Chapter 324

Episode 324 Golden Labyrinth (4)

– Cleared the 1st floor.

―Yggdrasil regenerates the memories of the , the owner of the hierarchy.

“You mean to regenerate the memory of the master of the hierarchy?”

While Jaehyun was flustered, a pure white light flashed in his vision.

before losing consciousness. Ratatosk’s voice is heard.

“Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee story about the owner of that floor or Pippi field is sometimes played!”

However, Ratatosque’s voice did not reach Jaehyun and Seo Ina properly. It was because the two people’s vision was dotted with complete darkness.

‘What the hell is this…!’

Jaehyun was taken aback, but soon came to his senses.

Has the system sent itself to a harsh place once or twice?

It wasn’t surprising at all.

When Jaehyun, who had made up his mind, tried to calm himself down. My vision slowly began to return to normal.

What followed was the story of a certain king.

At the same time, a low voice like a subtitle resonates in my ears.

[This is the story of a king who loved a certain people.]

* * *

[This is the story of a king who loved a certain people.]

For some reason, when the same story was told again, Jaehyun first checked to see if his comrades were all right. .

Fortunately, Seo In-na and Papi Ratatosque were all together.

Anyway, I cleared the stairs, but it wouldn’t be a problem if there was a penalty.

Jaehyun thought so and looked around.

‘This is… in the memory of the Golden King during his lifetime.’

He could intuitively understand.

The scenery he could see reflected the audience room of a certain kingdom.

Also, on the throne there was a king with a distraught face in a filthy appearance.

He was holding his forehead with both hands.

At that moment, I hear the voices of the servants standing next to me.

“Odin told me to send a tribute this time in September.”

At those words, the king groaned briefly. He said, suppressing his frustration.

“How much gold did you ask for again this time?”

The servant hesitated for a moment at the king’s question, then closed his eyes and answered.

“He told me to prepare at least twice as much as before. He also said that if not, he would spread a plague in the country next year.”

[…I guess they are people who serve Odin. … Judging from the situation, I don’t know why, but it seems like I’m being threatened…]

Seo Ina spoke to me through telepathy.

Jaehyun nodded.

Perhaps the Golden King was one of many humans who served Odin at first. But something had happened and it seemed that his faith had faded.

‘There is a high possibility that the amount of gold that has to be given as a ‘tribute’, which is being talked about, has had an effect on his faith.’

If the amount of tribute to be paid is too large, there will inevitably be disruptions to the kingdom’s operation. If anger builds up from it, there is nothing strange about it.

Jaehyun pondered for a while and then conveyed his thoughts.

[It seems that greed didn’t make him the Golden King. The same goes for the first sound of the system.]

It’s the story of a king who loved his people.

No matter how you look at it, the system is trying to tell the story of the hidden golden king.

No, it would be more accurate to assume that Yggdrasil was doing that.

“Can’t we collect tribute somehow?”

The king said with a worried expression, but the servant shook his head.

“Impossible. As long as you don’t raid a dragon’s nest…”

“Ask Odin for a little more tail…”

“That’s also impossible. Because Odin said he would not wait any longer…”

“…I see. Somehow, I will find a way within today.”

The scene cuts off there, and not long after, the scene continues.

* * *

“Are you serious?”

The king is standing in a different place than before.

Nearby stood a man who appeared to be the captain of the guard.

He is looking down from the top of the great wall that surrounds the border.

There, their people are starving to death.

A small determination dwells in the sad king’s eyes, and at the same time, the narration continues.

[Odin demanded more tribute each year. As each day passed, more people died of starvation and poverty, and the king was forced to suffer from deep guilt and worry

.

“I will hit another country. If you don’t somehow collect the gold and give it to Odin, all the people will die. There is no other way.”

“But… that’s not your way, is it?”

[The king was never someone who coveted someone else’s for his own.]

[However, the helplessness of having no way and the guilt of having to somehow save the dying person in front of him forced him to move.]

The king looked sad and twilight . He said while looking at the ground.

“Yes…yes. Not my way… but I can’t help it.”

The scene moved on to the next scene. The king gathers an army and gathers those who have not eaten properly to attack the neighboring country.

“Kill the enemy soldiers immediately! Otherwise, our people will die!”

The captain was at the forefront.

The king is also commanding the soldiers from the front.

It was not a common sight.

Anyway, the king who has to survive until the end is fighting at the forefront.

The king of the enemy country and his entourage raise their voices as if grieved.

“Why are you attacking our kingdom! Weren’t you our ally?! You know what you’re doing!”

The king said nothing.

[It was probably the king’s guilt. Even though it was a foreign country, it was a country with friendly relations where they exchanged goods and stayed together.] [

However, they eventually had to make a choice. In order to protect my family, I had to kill others in order to protect my people.]

[Finally, the king subjugated the enemy country and took away a lot of gold. In the end, the king was able to pay tribute to Odin that year.]

* * *

Jaehyun and Seo Eana. And Ratatosque said no more.

As the screen continues.

His more miserable life continues to be projected.

* * *

The king fought battle after battle, but the tribute he had to pay increased each year.

The men of the village had to be taken to the battlefield when they turned 15, and more than half of them returned dead.

But if you don’t pay tribute, everyone will die.

The king had to choose.

Because that was better than everyone dying.

It was a bitter utilitarian conclusion, but there was no other way.

The king continued to attack other nations, search for treasure… and slay dragons.

But even so, he continued to suffer in agony.

The amount of tribute Odin demands increases each year.

This is because it was not at an acceptable level.

And one year,

an epidemic broke out in the kingdom that could not pay tribute.

About 70% of the total population died.

The only survivors are the king and a few of his closest aides.

And there were only sturdy men in the army who could fight.

* * *

The king realized.

He was tricked by Odin.

That this hell will never end by paying tribute.

People continued to die, and he was furious.

But at the same time, he wanted to save even the survivors.

because.

The king, who loved his people, made a decision.

[I will raid the treasure house of the gods.]

The treasure house of the gods. It was said that there were full of weapons of the gods.

The king reached there, got the treasure, and tried to kill the god, Odin to be exact.

However, such a miracle could not have happened to him, who was only a human being.

Eventually, the king was captured by Odin. said Odin.

[As a reward for daring to stand against me, you will kill the people you love the most with your own hands.]

The king died miserably by Odin’s magic.

Also, with death, he was born as a new being.

While stuffed in Yggdrasil, he killed the people and countless humans who followed him, and the corpses formed a mountain.

Soon the king became greedy and did a foolish thing.

His story was so erroneously passed down in the world that we call it the miserable words of a foolish human who challenged God.

The story of a king who coveted gold ended so miserably.

At the end of the continued narration, Jaehyun felt his fist tighten without even realizing it.

[This is the story of a certain king who coveted gold.]

―The story of the golden king ends playing.

* * *

Jaehyun, Seo Ina, Ratatosque, and Poppy were all able to return to reality.

It was thanks to the end of all memory regeneration.

Jaehyun nodded for a moment. In front of his eyes was a golden king who had not yet died.

Jaehyun looked at him and opened his mouth slowly.

“I was told from earlier that I had to keep it that way. Were they your people?”

The Golden King said he didn’t care even as he watched his body crumble.

“Yes. My people… died at my… hand… I… was cursed…”

“Cursed for sure. Because Odin stuffed you here.”

Even as Jaehyun said that, he looked at him with a sad expression.

golden king. With only a skeleton left now, he was trying to get himself up somehow.

Jaehyun thought of the first time he met Poppy.

At that time, he lost his self due to the curse caused by Andvari’s ring.

I couldn’t move my body freely because I was playing in Odin’s hands.

As for Jaehyun, the situation then and now seemed to overlap.

“Kill me…”

“Yes. I’ll kill you even if you don’t look at me like that. You look so ugly now compared to when you were alive.”

“Thank you….

”

Jae-hyun activated Divinity Usurpation and took away his dignity.

The level given by Odin.

I can’t bring them all, but for now this is the best. Jaehyun reminded himself that he had to become stronger quickly.

“I… I…”

then.

The Golden King continued to open his mouth to say something.

Jaehyun shook his head.

Due to the aftermath of the skill, the golden king’s bones began to fly. It was impossible for him to say anything now that even his mouth was gone.

However, Jaehyun already knew what he wanted to say.

“It is not your fault.”

It was Odin who killed the people.

It wasn’t your fault in the first place.

Jaehyun swallowed the last two words and watched the golden king scattering away. Looking back, I saw Seo Eana’s dark expression.

She bit her lip sullenly.

“…There must have been countless people who have fought like this… until now, right?”

“…okay. I was one of them.”

“…How could you do this…”

Seo Ina lowered her head in disbelief.

It must be because I became emotional because I came to see the memories. Because she’s not used to this yet.

But you have to accept it.

Because this is reality.

It’s disgusting, but it’s real.

What happened after Odin seized power after the first Ragnarok.

It is impossible to undo all this.

The past has already passed.

In the death of the giants he saw in the mirror of Urd, Jae-hyeon realized that.

What you can do should always be sought in the present.

“let’s go. to the next floor.”

Because of that, Jaehyun had no choice but to say that.

Seeing his determined expression, Seo Ina nodded.

Jiying.

With the complete death of the golden king, a portal was formed in the throne he was standing on. Jaehyun and Seo Ina intuitively realized that it was to head to the second floor.

The moment when the two people and the two animals who had completed their mental preparations were about to move to the next layer.

[This is the last present I can give.]

Everyone stopped for a moment at the sudden voice.

Then, an unexpected message came to my ears.

[You have attacked the 1st floor of the Spiral Tower with the hidden route.]

[The Golden King’s Legacy (Myth-equipment item) will be given to each.]