At the voice they heard, both Hugo and Kevin's eyes widened.
But before they could even confirm who it was, something passed right by their faces.
Whoosh!
That which shot by like a laser was none other than a spear!
The black spear left a green afterimage and pierced through the bodies of five monsters at once.
Boom!
And the monster, resembling a giant earthworm, roared and collapsed.
Even though the distance was several hundred meters, it was an incredibly clean throw.
Thud!
Astonished, Hugo and Kevin turned their heads again.
Where they turned, Lee Geon, who had thrown the spear, was dusting off his hands.
"Where did a wormling crawl up from the ground? Just splat."
"……!"
As expected of Lee Geon, who doesn't allow even a single monster to live.
But soon, the two Saints had to be startled for a different reason.
"Long live Lord Lee Geon…."
"!"
It was because of the Leo Saint that Lee Geon had just sent flying.
Seeing the Saint battered to a pulp, the two finally got angry.
"Geon, you…! What are you doing right now!"
Of course, Hugo was flabbergasted by Lee Geon's rampage.
"Lee Geon! Now you're even fighting with the lackeys of a cat?!"
Kevin was furious watching Lee Geon fight the Saints.
Kevin was especially enraged.
"No matter how many times I requested a sparring match, you totally ignored me, treating me like an invisible man!"
Even on the way here, I kept saying let's fight, let's fight, what's the point of provoking?
Yet Lee Geon treated me like a fly or mosquito, ignoring me, ignoring, and ignoring!
And yet, for Leo, as soon as they requested a spar, he gave them an okay!
"And now, you even personally spar with guys who are far below you?!"
Hugo was speechless at Virgo's fury.
"…What part of that looks like a sparring match to you?"
No matter how you look at it, it's a one-sided torment!
In fact, that durable Leo Saint was surrendering as if about to die.
"Long live Lord Lee Geon…! Long live Lord Lee Geon!"
I wondered just how badly he'd been beaten to act like that even in that state, but that wasn't the issue.
'He definitely said "joining" just now….'
At the same time, Hugo, sensing something ominous, asked to confirm.
"Geon. Who the hell is this person you sent flying?"
"What? Are you deaf? He just said he's joining. Then obviously he's my Saint, you moron."
Hugo clenched his fist tightly.
"His name?"
Then Lee Geon tilted his head as he looked at the battered Saint.
"Puppy?"
"It's Puffin!"
"Ah, he says it's Muffin."
"I said it's Puffin!"
It seemed he didn't even know the name.
So Hugo stopped short of cursing.
'Good heavens, who does missionary work like this!'
Of course, he was the one who had recommended that Lee Geon take up missionary work himself, since Lee Geon didn't yet have a Saint specialized in missionary work.
And, I'm not sure, but didn't he mention something about a mission to obtain a Saint?
It was surely an order from his Patron God, and missionary work was essential to empower the God.
But.
'At this point, it's not missionary work, it's kidnapping and coercion!'
Normally, you'd hold a serious meeting, present terms, and scout them.
What's more ridiculous was that Lee Geon wasn't scouting just one person.
And sure enough.
"Pu, Puffin! Are you okay!"
"!"
There were two more survivors in the direction from which Puffin had flown.
"Oh man…! Is it true that the frontline 1st squad tank of Leo is bleeding from his nose?"
At their trembling shout, Lee Geon smirked and turned his head.
"Alright, then. Next batter."
When their eyes met Lee Geon's, they froze.
Of course, until just a moment ago, they were protesting against Lee Geon for doing that to their Saint Lord. But now, well. Even that thought had completely vanished.
'That man is a monster.'
They should have realized when rumors spread that he had dropped Stephen in Drachma!
Eventually, as Lee Geon cracked his knuckles and approached, one of them, terrified, shouted.
"Uh, Lord Lee Geon!!"
The fist stopped abruptly.
At the same time, Lee Geon's eyes turned sharp.
"What. You punk."
The Saint flinched at Lee Geon's annoyed look, but as a Leo, he did not back down.
No matter what, that man was the one who took down their Saint Lord.
"I know it's presumptuous, but may I ask just one thing!"
His eyes burned fiercely, and Lee Geon laughed.
"Brave. Go ahead."
"I, what must I do to enter Lord Lee Geon's Holy Order!"
"?!"
The other one looked at him as if he were crazy, but the sweating Saint was desperate.
Had he realized that this was how they would survive?
Lee Geon smiled contentedly.
"Our joining requirement? Simple. Faith level 100%."
"Ah! I see! Faith level 100% is simple… Pardon?"
The expressions of everyone present were a sight to behold.
Especially Hugo, whose eyes nearly popped out.
"What? Faith level 100?!"
What? Does that mean his son has a faith level of 100%?
Of course, it wasn't faith directly in the Patron God. The Ophiuchus God had never shown itself, after all.
So that 100% faith was probably faith in his friend….
'100% in that guy???'
But while Hugo was grabbing the back of his neck, the appalled Saints shouted.
"Lord Lee Geon! Sorry, but 100% is impossible!"
In the first place, weren't the highest faith levels among the Saint-class around 96%!
And now you talk about 100%!
"Even if we want to join, we can't! Because the requirement is impossible…!"
"Ah, it's okay, it's okay."
"Pardon?"
Lee Geon's snake-like eyes glinted perilously.
"If you can't, we'll just make it so you can."
Wha, what?
That was the moment the horrified Saints tried to run away.
As if asking where they thought they were running, Lee Geon laughed sharply.
And in the blink of an eye, Lee Geon disappeared. He reappeared right in front of the Saints.
Lee Geon grabbed their shoulders and hurled them away without hesitation.
"Aaaagh!"
Boom!
"Alright, with this, two more Saints added."
"……."
Lee Geon dusted off his hands. Hugo was flabbergasted.
I told him to do missionary work, so why is he kidnapping people?
Whatever.
"Geon!"
"I know."
Lee Geon looked somewhere coldly. It was where the corpse was.
The corpse smiled.
[Oh my god, I'd rather it be a thousand times better that he had a hidden son.]
The woman with the elegant tone seemed to find the fact that Lee Geon was alive horrible.
As evidence, the woman asked venomously.
[Answer. How did you get out of there?]
However, far from answering, Lee Geon asked mockingly.
"Was it you who sent the crab to the bedwetter's press conference?"
He was referring to Cancer.
But the woman, whose question had been ignored, didn't seem offended and burst into laughter.
[Of course. That bedwetter got scared ahead of time and was going to blab everything like an idiot. Such things must be eliminated.]
The woman said.
[Anyway, you should be grateful to us. We packaged you, who has no particular ability, as a sacrifice hero.]
Hugo was dumbfounded.
"Hero my ass! You're the one who even fabricated rumors to turn Geon into a nobody with no notable abilities!"
[I don't know about that.]
Did he think it was no longer worth listening?
Lee Geon took out Heaven's Judgment.
He intended to smash the corpse's face.
Smashing a corpse was something he could do without even activating the weapon.
But at that moment.
[Anyway, nothing goes as planned. Virgo sacrificed himself to lock you in the tower…]
The descending axe stopped abruptly.
Kevin and Hugo were also startled.
But whether they were or not, the woman spoke.
[Don't you know? The one who stabbed you in the back is that one. Virgo.]
At that, hot-blooded Kevin was about to draw his sword.
Hugo shouted.
"Don't be swayed! You know well that woman's nonsense talk!"
"!"
"She's a woman who deliberately talks any trash to cause discord!"
But for some reason, Lee Geon smirked.
And it was at that moment.
Crunch!
Heaven's Judgment crushed the corpse's face.
At the same time, a voice was heard.
[Heaven's Judgment activates upon evil blood]
[Acquired precious data (SSS)]
[]
[Gained data of another God, and learned of a skill]
[Experience increases]
Normally, data cannot be extracted from a corpse.
The reason it came out was perhaps because of the God's energy directly enveloping the corpse.
And so, as Lee Geon turned away from the corpse.
[Why did you come out of there?]
"!"
Lee Geon turned his head.
The face-less corpse was still talking.
More precisely, it was a special seal carved into the corpse's neck.
It was the sound coming from the God's Seal.
And that was not all.
Creak!
The corpse even rose and moved.
At this, Hugo drew his bowstring.
"It's because of the God's Seal! The God is controlling their Saint!"
As soon as the words left his mouth, a fiery arrow flew.
Bang!
The immense firepower collided and flames shot up. It was a blaze that would turn flesh to ash in an instant.
But despite such firepower, the corpse didn't budge.
Even the flames just vanished.
Kevin also unleashed his swordsmanship, but well.
Crack!
"!"
The moment the sword struck, the pure white blade cracked.
Even on an SS-class holy relic bestowed by the God!
"…Tch!"
Even if the power of the God was weakened due to the decreased faith of Virgo,
'A flaw on a holy relic?'
It was certain. With that level, the God was directly intervening.
It was thanks to the God's Seal on the corpse's neck.
A God's Seal is a special holy stigmata granted to a Saint favored by a God.
'With it, the God is possessing the body.'
It wasn't a simple tattoo. It was, so to speak, a trace where the God had passed through the body.
'It's like a credential that can summon the God into a physical body.'
Normally only Saint-class have it, but occasionally, deeply loyal Saints could also obtain a God's Seal and earn usable miracles.
Because they could directly connect with the God.
But.
'Unless absolutely necessary, it wouldn't be used like that.'
That was treating a Saint like a puppet or livestock.
'Well, if it's Libra, it wouldn't be surprising.'
Sure enough, the woman said arrogantly.
[Can't you hear me? 12 Gods were enough, so why did you come out?]
At that, Hugo frowned.
"That…!"
Lee Geon stopped him.
[I thought it was so fortunate that you were imprisoned before the 13th appeared. Anyway, you're a walking disaster. Thanks to you, the Aries God fled and we don't even know where he is, and the Gemini God can't use her powers.]
Saying that, the woman smiled meaningfully.
[I should have eliminated Hugo along with him in that tower. Because of that, the supposedly dead 13th survived.]
"……?"
Just when they wondered what that meant.
[Whatever. You'd better think carefully about which side to take. He's someone who won't be of help to humanity.]
Hugo seemed flabbergasted by that.
"And the one who cares so much about humanity colluded with humanity's enemy?"
[What?]
"You're the one who joined hands with the unknown civilization. We saw everything, your lackey summoning monsters in Virgo's sanctuary."
[If it happened in Virgo's sanctuary, you should ask Virgo.]
Kevin twitched his eyebrows.
What, why?
[Anyway, I'm completely unrelated to this matter. Don't die by the monsters…]
Whack!
Lee Geon brought his axe down from the neck through the torso.
But was that not enough to vanquish it?
"Geon, wait! That thing can only be dealt with by a God. Summon your God…."
It was when Hugo and Kevin were about to summon their Gods.
Thud!
The corpse split in two and collapsed.
The corpse that had been moving wildly stopped completely.
"H-how…!"
Moreover, the torn corpse melted away as if dissolved by poison.
So the two Saints who were about to call their Gods opened their eyes wide.
Because this situation told them only one thing.
"Geon, when did you summon your God?"
However, Lee Geon answered nonchalantly.
"I didn't."
"What?"
Kevin and Hugo were dumbfounded.
"Are you joking? That can't be vanquished without the power of a God! And you say you didn't summon one…?"
"I'm serious."
Lee Geon said casually.
"I don't have a God."
What?
(To be continued in the next episode)