Mythology: Ragnarok

Chapter 158 The Days I Was Slayed by Heroes (Part 2)

The hero stared blankly at the sword in his hand, now only the hilt remaining. Then, Agreed slapped him, sending him flying five meters away. At the same time, Agreed swung the Supreme Sword, knocking down all the incoming arrows. By this time, the hero's companions had caught up. Agreed used Mirror Image Magic to create hundreds of his own illusory clones, instantly surrounding everyone in the opposite direction. Then, the mirror images effortlessly knocked the weapons from their hands and subdued them.

The battle lasted less than ten seconds from start to finish. Agreed had knocked everyone to the ground. Agreed walked up to the hero and said, "Being brave but reckless is not a good thing, especially when your enemy is far stronger than you. Reality never plays out the foolish drama of Lady Luck favoring a silly boy. There is only the cruel truth that the weak are trampled to death by the strong."

The hero said unwillingly, "One day, someone will appear and destroy you. Light will shine on the whole world, and darkness will not reign for long!"

Upon hearing this, Agred laughed heartily, "Light? Darkness? Child, you are too naive. You're as childish as an infant, believing the world is black and white, that light itself is darkness, and that the source of darkness is light. I understand your naivety, because you are still too young and inexperienced. How about this, you don't leave. How about staying here in the Western Swamp for now? You won't be the last to come and fight me. Staying here can provide some help to your successors, can't it?"

The hero slowly stood up and asked, "You...you're not going to kill me?"

“Killing you now is too boring. I think you’re a lot like me, like the me who once believed in the existence of light in this world!” Agreed said, placing his hand on his shoulder and continuing to persuade him, “Think about your companions as well as yourself. They are still young, it would be such a waste for them to die in vain. It would be better for them to stay here alive, even though their freedom is restricted, they can still contribute. We can make a bet, a bet on whether light can overcome darkness. Will you bet or not?”

The hero considered the consequences of refusing, then looked at his companions, and finally hardened his heart, shouting, "Fine! I'll bet with you!"

"Very good. What's your name? The first hero to arrive here!"

"Canon Ribwell".

“Very good. You few take them to settle down in the nearby human town. Arrange accommodations for them and don’t mistreat our distinguished guests.” Agreed instructed his men, and then, led by the ghosts, the hero and his companions were taken to a nearby human town to settle down.

In the days that followed, Agreed would visit them from time to time. Agreed was right; they would not be the last group of heroes to come and defeat him. In the days that followed, new heroes were summoned, seemingly arriving in an endless stream to the western swamp.

This time, Agreed was smarter. To prevent them from taking a detour to the septic tank, he deliberately left some low-level undead to block the way on the main road, while a ghost dragon was stationed at the sewage swamp to prevent the heroes from entering.

To be honest, Agreed never dreamed that one day he would have to send more people to the septic tank, but there was nothing he could do. These people were really ruthless; they would really go for the shit!

During the year that Agred governed the territory, the Light Empire dispatched a total of four hero teams, but without exception they all failed and, like the first heroes, settled in the western swamps.

Later, after Lester and the others finished their vacation, they took over a lot of tedious work from Agred. Agred was also able to get free and had more time to communicate with the heroes. From these heroes, he learned a lot of knowledge and wisdom from other worlds.

In the days that followed, Agred lived a monotonous life, dealing with heroes by day and Heya by night. Ten years later, the last of the southern kingdoms perished. During this time, the Light Empire dispatched approximately eighty-seven hero armies to attack Agred, but all of these hero armies disappeared without a trace, and even the people of the Light Empire thought they were dead.

After the southern kingdoms were annexed and destroyed, the Light Empire seemed to have stopped its fruitless Hero Project and gradually fell into silence. Lingzi also told Agred the true situation of the Light Empire. It turned out that because the Hero Project had been ineffective for many years, coupled with the huge consumption of resources, the high-ranking officials of the Light Empire were full of complaints.

However, the staunch supporters of the Hero Project argued their case, and after a heated debate, the Light Empire decided to recruit heroes from the other world one last time to fight the Shadow King. This would be the last time they sent a team of heroes to assassinate the Shadow King.

But the strength of this hero exceeded Agreed's expectations, because the eighty-eighth hero actually had a guaranteed lucky draw! The Empire of Light summoned a stranger with a fragment of godhood, which means that a hero with a system or other special abilities was summoned to this planet. Agreed couldn't help but sigh at the good luck of the Empire of Light when he saw this.

The last hero was exceptionally talented, proficient in all eighteen martial arts, and possessed both courage and wisdom. This gave the Kingdom of Light hope, and the Kingdom of Light poured all its resources into this hero. Finally, a year later, this unparalleled warrior, who combined all the skills of humanity, led his followers on the road to defeat the Shadow King.

Agred was also filled with curiosity about this year's hero. Looking at the screen, Agred muttered to himself, "Come on, little guy, let me see just how strong this so-called 'Light' hero really is. But before that, I have to go see your predecessors, because our bet will soon be decided." With that, Agred vanished from his spot in an instant.

In the town of heroes in the western swamp

Argreed was sitting on the ground with the first hero, Ganon, playing a game of Tarik, a game unique to this planet. Argreed quickly captured all of Ganon's pieces and was about to be checkmated when Ganon immediately threw up and shouted, "I'm not playing anymore! This is not fair at all! Your calculation ability as an undead brain is too terrifying. I have no chance of winning in this kind of game with restricted rules!"

Agreed chuckled and said, "Why are you, a hero, acting like a child?"

Ganon said dejectedly, "Playing with you is so boring! Who likes to keep losing?"

“To learn how to win, you must first learn how to lose,” Agreed said earnestly to Ganon. “Our bet is about to be decided.”