King of Underworld

Chapter 16 The Story of Typhon – (5)

“You will be buried in Tartarus for eternity.”

After taunting him, I donned the Kynee and felt that familiar sensation once more.

It felt like I had temporarily disappeared from the world and stepped into another space.

“You… you bastard! Where have you hidden?!”

Boom!

Typhon’s fist struck where I had just been, and a storm swept the area, but I was no longer there.

[Zeus, let’s follow the plan Athena mentioned.]

[Alright, I’ll send the clouds when I see an opening.]

The slash I delivered to Typhon made it clear.

While I could wound Typhon with the Scythe, I couldn’t decapitate him with a single blow.

Despite being weakened, he was still the monster that defeated the entirety of Olympus.

His body’s hardness surpassed imagination, so even Zeus’s world-shattering lightning only caused him pain.

Crash!

“Take this! Typhon!”

“Graaaah!”

While using the Kynee, I had infiltrated Olympus, which Typhon had occupied, and retrieved the Scythe.

I had intended to decapitate Typhon myself.

But when I reached the battlefield and asked the other gods to create an opening, only Athena suggested a different approach.

[Uncle, only Zeus can decapitate that monster.]

[Even with the Adamantine Scythe in my hand?]

[Yes. Briefly reveal yourself to Typhon. Though he possesses immense power, he is still a young monster with no experience in war.]

Even with my strength and the Adamantine Scythe, I couldn’t deliver a fatal blow.

If we engaged in a war of attrition, he might escape.

Zeus, who could decapitate him in one strike, was Typhon’s primary concern.

Thus, the plan was to divert Typhon’s attention towards me and secretly pass the Scythe to Zeus.

When Typhon was focused on the invisible assassin, the Scythe would already be in Zeus’s hands.

That was the plan devised by the goddess of war and wisdom.

“Hades! You’re hiding like a rat! Grrr!”

Roar!

The most ferocious storm yet raged over Mount Olympus.

The frantic movements of the monster, anxious at the thought of being targeted by an assassin wielding the most dangerous weapon.

Inevitably, his vigilance towards Zeus weakened.

“Aren’t you fighting me, Ares! Don’t get distracted, Typhon!”

The god of war, who could exert his full power in fierce battles, flew back to the battlefield and charged at Typhon.

“See the flames of Olympus’s forge!”

The god of blacksmiths and flames, Hephaestus, raised his hammer high, and the nearby land was engulfed in flames.

With the earth goddess Demeter’s tacit approval, the blazing flames grew so intense they reached the clouds.

Typhon responded with another giant storm, creating a colossal firestorm connecting the ground and sky.

Boom!

[Now, Zeus. I will deliver the Scythe.]

[I will send a rainbow cloud. Place it there, brother.]

With Typhon’s vision blurred by the fiery storm, now was the chance.

A strange, multicolored cloud covered the area, and I silently placed the Scythe in it.

* * *

“Graaah!”

The snakes that made up Typhon’s hair spewed lightning and venom wildly.

As he himself knew, the tide of battle was gradually turning in favor of the Olympian gods.

If not for those hateful Moirai and the deceitful humans!

“Monster, face Poseidon!”

Crash! Boom!

Poseidon’s trident, imbued with blue divine power, struck Typhon’s face again.

But the real threat was elsewhere.

“Hades! The lord of the underworld is like a sneaky rat!”

The invisible assassin, armed with the strongest weapon, the Scythe, was lurking in the shadows.

The Scythe was the ultimate weapon that had wounded Typhon even before he fell into the trap.

If there was an opening, the blue Adamantine blade would fly towards his neck.

Typhon, who continued to fight the gods while remaining wary of the unseen assassin, felt something.

A sinister attack from behind—there he was!

Slash!

The eerie slash split his back, spilling golden ichor, but a smile formed on Typhon’s lips.

Assassins were only fearsome when unseen; his location was revealed by that attack.

Boom!

A storm coiled around Typhon’s foot as he struck in the direction of the slash.

The ground split deeply, creating a loud noise and a minor earthquake.

“Haha, got you, you bastard!”

“Ugh..”

Hades, with the Kynee removed, lay on the ground.

He seemed severely wounded, ichor flowing from his mouth as he lay there.

With a triumphant smile, Typhon looked for the Scythe.

As long as he took back the Scythe Hades had, there was nothing to fear.

This time, he would sever the tendons of every god and bury them in the earth!

But the Scythe was nowhere to be seen.

Even with his extraordinary divine vision, he couldn’t find the Scythe around Hades?

“Heh…”

The sight of Hades’s cold smile mocking him confused Typhon.

Simultaneously, he sensed an overwhelming power behind him. Zeus!

“It took some effort, but this ends here, Typhon!”

Come to think of it, Zeus’s lightning hadn’t struck for a while…

Slash—

Typhon’s vision flipped upside down and then went dark.

* * *

Boom!

“Phew…”

Zeus, holding the Scythe, decapitated Typhon with a single blow.

Simultaneously, the fierce storm that had been raging ceased.

Typhon’s body collapsed, no longer moving, and his head rolled on the ground, covered in dust.

Yes, we had won.

The final weapon Gaia sent against Olympus had been defeated by the gods’ combined efforts.

If Typhon had stormed straight into the underworld and freed the Titans from Tartarus to fight with him, we might have lost.

His only mistake was his arrogance in believing solely in his power.

“Cough…!”

Hmm… My body ached from deliberately taking his attack.

Look at the ichor flowing from my mouth; his power was immense.

I picked up the Scythe that had fallen with Typhon’s head to the ground.

Was his neck too hard, causing Zeus to miss?

I prodded his head to see if he was truly defeated.

His fiercely glaring eyes closed, and he seemed to be in a temporary state of suspended animation.

[To create a definite opening, take a hit and remove the Kynee. It will surely deceive Typhon…]

Athena, was this payback for the personal grudge from the Great Flood?

Did I make her do too much back then?

“Hades! Are you alright?!”

I’m fine, don’t cry, Hestia.

We gods are immortal beings, you should know that.

Even though you’re a seasoned god who experienced the war with the Titans, you’re still soft-hearted…

But ruthless in battle.

“This time was truly dangerous. I didn’t think Gaia would create such a creature.”

“Mount Olympus is in ruins. What should we do?”

“We have to rebuild it. The nymphs and minor gods will have a hard time.”

As the battle ended and the gods began to gather to treat their wounds and catch their breath.

As golden ichor flowed from their bodies, the air around us began to glow with a golden hue. Ares seemed particularly injured…

Now that we had defeated Typhon, it was time for cleanup.

“Hades, we’ll make sure to repay you for coming to help Olympus.”

“Humph, Zeus. Of course, I want a reward.”

“…Poseidon, you too.”

“My arrows, as bright as sunbeams, couldn’t pierce him…”

“I almost got hunted by my own prey.”

“The land, which is like my child… It’s completely ruined. I’m sorry, I had no choice.”

“Lady Demeter, I’ll try to restore nature.”

“Pan, let’s postpone the restoration of nature and come with me. Let’s check for any remnants of the enemy.”

“Understood, Lord Hades.”

I set off with Pan, who was bounding along on his goat legs, to search for remnants of the enemy nearby.

Since there was a monster named Delphyne who was Typhon’s subordinate, we needed to make sure to deal with any leftovers.

Typhon, with his head cut off, was already out of commission, so leaving him was fine.

With only the gods here, they could handle whatever came up.

Soon, small animals sent by Pan spread out in all directions to search for the monster.

After a moment of listening to the whispers of the forest and fields with his ear to the ground, Pan called out to me.

“There… in a cave, there’s an unfamiliar animal.”

Found it.

* * *

Following Pan to a nearby cave, I indeed sensed the presence of a monster.

The energy was weaker than that of Delphyne, whom I had encountered earlier, so it seemed there were more remnants.

“This is the cave.”

As I entered the cave Pan pointed out, I was greeted by a dog.

A black dog lying on its side, yawning lazily.

With its glowing, monstrous eyes and faint traces of Typhon’s energy, it was clear this creature was Typhon’s offspring.

Sensing hostility from us entering the cave, the dog got up and growled, looking somewhat cute.

But… did it have three heads?

“Seems like a weak monster, so I’ll handle it.”

As Pan reached out, the plants near the cave naturally intertwined to form a sharp spear.

The spear made of plants seemed ready to pierce the three-headed dog at any moment…

Grrr! Snarl…

Oh,

it bit the spear Pan sent its way?

Even though he underestimated the small monster and sent a half-hearted attack, it was impressive.

“Hah… this monster…”

Pan glanced at me and then focused green divine power in his hand.

He seemed embarrassed to have lost face in front of me.

“It’s fine. I’ll handle it.”

“Huh? There’s no need for you to…”

For a weak creature like this, there was no need to use the Scythe.

As I drew the Bronze Sword and approached, the dog chewing on the plant spear flinched and looked at me.

The three heads quickly assessed my appearance and the sword…

Whimper! Yelp! Whine!

It lay down on its back…?

“It seems… it’s surrendering.”

Pan, looking incredulous, glanced at the monster and then at me.

As a god of nature, Pan could understand the words of low-intelligence animals and monsters, so I could trust his interpretation, but…

I was bewildered by the sight of this wretched monster, seemingly related to Typhon, behaving this way. It cautiously approached, staying a bit away, and looked at me, wagging its tail furiously.

Pant! Pant! Whimper!

“It’s saying, ‘It’s an honor to meet such a high being… I’ll do anything, just spare me.'”

What…?