Greek Demon Myth

32 – The Oath on the River Styx

“Wow!”

“Huh? Kyaaak!”

I smiled and strode up with my arms around her waist and neck. The graceful female hunter screamed, but when I woke up, she was already clinging to my arms like a koala.

“Wow!? Wait a minute! Is this too embarrassing!?”

“Let’s see… Uh huh, I ate too much”

I had no intention of letting go of Atalante, who was struggling in my arms, as if it had been a long time since I felt mischievous.

She was a bit smaller than me, but Atalanta struggled a little to put her body on her shoulder as she put her chin on my shoulder.

Contrary to her words, her body was honest, and soon she dreamed and slowly dug into my arms.

“hehehe!”

“Yes, yes, are you nice?”

What should I say? Could it be that the gold arrow of her true Eros penetrated her and me?

I didn’t want to let go of the warmth of these arms, and Atalanta also buried her head in my shoulder, blushing as much as her hair.

Seeing that, I quietly laughed, propped up my hips with my arms to make it easier to hold, and patted my reddened hair while slowly looking around.

Only the skeleton of the Colosseum, which had been encircling it with great strength until just before, barely remained as if it would collapse with a tap, and parts of the forest beyond the ruins were mercilessly blown away as if the aftermath had spread to the forest.

The good thing though is that there was no loss of life, and I couldn’t hear the scent of blood or the moaning of others.

“Stop it…”

“No, were there any victims left?”

“Isn’t it? As soon as you started fighting, the nymphs and centaurs evacuated, and the others evacuated under the leadership of Jason and Theseus.

“Why didn’t the noble hunter go?”

“…I don’t know!”

A red-haired beautiful girl with a red-stained face pounding on my shoulder.

It must be an instinct that any man can’t help but be playful in his pretty appearance.

“Hey… Mu, don’t ignore it…”

But what is all this crying like a dying wild boar?

When I slowly turned my head, there was Hercules crawling on the ground with his eyes wide open.

“Wow! Dad, drop me off quickly!”

Atalanta screamed and slipped out of her arms at the fact that no one other than me was watching. Actually, she had nothing to worry about.

I dodged my forearms and legs the size of that wooden pole, and only the face that was attacked.

Thanks to the well-known beating, my whole face was swollen and I couldn’t even see.

“Hey, are you alive?”

“Pheh! Phuhhh! I mean”

Heracles, smiling as if he was relieved, seemed relieved somewhere.

“Ouch…! It’s the first time since I was born that I’ve been hit with such a small piece.”

“It was the first time since I was born that I was attacked so fiercely.”

“Puhahahaha! Thank you for that!”

Hercules smiled as he tilted his neck with a swollen face as if he was slightly happy.

“hahahahaha… Haa, I should apologize first”

“Hey, don’t move. Wounds open”

Honestly, the scars on the face from the punches are light bruises, so it’s okay.

Heracles, who had been hit directly by the thunderstorm, had five distinct scars on his chest.

“Keep… That’s about it…!”

“Hey Atalante, is there any elixir that healed me?”

“Huh!? Rain, you mean the leap? Did you finish it earlier?”

“Huh? Is this the real Atalante by your side right now? Ayayah…!”

Atalanta frowned and shook his head, Hercules frowning at the voice, then screaming in pain.

“Is this big, clumsy guy making a fuss over his swollen face?”

“Where did I go and get hit like this? Uhh… It hurts…”

I glared at Hercules with eyes wondering what he was talking about, but he pouted his lips as if it were his eyes, as if he was really unfair.

“Did you really put something on your knuckles? Other than Master Chiron, is this the first time you’ve ever had such a sore fist?”

That’s because in the 10,000-year history of Cheonma Shinkyo, it was a martial art of a monster who only punched and kicked to become the leader.

It is said that there was a master who left the school after making a bizarre declaration that he would try to overcome the rising martial arts, which uses betting only with martial arts.

When the demons and the political factions pointed fingers at him, calling him crazy, but his fists destroyed one by one the famous literary factions of the midfield Murim, and in the end even the head of Shaolin bowed his head.

Sain said that he was in awe of him, calling him Mugeuk Touma.

In the end, after returning to the religion, he ascended to the position around the religion according to the law of strong self-respect and practiced the Heavenly Demon Spirit to achieve the state of unity of mind, body, and body trinity.

Thus, this fighter of the world who overcame even death will later defeat the reaper of the underworld and become the one who kidnapped me.

“Did it hurt that much?”

“Eh, what should I say? Feels like going through the muscles and hitting the bones directly?”

Oh, Master Tuma. You did it.

Because his punching skills were recognized by the most famous and strongest man in human history.

“Keuk…. Heck-cha…!”

“Hey, just lie down. What are you up to again?”

“hahahaha.. Wait a minute, while the knife is hot, I’ll make the sheath as well.”

Hercules stood up and knelt in front of me while I tried to stop him.

“…What are you doing?”

In response to my question, Hercules laughed and shouted, striking my bloody chest with his fist.

“I’m sorry, and thank you. Even though I was hurt and fell down during the fight due to my lack, I couldn’t accept the defeat and ran amok and caused trouble to you.

Son of Alcmene, descendant of Zeus, with the grace of Hera on his back, swear by the river Styx,

If you call me anytime, I will drop everything and run to pay this debt.”

“What?”

“S, did you swear by the river Styx!?”

Oath of the River Styx!

Her oath to swear her name to the goddess of the river, who holds her fate in the underworld, is punished worse than death if broken.

But did she put that heavy oath right into her mouth just because she lost her sanity during a fight?

My mouth was wide open in surprise, and Atalanta covered her mouth in surprise as well.

What’s good is that this muscular Jammin giggles to himself and stretches out in front of him again.

“No, you can lose your mind and run amok after fighting. Are you running at such a sudden speed!?”

“Fhehehe, no. It has to be this much to be called the responsibility of a great hero.”

Still, compared to all the fuss, there was no magical effect, so I was just trying to be relieved that it was like an unspoken rule.

-Kooung!

A huge weight ran down my spine and entangled itself like a chain between me and Hercules.

“….”

“Ohh…?”

A cool weight came out, bearing the oath of Hercules, and fell down into the river of destiny.

I felt the oath of this immature hero etched in the River Styx.

“Huiyu~ I didn’t know it would really activate. Do you mind if I’m a bit amazing?”

“Hey, wild boar… Is this something to laugh about?”

I closed my eyes and threw an accusation, but the incident had already happened.

This guy, living in Greece, must have no idea how heavy the Oath of Styx is, and what weight it holds when it is truly invoked. How dare you swear like that in the first place.

Even if it was activated directly, it felt like someone was hitting my head with a hammer.

“Hey, don’t look at me like that. I know very well how heavy this oath is.”

“A bastard who knows that swears an oath like that? A bright young bastard?”

“I don’t think there’s much of an age difference between you and me…keuhhehehe”

To think that even those godless gods laughed off an oath that they wouldn’t say so easily, fearing that they would be dealt with if they broke it. Should I call it a heroic distribution, or should I call it a lunatic?

A bizarre situation where I get more pissed off after receiving the oath than the guy who made the oath.

But Hercules stiffened his face and looked up at me.

“I do not swear in the sense of an apology and debt. Thanks to you, I really realized it”

Tattered limbs, five scars on the chest covered with blood.

Looking down at this, Hercules continued.

“I was so arrogant. There are many strong people like you outside the forest.

In this small forest, the other guys were absorbed in playing captain, neglecting training and learning.”

Uh…?

Wait, is there a misunderstanding?

“Thanks to you, it feels like my eyes are opening. To meet another master like this in this forest!

Will you be afraid of an oath when you count your teeth on your body!”

Something, something very something.

He’s seriously misunderstanding something.

There’s no one like you when you go outside, and there’s no way there’s no one like the guys who used to be your subordinates in this forest.

“Hey, wait a minute?”

“I will learn more and train myself more. Good luck in the future!”

It is said that Nuntang became Bamtang, but he is still a great Greek hero.

I felt like my head was pounding at the pure respect that rushed at me with a magnificent spirit.

“Wow, I’ve never seen that Hercules ask anyone for a favor”

“Atalante…”

It was Atalanta who innocently whispered while stabbing me in the side without knowing the speed of others.