Became the Weapon Monopolist of the Gods-Chapter 65: Zeus, the king of the gods (2)

In mythology, Hercules had twelve trials.

He had already gone through three, so there were nine trials left.

However, if possible, I wanted to skip the remaining nine trials.

For me, the appearance of Zeus was both a crisis and an ‘opportunity.’

Zeus was trying to revise his tasks.

And, if I used my future knowledge, it wasn’t impossible to persuade Zeus.

Greek mythology was so vast that there were dozens of versions, and I could just pick and choose the ones that were advantageous to me.

It could be seen as ‘fraud’ against the gods... ... .

‘Just do it.’

Fraud was a hundred times better than increasing my tasks.

Since it was a recorded myth, it wasn’t really a fraud.

That’s why... ... .

“Zeus.”

“......?”

“Increasing the task will only waste Hercules’ time.”

I interfered with Zeus’s judgment.

To deceive the king of the gods.

“What...!”

Artemis was surprised and terrified when I interfered with Zeus’s judgment.

She was so shocked that I tried to divert Zeus’s attention from me, but now that I’m interfering again, she can’t help but be embarrassed.

Hercules, Apollo, and even the goddess Pythia looked at me with dumbfounded expressions.

It was customary for even the gods not to get involved when the king of the gods made a judgment.

However, they seemed dumbfounded when a human, not a god, got involved.

Even Zeus looked at me with puzzled eyes.

It seemed as if this in itself was a ‘trial’ to them.

But the status window seemed to recognize it as well.

I interfere with the decision of Zeus, the king of the gods.

Reward: Decider of Trials

─You can choose and obtain one of the 12 Tasks abilities.

‘... This.’

My eyes lit up at the unexpected quest activation. Even the reward was unusual.

The 12 Tasks abilities were not ordinary, and I was given the choice.

The reason I had to convince Zeus increased.

The blue light containing lightning flashed toward me.

“Will it only waste Hercules’ time?”

“That’s right. It would be better to give Hercules personal training time during that time.”

My words sounded strange at first, but Zeus did not judge hastily.

That was understandable, since I emphasized Hercules’ ‘training.’

‘Olympus is currently in the preparation period for the Great War.’

Olympus was busy preparing for the Gigantomachia, the war of the giants that would come hundreds of years later.

All the gods of Olympus prepared powerful weapons and were working hard to maximize their abilities.

Zeus prepared even more powerful lightning for the Cyclops, Poseidon prepared a trident, and Hades prepared an invisible helmet.

And the key to that victory was the birth of a ‘human hero’ as mentioned in Prometheus’ prophecy.

If Zeus judged that the 12 labors were useless for the training of a hero, he would make a bold decision.

‘Of course, I can’t get rid of trials.’

Olympus considered the number ‘12’ sacred.

That’s why there were 12 main gods of Olympus and Hercules’ trials were also 12.

The Twelve Tasks were also the destiny set by the Moirai, so even Zeus could not modify or remove them.

In other words, as long as they were not modified or removed, any other ‘tricks’ could be used.

This was also why Zeus talked about adding tasks instead of changing them.

And I emphasized to Zeus that there was no need for tasks.

“Why?”

“Hercules, he is the ‘human hero’ mentioned in the prophecy of Prometheus.”

“......!”

In that moment, the air changed.

Zeus, Apollo, and Artemis all looked at me with surprised eyes.

“How do you know that prophecy?”

His eerie eyes filled with lightning stared at me.

As if my fate would be determined by my answer.

And... ... .

“You will know if you read my memories.”

“.......”

Zeus was silent for a moment at my words, then opened his mouth.

“Mnemosyne.”

In that moment.

Swish─

A woman wearing transparent black robes appeared beside Zeus like a ghost.

She was a ghost-like being whose face was hidden by the black robes.

Mnemosyne.

She was a being who preserved the memories and history of mankind.

The goddess of memory.

In mythology, Mnemosyne is called the ‘forbidden library of the gods.’

She only preserved memories, and could not reveal them.

However, she was a goddess who could judge the truth of the story I was telling.

As a side note, Zeus took even Mnemosyne and created nine children in nine days and nights.

“Mnemosyne. Tell me if that stranger is telling the truth.”

─... ... Yes, Zeus.

Swish, swish.

Mnemosyne approached like a ghost, dragging her flowing long robe.

Mnemosyne raised her head.

Only then could I see her face hidden beneath her robe.

Deep, deep, white eyes like the abyss of the ocean.

I felt the weight of all the history and memories of the world in them.

─... ... Would you allow me to do so?

“Yes. But only the memories I recall.”

Mnemosyne nodded slightly with a gentle smile.

It didn’t matter whether it was a lie or not.

She was someone who couldn’t reveal her memories to others.

“.......”

I could feel my memories being read through the eyes I met with hers.

The superficial memories I was recalling right now.

And... ... .

─... ... What is this?

Confusion rose in Mnemosyne’s gentle white pupils.

It couldn’t be otherwise.

She had read a forbidden record that contained the ‘future’ of the future.

It was information that was conveniently interpreted in my favor... ... .

I told her the name of the information.

“It’s Treewiki.”

─... ... What is it?

“If we were to give an example from this world, it would be similar to the ‘Flower Garden where Fate is Intertwined.’”

─... ... Are you talking about the Garden of Moirai?

“Similar.”

The Garden of Fate is the space where the three sisters of fate, the Moirai, reside.

The Greek version of the ‘Arcade Record.’

It is a sea of ​​information where all the information of this world gathers, and only certain prophets, such as Prometheus and Apollo, can access it.

Even they could only get fragmentary information, and could not look into all the destinies.

That was only the authority of Moirai.

I likened Treewiki to the garden where those destinies were intertwined.

However, I said ‘similar’, not ‘same’.

Treewiki was an extremely biased and subjective site where anyone could access and edit records.

Treewiki was the space where some people with too much time won the editing battle.

I just adopted the records written there because they were advantageous to me.

[The Twelve Labors of Hercules can be said to have ended the moment the first two were completed. The remaining labors were nothing more than forced delays.]

[It could be said that the only difficult things were capturing Cerberus from the underworld and retrieving the golden apples.]

A subjective interpretation that most of the labors of Hercules were meaningless.

However, since it was written plausibly, it was easy for someone who didn’t know to accept it as fact.

It was even more so for Mnemosyne.

To her, Treewiki would seem like a ‘book of prophecy’ that wrote down the future that would happen.

The trap was that it was a book of prophecy with biased interpretations.

“Mnemosyne. What do you think?”

─... ... Everything this person said was true.

“......!”

Zeus flinched at Mnemosyne’s judgment.

“Then.......”

“The only task that could help Hercules ‘growth’ would be the last task.”

─... ... That’s right.

Mnemosyne defended me. She had no idea that she had been deceived.

Meanwhile, Zeus fell silent as Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory, supported my words.

There must have been ways to cleverly avoid the 12 labors.

Zeus, who had been silent ~Nоvеl𝕚ght~ for a while, finally spoke.

“Hercules.”

“Yes.”

“Go to the underworld.”

“...To the underworld?”

Zeus nodded.

“If you can go to the underworld and capture its gatekeeper, Cerberus, and bring him back to the living world, I will consider all the labors completed.”

“!”

“However, the remaining seven trials will have to be completed ‘later.’”

Zeus did not mention exactly when ‘later.’

He probably meant after he ascended to Olympus and became a god.

It wouldn’t be difficult for Hercules, who had become a god, to complete the seven labors.

Tiring!

[The decision of Zeus, the king of the gods, has been reversed.]

[As a reward, you will be given the ‘Decisor of Trials.’]

The moment Zeus’s judgment was completed, the status window vomited out the reward.

[Would you like to open the Decisor of Trials?]

‘Yes.’

In that moment, the 12 abilities of Trials appeared before me.