Became the Weapon Monopolist of the Gods-Chapter 68: Cerberus (2)

The underworld was not the usual hell that we often think of, but a peaceful place.

A world of dark night.

A quiet field stretched out endlessly, and pale souls were wandering the field.

On one side of the field, a huge dog with three heads was sleeping with its body wrapped around it.

‘It’s really huge.’

It was as big as a small hill.

I knew it the moment I saw it.

That guy ⊛ Nоvеlιght ⊛ (Read the full story) was none other than Cerberus, the gatekeeper of hell.

‘Do I have to catch that kind of monster?’

The final gateway to completing the 12 labors of Hercules and returning to reality was to capture Cerberus and bring him back to the living world.

Only then would the Nemean Lion Gloves that Vanessa had given him as a gift function as a relic.

More than anything, if you catch it, you get ‘byproducts.’

Cerberus’ teeth, claws... ... .

If it was a byproduct of Cerberus, the devil of myth, it would not be an ordinary item.

The Nemean lion skin and the venom of the Hydra also had great powers.

With Hercules’ help, it would definitely be possible to obtain it.

‘By the way, it’s amazing.’

Cerberus was lying in front of the entrance to the underworld, and behind him, the souls that had passed through the entrance were lined up in a long line in the field.

We had not entered through the official entrance to the underworld, but had followed Hermes’ route.

“I guess they’re all souls.”

“This is amazing.”

Vanessa and Jeanne were surprised at the endless string of souls.

“What are they doing?”

Jeanne expressed her curiosity at the work being done at the end of the line.

There, grim reapers wearing black robes and holding scythes were ‘sorting’ the souls.

The sorted souls wandered the field or disappeared somewhere.

“We decide where to stay based on the level of the soul.”

Hermes answered.

“Good souls go to Elysium, mediocre ones go to the Asphodel Field, and the worst ones fall into Tartarus.”

Elysium was the island of heaven, and Asphodel Field was the waiting ground for reincarnation.

And Tartarus pointed to the lowest level of the underworld, the ‘Abyss.’

A hell where those who commit sins are punished forever.

The place Hermes brought us to was Asphodel Field, the waiting ground for reincarnation.

However, Hermes did not let us go to the field, but continued moving.

“We will now go to see Hades.”

“Why?”

“You have to get permission from the owner to borrow a dog.”

Hercules seemed to understand and kept his mouth shut.

Cerberus was Hades’ guard dog.

Wheeeeeeee─

As we followed Hermes and rode the wind, a black crystal palace appeared across the field.

It was a palace that seemed to have been carved from a single piece of giant black crystal.

Hermes dropped us off in front of the palace.

“Have a nice trip.”

“Aren’t you going in?”

“From here on out, you can only enter if you have business.”

Hermes pointed to a man who was leaning against the door and dozing off.

As we approached, the man who had been dozing off woke up and opened the door. He then gestured for us to follow him.

His eyes were still closed.

‘Hypnos, the god of sleep.’

Like a sleepwalker, Hypnos led us inside while dozing off.

As we walked along the hallway of the crystal palace, an entrance covered in darkness appeared.

“......Ahhh.”

Hypnos yawned once and returned to where he had been.

“Are you telling us to go in?”

“I think so.”

As I entered, a royal palace was spread out on all sides made of black crystal.

A dignified man with long black hair and a long beard sat on the throne in the royal palace.

“Welcome.”

The god who ruled the underworld.

Hades.

*

“What brings you to the underworld?”

“I have come to ask permission to take your dog, Cerberus, to the living world.”

Hades was a god on par with Zeus.

The chief god who ruled the underworld, a single world.

Maybe that’s why.

Even Hercules, who was violent to gods, was polite to Hades.

I’m not sure if it’s polite to boldly declare that you’re going to take someone else’s dog.

“You’re going to take Cerberus to the living world?”

“Yes. That is the task that Zeus has given me.”

Hades rested his chin on his hand and made an amused expression.

“If you can, do whatever you want.”

Hades lightly agreed to Hercules’ suggestion as if he had heard a funny joke.

‘That’s why he dragged him away so easily.’

I had wondered how he could have beaten Hades’ dog and dragged him to the living world, but now I know.

Just as a hikikomori who stays in a corner of his room doesn’t know how the world works, so did Hades.

Hades, who only lived in the underworld, didn’t know much about Hercules.

If he had known, he wouldn’t have allowed his dog to be dragged away as easily as I did.

Well, I understood.

It would have been difficult for Cerberus, the gatekeeper of the underworld, to think that he would be defeated by a mere human.

Even though Hercules was a demigod, he was still a human.

“I understand that you have permission.”

“You can take him. If possible.”

“.......”

After receiving permission from Hades to capture Cerberus, we left the palace.

“What, you came out sooner than I thought?”

Hermes, who had been waiting outside, looked puzzled as we quickly came out.

“I have permission.”

“Really? Then let’s go.”

We were led by Hermes’s wind to the gate of the underworld where Cerberus was.

─Kurururur... ... .

A pitch-black dog with three heads was lying down in front of the gate of the underworld.

‘Is this what a S-class gate boss looks like?’

Cerberus, seen up close, was much larger than when we looked down.

It felt like facing a small mountain.

It was as big as a hydra.

Hermes let us down this time too and watched from behind.

He was only a guide to the underworld, and it was up to us to complete the 12 tasks.

─Kururur... ... .

Cerberus opened his eyes after sensing the presence.

Black magical flames blazed from his three pairs of red eyes.

The sight of him rising from his seat gave off an intimidating feeling, as if the earth was rising.

Whirrrr, whirrrr.

Black flames swayed from Cerberus’s three snouts like a snake’s tongue.

In an instant, Jeanne’s sacred power poured out toward Cerberus, who was looking at us.

Whaaaat─!

Cerberus, startled by the light of the sacred power, flinched and closed his eyes.

─Kuhuhuhuh!

Cerberus burst into tears as if in pain.

Jeanne’s sacred power, which was the antithesis of a guy who used pure magical power, was like rat poison.

Taang─!

I summoned Napoleon’s rifle and shot a magic bullet at the guy’s skin as a test.

However, the magic bullet bounced off Cerberus’s tough hide without penetrating it.

‘It’s not going to work.’

It may not be as strong as the Nemean Lion, but Cerberus, his brother, also had incredibly tough hide.

Even the flames blazed from its three snouts, so the magic bullet couldn’t even approach.

This made it ambiguous to test the ‘Hydra’s Poison’.

Even if I injected the Hydra’s Poison into the magic bullet, it wouldn’t be poisoned unless it was absorbed into its body.

There was no way for me to penetrate its tough outer skin.

For me.

Square─

Suddenly, a small gash appeared on Cerberus’ side and blood flowed out.

Square square─

The slashing didn’t stop at just one.

Square square─

Legs, feet, neck, sides... ... .

Slashes appeared all over the bastard’s body without exception.

─Keeeeeeeeek!

Cerberus, enraged, went berserk and thrust his teeth wildly, but it was no use.

Cerberus’s blunt attacks, with its huge size, couldn’t catch the ‘ghost’.

Vanessa was moving around the bastard’s body, slashing him with scissors.

Her scissors were a weapon that could even cut the skin of the Nemean lion.

Of course, the slashes alone weren’t enough to deal significant damage to Cerberus... ... .

Taang─!

The purple magical bullets pierced the slashes Vanessa had made.

It was only a stinging attack, but it was enough.

─Kururuk...!

The movements of the rampaging Cerberus become dull.

[Use Hydra’s venom.]

The blue magic bullet attached to the muzzle turns purple.

Taang─!

It was fired again, aiming for Vanessa’s slash.

─Keueung...!

Cerberus hesitated, and the flames flowing out of its mouth wavered.

‘It’s eaten!’

The Hydra’s venom had penetrated Cerberus through the slash.

It was a moment that proved that even the beasts of myth could not avoid being poisoned by Hydra’s venom.

However, Cerberus was Cerberus.

The guy felt pain, but did not fall.

He ran towards me, who was shooting the magic bullet.

─Keuuuuuuu!

Hwaaaat!

Jeanne unleashed her power, but the guy closed his eyes and ran at him recklessly.

Kuung─! Kuung─! Kuung─!

It was as if a mountain was pushing in, a tremendous pressure.

And.

Kudangtang!

Cerberus, who had been running at him, fell down on the field.

─... ... !

The guy’s right foreleg was caught in Hercules’ thick arm.

Hercules climbed up on the fallen Cerberus and strangled the guy.

─Kurururuk!

One of the three heads frothed and rolled its eyes.

─Keung! Keung!

The other two heads barked and spun around.

They swung their tails and rolled around the field, but they couldn’t shake off Hercules, who was stuck to them like a leech.

Whaaaat!

As time passed, the movements of Cerberus, poisoned by the light of the Holy Spirit and the Hydra’s poison, only became dull.

─Kurururuk...!

─Wall! Wall!

In the end, Cerberus, who had been strangled one by one by Hercules, laid down on the ground.

Kuuuung─!

Hermes and the grim reapers of the underworld who had been watching Cerberus fall were dumbfounded.

‘Hercules has incredible strength, isn’t he?’

Hercules would be the only one who could strangle Cerberus and knock him unconscious.

By the way.

‘Even if the poison works, it has its limits.’

Cerberus was a mythical demon and was a demon with deadly poison himself.

That’s probably why it couldn’t be defeated with just a moderate amount of poison.

The poison I used was strong, but it was somewhat different from the original Hydra’s poison.

It was an amazing achievement just to have made Cerberus dull in a short period of time.

“You both worked hard.”

“Eun-gong, you worked hard too.”

“Seo-jun, thank you for your hard work.”

Hercules approached, dragging the unconscious Cerberus’s leg.

“Let’s go to Hades’ palace.”

“Uh, uh. Okay.”

Hermes, who had been standing there blankly, moved us to the palace.

Wheeeeeeing─

“I captured Cerberus as promised.”

“.......”

Hades stared blankly at Hercules, who was dragging the unconscious Cerberus.

It felt like he was looking at some kind of monster.

Even Hades, who had lived for many years, must have seen the sight of the gatekeeper of the underworld being subdued for the first time.

“Can I take you to the living world?”

“...That’s right. But you have to put it back.”

“Understood.”

As Hercules tried to drag Cerberus away, Hades stood up.

“Wait a minute.”

“?”

As we watched in wonder, Hades waved his hand.

In an instant, darkness rose and a wound appeared on Cerberus’ body.

Ss ... Hades had replaced the winner’s price with ‘blood’ containing Cerberus’s energy.

Hercules looked at it and shook his head.

“I don’t need it, so you take it all.”

“Is that okay?”

When I asked in surprise, Hercules silently nodded.

“I don’t need the magic of the demon beast.”

“.......”

Hades’ gaze turned to me.

“Will you take it?”

“Yes.”

A glass bottle slowly flew toward me.

At that moment, a status window message that should not have come to mind flashed by like an illusion.

─ You have acquired the ‘essence’ containing Cerberus’s essence.

A glass bottle dripping with red blood was in my hands.