I Will Be the Son of Man

The transaction must be carried out in three days.

So, where to go until then?

Hill left from the coast, and naturally he would not go back to the banquet prepared for him by the crowd, because he felt that he was not the hero they were looking for, and he didn't want to be a hero either.

So, he walked to a remote forest alone, and after a while, Hill stopped because of the huge building in front of him.

The building in front of me, if it is a residence, covers an area that is too wide.

If it is a palace, it is too deserted.

It was as if it had been intentionally abandoned here, and even at the entrance, some moss and weeds had grown.

what is this?

A little confused in his eyes, Hill sniffed lightly to remember the smell at the entrance, and then sniffed the smell coming from the building. He just walked in without smelling any strange smell.

There was no light in the building at all. After walking a few steps, as the field of vision gradually narrowed, Hill took a torch mounted on the wall of the corridor and lit it by lighting a fire.

The roads are intricate, almost like a maze.

But relying on his powerful memory and sense of smell, Hill still remembered how to find the exit.

After counting for 10 minutes, it seems that I have reached the depths or center of the maze.

The originally narrow road suddenly became wider, and the space ahead also became much larger.

Whoa whoa whoa!

A sound like metal rubbing against the ground resounded in the darkness, and his golden pupils shone slightly. Although Hill heard the movement, he didn't smell any danger.

He first used a torch to light up the furnace lamp on the wall, and then like some kind of mechanism, the fire light spread along the track on the wall, and in an instant, the whole space became bright.

Hill turned his head to look, at this moment he saw in the huge labyrinth room, sitting in a daze with a pair of hands and feet imprisoned by heavy chains, a pair of bull horns on his head, and a pair of red eyes staring at him Yes, like a bull-headed human body.

"It's not... time to pay tribute, who are you?"

Like a child babbling, the existence on the opposite side asked intermittently.

"I'm Hill, who are you?"

"I am...As...Terius, no, Mino...Tauros, a...monster!"

Sensing that Hill is different from the virgins who were sent in in the past, the existence that claimed to be Asterios roared like a threat, not wanting to let Hill approach.

"Asterios? Minotaur? Do you have two names?"

Instead of putting on a defensive posture because of the other party's non-hostile intimidation, Hill walked forward instead.

"The name is... Asterios. No, come here!"

It was the first time he met a human being who was not afraid of seeing him, and Asterios wanted to drive him out instead of eating him.

"Then, wouldn't it be good to just call him Asterios? Why do you still call yourself Minotaur?"

He stopped, and Hill didn't come any closer.

The golden pupils met the other's red eyes, and Hill waited for an answer, while Asterios fell silent.

"You... let's go, you are different from... those... people who came in before."

It is not like those heroes who luckily came to the depths of this maze have killing intent towards themselves, or are full of fear and abuse towards themselves like those "tributes" who were sent in according to the established time.

Although Asterios has never seen more people, he only sees himself like a "monster" in Hill's eyes.

The little human in front of him is like a mirror.

Therefore, Asterios didn't want Hill to get close to him, worried that he would go crazy and pollute him with his cannibal ugliness.

"Go? Is this your home?"

Hill stopped and looked around, the whole room was almost empty, there was nothing else at all.

"Home? This is where... [Father] locked me up."

"Because...I'm a 'monster', so...going to be locked up."

"Monster? If it's not human, is it a monster?"

Hill saw that there was no difference between the other party and humans, only that he was taller and had an extra pair of horns, with doubts in his eyes.

"Don't know. But... I am, 'The Monster.'"

Asterios shook his head, he remembered what his [father] said to him when he was just imprisoned here.

—You can only be a monster.

This sentence was deeply engraved in his mind, so Asterios ate all the "tributes" that came every time he paid tribute according to his [father's] instructions.

"Aren't you Asterios, why do you say yours is a monster?"

Unable to understand the word "monster", Hill asked the other party a question.

Asterios froze for a moment, and after a while, he spoke slowly.

"You're weird."

"Obviously you are strange. You, don't you want to go out?"

Although it is important to know what his father said, in Hill's view, Gilgamesh never restricted his freedom, but instead hoped to do what he wanted to do.

So he didn't understand why Asterios had to stay here all the time, and what to do if he was hungry.

"I want...to see...the forest, but I can't."

Asterios shook his head stubbornly. It seemed that the chains on his body were not the only thing restricting his actions.

"I see, then let me tell you what the forest looks like, can you let me stay here for three days?"

Not wanting to go back and be prayed for by the crowd as a hero, Hill decided to stay here for the next three days, as if no one would bother him.

Hearing Hill's words, Asterios did not threaten the other party to leave this time. He lowered his head and remained silent for a long time before speaking.

"Can."

"However, after three days...you have to...leave from here."

Moving his body, to cover the "remnants" of the last "tribute" behind him more tightly, Asterios raised his head, opened his eyes wide, and controlled his spirit.

At the same time, like a child who wants to listen to a story, there is hope in his eyes.

"Well, in three days, I'll be leaving."

Hill sat down directly, thought for a while, he took out two apples from the silver ripples, and handed one of them to the other party.

"Apple, do you want to eat?"

"apple?"

He had never seen this red thing in the opponent's hand before. Asterios leaned over and sniffed it, then looked up at Hill with clear eyes, slowly raised his hand, and took the apple. He took a light bite.

"Good...sweet."

"Apple...delicious."

The golden eyes narrowed, as if he was satisfied with Asterios' words, Hill also took a bite of the apple, and then began to tell the story of the forest he walked through.

PS1: Chapter 2 is here! Chapter 3 before 7pm!

PS2: Continue to ask the little cuties for some good things, please ask for some big treasures!Thank you! ?( ?? ? ? ?)?

Chapter 035: Opening (33/n)

Three days passed in a blink of an eye.

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Before leaving the maze, Hill thought for a long time, and divided half of the apple he was carrying with Asterios.

Looking at the bright red fruits around him, and the boy leaving as promised, Asterios wanted to go out with him like this for a moment, to see the forest outside, and to roll on the grass in the sun.

But in the end, Asterios still lowered his head, waiting in the dark for the arrival of the next batch of "tributes".

Or, wait for the appearance of a hero who will defeat him who is full of evil deeds.

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On the coast, Hill came to the agreed place and called Poseidon's name.

With a burst of waves rolling, Poseidon emerged from the sea without a drop of water.

Hill took out the bull's body from the silver ripple, put it on the ground, and waited for Poseidon to fulfill the transaction.

"I did receive the item, so I will give you this [Silver's Right Calf Armor] as a gift!"

A cloud of silver light appeared in his hand, just as Poseidon took out the thing, it was like flowing light, voluntarily wrapped around Hill's right calf, and fit together perfectly.

"It has been protected by me. With this thing, you can walk freely on the sea from now on. Even in the sea, you can breathe as freely as on land."

Hill looked down at the armor protecting his right calf, and after not feeling that his movements would be hindered, he nodded.

"I see."

"Then, the transaction has been completed, and it's time for me to go. By the way, where do you plan to go next?"

Putting the bull's body in his hand, Poseidon was a little curious.

"I want to go back first, because my sister said that I will go back to see her after a while."

Thinking of Atalanta's instructions to him, Hill felt that he should fulfill this agreement first if he could not find Uruk for the time being.

"Go back? In that case, you can keep walking in that direction."

Pointing the direction for the other party, Poseidon smiled, and then said.

"Then, I wish you the best of luck in finally finding the place you want to reach, boy!"

Poseidon left the stage just like when he entered the stage, and his figure disappeared into the sea.

And Hill also remembered the direction the other party was pointing at, and walked to the coast.One foot first stepped on the water tentatively, and after finding that it would not sink, he stepped on both feet, preparing to return to the forest hut.

Under the surface of the sea, Poseidon seemed to remember something while walking towards his palace.

"By the way, I always feel like I've seen the remaining aura on that boy's body somewhere..."