Leveling With The Gods - Chapter 163

[Level Up with the Gods Episode 163]

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Phew, puff, puff.

I felt like I was going crazy.

Seeing my mother dying in front of my eyes felt like my eyes were spinning.

I was angry.

Even though I knew it wasn’t real, I wanted to find Ares and tear him to pieces.

“Stop it…”

My voice trembled.

Although it was small, there was no way that voice could reach Ares or Alcmene in front of me.

Quaaaaang-!

“Stop it!”

I tried trampling the ground and spreading mana around, but the memory of the necklace did not disappear.

Hwaak-.

A red air current of mana spreading in all directions.

Alcmene’s mana still remained and haunted Hercules’ memories.

sssss-.

The scattered mana is reunited.

The image of Alcmene being stabbed by swords and spears no longer appeared.

Instead, another memory of Alcmene begins.

-I’ll probably die.

Two people sitting opposite each other.

Alcmene and her older sister Alena.

-Why did I keep my son, who was raised as a weapon, in my arms? I thought about it carefully.

-Why?

-How will Hercules react if I die?

Alena’s eyes widened at Alcmene’s question.

Through that question, Alena was able to realize why Zeus had tied Hercules to Alcmene.

-Then I kill you…?

-Nothing comes to mind other than that.

-Is there any intention behind letting mother and son stay together? Aren’t you thinking too much?

-sister.

Alcmene shook her head resolutely.

-You don’t know Zeus. For him, there is no such thing as ‘just’ something.

-That can’t be possible…

Mite-!

Crying was heard from the inner room.

It was the cry of Hercules, who had not yet been weaned.

Alena is startled and Alcmene gets up from her seat.

Alena hurried towards the door and blocked Alcmene.

-Alcmene stay away from Hercules.

If that’s really Zeus’ purpose.

Even though they are parents and children related by blood, the closer Alcmene gets to Hercules, the closer she will get to death.

-Pretend you don’t know. I will find a nanny for you. Then you…

-I can’t do that, sister.

Alcmene looked beyond the door that Alena was blocking.

The sound of a child crying can still be heard.

Hercules was calling to him.

-Then you die!

-Even if that were the case, I couldn’t do it.

-why?

-He’s my son.

-Is it because of responsibility?

-no.

-then?

-It’s just because I love my son so much.

Alena, who was momentarily speechless at the answer, bit her lip tightly.

A mother who loves her son.

No one in the world has the right to blame it. But now, as Alcmene’s older sister, she had to protect Alcmene.

For that reason, Alcmene should not be with Hercules.

-That guy is just a war weapon planned by Zeus.

-Do you think so too?

Wow-.

Alcmene’s eyes as she glared at her older sister, Alena, gained strength.

She stretched out her hand toward the door Alena was blocking. Unlike Alcmene, a ranker, Alena, a player who had given up on climbing, was powerless to stop her.

-In that case, I should be on that child’s side even more. Even if everyone thinks that way, I shouldn’t think that way.

As long as Zeus has made up his mind, that child’s fate is no different.

No matter what happens, he will send Hercules into battle. Hercules will become a weapon of war and will kill many giants whether he wants to or not.

Kiiiiii-.

Jump and jump -.

Alcmene opened the door, forcefully opened the uvula, and picked up the crying Hercules.

“Mom…”

Looking at that scene, the adult man collapsed in his seat helplessly.

-Thank you Hercules.

I desperately missed Alcmene’s warm eyes looking at me when I was still young.

-For being born as my son.

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Hwaaaa-.

The red mana surrounding Hercules changes every moment.

Perhaps, Hercules is seeing a truth that he did not know.

『There was a story like this. 』

Gigantes’ voice rang in my ears.

Yuwon raised his head and looked at him.

The height is high enough to make the back of your neck feel stiff.

As I looked up at Gigantes, which was so huge that it reached the sky, I felt a stiffness in the back of my neck.

‘Can you see everything?’

Alcmene’s skills were not that great.

A skill that is nothing more than an image that shows memories stored in a voice.

There was no way Gigantes, a giant comparable to the Three Gods, could not understand Alcmene’s skills.

“thanks.”

『What do you mean? 』

“Just watching over me. “I was a little worried that they might seize this opportunity to attack.”

Hercules, the giant slayer.

It was perhaps one of the few opportunities to kill him.

If he had considered this an opportunity to attack Hercules, the fight between Hercules and Gigantes might have taken place here.

『You took a risk and came here to resolve the misunderstanding between Hercules and our giants. You can’t let that effort go to waste. 』

“Do you mean thank you?”

『I guess I’ll have to wait and see about that a little longer. 』

You have to watch.

It meant that Hercules would be judged based on his future reaction.

‘You seem to have a lot on your mind.’

Yuwon was also looking at the memories of the necklace.

I had already heard the story and knew the general story, but seeing it with my own eyes felt different.

‘Gigantes was shaken.’

There was a reason why I came and gave it to him at this moment, a necklace that I could have given him earlier.

As a giant slayer, Hercules killed numerous giants.

Even if he stops slaughtering giants when he learns the truth, the fact that he is an enemy of giants does not change.

But what if it turns out that Hercules’ hostility toward the giants was caused by Zeus?

What if Gigantes, the leader of the giants, saw that fact in person?

‘Help me, Alcmene.’

The lives of hundreds and millions of people depend on her, who died more than a thousand years ago.

In order to prevent a huge war that will occur in the future, Alcmene’s voice has no choice but to persuade Hercules and Gigantes.

While Yuwon was looking in the direction of Hercules.

Gugugugugu-.

The gigantic head of Gigantes came down.

Eyes the size of a house came down from a height of hundreds of meters and looked towards Yuwon.

Yuwon turned his head and only after a long time did he find Gigantes’ focus and look at him.

“why?”

” okay. I remember. I heard it from Urfa. 』

Urfa.

An old high ranker from the giant tribe who taught us how to obtain the sea stone we met on the 20th floor.

It seems that Gigantes heard news about the amusement park from him.

“Weren’t you sleeping?”

『No way, I’m just going to sleep here the whole time. Sometimes I would wake up and hear news about what was going on in the world. 』

“Then why didn’t you stop Hercules until now?”

” here. 』

Gigantes raised his arms and exposed his chest.

Burnt scars visible between the chest and armpits.

『It is a wound from Zeus’ thunderbolt. It took a long time to heal. 』

“Are you hurt? “Is that why you were hiding?”

『It’s not hidden. 』

Gigantes lowered his raised arm to hide his wound again.

『I was preparing for the next fight. 』

‘Next fight.’

2nd Gigantomachia.

Unlike the first war, which was unforeseen, the second periodomachia leads to a war several times larger than the first.

At first, I wondered why it happened like that.

Everyone put their heads together and thought about it, but no other cause came to mind other than the fact that Zeus raised Pan.

But now I feel like I understand a little bit.

‘Wasn’t it only Olympus that prepared for war?’

Even hand clapping has to meet to make a sound, and war ultimately requires an opponent.

Olympus preparing for the second Gigantomachia. As Gigantes, the leader of the giants, said, they too were preparing for war.

‘The giants are destroyed in the second Gigantomachia.’

The giants were a race that accounted for a significant portion of the tower’s power.

Due to the second Gigantomachia, the giants were destroyed and several large guilds, including Olympus, suffered irreparable damage.

An incident in which the tower’s power was greatly reduced.

‘Winning the war against Olympus is the next best thing. The best thing is for the war itself not to break out.’

For that very reason, Gigantes’ judgment was important.

The man in front of me was like Zeus of Olympus, holding the key to war.

『Seeing as how you gave Poseidon a refreshing blow, you must be an enemy of Olympus. 』

“That’s right.”

『So are you on our side? 』

“That’s not it.”

『Phuhuh. Just like I heard, this guy has no idea. 』

Gigantes looked at Yuwon and smiled strangely.

The laughter was so loud that to Yuwon’s ears, it felt like a natural disaster. Gigantes looked at Yuwon, who was covering his ears, with wonder.

『 Climbing the tower so quickly, stealing the item from Ares, and finding this place that even Olympus couldn’t find. This is all beyond common sense. And you have defied all common sense and are now standing here between me and the giant slayer. 』

Even if you look at each thing separately, it was by no means unusual.

A skill that surpasses most rankers.

An achievement of obtaining the sea stone that Poseidon was looking for and stealing the item that Ares was carrying.

As a result, he informed Hercules and Gigantes of the truth.

『Right here you made history. 』

Makes history.

It’s a grand statement, but Yuwon didn’t feel that way.

no.

To put it bluntly, it is wrong.

Because what he was doing was not making history, but changing it.

“I’m kind of awesome.”

『I didn’t learn humility. That’s all you need. 』

Gigantes laughed smaller than before, perhaps paying attention to the reaction of Yuwon, who was covering his ears to the loud voice.

『Anyway, he’s an enemy of Olympus, but he’s not one of them, so that means he’s neutral. Not sticking to either side means there’s no one to help you when you’re in danger. 』

“Don’t tease me. “Because it’s already popular.”

『Are you really okay? 』

“Yes.”

When I thought about what I had to do next, it had to be that way.

To Yuwon, the power of the group was like a poisoned chalice.

In the end, the power of the group will hold Yuwon back, and instead of giving him greater power, it will take away his freedom.

freedom.

That was Yuwon’s greatest power. No other guild had greater charm than that.

『I can’t help it if that’s what you mean. 』

Fortunately, Gigantes did not force an answer.

Instead of feeling disappointed at Yuwon’s answer, he rolled his eyes and looked back to where Hercules was.

” Now… 』

Whaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Red colored mana being sucked back into the necklace.

『It’s his turn to choose.』

The mana that had spread like fog cleared and Hercules with a blank face appeared.