Published at 6th of December 2020 01:05:08 PM
Urrrng—
Stuck in Astraeus’s body, the Ruyi Bang trembled .
Checheche—
Astraeus’s body scattered with black smoke and began to be absorbed by the Ruyi Bang .
A letter was engraved at the end of it .
Astraeus’s name was engraved, and the Ruyi Bang split apart again, falling into Yeon-woo’s hands .
All those who had been watching stiffened . A few of them couldn’t understand what had happened .
What Yeon-woo had done was beyond anyone’s imagination .
Sealing a god .
The Authority that made gods and demons consider the Great Sage as the evilest had activated . The souls of gods and demons were forced into the prison of the Ruyi Bang, and their Authorities would be given to its owner!
[You are absorbing Divine Blessings . ]
[You are absorbing Divine Blessings . ]
[The process of awakening your Demonic Divine Dragon Body is continuing . ]
Crunch, crunch—
Yeon-woo could feel the amount of Divine Blessings in his body multiply after killing Astraeus and gaining the title of God Assassin .
His soul was boosted, cells stiff . His senses were greatly sharpened .
[Be careful of outer impact . ]
But even in such a situation, those who had been watching the battlefield couldn’t step up easily .
The killing of a god was shocking, but it was more unbelievable that the ceasefire was broken in just a few seconds .
Hades and Typhoon were both rulers of Tartarus . A ceasefire in their names had great meaning in that it could influence their statuses .
However, the ceasefire had been broken by a mere mortal who wasn’t even in Dis Pluto .
Although Astraeus was considered one of the weakest Titans, she was still a ‘god’ with a divine level .
A supernatural had been killed too simply .
Even in Tartarus, where all kinds of strange phenomena happened, a god had never been killed before .
No one had imagined it .
But it just happened .
Hades’s subordinates quickly looked towards Hades . It was to rescue Hades, who had probably been impacted after the ceasefire among greater beings was broken .
If Hades was in a critical state, Typhoon and the other Giants with him could come back to attack again .
But… . .
“Hahaha! A crazy bastard like the Great Sage and Allforone existed!”
Hades burst out laughing, looking at Yeon-woo . He was acting completely different from his usual cynical side . And he didn’t seem injured at all .
‘How… . . ?’
‘Maybe… . . ?’
His fast subordinates were able to see what had happened .
The ceasefire of Hades and Typhoon was largely of two identities, Dis Pluto and the Titans and Giants .
But Yeon-woo wasn’t affiliated with either .
He had fought with Dis Pluto, but he wasn’t Hades’s subordinate, and he wasn’t connected to the holy territory either .
His sudden interference hadn’t broken the ceasefire .
‘What an incredible coincidence!’
‘It’s not . It’s too miraculous to be called a coincidence . ’
‘It can’t be…… something he did out of calculation, right?’
They suspected that what Yeon-woo did wasn’t impulsive but thoroughly calculated . They trembled because if it was really planned, it was truly incredible .
This wasn’t something possible with just calculations . If just a little went wrong—if the system judged him as an ally of Dis Pluto, there would’ve been a great penalty .
You had to have guts to attempt it .
“What’s everyone doing, not protecting him?!”
Dis Pluto got themselves together on Hades’s cold command and began to move to protect Yeon-woo .
Because the deal was broken, it was possible the Titans could attack .
But… . .
『How…… amusing…… . 』
Typhoon’s eye was opened through the clouds again, like he was thinking the same as Hades .
The eye was definitely smiling .
『Very…… . 』
With those words, he quietly vanished . The column of light that surrounded the Titans was gone, and a silence descended onto the battlefield .
Everyone was blankly looking at Yeon-woo, who was standing alone in the middle of the battlefield .
Kahn and the rest of them arrived half a day after the battle was over .
They had heard from Brahm that the temple of the King of the Underworld was surrounded by Titans and ran at full speed to arrive .
What greeted them was a messy battlefield where the battle was already over .
Soldiers were sitting on the ground, gasping for breath .
They all looked exhausted .
There was a rotting smell from the corpses of the monsters, but they didn’t have the mind to clean it up .
The castle walls were half-crumbled, and most of the barrier was caved in .
No one in the party could tell what had happened .
Only Brahm, who was once a divine being, realized the situation and mumbled .
“Things are more messed up than I thought . ”
He thought that the situation in Tartarus was worse than he expected .
Anyone could tell after looking at the holy territory .
A holy territory was a location where the god’s will descended . It was the only house where a god could stay in the lower world . If such a place was in critical condition, it was obvious how bad things were around it .
“Did you follow Cain?”
Just then, someone quietly approached them .
She was a small woman with short hair that came down to her shoulders . But the eyes that flashed through her lion’s mane of hair were sharp . The aura she gave off was violent as an aftermath of the battle .
However, the party was surprised for another reason .
She was a player like them .
They had heard that players left for Tartarus to train themselves, but they didn’t know they would meet one so quickly .
“Yes . ”
Brahm nodded on behalf of everyone .
The woman scanned the party and spoke in a dry voice .
“Lord Hades ordered me to take you to him . Follow me . ”
The woman only said what she had to and turned around . She didn’t seem to care whether the party followed her or not .
Kahn looked at Brahm, wondering what to do .
“Let’s follow . It looks like Hades sent his apostle . ”
Brahm nodded and quietly followed after the woman .
The rest of the party looked at the woman with surprised eyes as they walked behind her . An apostle of Hades? That meant she was as powerful as Benteke, who was Poseidon’s apostle . No, just based on her aura… . .
‘She seems stronger . How powerful is she? I’ve never heard of there being such a strong person . ’
Kahn looked the woman up and down as he muttered to himself .
The woman stopped and glared at Kahn .
“I’ll warn you now . Don’t do anything unnecessary . Here, your neck will be slashed if you do anything like that, and no one will blink twice . ”
Kahn rubbed his neck unknowingly . He felt shivers in that short moment .
The woman began to walk with those words again, but Kahn was left standing there in a cold sweat .
‘She…… might be on the level of the Nine Kings . ’
“Long time no see, Hades . ”
There were glares from all around . A murderous intent to run at the person who called their master’s name boiled in the air .
Brahm didn’t care .
He was once one of the three main gods of 〈Deva〉 . Though he had lost his Authority after gaining a physical body, leaving the heavenly world, and being defeated by Agares to become a player’s subordinate, it didn’t mean his personality from the past had disappeared .
Moreover, Hades was one of the few who was well acquainted with Brahm .
It was because they both hated the heavenly world .
Hades waved his hand on his throne to calm his subordinates down . Then, he rested his chin in his hand and smirked .
“My generals are still on edge from the battle . I hope you understand . ”
“I do . ”
“Great . Anyways, it’s been a while, Brahma . You’ve come in a hilarious state . ”
It could seem like he was laughing at Brahm for not even being a mortal .
But Brahm knew that Hades always spoke cynically since Hades always viewed the world coldly like he did .
However, although he had changed a bit after meeting Sesha, Brahm seemed to have gotten even more sharp and thorny .
Brahm shrugged .
“I’m in a rather pathetic state… . . but it’s fun . ”
“Fun?”
“Yes . I feel free after throwing away those annoying things . ”
Hades narrowed his eyes, as if he was trying to find something . Then, he snorted when a smile spread across Brahm’s face .
“You were a psycho who used to shout at Shiva; I can’t get used to this side of you . ”
“Why don’t you throw away your heavy burden, too? You’re too hard-working, unlike your brothers who always wreak havoc . ”
“Thanks, but I’d like it if you didn’t say meaningless things . ”
Brahm internally clicked his tongue . In fact, he didn’t think that Hades could abandon his responsibilities either .
That was how important it was .
The responsibility of being the oldest brother of Olympus . The obligation to stop the Titans and Giants . The sincerity to rule over the Beyond properly .
It was what made Hades into the Hades of today .
‘The problem is that they’re slowly consuming him . ’
The guy who was suffering from all the responsibilities couldn’t help but crumble trying to stop the rebellion of the Titans and Giants, no matter how strong he was .
‘But he didn’t ask Olympus for help, and he even kept it a secret from his wife, Persephone…… Is there something else going on?’
Brahm thought to himself, but he didn’t ask Hades .
Although gods and demons were tied to their many societies, each of them was an individual being . It would be disrespectful to ask Hades why he made his decision .
Aside from that, Brahm was more interested in quickly making Kynee and finding clues about where Cha Jeong-woo was . There was no need to do more work than necessary .
“But where did you send Master?”
He was still connected to Yeon-woo, but the connection was so faint that he couldn’t see Yeon-woo’s precise location . Even if he spoke to him, it wasn’t delivered because something was blocking it .
“Hearing the words ‘Master’ from Brahma . Ha! It’s worth living all this time to see this . ”
“Don’t try to change the subject . Where is he?”
Hades pointed to the ground .
Brahm frowned .
“The underground?”
“In prison . ”
“What… . . ?!”
“He dared to break the ceasefire under my name . ”
Brahm gripped his forehead . It seemed like his master had caused another incident .
Looking around, he saw the faces of Hades’s subordinates were dark . But they weren’t malicious . They just looked a bit uncomfortable, like they weren’t quite sure . A few of them even seemed relieved .
“Seems like our master found another sly way to cause chaos . ”
“Pretty sly . He got Astraeus . ”
This time, Brahm was surprised . The others had blank faces, not knowing who Astraeus was .
“Cain…… caught a god . ”
The feat of killing a god was legendary among players .
There were rumors about Allforone on the 77th possibly being able to do it, but it had been done by Yeon-woo?
“She’s puny for a Titan, but… . . that’s still incredible . Hahaha!”
Brahm laughed, saying Yeon-woo was qualified to be his master . The expressions of Kahn and the others became stranger .
Then, Brahm smiled coldly . He wet his lips . A type of magic message dug into Hades’s ear .
『The secret of levels could leak into the lower world; are you okay with that?』
Hades snorted . He responded with his physical voice .
“Do you think I won’t be able to handle it? Those who can’t are just fools . ”
The subordinates and players looked at him with questioning eyes, not knowing what he was talking about .
“You’re the same as ever . You don’t change easily . Fine . Then, back to what we were talking about . ”
Brahm smiled again then asked with serious eyes .
“What’s our master doing below?”
Had he already begun to create Kynee?
“I don’t know . ”
“What… . . ?”
“He was the one who said he wanted to be stuck down there . ”
-I’ve committed a crime, so I’ll accept my punishment . Please lock me up .
Hades thought of how Yeon-woo had walked past his shocked soldiers and spoken to him confidently .
From what he saw, Yeon-woo wasn’t one to surrender himself that easily .
It was clear there was something he had in mind .
What was he trying to do this time?
Hades smirked, unaware of the fact he was doing so . For the first time in his boring life in Tartarus, there was something that stimulated him .
Meanwhile, in the underground prison .
[The awakening of the Demonic Divine Dragon Body is near complete . The process of formation is commencing . ]
Crunch, crunch—
Yeon-woo was recreating his body while withstanding immense pain .
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