The Mythical Hunter has Returned - Chapter 44



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Episode 044

-Okay, I’ll open it now. There will be quite a bit of shock, so be careful.

“As soon as it opens, you’ll go in there. “I want to prevent monsters from appearing as much as possible.”

-Who do you think I am?

Jormungand growled as if he was dissatisfied.

Either way, I caught a gap between Jormungand’s scales.

-Hold on tight. If you miss it, your life cannot be guaranteed.

“know.”

As soon as he grabbed the scale, Jormungand moved his body.

Cough!

When I moved the body that forcibly blocked the entrance to the Abyss, a strong vibration began to sound.

and.

“Turn it off!”

I took a deep breath.

I clung closely to Jormungandr’s body, grabbed its scales, and followed its movements into the water.

“Hmm!”

with a plop!

fell in

The body of the giant dragon moved quickly, cutting through the water.

I clung to Jormungandr’s body and withstood its speed as it cut through the water.

The speed was so fast that if it were an ordinary human being, rather than holding on, they would have already been caught up in the current and drifted away somewhere.

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My lungs, unable to withstand the speed, forced out the air.

Foam bubbled up from my mouth.

The Abyss is visible in the distance.

And the monsters that pop out from there.

‘Go out and Mermaid.’

Monsters whose main stage is the sea.

In his previous life, he ruled this poison-filled sea and tormented humanity terribly.

They could clearly be seen swimming near Jormungand.

‘10… .’

Gunther will take care of them.

I wasn’t worried.

‘I’ll take care of it.’

The important thing was us.

We are passing them by and entering the Abyss.

If we fail here, the Abyss will open and a disaster different from our previous life will unfold on the East Coast.

Through the strong currents that hit us, the Abyss, a gap in the dimension that Jormungand had blocked until now, was visible.

The moment the Abyss approached close range.

I closed my eyes tightly.

Paaaat!

The world became dizzy.

The world was distorted, and the salty sea water surrounding it disappeared.

ozone.

A lighter body.

“Puh-ha!”

I entered the Abyss safely.

-Ho… ?

A small exclamation flowed from the mouth of Jormungand, who had passed through the Abyss.

-This is my first time entering the Abyss in person, but it’s more… It’s miserable inside. Azur ate everything.

“Have you never come in?”

-okay. There was no need for me to enter the Abyss. Because the gods rushed in, saying they would do everything themselves. Fighting the guys outside was enough.

“is it.”

It was unexpected.

If Jormungand had reached a level similar to that of a god, it would have been entered at least once.

-Is it important whether I go in or not? Each player has their own role to play in the strategy.

Unlike his appearance in the myth, he showed a quite cool-headed appearance.

There was a clear difference from the image in the myth where one was consumed by revenge and anger.

“okay. “The important thing is not whether you’ve been in it or not.”

As Jormungand said, the inside of the Abyss was miserable.

A world that has completely dried up.

There was not a single drop of water in the vast land that stretched out endlessly, and the mountains in the distance showed yellow cliffs as they were.

It was not suitable for the Nagas and Mermaids that protruded from the Abyss to live in.

This place was never this dry from the beginning.

Undersea city, Undercity.

It was the home of the Nagas and Mermaids who came out of the Abyss.

okay.

Undersea city.

Originally, this Abyss was made up of an otherworldly sea.

A land full of blue water, where mermaids and naga coexist.

But now, before our eyes, the Mermaids and Nagas were carrying their parched bodies with thirst, each holding a weapon.

“Lucion! “It’s a monster!”

“I thought I barely escaped, but somehow another monster came… . Is this a new disaster created by that monster…? .”

“The enemy! “The enemy has appeared!”

“Everyone prepare for battle!”

“Fight at the risk of death!”

Hundreds of mermaids glared at us.

The mermaid monsters, which were originally supposed to have fish lower bodies like mermaids, were standing on their two legs just fine.

The only difference from humans was that their legs had scales and fins and webbed feet between their toes.

And now they looked like they were being chased urgently by something.

From whom?

why?

“It’s an intruder.”

“You’re an intruder!”

There was a clear sense of hostility from them.

-I guess they are the inhabitants of this world.

“that’s right. however… “Something is strange.”

-What do you mean?

I narrowed my eyes at their attitude, which made me feel somewhat uncomfortable.

Something is strange.

Should I say it’s a little different from what I knew?

‘In the past life, the Mermaids tore through the Abyss together with Azur, the god of the other world.’

After passing through the polluted sea, the ferocious Mermaids and Nagas attacked human ships and occupied parts of the East Sea and Pacific Ocean.

however.

‘What are they doing?’

Although it was hostile towards us when it suddenly appeared, it was neither blind nor destructive.

What can I say?

I felt the desperation of preparing for the final battle against the enemy who had invaded my territory.

And the mermaids in my previous life were monsters who couldn’t even communicate.

But now.

“Everyone, pull your bowstring! “If those monsters move, we will fire back immediately!”

He had reason.

Just like a human being.

-Dojin, what are you doing? It needs to be sorted out quickly. Azur’s presence in the distance is getting closer.

“Let me ask you just one question. “What exactly are Azur’s abilities?”

In his previous life, he was a god from another world who lived in the Pacific Ocean as his domain.

But I haven’t heard anything definite about his abilities.

They simply joined the subjugation team to deal with the giant monster’s water cannons and all kinds of magic, but there were others who actually faced it separately.

But just now Jormungand spoke as if he knew something.

-Azur ate everything.

Called.

-Didn’t you know that?

“It’s a little different from what I knew.”

-Azur, god of the sea. It is a monster that monopolizes all the world’s oceans. This world would have been robbed of all its water because of him.

“Then, if that god comes over… .”

-It would have slowly swallowed our world’s oceans over a long period of time. I thought you knew.

“I knew it a little differently… .”

Make the sea your own.

I know very well what that means.

Contrary to the saying that it is an undersea city, this undercity has completely dried up.

It was the last remaining city of mermaids living in this world.

In my previous life, the expedition team was dispatched to completely seal this Abyss, five years after Jormungand’s death.

I was included in the attack team that was made up of people capable of neutralizing the poison to some extent.

I can’t tell you how surprised I was when I first saw the inside of the Abyss, where I had entered to attack the Mermaids who had newly settled in the water.

A wasteland that is not at all suitable for mermaids.

A land that continues without end.

The cliff visible in the distance had a completely different appearance from the seabed we knew.

And the King Mermaid, Lucion, was there alone.

okay.

The mermaid named Lucion who is in front of me right now was the boss of this land in her past life.

The punitive force finished off the man who was dying on dry land without a drop of water.

And just like that, the Abyss closed.

-ah… Jur… .

I naturally thought that I was saying the name of my god.

‘It was the opposite.’

A single cry of revenge against the god who destroyed his world.

A mermaid that can survive only by living in the water.

Not having a drop of water in such a city of mermaids was the same thing as saying that their lives would soon end.

They lost their entire home to Azur, the god of the sea.

If so, I could understand why the Mermaids rushed desperately into the Abyss as soon as it opened.

The reason why a creature with such intelligence had no choice but to become a vicious monster.

The answer was simple.

‘The poison sprayed by the apostates and the poison spewed out by Jormungand upon his death.’

There was no explanation other than that I was addicted to it and went crazy.

“How many gods know about Azur?”

-It wasn’t that much. In each myth, I only knew about the gods and spirits in charge of the sea.

“is it… .”

For some reason, there was no Poseidon in the raid group.

Anyway, if those Mermaids were also beings who lost their home to Azur, there was no need to fight.

My goal is to kill the gods of this world and those who believe in them.

‘There is no need to deal with their opponents.’

But the problem was that the mermaids were showing blatant hostility towards us.

“… “Let’s not kill them, just subdue them moderately.”

-Hmm, I wonder. I thought you were going to say let’s kill them.

“They are not apostates.”

A victim like me.

-It won’t be that easy to control your strength.

“Some sacrifice is inevitable in a fight.”

I also had no intention of somehow saving the people who wanted to kill me.

I don’t know if they surrender.

I drew my sword and got off Jormungand’s head.

“Kill those monsters!”

“If we kill those monsters, we will be saved!”

“For the Undercity!”

* * *

Pow!

“Kwaaaak!”

I held the Dragon Slayer and the Hammer of Hephaestus in both hands and swung them to take down the mermaids that were flocking towards me.

There are already dozens of Mermaids that have been defeated.

The enemies were weaker than I thought.

Mermaids and Nagas who had to live in the water seemed to have already lost their home for a long time.

In a place without water, the abilities of these fishmen were bound to decline.

[Entering battle.]

[The berserker state is activated.]

[Status Abnormality: Berserker – Aggressiveness increases. Attack power△, Defense power▽]

Moreover, I was stronger than them in perfect condition.

Berserker effect obtained from Hrunting’s effect.

The more enemies you kill, the stronger you become, but the side effect of insanity also becomes stronger.

‘It’s still okay.’

Every time I swing the weapon, the edge of my vision turns red a little, but it’s still bearable.

It would be troublesome to collapse like this.

As I was concentrating on the fight and paying attention to the Berserker’s situation, the last Naga suddenly collapsed.

“Cough! Wow, why are you doing this? “What is your purpose?”

King Mermaid, Lucion, who was leading them, shouted at me.

It was a voice full of resentment.

The sight of me being powerless and losing everything looked exactly like my past self.

“me?”

Before I could answer, I heard crying from afar.

-Goooooo!

It came at just the right time.

“I came to catch that.”

I raised my finger and pointed at Azur, the god of the sea, flying towards us, or more accurately towards the Abyss we had opened.

A huge whale flying in the sky.

That whale, which was similar in size to Jormungand, was Azur, the god of the other world, the monster that created this world in this shape.

“… what?”

Jormungand lifted his head and looked up.

-The real enemy has finally arrived.

“Let’s hurry. “We have to stop him before he gets any closer.”

I said while looking at the whale flying in the sky.