Chapter 447 (1/2)
Giiii-aaaaah—!
Buzz, wu-ooong—
Su-hyeun’s eardrums shook painfully. The raucous screech reverberating throughout the netherworld was shrill enough to make Su-hyeun instinctively furrow his brow.
“Gee whiz! You sure do have a set of pipes, don’t you?”
Rumble—!
Pazzik, bzzzzik—
Su-hyeun summoned a Thunderbolt in his hand and said, “Whatever the case might be, I’ll regard it as you accepting my challenge.”
“You’ve made a foolish decision.”
Vrrrrr—
Soundwaves invaded Su-hyeun’s head which soon turned into a stiff voice. Su-hyeun immediately realized who was talking to him—there could be only one creature here that might want to talk to him, after all. . “You have a surprisingly cool-sounding voice, don’t you?”
“If Ares and Hercules were both here, you probably could have escaped from here alive. Even if it took you three days and night, well, I wouldn’t have won against those two in the end, after all.”
Gyges was clearly underestimating Su-hyeun. Just from its voice alone, he could hear its disdain for him.
The corner of Su-hyeun’s lips curled up at such a reaction coming from Gyges. “That’s just your opinion.”
“Then, what are you planning to do against an army of this size?”
“Well, that…”
RUMBLE—!
POW—!
The moment Su-hyeun’s Thunderbolt flashed, the bodies of all the nearby Giants exploded into bits and pieces like overinflated balloons.
“Of course, I’m going to eliminate you all.”
“You overestimate yourself.”
“It won’t do for you to make an important judgment like that even before you start fighting me. And also…”
Shu-wuwuwu—
“The difference in the combat force is just your opinion, too.”
[The “Necromancer” trait is being activated.]
[By using “Death Aura,” you can see or command the dead.]
Death Aura leaking out to Su-hyeun’s surroundings seeped into the ground below.
“Arise.”
Crack, crunch—
Gu-gugugu—
The corpses of the fallen Giants began standing back up one by one, but that wasn’t even the end of the story.
Clack—
“Deli…cious…food…”
Prince Nezha and Gluttony, the renowned summons under Su-hyeun’s command, began appearing one after the other as well.
Just Gluttony alone was a summoned creature powerful enough to rival Predators ranked within One Hundred Evils.
But what Gyges paid most attention to wasn’t Gluttony nor Prince Nezha.
Chwa-aaaah—
“That creature, isn’t it—?”
It was a creature wrapped in a gigantic wave of blood—a beautiful naked “woman” currently sporting pure-azure skin.
“Kali?”
The new addition to Su-hyeun’s summons was none other than Kali.
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Olympus wasn’t a place anyone could enter without permission. Not only many gods resided here, but it was also surrounded by an independent line of defense.
This barrier was the handiwork of the God of Blacksmiths, Hephaestus.
Boom, bang—!
Buzzzz—
But that protective barrier was being shaken around right now.
The impact force got transmitted inside as well. The noises as the barrier shook were loud enough to reverberate within the entirety of Olympus.
The part of the barrier being attacked had turned pure-white opaque. The change indicated that the barrier, which had been operating for a very long time to keep out the Giants, was rapidly reaching its limit.
Meanwhile, at the spot below it, many gods had gathered.
Athena, who was among them, asked, “Where is Lord Ares right now?”
“He must’ve chased after Lord Hades and traveled to the netherworld, my lady. Also, we believe the outsider and Hercules have departed with Lord Ares.”
“Why did it have to be now, when it’s—?” Athena muttered before shaking her head.
There was no such thing as “convenient timing” in war.
If an event occurred, then it stood to reason that a cause must exist too. No “result” could exist without the “cause” and “process.”
Athena closed her eyes for a short while and calmed her racing mind. She finally muttered, “We’ve been had.”
“I’m sorry, my lady?”
“Where is my father right now?”
“I’m sure he’s currently in a meeting with Lord Apollo.”
Athena mused loudly, “He must’ve heard the commotion by now…”
Just what kind of discussion were they having that Zeus hadn’t shown up even after such a loud commotion?
It was too late now to urge some other gods to go and call Zeus here, which meant that the gods that were already present and finished with their equipment inspection had to hold on until Zeus arrived.
“Lord Hades has disappeared after heading off to the netherworld. Lord Zeus is currently tied down by another urgent matter. And finally, Lord Poseidon fell during battle not too long ago.”
Thud—!
Athena slammed her heavy shield on the ground. The terrain faintly rumbled, causing the attention of the gods gathered here for war to focus on her.
“We must engage our enemies without the presence of the Three Gods representing Olympus. Are you all prepared?”
“Yes, ma’am!”
“In that case…”
SHATTER—!
The barrier shattered right then.
“Let’s go!”
Whoooooosh—
Pow, popopopow—!
Through the open gap of the shattered barrier, large spears rained down indiscriminately.
Fwhoooosh—!
Clang, claaaaang—!
Popopopow—!
The counterattack of the gods was just as fierce.
Gods stood up to the Giants’ attacks and began wielding their swords and various other weapons. Some even powerfully threw spears, while a few others fired their energy rays to directly blow up the Giants’ heads.
They might not rank among the Twelve Gods of Olympus, but even then, enough of the gods present possessed fairly high divine status in their own right.
“So, he came today, too.”
And then, visible within the gap of the shattered barrier was a truly gigantic eye.
An iris humongous enough to completely blanket the sky was “floating” right above Olympus.
“U—uwaahh, euh….?!”
“W—what the hell…is that?!”
Several of the gods were frightened out of their wits by that existence and knelt down. If a non-divine creature ended up looking at that existence, they would’ve simply keeled over and died just from the sheer terror alone.