The Mythical Hunter has Returned - Chapter 19



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Episode 019

King Gunther.

The King Gunther I knew was a man who led an army of hundreds of Vikings.

Although he could not become a god or have his own heroic epic, countless warriors followed him just because of his majesty.

“everyone! Follow me!”

King Gunther, heading to the battlefield, always rode a huge bear the size of a truck.

King Gunther, who rode through the battlefield riding a huge bear, was several times more warrior-like than depicted in myth.

“We have to kill the monsters in front of us to survive!”

In his previous life, Gunther was crazy about fighting, as if he had to die on the battlefield.

I met many people, but there was no man as generous as he was.

He was truly the kind of person who fit the word Viking.

“Do not spare my life! “The blood we shed will become the guardian spirit that protects this land!”

The tough Viking always took the lead, willing to sacrifice his life.

“Valhalla awaits us!”

Quaaaang!

King Gunther wielded a huge ax with his muscular arms and cried out for a Valhalla that no longer existed.

As if he had to go there himself.

“die! “Die!”

The shouts made while swinging the ax at the enemy often gave the impression that it was being done to oneself, not to the enemy.

Because he was a man willing to risk his life for victory, he was more dependable than anyone else when he was an ally.

The small city off the coast of Incheon was rather narrow and weak for such a rough man to live in.

No, maybe that’s why Gunther came here.

“I said I would enjoy fishing after retirement.”

I walked along the coast, remembering the information that Gunther was hiding in a small village near Incheon.

Slurp, slosh.

The sound of waves hitting the breakwater rang in my ears.

‘Because he is not the protagonist of a heroic epic.’

Sooyeon Lee said he wasn’t the main character, but I thought differently.

‘In Siegfried’s saga, he was not the main character.’

This world is not the world in Siegfried’s saga.

This means that Siegfried is also not the main character of this world.

He too was just a hero who could not completely conclude his epic story.

But at least Gunther ended his story in this world.

‘He killed Siegfried, a respected hero in Germany, and became a new hero.’

Of course, in the process, he lost an arm and even lost his favorite subordinate, Hagen.

After becoming a hero slayer, he slaughtered the Vikings who followed him and countless monsters.

Monster Slayer Gunther.

King Gunther completed his own heroic epic in his previous life.

It certainly wasn’t moved with the purpose of completing the epic.

A man who rushed at an enemy to die and became a hero because of it.

‘He wasn’t a hero in the narrative and didn’t become a god, but he wasn’t someone who could be ignored.’

The Vikings who shared the majesty of the berserkers of Villa, the god of vengeance, were under Gunther.

Even the arrogant gods acknowledged Gunther on the battlefield.

Of course, the current Gunther was neither a hero slayer nor a monster slayer.

He is just a timid old man who ran away and hid himself due to Siegfried’s majesty.

At least that was the external image.

A lowly old man whom no one is wary of.

‘He’s a great person.’

After descending to this world, Siegfried gritted his teeth to kill King Hagen and Gunther, who had killed him in the past.

King Gunther went directly to Siegfried, who was looking for them with a light in his eyes, and knelt down and begged for forgiveness for his life.

-It was the most terrible time for me. But thanks to that, I was able to kill him like this. It was my own arrogance that killed Siegfried, not mine.

I remembered Gunther’s profile as he spoke, drenched in regret.

He gave up his pride, which was his life to the Vikings, and knelt down, and was willing to do anything for revenge and survival.

“Have you been hiding in a place like this?”

It was an unsuitable sea for the undefeated Vikings.

However, it was a better place than anywhere else for the miserable king, who had sworn revenge, to hide his power.

‘I thought you were hiding in an underground city or something.’

I thought he was pretending to surrender to Siegfried and increasing his power in underground cities or secret places.

That’s why I felt very unfamiliar with this place, which was just the sea and a few fishing boats.

Siegfried probably thought the same thing.

What would make you think that Gunther would be hiding at the end of the East, a place that doesn’t fit his story at all?

As I was walking along the coast watching seagulls flying over the sea, I saw a man with a bushy beard holding a fishing rod alone.

It did not fit at all with the image of him riding a bear and swinging a huge ax on the battlefield.

His unkempt, white beard had only salt on it and no sense of strength.

The person sitting on the beach was not a warrior, but just a weak old man.

It was a pitiful profile of a man who was once a king, but I know it.

Even the act of holding the fishing rod was a staged act.

“A guest has arrived. “I think you came to visit me, is that right?”

The cunning warrior sitting lonely on the beach, hiding himself, asked without even looking at me.

“Nice to meet you. “I have some business for you.”

“Why did you come to visit a man who has already retired?”

“I wanted to ask you about Siegfried.”

King Gunther’s expression as he held the fishing rod did not change at all.

Myeonggyeong index.

Like a quiet lake, he showed no reaction.

That’s why it was strange.

It looked so artificial that there was no reaction, like a robot.

If you didn’t know that King Gunther was a cunning politician despite his appearance, he completely erased your emotions to the point where you would have thought he had forgotten everything.

‘Even people I know will be fooled.’

But I know the look on his face when his true feelings are revealed.

‘When Gunther lies, his right eyebrow twitches slightly.’

So much so that you can’t see it unless you look closely.

It seemed very clear to me that this situation was just an act made up by Gunther.

Gunther took advantage of Siegfried’s arrogance.

He had no qualms about humbled himself.

The man who finally achieved victory.

‘long time no see.’

Although we weren’t close friends, it was a new feeling to see them again like this.

“Siegfried… . “It feels refreshing to hear the story of an old comrade.”

He looked out into the distant sea with his hand on a fishing rod that was not catching anything.

As if he wasn’t interested in what I had to say.

“I’m here to tell you how to kill Siegfried.”

King Gunther, who had maintained his composure, wrinkled his eyebrows.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

The moment when King Gunther turns his head to face me.

Kang!

A sword protruded from the blind spot of my vision, aiming for my neck.

I quickly turned around and struck back his sword.

If you hadn’t noticed, it was a sharp and unstoppable blow that would have blown off your head.

But I knew.

A man who was hiding and waiting near King Gunther.

Hagen, the shadow of King Gunther and the one-eyed knight who killed Siegfried.

“What if I hide and pretend to live like that?”

I parried his sword and glared at Hagen while pretending to be relaxed.

Even if Siegfried was careless, Hagen was a man capable of killing a hero.

‘fast.’

Even though I knew about it and dealt with it in advance, my hands were numb from not being able to completely block it.

“I don’t know how I got here, but I’ve forgotten everything. “Please leave now.”

Gunther spoke without looking at Hagen, who had taken me by surprise.

“That can’t be possible. “I’m desperate too.”

At that moment, Hagen’s sword once again aimed at my leg.

Cough!

I know this sword well because I have encountered it many times.

A strike aimed only at the enemy’s vital points.

The blow just came aimed at my Achilles heel.

If I hadn’t stopped it, my tendons would have been cut and I would have rolled on the floor and been tortured to death.

If I hadn’t known, I would have been hit, but I wasn’t stupid enough to get hit by a sword that clearly shows the path.

“Hmm.”

Gunther swallowed his sleep as he saw me blocking Hagen’s sword.

I took out Brünnhilde’s belt that I had put in the kibisis towards Gunther.

“I said if I show you this, you will understand.”

“… … .”

Gunther’s face was filled with astonishment.

It was an expression of disbelief.

“How are you holding that… ?”

Gunther asked in a dry, cracking voice.

“I came to meet Brünnhilde herself. “When I told him I needed your help, he was happy to send me a token.”

“Brünnhilde… ?”

This is the lie I will tell Gunther.

It was true that she needed Gunther’s help, but she wasn’t willing to give him this belt.

Rather, she was worried that I would take advantage of Gunther’s feelings.

-I declared to him that I would never give it back.

Brünnhilde’s belt was an object that symbolized her purity, as well as their marriage and love.

The declaration that I would never return it meant a complete separation.

It was an inevitable choice for Brünnhilde at the time.

There was no way for her to return after being cursed by Odin and falling into eternal sleep.

That’s why I made the choice to abandon him out of fear that it would harm Gunther.

Of course, Gunther, who didn’t know that fact, was just sad and suffering because he was abandoned.

“How is she? How is she doing?”

“I can’t tell you.”

Damn.

The mask splits.

The mask of a loser that he had put on by giving up his pride, which was more precious than his life, was cracked, and his image as the king of the Vikings began to be revealed.

Anger flashed in his eyes as he looked at me, and he trembled.

As if he had a misunderstanding that I was going to take her away.

“What is your purpose in showing me this belt?”

Brünnhilde’s belt.

This was a symbol of Gunther and Brünnhilde’s marriage and love, and a tool of Kriemhild’s desire to show off.

At the same time, Hagen was also the culprit in killing Siegfried and causing Gunther to tolerate it.

“I come here to remind the king. “Why did Siegfried die, why did he have to die?”

“… … .”

I approached him.

He gave Gunther a symbol of the love that broke even the close friendship of his comrades.

“Please take it.”

The belt that he said he would not return was back in Gunther’s hands.

Even though it is from someone else, you probably don’t know what this means.

His eyes never left his belt.

Maybe he’s thinking about reuniting.

‘I just need to give her a little courage to pass the Valkyrie’s test.’

King Gunther will take care of the rest.

I show favor to Gunther and get him on my side.

It would be a deal that Gunther could not refuse.

“Then shall we begin the story again?”

Gunther, who was biting his lip while looking intently at the belt in his hand, ordered Hagen.

“… Hagen, put away your sword. “You are a valued guest.”

“I understand, my lord.”

At Gunther’s command, Hagen lifted his sword.

“He is said to be Gunther, the great King of Burgundy and the strongest Viking warrior. “Is there a way to kill Siegfried?”

“yes.”

Siegfried, the protagonist of numerous epics and the dragon slayer who killed the dragon.

I use Gunther to kill him.