Son of the Hero King

Chapter 319 CH 288:G.0.D

[1st Circle of Hell, Tartarus]

Entering the place and feeling the dreary atmosphere, Anubis chuckled.

“I always said that you guys should work on the atmosphere of these prisons.”

He looked around and watched as the Chaos spawn, mindless beasts that would generally rush at anyone with every bit of semblance of a deranged lunatic, slowly retreat because of his sheer presence.

No matter how mindless those beasts were and no matter how they did not fear death in the slightest, it seemed that they realized that Anubis was an entity that should be avoided at all costs.

Standing behind him, the warden of Tartarus, Kiyohime, simply shrugged as a reply, “You changed the mood of your prison but you still had two important prisoners escape.”

“Touché.”

Anubis could say nothing about that. He had indeed underestimated both the current Nihil and Drei, he had thought they were just helpless weaklings, but in the end, it was clear that he was wrong.

They were still weaklings... Just not helpless ones.

Even though Anubis had stolen authority over a part of the Afterlife realm, and created his own territory here, he was by no means a Dimensional Mage.

He could not move it with him as he pleased.

Those two had used his absence and escaped from their chains. It had to be said that sealing a dimensional mage like Nihil was already quite the difficult task.

Anubis, of course, was too proud to try to find any form of excuse.

A mistake was a mistake.

That was all there was to it in his opinion.

Of course, there was no one who could punish him for the mistakes he committed.

‘Hah, the feeling of abusing power. Such a marvelous feeling.’

Kiyohime took a step back to distance herself from Anubis who was busy chuckling to herself.

Kiyohime, like any other Divine Beast, did not particularly like Necromancers and liked Anubis even less since he was the one who shared the knowledge of the power in this world.

She had no prejudice. She knew that Anubis was not a “bad” person in itself. In fact, he had done much good for the world. One could even say that Anubis was an unsung hero. A man worthy of respect – and she had much respect for him...far more than she was ever willing to admit even... She just didn’t like him.

Giving a glance at Kiyohime's frowning expression, Anubis smiled. He perfectly understood Kiyohime's dilemma.

This was also why, out of all divine beasts, Dragons and Phoenixes were the only ones he was willing to work with.

“Well, we are finally here.”

The two of them stopped in front of a cross where a naked woman was held, almost crucified, with wild hair that looked like the mane of a Lion.

“Leo. Daughter of Echidna. But... I wonder... Which Leo are you?”

Funf, once one of the 12 constellations under the order of Echidna in the mortal world, opened her bloodshot eyes and growled in the direction of Kiyohime, before giving a meek look at Anubis.

“I am...was...part of the G.O.D project. I do not know which generation I am from.”

“Heh... So she is still working on this project.”

G.O.D.

Originally, it should have been G.D.O. Standing for Grand Divine Order. But Anubis found it boring and switched the letter of order a bit.

Yes, that was right. He had once worked with Echidna.

"Oh?"

Anubis immediately lost all interest in Leo.

The power of Sol's dimension was perhaps the most intriguing thing he had ever seen in this universe.

Furthermore his exploration of the Universe would be far more interesting if he had someone like Sol helping him.

Anubis already made plans about having Sol help him once the boy became a proper demigod.

There was no doubt in his mind that Sol would accept his proposal.

It wasn't because he was Sol's father-in-law.

Nor because he had skills in negotiating.

But one simple reason.

A truth that all Reincarnators would go crazy for.

———

After leaving Anubis alone in Tartarus, Kiyohime came up and went to the island Sol was recuperating on.

On the way, she passed by many young dragons who were guarding the surroundings.

They all saluted her with reverence and she nodded to them.

Even though the Dragon Realm was still in a period of mourning, she could feel a new vitality emanating from the entirety of the realm.

Those young dragons who had witnessed an inkling of what war truly was would become stronger.

That was a good thing.

The living would thrive by stepping on the remains of their fallen companions.

It was a sad thing but one could not let death stop them from advancing.

When she finally reached the island, Kiyohime let out a sigh as she witnessed the young man moving on the beach with his torso naked.

She could even see droplets of sweat on his finely sculpted muscles.

*Gulp*

Kiyohime flushed weakly at this delightful sight, while memories of the night she spent with him floated in her mind.

She wondered just what had taken over her for her to do such a thing with her nephew.

'Sigh, I must have been crazy.'

She cringed visibly at that recollection.

"Just what kind of training are you doing for you to sweat so much?"

Sol was now a Duke. One with a body not any weaker than even a King-ranked dragon thanks to his most recent evolution through the blood pool.

At this point, the level of physical training necessary to make him sweat would be insane.

"Kiyohime! I would hug you but I am a little bit too sweaty sadly."

'This kind of smile is simply cheating.'

Kiyohime might not know it, but this was the kind of thought all those who were in love with him felt.

She might try to deny it, but she was already deeply ensnared in a trap she could never hope to escape from.

In the first place... Would she even try to escape?

Food for thought...