Chapter 302: 302
Chapter 302 – Tartarus (2)
Team: HH, thursdays, Yahiko (300(0)/12)
‘How?’
He stood there blankly for a moment, and that was the first thought that came to his mind .
Yeon-woo couldn’t understand . Summon of the Dead was an option that used items filled with vestige or memories of the person to summon them .
It was one of the options of the artifact of the Black King, whom all the gods and demons of death marveled at .
Of course this function would be more efficient than most Authorities that gods and demons gave .
Still .
‘I can’t summon him?’
Yeon-woo clenched his teeth . His eyes were red . This couldn’t be happening . No, it shouldn’t be .
“Summon of the Dead!”
[The person you are summoning cannot be found . ]
“Summon of the Dead!”
[The person you are summoning cannot be found . ]
“Summon of the Dead!”
[The person you are summoning cannot be found . ]
“Dammit! Summon of the Dead!”
[The person you are summoning cannot be found . ]
[The person you are summoning cannot be found . ]
Yeon-woo eventually exploded with rage, unable to stay level-headed .
“Come out! I said to come out!”
[The person you are summoning cannot be found . ]
“I said to come out!”
But there was only the message that the person he was trying to look for couldn’t be found . There wasn’t any additional information .
“Why? Why?! Answer me! Why?!”
Yeon-woo tightly gripped the pocket watch . He looked at the Despair and Grief of the Black King with bloodshot eyes and whipped his head around .
There were still gazes lingering on him . The damned gazes . They only interfered when they wanted to and were silent during times like this .
“Answer me!”
However, no one answered Yeon-woo’s question . The gods and demons of death just shut their mouths and looked at Yeon-woo with silent eyes .
No . They were scared . After Azrael’s disappearance, they only observed Yeon-woo; they didn’t want to get closer to him .
Then he needed to find someone else who could give him answers .
“Hermes! Athena! You guys answer me, at the very least! You would know something from watching the lower world all this time!”
[Hermes is silent . ]
[Athena looks at you pitifully . ]
“I’ll accept your apostle positions or whatever you want! So say something!”
It was a condition that all the gods and demons after Yeon-woo would be tempted to accept, but… . .
[The godly society ‘Olympus’ is silent . ]
[The godly society ‘Asgard’ is silent . ]
[The godly society ‘Ea’ is silent . ]
“Agares!”
[Agares shuts his mouth tightly . He remains silent . ]
“S***!”
Yeon-woo was about to burst from frustration . What was it? What went wrong? He definitely had an item and memories .
Why didn’t it work? Didn’t it say he could call any soul from the Beyond?
Or .
‘Is he not in the Beyond?’
Yeon-woo’s back stiffened at the sudden thought . A strange feeling of uneasiness crept down his back .
『……Master . 』
“Wait . ”
Nemesis had appeared and was looking at Yeon-woo with a concerned face . He also looked flustered at the fact that he couldn’t find his former master too . At the same time, he tried to calm Yeon-woo down, even though it must’ve been a difficult time for him too .
However, Yeon-woo cut him off . Something occurred to him . He didn’t want to be interrupted .
‘There are only two reasons why the summoning wouldn’t work even when all the conditions are satisfied . ’
One was if the person was alive .
But that wasn’t it . He had sprayed his brother’s ashes in the sea in front of Taejongdae Park himself . The despair and grief he felt was still carved clearly in his heart .
‘The other case is like Benteke’s . ’
Benteke’s soul had been destroyed from Poseidon’s forceful descent . In cases like that, the soul was gone, so it couldn’t move onto the Beyond .
Was his brother’s case similar to that? Yeon-woo shook his head . In the last section of the diary, there was nothing like that .
And here, I’ll finish the diary . I believe that if I leave this behind, Hyung will come here someday .
Hyung will be able to find the elixir and get it safely to mom .
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It only said that he was waiting for Yeon-woo .
‘And if my hypothesis that the ancient dragon Kalatus sent Jeong-woo to Earth is right… . . it really doesn’t make sense . ’
Moreover, there was no way the obsessive Agares would’ve stayed still . He would’ve caused a fuss already .
‘Then what is it?’
Yeon-woo’s eyes narrowed .
[Your rationality is being maintained through the ‘Cold-blooded’ trait . ]
His heated head began to calm down as the trait activated . Thanks to that, he was able to see things he had missed .
‘No . There’s still one more possibility . ’
His eyes flashed .
‘If Jeong-woo’s soul is being held by a higher being or an immortal . ’
Or .
If it was trapped in some unknown location .
‘The apostles of gods and demons don’t usually go to the Beyond after they die . ’
The apostles of the gods of Asgard all ascended to Valhalla after they died . The apostles of Olympus went to Elysium, and the apostles of L’Infernal became servants of the demons after death and stayed by their sides .
That meant that they didn’t move onto the Beyond . They had no reason to hope for reincarnation .
If his brother was a similar case and was being held somewhere… . .
‘I have to find him no matter what . ’
His eyes sparked with fury . His brother had faced all kinds of betrayals, pain, and despair . Not being able to be at peace after death? Yeon-woo couldn’t allow that .
‘I have to get to the 50th floor quickly . ’
Yeon-woo desperately hoped the ancient dragon Kalatus would know something .
After some time passed, Yeon-woo cleared his head again .
‘But if I can’t find any clues there, that’ll be a problem too . ’
There was only one thing Yeon-woo could do for the time being .
‘Finding clues . ’
Of course, looking for clues related to his brother without any hints was harder than finding a needle in a haystack .
But it wasn’t impossible .
‘If I can’t find him, I can make it so I can . ’
He had a good method in mind .
‘I have to find clues related to the Black King anyway . Since things turned out like this, I need to go, even if it’s dangerous . ’
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As his eyes flashed coldly, he pulled something out from subspace . It was a jade mirror that shined brightly .
[Freesia’s Jade Mirror]
Category: Miscellaneous
Rank: A
Summary: A communication drive connected to the mysterious merchant society ‘By the Table . ’ Using your Consciousness, you can communicate with a specific person . However, it cannot be used in some locations .
It was what Freesia from By the Table gave before leaving . A communication device that he could use whenever he needed to get in touch with them . Yeon-woo blew his Consciousness into it .
Hwaaa—
The jade bead shined and began to emit a small hologram in the air .
The screen wavered like it was adjusting to the frequency and soon took the form of a human .
『Ack! What the f…… Goodness! Who’s this?! Isn’t this the push… . I mean my beloved customer? Why have you suddenly contacted this lowly soul after not reaching out with any news for such a long time? I didn’t even know you were alive!』
Atran was surprised when the device was suddenly connected to Yeon-woo and quickly put on a bright smile, rubbing his hands together . However, the tone of his words was mocking Yeon-woo .
He was discontent because Yeon-woo hadn’t contacted him for over a year after their contract with By the Table .
The contract with Freesia was for her to support the new clan Yeon-woo would make with anything she could help with . With Atran in charge of this, he rapidly rose to the highest ranks of the mysterious merchants . That was how high By the Table’s prestige was .
And during that time, Atran efficiently took care of everything that was assigned to him .
It could be proved by the fact that Boo and Brahm didn’t have any delays while constructing the Outer Space .
However, Atran was bored to death . It wasn’t his style to sit still at a desk and take care of work .
He enjoyed the thrill of the front lines, and he was sick of the simple deskwork .
‘The Hoarder is the symbol of incidents, commotion, and messes! But why hasn’t he called me once all this time?!’
Atran seemed to want to shout . He had been pent up in an alcove all this time, but he knew about the war between Yeon-woo and Triton . Even about Benteke’s, no, Poseidon’s defeat .
But upon seeing that Yeon-woo’s eyes through the screen weren’t normal, he shut his mouth .
At the same time, he shouted happily to himself internally . He didn’t know what had bothered Yeon-woo, but it seemed like an even greater event than the war with Triton would happen soon .
‘It might be comparable to the Summer Queen incident . ’
Times of confusion were the best opportunity to earn money . Atran wet his lips .
『Please speak . Is there anything you would like?』
“I want to ask for some information . ”
『What is it?』
“The three Cyclops brothers . ”
Atran tilted his head for a moment . He was always up to date with information about the Tower, but he had never heard about any players or clans called Cyclopes . Then, he remembered something, and his eyes widened .
『By the three Cyclops brothers, are you talking about the blacksmiths who gave Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades their weapons in the legends of Olympus… . . ?』
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“Right . I need information on them . And their locations if possible . ”
Atran shut his lips close together and frowned .
『We, By the Table, may be a Union with deep history and tradition, but it’s difficult to know about the traces of old legends and… . . 』
“Will three Yaltabao Chests do the trick?”
Atran bowed deep enough for his head to touch the ground .
『I’ll serve you to the best of my abilities, sir!』
“I heard that the three Cyclops brothers moved towards Persephone’s temple 200 years ago . You might be able to find something if you start from there, so start from there . ”
『You even have good information like that! As expected of you, sir!』
“If possible, I’d also like information about Hades too . ”
『What kind of ……?』
“Anything recent . If he took in any apostles or if anyone has any messages or anything from him . That will suffice . ”
Atran’s worried face turned bright . As a player who didn’t get to the 98th floor, it would be hard to look for information related to gods, but this much could be found with By the Table’s connections .
“Also, if the news is brought to me quickly, I’ll add a bonus . ”
『I’ll come back as soon as I can! How can I possibly make our beloved customer wait?』
With those words, the hologram of Atran disappeared . It was so he could earn as much money as possible .
Yeon-woo silently placed Freesia’s Jade Mirror down and thought to himself .
‘The three Cyclops brothers . If it’s true that their apostle entered the hidden stage of the 30th floor, I need to find him as quickly as possible . ’
The only people able to explain the bracelet and the sabaton while all the gods and demons were being quiet were the three Cyclops brothers .
If he could learn the identity of the Black King or know about the exact method to use Despair and Grief .
No, if he could find where Hades’s holy artifact, the Kynee, was and have the entire set .
If he could control ‘Death’ even better .
‘I might be able to find clues related to Jeong-woo . ’
He had to have the power of the Black King .
Until Atran returned, Yeon-woo sat down and waited silently .
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