Chapter 139
Chapter 139
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 139
Chapter Title: Subduing Olympus
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I tossed Mihalis, who had been freed from possession, right in front of Yuno and Hera.
“I caught him. He put up a bit of a fight…… but nothing too threatening.”
Yuno fell silent as she looked at me.
She probably hadn’t expected me to fulfill my promise of capturing Mihalis so quickly.
“G-Given his state, it looks like he was possessed…… and you caught him like that?”
“Yeah. It was easy.”
“Ea…… No, never mind.”
Her expression was bizarre. A mix of fear and relief, perhaps?
Even Hera herself might have been feeling some relief.
The reason I could subdue Zeus so easily was that his divinity was incomplete.
Even though records and traces of the Olympian gods remained abundant, and they still appeared in various media……
By modern standards, the predominant religion in the Greek region was Christianity, specifically the Greek Orthodox Church.
In other words, the faith directed toward them was truly minuscule.
They were gods with divinity, so they were far stronger than most mutants……
But they were no match for me.
Now, I had a rough idea of just how strong I was. There probably wasn’t anyone on Earth who could stand toe-to-toe with me.
There was good reason for me to speak of world conquest.
However, the fact that I had gained this power meant I shouldn’t wield it recklessly.
Ever since Han-gyeol became an angel, I had faintly felt a sense of mission.
It must have naturally blended with my disposition to lead to this.
From here on, it was Hera’s job to handle.
Having reduced Zeus—possessed no less—to such a pitiful state, it should serve as sufficient warning to the Olympians.
My goal in coming this far wasn’t just to stop them. I intended to break their momentum, win them over, and put them to work for humanity.
In a way, it was a win-win.
They would gain new faith by protecting humanity, and humanity would be shielded from rift threats thanks to them.
I had targeted Zeus first deliberately, to leave no room for the other Olympians to entertain foolish notions.
Unless it was an incarnation on Hades’s level, no one could defeat Zeus’s incarnation.
But Zeus had possessed Mihalis’s body and still suffered a crushing defeat at my hands, ending up as Yuno’s prisoner?
Just that fact alone made the Olympian incarnations’ reactions predictable.
Moreover, Yuno’s own power wasn’t to be underestimated.
It didn’t match Zeus’s, but Hera’s strength was still top-tier among the gods.
Hades had likely planned to sit back and join the winning side, so he would undoubtedly align with Hera.
In the end, cutting off the leader’s head was the best way to sort out any situation.
However, it would take time for that fact to spread, so I planned to personally tour the incarnations with a warning performance.
I had expected some grand explosions and destruction, but since the Greek gods weren’t as strong as anticipated, things wrapped up quicker than thought.
This meant I could leisurely tour Europe now.
* * *
The Olympian incarnations expressed doubts at Yuno’s sudden summons.
It was only natural.
Zeus’s incarnation, Mihalis, was bound and presented by her own hand, yet she demanded they obey?
Even if Mihalis was just an incarnation, he was the strongest among them. There was no way he could lose to Hera’s incarnation, Yuno—not even in his wildest dreams.
And yet, Mihalis had become Yuno’s prisoner?
It reeked of a trap.
Thus, the incarnations hostile to Yuno ignored her summons.
They suspected she had laid some kind of trap.
But it was futile resistance.
Those who ignored Yuno’s call had no choice but to receive a visit from Seo-hyun.
Humming a tune, Seo-hyun bound the incarnations one by one and tossed them before Yuno.
“Handle it from here. But remember why I helped you, right?”
“……Yes.”
Yuno couldn’t hide her bewilderment.
She hadn’t expected those arrogant incarnations to be dragged before her so anticlimactically.
‘Well, come to think of it, Mihalis showing up in that state was already unbelievable.’
With that thought, Yuno nodded at Seo-hyun’s words.
In exchange for Seo-hyun’s help, Yuno had promised to rally the Olympian incarnations to seal off rifts across Europe.
And Seo-hyun hadn’t simply left them to guard Europe on their own.
She had provided contact with the World Tree, ensuring they could call on Er-menia’s aid in emergencies.
So, Yuno had no reason to break her promise to Seo-hyun.
Besides, there was no upside to crossing the person who had reduced even Zeus’s incarnation to that state.
She thought anew that Seo-hyun had every right to speak of world conquest.
“If I hear from Er-menia later that the Olympian incarnations are up to no good again…… I won’t let it slide, so pass that along.”
“Yes.”
Yuno nodded at Seo-hyun’s terrifying threat.
“Then I’ll be off.”
“Take care. Thank you so much. Thanks to you, things resolved smoothly.”
Leaving Yuno’s thanks behind, Seo-hyun returned to her friends.
It had all been handled in less than a day.
* * *
-Yes, Deputy Director. Situation resolved. Doesn’t look like there’ll be any clashes with the Olympian incarnations.
“Ah, yes, got it. Director. Good work. It ended faster than expected.”
Mutant Management Bureau Deputy Director Choi Jeong-ho let out a sigh of relief.
He had worried some major incident might arise, but it seemed his concerns were unfounded.
“What did Seo-hyun say?”
“Nothing major, apparently.”
“Oh, good. Then we can go on that vacation later. Hehe. Ha-rin, where should we go?”
“Hmm……”
Yeon-hwa spoke to Ha-rin with feigned cheerfulness.
Her former stuttering and aversion to eye contact had improved through interacting with viewers.
“Since it’s a vacation, let’s go overseas somewhere refreshing. No need for planes anyway, with your gate.”
“U-Um, Yeon-hwa, Ha-rin? Skipping immigration like that would be ignoring procedures, so please take a flight. I’ll look into tickets for you.”
“Oh, really? Thank you!”
“By the way, where are you thinking of going?”
“Still deciding. Gotta ask Seo-hyun unnie when she gets back? Things have been oddly quiet lately.”
“You’re right. Rifts haven’t been popping up for once.”
“If this calm holds, maybe skip overseas and take Seo-hyun unnie on a domestic trip? Haven’t hit the beach in ages.”
“Beach…… Would that be okay for you, Yeon-hwa?”
Jeong-ho asked Ha-rin’s question with concern.
“Oh, I’m fine now. One sip of elixir, and I’m good even under the blazing sun.”
“That’s a relief.”
“Then, want to come along, Deputy Director?”
“Haha, I’ve got too much work.”
“Aren’t you tired? We mutants have no stamina issues, but you haven’t mutated……”
“It’s fun, so it’s fine. Plus, the Director’s been generous with near-pure elixirs for me.”
Yeon-hwa and Ha-rin made faces like they pitied him at Jeong-ho’s words.
There really were people who found work fun.
“Well, I see it as my calling. Things go smoothly, so no stress.”
“Ah.”
“And no one messes with me anymore. With the Director as my backing, even the higher-ups tremble.”
Jeong-ho smiled pleasantly as he said that.
Even under the National Intelligence Service Director, he’d had it easy thanks to the backing, but he’d still faced stress from unreasonable demands by those even higher up.
But from the moment the bureau became independent from the NIS as a separate entity, no one dared mess with him.
The top brass knew who kept the bureau running and propped up their power.
No need to pick a fight and get on their bad side.
With the higher-ups cooperating so well, work couldn’t be more enjoyable for Jeong-ho.
Requests for cooperation got official documents immediately, schedules were set without delay……
With everything proceeding so smoothly, how could it not be fun?
“Well, it’s all thanks to you all.”
“Ahaha…… Really?”
“The Director, Yeon-hwa, and Ha-rin have been so overwhelmingly impressive…… I couldn’t help but benefit. That’s why work’s fun.”
Yeon-hwa and Ha-rin tilted their heads at the Deputy Director’s words.
Work being fun? It didn’t add up.
No matter how they looked at it, their Deputy Director was a hopeless workaholic.
“Anyway, you should decide on a destination soon. Golden week’s almost here.”
“Oh, right!”
At Jeong-ho’s words, Yeon-hwa and Ha-rin eagerly scouted vacation spots with sparkling eyes.
“But can Seo-hyun unnie take such a long vacation? From the Ark Angels tour to now.”
“Technically, the Director’s overseas trip this time was official business. No vacation days used.”
“That’s kinda enviable……”
“But what if a rift opens while we’re at the beach?”
“Then just ask Seo-hyun unnie to handle it. I’ll just open the gate.”
“Oh, that works?”
As the two debated destinations, Seo-hyun was……
“……You want me to dance this?”
“I did it too, you punk.”
Already on stage ahead of her, another victim—Tae-hoon—was enthusiastically teaching her the moves under his guidance.