I Became a Mythical Hunter After Killing the Golden Goblin - Chapter 227

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Chapter 227. The Fall of Olympus
Predation. And the Heavenly Slayer Star Demon who absorbed such predation.
In truth, neither ability could be described as perfect or complete.
Had predation been perfect, the Beast Kings would have accumulated power over nearly an eternity through predation alone, and no matter how formidable Solomon’s barrier was, they could have shattered it effortlessly.
Reality was merely absorbing minute quantities of power—a racial trait with clear limitations. Nothing more, nothing less.
The Heavenly Slayer Star Demon was no different. Had complete absorption been possible, the Heavenly Slayer Star Demon would not have perished so pathetically even after being struck by Longinus.
Since predation was not the Heavenly Slayer Star Demon’s primary ability, expecting more than that was problematic.
Therefore, even if I combined these two unstable abilities to approach perfection, 100% predation should have been impossible.
Yet somehow, I could achieve it. I never questioned why. Until now, I had simply assumed that combining these two forces naturally produced this result.
But the moment I devoured countless lesser gods and consumed Hermes, I understood.
‘The Vessel!’
That vessel—my talent, my foundation, my very purpose—which dared allow a created being to contain The Creator. It was this that made it possible!
A miracle that transforms 99% into 100%. That vessel, which could rightfully be called infinite, perfectly absorbed everything of my enemies into itself.
Since predation, which originally had clear limits, now possessed none, it could finally be called complete.
So it was only natural that upon awakening, I trembled as I felt my stature and power multiplied several times over.
This was a different dimension from the lesser gods and apostles of before. One of the Chief Gods ruling vast Divine Realms. No matter that they were merely avatars, the stature and authority they possessed were real.
The ravenous hunger began from that moment. The desire and hunger to grow stronger merged into one.
I began devouring everything with mad fervor. Like a starving demon who had gone months without food.
Everything visible before my eyes, every existence that stood in my way, every player who appeared strong.
I devoured, and devoured, and devoured again.
I was not insane. The hunger was merely a false emotion I had created from nothing. I could still think and reason sufficiently.
In the villages that existed in 100-floor increments, I did not unseal abilities with coins. The abilities I had consumed and those I currently possessed were sufficient.
I lacked time to internalize the newly acquired powers, let alone use my existing abilities. Besides, the strength I gained did not fall far short of what I already possessed.
The enemies before me no longer frightened or bewildered me. I had learned the greatness and power of the Chief Gods through Hermes, but that was all.
When they grew stronger by 1, I devoured them and advanced by 10 or more.
Demeter, who dominated the 200th Floor Layer and shaped the Labyrinth to restrain me like Hermes, was devoured by me far too easily.
It was only natural, as she was the goddess of life with no greater martial weakness than Hermes.
She charged at me trusting in her infinite regeneration, which transcended immortality itself—her greatest advantage. But that regeneration, which was creation itself, shattered mercilessly against the Reverse Heaven techniques I had comprehended by combining the Qiankun Great Seal and the Tai Chi.
The 300th Floor Layer was ruled by Ares, called the God of War and Lord of Warfare. The tier I favored most.
Beneath the truth that only strength mattered, an Infinite Duel unfolded.
Ares and his apostles gasped in horror once, witnessing the defeated warriors devoured by me without even their souls remaining.
They could only gasp again in astonishment at my overwhelming power and stature.
Yet Ares, calling himself the God of War and Lord of Warfare, did not shy from combat and charged at me to the bitter end, ultimately becoming my prey and absorbed into my vessel.
As a result, I accepted his authority and grew several stages further. What followed was merely repetition of the same.
The 400th Floor Layer. The domain of Artemis, called the Goddess of the Moon and Goddess of the Hunt. A floor where only pitch-black night continued, where one had to hunt enemies trusting only in moonlight.
And it was the first floor where a Chief God fled in terror, abandoning their avatar.
A hunt so overwhelmingly dominant it could only be called a massacre began, and when none of her subordinates returned to their true form to relay information, Artemis, understanding the entire situation, fled without looking back.
In truth, they must have found it strange. So much time had passed, yet no information reached them through their true forms.
Even if Hermes was as brilliant and formidable a Chief God as they came, I doubt they believed he could detain me for such an extended period.
So this clever goddess, upon confirming all truth, fled in terror.
And this was indeed the best and most optimal choice she could make.
She had awakened the remaining six Chief Gods to my danger and the near-incomprehensible nature of my power.
As a bonus, I had no choice but to absorb not the authority existing in her true form, but merely the scraps of authority and rank lingering in her divine vessel.
Three Chief Gods—beings who could have easily reigned as Divine Kings in other Divine Realms—and yet I had to consume mere scraps. The frustration was real, but it was already in the past.
Realizing that the true trial was only beginning now, I did not stop and headed toward the 500th Floor Layer.
As if to vent my resentment at not acquiring more power, I tore through the layers and spent every coin I had frantically accumulated to unseal my abilities.
With that alone, I reclaimed power nearly comparable to a high-ranking Divine Seat. Considering that before entering the Bottomless Pit I possessed the rank and power of a Chief God—the highest-tier Divine Seat—this growth was utterly absurd.
What was even more astounding was that this represented only 30% of my seals being released.
If I merely climbed to around the 700th Floor Layer, becoming a Concept Divine Seat would now be an inevitability.
I had already experienced the omnipotence that comes with the rank and power of a Concept Divine Seat twice, but ascending to that realm in its complete form was another matter entirely.
It meant I could achieve the miraculous feat of Shedding. It meant I could see my Parents again.
And naturally, the most bewildered and terrified by my insane growth was Olympus, who had poured everything into the Bottomless Pit.
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Boom!!!
Massive black lightning spread in all directions, erasing everything in its path.
【This is utterly absurd!!!】
The 999th Floor of the Bottomless Pit. Excluding the 1,000th Floor where only the final page of Lemegeton existed, this was effectively the last floor—a layer so meticulously fortified that only the mightiest beings could reign as its boss. Yet it was reduced to scorched earth by a single outburst of rage.
Yet the rage remained unquenched. Lightning erupted madly from Zeus’s entire body.
As if he had already completely adapted to the primordial magic the Bottomless Pit bestowed upon the layer’s ruler, his lightning was pitch-black and far more potent.
From the 800th Floor Layer onward, he had drawn forth all his power to the point where even calling it his true form rather than a divine vessel would be justified. The current Zeus had transcended even the power of a Divine King, reaching a state where it would be fair to say he touched upon the realm of a Concept Divine Seat.
Yet that very fact meant that despite his full strength, Gaia’s buffs, and the immense primordial magic granted by the Bottomless Pit, he still had not reached the domain of a Concept Divine Seat.
No—that realm could not be reached so easily in the first place. Rank and power were merely one small condition among many.
To become a true concept required vast authority, and one had to accumulate overwhelming Achievement sufficient to accomplish Shedding.
Zeus possessed more than enough Achievement in the grand form of mythology, but everything else fell short.
Power and rank that were not his own were naturally negative factors, and lightning and the sky—mere fragments of a shattered concept—possessed far too little potential to become a singular concept.
This was why Zeus had searched so desperately for Uranus’s legacy, and why he sought to kill Shin Ju-ha.
【Gaia!!!】
Zeus’s fury soon turned toward the Concept Divine Seat who had joined hands with him. His own daughter, the ever-magnificent goddess of the moon and the hunt, had fled without fighting and brought him the truth.
【That bastard! That bastard is growing stronger by devouring our Olympus! He is consuming gods!】
The traps and martial prowess he had prepared for the layers were now meaningless. Artemis, being the goddess of the hunt, possessed perfect understanding of her prey. And Shin Ju-ha, as confirmed by her authority, was nothing short of a product of the incomprehensible.
To fight him on equal footing, a Chief God positioned two layers above would need to descend.
【The plan is already finished! This is no longer a meaningful battle! It is nothing but one-sided slaughter—a loss only for Olympus!】
Naturally, Zeus had no intention of passively accepting this and foolishly making his enemy stronger.
He wanted to command all the gods of Olympus to retreat immediately.
But….
【It is impossible. Foolish, ignorant, and weak lightning.】
The moment Zeus tried to abandon his divine vessel and return to his true form, massive black sparks erupted from his body.
Simultaneously, a scream tore from Zeus’s mouth, and Gaia conveyed the truth to him in a tone bordering on mockery.
【The other Chief Gods and Apostles may not know, but you. You alone, Zeus, can never return to your true form.】
【What nonsense is this!】
【It was already an interference with such conditions. Did you really think you could descend into a 2nd Dimension created by Solomon’s knowledge without any restrictions whatsoever?】
【You never mentioned such a thing!】
【Well, strictly speaking, I resolved that matter by investing my causality. However, since the target must not leave even with such a trap set, I bound you as the price of binding him here.】
It was a measure that couldn’t even be called a backstab. As Gaia… no, even Zeus would have made the same choice. It was such an obvious decision. But now that circumstances had unfolded this way, everything had fallen apart.
Zeus’s face flushed crimson as all his fury poured forth toward the emerald light floating in the void.
【Gaia! You wretched woman!!!】
【Tsk, how unfortunate. I did anticipate you’d exceed expectations to some degree, but I never imagined you’d actually do something this absurd.】
Gaia took in everything about the Bottomless Pit with her eyes, perceiving the entity that was frantically traversing the 500th Floor Layer.
【That being has already reached the realm of concepts. Once the seal here is broken, it will undergo molting and reach the 2nd Dimension.】
A monster. That monster which reigns over the 2nd Dimension without dominating it—an existence far more irregular than even Solomon.
‘Dangerous.’
If that creature devoured Olympus like this, it would be far too perilous.
Gaia murmured thus and gradually expanded her presence.
【So you intend to collapse like this?】
【…Shut your mouth.】
【Tsk. Since things have gone awry, there’s no point in holding back.】
Gaia began to expend all the causality she had reserved for herself—the causality she had saved to use after everything concluded successfully.
【You were hiding this much causality! And yet—】
【Be grateful I’m using it. I have no desire to watch you all become that creature’s pathetic prey. Since I’ve already made an enemy of that being, if you lose, I’m next. I cannot allow things to progress to that point.】
Half. Gaia, who had hidden fully half of her allotted causality, now poured it forth without reservation—no, she even expended all the causality she had accumulated over eons into the Bottomless Pit.
【For my sake. For yours. For Olympus. Kill that monster. Zeus. That is the only way you and I can survive.】
It was the moment the Labyrinth underwent transformation once more.

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