The Mythical Hunter has Returned - Chapter 75
Only Noblemtl
Chapter 075
I recalled memories from my past life.
When Lee Hyun, I, and many other apostles first entered Elfheim.
At that time, I was just making a name for myself as an awakened person who wandered the battlefield alone without a god.
Lee Hyeon and I met and bonded on the battlefield a few times, and since then, he often called me on important missions.
I didn’t know then.
I couldn’t believe that all of that was build-up to be used later for their own purpose of subjugating Zeno.
I went to Elfheim under the guidance of Lee Hyun, who had received a request from the gods.
The request was that Elfheim was being polluted by the Abyss long after Fenrir’s death.
“That’s a terrible Magi.”
Lee Hyeon frowned and said to the magic that was filling up Elfheim.
“I heard that a weak Abyss reaction erupted at the location where Fenrir’s body is believed to have been destroyed.”
Vishnu’s apostle, Miyamoto, who came with Lee Hyeon’s words, said.
Miyamoto, a Japanese prosecutor who was born a Christian, converted to religion and became his apostle after receiving the grace of Vishnu saving his life.
However, even after his conversion, he did not let go of the cross from his arms.
Did you say that no matter how many times you change the god you serve, it is a symbol that stabilizes your mind?
“Where is Fenrir’s body?”
“Over there, inside, inside a cave where the Abyss’ magic energy is terrible.”
Jang Man-cheol answered my question.
Jang Man-cheol, a new apostle of the Thor Guild at the time, was also a member of the party.
“I can’t even see an inch ahead.”
“The damage to the elves, the residents, is severe. It was said that half of the world’s trees had rotted away. We must prevent the spread of infection until Idun, the god of life, comes.”
Miyamoto sighed and said.
At his words, I looked at the branches of the World Tree covering Elfheim.
The black rotting area was quite large.
Even at that moment, decay and regeneration were continuing.
“Let’s subdue the demonic spirit before it spreads further here.”
I took the lead.
At that time, I didn’t necessarily want to face God.
I did what I could, staying as far away from them as possible.
I hope those gods don’t mess with me.
The memories of that time were still vivid.
The rotten bodies of dark elves.
“porridge… Hello… .”
“my… foot.”
“iced coffee… .”
I remembered their faces as they wriggled and mumbled for me to kill them.
The dark elves who could not move of their own will and wriggled as the Abyss told them to do were no different from zombies.
Because the movement stopped only after I cut my hair.
Phew!
I cut them down with all my might.
He took out all kinds of weapons and killed the dark elf zombies that were coming.
Penetrating the dark abyss, they discovered a huge maggot writhing on Fenrir’s completely rotted corpse.
Decay, the god of the other world and the god of corruption.
As Decay’s power grew by eating all the corpses, decay and corrosion spread throughout Elfheim.
Maggots that had not yet fully awakened writhed inside Fenrir’s corpse.
The elves who had been rotten by the bastard’s power guarded him as if guarding him, and our party moved forward, slaying all of the bastards.
“Dojin! “It’s your turn!”
With Lee Hyun’s shout, I rushed at DK and instinctively stabbed my sword at its core.
The stab that killed Zeno.
The unbeliever’s attack reached the god of the other world, and he disappeared.
A subjugation that was possible because he was not fully awakened.
Afterwards, the gods came and cleaned up the remaining site.
‘It was like that.’
I saw familiar faces in my memory in the dark elf village.
These are the dark elves who cried and begged to be killed.
And among them was Lin next to me.
When I first met him, I was very quiet.
Most of the dark elves that had rotted so hideously were so damaged that their shapes were unrecognizable.
But I knew it by looking at the body shape, hair, and eyes.
That it was a face I had seen once.
“Lin.”
“Why are you doing that?”
“Step back.”
“what? What is that… .”
I grabbed the back of the woman who didn’t listen to my words.
“What are you doing… “Wow!”
When I pulled her, she rolled backwards.
“Whose body have you touched just now?” uh?”
A black liquid had fallen where she had been just a moment ago.
Chi-ik!
It was melting the stone cave floor cleanly.
A highly toxic solution that can even dissolve stones.
It’s familiar.
“Well, what is that…” . “What is that?”
Instead of answering, I took out the Sea King’s Trident that was on my back.
‘Dekay.’
It is a corruption poison that the god of corruption always uses.
‘Has this also changed?’
It was after Fenrir’s death that he became active in earnest.
In other words, it was not yet the time for activity.
‘No. What if he continued to operate in the shadows and I didn’t notice?’
At the time, I had just finished working as a porter, so it was a likely inference.
“Um, what is that?”
Lin, who was embarrassed, took out a bow.
“Dekay, the god of the other world who rots everything he touches.”
“A god from another world? Then the Abyss must be opened. The Abyss has never been opened in Elfheim… .”
“I don’t know. “Have there been any other visitors besides me in the past?”
Lin shook his head.
“There was none. After trapping Fenrir down there, they were blocking everyone else’s entry… .”
She bit her lip.
“… no way.”
“It’s probably not what you think.”
“How can you be sure of that?”
“Fenrir can’t bring someone with him. “Because he came here after he was already tied up in Gleipnir.”
“… “That means.”
“There is a possibility that he is one of those who imprisoned Fenrir here.”
I’m not sure.
However, when I think back to my past life memories, it wasn’t a completely empty story.
Fenrir was sealed by the gods for the crime of killing a god.
Killed by the gods.
Dead bodies were also left behind.
At that time, the people who attacked the Abyss were not gods, but apostles.
‘The gods definitely knew something back then.’
There must have been a reason to force the god of corruption to descend through Fenrir and turn this place into a land of death.
‘What happened after we attacked?’
After thinking for a moment, I looked at the ceiling.
The Eye of Horus analyzes the situation.
A single maggot crawling around hanging from the ceiling.
It’s him.
Decay.
[The Eye of Horus recommends magic.]
[Level 3 magic is recommended.]
[Level 3 Earth Magic: Stone Buster. Destroys the rock in the specified area.]
[Do you want to cast it?]
I cast the spell recommended by the Eye of Horus on the ceiling where it was crawling.
The Eye of Horus on the left glows.
Peeing!
Quaaaang!
The ceiling exploded and giant maggots the size of a human body fell from the ceiling.
“Um, what about that?”
Coo!
-Keeeeeeek!
DK, who had not yet fully grown and could not even speak, let out a scream in pain.
Even though he was imperfect, he was God.
“Cough!”
At the mere sound of DK’s cries, Lin fell to one knee as if her internal organs were twisted and vomited blood.
I can’t waste time.
I couldn’t leave it like this since I unintentionally realized it was there.
And he won’t stay still either.
“Stay back.”
“Sweet, I can fight… all.”
“If you want to step down, step back. Understanding the situation comes first.”
“Keueuuuuu.”
I raised my spear and concentrated.
An instinctive thrust acquired through training over millions of times.
The only weapon I had in my past life.
A technique that punctured Zeno’s chest and killed him instantly.
-Gyaarararak!
DK made a strange crying sound and spit out venom.
Everything it touched was rotten.
A path can be seen through the overflowing venom.
A way to eliminate evil in the future that has not yet grown.
The path I had taken once in my previous life.
The central core that maintained the body trembled violently.
It was an instinctive feeling.
I moved forward along the visible path.
One step.
Two steps.
Chi-ik!
The putrid poison melts the area I just stepped on.
The poison of corruption is belatedly shot towards me.
[Blessing of the ocean currents]
The ocean current shield strengthened by the Sea King’s Trident blocked the corruption poison once.
I only blocked it once, but that was enough.
He squeezed through the poisonous liquid and stabbed DK’s body with the spear.
Phew!
-Keeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez!!!!
An ear-piercing scream.
It vomited blood and let out a scream that shook the entire cave.
“Ugh!”
“Aaaah!”
The poison in its body splashed on me.
Chi-ik!
“Kwaaaak!”
When the poison that was splashed on me as I died came into contact with my body, the part it touched rotted quickly.
‘My body, which is invincible and invincible, is taking damage?’
The question was soon resolved by the message that followed.
[The spores of decay, the disease of decay, have been dealt with.]
[As a reward, the skill ‘Curse of Corruption’ will be engraved in the history books.]
[Curse of Corruption – Grade B]
[Description: The power of disease that forcibly rots the opponent]
[Effect: Can cause a close target to rot.]
[By dealing with Decay, the otherworldly god who has already crossed over to this world, we have prevented future disasters.]
[History book level increases by two additional levels.]
[History Book Lv. 22]
Curse of corruption.
The main weapon of Decay, the god of corruption, was not poison but a curse.
‘Is the curse separate from poison?’
I’ll have to be careful in the future.
Is it because I haven’t grown enough yet?
The skill obtained by killing Decay was very weak.
Just B grade.
Skill slots are added only when the history book level reaches level 25, so it was a skill that did not need to be added right away.
But what caught my eye was a different message.
[You have achieved the level to lead the power of God.]
[As a reward, the skill of ‘Volcano Colossus’ is strengthened.]
[Volcanic Colossus – SS Grade]
[Skill: Earth Explosion]
[Description: It is the organ of Hephaestus, the greatest craftsman, the god of volcanoes, and the lava itself.]
[Effect: The power of Hephaestus explodes as it splits the ground.]
[Additional effect: When making equipment, if you use Earth Explosion, you can create SSS-level items.]
[The number of uses is limited.]
[The number of uses per day is 5 times.]
Additional effects for item production were created, and the number of times increased to 5.
‘Are there no direct combat-related buffs?’
It was a bit disappointing, but just being able to use it 5 times would be helpful enough.
I took out the Sea King’s Trident, which destroyed Decay’s core.
Still, as it was an SS-level item, it seemed to have withstood the corruption poison.
As I took the spear, which was still intact, Rin, the dark elf, looked at me with a blank expression.
“What is this… Right? He was clearly a god from another world brimming with demonic energy, but he did it all by himself… “Are you human?”
Before I knew it, Rin’s way of calling me had changed to an honorific title.
“I’m a human, so I’ll go into more. “I need to see Fenrir’s condition.”
“… Ah, no way, Loki… .”
“no.”
Same thing with Monos, why do these kids keep seeing me as Loki or his apostle?
“The fact that the God of Corruption has grown to this level means that Fenrir’s condition is not good, so we need to check.”
Rin became silent and began to follow behind me.
I went into the deepest part of the cave with her.
And there.
-Ssam liquid, Ssam liquid.
Fenrir, visibly in poor condition, was panting in the dark.
I knew it would be like this.