King of Underworld - Chapter 150



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Interlude – A story of strange heroes somewhere

(Theseus is related to the main story, but Hercules is a side story unrelated to the main story!)

The hero Theseus.

He is a hero born to Aigeus, king of Athens, and Aithra, princess of Troezen.

After sleeping with Aethra, Aegeus told her to send him a sign of the birth of a son, hiding it under a large rock, and left.

“Oh my! Mother! Is this what Father put there?”

“Yeah. There’s a sign underneath… but it still seems too much.”

Theseus was born from Aethra, and at a young age he tried to lift a rock but failed.

And to build up his strength to lift rocks, he headed to the hero training school in Thebes.

“Ewwhhhhhhhhhhh!!!”

“Tch. That guy Theseus. He got hit by Python’s tail again and got blown away.”

“Where did you break today? Did you get a head injury?”

In that way, he goes through hardships in the afterlife, fighting all kinds of monsters and dead heroes.

The grown Theseus returned to Troezen and looked at the rock…

“Put the pressure down!”

Kwaaang!

He smashed the rock with his bare fist and took out the sword and sandals that were underneath it.

Of course, Aethra told her that her father was Aegeus, the king of Athens.

Theseus went to Athens to find his father.

Of course, on the way, we encountered numerous monsters and villains and had to kill them all.

First up is Periphetes, the first villain we meet.

He was a man who hid in the forest and beat passers-by to death with a bronze club, but Theseus caught the swinging club with his bare hands, snatched it from him, and killed him.

The second villain we meet is Sinis.

A person who ties a person’s limbs to a bent pine tree, then spreads the pine tree and tears it apart to death.

Theseus was tied to a pine tree, pretending to be hurt by him.

The moment Sinis spread the pine tree, he exerted his strength and uprooted the pine tree.

Kwajijik… Kwung!

“hey.”

“Hee… Heeeek!”

“This is quite a training exercise. I’d like to let you experience it too.”

In this way, Sinis met his death in the same way as those he had killed so far.

The third villain, Sciron.

He robbed passersby and made them wash their feet off a cliff…

The villain who kicks him off the cliff at the end.

But Theseus beat Sciron and made him wash his feet,

When his feet were clean, he kicked Skiron off the cliff, killing him.

He also killed Cercyon, a cruel king who would wrestle passing travelers to death.

He also dealt with Procrustes, who would cut off the heads of pedestrians who were taller than his bed, and would kill those who were shorter by forcibly stretching them to fit the length of his bed.

Theseus gained fame by killing the vicious boar Phaia, which lived between Megara and Corinth.

He was recognized by King Aegeus, who had been childless until then, and ascended to the position of prince of Athena.

“Father, I will go and kill the Minotaur in Crete.”

“Hmm…”

“If I come back alive, I will put white sails on my ship. If I die, I will put black sails on my ship.”

Theseus later returned to Crete with Ariadne, the princess of Crete, after easily killing the bull-headed monster, the Minotaur.

He was in danger of losing Ariadne to Dionysus in the middle,

Fortunately, thanks to the intervention of the goddess of justice, he returned safely with white sails and married Princess Ariadne.

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Somewhere Strange 12 Tasks – (1)

The great hero Hercules.

No one will deny that he is the greatest hero of Greece.

But even he, who was praised as invincible, had his own worries…

It was because of the 11th task: to obtain the golden apples.

“Hoo… If you and the dragon guarding the golden apple tree, Radon, fight each other directly, neither of you will be safe.”

“Then what should I do?”

“You must ask Atlas, who holds up the celestial sphere, to bring it to you.”

First, he went to Atlas for advice in exchange for killing the eagle that was eating the liver of Prometheus, the Titan of prophecy.

This is because Atlas, who held up the sky, said this.

“Huh. You want to pick golden apples? My daughters, the Hesperides, are the guardians of the trees, so I can pick them for you.”

“then…”

“You hold up the sky for me. I’ll bring you the golden apples right away.”

Hercules nodded and held up the sky in Atlas’ place.

It was the first time he felt pressure, having never felt a lack of strength before.

“Ugh!”

Even Hercules could not help but feel the weight of the sky.

Wait, heaviness? For him, everything is light, so anything that requires strength means… exercise!

After a while, Atlas, who had brought the golden apples, was amazed by the sight before his eyes.

Because the mortal child of the insane Zeus was using the sky to exercise.

Ddddddd…

“Whew. Whoosh. You’re here. Whoosh. Are you there? This is quite a bit of. Whoosh. Workout!”

“…Are my eyes being blinded by that damn Zeus’ thunderbolt?”

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Hercules was training his lower body muscles by repeatedly sitting and standing up in a posture that supported the sky.

It is said that a mortal has reached the realm of the gods by not being crushed by the weight of the heavens, and yet he exercises with that?

Atlas stopped Hercules with a nod and instead took up the heavens again.

Hercules expressed his wonder as he watched Atlas surprisingly obediently support the sky again.

“…?”

Atlas snickered as he watched Hercules, who was questioning and not leaving even after receiving the golden apples.

Even though he boasts strength that is inhuman, I still think of him as mortal in this regard.

“Why? Are you surprised that I don’t leave the task of holding up the heavens to you?”

“To be honest, yes. Lord Prometheus thought you would do that and gave you some advice…”

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“As expected, I told you to tell me to change the position of the lion skin on your shoulder and lift it again while maintaining the correct posture.”

“…How about that?”

Atlas chuckled as he looked at the dumb Hercules.

Prometheus must have become insensitive to pain because he had his liver eaten every day!

“No matter how strong you are as a human, you cannot hold up the sky forever. That is something only the immortal Titans can do.”

“……”

“Originally, I hated Zeus, the guy who entrusted me with this sky. Since it wasn’t the Titans’ sky anyway, I thought about just throwing it away…”

“…Then why?”

“But come to think of it, a lot of things are on my shoulders.”

Atlas’ eyes seemed to be looking somewhere far away.

The majesty of the Titans, who once ruled the world, spreads and oppresses Hercules.

“Under this sky are my daughters, the Hesperides, and Calypso, and countless mortal descendants.”

“Hmm…”

“So how could I throw away the sky? Countless lives and descendants are thriving below.”

The giant god holding up the sky returned to his original posture after saying those words.

Impressed, Hercules bowed his head to the great Titan and returned with the golden apples.

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Somewhere Strange 12 Tasks – (2)

The 12 Labors of Hercules.

The final task was to bring Cerberus, the gatekeeper of the underworld.

And so Hercules descended to the underworld.

He was discovered by Charon, the boatman of the Acheron River, while he was loitering in front of the Acheron River.

“You are alive. I cannot send you to the afterlife.”

“I am a human named Hercules. I must go to the underworld to carry out a task for Hera. Please let me in.”

“Get out, human.”

Normally, at this point, one would give up or beg, but Hercules was different.

He became furious and lifted his club, aiming it at Charon.

“You won’t give me a lift across? You’ll change your mind!”

“Hoo.”

A ferocious demeanor that makes it seem like he’s going to beat up anyone, be they god or anything.

But Charon was not afraid at all. He just rowed every day and burned the souls…

He is the son of Erebos, the god of darkness, and Nyx, the goddess of night.

He is the son of Protogeni, who lived longer than the three gods of Olympus.

No matter how strong Hercules was, threats would not work.

The gap between gods and humans was significant from the beginning.

Even though it was Hercules’ threat, it would be even more so if he was an old god, the child of two Protogeni and not a lower-level god.

but…

“Okay. I can give you a ride!”

“…?”

“I’ll give you a ride to the other side, so just hit a few of them.”

“What?”

“This guy. He looks young, but he’s really a jerk! He’s saying he’s going to have to take a break from work because he got hit by you and his wounds got worse!”

Hercules’ eyes widen.

“Do you know how long I’ve been rowing? You wouldn’t believe it! So don’t argue and I’ll give you a ride so you can hit me with that club! Judging by your strength, you could probably beat any god… Even Hades would be fooled by that!”

“…? Got it?”

“Keel, keeel! If you break your promise, I’ll throw you into the River Acheron…”

A heavy aura flowing from the shabby boatman.

Only then did Hercules realize that his opponent was a high-ranking god and nodded.

“Okay. Here. Hit me on the head.”

“…Is this how it should be done?”

Crunch.

“Ha! Aren’t those muscles meant for times like this? Hit them a little harder! Enough to fool Hades!”

“Uh. Uh… Okay, I understand.”

Kwaaang!

Charon, who was hit by a mortal like that, fell down with a very bright expression.

Charon closes his eyes, throwing aside the cumbersome oar. After a while, he can be heard snoring.

“Ugh… Phew… Groan.”

“…crazy.”

So, for the first time since the beginning of time, Caron had a break…

He was interrupted by Hades, who saw him lying snoring between the rivers Acheron and Cocytus.

For the crime of daring to take a break from work… no, for the crime of allowing a living person to pass through, he was sentenced to a year in chains.

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