King of Underworld - Chapter 73



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A slightly different story of the afterlife – (1)

So he rode in a chariot with Demeter and crossed the gates of the underworld.

“I’ve only heard about it, but is that the famous Charon steel ship…”

“Demeter?! What’s going on in the underworld?”

I also met Charon, who carried souls by waving his arms in the Acheron River…

K. Krrrrung?!

“A monster descended from Typhon? Was there such a thing in the underworld?”

“I breathed my power into it and made it a divine being, so it is safe.”

I also saw Cerberus, who guarded the entrance to the underworld…

“Hey, pick up that piece of parchment that’s over there!”

“Damn. This time, the number of souls increased due to the attack by the monster called Gigas.”

“There is a shortage of living space…”

Demeter, who had seen the officials of the underworld suffering from overwork, sighed deeply and spoke to me.

There was a deep look of thought on her face.

“How can that kid live in a place like this?”

With Demeter, he returned to the place where Persephone was staying.

My nephew was surprisingly well-behaved.

Unlike the tomboyish attitude she had shown me, she was weaving cloth calmly.

As soon as Demeter saw her, she ran to her and hugged her.

“Kore! How lonely you were in this cold and dark underworld. Now that I have come, turn back…”

“I wasn’t lonely at all. Mom. I told you not to think of me as a child…”

“How could you, so young, end up in this dark underworld…”

“I ate here and I want to live with Uncle Hades in the afterlife.”

Persephone pushed Demeter away with a pouty expression.

Still, she’s quite a divinity, and Demeter’s overprotection seems a bit much.

“Haa… That’s because of Eros’ arrow. The emotions you feel are not normal…”

“I swear on the River Styx that nothing has changed, and I wanted to marry Hades even before we met!”

“What? What did you say?!”

“ha…”

Demeter turned her head and looked at me.

The Oath of the River Styx, no matter how powerful the arrow of Eros is, is not enough to create memories that did not exist before.

The power of the golden arrow… rather makes you remember clearly the moment you fell in love.

Therefore… what I said is true.

If someone who is already in love gets hit by a golden arrow…

Perhaps that love will become stronger, or perhaps it will be able to hold on to a love that has grown cold over time?

So… I didn’t fall in love because of Eros’ arrow,

A momentary thrill may have turned into an unchanging love…!

Demeter looked at Persephone with a heartbreaking expression,

She hugged her mother quietly.

“Korea… Why did I have to put my heart in the hands of the master of the underworld…”

“Well… I was in a situation where Gigas had me by the neck, but he saved me.”

“Gigas grabbed your neck? Are you okay now? That was when Mount Etna was attacked…!”

“Hey. Mom, you too, Uncle Hades saved me when I was in danger.”

Demeter breathes divine power into Persephone’s body, checks her wounds, and looks at her with worried eyes.

First of all, I have to sort out what needs to be sorted out.

“It’s an arrow and love… Since you ate the food of the underworld, you must stay here according to the law…”

“Hades…!”

“But Persephone, aren’t you the goddess of spring and seeds? If you stay here any longer, it will create an imbalance in the cycles of the world.”

The laws of the underworld were originally created to maintain the balance of the world.

If the goddess of the four seasons is completely bound to the underworld, this world will be in danger.

“Uncle, do you hate me? It’s not really because of the golden arrows…”

“Your oath on the River Styx must be true, since you have already eaten, and you must live in the afterlife… But do you know how important your role is in this world?”

“Ugh… Well, still..”

“Remember what I told you a while ago. You are the goddess of one of the four seasons and of seeds.”

Her eyes look down slightly and her voice sounds like it’s crawling.

“…Okay. You can just go up to this world every now and then. Okay?”

Fortunately, it often goes up to this world instead of going down to the afterlife…

Are you saying you’ll spend most of your time in the afterlife?

“As the Goddess of Spring, I will ascend only when I am needed in this world.”

“Huh… I’d rather have Hades than the other male gods who covet beauty…”

Fortunately, it seems that spring will never disappear from this world.

* * *

I will convey the results of the Olympus meeting and also tell you about Persephone.

All the gods of the underworld were summoned to the conference room.

There were many gods who had already seen Persephone, but they still had to go through the process of formally greeting her.

“…And so Persephone came to stay here periodically.”

“Hehehe. Let me introduce myself again. I am Persephone, who is going to marry Hades!”

Nephew…

“I’m already busy, so a new god is welcome.”

“Tsk tsk… You’re so young, but you’re tied up in the afterlife. When you fall in love, your eyes roll back…”

“Marriage?! Who gets to get married on their own?”

“Let’s leave Persephone aside for now, and I will tell you the results of the Olympus meeting.”

He relayed to everyone the conclusion that he would connect the outer worlds of this world and the next and entrust Chiron with the education of the hero.

For that, I also received the Omphalos Stone…

“It seems to be a suitable solution, and it is in line with the prophecy.”

“We need to thoroughly check the mouths of hero candidates, so we need to put in a lot of restrictions…”

“But who’s in charge of this work? Does everyone have time?”

“Let’s put up a barrier in the valley where heroes are raised, so that they cannot dare to wander the underworld.”

The underworld will also be filled with dead monsters and gigas, so there will be plenty of training partners for the heroes.

If you fight monsters that don’t die even after you die, you will become a strong hero.

“But… will humans be able to withstand the energy of the afterlife?”

This is where the problem arises.

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How can aspiring heroes withstand the power of the underworld, let alone a well-trained hero?

The afterlife is a place that ordinary mortals can only go to after they die and abandon their physical bodies.

Even if it is the outskirts of the afterlife, the energy of death coming from all directions is not good for the living.

“Isn’t the afterlife a place where bones touch even if a living being is alive for a little while?”

“If you’re a demigod or a perfected hero, then maybe not, but if you’re a pure human, then in the afterlife…”

“If we exert our power, we will only become stronger… We need a god of this world.”

“Uncle Hades, I think I can solve that problem!”

Just as I was thinking about how to separate a part of the underworld, Persephone said:

Are you going to solve it with the power of the goddess who rules over spring and seeds?

“Can you do it? The underworld is my domain, so it will take quite a bit of strength…”

“A small canyon would be fine!”

“Are you okay? Persephone, even though you are the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, aren’t you one of the twelve gods of Olympus?”

“…It’s too much for a young goddess like you.”

“Neutralizing the energy of another god’s realm, and that of Hades…”

“You can do it! You can’t just play and eat in the afterlife!”

It would be perfect if she took care of it, as she has to stay here periodically to eat the food of the afterlife, but

You’ll probably get very tired because you’ll have to continuously exert force in the canyon.

Even if you try to save other gods from Olympus…

There is no god who likes to stay in the afterlife for a long time.

Since the 12 gods have heavy responsibilities, they cannot be in the afterlife, so it is even more so.

“…Let’s head to the outskirts together for now.”

* * *

We have come to the outskirts of the underworld, the place where Persephone and the heroes are trained.

Chiron was waiting for me in a huge canyon on the outskirts of the underworld.

“Lord Hades, I have heard the story.”

“Yes. As you know, I hope to foster heroes here.”

“Hmm… I never imagined that I would be training disciples in the afterlife…”

“So it’s impossible?”

“There’s an even better side to it, if we use monsters from the past who have died, it would be a good teaching material.”

The monsters who died and came to the afterlife were blessed with oblivion and became gentle lambs.

There were also monsters that became like Cerberus and became soldiers guarding various places in the underworld…

“Python, killed by Apollo, is also doing well here.”

“You mean the giant serpent that was the original owner of Delphi?”

King snake Python.

One of the monsters born from the relationship between Gaia, the goddess of the earth, and Poseidon, and was the original owner of Delphi.

Because he had the gift of foresight, he foresaw that Apollo would kill him and take his place, so he tried to kill the young Apollo, but failed.

Later, Apollo, who had grown up as a god, killed Python by shooting thousands of arrows.

Pythia, Python’s wife, submitted so obediently that instead of being killed, she was made a priestess of the temple at Delphi.

Of course, the background that allowed Apollo to kill Python, the child of Gaia and Poseidon…

“Poseidon, Gaia is now our enemy. And so are her monster children…”

“Hmm… I’m destined to die, but…”

“The God of Prophecy must be on our side.”

It was possible because there was the tacit approval of the gods who were in opposition to Gaia.

“There are also dead Gigas, including Python, the Sphinx that Oedipus dealt with, and the sea monster that Perseus killed…”

“I’m worried that the heroes might find this too difficult. Hahaha!”

“Excuse me… Uncle Hades. Shall we begin now?”

It is time to gradually neutralize the energy of the afterlife.

He told Persephone to start now, then pushed Chiron back.

Ddddddd…

First, I separate the canyon as much as possible with my own strength.

To relieve Persephone’s burden as much as possible, I distracted her energy…

As I nod to Persephone, a bright light bursts out from the body of the goddess of spring and seeds.

Hwaaak-

“profit…”

At the same time, I felt a bright and warm power gently enveloping the valley.

And the sweat flowing from Persephone’s nape and the ichor flowing from her nose were also visible…

“Ugh… ugh.”

The place where heroes are raised is completely covered with the divine power of spring.

It’s clear that I feel a bit awkward, as if I’m tripping on something in the canyon that feels like my territory.

But Persephone, having exerted all her strength, sat down on the spot.

Slap.

He hurried over to her and supported her back.

As I wipe Persephone’s sweaty forehead, she looks at me and smiles bashfully.

“Are you okay? I think you’re pushing yourself too hard.”

“Haa… It’s a little hard… But it’s okay! If you rest, you’ll recover quickly…”

Slurp-

The goddess of spring, who had exerted too much energy, collapsed into my arms and fell asleep.

I looked down at the goddess for a moment, who even looked completely defenseless and had a warm and lively atmosphere.

“…Lord Hades.”

“Persephone being shot by a golden arrow… was fortunate for our gods.”

Chiron, who knew the circumstances of Persephone’s stay in the underworld, approached quietly.

The reason she exerted so much energy that she fell asleep was probably because she was in love with me.

I proved it on the River Styx… It wasn’t because of the golden arrow that you fell in love with me,

If I hadn’t had the golden arrow, I wouldn’t have even thought of bringing her to the afterlife.

I probably just ignored it, thinking it was just a fleeting emotion from a young goddess.

“…If the Goddess of Spring had not visited the underworld periodically, it would have been difficult to raise heroes.”

I tried hard to ignore it, but…

It’s not always the case that only those who have been victims of the gods’ rapes or sexual dramas come to the afterlife.

There were those who loved each other so much that they committed suicide to avoid separation, and there were those who happily accepted death at one point.

“What is love? It’s so difficult.”

“…Even Goddess Aphrodite would have a hard time defining that feeling.”

He quietly hugged Persephone’s back and legs with his arms so as not to wake her up.

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