I Became a Mythical Hunter After Killing the Golden Goblin - Chapter 233

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Chapter 233. Divine Seat: Lightning in a Twisted Black Sky (2)
Boom! Crack! Rumble!
The sky shatters and falls. The heavens, the atmosphere, the mana itself screams for mercy, desperately fleeing as far as possible from their clash.
Black lightning tears through space, creating a void as it pierces the colossal body.
【Is this all! The great hero celebrated throughout Olympus, who received the faith of all our people—has he truly become so pathetically weak! I did not create and nurture you for this!】
Heracles, who had been writhing in the clouds with a gaping hole through his abdomen, slowly rose to his feet.
【That cannot be.】
His eyes, identical to Zeus’s gaze that had not lost its golden radiance despite being stained with primordial darkness, blazed with killing intent as he spoke in a low voice.
Heracles grasped the black lightning spear that pierced his abdomen and burned through his entire body, then wrenched it free and hurled it back to Zeus.
【Your Astrapha has fallen. It no longer frightens me, nor does it cause me pain, Father.】
Whoosh!
In an instant, his wounds healed completely, and Heracles kicked off the clouds, charging toward Zeus at a speed so overwhelming that even I lost sight of his movement for a moment.
A speed that I, who have fully embodied Hermes’s authority, cannot even perceive!
I could not fathom how such a colossal frame could achieve such velocity.
【Let me show you. The ultimate weapon you created!】
Red mana erupted wildly across Heracles’s entire body. It condensed into his club, and struck Zeus’s flank as he desperately retreated from his throne.
——!
【Gaaahhhhh!】
The impact was so tremendous it became inaudible. Zeus flew through the air and crashed into the clouds, and the black lightning throne upon which he had sat shattered.
【You know it as well. You despise giants, deny them, insult them—yet giant blood flows through your own veins.】
It was inevitable. The progenitor of Olympus, Zeus’s grandfather, was the very ancestor of the giants.
Through successive generations and the influence of Gaia, other traits evolved to dominance, suppressing the unique characteristics of the giant race so they remained hidden. Yet the true essence of Olympus’s gods is that of giants.
Zeus’s war against the giants was ultimately not a matter of bloodline, but merely a purge to become the master of Olympus.
From the Titans and the Gigantes who declared themselves the true rulers of Olympus.
And this truth produces one inevitable result.
【And I am the weapon that hunts giants.】
Authority—Gigantomacheia
Authority—Titanomachia
Authority—Giant Slayer
Authorities manifested solely to slay giants, to overcome them.
【You will die today, Zeus. Not as the great god-king of Olympus, but as the giant you so despised and abhorred.】
Heracles’s body swelled to three times its size. His two-meter frame now exceeded six meters.
【Gaaahhh! How dare you! A mere creation!】
As if in retaliation, Zeus’s body began to transform as well.
The reverse scale of Zeus, the giant nature he had suppressed for eons and believed he had erased with his lightning essence, was forcibly awakening.
Zeus grew larger and larger. I had never witnessed a giant with my own eyes, yet I could say with certainty: that is a giant.
If such a being is not a giant, then what in the world could possibly be called one?
There was one problem, however.
〚The factors you possess—Authority Titanomachia, Authority Gigantomacheia, Authority Giant Slayer—are reacting violently!〛
“Huh?”
〚Primordial Giant’s Potential Forcibly Blooms at 100%!〛
The Primordial essence I had inherited and mastered from Uranus was now manifesting.
My body began to expand as well, though even then, I remained the smallest among the three of us.
【Hmm?】
Heracles sensed the sudden transformation in my form and glanced back for a moment, but Zeus’s rampage at having his shame exposed forced him to turn his attention back to his enemy and charge forward.
【Die! Die! How dare you defy the great heavens—be torn asunder and perish!】
Zeus hurled the black lightning he clutched in his hand—Astrape—toward Heracles in a frenzy. Yet Heracles dodged the massive black bolt as though it were second nature, as though this were the ultimate power he possessed.
Instead, he evaded the tremendous black lightning and began to assault Zeus, who was at least ten times larger than himself.
‘A domain of sorts.’
As I activated my Flame Eye of Truth to observe the battle, the vast sky of the 999th Floor vanished in an instant, replaced by a battlefield drenched in blood, screams, and death.
The Gigantomachy and the Titanomachy—the wars that had erupted between giants and Olympus were being recreated.
And that domain granted Heracles overwhelming power while imposing a severe debuff upon Zeus.
‘Reduced rationality, forced manifestation of negation traits, stat reduction, authority sealing?’
In exchange for forcibly awakening his abilities as a giant, his power as the King of Olympus had been weakened.
‘Is that why he was creating lightning through Astrape?’
The reason the black lightning had become noticeably weaker than before was now clear. I let out a hollow laugh as I watched their battle unfold.
Equal. That’s what I had thought before they clashed. I believed the victor would be determined by the fortune heaven bestowed.
‘I was wrong.’
While not overwhelming, the advantage was clearly in Heracles’ favor.
If Zeus had no other options, Heracles would surely win. Yet Zeus was not one to be overcome so easily.
Zeus had created Heracles. Surely he would not have crafted a being who could become his weakness without making preparations?
Of course, in the past there had been the leash of his mother, but that leash had already been used and completely exhausted.
However, the long time Heracles spent imprisoned in Tartarus was more than sufficient for Zeus to devise new countermeasures.
As Heracles pressed his assault, Zeus forcibly suppressed his giant traits and regained his rationality, then raised Astrape toward the heavens.
【Insolent fool! Do you think I will crumble so easily! I have not yet used my perfect method—!】
He drove it directly into his own heart. The black lightning flashed brilliantly, stealing the vision of all in an instant.
【I am the master of great Olympus. The supreme lightning that reigns alone in the lofty heavens!】
When vision returned, Zeus was no longer a giant.
【Thus I have overcome it! Your power no longer works against me!】
Ecdysis.
The colossal body of Zeus as a giant remained hollow and empty, and from within it emerged the newly reborn Zeus, wreathed in flashing black lightning as he stepped forth.
The authorities Heracles had been activating lost their power one after another. Yet not all of his strength was lost.
Though I had not directly participated in the battle, my existence as a Primordial Giant possessed such overwhelming stature that it could not be ignored.
Still, since I was merely maintaining appearances, Heracles clicked his tongue and withdrew his authorities.
【It changes nothing regardless! Even without such power, I am stronger than you!】
【Arrogant wretch! Now die!】
If anything, Phase 2 had begun. And as I watched their battle, I began to loosen my body.
The outcome of this fight was painfully clear to me.
“Unfortunately.”
This battle would end in Heracles’ defeat. He could not overcome Zeus, who had gambled and transcended his own limits.
From the moment his trump card was destroyed, perhaps this outcome was inevitable.
Of course, that didn’t mean Heracles simply retreated.
He pressed Zeus forward with his characteristic overwhelming destructive power, and despite the tide of victory turning, the battle itself appeared to favor Heracles.
【This has become meaningless now!】
Yet such crude combat has its limits.
No matter how near-immortal Heracles’ body was, he couldn’t sustain a prolonged battle against primordial magic born from the very concept of endings—the apocalyptic force itself.
Just once. In that single moment when his attack failed. Zeus’ counterattack began as if he’d been waiting.
Not long after, Heracles came flying toward me, embedded with dozens of black lightning bolts piercing his entire body.
【Kahahaha! This! This is it! This overwhelming, destructive power! This is the strength befitting the great sky!】
Zeus, having seized victory, trembled with exhilaration as he felt power surging from every fiber of his being.
Watching him, I let out a soft laugh.
【You dare laugh? A pathetic insect like you.】
“Yeah. It’s pretty funny.”
【Have you gone mad with fear? Do you not dread this power!】
“Fear? Me? Kahahaha!”
I couldn’t help but laugh. Here was someone who’d grown stronger by recklessly mixing powers that weren’t even his own.
I could see it clearly. The reason Zeus’ gamble succeeded.
【This fool dares to be arrogant, having lucked into success by haphazardly blending the destructive force of primordial magic with Gaia’s harmony.】
I too unleashed my true form and spoke divine words without restraint.
Then everything changed. Zeus’ lightning and power that had filled the 999th Floor instantly lost their domain and vanished, his strength dimming as it fell.
【You call yourself the sky? No. I am the sky. How dare you, who’ve grown strong merely by consuming fragments of my power, look down upon me?】
Dozens of authorities manifested in an instant.
Authority – Divine Messenger
Authority – Transcendent Wingbeats
Authority – God of War’s Descent
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All were powers devoured from the Chief Gods of Olympus. I would make them feel the shame of dying to creations they themselves had made and brought into being.
Two blades suddenly flashed in my hands.
Celestial Divine Dragon Sword
Underground Demonic Dragon Sword
A line of black and a line of pure white were drawn across the void.
【Where do you think you’re going!】
Instinct. With that premonition, he hastily wrapped lightning around his body to defend, but—
Slash. Slash.
The blades moved first.
Hermes’ overwhelming speed was enhanced by Demeter’s blessing, Ares’ strength was granted, and Hephaestus’ power reinforced the weapons. Apollo’s foresight nullified the enemy’s defense, while Poseidon’s force delivered an inescapable pressure.
One strike.
Zeus’ both arms fell to the ground, severed.
My eyes burned crimson as the ravenous maw erupting from the earth devoured both of his arms whole.
【Delicious. Even in decay, there’s more power here than in the others—I can taste it.】
I raised my hand and extracted a fragment of the power I had just consumed.
Crack. Crackle!
Pure, destructive golden lightning—the very symbol of Zeus—materialized in my palm, and the moment it did, Zeus lunged at me, all pain forgotten.
【I’ll kill you!!!】
I lifted my blade with unhurried grace, bringing this accursed battle to its end.

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