The Mythical Hunter has Returned - Chapter 10



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Episode 010

After breaking up with Eitri, I headed straight to Seoul.

There was a place to stop before dealing with the mythical beings.

That place is the Seoul Library located in Seoul City Hall.

Currently, it is the second largest library in Korea after Kyujanggak, and it is a place where all kinds of historical materials covering magic and witchcraft, including mythology, are stored.

The reason I came here was simple.

‘I need to check.’

Information about the mythical being I am currently targeting.

With my current strength, I cannot yet kill God.

Even if he had an S-class weapon, he was not strong enough to defeat a low-class god.

Even if he is a god, he is still a god.

The power they possessed was not something that an ordinary awakened person could handle.

Therefore, I needed to secure a little more information and raise myself before attacking God in earnest.

‘God is not the only mythical being.’

Just like he killed Hydra, just like he killed Peripetes.

Even if he wasn’t a god, his name could be filled in the history book’s encyclopedia and his level could be raised.

So I thought.

‘Kill the mythological hero first, not the god.’

Hercules, the strongest human hero who became a god through his own power, Odysseus, the greatest strategist of the Trojan War, and Guan Yu, who was born as a human but was treated as a god and became a mythical being. Seimei, the legendary onmyoji of the Heian period, etc.

Goddess needed to target heroes who were comparable to gods but could not become full gods.

For my growth.

‘If you think about it, even heroes are ultimately enemies.’

If the trials of the gods were to form their own guilds and fight against the gods of the other world, the trials of the heroes were slightly different.

Those who created great stories comparable to myths, but failed in the end and did not become gods because they were unable to create their own myths.

Seeing those who ended their story without becoming gods, people called them heroes.

Hercules became a demigod, but died due to his wife’s jealousy.

Prometheus was punished by having his liver pecked out for eternity.

Siegfried, a hero who was stabbed to death by a spear due to his only weakness being that he could not be covered in the blood of an immortal dragon.

Therefore, most heroes aimed to successfully conclude the story.

In reality, the trials given to heroes were like that.

The ordeal that turns heroes into gods is to find their holy relics, conquer the Abyss, achieve godlike achievements, and write a new story.

Since they were heroes who failed to create a legend at the first opportunity, they became even more obsessed with creating a new story in the current world.

Hercules died from his own poison, Theseus also suffered and fell in his later years, and Gilgamesh, who was afraid of death, was unable to avoid death.

They are struggling to avoid repeating their failed past in the heroic epic.

Just like me, who collapsed in the first round without being able to do anything.

Of course, most heroes were unable to overcome their trials and failed to participate in the final expedition against the gods of the other world.

Most of the reasons for not being able to overcome the ordeal were due to the interference of the gods who did not welcome the new gods.

Nevertheless, those who created their own myth and became gods proudly joined the expedition.

I will accumulate my power by first stopping the heroes who will become gods.

The gods, who view heroes as potential competitors, will not care about their deaths.

My target now was also one of those heroes.

‘Beowulf.’

A powerful hero of the Germanic tribes of Northern Europe, whose main character even exists in a folktale.

Not only is he powerful enough to rip off a giant’s arm with his bare hands, but he is also the owner of the legendary sword ‘Hrunting’.

A powerful hero that no one dares to attack because of his immense power.

Afterwards, his heroic narrative ended with the tragic ending of his own death at the same time as he killed the dragon.

There was one reason why I set interest as my goal.

It was not because of his amazing strength, nor because of the awesomeness of having killed a giant and a dragon.

‘A hero who overcomes his trials written in myth and becomes the first to become a god.’

If Beowulf was left like this, there was a high possibility that he would become a difficult god in the future.

So, you need to cut off the bud before it grows any further.

So, I visited the Seoul Library to learn a little more about Beowulf.

Modern libraries are very different from before the Abyss.

The place of libraries occupied by human knowledge, literature, and culture was replaced by praises and myths about the gods, and magic books written by them.

… … .

There were many books filled with stories written by gods and heroes.

Some people do it to promote their guild.

Someone wants to secure believers who believe in them.

Some just want to spread their stories.

All kinds of stories were collected in the library and opened to the public.

So that the story spreads further.

‘It’s a useless story.’

I had no intention of being captivated by a story full of lies.

Dionysus.

The god of wine, the god of fertility, the god of abundance, and the god of ecstasy.

As a male god symbolizing the god of fertility, he had the art of speaking to deceive the opposite sex.

Although his own military power was insufficient compared to other gods, he was famous for building up considerable power as numerous goddesses whom he seduced with his speaking skills and charms became his allies.

‘Whenever there was a scandal among the gods, Dionysus was always there.’

This was the god I most wanted to encounter under the current circumstances.

If I make this guy my enemy, not just one but several gods will be targeting me.

I wandered through the library, looking for the myth I wanted, passing by the books written by the gods themselves.

It was then.

“Is there a book you are looking for?”

A woman with short hair and glasses approached me with a business smile.

The whispering voice strangely caught my ear.

Without thinking, I suddenly turned towards the woman who spoke to me and looked at her face.

However, for some reason, I was startled by a familiar face.

‘Lee Su-yeon?’

Recorder Lee Soo-yeon.

A geek who devoted his life to seeing and recording myths.

He said that he could not write down the stories of gods and heroic epics, and that it was better to write down the stories of such heroes by seeing them with his own eyes and experiencing them.

Although her own military power was not very high, the numerous records she recorded became ‘stories’ of gods and heroes.

The gods and heroes who were obsessed with expanding their stories gave preferential treatment to Lee Soo-yeon, who recorded the stories, even giving her the nickname ‘recorder.’

Among the stories she wrote, there was also my story.

-In order to write down people’s stories, you have to observe them up close.

I remembered her annoyingly coming next to me and refusing to leave, saying she would write down my story.

He was next to me when I was making weapons at the blacksmith shop.

Even when hunting monsters in the Abyss, I recorded them from the side.

When hunting boss monsters, he continued his record by surrounding himself with a protective magic circle he received as a gift from the gods.

How burdensome it felt every time I received those innocent eyes that showed no particular greed.

She didn’t really deny my suggestion that God might be lying.

-I can see it from the side. Even God is not a perfect being. Maybe not everything God says is true. However, if the gods tell lies, I think it is my role to record those lies.

Rather, I remembered his calm words that he would also record their lies.

However, she never recorded the end of that era.

Because he was killed by someone before the final expedition was formed.

It was not revealed until the end who the culprit was.

However, I could only guess that he was one of the gods who did not like to have his lies recorded in the final battle.

I’ve never heard of her working at the library.

I had planned to find Lee Su-yeon someday, but I never thought we would meet here like this.

“Did you work at the library during this period?”

“yes? What does that mean… ?”

“Oh, I’m sorry. “I was just talking to myself.”

“Oh, I didn’t introduce myself. My name is Suyeon Lee, and I am a librarian on the second floor of the Seoul Library. “I’m working to help people looking for books.”

Suyeon Lee said, looking at me with sparkling eyes.

That was the look in his eyes back then.

The look in your eyes when you stood next to me and said you were going to record my story.

Pure eyes full of passion.

Originally, I would have taken the time to find information about Beowulf, but with Lee Soo-yeon, it was a different story.

She said that she was originally interested in the narrative nature of mythology itself. So even at this point, he probably has more information about mythology than anyone else.

With her help, you’ll be much more efficient, and you may even be able to learn things that aren’t in the book.

“Recently, the most sought-after book is Norse mythology. It gained great popularity thanks to Odin, one of the five gods who protected Seoul. Famous gods in Norse mythology include Thor, Loki, and Freya… .”

“I’m looking for an epic poem about Beowulf.”

Suyeon Lee’s eyes sparkled at my words.

“You know the epic Beowulf! “It’s a really cool story, but it’s a little less well-known in Korea compared to its scale and fun!”

She smiled brightly as if she found it helpful and spoke in an excited voice.

“I thought you would need help as expected. If I hadn’t been there, you would have been in big trouble. “You must have wasted a lot of time.”

I don’t think I talked this much in my past life.

In my past life, she was a woman who quietly watched me from the side and devoted herself to recording.

If I didn’t speak to him, he wouldn’t speak first.

-Recorders must hide their personal opinions as much as possible. If I add too much of my opinion, it becomes my story, not the hero’s story.

I thought that the time I spent as a recorder might have changed me as a person.

“I guess it’s because of the epic tale of the wild Viking hero, right? It’s a myth that depicts a fight as fierce as Norse mythology. For your information, Beowulf is actually said to be very large. “Is it a bit like admiration for men to like his story?”

“I’m looking for something.”

“Which one is it?”

She talked to me non-stop, to the point where I wondered if it was okay to talk like this in the library.

“Oh, don’t worry. Right now, only the citizens and I can hear my voice. This is why I can become a librarian. Hehehe,”

Since she was already an awakened person at this time, she already knew that she had some skills.

Ignoring her puffing out her chest and boasting, I found a book with the story of Beowulf in the corner of the library.

There, the epic story of Beowulf was written in detail.

“It is the story of Beowulf, who kills the giant Grendel and Grendel’s mother, and later dies from wounds from hunting a red dragon. A tragic story that did not have a happy ending because it did not survive in the end… .”

While I was briefly appreciating the book, she was talking non-stop next to me.

“You can go now.”

“Don’t you need any more help? If you want a deeper understanding of the content, we can help you at any time. For your information, I found and read all the books about mythology in this library.”

I already knew this too.

Suyeon Lee is a huge reader when it comes to mythology.

“Then do you know how Beowulf killed Grendel and the red dragon?”

I know what Beowulf’s trials are.

The hero’s ordeal is to meet the final happy ending that he was unable to achieve during his lifetime.

Beowulf’s ordeal was to kill the mythical monsters Grendel, Grendel’s mother, and the red dragon and survive until the end.

The reason I came all the way here was to check how Beowulf captured Grendel and the red dragon.

At the same time, you can also use the method he used.

“Of course I know. Grendel was impervious to human weapons, so Beowulf tore off his arm with his grip and caused him to die from excessive blood loss, and later cut off his head to prove it to everyone.”

“… … .”

“I understand that a red dragon kills a weakened dragon by spewing flames and then stabbing it with its sword. Unfortunately, Beowulf dies from being poisoned by the poison that flowed from the dragon’s wound.”

She made eye contact with me, stretched out her index finger, and continued speaking.

“For reference, the hunt for Grendel is on page 72, and the dragon-slaying scene is on page 188. For reference, various editions of Beowulf are available starting from page 210. If you look, there is also a part where Grendel becomes a married couple with his mother, the Witch of the Lake. “I like that version the best.”

It was true.

It was exactly what she said.

As I opened the pages, she began to tell me about the different versions of the story of Beowulf.

Other versions of the story were exactly as written.

“Incredible. “How about using that talent to write a story?”

“Hehe, thank you for the compliment. But writing things down isn’t for me. “I just enjoy the story.”

It was definitely the Lee Soo-yeon I knew, but she was different in many ways from her previous life.

I could only guess that something happened later and that it was through that opportunity that he began his career as a recorder.

“Do you think recording would be a good fit for you?”

“Hehe, you sound like you’ve seen my future.”

“I hear things like that a lot.”

“Then, please tell me the citizen’s story later. “I like listening to other people’s stories.”

“If I get the chance.”

In order to deal with various gods in the future, the more information I knew about the gods, the better.

Sooyeon Lee was a very necessary talent for me.

‘There’s one more reason to come here.’

With Suyeon Lee’s memory and database, she will be able to receive help in many ways.

Sooyeon asked me while I was lost in thought.

“Then why are you looking for the epic poem of Beowulf? Oh, is it because of an article that said Beowulf hunted a witch who was hiding in the forest not long ago?”

I nodded.

She was the type of person who would make a fuss as long as you cooed appropriately.

“As expected! I also saw that article a while ago, and it was really surprising. I heard that she killed that witch and even got a weapon called the Giant’s Sword. In the interview, she even said not to worry because she’s going to hunt the giant now?”

I asked her.

“By giants, do you mean the giants in Dugon’s Forest?”

“Oh, you knew as expected. As expected, citizens, you also saw that article, right?”

I knew it.

The fact that Beowulf killed the witch and obtained the giant’s sword meant that there were only a few days left until he hunted the giant Grendel.

“thank you.”

“yes yes? “What is that?”

“Thanks to you, I found a way.”

At my words, Suyeon Lee smiled brightly and opened her chest.

“I’m glad you found it helpful.”

I put the book back on the bookshelf.

“uh? “Aren’t you borrowing books?”

“There is no longer any reason to rent.”

Because Suyeon Lee told me everything I needed.

Now, it was time to take action.