King Of Underworld [EN]: Chapter 118

The King of the Underworld is Tired 118

The Sky God Uranus

Aquila is a constellation beyond the sky, in the night sky.

Therefore, it exists far above where the sun and moon chariots travel.

The black curtain of the night sky that motivated me to fight the Titans.

Uranus is hidden there…

“Understood. I hope you succeed. For Olympus.”

“…Tell them not to help even if the power of the sky attacks me.”

If he isn’t friendly to me, Zeus’s help might bring disaster.

If necessary, I must be prepared to take a few hits.

After the goddess of persuasion left, I got up to grab Cyaneae [a magical item or ability, perhaps related to concealment], but paused.

Originally, I was preparing for a possible situation… but would Cyaneae work on Uranus?

During the Titanomachy [the war between the Titans and the Olympian gods], Cronus didn’t notice the concealment through Cyaneae.

But it wouldn’t work on Nyx [the primordial goddess of the night] or Gaia [the primordial goddess of the Earth], and although weakened now… it probably won’t work on Uranus either…

Thud.

I put down Cyaneae, which I had picked up. I also placed the Styx sword [a sword imbued with the power of the River Styx, a river that forms the boundary between Earth and the Underworld] next to it on my waist.

If something happens, I can summon Bident [Hades’s two-pronged spear], so I should leave other weapons behind.

I have to go up to that distant place beyond the night sky,

so I should ride Pegasus from Elysium [the final resting place of heroic and virtuous souls in Greek mythology].

ㅡFluttering!

I left the entrance to the underworld and rode the winged horse, Pegasus, up into the sky.

The goal is the constellation Aquila, shining in the night sky.

Swoosh-

The pure white clouds were getting farther away beneath me on Pegasus.

The scenery of the ground looks small, and the Olympus Shrine is visible in the distance.

Hm. I made eye contact with Zeus, who was looking this way.

Was he watching with some concern?

Even if Zeus wanted to go himself to persuade Uranus, he couldn’t act rashly because of his position as the king of the gods.

Next to him, Hera is watching this way with her arms crossed.

Swoosh-

Now that I’ve almost reached the constellation, I turned my gaze away from Olympus.

Beyond that is the Orion constellation that I requested to be embedded in the sky, and the dolphin that helped Poseidon propose to Amphitrite…

The human princess Andromeda rescued by Perseus, and the constellations Ursa Major and Ursa Minor…

Hoo. Coming up here, I can feel that Zeus’s power doesn’t reach.

Currently, the goddess of the earth is Demeter, but the mother of the earth, Gaia, has priority over the land.

And I turned my head following the gaze watching me.

A white-haired girl who looks like she’s in her teens, a divinity squatting in the black sky and looking down here.

Her appearance is like an ordinary newborn goddess, but…

“Are you Cronus’s child?”

The moment I met her expressionless blue eyes, I felt like I was being thrown beyond that distant sky.

Compared to Cronus, who fought in the Titanomachy, I feel a huge gap. Slightly below Nyx…?.

It’s hard to estimate with the naked eye. As expected, a Protogenoi [primordial deities, the first beings to come into existence].

“Yes. I am Hades. Ruler of the Sky.”

The sky god, Uranus, was in front of me.

* * *

I thought I had started off on the right foot,

but the next words from Uranus’s mouth were unexpected.

“Yes. I thought so. But thinking of you as that guy’s child suddenly makes me not want to see you.”

“…!”

Whoo-oong-

Following his gesture, a storm of divine power suddenly rushed in.

A huge wind flows between the stars. Can this be called wind?

Uranus is the god of the sky and symbolizes the order and harmony of the entire universe.

The power of the Protogenoi, which has a great influence on the cycle of the world, was truly powerful.

The space called the sky where I am standing feels hostile.

I can’t back down like this. I will not show an unsightly appearance here, this must be Uranus’s test.

I am the master of the underworld and one of the three main gods who govern wealth and fairness.

I summoned the now familiar spear, Bident, into my right hand and gripped it firmly.

When the black matter covering the whole world surged in as a wave, I put all my effort into thrusting the spear forward.

■■■■■ㅡ!!!

An indescribable shockwave explodes in front of my eyes.

The trembling of the hand holding the Bident, the wailing of the divine beast trembling with fear even though it is protected by the power of the underworld.

When the oncoming storm, no, the mass of power, was offset and scattered, glittering fragments of light dazzled the eyes.

If the clash had happened on the ground, a terrible disaster would have befallen the mortals.

Whoo-oongㅡ

I took back the Bident and lowered it slightly.

I was thinking that it was a good thing I didn’t send another god, and the gaze that fell on me as I caught my breath.

The ruler of the sky stared at me without attacking anymore.

A slight curiosity dwelled in her eyes.

“You used quite a bit of strength, and you’re even protecting that beast you’re riding.”

As expected, it was a test.

“You are qualified to stand alone before the sky. You must have come because you have something to say to me?”

I sent Pegasus, who had fainted from the aftermath, to the ground through the wind, and slowly took out a feather from my chest.

I held out the black feather that Nyx had given me so that it could be seen well and opened my mouth.

“We are currently at odds with Gaia, who rebelled by using your child. So, I asked for Nyx’s help, and she said she would be happy to help us if we brought her your token!”

“Nyx’s feather?”

The space moved on its own, bringing the feather in my hand to Uranus.

The Protogenoi, who had been looking at it for a while, opened her mouth again.

“It’s Nyx’s feather. You managed to get her out.”

“It’s thanks to you looking kindly upon us.”

“It was good to chase out Cronus, that unfilial bastard. Tartarus [a deep abyss that is used as a dungeon of torment and suffering for the wicked and as the prison for the Titans] is perfect for a guy who made his father like this.”

A long time ago, the sky god Uranus was unexpectedly attacked by his son Cronus.

As a result, he lost his masculinity and left a prophecy while running away… [You too will be chased away by your children.], and that word came true.

But his already severed masculinity was not restored,

The fact that an immortal god could not recover with a missing body part led to a change in identity.

Uranus, who lost his masculinity, stepped down from the throne of the god-king, and was even affected by the change of generations…

“When I became like this, burning revenge engulfed me… but as time went by, I realized that revenge was impossible.”

In the end, she had become a goddess.

* * *

The one who once held the world in his hands looked at me with a slightly softened tone and expression.

Fortunately, is she going to cooperate with us?

“It is regrettable that I have to bet on young ones like you. But this is the only way to humiliate Gaia.”

Snap.

She tears off a part of her hair.

No, that was no longer her body. The light itself is like the constellations in the sky.

If the material of the sky is visualized and seen with the eyes, it would feel like that.

A strand of light emitting a subtle glow. This silver thread flew to me.

I gently received it with both hands and put it in my arms.

Isn’t she testing me anymore? It feels like it ended a little blandly.

As if she knew my question, Uranus smirked.

“If Nyx doesn’t intervene, Gaia will only like it. I have no reason to help Gaia.”

“…Thank you.”

“Then don’t bother me anymore and go. The footsteps of the children who have been looking for me for a while have been annoying me.”

As expected, she knew the signs of the gods searching for Uranus.

Then should I see it as deliberately revealing her appearance…?

“Thank you. Uranus.”

* * *

Before going down to the underworld, I briefly stopped by Olympus to inform them that I had received Uranus’s token.

“Then can we now receive Nyx’s help?”

“Of course, she won’t come forward and help us. But if Gaia doesn’t acknowledge us even if we wipe out the Gigantes [a race of giants who battled the Olympian gods],…”

“Indeed, it was in preparation for that case.”

“That’s right. Hermes. Even if we kill all the Gigantes, if Gaia is hostile to us, we will have to get help from Nyx.”

Zeus approached Hermes, who was nodding, and put his hand on my shoulder.

Judging from the lightning flashing and disappearing from his hand, he must have been worried a lot about whether to help me during the clash with Uranus.

“…Olympus owes you a great debt, brother.”

What debt? But get this hand off me first.

“Ha. I’m also an Olympian god, so what are you talking about, Zeus?”

“Um? That’s right. Brother is always in the underworld, so I was just saying. Hahaha!”

As the story progressed to some extent, sighs of relief erupted from here and there.

There were quite a few people watching the conversation with the Protogenoi. Hera is over there too.

The queen of the gods, who met my eyes, said in a low voice.

“Now that we can get Nyx’s help… shouldn’t it be okay who the hero to take to the battle with the Gigantes is? Like Cadmus…”

“Ahem… honey.”

“Zeus, be quiet. Hades, you won’t stop me from giving you a task, will you?”

Since I persuaded Nyx this time, the need for a hero has been diluted.

So, she may still be thinking of killing Hercules.