Chapter 309: 309
Chapter 309 – Tartarus (9)
Luciel’s Soulstone .
‘Didn’t Vieira Dune take that?’
A long time ago, Luciel, who hadn’t been able to become a god or a demon, had fallen to the lower world with his wings torn apart by both kinds .
The Soulstone was created from his fall .
It had entered his brother’s possession by coincidence, but after Vieira Dune took it, it disappeared from the lower world .
Or so it was thought .
But the Soulstone was right there .
‘Is it the same one?’
Time-wise, it wasn’t weird for the three Cyclops brothers to have failed in their tasks 200 years ago and for the stone to end up with his brother .
‘But… . . something’s off . ’
Yeon-woo narrowed his eyes .
The shape or feeling of the stone that he saw in the diary was different from what Brontes had .
While the stone in the diary was more square and had a dull energy, the Soulstone Brontes had was round and shined light . It truly fit the expression “fire . ” The stone looked like it was blazing .
『Soulstone . Yes . The previous owner called it that . But we call this “fire” or “light . ” . 』
Light?
Now that he thought about it, Yeon-woo realized Luciel’s other name was Lucifer, which meant “Bringer of Light . ”
『We also call it the “Fire of the Beginning . ” Luciel was like the lighthouse of fire… . . anyways . All those legends aside, it was something that Lord Hades needed desperately . 』
Brontes tried to speak of Hades and the Fire of the Beginning . However, Yeon-woo had something he wanted to know more .
“No . Please tell me about the Fire of the Beginning first . ”
Brontes frowned . He couldn’t stay in his vestige body for long . There were too many things he had to relay to Yeon-woo, such as what to watch out for or how to carry things out .
But the light shining in Yeon-woo’s eyes was threatening him . Like he was going to quit the quest if Brontes didn’t answer his questions .
Yeon-woo was that desperate for information about the Soulstone . There was definitely something he was missing .
Eventually, Brontes sighed and heeded Yeon-woo’s wishes .
『Alright . But I don’t have much time, so I can’t go into much detail . The Fire of the Beginning is now history even among godly societies, and all things related to Luciel can’t be spoken of because of a pledge we’re bound by . 』
Yeon-woo nodded with expectant eyes .
『In the beginning, there was fire, and Luciel was the one who watched over it . Then, he became a superior entity by swallowing the Fire of the Beginning . This is Lucifer . 』
The lowly lighthouse keeper, Luciel, had become Lucifer, with his hundreds of wings .
『However, this power wasn’t bestowed upon him . The Fire of the Beginning was something that all gods and demons treasured . It was the spark that legends and myths came from, and they couldn’t allow Luciel to keep it to himself, so everyone worked together to tear off his wings . 』
Brontes went on, speaking quickly .
『And Luciel? Lucifer didn’t die easily . He didn’t want to return the fire to the gods and demons, so he split his soul into several pieces as he fell to the lower world . These are the Soulstones . Pieces of the soul that have the Fire of the Beginning within them . 』
Yeon-woo’s eyes widened .
『The gods and demons frantically tried to retrieve them, but apart from a few, the rest completely vanished . 』
『Of those, the only one kept intact was Castitas . 』
Many things were going through Yeon-woo’s mind .
‘It wasn’t just one Soulstone?’
That was a significant piece of knowledge .
“Then how many stones fell in total?”
『A total of 14 . Seven virtues and seven sins . It was a result of Luciel having affinities for both light and darkness . The upper world has nine of them . Five of them are roaming around the lower world . And this was one of the five . 』
‘Then what Vieira Dune had was one of the remaining four… . . ’
Yeon-woo felt some things click into place . Why had he only thought there was only one stone? It was possible for there to be several of them .
At the same time, he felt surprised .
‘With that one Soulstone, Vieira Dune was able to swallow Mother Earth and ascend to the heavenly world . Then if I can gather the rest of them… . . ?’
Yeon-woo could gain all the power he needed .
『But it’s strange that you’re curious about this . 』
Yeon-woo came to attention at what Brontes said .
“What do you mean?”
『I mean what I said . You and I both have Soulstones, but you don’t know anything about them . 』
Yeon-woo was shocked . He never imagined that he would hear something like this .
His eyes became bigger .
“What are you… . . ”
『Isn’t that a Soulstone near your heart?』
Yeon-woo pulled out the pocket watch from his left breast pocket . The hands of the watch were trembling .
Brontes nodded .
『Yes . That . It’s an item that refined the Soulstone very well . Even I wouldn’t be able to make something like that . Was there a blacksmith who was that talented in the lower world? It’s a shame I can’t observe their talent . 』
Yeon-woo’s hands shook . For a moment, he was blank . He was just confused .
『Although its functions seem to be paused for some reason I cannot discern . Still, that will be a great help to Lord Hades, so it’s a relief . 』
It seemed like Brontes thought that he had brought the pocket watch for Hades .
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“I… . . !”
Yeon-woo tried to ask a few more questions since Brontes was thinking that way, but Brontes raised his hand and cut Yeon-woo off .
『No . Enough with the small questions . I must say what I have to . I don’t have much time . But if you insist on asking them, I’ll just disappear . 』
His single eye had a fierce look, as if he wouldn’t budge .
Yeon-woo bit his lower lip . Brontes was as desperate as he was .
In the end, Yeon-woo nodded and took a step back . First, he needed to listen to what Brontes had to say , and he could ask his questions later .
『Anyways . 』
Brontes began to speak with a nod .
『I was moving to Tartarus with my brothers on Lord Hades’s orders with the ‘Stone of Castitas . ’ According to Lord Hades, a force of darkness is invading Tartarus . 』
“What is the darkness?”
『I don’t know . I just followed his orders . But I know one thing for sure . The Titan and Giants locked inside Tartarus have somehow regained their strength and are trying to escape . Lord Hades was trying to prevent that . 』
The Titans and Giants, criminals who were locked in Tartarus after fighting with the gods of Olympus .
The fact that they were resisting was big news .
It sounded like the strange occurrences Hades felt from Tartarus were the plans of the convicts to escape .
『So while Lord Hades needed the Stone of Castitas, he also needed our brethren’s abilities . 』
Yeon-woo nodded . The three Cyclops brothers would definitely be able to create more outstanding weapons to keep the Titans and Giants under control .
『But at some point, everything went sideways . I don’t know how they found out after we moved so carefully, but people were chasing after us . 』
Someone was clearly connected to Tartarus from the outside . That was what Brontes thought .
“And they must’ve been the ghost monsters . ”
『Yes . We were tied down at the sixth gate . I stayed behind to stall for some time . 』
Brontes narrowed his single eye .
『I thought someone would come to help someday . They would need a guide to lead the way . And thankfully… . . it was worth staying here… . . although I lost my level . 』
Bronte’s image began to fade away .
Sincehe stayed here all that time, he had lost a considerable amount of his holiness .
He would become a normal soul and fall into the cycle of reincarnation instead of being locked in this gate .
Being mortal was what gods feared the most, but Brontes didn’t seem to be scared of it at all .
『Anyways . It’s a long way, so I entrust the final steps to you . It seems like the darkness hasn’t been pushed back despite all this time… . . my brothers will need help too . The only regret I have… . . 』
Hwaaa—
His image cracked with static .
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『Is that I cannot help them as the eldest . 』
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Brontes’s soul faded faster .
‘No!’
Yeon-woo felt frantic looking at Brontes . He still hadn’t heard anything about the pocket watch yet .
Also, he had to ask about the Black King’s weapons . The reason why they swallowed Astrape and Triaina .
Just then, Yeon-woo was suddenly reminded of something .
Death .
Souls .
The Authority he had .
He had already bound Brahma to him .
If it was a god who had a low-level and deeply regretful… . .
“Brontes!”
Yeon-woo looked at Brontes, who only had his head left now .
『Why? Do you want to say farewell to me?』
“You said you wanted to help your brothers, right? Do you still want to defeat the Titans and the Giants?”
『Of course…… . they’re my enemies . 』
Back when Titans had ruled over Olympus, they locked the three Cyclops brothers up, saying they didn’t want to see them . It was Zeus who saved them then . The three Cyclops brothers thought this was their chance of repaying him and created great weapons for Zeus .
They were Astrape, Triaine, and Kynee .
However, the Titans and Giants were trying to escape from Tartarus now . The reason why the three Cyclops brothers had helped Hades was because of their grudge against them .
“If so, please become bound to me . ”
『What?』
“I’ll help you resolve your regrets . ”
Yeon-woo tried to hold onto Brontes .
It was impossible to forcefully bind souls of that size like he had with the ghost monsters . He had to logically entice and make Brontes want to be bound to him .
『What……!』
Brontes crinkled his eyes, unable to understand what Yeon-woo was saying . Telling a god to be bound to a human? It was disrespectful . He didn’t know what would change if he did that .
However, the moment Yeon-woo stretched his hand towards him,
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『That’s……?』
His eyes widened . The black bracelet and fetter that he thought were normal artifacts were shaking . Along with them, Bronte’s eyelashes shook too .
He now realized who Yeon-woo was the descendant of . The one who they could only call “Him” because of the pledge on the Styx River… . . !
“Become bound . ”
The fading world around Brontes paused .
『……No way . 』
Brontes had a disbelieving expression after seeing his visible arm .
Creutz looked shocked too .
“… . . No way . ”
He thought the same thing when Yeon-woo took control of tens of thousands of souls, but he hadn’t imagined that Yeon-woo would bind a god’s soul .
He never heard of a mortal doing anything like this . Creutz’s eyes were filled with disbelief .
Especially because he knew more about holiness than most players, having trained with his holy sword, he was extremely shocked right now .
No matter how much damage had been done to the being’s level, it didn’t make sense that a supernatural soul could be taken in like that .
『No . I suppose it’s to be expected . 』
Brontes observed Yeon-woo with dark eyes . He hated Titans more than anything in the world, and he was flabbergasted by the situation .
However, Yeon-woo was now his master, and “His” descendant . There was no escape for him . He realized that he had fallen for the mortal’s smooth talking .
‘Still, if he can help me meet my brothers and stop those guys… . . what wouldn’t I do? This might be fate . ’
Had he seen the look in Brontes’s eyes?
“I’ll ask something I didn’t get a chance to ask earlier . ”
Yeon-woo nodded and held out the pocket watch .
『Speak, Master . 』
“Can you fix this watch?”
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