Chapter 196 – Helios, the Fallen God

Helios.
A being who was once the god of the sun.
I met this guy once.

In the dungeon here in Daejeon.
Our party faced this monster face-to-face.
Everyone ran with the goal of clearing the dungeon, so we fought desperately.

Okay.
I fought this monster alone, not knowing that Shin Seo-ah was killing my comrades.

1v1.
Just a fight between him and me.

When we competed then, we were pushed back.
Without a single skill, I was finally defeated.
Helios, who saw me defeated and knocked down by him, said.

-You’re not the one who stole my wagon…

Then he left.
As if you’re not interested in me.
And he escaped the dungeon with Shin Seo-ah, who arrived late, and reached now.

“A long time. Helios.”
-Carriage… Find my carriage…

Despite the reunion after a long time, Helios was only clamoring for the carriage as if he did not know me.
With a huge black spear pulled out.

“You are still there.”

I realized when I met the gaze of the guy who was glaring at me.

‘I’ve become stronger.’

I, not Helios.
The first time I met his gaze, I was trembling so much that I couldn’t move my body, but not now.
Be patient
No.
Relaxed.

“I want to finish it with my own hands.”

That wasn’t my job

“All in formation! Going into battle.”
“Yes!”

The students looked at me with nervous faces.

“What can I do?”
“Nuna distracts him so the kids can fight comfortably.”
“Okay.”

A leather suit covered Noona Chungha’s body as she nodded.

“Oh!”

Everyone was surprised, but I was not shaken.
Now that she knows she can control her suit on her own.
Spreading her jade line, she caused an affair.

-Mind… Car…

Helios stumbled and held off her attack.

“Huap!”

I drew my saber and stabbed Helios in the stomach.

Fu-wook!

“Gagging!”

The guy coughed up blood.
The wound was not deep.
To dodge in the meantime, it was a considerable speed.
Helios counterattacks at me at the same time.
His window glowed black.
I wondered if it was possible to shine black, but interest was possible.

Still, he was once the god of the sun.

“Teacher!”

Lee Hye-ri swung her spear.

Quaang!

The flames spilled out by Lee Hye-ri hit the dungeon walls as they were.

“Great!”

Yuara used her telekinesis to channel the falling debris aside.

“Goddess bless you.”

The holy power of Seongju blocked the spread of the demonic energy as the flames exploded.
For a while too.

“Sir, take care of yourself! Blizzard!”

Chae Seon-hwa fired blizzard, a powerful range magic of ice type.
A storm of dozens of degrees below zero raged along with an ice pick.

Kwagwagwang!

– Aaaaah!

Helios was pushed back, leaving a deep mark.

Helios, who quickly came to his senses, ignored me and ran towards the students behind me.

“Where are you going?”

Baek Cheong-ha blocked Helios.

Quaang!

A clash of strength and power.

Chungha noona did not get pushed back and endured it once.
Her suit squirmed and added strength.

Although it was strengthened thanks to the power of the suit, it was a tremendous power.

Awesome!

– Aaah! Wagon thief!

Helios’ forearm was wounded by her attack.

Quaang!

“Kyaaak!”

Chungha noona stepped back in the huge shockwave, and I didn’t miss the chance.
I overcame the shock wave and dug in, stabbing the guy’s gap.

Fu-wook!

– Aaah!

When he stabbed her thigh with a saber, red blood gushed out.

– Bastard…
“Why do you keep looking elsewhere? Because your opponent is me.”

Helios met my eyes and smiled.

– Aaaaagh!

The guy swung the spear.

Quaang!

I stabbed the air, not me.

-Kill.
“Too slow to kill me.”
– Shut up!

Reason disappeared from Helios’ eyes, growling with rage.

“Done. Mina Han!”
“Yes, teacher!”
“Prepare to use your abilities on him.”
“All right!”

Then he looked at Jeong Su-ryun and asked.

“How much is left!”
“I’m ready.”

At my words, Jung Soo-ryun, who finished the highest stage of the build-up, drew the bowstring.

“Mina!”
“Yes, teacher!”
“When Jeong Soo-ryun shoots an arrow, put your abilities on him.”
“All right!”

The momentary gap she created would put an end to everything.

I lost my temper and hit the spear of Helios who was attacking me.

“Shoot!”

Phut!

Arrows were fired at the same time as my cry.

-Carriage… Give me my wagon!

At that moment, the eyes of Helios, who had lost his reason, were unfocused.
It was just a moment.
A brief moment less than one second.

The boy stopped moving.

Fu-wook!

– Aaah!

Jeong Soo-ryun’s arrow pierced the boy’s eyes and head.

‘Done.’

I thrust my saber into Helios’ chest as he struggled.
The Demon, who was once a god, collapsed while shedding the last blood.

That’s how the attack on Helios ended.

-Ah, it was a good scene… In the end like this…

Aphrodite’s voice was heard as she looked at Helios, who was out of focus.
Seeing that only Seong-ju was startled, it seemed that only she could hear it.

-Still, I want the last path to remain as a god, can you show me mercy?

Aphrodite asked me.
He nodded her head, meaning whatever you want.

“It’s Seongju.”
“Yes, teacher.”
“Come to work.”
“Yes.”

She came to her musket and stood in front of Helios.

“Give your blessing to this corpse.”
“All right.”

Sssss.

As Jo Seong-ju put his hands together and gave a blessing, the others could not hold back their curiosity and asked me.

“What are you doing?”
“It purifies the corpses of demons.”
“Why are you doing that?”

I told the kids who asked as if they didn’t understand.

“He was once a god.”
“Poetry, is it God?”
“Are you saying it was such a monster?”
“Okay.”

Everyone saw Helios being purified.
Her faded gray and tousled hair returned to a golden hue, and her black-pigmented skin was bleached white. It was cold because he had already died, but it was certain that he had regained some of his previous appearance.

“That’s Okay.”

Jo Seong-joo, who had exhausted his divine power to purify himself, wiped away the sweat.

“It was a lot of trouble.”
-Thank you. Seongju-do and Siwoo-do.

Aphrodite’s voice faded.

-The story you want to know will come to you tonight, so let’s talk about it then.

At the last word, Aphrodite’s voice disappeared.
When I finally confirmed Helios’ death, I let out a sigh of relief.

“Haaa.”
“Did we beat the boss in Eagles Park Dungeon?”
“It was really possible.”
“Good job. Everyone.”

I was blown away by those words.

They looked at each other in disbelief.

You caught the boss of Eagles Park, which was rated as an S-class dungeon.
They caught a huge guild like Daesung or Twilight or a dungeon that could be cleared.
Of course, with the help of me, Chungha noona, and Kim Hyunjung, I nevertheless broke through that difficult dungeon with students who hadn’t graduated yet.
It’s nonsense.

Even if this dungeon was easy for an S-class, and I knew the strategy.
It was also true that their skills increased rapidly while hunting monsters for a day.

“Now, going out to the dungeon to rest a bit, and cleaning the magic from the equipment…”

It was time to talk about future work.

-You don’t have to.

I heard the voice of a strange man.

I stretched out the sword that had not yet been put in the scabbard toward the sound.

Whoo!

The sword passed aimlessly.

-Haha, trying to kill someone who is already dead. Isn’t it too much

I saw a handsome blonde haired man floating in the air.

“Helios?”
-Okay. Helios has been purified thanks to you.
“Are you resurrected?”
-No. It is now on the brink of extinction. I have come to thank you with my last strength.
“… All right.”
– No. If it wasn’t for you, I would still be living like a dead man wandering around the Nine Heavens.

After a moment of silence, he said.

-Since I have purified my body, the magic that resides in this dungeon will soon disappear. It also means that there is no need to destroy this dungeon.
“…”
– Can I ask you one last favor?
“Please speak.”
-Can you make that friend as well?

His gaze turned to the fallen Nightmare.

-That’s the horse that led my carriage. He was cursed like me and became a specter.

Jo Sung-joo purified Nightmare as Helios requested.

– Thank you. From now on, this dungeon will be yours.
“Where is this?”
-It used to be my palace. Now it’s been ruined by some fucking pseudo-god.

Helios clicked his tongue and held out a golden key to me.

-If you go into the locked room inside my palace, there is a treasure. Take the treasure you want from there one by one.
“Thank you.”

Gifts were not refused.
Especially if it is a gift from God.

-Lastly, there is a bathhouse that I used to enjoy. It should be enough to relieve fatigue there.

After those words, his body gradually began to blur.

-There’s not much time left.
“I will ask you one thing. Why did you become a demon?”
– It’s the work of someone you know.

After speaking, Helios’ body gradually faded.

– Thank you.

After saying his last goodbye, he disappeared.

“And… He was a real god.”

Everyone stood with admiring faces.

“Then are we God Slayers?”

He slapped honey chestnuts on the forehead of Yooara, who was talking excitedly.

Fuck!

“Ah!”
“I wasn’t even a god. He defeated Helios, who was cursed and became a mid-level, at best a high-level demon. Don’t be too proud.”
“Ugh, yes…”

After calming them down, Chae Seon-hwa, who had been listening to this, opened her mouth.

“By the way, didn’t Helios say there was a bathhouse earlier?”

At that, everyone turned to where he pointed.

“I think that’s the palace.”

The huge palace, which only regained its appearance after he disappeared, disturbed his eyes.
Deep golden vertical lines visible between the white marble.
The palace is studded with splendid sentences symbolizing the sun god.

It was tempting us.

“Teacher.”

Everyone looked at me almost at the same time.

“We’ve been working hard for so long, wouldn’t it be okay to take a short break?”

I couldn’t help but nod my head at the silent pressure.

“OK.”

Because even when you race, you need some carrots.

***

-You asked me who the observer was?
“You’re right.”

I sent them all to the bathhouse and called Aphrodite.

Standing in front of her, she took a deep breath and opened her mouth.

– Just know one thing. Just talking about this is putting a lot of pressure on me.
“I see what you mean.”

It meant to save Jo Seong-ju more.

-The identity of the observer is God.
“God?”
-Okay. A being like me who was once a god. However, the essence was twisted and the existence changed its form. We call such a god Chaos.
“Chaos… So, did those gods create this gate phenomenon?”
-It’s similar. It’s divine intervention. Ripping a dimension is something that only such people can do.
“Then why not intervene…”
-Because I can’t do more than that. Just like I put forward a saintess as my agent.

At that time, Shin Seo-ah came to mind.
She is the one who created a religion called the Salvation Church.

That means that she created the Salvation Church to bring that chaos god to this world and use his power.
If this world was turned into a mess because of that god.

‘I have to kill him somehow.’

“So what is the original identity of that god?”
– He is a god you know well.
“I know… ?”
-Okay. Odin. An existence that was once the main deity of Northern Europe. But now it’s just a mass of chaos.
“…”
– That’s all I can tell you.

Kurleung!

Then lightning struck where I was.
Even though it is clearly inside the building.

-It’s a warning. Don’t tell me any more.
“I see what you mean.”
-Anyway, have you paid off all your debts?
“Thank you.”

She slipped away.

Having sent Aphrodite, I took off my clothes.
Now I have to warm up too.

Enter Helios’ splendid bathhouse.

With a splash!

The hot water washed my body.

Eww… Cool.

Then I heard

“Teacher entered.”

The voices of the students listening attentively to the sound of me entering through the wall.