Nymph of Wisdom, Metis (2)
Nymph of Wisdom, Metis (2)
My body was within human standards.
To be precise, my build wasn't much different from an ordinary human's.
I was a bit bigger than most if you pictured a muscular physique, but that was more along the lines of a bodybuilder or what you'd call a "gym rat."
I wasn't a massive three or four meters tall like the Gigas or other Titans!
'But his dick's smaller than mine, right?'
Then it's fine.
Despite that enormous body, his dick is still smaller than mine.
"Grrraaaagh!"
The Gigas ripped a tree out by the roots and swung it at me.
It slammed straight down, the tree smashing apart with a sickening crunch.
"Are you alright?"
"...I am fine."
I naturally dashed toward Metis, wrapped an arm around her waist, and launched us both out of the way.
"I was worried that attack might reach you."
"...That was excessive protection."
Overprotective was right.
Even if Metis had stayed in that spot, the debris wouldn't have scattered that much, and she could have used magic to avoid it herself.
So why did I go out of my way to throw myself in harm's way to save Metis?
'When else would I get a chance for legal skinship?'
The feel of touching her was no joke.
Even though I didn't touch any sensitive areas, I managed to briefly grope and savor her body in that instant.
"Please stand far back. I'll take care of this son of a bitch right away."
"...You seem to treat me and that creature very differently."
"That's because that bastard dared to say obscene things about you."
If he hadn't declared he wanted to violate Metis, I might have just spat on the ground and left.
But he had said he was going to rape the woman I'd set my sights on, right in front of me?
'He has to die.'
There's no need to show such a bastard any courtesy.
"...Do your best. If things look bad, I'll help from afar."
"Just your sentiment is reassuring enough."
But I'd rather you didn't actually help.
By nature, a male is driven to prove his strength to females, and I am the one who will stand at the apex of all males.
Zeus needing a nymph's help to catch a single Gigas?
If it was help to eliminate Cronus, that's one thing, but I don't need any help catching a guy whose dick is smaller than mine.
'Seriously.'
Let's finish this quickly.
The only question is exactly how to deal with him.
Thud!
He hurled a log high into the sky.
Arcing in a parabola, the log plummeted straight toward me.
"Too slow."
I sprinted forward.
The log grazed the back of my head and embedded itself in the ground. Gripping my sword with both hands, I kicked off the ground and leaped up.
"Kyaaaak!"
The bastard roared at me, reaching out with both hands.
He seemed to be trying to catch me while I was suspended in mid-air, but to say it once more...
"I said, too slow."
Slice.
My sword quickly lashed out and cut the two hands trying to grab me.
In the split second I flashed past, fountains of red blood spurted, and the already ugly Gigas's face contorted in agony, becoming truly hideous.
"Kyaaaak!"
"Weak."
Two sword strokes and he's screaming, stumbling backward.
He flailed his arms, trying to block my attacks, but through his panicked retreat, I saw an opening.
'According to Amalthea's teachings... now!'
I tightened my grip on my sword again and charged straight ahead.
I lowered my body, raised the sword back over my shoulder, and dropped my stance to its absolute limit.
"You, you little gnat-sized runt!!"
"What was that, you fucker?"
"Wh-what?! You dog...!"
A curse for a curse.
Did a bastard with olive oil flowing through his veins really think he could beat me, a man whose soul runs thick with K-Kimchi broth, in a swearing match?
"Don't even think about touching another man's woman—spend the rest of your life reflecting on your sins!"
The sin of daring to make fun of my dick in such a dickish way.
"Hyaaat!"
Slice.
I swung the sword I'd pulled back over my shoulder in a horizontal arc.
A single strike.
The Gigas couldn't react to my sword.
He couldn't react to my speed.
"Kh, kuh-urgh..."
The Gigas let out a weak groan, his eyes rolling back into his head.
Just like with humans, when a living creature suffers pain so immense it can't bear it, it passes out on its feet.
The Gigas was probably experiencing a shock unlike anything he'd ever felt in his life.
And it was no wonder...
Plop.
It wasn't even a thud.
Nor a crash.
The object severed by the sword fell to the ground with a genuine 'plop'.
Fortunately, the cloth covering his groin was cut along with it, and the fabric gently draped over the object, hiding it from sight.
"You filthy monster who tried to rape another. I have nipped it in the bud so that you can never violate anyone else ever again."
Zeus.
The Penislayer.
Perhaps inheriting Cronus's blood gave me a natural talent for cutting, smashing, and chopping off an opponent's phallus.
I'd deliberately cut his dick off.
In other words, I 'Uranus'd' him.
I just never imagined it would be sliced off so cleanly like that.
"I won't kill you."
I reversed the grip on my sword and slammed it into the Gigas's solar plexus.
Stab!
The sword lodged itself deep in his sternum. I turned my body around and walked away from him with a leisurely stride.
Step, step.
'Don't ever look back.'
Killing him in an instant and then looking back, wondering if he's dead? That's incredibly uncool.
Having punished the Gigas in just a few sword strokes, walking away silently was the key dramatic point.
Because that's what makes it look awesome.
The sword?
I can't take it with me.
How could I possibly retrieve a blade covered in another man's dick blood?
'So there was a reason Zeus threw lightning bolts.'
As expected of Zeus.
He couldn't soil his own hands, so he must have thrown his lightning like a spear.
'I should do the same.'
Cutting off a dick and possibly being splattered by a bit of its blood makes me feel fucking shitty.
'Come to think of it, wasn't that Gigas guy supposedly born from Uranus's dick?'
I know the gist of the anecdote about Uranus's genitals.
Why?
Because I at least know enough that Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty, was born from the transformation of Uranus's chopped-off cock.
How could I ever forget that image of her revealing luscious breasts from within a clamshell while covering her private parts with one hand and her hair?
In contrast, according to Metis, the Gigantes were creatures Gaia created from the blood of Uranus when his dick was cut off.
When you think about it, that almost makes them children of Gaia, but I'm sure even Gaia will acknowledge my anger.
Still, I didn't kill him.
"...I never expected things to turn out like this."
Metis approached me with a troubled look on her face.
"What are you going to do about that?"
"I'm going to leave it just like that."
The bastard was sprawled face-down on the ground.
Long stab wounds marked each of his palms, and blood was gushing out from his groin, spreading in all directions.
"Urgh, urp, aauurgh..."
He was in extreme agony.
But it was his own karma.
"I couldn't forgive him for speaking such obscene things to you, Lady Metis."
"...Ah, is that so. ...But, I'm a little sorry."
Snap.
Metis flicked her fingers.
Immediately, the suffering Gigas's form writhed and twisted rapidly.
"...Huh?"
"Congratulations. You've passed the trial."
"...A trial? That was... a trial?"
"Yes. Of course. That was nothing more than a fake I created. Though I did make it strong enough to be on par with a real Gigas. You don't need to look so disappointed."
Metis walked up to me and whispered very softly into my ear.
"You've proven your strength, Zeus."
"!!"
"Fufu, it should be boiled to perfection right around the time we get back home. Now, let's go. I've prepared a magical object for you."
"Um... Lady Metis?"
I pointed at the fading Gigas and asked.
"If that was some kind of illusion... then who was the one saying those things? The, uh, the part about violating you..."
Metis looked at me and shook her head.
"Metis. Drop the 'Lady'."
"..."
This woman, she just blatantly changed the subject.
* * *
A moment later.
"If you can defeat a Gigas, you're worthy of being entrusted with this. It seems the story about you snapping off Amalthea's horn is true. Now I can trust you with this."
As I was treated to dinner by Metis, I learned the reason she had tested me.
"Let me introduce myself once more. I am Metis. A nymph of the sea, daughter of Tethys, the mother goddess of the sea and rivers, and someone who has received a request from Lady Gaia, the mother of earth and life."
"...A request from Lady Gaia?"
"Yes. The request was to find a way to save Rhea's children trapped inside Cronus's stomach."
"..."
Metis was a far bigger deal than I'd thought.
She also possessed the key to ousting Cronus.
Poseidon and Hades.
As the goddesses of the sea and the underworld respectively, their combat power would likely be on par with my current self.
'They won't be reborn as babies, so they'll be just as strong as I am.'
They were born before me, but grew inside Cronus's stomach and were born later than me, making them my younger siblings.
'The story goes that even against Lu Bu, the three sworn brothers of Liu Bei had to form a raid party.'
Without their power, it's still impossible for me alone.
"So, it's too difficult for you by yourself."
That was the judgment Metis had made.
"Cronus is a completely different entity from a Gigas. He's too strong for me to even materialize as an illusion. Several times stronger than what you are now..."
"So, is there a way?"
"Yes. We'll extract all the life from Cronus's stomach."
Metis's answer was simple.
"We'll force him to vomit up the children he's nurturing inside his belly. By feeding him an emetic."
"But that's not an easy thing to do, is it?"
"That's why I need your help. I need an ingredient for that emetic, something that makes a man vomit the instant he gulps it down."
"...A man will vomit?"
"Yes."
Metis lifted an object that looked like a beaker.
"I'm going to feed him an emetic made using your semen as the raw material."
This was depravity.
Undeniable depravity.
But the thought alone was so horrifying it made me feel like throwing up myself.
A man ingests another man's semen?
'Blergh, fuck.'
Unless he was gay, if forced, he wouldn't be able to endure it without vomiting.
Even the thought of extracting mine and feeding it to Cronus made me nauseous.
"Um... does it absolutely have to be semen?"
"Yes. Using your semen, which inherited Cronus's blood, as a base will cause a rejection reaction in Cronus's body, and the effect will spread throughout his entire body..."
"Ah, I get it. Spare me the theory."
"...Hmph. Any more questions?"
This was my chance.
"...Do I extract it by myself?"
I pointed to the empty beaker, and Metis gave me a look of pure contempt.
"Why? Do you want me to help?"
"Yes."
An immediate and shameless answer.
"...Seriously?"
"Seriously."
"...Ah, agh."
With her head hung low, Metis raised just a single finger.
"...Give me one day to think about it."
Nice.
Starting today, one full day of no fapping.