Chapter 384: Prometheus (3)

Well I informed the others that we might have to take a 2 week break or slightly longer, against Prometheus orders, I told Zach anyway. Prometheus probably doesn't mind me telling my allies as long it doesn't leak out further, besides, he didn't have me swore on Styx.

"Bro, like what does Heracles even contribute?" Zach asked "At this point, we'd be better of just hosting a barbeque to hire potential allies...don't actually think about it, you idiot!"

"We can use him to handle Atlas, none of us are physically strong enough to handle a guy who was punished to hold up the sky for all those years. You'd probably die from just a slap to your face."

"Fair enough. We really gotta stop only talking about serious things. We should travel to worlds where we can just relax and go do some shopping."

"Will you come with us to Tartarus?"

"Did you not hear what I just said about not talking about serious things? But yeah, I'll go, you stupid demigod of a brother."

"If the other 2 hear about this, they would be so excited, especially Kenny since he's more knowledgeable and more passionate about Greek mythology and Benny would argue how the Egyptian myths are more interesting. I like em both while you just listen and laugh since it's funny to see them argue."

"Yeah, no wonder I learned a lot, you guys would get into arguments all the time. Benny might be dumb about some things, but when he's passionate about something, he could give you a run for your money."

"I can't believe that I'm doing this."

"Me neither, didn't think that you would have to travel to a world where you have to hold the weight of the sky. So how will you even go there? Your world traveling powers are still only taking you to either worlds where you've been or random, you can't go to a specific place yet I tried to directly go to the underworld like a week ago and instead traveled to a world where robots take over."

"Don't worry about that, before I left, Prometheus taught me something, a secret to world traveling and Amora confirmed it, I'll be able to go there and with a few weeks of practice, I should be able to. Well I'll just go and get this over with, I got the better end of the deal and not have to be chained to a rock."

"Well good luck making an enemy out of Hera, she's scarier than Zeus in some aspects." Zach said as he wished me luck.

And by stealing that stupid apple, let's hope that Hera doesn't give me the same fate as Heracles, because it's going to be shit. Becoming a god would be a nightmare, though Chaos host should be a regular mortal, I can avoid becoming a host if I turned myself into a god, at east temporarily until she chooses a host.

But that's a back up plan for now.

-Dabria, borrow some books from the library, I need to know something.-

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So anyway, my bonds are staying in the regular world to do their own things as they have somewhat of a free time while I have to go and hold the weight of the sky. Prometheus probably would have given me the chained to a rock punishment if it wasn't for my stupid curse of Styx.

Hopefully I don't die young. The holding the sky part would be the easier part, but Dabria is instructed to bring Prometheus a golden apple without Hera's permission and this time, we don't Atlas to go retrieve the apples for us.

There is a version of the myth where Heracles slay Ladon, the dragon guarding the tree, but unfortunately, this novel just have to make things hard, Ladon is still alive, as time passes, that stupid dragon should be much more stronger than it was in the myth.

Prometheus didn't say anything about me helping, so I'm probably allowed to help, we can either steal the apple before I hold up the sky or I'll have to help after.

If we steal it before, they can't hurt me as eliminating me would make the sky fall since I plan to immediately lift the sky after I steal it. But even if Dabria retreat back to god's realm, she can't hide. If we steal it after, even with healing magic and regenerative abilities, Prometheus said that the sky in that world would make your arms sore for days no matter what.

I can still use it, but it's just going to be a really painful experience. After many debates between us 2 and a few discussions with my bonds, we decide to just steal it after I hold up the sky.

Well after Prometheus told me that secret to world travel which I'm too lazy to explain to you readers, I opened up a portal to that world by myself. Dabria made a descent and the 2 of us made our journey west. This world is mostly just a plain grassland and it took a few hours till we see a hill where we can sense a god up there.

I got my wings out to fly up there and see a god who was trying his best to hold the sky. He got veins popping on his head and is only wearing pants to cover his privates.

He's a large 2 m tall god, looks to be in his 30s, with black eyes, black curly hair and a very bushy beard.

"Ah...I recognize you. You're currently...the second most...famous reincarnate." he sputtered out as he held up the heavens.

I can see a particular garden with a tall tree in the distance.

"Say, you want to take a one week break? I can take up the sky for one week as I have my goddess as my company."

"You sure? If you take on...the sky willingly...like I did, you can't drop it...no matter what, only if...someone else is willing...to take the burden...for you. I can just...leave you here and never return." the god questioned

"Well you'll come back, I'm pretty sure of it, let me entertain the gods for ya."