The Mythical Hunter has Returned - Chapter 85



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Chapter 085

“The answer is humans. As time goes by, they walk on all fours, stand on two legs, and later use a cane to walk on three legs.”

“… “That is correct.”

At Radgrid’s words, Gunther sat down with a sigh of relief.

It was a very famous question.

The problem the Sphinx posed to Oedipus.

I didn’t expect to hear that here.

Gunther seemed to be unaware of the problem, so he agonized over it for a long time.

“Whoa… . Thank goodness. “I barely got it right.”

Gunther, sitting down and catching his breath, looked at Reginleif.

“The trials of knowledge have been completed. “Now only the final ordeal remains.”

Reginleif, who had been watching Gunther solve the problem with me, stood up.

“Now all that remains is a trial of courage.”

“You can do anything. “Hurry up and say it.”

I quietly looked at the two of them.

Should Leginleif say that he passed just because he opened the door like last time?

‘I don’t think so.’

Unlike me, who was a normal person from the Valkyrie perspective, Gunther is a hero from Norse mythology.

Reginleif was still smiling, but he was not laughing.

He didn’t look away until Gunther answered the question.

As she looked at the other person coolly, I realized that she had not yet acknowledged Gunther.

Another ordeal awaits.

“Thank you for your hard work. “Brünnhilde is in there.”

“It’s in there…” ?”

“yes.”

The place Reginleif pointed to was a small door behind the living room.

It was the door I once opened to meet Brünnhilde.

“Then why don’t you come out?”

“I can’t tell you. “You have to check that yourself.”

“… … .”

Gunther fell silent at Reginleif’s words.

It’s not wrong.

Gunther came to look for Brunnhilde.

You have to find out for yourself why she closes the door and doesn’t come out.

The fact that he was lying down as if he was asleep due to Odin’s curse.

That only her thoughts remain in that space and can convey some will.

This was all something that Gunther himself had to check.

‘It’s a problem that no one can help with.’

If it was a problem that could have been solved by someone else telling me about it, I wouldn’t have brought him here.

“I want to check right away. So please give me the ordeal quickly.”

At his words, Reginleif took a step to the side.

He guided the way to the door and obediently made way for me.

It was unexpected.

I thought it would stop here.

“If you want to know why, Mr. Gunther, open the door and face reality. “That is your test of courage.”

“… … .”

Was it something like that?

Reginleif was asking Gunther if he could face Brünnhilde now.

“Keep this in mind. “Once you open it, you can never get it back.”

“… … .”

“So think about it. “Do you really have the courage to face Brünnhilde, and do you have the courage to handle it?”

Gunther, who had been quietly listening to those words, turned his head and looked at Reginleif.

“Did I tell you to think about having the courage to face her? I’ve had that thought for a long time. “She had a lot of trouble, and she ran away a lot.”

As Gunther said those words, his eyes turned to me.

“A young man came to me and said, Did he fight mentally prepared on the battlefield? Is he going to run away? “For a Viking who never retreats from any battlefield, this is quite an insult to his pride.”

Gunther made eye contact with me and smiled.

“I came this far with determination. Now I have to face it. so… … .”

Gunther approached the door with long strides.

“I won’t run away this time.”

He grabbed the door handle and opened the door.

Sure.

The thick sound I heard in the past rang out.

The huge door opened, and the passage was visible again.

Even though you are inside the building, you can see the altar open to the sky.

At the end of the passage was Brunnhilde, lying in the light.

“Brünn, Hilde?”

A weak voice burst out of Gunther’s mouth when he saw Brünnhilde.

“You can go in now, brother-in-law.”

As if he had not expected it at all, Gunther stood still and looked at Brünnhilde.

“Dojin… Did you know?”

“Yes, I knew.”

“Why didn’t you tell me? “Brünnhilde collapsed like that.”

“Because it’s not something I should talk about. “I thought you should check it out for yourself.”

“If you had told me in advance, I would have prepared mentally… .”

“Then you wouldn’t have come again. I decided that I should listen to Brünnhilde herself. “Why did it become like that, and how did I feel about leaving you?”

There were many cases where the intention was contaminated or misunderstood when heard through the words of others.

Therefore, it is right to hear the really important stories directly from the person concerned.

So I refrained from talking about Brünnhilde as much as possible.

All I delivered was the belt.

Personally, I thought that the fact that Brünnhilde sent the belt meant that she forgave Gunther.

However, no one but Brünnhilde herself could know exactly what it truly meant.

So I couldn’t tell it.

Her condition and intentions.

“… “You can be surprisingly cold-hearted sometimes.”

Gunther’s voice trembled as he spoke.

“I’ll go in alone. so… … .”

It was when Gunther was trudging inside.

-Come with your guests, Gunther.

I heard a voice from inside.

It was Brunnhilde’s voice of resignation that I had heard before.

“Brünnhilde.”

Gunther spit out her name as if he was muttering.

-Reginleif, don’t let anyone else come in except you two.

“All right.”

Gunther went in first, and I followed him.

Brunnhilde with brown hair lying on the altar.

A Valkyrie who roamed the battlefield, she was once the wife of Gunther and a hero of Iceland.

The Valkyrie, who was supposed to guide the souls of warriors and heroes to Valhalla, was on the altar with her eyes closed as if she were sleeping.

He was wearing a Valkyrie helmet embroidered with feathers, chain mail, gauntlets, and combat boots.

In the hand she placed on her chest was the sword she always carried.

Her body, which had been cursed with eternal sleep for resisting Odin, looked extremely pale.

And over her body, Brunnhilde’s thoughts with the same appearance were looking at us.

-It’s been a while, Gunther.

Brunnhilde’s thoughts greeted Gunther first.

“Why are you doing this?”

To Gunther’s question, Brünnhilde just smiled and did not answer.

She would know what would happen the moment she uttered Odin’s name.

“The belt you sent me… “I kept it well.”

Gunther took out Brunnhilde’s belt from his pocket.

The carefully folded belt was neat and without any wrinkles.

“sorry. I came to apologize to you. “He never once apologized for deceiving and deceiving you.”

-That’s Okay. When I came to this world, I decided to bury everything from the past.

“… So can you tell me? “Why are you leaving me and living like this?”

She shook her head.

-We’ll talk about it later. I have something to say first.

“What do you want to say first?”

Brünnhilde’s eyes turned to me.

-The familiars brought outside are all Loki’s sons, right?

“you’re right.”

-Are you becoming Loki’s apostle?

“no.”

-Then how did you end up using them as your familiars? When he first came to me, it seemed like he wasn’t this strong of a person.

I remembered the first time I visited her.

Gunther’s power was needed to kill Siegfried, and he sought out Brünnhilde to borrow his power.

I was so weak that it was difficult to deal with neither a god nor a spirit, nor even a hero.

Among heroes, there are beings who are comparable to low-level gods as well as middle-level gods, but at least Siegfried was not at that level.

“I was lucky.”

-You can’t say you were lucky.

“I also had a strong helper.”

I pointed to Gunther.

“It is true that he is not an apostle of Loki. “I also know how he ministered to Jormungand.”

Gunther added one more word.

Brunnhilde closed her eyes after hearing those words.

-You told me the other day. I will ruin all of Odin’s plans.

“you’re right.”

-Is that why you brought Gunther to visit this time?

“That is also true. “I need help from Valkyrie and Gunther.”

Gunther looked at me and closed his mouth.

“Is that why you brought me here?”

“yes. “It was a bit of a harsh prescription, but I thought meeting in person was the best way to resolve the misunderstandings that had built up through a breakdown in communication.”

“… … .”

Brünnhilde asked through Gunther’s silence.

-What can I help you with?

“Please open the way to the underworld. Gunther, I would like you to be my guide to Niflheim.”

One human and one Valkyrie were left speechless.

-Do you know what it means to go to the afterlife?

“I know.”

The afterlife is a world you can only go to after death.

There are two ways for the living to go to the afterlife.

One is to truly die and go to the underworld, or go down with the help of a guide.

The latter method is a way to go without any injuries, but there is one thing to be careful about.

If one acts outside the designated area for a long time, the body of the living becomes entangled in the afterlife and can never return to this world again.

Being chained to the afterlife meant death.

That’s what she meant by ‘going to the afterlife.’

It means that you really have to risk your life.

But risking my life seemed like a natural, everyday thing to me.

From the moment I decided to fight God.

“What is the reason?”

“I’m going to meet Hel, the leader of Niflheim.”

-What do you plan to do when you meet her? Are you planning on making her your familiar like those two of her familiars?

Make the Queen of Niflheim your familiar.

It was an incredible thing to even imagine.

But that wasn’t the purpose.

Unlike Fenrir and Jormungand, Hel was the true ruler of the underworld.

‘Loki asked me to save Hel too.’

“Hel, who is both a god and a spirit being, cannot be used as a familiar. “She just wants to be a good ally.”

That wasn’t the whole truth.

However, it was true that after saving Hel from danger, she wanted to receive help in future fights.

‘The more allies the better.’

After thinking about it, I bowed to them both.

“I need help.”

Gunther, seeing this, sighed.

“Couldn’t you have told me in advance? “Of course I would have helped you if you had told me honestly.”

“Then you wouldn’t have come here.”

“I won’t deny it.”

Brünnhilde nodded.

-I’ll help you. But I can’t go down there myself. Because I am in a cursed position.

“it’s okay. For anyone, one Valkyrie to guide the way is enough.”

-I’ll talk to Reginleif.

That’s enough.

She is not a woman who breaks her promises, so you can trust her.

-Then, could you please leave for a moment? From here on, it’s a personal story.

“Sure. “I’ll go first.”

I said hello again and quickly left the altar.

There was a need to protect the time between couples who had not seen each other in a long time.

Because you two will need some alone time.