King Of Underworld [EN]: Chapter 1

The King of the Underworld is Tired (1)

The Story of Hades

When I opened my eyes, after believing I had died on 21st-century Earth, I found myself in a different world, full of dreams and hope.

No, actually, I just fell naked onto the ground and rolled around.

As I was reeling from this sudden disaster, someone shouted at ‘us’:

“Brothers and sisters, quickly grab your weapons and fight! Before that insane father swallows us back into his belly!”

A blond man, holding a sharp sword, shouted while looking at the people around him.

There were spears and swords scattered on the ground by the man, and the naked… individuals around me were scrambling to pick up weapons.

“Thank you, youngest! We almost ended up trapped in Father’s belly forever!”

“To swallow his own children as soon as they’re born—is that something a father should do?”

A man in his twenties with blue hair swung his sword at the ‘father’.

He was trying to kill his own father, a brazenly unfilial act, but the surrounding people also joined in.

“He won’t swallow us easily this time!”

“Haa!”

The ‘father,’ staggering as if he hadn’t recovered from a hangover, glared fiercely at us.

But how can a person be unharmed even after being hit by a sword?

As I watched their fight, I clearly felt something was wrong.

Everyone was moving at incredible speeds, making a mess of the ground and creating a deafening noise as weapons clashed.

“Kuh… You dare to rebel against Chronos! And Metis! How could you betray me!”

I could see all of that fighting and movement.

The average human’s dynamic visual acuity couldn’t possibly perceive such superhuman combat.

To begin with, I would have already been hit by the fragments exploding and flying around and died.

“The brother behind you, please fight quickly! We’re being pushed back!”

“Uwaaa!”

Clang! Clang!

Whether I was reincarnated as a superhuman or reborn as a monster, that ‘father’ didn’t seem to have any intention of leaving me alone.

The thought flashed through my mind, and at the same time, I picked up a spear on the ground and threw it with all my might.

Shuuu- Pook!

“Kuek! You bastards!”

“Nice, you hit Father’s arm accurately!”

I’m sorry, Father. But you attacked me first…

The ‘father’ quickly pulled out the spear stuck in his arm and muttered something.

“Time!”

“Ugh… my body…”

“Do you think we’ll give up like this!”

My whole body stiffened.

The intangible energy emanating from the father arbitrarily twisted the world.

Only for a moment, as we all resisted with all our might, the bizarrely flowing time returned to its original state.

Feeling my body moving normally again, everyone continued their unfilial actions, and the father, unable to withstand it, flew into the sky and fled.

“Hoo… is it over?”

“We would have been in real trouble if it weren’t for the youngest.”

“It’s all thanks to Mother. I gave Father a stone to swallow instead of me.”

“Was that it? When the stone fell into his stomach, I thought Father had gone crazy.”

The battle ended, and the exhausted people collapsed to the ground.

We were all gasping for breath when the blond young man spoke.

“I am Zeus, the last child born by Mother. May I ask for the names of you, my brothers and sisters…?”

“Hmm. I’ll go with Poseidon.”

“I am Hera. Thank you for saving us all. Thank you.”

The blue-haired man introduced himself as Poseidon, and the woman introduced herself as Hera.

Is this perhaps Greek Roman mythology…? Then was that father Chronos [Cronus, the King of the Titans]?

“Call me Hestia.”

“….I am Demeter.”

Everyone who finished introducing themselves looked at me.

And I realized what I had to answer.

One of Zeus’s six siblings in Greek Roman mythology, the one who rules the underworld…

“Hades.”

That was my name.

* * *

I finished the story, roughly embellishing everything except for the memories of my past life.

“So what happened? Please tell me the story of how Zeus became the chief god and built Olympus!”

Persephone, the goddess of spring and seeds, looked at me with an excited expression and shouted cutely.

But aren’t you planning to go back? Demeter must be worried.

“Hmph, not for a while! Mom is always overprotective.”

The goddess of spring and seeds had a bright beauty and pure divine power that didn’t suit the underworld at all.

Seeing such a cute niece playing in this dark and gloomy underworld causes cognitive dissonance in my mind.

I should really send her back before Demeter gets angry…

“I don’t want to go…! I don’t want to!”

Niece, please maintain the dignity of a goddess.

How can a goddess in charge of one of the four seasons be like that?

Of course, I knew she was only showing this side of herself in front of me, her uncle and one of the three chief gods.

If she were to show this side to humans, they would probably curse her without question.

I spoiled her too much when she was young because she was cute.

How did Demeter educate her? Alright. Alright.

“Hehe. Thank you, Uncle Hades!”

If I just keep telling her stories until she gets tired of it, she’ll eventually give up and go back on her own.

* * *

Surprisingly, we were gods.

Not a metaphor, but real gods from the mythological era.

Moreover, the children of Chronos, the god of agriculture and time who ruled the world, and Rhea, the mother earth goddess.

I put a little strength in my legs and jumped into the sky.

I was swept up in the feeling of becoming a hero like Superman, and my body quickly flew upwards.

The clear and open sky welcomed me, and the surrounding air hurriedly receded.

As I went up a little higher, I saw clouds, and I carefully sat on them.

Am I not out of breath? How can I sit on clouds?

It’s all thanks to divine power. The supernatural power that my mother in this life… Rhea taught me.

The powerful force that endlessly surged from within me moved as smoothly as if I had been handling it my whole life.

It’s only natural since my race isn’t human.

“Hades, did you find anything up there? Like a subordinate of Father who came to spy!”

I heard Poseidon’s voice shouting from below.

I didn’t find anything, but I wanted to enjoy this scenery, so I replied vaguely and looked around.

Around me, fluffy white clouds floated in groups.

Below the sky, a vast forest and river captivated my eyes like a landscape painting.

This overwhelming sense of omnipotence as I looked down at the lower world from a high place.

Just as I was swept up in the illusion that the whole world had become mine, I raised my head.

Even higher up, countless stars asserted their presence among the Milky Way.

As I widened my view further, the densely layered black silk filled my pupils, and an exclamation naturally flowed from my mouth.

Ah… this world.

It’s so beautiful it’s insane.

* * *

Until then, I didn’t really have the desire to fight a life-or-death battle with the Titan gods, but after seeing the sky, I became greedy.

I just wanted to live in this world for a long time, enjoy it, and savor the air.

To do that, the Titan gods were an obstacle to me.

Perhaps the other gods at that time had similar thoughts to me.

“Wow… now that you mention it, I also thought it was really beautiful when I occasionally looked at the higher places from Olympus…”

So I fought my father.

Because I didn’t want to lose this world that seemed to be in my hands.

There were many parts of Greek Roman mythology that I didn’t know, but there were also parts that I remembered.

For example, the fact that the Hecatoncheires [Giants with 100 hands and 50 heads] with a hundred arms would be on our side.

Thanks to that, I wasn’t surprised when Zeus brought the Cyclops brothers and the Hecatoncheires when the war dragged on.

I was very intrigued when I received the helmet of invisibility, Kynee [also known as the Cap of Hades], which could hide from any god.

Anyway, I, wearing the Kynee, hid all the weapons of the Titan gods,

“Weapons! The weapons have disappeared! Unbelievable, who dared to sneak into Mount Othrys!”

Zeus wielded lightning, which he named Astrape [Zeus’s thunderbolt], giving the Titans a strong flashbang,

“Close your eyes, Hera!”

“Hah. Why are you saying that while grabbing my waist!”

Kwarareureung! Flash!

Poseidon wielded his trident, Trident, causing an earthquake of magnitude 10.0.

“Uwaaaak!”

“I… I can’t stand!”

That’s how we mercilessly beat down the unarmed, visually impaired people and won the war.

Then surely an era of peace and glory should have opened…

“Lord Hades! Thanatos, the god of death, has gone missing, and those who come to the underworld have disappeared!”

“Someone who creates heavenly melodies like Lord Apollo says they must meet Lord Hades…”

“A muscular human, no, a demigod, is beating up the boatman Charon [ferryman of the Underworld] and coming this way!”

“Lady Demeter has sent a letter demanding the return of Lady Persephone. If you don’t return her, she will dry up the earth…”

I didn’t know I would become the manager of a civil complaint center filled with all sorts of crazy people causing trouble.

Hearing the commotion outside, Persephone quietly gets up from her seat.

Yes, it looks like you’re quietly running away before your mother comes.

“Uh… um… well, Uncle Hades, it seems like you’re busy with work, so I’ll be going now… hehe…”

Go quickly and don’t ever come back.