The Mythical Hunter has Returned - Chapter 25



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Episode 025

The great clash between Hephaestus and Ares.

The fight between the two gods, which was famous even in mythology for its passionate fighting, lasted for several days.

Hephaestus and his guild members raided Ares’ guild in Yongsan, resulting in dozens of Ares guild members being killed.

As a member of the God of War guild, he had strong strength and an instinctive fighting sense, but he was useless in the face of the power of a true god.

“Kwaaaak!”

A guild member of Ares who was brutally crushed by Hephaestus’s hammer.

The situation of the war changed again as Ares, who belatedly heard the commotion, came to confront Hephaestus.

“Hephaestus! “What kind of madness is this!”

“It’s still not enough to repay you for the insult you inflicted on me!”

“insult? What is that… .”

“You’re still acting like a fool! And then you are the god of war, you cunning bastard!”

“You idiot… .”

The fight between the two lasted for four days.

It was a fight to the point where Ares’ Pantheon, which had been hit with numerous strengthening magics, was completely devastated.

The fight between the two calmed down only after Aphrodite, the mediator, gathered the nearby gods.

Since they were all gods with powers comparable to Hephaestus and Ares, the two also noticed and stopped fighting.

“What are you talking about! Ares insulting you!”

“You and Ares will know. “Aphrodite, the sword I made when you cheated on me with this guy.”

“what? “How do I know that!”

Hephaestus smiled bitterly at Aphrodite’s irritated words.

“You’ve always been like that. There was no interest in me at all. But you know, Ares? “That sword.”

“What do you mean by that?”

Ares opened his mouth.

“Hephaestus gave it to me when our wedding took place.”

“Why don’t you throw it away…?” .”

“For me, that sword was a trophy. “Rights that the winner must take.”

“… … .”

Unlike Aphrodite, who looked at Ares in bewilderment, Ares opened his mouth with a confident face.

“What does that have to do with the current situation?”

“Of course it matters. “Because you killed my son with that weapon.”

“what?”

At those words, Ares, Aphrodite, and even the gods who came as mediators were all surprised and looked at him.

“Who is the son… ?”

“Peripetes? “The illegitimate child you had with a fairy?”

“okay.”

“Nonsense! I never killed your son… .”

Hephaestus took out his sword.

That was the wrath of the blacksmith he had gifted.

“Then why was this sword, which should have been in your report, next to my son’s body?”

“Why is this there… ?”

“If you’re trying to say something ridiculous like an alibi, stop it. All you had to do was give a sword to any of your guild members and tell them to kill you.”

What appeared on Ares’ face was pure doubt.

Why on earth is an item that should be in one’s treasury in Hephaestus’ hands?

It was incomprehensible.

If someone had entered his warehouse, there was no way he would have known about it. And he himself had neither killed nor intended to kill the son of Hephaestus.

If so, there is only one possibility left.

“… Is that right? Now I understand. “Didn’t you steal my things, kill my son, and then give yourself a reason to fight me?”

“what?”

“I’m asking if you’re killing two birds with one stone, since you can steal my things and even get a reason to attack me. “Was there a god who didn’t know that Peripetes was your failure?”

That was the flash point.

Hephaestus swung his hammer again, and Ares parried his attack.

The fight between the two ended only after all the gods who came to mediate stopped them.

It was a fight where no one won and only losers.

Ares suffered an astronomical amount of property damage, and Hephaestus suffered a broken left arm.

“I will kill you. “I will destroy the face of Ares, who shamelessly insults me!”

Hephaestus, who was reminiscing about the past, gritted his teeth while clutching his broken arm.

Revenge on Ares for humiliating him.

That was all that filled his mind.

Nod!

The body of Hephaestus was swollen and red.

* * *

I came to Set’s cafe to meet Lee Soo-yeon.

Suyeon Lee had already arrived and was waiting for me, even ordering my coffee.

“You’re a little late.”

“Sooyeon came earlier than the scheduled time.”

I arrived exactly at 6 o’clock as promised with her.

Suyeon Lee checked her watch and quenched her appetite.

“is it so. “It’s frighteningly accurate.”

“Because we have to make sure we do this.”

She nodded as if she agreed with what I said.

“If you can, it’s better to be sure.”

“So, did you get the answer?”

“Sure!”

Lee Su-yeon smiled at my words.

“What is it?”

Suyeon Lee looked around and leaned towards me.

Then he lowered his voice and spoke like a whisper.

“This ink is a sacred object that has the power to distinguish between truth and lies, right?”

It was the perfect answer.

“… “Did you find anything else?”

“You know. “I think this can be used for more purposes than you might think.”

“Is it used in various ways?”

“yes. By sprinkling this ink, you can tell people between truth and lies, but you can also check the authenticity of facts or history that has already been recorded.”

In fact, it was a method that Soo-yeon Lee actively used in her past life.

“Have you checked?”

“yes.”

As soon as she finished speaking, Suyeon Lee took out her notebook and opened it.

There were many sentences engraved in black and red letters.

“I wrote about the news that made headlines last Monday. If you look here, it is written in red that the Anubis and Dionysus guilds have joined forces to attack the new Abyss created in Istanbul, right? And the new Abyss in Yangpyeong is written in black.”

“Yes.”

“We cross-checked various information to determine whether this was true or false. “I actually confirmed through news and rumors that Abyss was created in Yangpyeong.”

She smiled confidently, like a Go player pulling out a secret move, and took out another notebook.

“This is the news that came out yesterday. This means that the Anubis and Dionysus guilds had a big fight regarding joint operations and disbanded the alliance. “We failed to attack this prey like we said.”

I was secretly amazed at her reasoning.

‘Good application.’

In fact, the Anubis and Dionysus guilds broke their alliance and became enemies due to the Abyss problem that arose in Istanbul.

The resulting conflict continued until the final battle.

It was information I already knew because I had seen it in my past life.

Since I had no use for it right now, I didn’t think it was that important.

However, she used this sacred object to know this information before others.

Even in her past life, it was an idea unique to her that pushed the use of truth ink to its limit.

“It’s amazing that even if I don’t know information, I can find out its authenticity by engraving it using this ink. “It’s a shame that we couldn’t do many experiments because the amount wasn’t that large.”

After finishing her appetite, she looked at me.

“Do you have more of this food?”

“is it so. There’s more. But I can’t give you more right now. “Because there is something important to write about.”

“It’s still okay. It’s not a lot, but it’s not enough either. “I know why you gave this to me and what you wanted from it.”

“Is that so?”

Lee Soo-yeon nodded, her eyes shining.

“Sure. The first is to determine the truth of the information, and the second is to let you know that everything I recorded about your story is true, right?”

“You’re half right.”

Finding out whether all the information she will cover is true or not.

That’s what I wanted.

Are you telling me that my story is true?

‘It’s not important now.’

People don’t focus on facts.

Even if it’s a lie, people tend to become more enthusiastic and focus more on more provocative stories.

So it didn’t matter whether my record she wrote down was true or not.

It was more important to create a story that would enthuse people.

“Hmm, that’s a shame. But isn’t this a passing grade?”

“It was okay.”

“Anyway, aren’t you curious? “How did I figure out how to use it like this?”

“… “I’m not curious, but it seems like you want to talk, so I’ll give you a chance to show off.”

“Tch, you’re stiff.”

Normally she would have said something, but now Lee Soo-yeon opened her mouth as if she was in a good mood.

It may be because of the full satisfaction of having solved it yourself.

“In fact, I discovered the ability to tell truth and lies in less than two days. However, the reason I only contacted you now is because I was testing various things to see if there was a way to use it in more diverse ways.”

Lee Soo-yeon poured out words at rapid fire.

“I tried adding it to water, writing about it, and applying it to myself, but it had no effect? What immediately came to mind at that time was the record. I have personally engraved various pieces of information in numerous books. But what is this? They also responded to records of very old information. I knew then. “I think this also applies to past records.”

I sighed as if I was relieved.

“So we tested it with newspaper.”

“Are you finished?”

“Is that all you appreciate?”

“yes. “That’s not what’s important.”

“Ugh… .”

“Did you bring the materials I asked for?”

Su-yeon Lee opened her eyes hesitantly at my words.

“Here you go. This is a record about Hephaestus. “I marked everything with ink.”

What she handed over was a record of all the scenes from his past myths.

What did he do, why did he become crippled, and why does he have such a complex?

Among the materials filled with black ink, I saw a record written in the last line.

“Is this solid information?”

“yes. I’m sure. “It’s 100 percent.”

I already knew from the news that Ares and Hephaestus had a bloody fight.

‘Because I caused them to fight in the first place.’

I figured that Hephaestus, who was impatient, would make a guess and go attack Ares.

That judgment was valid, and the two gods fought so fiercely that they brought Ares’ pantheon to the brink of collapse.

I was sure that he had suffered irreparable damage.

However, it is unknown where the injury occurred.

Since the location of the wound was currently being kept secret from all media, I thought it would take quite a bit of effort to find out.

“Oh, that? It’s simple. All it takes is a little hard work.”

She opened the last page of her notebook.

The page she opened was full of red and black.

Next to the letters written in red it said false, and next to the letters written in black it said true.

… … .

I saw her.

As expected, aid is different.

Although it was an ignorant method that required a lot of use of the ink of truth, there was no method more certain than this.

“how is it? Does it look different now?”

“It’s not bad. great.”

Lee Soo-yeon’s score went up in my mind.

As expected, I was convinced that I did not survive by the side of the gods simply through my ability to record.

“I can take you now, right?”

“Instead, I can’t take you to the battlefield.”

“Eh, why?”

“Suyeon is weak. “I’m too weak to survive the battle.”

“But definitely write your story down… .”

“We must become stronger to withstand the battle.”

She was also an awakened person, but she was too weak to be taken to the scene right now.

We couldn’t lose a talented person by taking him in without sufficient protective equipment, guardians, and actual combat experience.

She looked at me closely and opened her mouth.

“And so as not to hold you back?”

“yes.”

In times like these, being honest is the right answer.

Suyeon Lee nodded at my words.

“great. I know what you mean. Become stronger… . “I’m also an awakened person, so I’ll show you surprising growth soon.”

“I look forward to it.”

“So are you going to catch Hephaestus now?”

“you’re right.”

“That means Siegfried… .”

When asked about Siegfried, I answered with a smile.

“I record this too. “It’s a shame I wasn’t there.”

I got up and took the materials she handed me.

The skills and weapons prepared so far to capture Hephaestus.

In addition, she gave us information about Hephaestus’ injuries and weaknesses.

Preparations to kill Geosan are complete.

Now is the time to go hunting.

“I will write well. And from now on, we will move our meeting place.”

“Where are you going to meet?”

“I will tell you about that later.”

I left Set’s cafe.

It’s God’s hunting plan shared in The God of Death.

That’s ironic.