Chapter 296 (1/2)
Atlas said that this place might be made by himself, but if he carelessly changed the structure to let me out, the souls in the underworld could run wild. Therefore, Atlas couldn’t help. Inevitably, I wandered around the labyrinth again. Instead, Atlas attached himself to Jinny, like Prometheus did to Solar, and helped me out. Therefore, it reduced the four days by one. I was able to get out in three days.
“Sigh.”
Three days later...
The moment I stepped outside, the smell of sulfur that was unique to the volcanic zone rushed toward me in a welcomed manner. Additionally, the hot wind blew and sweat started flowing all over my body.
[The first apostle, ‘Prometheus,’ has regained his natural strength.]
Hrmm. Come to think of it, Prometheus must’ve felt quite stuffy.
“Prometheus, don’t you think it is good that you got to see your brother?”
[The apostle, ‘Heavy Smoker Carrying the Sky,’ is laughing happily.]
[The first apostle, ‘Prometheus,’ is holding up the sky with Atlas.]
Originally, Atlas’ nickname was ‘One Who Carries the Sky.’ However, the cloud snacks he created—
No, I saw the cigarette and teased that he was a heavy smoker. Thus, his nickname changed. I didn’t know I could change that.
“Atlas, can’t you just use your name instead of the nickname?”
[The apostle, ‘Heavy Smoker Carrying the Sky,’ says that he likes this nickname.]
“......”
Well, it was good if he liked it.
“Jinny.”
“Why call, reum~?”
I called out to Jinny who was right next to me. Jinny was as fluffy as touching a sheep. I climbed lightly onto Jinny’s back and sat cross-legged like I was sitting on a comfortable cushion. The world’s comfort invaded and I almost fell asleep.
“Cough. I shouldn’t fall asleep. Jinny, depart!”
I shook my head in a hurry to shake off my sleepiness and rode Jinny into the sky at high speed. In Prometheus’ memories, Alexus used to ride Jinny like it was a car. Therefore, there was no reason for me not to do so.
“Stop for a minute. The east...?”
Jinny picked me up like it was familiar with this and took me to the volcanoes in the east, west, north, and south. I was able to gather the four Star Fruits here at a high speed. I collected one first grade, one second grade, and two third grade fruits. It was a satisfactory result. All that remained was meeting with Mido.
“Is she busy?”
“Today is a week...”
I pulled out what Atlas had given me from my inventory before leaving. It was an item called ‘Atlas’ Cloud Confection.’ Before I left, Atlas had given me a gift. It would help me a lot if I smoked it when in danger. I didn’t know why, but one of the first three gods, Neptune, the god of the land and sea, encouraged Atlas to do this if the punishment of holding up the sky was difficult.
[Atlas's Cloud Confectionery]
[Rating: Myth
Something that Atlas, the god of clouds and punishment, created in order to forget pain and loneliness. It is made from the cloud elemental JInny so it has no side effects. Rather, it has the synergistic effect of increasing stats.
-Once used, all stats will increase by 10% for 10 minutes.
-There is a sealed skill.]
It was a myth rated cigarette. Atlas told me to smoke this in dangerous moments, but smoking it in dangerous moments would only relieve my tension. Perhaps Atlas told me to smoke it in dangerous moments because it increased all stats by 10%. In any case, this is Atlas’ last confection. It was the so-called ‘last cigarette in a pack.’ There was no stats reduction so it was completely good.
Haha.
By the way, what was the sealed skill?
“Well, I’ll see when I smoke it.”
The moment I was about to place the cloud confection in my mouth...
-Mido: Grandfather, please save us!
I almost dropped what I was holding.
* * *
At the western port of the perished Parta Principality...
This place was already a mess. David ran at the undead with 150 users. The users joined the guild called ‘Excalibur’ and fought together with a sense of belonging. Guild leader David’s wood dragon indiscriminately killed the undead while the members of the Excalibur Guild ran after David, the majestic King Arthur.
“Let’s go—!”
“Follow King Arthur!”
However, David was forced to frown. The speed of the undead’s resurrection was very fast. This speed was twice that of normal necromancers and it made David very tired.
“Damn, there is no end to them!”
There were only low level undead right now and the players were killing them easily. However, the number of people dying increased as intermediate and advanced undead came little by little.
“Everyone, hang in there! My grandfather said he is coming!”
David's head turned at the sudden shout. The voice belonged to Mido who was fighting with the Icarus Guild on the right. She was calling the shadow ink soldiers with the Star Fruit power she awakened during the World Competition. The number was so great that it surpassed the number of his guild members in an instant. Just, why were they all kitties?
“That old man is coming?”
“You! Speak politely! He is my grandfather!”