Leveling With The Gods - Chapter 302
[Level Up with God Episode 302]
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About 15 days passed.
Yuwon sat down with his eyes closed. Nothing could be seen beneath closed eyelids.
Hades stood in front of him without saying a word.
I felt like my body was being sucked deep beneath the surface.
It felt familiar.
‘I have been to Tartarus before.’
Although it was not his intention, Yuwon had the experience of falling into Tartarus when he went to hell.
The world of the dead.
The power of the Black God Stone guided Yuwon there for a while.
A huge black sea whose size is indescribable and deep and wide.
The souls whose forms I met there were unrecognizable.
Yuwon wanted to find Tartarus again.
-Tartaros is the beginning of all darkness.
Hades wandered around looking for Tartarus for a really long time.
Tartarus was the ultimate place Hades wanted. Hades believed that if he found Tartarus, he could overcome Zeus.
That was precisely why he sought the Black God Stone.
-The Black God Stone is a medium that can open the door to Tartarus. And being able to open the door means you can go through it.
I didn’t think it was a tall tale.
Until now, Yuwon has opened Tartarus and used its magic power.
Just do the opposite.
Easier said than done.
Tsu tsutsu-.
My fainting consciousness came back to me.
At the same time, my head felt hot and the pain felt like my brain was melting.
Again.
“Oof…”
I was sore in tears.
I sat down with my eyes wide open, bent my upper body and looked down at the floor.
I could barely hold back the feeling of vomiting. It was the same this time as I opened my eyes and lost my concentration due to an unimaginably strong feeling of rejection.
“Is it a failure?”
It was then that Hades opened his mouth.
It was a voice full of regret.
“Huu hu-.”
Yuwon took a few long breaths and raised his head.
What number is this?
When Yuwon calmed down a bit and the burning pain in his head subsided, Yuwon opened his mouth.
“It’s not easy.”
“I guess so.”
He said it as if it was obvious, but he couldn’t hide the disappointment in his voice.
The gate to Tartarus.
Yuwon worked with Hades to open the door.
It didn’t take long to learn the magic of the dark attribute. And just as we were getting past the basics, Hades made a suggestion.
-Open Tartarus.
At first, I thought I was asking for something too easy.
Yuwon has been using Ouranos to open the gates of Tartarus for quite some time.
but.
-Going beyond and completely taking on the power of Tartarus is the ultimate use of Uranus.
Simply opening a door and getting through it were two completely different things.
Tartarus rejected Yuwon.
He opened the door wide, but when Yuwon tried to go through it, he always showed his teeth.
“I guess you don’t like me.”
“I didn’t think it would be easy. “Don’t worry.”
“I didn’t even worry about it.”
Yuwon stood up for a moment and relaxed his stiff body from sitting for a long time.
As I was stretching and stretching my hands upward, I saw Uranus in my hands.
Reluctance for which the reason is unknown.
The world of the dead.
‘It’s Tartarus…’
It wasn’t just Hades that was disappointing.
I knew there was a great power out there. Even if Hades didn’t tell him, Yuwon had already been there once.
A huge sea of mana.
As long as that force rejected him, there was no way to force it to pass.
‘I’m still adapting.’
One step beyond the door.
It was only one step, but it felt like I had taken a step.
And that one step was the beginning.
Once you get past the door, that’s when it started.
“You shouldn’t rush into something just because you can get over it.”
Hades had been visiting Tartarus for an inexplicably long time, so he knew quite a bit about the place.
“Once you pass over, from then on you will be neither living nor dead. “If you fall there, you may end up in a state that is no different from death.”
“I know.”
I’ve heard this more than ten times.
But it was also an equally important story.
This was precisely the reason why Yu-won, who would have originally focused on evil regardless of whether he would vomit or not, quickly gave up.
If you try too hard, you might end up trapped in Tartarus and never come back.
“You seem very tired-.”
Hades noticed sweat flowing from Yuwon’s forehead.
From morning until now, when the sun began to set, Yuwon has been crossing Tartarus without stopping.
On the outside, it looked like he was simply sitting, but in reality, it was no different from going back and forth between death and life.
“Let’s take a little break and then try again.”
Yuwon shook his head.
“no.”
Hades clicked his tongue as if he knew that would happen.
It was like this every time.
Even if Yuwon was told to get enough rest, he didn’t know how to stop.
It felt like I was being chased by something every time and I didn’t want to rest even for a moment.
And that was exactly what Hades was worried about.
“Didn’t I tell you? Once you lose your mind and are trapped in Tartarus, that’s it. So…”
“I’ll stop here for today.”
Yoo-won gets up from his seat.
It ended a little bit earlier than usual.
Originally, I was planning on giving it a try until late at night.
“Why is there no middle ground?”
Hades decided not to be more greedy, thinking that it was better than overdoing it.
Still, it was strange.
You might not know that he was very tired, but he was a Yuwon who didn’t give up even when things were harder than they are now.
“Has something urgent happened?”
Hades asked as he looked at Yuwon, who was slowly starting to catch his breath.
It didn’t seem like he stopped simply because he was exhausted or exhausted.
Yuwon’s eyes seemed more determined than before, even though he seemed like a person who had finished all his work.
“Urgent…”
Yuwon nodded to Hades’ question.
“It seems like it has happened now.”
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Chijichijiji-.
Hargan buried his face in the floor.
With his head half stuck in the ground, he spewed dazzling golden electricity all over his body.
Zeus looked down at Hargan as if he were pitiful.
“Is the discharge already gone?”
Puseok-.
Hargan lifted his head from the floor.
My body was completely tattered and I felt like a rag.
Of course, there were bound to be complaints.
“It’s been like this for a few days now. Can you believe it’s already?”
“When I was-.”
“You mean that damn latte again? “If you want a latte, there’s a great cafe on the 71st floor, so I find it there.”
Hargan screamed and fell to the floor.
For several days without rest. Not only was my physical strength limited, but I felt the fear of death at every moment.
A lion drops its cubs off a cliff to make them stronger.
Hargan felt this fact keenly through his father Zeus.
Zeus made Hargan push against it until it reached its limits.
It erupted so much electricity that it seemed like he would die if he didn’t stop it, and Hargan had no choice but to resist in order to survive.
There was one reason.
It was to bring out the power of the thunderbolt that was latent within Hargan.
“Anyway, I can’t do it anymore. “I’d rather kill you.”
Hargan lying flat on the floor.
Zeus looked down at him for a moment and nodded.
“okay. “Rest.”
It was an unexpected reaction.
Hargan, who was looking up at Zeus with slightly narrowed eyes, blinked.
“Really?”
“The results are faster than expected. “It will soon be time to look after him anyway, so until then, check what you have learned.”
It couldn’t be like this.
Hargan’s heart melted at one warm word. Zeus, who had looked like a devil from the demon world just moments ago, seemed like the most affectionate father in the world at this moment.
Hargan’s eyes looking at Zeus were filled with deep affection.
And at that look, one of Zeus’s eyebrows wrinkled.
“What?”
“No, it’s a bit new to me.”
“Does this feel new?”
“Suddenly, it just occurred to me that I was doing this with my father…”
Hargan, who was embarrassed, moved his hand to cover his eyes, pretending to scratch his cheek, wondering if he had said something unnecessary.
but.
Until a few years ago, this would have been unimaginable.
Although they were both father and son, Hargan’s father was Zeus.
Because I thought he was the great king of Olympus and would never come down from the high sky.
Although he had fallen from the throne of Olympus, Zeus was still a towering figure in Hargan’s eyes.
Even now, he has become stronger than before by holding Indra.
But now that I was with Zeus like this, I thought it was something the world didn’t know about.
“My mother would have been happy if she knew this….”
My father’s appearance has changed.
And the relationship between father and son has changed.
It was a picture that I thought was just a dream.
It was good even if the relationship was like a mirage that would soon dissipate.
At this moment, Hargan felt that the Zeus in front of him was not the king of Olympus, but rather his real father.
“That’s nonsense.”
Zeus glossed over Hargan’s words.
The moment of silence felt louder than any clamor.
The forest, where the two people’s lightning had been exploding non-stop just a moment ago, became quiet without a single sound.
The soundless gap became longer.
As time passed, it became easier to move little by little.
The air is still breathtakingly quiet.
“I’m not going?”
Hargan, unable to overcome his frustration, spoke first.
I wanted to quickly go back to my dorm, wash my body covered in dust and blood, eat, and rest comfortably.
however.
“father?”
Zeus did not respond to Hargan’s words.
A facial expression so stiff that it gives me chills.
The gaze is looking far into the distance.
My breathing became more and more difficult due to the silence. When even the air he breathed in became uncomfortable, Hargan opened his mouth again.
“Father, what…”
“You moved slowly.”
“yes?”
What on earth are you talking about?
It was then that Hargan turned his head to follow Zeus’ gaze.
It moved.
It was an empty space with nothing in it. Not only was there no one there, not even common animals or insects.
Sigh-.
It was then that the corners of Zeus’ mouth rose.
“If you’re going to move anyway, you’d better move quickly.”
A golden stream flows from Zeus’ eyes.
Kurung Kurung-.
The dark clouds in the sky let out an angry cry.
“Or the player will be taken away.”
Chichichi chichi-.
A stream of golden light rises through the fingertips into the sky and blends into the clouds.
It seemed like lightning would fall from the sky at any moment and destroy everything around it.
Immediately.
Those words have never fit so well as they do now.
The moment when the electricity gathered in the clouds was about to spray downwards.
“You still have a short temper.”
Jeopuk-.
A grey, translucent Robein appeared in Hargan’s previously blank field of vision.
“Zeus.”
gulp-.
Hargan realized something when the Robbins appeared.
Why was I so out of breath just a moment ago?
It wasn’t that the silence was awkward.
It wasn’t because Zeus’ expression or spirit was ferocious.
It was because of that inexplicable being in front of me.
My heart felt like it was going to explode.