170 – Nymphs and Greco-Roman Mythology # 5
170 – Nymphs and Greco-Roman Mythology # 5
“Wow, that’s a lot.”
Kunjong’s newly acquired skill, 《Squirrel Storage》.
Inside was enough luggage to fit three or four backpacks.
“Now I can take out various fruits and eat them during battle.”
Due to its strong stamina, it was able to quickly recover from injuries and wounds by eating fruits such as strawberries and almonds.
Now that it has the means to store fruit, its durability in battle can be said to have improved significantly.
The Parthenon Temple returned with that feeling.
Kalinoi, who had been waiting for me, came running at a slow pace and thrust his head into my body.
━Whoo, whoo… !
During the journey to Jigori Village, which took about a day, Kalinoi was left at this Parthenon temple.
The reason was simply because Kalinoi liked this Parthenon temple.
For your information, I also entrusted Kwangkkwang and Angangi to you.
“How are you?”
Sseukseu-.
I stroked the heads and backs of Kalinoi, Angangi, and Bangkwangi.
Everyone seemed to get along well and there didn’t seem to be any trouble.
“He’s such a kind owl! “Even ants and spiders are so calm!”
Bard Erato of the Muse Guild took care of my animal friends for a day and seemed quite affectionate.
Soon Mr. Erato spoke to me.
“I heard the news! I heard you successfully subdued the ancient species of Jigori Village? Now all that’s left are chimera ants! “I heard that S-Rank Hex successfully subjugated ‘Emperor Crayfish’!”
Is this S Ranker Hex?
He is Greece’s second S ranker and is called “Gale Hex.”
You’re a wind wizard who controls the wind, right?
According to the latest rankings, Hex was also a big player, ranked 13th in S rank.
“That’s amazing.”
The capture of ancient species was progressing more smoothly than expected.
All that remained were the “Chimera ants” That were said to have escaped to the waters off Chios Island.
Palak-.
I showed Mr. Erato the paper on which I wrote down the prophecy I learned in Jigori Village.
“When the long-old beasts breathe out into the world again, a typhoon awakening from the deep sea may create a great wind and turn the world upside down…” !」
Mr. Erato frowned when he saw this letter.
“What is this?”
“It is said to be a prophecy of a nymph from a long time ago. I feel like it fits the current situation perfectly. The old beast seems to mean an ancient species. The typhoon….”
I looked at the sky.
From a distance, a strong Typhoon No. 35 Could be seen approaching Greece.
The largest typhoon in 300 years.
To prepare for this, people nailed windows and fastened signs that could fly off or even brought them inside the house.
“This Choris’ friend, Zigoriol, was a nymph who was good at predicting the weather with her short, pointed ears… ! It is clear that it was predicted in advance that a major typhoon would come in the distant future… !”
The typhoon was scheduled to land in Greece around this evening or tomorrow morning.
It seemed right to evacuate people to a safe place before that.
However, the typhoon landed in Greece faster than we expected.
Whiooooo!
A truly powerful wind blew, and we had no choice but to sit in the sturdy Parthenon temple and stare out the window.
“It feels like the last day of the world… !”
Oinoi trembled.
Soon, Coris and Illinois were also busy shivering, covering themselves with blankets.
I can’t believe nymphs are so afraid of typhoons.
“The wind is harsh.”
To lighten the mood, I joked to Achilles, who was sitting next to me.
But Achilles didn’t answer anything, and when I turned his head, I saw Achilles looking out the window with a very serious expression.
“Mr. Ildo, what did you say?”
It was only then that Achilles relaxed his expression, perhaps feeling my gaze.
Before I had time to open my mouth again, Achilles spoke, stroking his chin as if embarrassed.
“I don’t really like typhoons. “This and that comes to mind.”
“Is that why you didn’t participate in the Typhoon of Time and Space?”
I was able to recall the fact that Achilles did not participate in “Argonaut”, A joint operation of S-class awakened people some time ago.
Qarring-!
At that time, intense lightning struck.
It felt like I had hit the top of this Parthenon temple located high up.
━Yingyingyaing.
Doongsil-.
Yingying, the typhoon cloud that Oi Noi always carried around, flailed her body against her window.
Does this mean you want to go outside?
Of course, Oinoi snuggled into the blanket and moved her shaking hands to grab Yingying.
“If you go outside in this weather, you’ll be in big trouble…” !”
It was indeed the right story.
Tiririririri-.
At that time, Achilles’ cell phone rang with a rough ringtone.
Achilles received the phone call and his expression changed every moment.
“Cracks in the typhoon… ? Overload… ?”
Indeed, it is so.
I thought I roughly understood it.
The story is that there was actually an open crack in the typhoon, and that the crack could overload and create various crises.
Could it be that ancient beasts such as giant squirrels, chimera ants, and emperor crayfish actually emerged from cracks in that overloaded typhoon?
It was just my guess, but it seemed to make sense.
Tuk-.
After hanging up the phone, Achilles sighed.
“Mr. Ildo, it is said that contact was lost after Pantheon Guild’s S Ranker Hex set out to subdue the crack in Typhoon No. 35. I received a search and subjugation request….”
# # #
Quarreung-.
Intense lightning continued to strike.
At 5 p.M., A warning alert rings out loudly, accompanied by the noise of crashing waves.
The world was covered in dark clouds, as if it were midnight, and only the sound of the storm rushing here and there hit my eardrums mercilessly.
Achilles recalled the distant past.
It was exactly the same weather when his father went missing after jumping into the sea to save someone.
Going outside in this weather would be tantamount to suicide.
“Hex guy.”
Hex of Gale.
He was the second-in-command of Greece and had a strange sense of competition and opposition to Achilles.
He was the first to jump into the typhoon to suppress the cracks discovered in the typhoon, and as a result, he lost contact and was listed as missing.
Thanks to that, the guild gave Achilles a mission to save him and close the crack of the overloaded typhoon.
However, Achilles was reluctant to walk through this typhoon.
It would be nice to say that a feeling of fear was blooming in a corner of my heart.
In fact, everyone had an aesthetic attitude for similar reasons, and in the end, it was clear that the request was passed around and passed on to Achilles, an S ranker.
Zek-.
At that time, Haildo, who was looking out the window, stood up.
“Where should I go?”
He seemed intent on heading out towards the typhoon.
Achilles Legion was greatly surprised.
“Mr. Ildo, it is too dangerous a mission to ask an awakened person from another country… ! No one would ask Mr. Ildo such a favor… ! No one will criticize you… !”
“But if you leave the overloaded cracks like this, something more dangerous could happen… ! Maybe now is the soonest time… ! You might need to get it done before it’s too late… !”
Indeed.
Achilles felt like he learned more about the man named Haildo.
He was a similar figure to Achilles’ father.
He was a man who was willing to jump into the stormy seas for the work he had to do.
And usually, in the words of such people… You will be called a hero and praised.
People would lay flowers at their graves and shed tears in memory of the brave man who would not return.
“Mr. Ildo, I know now that you are chasing glory as if you are impatient. “But what is the point of wealth and fame if you end up dead?”
“… ….”
Haildo closed his mouth.
Did his own opinions work?
When Achilles thought so, Haildo said.
“Mr. Legion, I said that no one would ask me to do anything dangerous and no one would criticize me, but that was wrong. “If I crouch down like a coward in this typhoon, I will have to be criticized by that person for the rest of my life.”
“Who on earth…?” ?”
“I am myself.”
━Kkeongkeong… !
━Zuji… !
━Hiooong… !
━Yingyingyaing.
Small animals clung to Haildo’s left and right shoulders and back.
They went outside the temple gate without any time for Achilles to stop them.
Hwiooooo-.
As soon as the automatic door opened, a strong wind blew and disappeared.
# # #
Kaooooo-.
The sound of the wind was like the roar of some animal.
The wind and rain was blowing so loudly that if you turned your head, you could see the raindrops not falling toward the floor, but rather ascending to the sky.
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“Where should I go?”
I frowned and looked around to find overloaded cracks in the typhoon.
At that moment, the strange typhoon cloud Yingying that was clinging to my shoulder boomed and flew up.
━Yingyingyaing.
It seemed as if he was telling me to follow him.
I ran hard following Ingying, but the wind and rain was so strong that even walking was not easy.
Pod-.
Something grabbed my back.
━Whoo, whoo… !
It was Bongbong Kalinoi.
The tiger owl is a master of flight, and was once such an amazing being that it could comfortably fly through the “Typhoon of Time and Space.”
As Kalinoi held onto my back and flew after the typhoon cloud Yingying, I was able to discover the entrance to a crack in the clouds where lightning was striking particularly intensely.
Whiooooo-.
Now I see that this intense typhoon itself was formed by rain and wind escaping from inside a crack!
In other words, wouldn’t this mean that if we close that crack, this terrifying and strong typhoon will also clear up?
“Kalinoi, let’s go in there!”
━Whoo, whoo… !
Together with Kalinoi, I threw myself into the crack floating in the sky with all my might.
The inside of the crack we entered was like a vacant lot with broken marble pillars and only traces of structures remaining.
The site of a collapsed temple.
Ancient ruins.
It would be better to express it that way.
Kwarreung, Kwarreung-.
It was the same as outside the crack, with rain and wind blowing and lightning striking.
━Hiooong… !
At that time, Kwangkkwang, who has a unique spider sense, raised his front leg and pointed somewhere, as if he had discovered something.
There was a man standing there, wearing a priest’s uniform with the symbol of the Greek Orthodox Church drawn on it. His hair, which grew like a lion’s mane, was emerald green and he was tall.
“Hex! I’m here to save you! “You’re safe!”
“… Ugh, ah, no… ! Why didn’t Achilles come? You have to take me down… ! The one who can defeat me is here in Greece… There is only him… !”
Chuck-!
Hex opened his hands to me as I approached him.
Huh! Whiooooo-!
It seemed like a strong gust of wind blew and my body was blown about 10 meters away.
When I feel puzzled about this situation, I think…
“Of… Consciousness becomes blurred… ! Escape from here… ! This crack… This crack is a little different from the cracks I’ve seen so far… ! Take control of my body…. I couldn’t hold on any longer… ! Ugh… !”
Cheolpudeok-.
S Ranker Hex fell to the ground in the muddy mud.
Five seconds after that.
Hex woke up groggy and laughed, shaking his shoulders.
『It’s deplorable. I can’t even contain 10% of my strength. But in this world where there are no gods, heroes, or even the songs of fairies, a vessel like this would be enough—.』
Hex’s eyes glowed with white light.
It didn’t seem like an ordinary situation.
『The long time of sealing and patience is over. I am the end of the Age of God! A cataclysm in the world! Typhon! It’s apocalypse! I will cut out this world—!!!』
Hex floated into the air due to a rushing gust of wind.
He tried to escape through the overloaded crack entrance.
I instinctively felt that I should not let that man out of here.
I need to draw attention to myself!
“Kkeungkeung, the time has come to use new technology! It’s a seed bullet!”
After loading the seeds he had stored in the “Squirrel Storage” Into his mouth, he spat them out with a thump.
━Crumbling… !
Dududadadadada-.
The principle seems simple, but its power was truly comparable to that of a bullet, and the seeds penetrated Hex Pascal’s «wind barrier» and struck his body mercilessly.
『aaah~』