forcing my mouth open.

The voice that came out through my mouth that was forced open was very unfamiliar.

“I saw the end of the world. The end of the stream that no god can circulate through.”

“What do you mean?”

“We can’t be gods forever. I have to make a choice.”

There is suspicion in their eyes.

How dare you distrust yourself, the father of gods and the god of gods!

These people are incredibly arrogant.

I saw.

That there is a hierarchy even among gods.

As if the unidentified being I had seen was on a different level from me.

There was also a gap between himself and the gods in front of him.

How dare you doubt me without even knowing the difference in status.

‘I need to show you the difference in class between you guys and me.’

He pledged to do so.

Just as he felt a wall around that being, he will make them feel a wall around their being.

When that thought entered my mind, I realized why Ra had been the one and only one god, limiting the power of the gods.

He wanted to maintain his own distinction from other gods.

It was his purpose and desire to solidify his position as absolute god.

Space is distorted.

This time, Zeus’s desires were unfolding before my eyes again.

It was a new desire.

It was a desire he had had since before he came to this world.

Calling for more descendants.

Zeus was lying in his bedroom with several goddesses beside him.

Even Hera, who was called the goddess of the home, was just like other goddesses in his desires.

Not only gods, but also humans and fairies were included in his desires.

Space is distorted again.

Odin’s desire.

A fervent desire to gain infinite wisdom and see the future.

The space continued to twist and pull me deeper into the abyss.

As if telling me not to run away anymore.

As if to tell us to quietly appreciate the desires that are shown without waking up our minds.

‘No. He’s looking for it.’

My desires that I kept hidden away.

This guy wants the honest desires I desire.

It’s desire.

Something I’ve wanted since before my past life.

What I’ve been longing for.

‘Are you going to show me that?’

So that’s what you’re trying to do to tie me down here.

“Okay. Let’s give it a try.”

I looked back into the twisting abyss and said:

Deep in my heart, a desire that has been hidden since before my previous life.

That one last desire that was kept tightly hidden with the sole intention of taking revenge on the gods.

I closed my eyes and thought about it.

The desire I truly wished for.

* * *

When I opened my eyes again.

“What are you doing, Oppa?”

Heejin, now an adult, was standing before my eyes.

She was rushing about, busily drying her hair with a hairdryer.

“Isn’t that why your mom told you to wake up quickly?”

“It’s because your mom didn’t wake you up.”

“I woke you up five times, you punk!”

Then my mother appeared.

My mother, who had become a little warmer and had deeper wrinkles than I had known, was preparing breakfast while wearing an apron.

“Ahem.”

My father sat down at the table and began eating breakfast without saying much.

Clink, clank.

Just like my mother, my father’s hair started to turn gray and thinner than I had ever noticed.

When I saw my parents who couldn’t resist the passage of time, tears welled up in my eyes.

“Dojin, are you going to eat before you go?”

I saw my parents.

“Why aren’t you answering? Are you still half-asleep?”

“No, I’m awake.”

“Are you going to eat before you go?”

“…I’ll just eat a little.”

“You’re so relaxed, oppa. I envy you.”

Heejin, who had finished drying her hair, hurried into her room to change clothes.

“Oh my, I don’t know when he’ll grow up.”

“Just leave it alone. It’s doing fine on its own. Why are you doing this?”

“What are you good at? You always sleep in late, so every morning is a battle.”

“That’s understandable, since you’re a college student.”

“College students are adults too!”

academic.

Heejin is a college student?

A lot of time has passed.

It seems like only yesterday I was a child.

“What school did Heejin go to?”

At my words, both of them looked at me at the same time and closed their mouths.

“He. He went to the Abyss Hunter course to help with the Awakening work, right?”

Abyss Hunter Department?

Was there something like that?

But I was strangely glad that he had chosen his own path following me.

“Why would you do something dangerous?”

“My brother is that good.”

At that time, the news came on TV.

-Last night, there was a sudden abyss disturbance in Seoul.

I could see monsters emerging from the abyss that was swirling on the screen, unable to be stopped.

That too for a moment.

-Thanks to the response of the Abyss Countermeasure Team under the command of Team Leader Kim Do-jin, the incident was fortunately concluded without any casualties or property damage.

On the screen, I was seen dealing with monsters and sealing the Abyss.

I did that?

Abyss Countermeasure Team?

Now I remember.

Yesterday, even though I was off duty, I went out to respond to an emergency call with Lee Soo-yeon and Jang Man-cheol.

Sekhmet from Egypt, Athena from Greece, and even Promise from the United States.

The Abyss Countermeasure Team has been protecting humanity by clearing out the Abyss that has not yet completely disappeared since the Great Advent.

“It’s a mess, a mess, going out in the middle of the night to deal with that every night.”

Mother sighs.

There was concern in it for the son’s safety.

“I do this because I want to do it.”

I smiled and took a spoonful of the food my mother prepared for me.

Hot kimchi stew and rice.

And scrambled eggs.

It was delicious.

It was so delicious that it brought tears to my eyes.

The tears that had formed in his eyes ran down his cheeks.

“Oh my, Dojin, why are you like that all of a sudden?”

“Didn’t you push yourself too hard yesterday?”

“are you okay.”

Before I could even wipe my tears away, Heejin saw me crying.

“What’s wrong, oppa? Why are you crying? What happened?”

“Nothing happened.”

I saw Heejin.

Are you planning to go out on a date?

She was hurriedly coming out into the living room, dressed in neat clothes.

“Why are you dressed up like that when you’re going to school?”

“Isn’t that how it’s usually done?”

“Do you like someone at school?”

“Oh, no!”

That’s a lie.

I can tell by the way his face is blushing.

Are you one of the boys in the same class?

I’ll have to ask around later.

If you ever meet a bad guy, you have to stop him.

What if he’s not a bad guy?

I will support you, but I still have to stop you.

“Before we start dating, show me. Let me see what kind of guy he is.”

“Brother!”

It was really cute to see Heejin screaming.

I watched her walking to school.

If I were alive, I would be smiling like this now and looking for things I want to do.

“Heejin.”

“huh?”

Before she left, I stared at her and opened my mouth.

“It was nice to meet you. Thank you for growing up well.”

“…Why are you suddenly like that? It gives me goosebumps.”

“Thank you.”

“… … .”

Heejin’s facial expression changed as she looked at me.

The corners of her mouth slightly went up as she looked at me with a face that I couldn’t tell whether she was smiling or crying.

“Thank you too. For remembering.”

“Bye. See you later.”

“Yeah, you too, oppa. See you later.”

I took my eyes off Heejin as she walked out the door and looked at her parents sitting at the table with her.

“Mom, Dad, I still have work to do.”

“… … .”

“… … .”

The two of them were silent.

“I missed you so much. I really do.”

“It’s going to be hard work.”

My father said.

As someone who has experienced hardships, I can see the difficulties of the trials ahead.

“I know.”

“You might get hurt.”

My mother was worried about my body.

My body will be ruined by the fight to come.

“It’s okay. It’s something that needs to be done.”

If it is true that the Abyss said that it returned to the past in response to my desire, then I will gladly comply.

“After you both passed away, I made up my mind. I won’t let others take what’s mine. I won’t regret losing it because of my weakness.”

“… … .”

“… … .”

My parents were silent.

“So I’ll go and come back. I don’t know when that will be, but we’ll meet again as time goes by.”

The two nodded.

“You’re ready.”

“Be careful. Don’t get hurt.”

The bodies of the two people who left warm words began to gradually disappear.

I knew it from the beginning.

That this place is an illusion created by my desires.

However, the reason I was hallucinating was to find a way to escape from the bastard’s hallucinations and to find evidence.

It was only after I saw the projection of my desires that I realized.

That in order to get out of here, you have to be content with the present.

content.

That was the key to breaking free from the desire to consume oneself.

The void is collapsing.

The surroundings slowly began to return to the massive temple I had first seen.

There was one thing I didn’t understand.

Why didn’t the abyss of desire encroach on my mind?

It’s just that my desires were too strong for him to fulfill.

It may not work because I have become stronger with the Abyss of Desire’s power so far.

If not that.

‘Maybe it’s because he’s already achieved his goal.’

So, I needed to get out of this abyss as quickly as possible.

Yeah, that’s right.

Woohoo.

Because I hold in my hands the evidence of the desires of the gods left in the Abyss of Desire.

“I have really obtained evidence of desire.”

I raised my head at the familiar voice.

And there.

“how have you been doing?”

Loki stood there with a mischievous smile.

Next to it.

“Ugh… .”

The promise that had been dealt a huge blow was lying overturned.

“Loki.”

“I came because I had something to do.”