King of Underworld - Chapter 90



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The Story of Tantalus – (2)

Zeus approached me, leaving Tantalus, who had passed out, on the floor.

With every step Zeus takes, flames and lightning flash, and thunder continues to rumble in the sky.

“I’m sorry, brother. I never would have guessed that Tantalus would do something like that.”

“…That crazy man should be thrown into Tartarus.”

“He killed my children to make food, so I’d like to make him suffer from eternal hunger.”

Should I call upon Limos, the Goddess of Hunger, for help?

No… That crazy guy will suffer for a long time. There’s no need to waste Remos’s strength like that.

Long ago, there was a madman who lived in the same era as Sisyphus, who imprisoned Thanatos.

The man named Erysichthon swung his axe at Demeter’s favorite oak tree.

Crunch. Boom!

“Tea…blood from the oak tree!”

“Lord Erysichthon, please stop chopping right now!”

“I will definitely get revenge on you… human.”

The oak tree bled and said it would take revenge, but he paid no attention and cut the tree down.

Erysichthon, who had thus incurred Demeter’s wrath, was visited by a goddess sent by Demeter…

“Food! Bring more food! Sell everything and buy food!”

“Father… There are already more than 60 servings…”

“I’m hungry.. I’m hungry! Hurry up!”

At Demeter’s request, the goddess caused Erysichthon to suffer from extreme hunger,

He was quite wealthy, but he squandered all his wealth and eventually killed himself by cannibalizing his own body.

That goddess is Limos, the goddess of hunger.

Zeus opened his mouth as he looked at the pile of human flesh that Demeter had brought.

Although he was the king of the gods who had lived for a long time, he could not hide his shock at the behavior of such a crazy human.

“Demeter. I must go to the Moirai, the three goddesses of fate, and bring this poor thing back to life.”

“If we reshape it, we can save it.”

“…Then I guess I’ll have to send the soul that came to the afterlife back quickly.”

Just then, the sound of wings fluttering in the sky was heard,

Three goddesses with snake-like hair appeared, with blood streaming from their eyes.

With bronze wings and a torch in his hand,

It just so happens that the avatars of the three goddesses are heading towards Tantalus.

“Ah. Father. Go. So. Your. Son. Will. You. Kill. Him?”

“I’m so scared. I have to get this.”

“Yes. Sin. Is. Absolutely. Less. I. Will. Not. Allow. It.”

The avatars sent by the three goddesses of vengeance are illusions that are only visible to those who have committed sins.

Tantalus will be tormented by these visions for eternity, until he dies.

Wait, if you suffer from illusions until you die… you will be free from them after you die.

Poseidon looked at me as if he had thought about it that far.

“Hades, how about we lock that scoundrel up in Tartarus alive?”

That’s a very good idea.

* * *

Tantalus opened his eyes with a start, sweating profusely.

Wasn’t he killed for deceiving the gods? Apparently, the entire palace was destroyed by the wrath of Zeus…

So is this the afterlife?

Tantalus tried to move his body to get up, but his body, tightly bound with ropes, did not move at all.

When I lift my head with difficulty, what I see is a landscape similar to a cave.

“Are you awake, Tantalus?”

‘Pluto? The underworld… is that?!’

A cold chill lingered around him, and he followed the voice he heard from somewhere… What he saw was the god Pluto sitting on a black throne, looking at him with sharp eyes.

Around you can also see black-winged male gods and turquoise-haired goddesses who appear to reside in the afterlife.

It was pitch black all around, and the few bonfires that lit up the surroundings were losing their brightness.

A hallucination appears in both eyes as if a black darkness is emanating from the god Pluto sitting on his throne, consuming a warm bonfire.

“Yes. Sin. Is. Absolutely. Less. I. Will. Not. Allow. It.”

“Ugh…”

And the auditory hallucinations I’ve been hearing since earlier seep into my mind.

Are they goddesses of vengeance? Was it impossible for humans to deceive the gods?

The low voice of the god Pluto reached Tantalus’ ears, who had been groaning.

If I stay still like this, I’ll die… Since Pluto’s divinity is also that of mercy, I have to somehow arouse mercy…

“Then now… I will discuss the punishment for your sins by killing your grandson and demanding it from your grandfather and relatives.”

“Is it so wrong for me to deceive God?”

“Shut up! You son of a bitch!”

Kuung!

To the roar of the black-winged god standing beside Pluto,

Tantalus’ head, which was opening its mouth, fell to the floor and hit its head hard.

But when the Lord of the Underworld sitting on the throne waves his hand, the pressure that had been unbearable disappears.

“Hmm. Thanatos. Calm down for a moment. Even a sinner has the right to make excuses… Go ahead and open your mouth.”

Tantalus racked his brain as best he could.

The underworld is the exclusive domain of the god Pluto, and not even his father, Zeus, can interfere.

Therefore, if only the god of the underworld sitting on the throne could be persuaded somehow to have mercy, there would be hope…!

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But lies are unlikely to work with God.

Didn’t he kill his own son and make him into food, but no god ate it?

Even the goddesses of vengeance are tormenting him…

“You have nothing to say?!”

“Ah… no! That’s…”

Yeah, pity! I have to earn pity from that black-haired male god.

The sin I committed was blasphemy, the sin of daring to steal the food of the gods and cook it with human food to deceive the gods.

But the rumor he heard about Pluto was that he was a more merciful god than any other god.

Unlike the cruel and capricious gods of Olympus, if you can persuade the somewhat benevolent god…

“Is it such a great sin for a human to want to test God?! Oh, Pluto!”

“……”

“I was born as the son of Zeus, and as a demigod, I have always had my doubts! Anecdotes about the gods are not always full of good stories, but there are also stories of them tormenting mortals or making mistakes! Please forgive me for expressing a little curiosity about what kind of beings the gods are!”

“……”

“I know that I have already been punished for my blasphemy with death! Please have pity on me and let me die a peaceful death! God of mercy…!”

Tantalus, speaking thus far, looks at the expression of the being sitting on the throne.

For some reason, the gods around him are also quiet. He gradually feels uneasy at the sight.

There is a moment of silence, and Pluto, who has been looking at him sharply, bursts into laughter.

It’s not a hearty laugh, it’s a mockery…!? Did you fail to convince God?

“Hahaha! You’re dead? No, you’re still alive. It’s thanks to the god Thanatos not taking your soul.”

“yes?”

“And the greatest sin you committed in the first place was not trying to deceive God or stealing ambrosia and nectar.”

“…?!”

“I was curious to know what excuses you were making for killing your own son, so I listened to you. Is that all you can say?”

Only then did Tantalus realize his mistake.

Who would have thought that the mercy of the god Pluto, which he was trying to exploit, would extend to his son?

“That… that is…”

“If he had only stolen ambrosia and nectar, he would have ended up with decades of toil in the underworld. If he had died for deceiving the gods without harming anyone else, it would have been considered an appropriate punishment.”

“ah…”

“And yet you never once mentioned the fact that you killed your son. You don’t even feel a shred of guilt… Your sentence has been set.”

Tantalus desperately tried to make excuses, but his voice was not working.

The Lord of the Underworld calmly announced his verdict to Tantalus, who was struggling to say something.

“Murder is a sin. It is a serious crime to kill one’s own son. It is an even more serious crime to deceive one’s relatives and try to eat the body of one’s son.”

“……!”

“You will not be able to clear up all these wrongdoings even after tens of thousands of years. Therefore, you will be sent to Tartarus…”

“……!!!”

“He suffers from an eternal hunger that can never be quenched, and is periodically punished by having his internal organs eaten by Cerberus.”

Tantalus struggled to shake off the grasp of the dead.

But there was no way he could shake off the ghostly power that was transporting the sinner.

The madman who cooked his own son was justly punished.

* * *

I saw the end of Tantalus being dragged away by the dead.

Like the eagle that devoured Prometheus’ liver, Cerberus was also able to periodically feast on Tantalus’s entrails.

I guess I can feed Cerberus, who is always hungry and drooling.

Even if the gatekeeper of the underworld continues to tear apart his internal organs, Tantalus will not die and will be reborn. Not only will Thanatos not take his soul, but I will keep him alive.

But why did the gods obediently attend the banquet held by Tantalus, who stole ambrosia and nectar? They may have expected him to commit a rude act at the banquet hall and went there to get a reason to severely punish Tantalus, Atlas’ son-in-law…

Could this be an indirect warning? Since the justification is on this side, it is to prove to the remaining Titans that the hegemony of the world has definitely changed… Since he is also the son of Zeus, it would be okay to say that they suppressed their sadness and punished him.

…No. Let’s not have useless thoughts.

I didn’t ask Zeus directly, so it could just be my wild guess.

“I’ve never seen a person like that before.”

“Don’t be so surprised, Mente. As a god, you’ll experience many different things after living for a long time.”

Mente looks blankly at the place where Tantalus left.

She seemed to be quite shocked, after all, she was originally a Naiad who lived a leisurely life by the river.

When she was my priestess, all humans would have worshiped her, but after becoming a goddess, she mostly focused on spreading mints or doing paperwork, so this kind of sight would have been unfamiliar to her.

Even more so since he didn’t come to the trials of the dead very often.

Even so, Tantalus was a really crazy guy…

“There are people like that… People really…”

The goddess of mint shakes her head and shows disgust.

Uh… If things go that way, it won’t be a good thing. I wonder if Tantalus’s incident will give her a preconceived notion.

I opened my mouth to face her, who was lowering her head slightly depressed.

Since I’ve been to this world with the goddess Styx and the goddess Lethe, I’ll go out with Mente for a change of pace.

“Mente. Would you like to go to Thebes after a long time?”

“…?!”

“…This is the walk I couldn’t finish last time because of Gigas’ attack.”

She raises her head again, her eyes sparkling.

There was no sign of melancholy in those burdensomely shining turquoise eyes.

“P.. reward! Finally, I can be alone with you like Styx and Lethe…!”

“…? How did you do that?”

“Of course the rumors spread! These days, in the underworld, who will be Hades’s first wife…”

I wish everyone would stop caring about my love life…

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