Yessss I think the Imortal part might be also tied to him possibly being undead but a sort of very intelligent one with no memories of its past !
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Thank you for the lesson, sensei
true, but the name 'hounds of sisyphus' comes from an anne rice book about cleopatra and ramses who were resurrected by an anciet elixir. the term refers to some damned dog creatures that were fed the elixir, which made them unhinged, hungry, monstrous.
Ahh I see, I also have seen that but somehow I’m leaning towards King Sisyphus because Guwon mentioned that boulder and he just seems to be a more modern version of what I think King Sisyphus would be like, cunning but innocent in a way.
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Yes much like Frankenstein
He’s so Frankenstein esp with his innocence
yes yes, that makes sense + the term from anne rice originates from the myth about sisyphus anyway, so it's just another eye of the chain
I think the town is a metaphor for the boulder. Guwon lives at the top and the town which is repenting the boulder will always be at the bottom. We know that there has been at least one incident before the mc's arrival. The incidents represent the boulder rolling down the hill against Sisyphis's efforts. Thats why Guwon is so dead set on protecting the town even though it's probably hopeless (until mc comes along?). I'm speculating that Guwon's love will change the trajectory of events and will end the cycle. Or be the cure to the zombie problem.
Oh, that's a good theory.
Maybe the boulder could even be the zombies themselves? BC no matter how many he kills, more will continue to come and try to attack his "kingdom"
I can't wait for more chapters to see what's in store
The name of this is called Hounds of Sisyphus
Now the original king Sisyphus in Greek mythology was a ruler of a kingdom called Ephyra; a small kingdom which he actually built into a very impressive empire, King Sisyphus was also a cunning ruler, and also was known for killing travelers/ visitors to asset dominance to his people, full of deceit, and as such was even able to deceive death so he was in a way immortal, as punishment to his cunning ways Zeus made him push a rolling boulder all the rest of his days, which is why he’s famously known for the rolling stone story.
Now here’s my take on Guwon
I think tying all this to the original story he is definitely immortal of some sort, he is also quite cunning and sly, and he’s more like Frankenstein monster; in some ways he’s intelligent but in some other way he is quite child like, I like how the author is incorporating the old stories of king Sisyphus into Guwons character, like killing the undead people aka travelers to show teach how scary and dangerous he can be. He mentioned the boulder which is also something king Sisyphus is tied to and also he’s an immortal, which king Sisyphus is also. So that part is sure, but for the other part of the story i guess we’ll have to wait and see what the author has in store for us.