King of Underworld - Chapter 147



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The Story of Asclepius – (1)

Asclepius.

He was the son of the sun god Apollo and Coronis, princess of Thessaly.

However, while he was in Coronis’s womb, she had an affair with a human male… and Apollo heard the news from a crow and killed Coronis.

Of course, the white-feathered crow that brought the news also turned black from the scorching heat of Apollo’s gaze.

The sun god, who took the newborn Asclepius from the corpse of Coronis, noticed his talent and sent him to Thebes.

That was the reason Asclepius came to learn medicine from Chiron in the underworld.

“Indeed. As Apollo said, he was talented.”

“…?”

“You never learned how to handle weapons, yet your medical talent is superior to anyone else’s.”

Thus, he put down his sword and spear and only accumulated medical knowledge, and soon surpassed Chiron.

Although the heroes who fought to the death in the afterlife became sacrifices for his acquisition of medical skills.

Knock knock!

“Kuaaaaah! Asclepius. You crazy bastard!”

“Ah. Isn’t it this way? Then if you turn it the other way…”

Knock knock knock!

Although there were many trials and errors, he grew up smoothly.

“Okay. When you go outside, wear a mouth cover like this. In areas with a lot of dust, dust accumulates on the human chest…”

“It’s a little stuffy.”

“And when the child has a stomachache after eating, give him some water with the herbs I gave him…”

“Master Asclepius! His Majesty the King is looking for you urgently!”

“He said his feet hurt again?”

“…How did you know that?”

“It is a disease that cannot be eradicated and keeps recurring, so if you take this management method…”

While other heroes went about slaying monsters, he wandered around Greece curing the sick.

“I didn’t know that the mint that God Pluto gave to the human world has so many benefits… Hmm.”

“Teacher! As you said, the corpses that died from the plague…”

“Did you get proper permission from his parents?”

While other heroes trained in martial arts to achieve great feats, he studied medicine to expand his knowledge.

So people’s perception of Asclepius today is…

“I am the master of medicine, Asclepius.”

“The greatest doctor in Greece, who is said to have no incurable disease?”

“Can’t you even revive the dead? Last time, I touched the chest of a person who wasn’t breathing and he came back to life…”

“The story about saving a man who drowned? That was really amazing.”

“Maybe he has that ability because he is the son of Apollo.”

A person recognized solely for his medical skills at the Underworld Hero Training School, a ship’s doctor for the Golden Fleece Expedition.

All of Greece recognized that his medical skills were comparable to the music of Orpheus.

Many even seriously believed that he could raise the dead.

Hades’ previous life, by 21st century standards, was nothing more than performing CPR on a drowning man who wasn’t breathing…

Medicine in this era was not that developed.

Eventually, the rumor spread that Asclepius could even raise the dead.

In some rural areas, he was even revered as the god of medicine.

“Are you really Asclepius, the man who can raise the dead?”

“…Who are you?”

“I am Artemis. Your father, Apollo, is my brother.”

Naturally, the rumor spread all the way to Olympus, where the gods resided.

* * *

Kuung!

Asclepius stared blankly at the huge boar carcass that had been thrown from somewhere.

A dead wild boar the size of a house, bleeding from all over its body.

Its true identity was the wild boar that had been causing a ruckus in Caladon.

“It’s the divine beast I raised. It was hunted by human heroes, and immediately after, I covered their eyes with fog and brought their corpses.”

“But why did the goddess do this…?”

“I have heard rumors that you can even raise the dead. Bring my divine being back to life.”

“The boar that appeared in Caladon…! Was it sent by the goddess?!”

In fact, Artemis had no intention of saving her divine beast that she had sent to Caladon.

Isn’t it natural for God to be angry with humans and give them an appropriate punishment called a task?

Artemis also did not deviate from this basic principle,

If the boar is defeated by the heroes’ efforts, I thought I would pretend not to win and send an oracle telling them to perform the ritual properly…

‘Even if you are a hero, you mortals are going to slaughter me as soon as you see my divine being. I will order this human to live and then send him back.’

That’s right.

The boar, sent down by Artemis as a divine punishment, was killed ‘at once’ by the heroes.

That’s the problem. The punishment shouldn’t end like that…!

If the punishment handed down by the 12 Olympian gods had been resolved through the ‘fierce struggle’ of the heroes, it would have been a bit better…

If the punishment were to end like this, it would be a problem for the goddess’s pride and dignity, and she could even be ridiculed by the lower gods.

‘This time, I must send it with a lot of madness and the power of the moon so that it will not be dealt with easily.’

Of course, Asclepius was taken aback when he was suddenly told by the moon goddess to revive a dead beast.

A cold sweat broke out on his forehead and his hands trembled.

“Goddess Artemis! I have no power to raise the dead.”

“How can you lie when so many people have seen you revive a human being who couldn’t breathe?”

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“If you’re talking about saving someone from drowning, you’ve misunderstood. I don’t have that ability.”

“Don’t lie. Humans are not gods. If you can’t breathe, you die.”

God is excellent in his own field, but he does not have detailed knowledge of areas that he does not preside over.

No, you can say that there is no need to have it. The omnipotent power, the divine power, has solved everything.

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The goddess Artemis is not Apollo, the god of medicine.

Of course, if you had seen the human that Asclepius had raised with your own eyes, and not just heard it through rumors, you would have been able to tell that he had not raised the dead.

Accustomed to seeing demigods and gods perform all sorts of miracles, and having recently seen the hero Heracles ascend to the level of a god, Artemis thought that Asclepius might be able to raise the dead.

The strongest hero became the god of power,

Why can’t the best doctor raise the dead?

“If you really did not raise the dead, swear on the River Styx and I will believe you.”

“That’s…”

Asclepius was unable to answer.

In fact, he didn’t know the exact principle of reviving a person who had stopped breathing.

Just give life back to a human being who has just stopped breathing,

All I knew was that if I could get my heart beating, there was a chance that I would wake up.

Whether he had saved his soul from the clutches of Thanatos,

Or Asclepius, who is not sure whether he brought someone from the gates of the underworld to the living world.

The goddess Artemis, looking at him as he hesitates, smirks and says.

“Hehehe. I won’t hold you accountable for lying to the goddess. Of course, if you treat my divine being with all your heart.”

* * *

“But, Goddess! The dead are under the jurisdiction of Pluto! How could someone like me invade his domain?”

“Do you think I didn’t take that into account?”

Despite Asclepius’ desperate protests, the goddess Artemis’ smile did not fade.

You’re annoying me with human subjects. If God commands, I will follow.

“Hades did not punish you for raising the dead.”

“That’s because I didn’t raise the dead…”

“No. From what I’ve seen, your medical skills have already surpassed your brother’s. You are capable of aiming for the status of a god of medicine.”

“…?”

“My guess is… you, who have the potential to become a medical god, are not being punished because you brought the dead back to life through medicine.”

In fact, the goddess Artemis didn’t really care whether this man was punished later or not.

The important thing is that you can bring the dead back to life.

Apollo’s brother’s son? Huh. Whether Hades punishes me for resurrecting the dead or not is none of my concern.

Uncle Hades might lecture him a little, but… that’s something he can handle.

The goddess Artemis, who had never worked in the underworld, truly thought so.

“Ugh…”

Asclepius’ eyes waver at the goddess’s assurance.

But how do you keep a monster alive when it’s not even breathing, and its entire body is pierced like that?

“Do your best to heal him. With your abilities, you will definitely be able to save my soul.”

“…All right.”

Asclepius, who eventually could not refuse the goddess’s order, began to examine the boar.

The goddess was watching over him directly, so I had to do my best to treat him.

Pull out the spear stuck in your body, wipe away the blood…

Use herbs to boost your recovery, bandage your wounds, and…

“It’s like this…”

Swish. Swish.

Asclepius’ ‘cure’ continued for a while.

But he himself never thought that a dead boar would come back to life…

“Kueeeeek…”

‘…What? Why am I alive?’

What is this? A wild boar that was clearly dead has come back to life.

A feat that cannot even be compared to saving a human being who had stopped breathing.

The reason was as follows…

A hero is someone who has reached and even surpassed the limits of humanity.

Orpheus’ music calms the storm,

Idas’ courage did not back down even before the sun god.

Atalanta’s archery skills are considered divine.

What about Asclepius?

He was a renowned medical master recognized by all of Greece, and his reputation was such that no other doctor could compare to him…

Even in rural villages, there were already places where he was worshipped as the god of medicine.

As Orpheus surpassed Apollo with music,

Asclepius’ medical skills also surpassed Apollo’s long ago.

In the medical world of men, his name holds absolute authority.

His fame as a man known for raising the dead was no less than that of Orpheus, who calmed the storm during the expedition to the Golden Fleece.

Even his father, Apollo, believed that the goddess of the moon, one of the twelve Olympian gods, could bring the dead back to life.

That is, a situation where a demigod close to a god has achievements, abilities, fame, and even faith.

This brought about an inevitable rise in status…

“Well done. See you next time on Olympus.”

“…?!”

In the end, the feat of bringing a truly dead life back to life was accomplished.

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