Chapter 86 - Medusa’s Temple 2 (2/2)
“I’ve come to talk, Medusa.”
Sieg stepped forward and spoke up.
Seeing his appearance, Medusa wore a puzzled look as her blue eyes blinked several times.
“Sieg? Why are you here?”
“I come with terrible news.”
Sieg narrated the events that had happened to Medusa in detail.
Once his story had finished, Medusa scoffed.
“Nice job bringing Kriemhild’s murderers here. Just who’s side are you on?”
“I’m on no one’s side.”
Sieg simply wanted to be together with his descendants.
The conflict between gods, demons and humans mattered not to him.
He was a forgotten hero and had no worldly desires.
“Is that it? I see no reason for me to help you out.”
“Must we shed blood meaninglessly?”
“It’s not meaningless. All men are my enemies.”
The reason she had yet to attack Sieg was because he was Kriemhild’s husband.
However, now that Kriemhild was dead, she did not plan on treating him like an insider anymore.
Moreover, she did not enjoy the fact that he had joined the group of people who had killed Kriemhild.
“Is it because you got abandoned by Jerome that you despise all men?”
“Yes, I realized that men are all the same. You seduce women by whispering sweet words in their ears, use them to your satisfaction and throw them away once they are of no use to you anymore.”
Medusa was once a beautiful shamaness.
Her fate was to pray to the Sea God until her death and to receive oracles from him.
However, on a certain day, a handsome adventurer called Jerome came to the temple, and Medusa went through a trial of life.
The trial of deciding how far she’d go for love, as she had fallen for the adventurer.
Later, Medusa stole a scroll that was hidden within the temple and gave it to Jerome. That led to the wrath of the Sea God.
A bloated face as if she had drowned.
An extended, forked tongue.
A slithering and squirming lower body like that of a snake.
Her beautiful appearance had turned hideous. Jerome soon abandoned her and she was chased out of the temple. She then began living in the forest where few humans were present.
This sequence of events had given birth to her hatred against men.
“Not all men are like Jerome. Don’t get led astray by a misconceptual generalization.”
“Silence! I don’t want to hear those words from someone like you. If you want the treasures, just come at me. Don’t try to sway me with those absurd statements!”
Medusa raised her staff and gargantuan venomous snakes were summoned around her and began slithering towards the humans.
“I leave Tinia and Silvia in your care. I’ll defeat Medusa with my own hands.”
Sieg said so as he brandished his longsword. Immediately, a fiery aura began swirling around the blade.
Woohyuk was greatly interested with this scene.
‘Is he about to use Infinite Attacks?”
A skill that allowed him to do a wide-range attack by shooting out his aura.
Facing his overwhelming strength, the serpents fell powerlessly.
“Tinia, Silvia, prepare for battle.”
Soon, Sieg clashed weapons with Medusa and Woohyuk began to worry about the safety of the two sisters.
He currently was at his limit.
Although he couldn’t wield Verserios again in the same manner as he did during his fight against the Witch of Envy, he could still deal with a few big snakes.
Slit!
Slit!
Grandia glimmered as it cut down the approaching monsters one by one.
Tinia and Silvia had obviously also begun to participate in the battle.
They all played an important role and showed off each of their skills.
Soon enough, when the battle was nearing its end,
“I’ve succeeded!”
Sieg shouted as he held Medusa’s decapitated head in his hand.
Woohyuk nodded towards him and began to summon Medusa as an undead.
[Undead Medusa]
- Class: Undead Magician (Humanoid)
- Abilities: Leadership (500), Bronze Scales (Decreases all damage by 30%), Medusa’s Curse (Casts petrification magic on those who gaze upon her evil eye), Queen of the Venomous Serpents (Can summon up to 100 large venomous serpents every hour), Poison Mist (Casts poison magic within an area of 15m of radius), Enchant Poison (Can endow poison attributes to equipment)
- Stats:
Strength 147
Vitality 172
Dexterity 194
Intelligence 285
Spirit 278
‘She seems more or less usable.’
Unlike the Arachne, he didn’t capture her but made her into an undead.
It was bothersome to have subjects that would often disobey orders.
Thankfully, her overall stats and abilities were quite good.
Especially Medusa’s Curse, Queen of the Venomous Serpents, Poison Mist. They would be useful on the battlefield during wars.
After going through Medusa’s status window, Woohyuk headed to the first hidden chamber.
Upon a shabby altar lay two items.
[Medusa’s Bronze MIrror]
Type: Consumable
Effects: Crafting material. Can reflect curse spells of opponents with a lower spirit stat than the user.
[Perfect Antidote]
Type: Consumable
Effects: Single use item. Can cure someone from any kind of poison(Only on living beings).
‘Satisfactory.’
The value of the antidote was immense as there were no restrictions on the types of poison.
There were many poisons in the world for which antidotes hadn’t been found yet.
After pocketing the items, Woohyuk headed towards the entrance to the second hidden chamber.
“Go on.”
“Alright.”
Tinia nodded and activated the runes engraved on Tabris. She then proceeded to swing Tabris onto the orange barrier that sealed the room.
Skreeeek!
Sparks flew and cracks began to form on the barrier.
Tinia continued to press forward, when suddenly…
Shatter!
The barrier broke with the sound of a window shattering.
“Good work.”
“Yeah, thanks…”
Woohyuk stroked her head and Tinia lowered her beet-red face, seemingly embarrassed by this unexpected praise.
“Will you enter first?”
“Of course.”
He wanted to personally verify what was inside the valkyrie Brynhild’s grave.
With a worried look, Sieg stepped back as Woohyuk marched forward.