King Of Underworld [EN]: Chapter 187

Afterlife’s Monarch is Tired – Episode 187 (186/193)

Side Story – The Underworld Rebellion (1)

Recently, the gods’ misbehavior has reached its peak.

“Hic. Hicc. Lord of the Underworld. Poseidon forced himself on me…”

“…I understand. The Underworld will provide you with comfort, so please, rest easy here.”

The departed soul who just arrived was a victim of Poseidon. Not long ago, there was also a mortal who died, caught between Zeus’s love and Hera’s jealousy.

Callisto, Lamia, and countless other victims whose names I can’t even remember arrive in the Underworld, suffering because of Artemis, Zeus, and Hera.

Zeus, Poseidon, Apollo, and numerous other male gods, not to mention the goddesses.

Selene, who loved the sleeping human male Endymion and made him sleep forever, Hera, who torments the many human women loved by Zeus and their illegitimate children, and so on.

There are too many instances of immortals mistreating mortals.

And all these victims, even after crossing the River of Oblivion [a river in the Underworld that erases memories], do not lose their memories and complain to me.

“Haa…”

No matter how many times I warn the gods, they don’t change, and no matter how much I talk to Zeus, it’s futile.

How can I stop the immortals’ misbehavior? Even if they are all blood-related… they should at least be reasonable.

Even though blood is thicker than water, I feel the need to set a date and give them all a good scolding.

“Lord Hades. God Hermes has arrived in the Underworld.”

“The messenger god? Let him in for now.”

The face of Hermes, who descended to the Underworld, was very unpleasant.

What happened in Olympus again to make him look like that?

Not long ago, all sorts of disasters such as volcanic eruptions, heavy rains, and earthquakes struck the land, and a flood of dead people rushed into the Underworld.

Now even Olympus is causing trouble; my head really hurts.

“Greetings, Great-uncle. It’s not that… a civil war has broken out among the gods in Olympus.”

“Civil war? What are you talking about.”

Not enough with mistreating humans, now a civil war? What is Zeus even doing?

I listened to Hermes.

“It seems like something that was bound to happen has finally happened…”

Hermes sighed deeply and slowly began to tell the story.

To summarize the messenger god’s words:

* * *

The marriage between Aphrodite and Hephaestus was a forced union from the start.

Therefore, Aphrodite was always having affairs with Ares and other male gods.

Hephaestus couldn’t have been unaware of his wife’s infidelity; last time, he even caught Ares and Aphrodite in a net and humiliated them.

But… what happened this time was a little different.

Hephaestus caught his wife and brother in the act again, entering while they were having intercourse.

Naturally, Hephaestus was furious and swung the hammer he was holding directly at Ares’s head, and the god of war was struck down by the hammer.

This should have been the end of it, but Ares confronted Hephaestus.

“Damn it! Why did you even get married if you couldn’t receive Aphrodite’s love in the first place! You ugly cripple!”

“What?! Looks like you want to be beaten to death by me today, Ares!!!”

“Ah. No…! Stop!”

Hephaestus is the god of fire and volcanoes.

He is always focused on blacksmithing, but his combat power is among the top of the twelve Olympian gods.

In other words, a powerful god that Ares can never beat.

Even the justification is on Hephaestus’s side. But for some reason, Ares did not back down this time.

“If you were going to take Aphrodite by force, Father would have taken her! Aphrodite and I love each other!”

“Father Zeus rightfully gave Aphrodite to me. Isn’t it because you can’t accept it that you keep doing this!”

The god of war and the god of fire glared at each other and swung their fists, and Olympus turned into chaos.

Hot flames and violent war forces collide, smashing huge buildings.

When this commotion arose, the other gods of Olympus also joined in.

Aphrodite, who could not give up love, took Ares’s side, and the goddess of wisdom, who usually disliked them, sided with Hephaestus.

Poseidon, who happened to be in Olympus, defended Hephaestus, and Eros flew in to protect his mother.

Now, adultery was no longer the issue.

As things got bigger, the gods vented their usual grudges and blamed each other.

“Marriage is about marrying someone you love! How can a forced relationship work out?”

“Eros. Is that why you randomly shoot golden arrows? Because of you, I and Daphne…!”

“Athena! Are you going to blame me again with personal feelings!”

“Don’t you think about how you always fight violently in my wars, Ares?”

“It’s because young ones are taking Aphrodite that this is happening. She should have been given to me, the lord of the sea…”

“Guys. Everyone, please stop…”

Hestia, the only one who maintained her composure, tried to stop them in a faint voice, but it was useless.

Eventually. A strong thunderbolt fell between the gods who were glaring at each other.

Kwarrrr!!!

“Everyone stop arguing! What kind of disgrace is this for gods to be doing!”

In the end, Zeus stepped in himself, throwing lightning and forcibly ending the fight.

* * *

As Hermes’s words reached this point, I raised my hand to stop him for a moment and asked.

What happened above the sky is absurd, but Zeus should have mediated it well?

“If Zeus intervened, he would have solved it well. Even if he gets weird sometimes, he mediates well in these situations, doesn’t he? You can go back to Olympus now…”

“Ah. That’s… after Father finished mediating, Hera found evidence of Father’s affair and came in fuming.”

“…Again?”

“Yes. So Father’s mediation has completely lost credibility…”

Zeus slept with a mortal woman again.

The fight between Ares and Hephaestus is ultimately related to Aphrodite’s love.

But Zeus, who is not usually like this, had his authority undermined by Hera, who was furious. The god of adultery and rape… who would trust him to mediate a love fight?

“I understand what you mean. So you’re still fighting a little bit?”

“Yes. Because of the angry gods, it’s affecting this world…”

“Wait, is that why there are so many dead people because of the natural disasters in this world?”

“That’s right. But more than that, Father asked Great-uncle Hades to temporarily mediate…”

When Hermes said this, I couldn’t bear the rising anger.

I unknowingly emitted cold divine power, and a roar burst out from my mouth.

“More than that? Do you know how many dead people have flooded the Underworld because of the Olympian gods’ love fight?! It’s one or two times that mortals suffer because of Olympus’s misbehavior, and the work of the gods belonging to the Underworld increases. How many times is this! And Zeus, who undermined his own authority, asked me to mediate? Are you kidding me!”

“That… that is.”

“Hermes. Come to think of it, you were also aiming for Aphrodite. Aren’t you partly responsible for this situation? Tell me honestly. Did you think you would have a chance to get Aphrodite if Ares and Hephaestus fought?”

“…Actually, I already had a child. Hermaphroditos…”

“I don’t want to hear anymore! Get out of here right now!”

“Yes. Yes, sir!”

I got a little bit of reason back after getting rid of Hermes, who was running away in fear.

Haa. Let’s calm down a bit. We can think about it slowly.

So, let’s slowly organize everything again.

Hephaestus was furious because of the affair between Ares and Aphrodite and hit Ares, and when the two fought, other gods joined in, and Olympus was divided into two sides and fought. Of course, Zeus mediated, but his authority was undermined by Hera, who was furious because of the affair he committed. Natural disasters occurred in this world due to the gods’ ridiculous fight, and humans died in droves.

Kwaaaang!

“Hooo…”

Calm down. Calm down. A big hole was created in the floor of the audience chamber by my unknowingly stomping foot.

I am the king of the Underworld. I must always judge calmly and rationally. First, I will go to Olympus and scold all the immature ones, and then…

Knock knock.

“Who’s outside.”

“Lord Hades. Another human woman who didn’t lose her memory has come from the River Lethe [another river in the Underworld]. She’s wailing that she suffered terrible things at the hands of Lord Zeus. What should we do?”

I can’t take it anymore.

The Underworld is busy to death, but the ones above are harassing humans and misbehaving? I can tolerate it if the abuse is moderate. This has crossed the line too much.

It’s not enough for me to go to Olympus and scold the gods.

This needs to be fixed from the root.

I’m going to overturn Olympus.