The Mythical Hunter has Returned - Chapter 166



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Episode 166

It’s obvious that Loki is not friendly to me.

You could tell just by looking at the state of the promise.

His body was covered in wounds, as if he had been injured while fighting Loki.

He was panting without even being able to show his signature bright smile.

“Dojin… .”

As if he had discovered me too late, he gritted his teeth and spat out each word with difficulty.

“Take a rest now.”

“Yeah, I’ll just sleep for a bit… .”

Promise closed her eyes.

He didn’t die.

As he said, he really did fall asleep.

I looked at Loki, leaving Promise asleep, exhausted from fatigue.

“Did you decide to help Lee Hyeon?”

Loki had been interested in Lee Hyun even before he first met him.

It was clear that he had joined hands with Lee Hyeon for some reason, even though he did not know what it was.

Because Loki is not a great man who would join hands with other gods.

“Haha, I made a good promise.”

Loki smiled with a mischievous expression.

“In exchange for helping him, you get what you want?”

“That’s right. It’s a kind of contract where you move in exchange for a fair price, just like what you did to me.”

Loki spun around, laughing heartily.

“I wonder how a mere human can have such great strength. You and Lee Hyun are both really interesting.”

“… … .”

“Of course, I know very well how and why you became stronger, having watched you from the side. But Lee Hyun is different. This guy’s identity is unknown. Should I say he’s more mysterious than you?”

Loki chuckled and waved his finger.

As his symbol, the crescent moon, shone in the air, a longsword appeared.

“So, what you’re curious about is what you have to find out.”

“So you want to fight me?”

Loki shook his head.

“What he wants is something bigger.”

“Do you want my death?”

“Not just death, but destruction.”

“I got bitten by a bad guy.”

I recalled the conversation I had with Lee Hyeon at the temple.

To my words, I just got lucky and gained strength.

-That’s special. You have obtained something special that others don’t have due to better luck.

The pupils split vertically and the ominous murderous intent.

-That guy, he was thinking about killing Dojin earlier.

There’s even something Promise told me.

“Do you believe that Lee Hyun will keep the promise he made to you?”

“The words of those with great power carry a heavy weight. Even if he doesn’t want to protect, he will end up protecting himself.”

Loki was the most calculating god of all.

If you’re saying that, it means you’ve already done all the calculations in your head.

Even if Lee Hyeon doesn’t keep his promise, there are countermeasures in place.

“You have no choice but to fight with all your heart.”

“Okay. So, quickly take out your weapon.”

I didn’t really want to fight.

It might be because of the dream the Abyss of Desire just showed me.

The faces and expressions of my parents as they looked at me, and even the appearance of Heejin, who is now an adult and whom I will never see again.

My parents’ words, telling me not to get hurt, lingered faintly in my mind.

I still wanted to feel that aftertaste.

But Loki in front of him didn’t give him that luxury.

He took up arms and said, “Fight now.”

okay.

Now it was time to come back to reality.

I took out Mjolnir.

Loki’s eyes twitched as he saw the short hammer.

“… I still can’t get used to it. The hammer’s original owner is dead.”

“You’ll get used to it soon.”

A halo was drawn behind my back as I held the hammer.

“In the meantime, the sun god was also killed.”

Loki’s eyes lit up.

“What a truly amazing person. He managed to kill a god of the highest level.”

Loki, laughing like a child, swung his sword.

“You killed Thor with your own hands and killed the sun god of Egypt. Then Odin would be next, right? After Odin, Zeus would be next… .”

Loki took a step closer and glared at me with his eyes wide open.

“Then am I next?”

I faced Loki.

The playfulness that had been felt until now was nowhere to be seen in that sinister smile.

Although he may be easily overlooked due to his youthful appearance and the constant smile on his face, he was the master of disaster who brought about Ragnarok, the end of an era.

The god that Odin was most wary of.

Father of monsters.

Loki, the god of mischief and contracts.

He also possessed god-level power.

The most annoying being when you turn into an enemy.

“What is your purpose?”

“Why are you suddenly talking like that? Why are you asking what my purpose is? Of course, my goal is to destroy you and get the price from Lee Hyun.”

“No, not that.”

“… … ?”

I brought up my real question to Loki, who looked at me with an uncomprehending face.

“That’s why you exist in this world.”

The Abyss of Desire was filled with the desires of the three gods who now lead the gods.

But Loki’s desire, which seemed to be the embodiment of desire, was not there.

No matter how hard I searched, I found no evidence that he had vented his desires here.

That’s why I ask.

The reason why he is conquering the Abyss.

“You… saw it?”

The corners of Loki’s mouth went up when he heard my words.

“I saw the ugly insides of those gods. How? Oh, the sun god… … . You must have used his power.”

The corners of Loki’s mouth gradually rose as he spoke each word.

“As expected, you’re fun. Hehehe, you really are a fun person. I thought you wouldn’t be any more fun to be with, but you surprise me in a different way.”

“I saw it in the void created by the Abyss of Desire. What desire moves the gods.”

I showed him the round core I was holding in the hand that wasn’t holding Mjolnir.

The core was glowing black like the gods’ ugly desires.

“Where is your desire? If you were of the same level as the Lord, you would have seen its existence.”

“…I can’t say.”

Loki spoke with a blank voice for the first time.

“If you want to hear it, beat me and I’ll tell you.”

“Should I say something first?”

“Why?”

“Then I can decide whether to kill you or let you live.”

“Tell me after you win.”

Loki’s face brightened again as he regained his composure.

“Then let’s go.”

Loki, who had already found his stance, rushed at me without giving me any time.

I swung the hammer.

Lightning struck.

It was a powerful force that would turn you black just by being near it.

however.

Sasa Sak.

Loki, who was clearly running towards me, suddenly disappeared.

Like a fantasy.

And then Loki’s sword appeared from the side and cut my side.

Crunch!

“Crunch!”

The hem of his clothes was torn, revealing the armor inside.

“Concentrate.”

Loki moved without stopping.

This time the sword is aimed at the neck.

“Did I get fooled again?”

Ra’s eyes reacted belatedly.

[Analysis failed.]

shit.

Boom!

An explosion occurred near the thigh.

Loki dug into my arms and cast an explosive spell on my thigh.

It happened so quickly that my eyes couldn’t keep up.

I gritted my teeth against the pain of my muscles tearing.

He wrapped Gleipnir around his thigh.

“Is that the rope that tied my son up? You made a sword out of it? You’re quite the craftsman.”

Ignoring his words, he struck down the lightning again.

The ground was scorched by lightning strikes that struck simultaneously.

But nothing reached Loki.

Phew!

“Ugh!”

A sword came out from somewhere and stabbed my wrist.

Another wound has been added.

Every time Loki disappeared, the wounds on my body grew one more.

Ra tried to follow the bastard’s movements with his eyes wide open, but no matter how hard he tried, it wasn’t enough to keep up with the bastard’s movements.

Indeed, is this what God has given us?

‘It’s more difficult than Ra.’

It was much easier for the sun god, who wanted a head-on fight, to fight.

At least I didn’t use any unidentified magic.

“Are you giving up on fighting back now? Was this all? It’s more trivial than you thought?”

I heard Loki’s grumbling.

I half-ignored his voice.

Let’s find our composure.

You shouldn’t be dragged into his patterns.

‘Focus.’

Loki is not a strong god.

His specialty is tricking and deceiving his opponents with tricks and magic.

The fight was the same now.

The guy kept causing trouble.

I’m talking about a problem where I can’t help but be wrong.

Loki’s powers are basically illusions.

The illusions created by the gods were a problem with a correct answer.

Just as satisfaction was the key to breaking the spell in the Abyss of Desire, there must be a secret to breaking the spell here as well.

Phew!

“Crunch!”

Meanwhile, Loki’s attacks continued to inflict more wounds on my body.

The armor was on the verge of breaking, and Loki’s momentum grew stronger.

I followed the bastard’s movements with my eyes.

Something was strange.

I felt an inexplicable sense of discomfort in the guy’s movements.

Should we say that even a god would show movements that are absolutely impossible?

Suddenly, my arms twist and my body turns around.

After the legs and arms were bent in an impossible direction, they disappeared for a moment.

And then Loki’s sword reappeared.

I reflexively raised my hand and swung Mjolnir.

Not Loki’s sword that stabs me.

Aiming at the completely unrelated opposite.

Kwaaang!

I have feeling in my hands.

“Ugh!”

Loki’s shrill scream was heard, and at that moment the sound of glass breaking was heard.

Phagec!

The screen split and the world changed.

Everything I’ve seen so far has been the exact opposite.

The world turned upside down, as if I had stepped out of a mirror world.

‘mirror.’

okay.

Loki’s movements had one thing in common.

The moment the bastard disappeared, no magical power was felt.

And then it completely disappeared from sight, as if it had passed through a folded mirror.

Even the fact that it disappeared and then appeared on the other side.

“It was a mirror.”

It was in the mirror from the beginning.

Even before I emerged from the Abyss of Desire, Loki had created a field that was advantageous to him.

“You’re quick-witted.”

“I believed you wouldn’t use ordinary methods.”

Loki’s expression darkened.

“It’s stronger than I thought. I didn’t know it would be destroyed this quickly.”

“You’re still calm even though I broke your secret.”

“I thought it would be resolved to this extent.”

Loki snapped his fingers, grinning.

“Then how do we solve the second problem?”

This time, Loki’s size has grown enormous.

It was a size I had never seen before.

It’s literally a mountain.

It was as if a huge mountain had appeared and stood tall in front of me.

-Try to solve this problem too.

The guy looked down at me.

I felt a tremendous power as big as its size.

To the point where I thought I could never win.

Woohoo.

Loki slammed his palm down, causing a resonance.

I stared at the hand.

If it’s Loki.

‘It’s fantastic.’

I stared at the bastard’s palm without blinking.

Kuuung!

The palm passed through me in vain.

And the place except the palm shape was crushed.

As if I had induced him to avoid it.

“Is this a plot twist too?”

“You’re really quick-witted.”

Loki, realizing that his second trick of pretending to be a giant didn’t work, reverted to his original form.

“Let’s do it right, like when we fought Heimdall in Ragnarok.”

“You’re being cheeky. Okay, I like it.”

Loki laughed, and we clashed again.