King of Underworld - Chapter 56



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Prophet Prometheus – (4)

I went straight back to the underworld and returned the necklace I had borrowed from Pandora.

He summoned all the gods who reside in the underworld.

When they heard that many gods had received a prophecy from Prometheus, they stopped what they were doing and came running.

Even Thanatos, the busy god of death, appears to have come in a hurry.

As everyone gathered in the office, the prophecy of Prometheus was brought up.

“…No matter how well we prepared, we would still be defeated by Gaia’s blow.”

“It’s a set future, so it can’t be changed…”

“I’m worried about how much of a painful loss that blow will be for us.”

“Wouldn’t it be a good idea to set up a guard in advance for really important locations?”

“Stix. That’s impossible. The act of trying to avoid the prophecy would be…”

The office becomes so noisy that it’s scary to even say a word.

If Olympus were under the strong authority of Zeus, the king of the gods, this would not have happened.

But this place, the afterlife, is different.

Except that I have the main decision-making authority and that I respect the old gods who have lived for many years,

All gods are somewhat equal and can freely express their opinions.

In fact, it wasn’t like this in the early days when the underworld was created.

Thanks to my efforts to avoid the stiff and rigid atmosphere, this horizontal atmosphere was created…

“Hades?! Why are you standing still?”

“What else did Prometheus say?”

“Oh my! Come on, Hades! I’m way more tired than I thought!”

“Thanatos… Here, have another glass of nectar…”

“Ah. Sorry everyone.. I was lost in thought for a moment.”

…It’s a surprise.

Before I knew it, everyone had stopped talking and was just looking at my mouth.

He came to his senses and told the other prophecy that Prometheus had given him.

“And Prometheus said, [If the world of the living and the dead were to be connected after that, the gods would win.]”

“How do you connect this world and the next?”

“It’s too vague to tell how, how, and where to connect.”

“I don’t understand it either…”

“Are you saying that we can win only if we turn the world into a complete mess?”

Even if we cannot change the fact that we are suffering great losses,

How can I win by connecting this world and the next? My head hurts.

When all the gods were racking their brains to interpret the prophecy,

The voice of the Goddess of Oblivion, who was staring blankly into space, was heard.

“Hades, then wouldn’t it be okay to take your time thinking about that problem?”

“Goddess Lethe?”

“Isn’t it a grace period to connect this world and the next until Gaia is struck?”

It is certainly true what Prometheus said.

If you suffer great losses from Gaia’s attack and then connect the living world and the afterlife…

“Surely you’re not telling me to mobilize the entire army of the underworld and advance…”

“Of course it wasn’t that kind of prophecy… No, really.”

“Shall we check how many troops we can mobilize in the afterlife right now?”

“…Were there no other prophecies, Hades?”

At the moment when Morpheus was trying to check the forces of the underworld and was pondering the prophecy,

Whipnoss, who had been quietly crossing his arms, asked me a question.

“Ah… Now that I think about it, what did Prometheus say…”

Hades, you’d better keep your lower garments a little loose! Twist, twist, twist!

…What on earth were your intentions in saying that?

It’s a prophecy that only Zeus could make, right? I told him to keep it loose…

“What a quack prophet…”

“What did you say? Hades?”

“What did Prometheus say again?”

The two goddesses, Styx and Lethe, ask with faces full of curiosity.

I looked into the eyes of the innocent goddesses for a moment and then answered appropriately.

“…It’s nothing. He was just playing a prank on me.”

“Well, that’s the kind of personality Prometheus had.”

“That’s the guy who always giggles and has a sinister smile.”

…Why do I feel like I did something wrong?

* * *

In the atmosphere that has become somewhat strange,

A subordinate came into the office.

“Lord Hades, the messenger from Olympus has returned.”

“What did they say on Olympus?”

Since the prophecy of Prometheus must have been known even in Olympus,

I had sent a messenger in advance to get a response from the Olympus Palace.

“Yes. No matter what preparations we make, we cannot avoid the attack by Gaia mentioned in the prophecy, so we decided to maintain the status quo.”

“That would be reasonable. There is no way to avoid prophecy, even if you try to avoid it.”

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If you concentrate your forces to defend one place, they will attack another place.

Even if it were the palace of Olympus, it would be the same.

“According to the goddess Athena, the need for the two worlds to be connected arose due to the losses that would occur from Gaia’s attack.”

“Is there a need to connect the afterlife and the living world?”

“Are humans just going to die quietly?”

“There is also a way to periodically receive information by requesting the god Hermes…”

“I can’t guess at this point.”

“What if the Omphalos stone that Demeter is using is stolen?”

If so, then this is not something you need to worry about from now on.

Because taking various precautions to avoid the prophecy may actually cause the prophecy to come true.

“We’ll stop the meeting here for now. However, I think it would be best to continue to communicate closely with Olympus as we are now.”

I guess I’ll just stop here.

If we are to win, we must connect the afterlife and the living world…

As I was about to stop talking to the gods and leave, the goddess Mnemosyne called out to me.

“Hades, it seems that a newly born god has been assigned to the underworld.”

“Are you in the afterlife? Did someone force you to do this?”

“I don’t know much about that… It’s news that was relayed from Olympus…”

There are several ways in which a new god is born.

First, if a mortal who has accomplished great deeds and achieved great things in this world is recognized by the gods, he ascends to Olympus and becomes a god.

Second, if both parents are gods, the child will grow up quickly and become a god immediately after birth.

Third, there are cases where mortals who have accomplished great feats are revered as gods by humans after death.

Fourth, if a demigod, like Dionysus, gains the faith of humans, he can be promoted.

Anyway, there are many other ways to become a god…

Of all the gods born so far, not a single one has been assigned to the underworld.

The reasons are very diverse,

First of all, the gods of the underworld do not have time to make children, so no new gods are born.

Second, the underworld is a place of work that most gods avoid.

Even if it is a dark underground space where you can’t feel any life force at all…

“Oh, is this the first new face in thousands of years… no, tens of thousands of years?”

“Our workload will finally be reduced a little.”

“A new god… What should I do first? First, inside the castle so that he can’t escape…”

“I wish you could harvest souls together with me.”

There was too much going on in the afterlife.

Who would want to come to the underworld when his notoriety is so great that it is known even on Olympus?

But there is a new god assigned to the underworld?

It’s obvious that someone pressured the new god, or that a god who doesn’t know the situation well applied for it.

“Then I will really conclude the meeting now. I will go to the afterlife to meet the god who said he came to me, so everyone get to work.”

“Even if you don’t say so, I’m still working…”

“Ahem. Sorry, Thanatos.”

Thanatos spoke, his eyes rolling around as if he was seeing something.

Well, that’s because Thanatos has so many clones that he controls in this world.

* * *

He sat on the throne in the audience chamber inside the castle and waited for the god who had been assigned to the underworld.

What kind of crazy god with such peculiar tastes would want to work in the afterlife?

Squeak.

The huge audience room door slowly opens and what you see is…

A man wearing winged shoes and holding a staff with two entwined snakes,

Hermes, the messenger god…?

He bows his head to me with a playful smile and a feigned exaggeration.

That smile from the messenger god is something he only shows when something fun happens…

“Hello, Grandfather! I am Hermes, the messenger of all. Today I have brought you a new god!”

I thought you worked here.

So you brought a new god yourself?

The entrance to the underworld is not only difficult for a newly born god to find,

It would be nice if a messenger god could help us by freely traveling across the boundaries of the world…

Knock knock. Knock.

Hermes knocks on the closed audience room door several times with a playful look on his face.

As if it were a signal, a divine presence moved outside the door.

Who on earth would come here and do something like this?

No matter how mischievous Hermes was, he never did anything rude…

Squeak.

The door opens again and a beautiful goddess slowly enters.

Bright, light blue-green hair, a refreshing air and a familiar scent, what about that face?

“Mente? Why did you come to the afterlife?”

“Uh… Hehe… Ah… Hello. Hades.”

One of the Naiades, a priestess and water nymph of my temple in Thebes.

It was Menthe, the founder of mint, a plant that existed in my past life and has now become my symbol.

Wait a minute, Mente has become a god?

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