Chapter 558. A natural disaster, the prelude to Gigantomachia (3)
It was only for a moment that I was surprised.
A huge fury arose among the Titans who soon came to their senses.
Cuckoo Cuckoo!
a throbbing life.
“Kuk!”
“This mouse-sized human…”
“I looked at you cute, but you can’t understand the fraction!”
The Titans each picked up a weapon.
“Mr. Jinhyeok!”
“Jinhyuk!”
Teresa and Andrea stepped out at the same time.
Teresa gathered divine power through the ‘Blessing of the Stars’. Andrea activates the ‘Fox Fire Game’ to reveal the power of a nine-tailed fox.
A breathtaking confrontation ensued.
It wasn’t strange even if an attack came and went right away.
It’s a really touch-and-go situation.
But just then
“Hahaha!”
Loud, thick laughter erupted from among the titans.
“…!?”
“…!!”
The Titans who tried to attack Jinhyeok stopped right there.
Then he turned his head in the direction of the laughter.
“Get out of the way. He seems to have something to say with me…”
The Titans I’ve met so far all have enormous size and enormous magical power.
It was nothing compared to the colossus talking now.
A way of speaking that feels time and mythology.
In the magic that emanated from the body, there was an indescribable energy of the absolute.
This guy is Kronos.
He is the head of the Titans and the main god who held all the power of Olympus before Zeus.
As expected…
…it worked.
The corners of Jinhyuk’s mouth went up.
‘Cronus has a personality that doesn’t have any business with people who cringe normally.’
A man who flatters and bows his head is a weakling.
In order to recapture Olympus, I don’t even talk to those idiots.
That was Kronos’ style.
That’s why I did things that were deliberately provocative.
As expected, Kronos responded.
“I came to propose a nice alliance, but the guest reception is really poor. ah! Is it because you’ve been locked up in the dungeon for too long and you’re losing your sense of self? Then maybe you can understand.”
“cheeky…! I dare you to know who he is.”
“I will rip your snout off!”
“From now on.”
Cronus growled lowly at the shouts of the Titans.
“Those who open their mouths without my permission will have their heads ripped off.”
Be careful even of the sound of your breathing.
Kronos’ order contained such a meaning.
The sound of breathing in the wind could be heard from here and there.
But no one had a liver big enough to spit out more than that.
“So, what proposal did our bold humans come up with to make the board this big? I hope it’s something I’m interested in.”
“I don’t know if you already know this or not, but I was the one who broke the seal of Tartarus. It’s like the benefactor who saved you guys from this hell.”
“Huh…”
A smile appeared on Cronus’ face.
This is because what was dubious about became a reality.
“Funny. I never thought it was a human being who found the drum that was so tightly hidden. If so, is your purpose also to defeat Zeus?”
“I have a lot of bad ties with him in many ways. I’m thinking of cleaning it up right now. Of course, to do that, you need a strong alliance.”
“Thank you for getting us out of here. But why should I ally with you?”
That’s it…
“Because you alone will never be able to recapture Olympus.”
Cool, but this is the reality.
Because it was the Titans who were annihilated by Hercules alone.
Even if they were released again, the results would not change much.
Besides, isn’t this the state of being added to the age of 1000?
The odds of winning were infinitely close to zero.
“But with my help, the story is completely different. There are ways to stop Hercules. Because I also have a card that can withstand Zeus’s Astraphe.”
“Hahaha! That’s such an arrogant word. Apparently, it seems that he met Zeus on another floor… That’s because Zeus got out of Olympus. In Olympus, its power increases more than five times.”
One of the most powerful attack aircraft in the entire Tower of Trials.
The methods that can be prevented or offset are also extremely limited.
“Only those who inherit the blood of the Titans can withstand even a little bit of such an Astraphe. With a human body, just looking at its brilliance would reduce it to ashes.”
Well, what Kronos said is not wrong.
For non-Titans, Astrafe was definitely a nuisance attack.
but.
What if I show you this?
Jinhyuk quietly raised one arm.
“That arm…”
Kronos’s eyes narrowed.
there’s no way you wouldn’t know
How could you not know?
One of the titans, ‘Tombgrave’.
He was one of the ‘great warriors’ who had a record in numerous wars in the past.
To have inherited his arm.
It means one who has been recognized by Tombgrave.
If you are a human with Titan blood, you are certainly not lacking in defeating Olympus.
The worry didn’t last long.
Kronos stood up from his seat.
“good. I will trust you.”
“for a moment.”
Jinhyeok interrupted Cronus.
“I think you’re misunderstanding something, but an alliance is something you do when it’s mutually beneficial. I broke my hand, but what will you offer?”
“…Are you asking for a price?”
“of course. Wouldn’t that be fair?”
“I don’t mind. Asking me for a price… haha. But you’re not wrong. As you said, you must have that much guts to ally with this body. What do you wish for?”
“The scythe that cut Uranus and the fragments of the broken watch. It is a condition to hand over two.”
“…reasonably expensive.”
“Well, if you put the whole Olympus on the scale, I don’t think it’s going to be so overpriced, right?”
“…”
No matter how expensive the holy relic.
Will it compare to a lifelong dream?
As much as I flew high, I couldn’t help but feel so painful now that I was stuck underground.
Cronus knew that fact more than anyone else.
so that.
I wanted to sit on my throne above the clouds once more and look down at the world.
“okay. It seems like a reasonable price.”
Cronus let out a small sigh.
with it.
An alliance between the Goinmul Corporation and Titan was concluded.
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“Haa… haa… haa…”
As soon as the sound of rough breathing leaked out of my lips, it shattered into pieces.
Red bloodshot eyes and trembling fingers.
Due to extreme fatigue, consciousness seemed to be cut off at any moment.
[The condition worsens.]
[The shackles of the contract loosen rapidly.]
I knew it instinctively.
that there is not much time left.
“contractor.”
Elise staggered and sat down on the spot.
Even in the middle of a hazy mind, reason and sensibility fought like crazy.
‘I don’t understand.’
Why is it so painful just because the contract is broken?
I couldn’t figure out why a burning thirst welled up if my heart for Jinhyeok didn’t change.
If he met Jinhyeok at this moment…
…at that time, he might become a bloodthirsty vampire rather than a precious person.
‘I have to get as far away as possible.’
At least now I’m barely maintaining my reason.
Keep as much distance as possible.
What would be the consequences otherwise? I didn’t even want to imagine.
But just then
“You’ve come further than I thought.”
Someone appeared in the woods.
A deep sense of incongruity that I had never felt before.
not a player
Even so, he was not a resident of the Tower.
He was completely different from the principals and administrators, but he was a man who smelled several times more dangerous.
“Who… is that!”
Elise immediately bared her sharp fangs.
“Wow. Please don’t be so vigilant. Because I came to help.”
The man showed both palms to express that he had no intention of hostility.
“…Help…? me?”
“okay. My name is Eagle Owl. Jinhyeok and I have known each other for a long time. He is also playing the role of a helper helping him behind the scenes.”
Eagle owl….
I once heard Jinhyeok mention the name.
in a friendly way, not hostile.
“Why am I… doing this? I definitely… value the contractor more than anyone else, but why… why the hell…?”
“Because one of us messed with Baldur’s ring. Oh, I’d rather call her my old colleague, to be exact.”
The Great Horned Owl shrugged.
The curse on the Ring of the Sun doesn’t just break the contract.
It had the effect of arousing very intense hostility and desire for the target together.
In the end, it means that from the moment the contract is broken, the two will inevitably become hostile.
“It’s not a problem that can be solved just by running away. It’s because I’ve double-tripled the device so I can’t get out. In the first place, this plan was planned much earlier than you can imagine, Alice.”
“lang syne…? Are you talking about earlier than this war? Surely you’re not referring to the time you met the contractor, right?”
The eagle owl quietly shook its head at Elise’s words.
“No, earlier than that.”
The time when the tower was first built.
It was planned before everything started.
“What do you think is the reason why you fell so much in Jinhyeok’s blood in the corridor in the first place? Don’t you think that the reason why you fell for him among so many people is simply a coincidence?”
“…!?”
Elise froze on the spot.
A blow to the head like a hammer.
Come to think of it…
…why did he try to covet the blood of the contractor at every opportunity?
Doubt after question bit the tail.
However, before the question could be resolved, the eagle owl tapped his face.
Then, his face changed in an instant.
in a way that is all too familiar.
“Bel…Ruth?”
A member of the Ataraxia family and one of her blood relatives.
Even before being locked in a corridor. And even to this day, when I came out of the cloister.
He was a vampire who was always by his side reassuringly.
“This person is not Belus, but one of my former colleagues. Belus, pretending to be a vampire, has been by your side and poisoned you for a long time.”
enough to not show off.
Slowly, with time and effort.
It made Alice want Jinhyeok’s blood.
“When all the family heads betrayed you and pushed you into the corridor. Have you ever wondered why they didn’t cut out all the limbs? Didn’t you have any doubts that Belus carried out the mission without dying every time the battles that were too much for you to handle happened?”
Even if it was said that Elis was so powerful that it was hard to kill.
There was no reason not to wipe out all of her blood relatives who followed her.
Because it was common sense not to leave any regrets as much as possible.
“That’s what we made it.”
Because there had to be an insider by his side during that long exile.
In order to make the true ancestor of Ellis completely their own.
‘I just decided that.’
“…Why…what is it? Why did you make me like that!”
Eris was overcome with emotion and screamed.
The fact that everything about him was denied was unbearable.
However, the eagle owl’s emotions were not shaken.
I was just telling the truth in silence.
The Great Horned Owl opened its mouth for the last time.
“Because you are the only sword that can kill the player Kang Jin-hyeok.”
The strongest deceased person without a single mistake.
The safety device devised by the operators to stop him is the Alice von Ataraxia.
No matter how much Jinhyeok has no blood or tears…
…because he won’t be able to cut the one he cherishes the most.
