Chapter 219. The Greatest Hero (8)
“Kim Nameless... he was alive?”
After Heracles left...
Seok Taejun looked stunned after hearing the story from Kang Yujin.
“Wait, didn’t he fall into the sea and die?”
“Apparently not.”
“Then he could’ve at least contacted us and said he wasn’t dead...”
“That’s exactly what I’m saying.”
Kang Yujin sighed as he sat on the edge of the bed.
“Where is Kim Nameless now? He hasn’t left yet, has he?”
“I don’t know. Ask Joo Minha if you want the details.”
“To think all of this happened while I was cleaning up the remaining demons...”
Seok Taejun scratched his head and left the tent.
Left alone, Kang Yujin sighed again and lay back down.
“Kang Yujin.”
This time, someone else poked his head inside.
It was Cheon Sangwoon, who had been eliminating demons alongside Seok Taejun.
“I heard you fought Heracles.”
“Yeah.”
“You’re lucky to be alive.”
Cheon Sangwoon smiled and sat on the edge of the bed.
“A Constellation personally descending to attack a Contractor... that’s not something you see often.”
“Really?”
“Obviously. Although...”
“What?”
“I heard something from Lee Hyeonje yesterday. Apparently, a group of Constellations descended in Europe and attacked Pandemonium.”
“A group of Constellations?”
“Yeah. I don’t know who they were yet.”
“Could just be a rumor.”
“I can’t deny that possibility.”
Unlike the past, when people could use the internet freely, foreign news was difficult to obtain these days.
Even when scraps of information arrived, verifying whether they were true was difficult.
“But in the end, why did Heracles attack you?”
“Ah.”
Only then did Kang Yujin realize something.
“I forgot to ask.”
"..."
Cheon Sangwoon stared at him, momentarily speechless, before letting out a long sigh.
“You really are...”
There was nothing Kang Yujin could say to that.
Heracles had literally visited him earlier.
He could have asked then.
He had simply forgotten.
“Still... I don’t think his goal was to kill me.”
“Really?”
“It felt more like he wanted to knock me around a little.”
“Or test me.”
“Something like that.”
“Hmm... well, if Heracles had seriously decided to kill you, you probably wouldn’t still be alive.”
Cheon Sangwoon nodded as though that made sense.
“Maybe you’ve become too noticeable among the Constellations.”
“I don’t know.”
“When I was still close with my own Constellation, I sometimes got information from that side.”
“But lately, it’s been quiet.”
“Kim Nameless might know.”
“Kim Nameless? Ah, the Contractor of the ‘Nameless King.’ You said he was alive?”
“Yeah. He seemed pretty close to the Nameless King.”
“Hmm... I wanted to meet him at least once.”
Cheon Sangwoon rubbed his chin with his left hand and tilted his head.
“He sounds like an elusive man.”
“Maybe he already left.”
“Go outside and look for him if you want.”
“No, it’s fine.”
Cheon Sangwoon shrugged as though it wasn’t worth the trouble.
“Cheon Sangwoon.”
“What?”
“How strong am I?”
“Why are you suddenly asking that?”
“I was just wondering.”
“Well, in East Asia, I’d say you’re the strongest.”
“There isn’t a Contractor in Japan or China who can handle you.”
“What about the world?”
“Hmm... I’d have to think about that.”
Cheon Sangwoon crossed his arms and tilted his head.
“It’s hard to get reliable information about foreign countries these days.”
“Neighboring countries are one thing, but finding out what’s happening across the ocean is difficult.”
"..."
“Among the people I know about... there are probably three Contractors who could currently stand on your level.”
“Three?”
“Yeah. Three.”
“Who?”
“One of them is a Contractor active in Greece.”
Kang Yujin had once heard that Greece was one of the countries that successfully resisted Pandemonium’s invasion.
Apparently, many Constellations from Greek mythology had heavily supported the country because it was their homeland.
“His name is Alexandros.”
“He’s a Contractor known as Heracles’s successor.”
“Heracles’s successor?”
“Yeah.”
“And the Constellation he’s contracted with is Heracles.”
“He must be strong.”
“Probably.”
“I’ve heard quite a few stories about him.”
A Contractor acknowledged by Heracles himself.
Kang Yujin was curious what kind of person he was.
“And the other two... operate as a pair.”
“What kind of Contractors?”
“I can’t remember their names.”
“I think both of them are women.”
“Women?”
“Yeah. A female duo.”
“If I remember correctly, one is contracted with the ‘Dragon-Slaying Immortal,’ and the other with the ‘Hero King of Monstrous Strength.’”
“The Dragon-Slaying Immortal and the Hero King of Monstrous Strength...”
“Siegfried and Beowulf.”
“Both are top-tier heroes representing Northern Europe.”
"..."
“Beowulf was also the Constellation contracted with Choi Cheolmin, one of the former Eight Guardians.”
“You defeated him, didn’t you?”
“Yeah. Probably.”
But Kang Yujin was more interested in the other one.
The S-rank Constellation ‘Dragon-Slaying Immortal’ had been sending Kang Yujin long messages and advice for quite some time.
Come to think of it... I haven’t seen many messages from that Constellation lately.
What kind of person had that Constellation chosen as a Contractor?
Kang Yujin was just as curious as he was about Heracles’s Contractor.
“I don’t have enough information about the Americas or Australia, so I can’t say anything about those regions.”
“But excluding them, those three are probably the current top three Contractors in the world.”
“At least for now.”
“How do I compare to them?”
“No idea.”
“I’ve never personally seen them fight.”
“How do they compare to Heracles?”
"..."
“Cheon Sangwoon.”
“I want to become stronger.”
