Hyugo opened his mouth as if dumbfounded.
What, this bastard ditched him and ran off to where his wife was?
‘Who was it that said Seongjae was in danger and to go quickly!’
You wicked bastard.
He must have done it on purpose. But Hyugo had no time to glare toward the hospital room.
“Dad! Behind you!”
With his son’s urgent shout, Hyugo turned his head.
“!”
It was the woman who had been blown away by his bombardment. The woman, who should have been unconscious, was charging at Hyugo.
Even with a strange light in her hand.
Flash!
At that light, Hyugo felt ominous.
He had a feeling that he must not touch it.
Indeed, as the woman drew closer, Hyugo’s sense of unease became reality.
‘!’
The power of the Sagittarius Seat had vanished.
‘Damn it, the Holy God’s power...!’
Even the divine blessing disappeared in an instant.
It was a completely defenseless state!
And in a flash, the woman who had gotten into Hyugo’s embrace grinned.
“……!”
And then, she touched Hyugo’s heart!
At that moment, Hyugo thought, ‘Oh no.’
Once again, an explosion occurred.
Bang!!
It was a tremendous explosion like a train collision.
Along with an orange flash, a fire demon swallowed the surroundings.
Boom! Crash! Flash!
The forest area was swept away by the explosion, and even birds melted in the bizarre rays.
“My Lord!”
The horrified voices of the Holy Knights spread loudly.
It was as if she was trying to self-destruct along with Hyugo.
The ground was deeply dug like a sinkhole, and even the towering coniferous forest turned to ash in an instant.
Judging by the explosive power, it was truly a force that would blow a body to smithereens.
Witnessing that scene, both I Jaewon and Goteu sat down in dismay.
That was only natural.
‘The Lord’s blessing has disappeared.’
Holy Knights receive the blessing from the Holy God through the Saint.
But that had disappeared.
A blessing that would never disappear unless the Saint died!
Then, what did this mean?
“My Lord!”
And Cheon Seongjae, who had excellent sensory ability, also stiffened his face.
Because, along with the explosion, his father’s aura had completely vanished.
Without realizing it, his legs gave way and his hands trembled.
“Dad!”
And then it was.
“Cough!”
From the hazy smoke, a black object was flung out.
“Cough! Cough!”
The thing flung out was the woman. The woman clutched her stomach and retched.
And following that, Hyugo walked out of the smoke.
“Still, a child shouldn’t be self-destructing.”
“My Lord!”
“Dad!”
In one hand he held a bow, and in the other a wristwatch.
Surely, that was the culprit causing the explosion.
Apparently, Hyugo had tried to save the woman who was about to self-destruct.
Soon, Goteu and I Jaewon approached with relief.
“Are you alright? The explosive force was extraordinary.”
“Moreover, we were worried because even your blessing disappeared.”
Then Hyugo threw off his tattered clothes as if it were nonsense.
“This much won’t kill me.”
He was a Saint who embodied the Sun God. His body was fine even if he jumped into lava.
And at those words, Goteu was moved, saying, ‘As expected of our Lord.’
“What are you saying. Even so, to Uncle you’re just one punch away.”
“?!”
When Hyugo turned around in disbelief, Cheon Seongjae was pouting.
“Don’t act cool. What’s a dad doing acting cool.”
Hyugo was dumbfounded.
“You really to your dad...!”
“What if you had died?”
“……!”
Hyugo looked at him, surprised.
But his son, who had shut his mouth tightly, said one thing.
“Whatever, just fix that broken bow, will you?”
“What? The bow?”
As if wondering what he meant, Hyugo turned his head and screamed.
“Ah! The bow Igeon made for me!”
The bow was broken in two.
Apparently, he had recklessly blocked the explosion with the bow, causing this disaster.
In the end, Hyugo, trying to fit the broken pieces together, despaired.
“Damn... Igeon’s going to kill me.”
Despite appearances, Igeon was a perfectionist.
He denies it, but he never slacks even on his hobby projects.
Perhaps because of that, he was unusually attached to his creations. This time too, he had said he’d snap his spine if he broke it.
But he had broken it this badly?
Hyugo covered his face.
But that made it even stranger.
Why?
‘Even if it’s a temporary one, there’s no way something Igeon made would break so easily.’
His skill even satisfied his own picky Holy God.
To what extent? Among the vassal gods of Sagittarius, there was a one-eyed blacksmith, and even they, who made weapons for gods, were being treated like leftovers.
Anyway, the bow breaking was probably due to that. It’s not certain, but likely because of the force that erased the Holy God’s power.
Things made by Igeon are sturdy, but this was only temporary.
-Since it was made hastily, I couldn’t care about durability. Well, if the Holy God’s power is infused, the durability would be roughly supplemented.
Surely, he had calculated even the Holy God’s power when making it.
Literally 0.00001mg, without a speck of error.
Because Igeon is perfect in that aspect.
But when that Holy God’s power disappeared, the durability was bound to end up like this!
And sure enough.
“My Lord!”
“!”
The moment the woman moved, Goteu and Hyugo were startled.
Their own powers had vanished.
“!”
Because of that, the magic arrow they had been readying disappeared. They were flustered.
“Damn, at this rate we can’t shoot arrows...!”
The arrows of Sagittarius are made of magic power. It’s not that there are no physical arrows, but they couldn’t be taken out.
Because they were stored in a bag that could only be summoned with the Holy God’s power.
At this point, Hyugo glared at the woman, as if confirming it was no illusion.
“That woman indeed erases the Holy God’s power.”
“What?!”
“First, draw your swords!”
The flustered Holy Knights and Cheon Seongjae hastily drew their daggers.
“What next!”
“Nothing!”
“What?!”
“My Lord!”
“There’s nothing, but we have to protect ourselves!”
Then Cheon Seongjae, who had secretly expected something, was dumbfounded.
“Damn, so it should have been Uncle, not Dad! Why did Dad come!”
“What? Is that something to say to your dad?”
“I don’t care! Dad’s lame! Seriously lame!”
Whatever.
There was a reason Hyugo said there was no way.
“That’s a Chronicler.”
“A Chronicler?”
Hyugo frowned.
Hyugo had already known about that existence, having heard from his Holy God.
In short, they are compilers, those who capture the narrative of God and the Divine Seat.
Like the bards of old who carried and spread heroic tales, they compile the history of the Holy God and Holy Knights with writing.
That is the Chronicler.
And just as writing lasts longer than oral tradition, so that God and Holy Knights are remembered for a long time.
So that in any situation or any dimension, the great heroic tales are not erased, they engrave them onto the dimension.
That is the Chronicler, also called a historian.
And the existence of such Chroniclers made the Holy God and Divine Seat unique and irreplaceable.
‘In short, beings that make the Divine Seat stronger!’
Therefore, the 12 Holy Gods coveted Chroniclers who would record their existence.
That wasn’t all.
‘Gods are beings born from human faith.’
The more believers there are, the stronger the power, and without believers, the Holy God would vanish.
Thus, even the departure of Holy Knights could shake the power of the Divine Seat.
But with a Chronicler, faith could be solidified anytime, anywhere!
As such, the Chronicler records every move of the God and compiles a Bible.
That Bible, with special power, made the Holy Gods into perfect and flawless beings.
Thus, it would be a great strength for Igeon, who had few Holy Knights.
But what good is that.
‘Chroniclers are a double-edged sword.’
Chroniclers can contain the history of the Divine Seat, but at the same time, they are beings that can also delete it.
Their unique editing and deletion ability could even erase the Holy God’s power and achievements.
Therefore, among the many Holy Knights with various roles, Chroniclers were the most terrifying.
Because a Divine Seat without achievements and faith would vanish.
In fact, it was said there were many Chroniclers in the past.
However.
‘They say they tried to erase the Holy God’s existence instead.’
There were no bigger rebels than that.
When the Holy Gods asked them to write good stories, they instead disparaged and manipulated the Holy Gods’ achievements.
Because of that, the Divine Seat was in disarray and almost vanished, so the Holy Gods imprisoned them in a special prison.
And that was probably the book of Gemini that Seongjae had discovered.
Anyway, the power of Chroniclers is very desirable, but they are those who were imprisoned or killed because of their dangerous tendencies.
But over 20 years ago.
A Chronicler, whom the vassal gods had supposedly eradicated without leaving a trace, is right before his eyes?
‘How did this happen.’
But his bewilderment was short-lived.
“My Lord!”
Hyugo’s eyes flashed.
He had said there was no way to deal with her, but he couldn’t just sit idle.
But then.
“!”
The woman’s eyes flashed as she used a bizarre ability.
Hyugo felt a moment of terror.
He heard the sound of the Divine Seat vanishing.
* * *
Meanwhile, around that time.
“What’s going on? It seems something happened in the forest.”
“What could it be?”
People in the hospital were murmuring.
From doctors and nurses to patients, everyone crowded by the window.
The forest was quite far from the hospital, but it was unmistakable.
“It’s small but definitely an explosion!”
“It seems like high-ranking Holy Knights are fighting...!”
“I saw Cheon Seongjae heading that way earlier!”
“What? Cheon Seongjae?”
And among the people crowded by the window, there was someone anxious.
‘Seongjae.’
It was Cheon Seongjae’s mother, Cheon Jiu.
And holding her was Seo Jihun, the youngest of Sagittarius.
“Hey, don’t worry about Seongjae. I saw the Lord heading that way.”
No, actually, that’s what makes me more worried...!
But then it happened.
Boom!
Along with an explosion, the hospital wall broke.
“Kyaaah!”
What burst through the wall was none other than a giant beast.
“A bear...!”
The beast was over 5 meters in length. As the ferocious beast appeared, the inside of the hospital turned into chaos.
“What! How did a monster get into the hospital...!”
“This place is under the Holy God’s blessing!”
“The blessing has disappeared!”
People were horrified. Seo Jihun hastily drew his bow.
And he tried to shoot, but.
“Huh...?!”
At the sight of the arrow disappearing like smoke, Seo Jihun was flustered.
“What! The magic power!”
Meanwhile, the beast roared fiercely.
Thud! Thud!
The beast seemed to be looking for someone. And it wasn’t hard to figure out whom it was targeting.
Indeed.
“It’s dangerous!”
Seo Jihun urgently dashed in front of Cheon Jiu.
At the same time, the beast’s paw fell on his head.
Crunch!
Seo Jihun shut his eyes tightly at the pain hitting his body.
“Ugh!”
Blood spurted in the air. Seo Jihun bit his lip.
‘Is this the end?’
Since Sagittarius is a long-range Divine Seat, they are vulnerable to close-range pain.
Naturally, being hit by such a monster was bound to hurt so much it felt like dying.
That’s why Igeon, who would get hit by things like this without care, was admirable.
“Huff...! It hurts! I’m dying... Dying?”
Soon, sensing something strange, he gingerly opened one eye.
“Th-This is strange. I should be dead...?”
Bewildered, he screamed at the scene unfolding before his eyes.
“Ack!”
Right in front of Seo Jihun stood Igeon.
He was holding up the bear by the scruff of its neck with one hand.
Seo Jihun was bewildered by the sight.
“What. Then the blood! What was the blood just now!”
At the same time, he screamed at the blood dripping from his head.
“Ack!”
The blood was dripping from the bear’s head.
“Ack! There’s blood on my head, blood!”
Igeon looked at Seo Jihun with disdain.
“Did only idiots gather in Sagittarius?”
They say the Holy God picks based on looks, but it seems he only picked comedians.
But his tongue-clicking was brief.
“Gruhhh!”
As the bear wriggled with killing intent, Igeon smiled and tightened his grip.
Crunch.
“Not even worth one punch, how dare you.”
At the same time, flashing snake eyes!
Splat!
The bear’s head burst instantly.
Igeon casually threw the bear aside.
Thud!
Startled, Seo Jihun sat down trembling.
“That bulk with one hand... With one hand....”
To him, Igeon looked more like a monster than the bear.
But soon, when he turned his head, he was even more horrified.
“Ack!”
Along the path Igeon had walked, monster corpses were lined up and strewn about.
At the sight as if saying ‘I passed through here,’ Seo Jihun trembled.
“D-Don’t tell me you dealt with all that while coming here...! But what about Seongjae?”
“This place was more urgent.”
Right after arriving, he had noticed suspicious individuals infiltrating the hospital.
“I sent Taeksu to Seongjae. If he can’t even protect his own son despite constantly grumbling, he should just go die.”
“Then...!”
“Never mind. Where’s Jiu-ssi?”
“Ah...! She’s fine! Over there!”
Igeon turned his head.
But as soon as he turned, Igeon was startled.
“Kyaa!”
And in the direction he turned, a stunning beauty was at a loss.
Moreover, she looked so young that if not for the patient gown, he would have mistaken her for a young nurse working here.
She was fidgeting at the sight of Igeon.
“Oh my, so suddenly. No, my face is bare...! Oh my, in a patient gown too. No, before that, my husband... No, Igeon-nim, oh my, kyaa!”
Having locked eyes with Igeon, Cheon Jiu shyly hid behind the door and crouched down.
At the same time, seeing Cheon Jiu, Igeon tilted his head.
[An unknown powerful force is detected.]
Just as he was about to examine what it was.
Cheon Jiu, who had been at a loss at the sight of Igeon, asked worriedly.
“Um, my husband...!”
At that, Igeon smiled wickedly.
“It’s fine. I sent a reliable guy.”
A reliable guy?
(To be continued in the next episode)