Chapter 208 – The Trial of One. Nemean Lion (4)
It’s been about three months since I left Thebes.
It was a little regretful that he had only dealt with one Nemean lion during these three months, but Ar brought the Nemean lion and entered Thebes.
“Huh!!”
And I felt proud.
The process of going all the way to Nemea, killing a lion, and returning to Thebes while going through hardships by myself for the past three months was obviously difficult, but whenever I saw people who were surprised by the lion I killed, I felt better .
“How can I see such a big lion… Am I looking at it wrong?”
“Could that be that monster from Nemea…?! Could it be that you really defeated it?”
“This is nonsense. How did you kill him? I can’t believe it…!”
They are surprised to see the lion’s head on my shoulder, the lion’s bones on the cart behind me, and the lion’s skin I am wearing.
No matter what, there was no need to bring unnecessary parts such as flesh or intestines, as the dicks over there took care of them.
The lion’s head and skin, and the bones that gave you an idea of its size, were enough to show off my expertise.
“Open the door. Hercules, the hunter who killed the Nemean Lion, has returned.”
“Heh, heh…”
The soldiers who were guarding the entrance to the Cadmus Festival saw me and stood aside with their flagship.
I proudly entered the main gate of the Daejejeon synagogue and set the cart down toward the reception desk.
“Hercules. You have defeated the A-class monster, the Nemean Lion.”
“This is the real Nemean Lion?”
“Yes. If in doubt, send someone to check it out. I swear to the god Zeus, there is no lie.”
“Huh…!!”
If Korea has Amchang and Olympus has an oath of the Styx River, ordinary people living in Greece have an oath to Zeus.
A pledge of truth that indicates the determination to suffer more pain than death if it is false.
“Chu, congratulations…!”
At that, the receptionist panicked and hurriedly retrieved the Nemean lion extermination wanted book on the wall.
It wasn’t just a collection, it was so high up that you had to climb up a ladder to retrieve the wanted letter.
Buzz buzz.
Even just looking at the lion bones already in the cart draws attention, but now that the red wanted letter has been removed, everyone has no choice but to stick out their tongues.
But it’s too early to be surprised.
“To defeat that Nemean lion. If, by any chance, someone died while fighting-“
“None.”
“…Yes?”
“I hunted alone, I killed alone.”
In an instant, silence settled in the hallway of the Great Festival.
I understand.
It’s hard to believe that he caught such a gigantic monster by himself.
If you think about it with common sense, ‘that huge guy kills all his colleagues his and lies that he hunted it alone’.
“To Hera, who is in my name, I will offer the bones of the lions I hunted alone. He will offer the bones of one lesser, since He has bestowed glory upon me.”
Pa– Ah!
A red light began to twinkle in the corridor.
The red light, enough to instantly blind people, created a huge human figure, and soon a giant of several meters in height appeared in the middle of the corridor.
“Hey, Goddess Hera!!”
Everyone bowed their heads and fell to the floor.
I slowly got down on one knee, bowed my head, and held the lion’s head on my shoulder with my hand.
[Strong warrior. Your strength and sincerity moved me. To defeat the Nemean Lion alone. That’s awesome. To fight and win alone without my help, without anyone else’s help.]
He is actually a son
And at the same time, my husband.
Something sounds odd, but it’s true.
[However, if you want to achieve your ‘true wish’, it is still not enough. The Nemean Lion will be the first step, the beginning of your great journey. I look forward to meeting you at the great end.]
Pa-ah.
The red halo disappeared.
At the same time, the bones of the Nemean lion also disappeared, and an enormous amount of jewels that Hera gave and left were piled up in the cart.
“Three, my God…! Goddess Hera takes the tribute, and repays it!”
“The warrior Goddess Hera takes care of…! But she said Goddess Hera didn’t even help you…! Then she really fought alone and won!”
“That’s amazing…!”
In effect, the situation is over.
As Hera personally came out and confirmed that I fought alone, no one doubts me now.
And to drive a wedge here, I took a suitably small-sized jewel among the gemstones piled up in the cart.
“I cannot take care of what Goddess Hera has given me by myself. I will only take care of my travel expenses while I go hunting the next monster. Instead, I will ‘donate’ everything else to the Great Festival of Cadmos.”
“””!!”””
Would you like to donate the jewels God gave you?
That sounds crazy
But the crazier it gets, the farther it gets from normalcy.
“Compensation so that those who have been harmed by the Nemean Lion can rise again, and relief so that the injured, sick and poor can be healthy, and…”
I walked over to the person holding the bottle next to me, picked up the empty bottle and held it high.
“For the great warriors who participate in the great festival of Cadmos, all you can eat and drink meat and alcohol!”
“…Oh, stand, no way…!”
“A Class A monster has been defeated, so let’s have a party!”
I hit the cart with one big hand.
“To Goddess Hera, this glory!!”
“””Woah!!”””
By default.
I can’t stand free booze and free meat.
The expressions of the staff, including the receptionist at the Cadmos Festival, began to rot, but I responded with a smile while holding an empty bottle of alcohol and a lump of gemstones.
“Glory to the great festival of Cadmos, which will prepare a banquet!”
Clap clap clap!!!
Like that.
Although it was not planned, the banquet of the Cadmus Festival began with the reward bestowed by the Greek goddess.
* * *
“Oh my God. How did this happen?”
The king of Thebes, Creon, felt a chill in his spine at the gemstones heaped up in his cart.
“So this is what the goddess Hera gave me? It was sent to Hercules, the warrior who hunted the Nemean lion?”
“Yes. Hercules donated this jewel to the great festival of Cadmus…”
Hercules had three requirements.
If the raw gemstones were processed and sold at high prices, the amount would not be enough to hold banquets for 100 days.
“Did you have any other requests? You won’t come back later and say that it was a momentary mistake, so please return it all?”
“It is understood that he is not such a person. He will also, donated what Goddess Hera gave to the Cadmos Festival.”
“Heh heh, as expected, heroes are different. I never thought they would have such distribution. Are they in the banquet hall right now?”
“He is telling the warriors in the corridor the story of how he killed the Nemean lion.”
“How did you kill him?”
“I tried all kinds of ways to tear off his skin of him, but I could n’t tear it off, so I climbed on his neck of his and strangled him.”
“Her her…”
What is the Nemean Lion?
He was a huge lion who kidnapped women and ate the warriors who came to hunt him.
Its fur that glows golden is a monster that is said to be impervious to any steel weapon.
To drive such a monster into a cave and then strangle it so that it cannot breathe.
With this majesty, how can one say that he is not a hero!
“It’s not as good as the ancestors, but it’s definitely great for its majesty. Tell the chairman of the Great Festival. The empty warehouse will be refilled at the castle, so provide plenty of food and drink for the heroes and warriors.”
“I understand, Your Majesty!”
After the servant left, King Creon ran his hand through his beard and smacked his lips.
“If you have this jewel…”
“Father?”
“Oh, yes.”
King Creon opened his arms toward the blonde woman who he approached from afar.
“My daughter, Megara. To wake up this late at night. Who kept you awake?”
“I heard the news. The Nemean Lion is dead.”
“…Okay.”
Why?
My daughter, Megara’s expression was very hard.
“Did you wake up because of the noise of the banquet?”
“No. I’m just curious. Did the Nemean Lion really die? And what kind of person killed the Nemean Lion?”
“They say it’s Hercules.”
“…!”
Megara’s eyes widened.
Creon was worried that Hercules might be interested in his daughter her, who did not hurt even if he put it in her eyes her, and Megara touched her lips her with her hand her and she said nothing.
“…Father?”
“Yeah, yes.”
“If you are truly the one who killed the Nemean lion, wouldn’t it be possible to defeat a monster even stronger than that?”
“Yes?”
“I’m using it. That person.”
Creon’s ears perked up at Megara’s whisper her.
“Use?”
“Yes. The monsters near Thebes. Monsters that are more menacing or more ferocious than the Nemean Lion. We bet them as prey for the great festival. And we encourage them to kill monsters stronger than that.”
“… As expected, she’s my daughter. She’s a genius. But then what if a man named Hercules dies?”
“If you die, you die.”
Sigh.
“I’m looking forward to it. Indeed, how long will I be able to survive?”
* * *
And.
After the banquet.
I received a call from King Creon and was handed a new Subjugation Request.
“…Hydra?”
It was a request to subjugate the ‘Hydra’, a giant water snake living in Lerne Swamp, a nine-headed monster.
