195. Goddesses only like me… ?
Within the worldview of the strongest dragon, the gods also had their own channel like Reus. However, there were few cases where the gods directly operated the channel.
From a viewer’s point of view, they enjoyed watching the heroes’ battles, because they didn’t think about jumping in and growing the channel.
In the first place, the viewers were all gods or celebrities in previous lives. There was a big reason why Shin opened the channel and broadcasted it.
For that reason, it was rare for a scene to be broadcast directly.
I think I’ll see Aphrodite a lot when she’s friends, but… .
Anyway, currently Hades was offering to hand over his channel to me.
The Underworld is a place where the dead rest. To put it simply, it was an unwritten rule that the living could not come and go as if they were coming in and out of their own homes.
It’s what you want when you come in, but not when you go out.
So, the reason why Hades made the condition was that at least there must be a plausible justification to let him out of the underworld.
The transfer of the channel was a way to satisfy the expectations of the goddesses without hurting her authority too much.
But aside from that, in mythology, Theseus, Heracles, and Orpheus set foot in the underworld and then returned to the ground.
“I, but… , did you say channel? What is the channel?”
Even though I knew everything, I had to pretend I didn’t know. In the first place, the only people who knew about channels were heroes and gods like Reus and Heracles.
It was normal for ordinary people not to know that channels existed.
“ah… . Damn I didn’t explain that before. Where should I begin to explain? It would be nice to just look at it.”
As Hades manipulated something in the air, something floated in front of me.
[The King of the Underworld shared his channel. Would you like to accept? Y/N]
I readily accepted.
Then messages began to appear in front of my eyes.
[The most beautiful goddess welcomes Ethan.]
[The goddess of wisdom is smiling.]
[The household goddess is watching over you.]
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A familiar name appeared.
The one with the nickname of the most beautiful goddess was Aphrodite, and the goddess of wisdom was Athena. And the goddess of the family must be Hera.
In addition, the ‘god of festivals and pleasure’ is Dionysus, and the ‘king of the underworld’ is Hades.
But how come the members… . A member who went to war over an apology.
Soon Hades laughed.
“Now, as you can see, a channel is a kind of passage that connects gods and humans.”
“ah… . okay.”
“Some humans run channels. Through their eyes, the gods can glimpse the other world and the ground. And as you can see, there are many gods cheering you on like this. These are the ones who have been peeking at the world and noticing your achievements.”
At that moment, a message was added.
[The alchemist of the century has entered the ‘King of the Underworld’ channel.]
[The alchemist of the century is watching you.]
Alchemist of the century?
It was the first I had ever heard of this name. As far as I know, a god with a nickname like this didn’t appear in Dragon’s Strongest.
Of course, there was no law requiring only the gods I knew to exist in this world. Just like I’m not aware of the many extras that don’t appear properly in the novel.
“Now, Ethan… . What are you going to do? If you take my channel, I’ll send you and your colleagues from the underworld to the surface at any time. I swear by the River Styx.”
I swear by the River Styx.
Even the gods had an unwritten rule that if they swore on the River Styx, they must keep it. And if I refused, I might have no choice but to spend the rest of my life in the underworld. In the end, the answer was fixed.
“If you refuse… .”
“That’s right, I can’t get out of the underworld.”
“There is no way. good. Let’s take over the channel. Instead, there are conditions.”
“Condition? Hee hee, do you mean putting conditions on God?”
It’s not like I have exhibitionism.
Of course, I had no intention of inheriting the channel for 1,000,000 years. How could you want to expose your private life to voyeuristic gods?
“When my adventure is over, I want to return this channel back to Hades.”
Hearing my words, Hades smiled.
“Good. do as you please We just want to see the end of your adventure story.”
“Thank you for respecting my opinion.”
“Then, I guess you’ll understand that the channel is being transferred.”
Soon, Hades manipulated the system window floating in the air again.
[The King of the Underworld wants to transfer his channel to you. Would you like to accept? Y/N]
When I hit accept, a message popped up.
[The channel has been transferred.]
[From now on, the owner of the current channel is Ethan.]
[The most beautiful goddess bursts into a toast.]
[The Goddess of Wisdom delivers congratulations.]
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Leaving those numerous messages behind, I faced Hades. Now that the deal was established, it was time to leave the underworld.
“Then, I will finish my adventure story.”
“Are you thinking of going up already? I’m sorry I hoped that you would rest well in the underworld… . They say hot springs in the underworld are so good for the body… .”
Underworld hot springs?
Well, if you dip your body in the river Styx, would you become as strong as Reus? But there was no time for that now.
The priority is to go upstairs and retrieve the amplification stone.
“If you’ve been watching, you know… . Things on the ground are busy right now.”
“Okay. If that’s what you mean… . I will send you up to my surface.”
When Hades snapped his fingers, Ahyeon and I were enveloped in light.
“I wish you a wonderful adventure. Ethan-kun.”
The words seemed to be coming from afar.
A halo of light was gradually dissipating from his vision. When I closed my eyes and opened them, Ahyeon and I were standing in the dwarven city of Irban. Strictly speaking, it was the entrance to an underground labyrinth.
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devildom.
Bael gasped and forced his heavy eyelids open. And in front of him, Helya, a demon in a goth loli outfit, was standing leisurely.
There was a fierce battle once, but unlike Bael’s exhaustion, Helya showed no signs of that at all.
Behind Helya, a mighty black demon was raging. It was a power that was allowed only to the black demons and top-level demons.
However, without realizing it, Helya was freely dealing with the black magic.
“Four years… , In the end, you hit betrayal again.”
Bael spoke in a strained voice. Bael was supporting himself on his greatsword. All I could do was stand still and not fall down completely.
“betrayal? sounds funny. Isn’t it natural for the strong to dominate the weak in a world of the weak?”
The Demon Realm was a place where the system of the weak and the weak was the premise.
So far, the Demon World has established its own system centered on the 72 demons, serving the seven demon kings.
Although, in the anti-demon War, all seven demon kings suffered the humiliation of being sealed, and actual power passed to the top demons, including Bael, but it was rare for that order to be broken.
Bael caught his breath. It was a humiliation. I never dreamed that I would lose to her, who is only the 4th ranked vampire.
I couldn’t even guess when she became so strong.
“I knew that one day you would betray us.”
The word betrayal bothered Helya. However, she handed over the choice in a calm tone.
“Choose. Bael. Now, I, Helya, is the ruler of this demon realm. Either make me the demon king or die.”
The black mage weighed heavily on the surroundings, and numerous vampires watched her from behind Helya.
They were made by Helya’s will, not by the power of the queen, so that they could not reveal their existence under the sunlight.
But one thing was certain.
She became strong enough to become the eighth demon lord, and possessed stronger demonic energy than any other demon lord ever.
Even in a situation where death was imminent, Bael was smiling. He was the strongest among demons who had served the seven demon lords since he was first born in darkness.
“I, Bael, have only served the Demon King. Do you know why I haven’t called myself the Demon King? Because that is my pride and loyalty. I’d rather die.”
Helya frowned.
300 years ago, before the anti-demon war broke out, the person most wary of in the Pandemonium was Aster, the Queen of Vampires.
As much as that, Aster had enough power to rule the world.
And Helia betrayed the Queen and stabbed her from behind. While wounded, Aster confronted Gamigin’s legion, but was defeated.
As a result of that achievement, Helya was promoted as an honorary horse and has risen to the 4th place in the hierarchy.
“Kill it. helia. I’m already worried about the world you lead.”
“Tsk, you’re stupid to the end.”
Soon, Helya drew her sword out of the air. It was the sword that stabbed the queen from behind, 300 years ago.
It’s hard to believe that she came out of a fragile body, and Helya swung her sword without hesitation.
wickedness!
The multisleep drew a soft curve. Drops of blood fell to the ground. And the decapitated body fell to the floor.
Bael’s body was scattered like smoke, and in its place the demon token and skill ball fell.
