Chapter 323: 323

[Little child, who are you?]

Three of the countless arms that stretched out from the gods were holding me, Yoo Jonghyuk and Kim Namwoon . I hung in the air and stared at the giant with disbelieving eyes .

The door opened so easily? I couldn’t understand it . The door that sealed the place below the 77th floor originally couldn’t be opened from the inside . It was the same in the 47th round and the 211th round . That’s why I prepared the offering in advance . . .

[Um . . . the probability is difficult . It’s getting worse these days . ]

There was a sound and sparks of probability appeared around the bodies of the giants . The giant pulled off one of its fingers and threw it at the door . The sparks rushed like they had been waiting and melted away the finger . Then the sparks slowly faded away . It was an unbelievable sight .

The probability was replaced with one finger? Such a thing wasn’t possible in any of Yoo Jonghyuk’s rounds . An aura rose faintly from the giant’s body . The depths were hidden by an enormous ‘status’ that was unfathomable was sleeping inside the giant .

One of the oldest existences in the world . Myths accumulated over the years . My heart trembled just counting the years on the surface . This was a titan . It was unmistakably a titan . The myths that stirred in the giant’s body were worn but still alive . It was much different from the original novel I knew .

「 The energies of the ancient giant that Yoo Jonghyuk met was on the verge of death . 」

It was strange . All the giants relied on the giant stories of Titanomachy and Gigantomachia . As the influence of the myth weakened or the distortion of the traditions grew, their power weakened as well . Due to the habitual event of Olympus, their giant stories should’ve been considerably weakened by now .

[Boy, aren’t you going to answer? I am confident in waiting because my patience is as deep as the sea . I have already been waiting a long time but there is no reason I can’t wait longer . ]

However, there was an unbelievable vitality coming from the giant in front of me . Thoughts passed through my head .

「 Maybe it is because I came to the Underworld too early? 」

Gigantomachia hadn’t happened yet and perhaps the decline of the giants hadn’t exceeded the threshold .

The giant continued speaking . [However . . . I don’t know if my other friends will be the same . It has been a while since children as delicious as you entered . ]

Kim Namwoon was shaking and didn’t even think of answering . The giant stroked Kim Namwoon’s cheek like he was cute .

[You are a child with deep sin . A child like you is delicious to eat . The body of a giant soldier itself . . . were you the one torn last time?]

The prisoners who crashed underground while trying to escape Tartarus were usually fed to the giants . Kim Namwoon struggled and would already be foaming at the mouth if he was human .

The giant’s gaze turned to me again . [You have many good smells . A constellation, angel, demon, human . . . there is even an outer god . What type of stories are these?]

I didn’t answer . Sometimes this was a clearer answer than words . The opponent might be an ancient god but I couldn’t be intimidated from the start .

[The status of a ‘demon king’ is released!]

I emerged from the grip of the giant and the giant’s appearance became clearer . The size of the giant was beyond my imagination . It was almost 100 metres in height . . . in the first place, I couldn’t fight this existence .

[I’m going to eat this child . ]

[Let’s tear him in half . ]

Voices came from all over the place . I opened my mouth and gave a cold warning . “We aren’t prey . “

“We have come to negotiate . ” Yoo Jonghyuk also contributed .

Yoo Jonghyuk released his transcendence and also escaped the giant’s hand . However, the giant replied in an unconcerned manner . [It isn’t your decision . ]

I knew it would be like this . The destruction of the giants ultimately derived from this arrogance .

I used my true voice without further delay . [It is nice to meet you . The great ‘Hundred-Handers, the three Hecatoncheires brothers . ]

At my words, 300 eyes simultaneously opened in the darkness . These eyes belonged to only three giants .

The three giants spoke at the same time .

[Interesting . You came here knowing about us?]

50 heads and 100 arms, the Hundred-Handers . I knew the names of these titans .

The strongest storm, Briareus .

The rushing stone, Cottus .

The changing limbs, Gyges

They were living myths who had experienced both Titanomachy and Gigantomachia . All the stories of Olympus were accumulated in their bodies . If they were ‘books’, I felt like I could sit here for decades reading them .

[The Fourth Wall is greedy for the taste . ]

Perhaps this was a myth . The oldest story in the world . Things that had been passed down to mortals and finally formed a worldview .

The appearance of the three gods was the same but their eyes were different colours . Briareus had blue eyes, Cottus had brown eyes and Gyges had green eyes . I gazed at the hundreds of eyes and opened my mouth again .

[I have come to liberate all the giants from Tartarus . ]

My true voice echoed and spread . Perhaps it was enough to be heard by all of Tartarus, not just the Hecatoncheires . In the darkness, the sound of some giants moving their bodies was heard . However, nobody opened their mouths .

It was because the titans in front of us didn’t say anything . The reactions of the Hecatoncheires to my words were different . Cottus was grumpy while Gyges looked tired . Only Briareus was different .

[What a funny joke . I want to eat you even more . ]

I didn’t back down despite the intimidating threat and smiled . “As you can see, I’m too small for you to taste . You will have to eat more than me . “

I looked over at Yoo Jonghyuk . As if he had been waiting, Yoo Jonghyuk’s muscles started twitching . Soon after, Yoo Jonghyuk’s body started to grow . 2 meters, 3 metres, 4 metres . . . Yoo Jonghyuk’s height increased rapidly as he held the Black Demon Sword while gazing at Briareus . Half of the many eyes were filled with doubt .

[ . . . Giant Body Transformation? How do you have that skill?]

“I learnt it from you, Briareus . “

The power of the Breaking the Sky Swordsmanship filled the Black Demon Sword . Like a little hero going against the myth, Yoo Jonghyuk growled out . “To be exact, it was the you of the last ’round . ‘”

***

Technically, Yoo Jonghyuk’s teacher was only the Breaking the Sky Sword Saint . The source of the power he possessed was the Breaking the Sky Swordsmanship trained through countless regressions .

However, Yoo Jonghyuk didn’t learn only one skill . Through numerous regressions, Yoo Jonghyuk had learnt various techniques from various beings .

Giant Body Transformation was one of them . It was gained through the stigma Transmission . In particular, Briareus who taught the Giant Body Transformation had a small connection with Yoo Jonghyuk . The evidence was the blue eyes that resembled the Breaking the Sky Sword Saint .

[A little while ago, a young giant visited here . I heard a story in exchange for awakening that child’s ‘destiny’ . . . I wanted something but it was about you . ]

In the First Murim, I promised to send the Breaking the Sky Sword Saint to Tartarus in exchange for her help . Perhaps Breaking the Sky Sword Saint told him about us at that time . I didn’t know what the stubborn transcendent had said but I thought the story might be resolved well .

[ . . . The singularity mentioned by the constellation . ]

[The presence moving a giant wagon . . . ]

[The scenario is really heading towards ■■ . . . ]

There was an unknown tiredness in the voice of the giants who wanted to eat us a while ago . No, it was a voice close to resignation rather than a sense of liberation .

[I am interested in you . Then how do you want to liberate us?]

“I want to create Gigantomachia . “

I cut to the chase . I had ended up meeting the titans and it wasn’t good if I couldn’t get the job done .

The three Hecatoncheires brothers were the protagonists of Gigantomachia and Titanomachy . With these three, it wouldn’t be impossible to overturn Gigantomachia . “This side is ready . If you try―”

[I refuse . ]

I was a bit hesitant at the decisive answer . “Why?”

[Young child . You won’t understand . ]

Funnily enough, his words were true . I couldn’t understand why they would refuse the offer .

The three Hecatoncheires brothers and the giants were detained for a long time here in Tartarus . They hated this prison more than anyone and had a deep grudge against the 12 gods . Why did they refuse to be liberated?

「 Kim Dok ja’s head is ba d . 」

I quickly recalled the contents of Ways of Survival but couldn’t come up with the correct insight .

The information f the giants wasn’t described in detail in Ways of Survival . As the contact with the giants increased in the second half of the novel, Yoo Jonghyuk would rather pull out his sword than talk . I mean . . . just like now .

-Stop . We were really screwed if he moved his sword here .

I saw Yoo Jonghyuk release the hilt and looked back at the giants . I had to remember . How could I convince these lumps that were tens of thousands of years old?

Unexpectedly, Briareus opened his mouth first . [Young child, how many Gigantomachias do you think there are in the world?]

At this moment, letters appeared on the faces of the giants . The stories of the giants were started to speak . The sentences contained very old feelings .

[The effect of the ‘Scenario Interpreter’ is activated!]

[Your understanding of the story has increased sharply!]

I was able to glimpse the memories of the giants through these sentences . The history of the long-ago Titanomachy and Gigantomachia .

[The result of all scenarios is fixed . We are just a part of that scenario . We have already fought in numerous Gigantomachias that you don’t know . ]

The 60th scenario, Gigantomachia . In that scenario, the giants were trampled on . Olympus won the war and periodically reopened Gigantomachia . The giants were brought to war again and again . They were dressed in ragged clothing and equipment and were hunted by hundreds of armed constellations and incarnations . The bloody wounds were false and their bravery mocked .

[We were defeated . ]

It happened 10 times .

[We lost . ]

100 times .

[Another defeat . ]

It repeated over 1,000 times .

[Now you are telling us to stand on the battlefield again . ]

Just like the regressor Yoo Jonghyuk .

[How long will you call out the spectres of the past? How long will you turn over the dead shells of the myth and insult them?]

The giants were ‘regressors’ in a different sense than Yoo Jonghyuk . Finally, they were exhausted by the ‘regressions . ‘

[Child, we don’t want liberation . We are no longer curious about the story . ]

TL: Rainbow Turtle