Hugo was flustered.
Along with the woman’s strange light, his fingers began to grow cold.
*‘How is this possible?’*
And that was something that could never happen to one who served the sun god.
Why?
Because the body of one who followed the solar deity always radiated scorching heat.
Thus, unless he fell to the South Pole, he could barely feel the cold.
So the fact that he could feel the chill at his fingertips meant the situation was extremely serious.
That was why Hugo had no choice but to stay sharply on guard.
*‘It really is the Scribe’s power.’*
It was certain.
The Scribe’s ability was threatening the Divine Seat.
As proof, a voice echoed in Hugo’s ear.
[The cloud that envied the sun took its place. The humans beneath the clouds could not receive its grace.]
“……!!”
There was no mistake.
It was a slightly different but familiar passage to Hugo.
*‘The Bible.’*
Every Divine Seat had a scripture that could be called a bible—a holy text. It was already a completed Bible.
But none of the Twelve Divine Seats had ever opened or used the Bible.
They did not know the reason.
However, Hugo believed it was the Scribe’s curse.
Why?
*‘Because it seems Geon can open the Bible.’*
Indeed, the thirteenth Divine Seat was a fledgling seat that appeared after the Scribes went extinct.
So perhaps it had avoided their curse, and that was why it could freely open and bring out the Bible even now?
That was his simple assumption.
Anyway, that was not what mattered right now.
*‘That passage just now, it’s definitely a Bible passage of the Divine Bow Seat.’*
Of course, he himself had never seen the actual Bible.
He only vaguely remembered a passage that the deity had written down from memory.
It was only natural, since he needed to know the deity’s achievements to spread the faith to the followers and to use his powers.
But that passage was slightly different.
The original passage was: [The sun sent down rays of grace beneath the clouds, and the humans beneath the clouds received its grace and gave thanks.]
But it had changed to [The cloud that envied the sun took its place. The humans beneath the clouds could not receive its grace.]
Noticing this, Hugo furrowed his brow.
*‘The content definitely changed…!’*
There was no doubt.
It was the Scribe’s editing ability.
Just as he suspected.
He could feel the deity he served growing enraged.
[Those damned wretches again.]
Along with that ominous voice, Hugo’s body burst into flames.
Fwoosh!
At the same time, an immense force stamped down on the earth.
Boom!
It felt as if gravity itself was pressing his body into the ground!
KABOOM!
“Urk!”
Surely the deity was trying to descend directly, using his own body as the medium.
[I will personally eliminate those insolent wretches.]
In response, the frozen Hugo cried out as if in a seizure.
“You mustn’t! Not now!”
If the deity directly descended, it would be laughable to think that only a 10-kilometer radius would be obliterated.
Besides, his deity was the god of scorching heat.
It could be seen as the literal blazing sun crashing down onto the Earth.
That was already a catastrophe.
What’s more, just the deity’s direct descent alone would cause the Divine Seat’s contribution and experience points to plummet horrifically.
So wasn’t that why they usually borrowed a follower’s body to possess them?
Even if the physical burden was immense, it was the safest method for everyone.
But for a high-ranking god to personally descend!
Hugo urgently calmed his deity.
“Please! There’s a hospital nearby!”
The number of people in the hospital exceeded a thousand.
His wife and subordinates were there too.
*‘If the deity directly descends, they all die.’*
His voice trembled a little.
“Please.”
Thanks to that, the deity’s rage subsided, but the Scribe’s voice continued to be heard.
[The foolish suns knelt beneath the sun. And so the humans cheered and worshipped.]
This bastard.
He had completely changed the accomplishment by replacing [clouds] with [suns].
As if to prove it, with that passage, every follower of the Divine Bow Seat was forced to their knees.
Boom!
“Urk!”
Hugo felt the strength drain from his body.
Cheon Seongjae was startled.
“Dad!”
“Don’t come!”
“!”
The Scribe’s power was indeed incredible.
But that made it peculiar.
*‘No matter how powerful a Scribe is, to go this far without the Divine Bow Seat’s Bible…!’*
That was true.
What use was the Scribe’s brilliant editing ability if he had no original source?
*‘Without the original text of the Bible, he shouldn’t even be able to use his power!’*
How on earth.
*‘Could it be that he has the original Bible of the Divine Bow Seat?’*
He didn’t even have time to grind his teeth wondering how this happened.
The moment Hugo tried to get up from his spot.
“!”
“Lord! Behind you!”
Something burst out of the ground.
Crack!
It was none other than a human hand!
The man’s hand, popping up like a mole, grabbed Hugo’s body.
Grab!
“Now’s the time! Get rid of him!”
At the same time, the woman screamed and threw herself at Hugo.
As she summoned a spear, a black sphere rose from the sky.
It was precisely a poison sac.
[Intangible Poison (SS)]
The faces of the followers stiffened upon seeing that black sphere.
After all, that was the poison that had caused unprecedented casualties in the Order Wars of the past.
And the incident where division captains had been annihilated by it was still talked about to this day.
*‘Even building-sized monsters died from that poison in three seconds…!’*
It seemed that her true goal was to eliminate the follower.
And Cheon Seongjae had no time to rush in and save his dad.
The poison sphere struck Hugo.
“Dad!”
And the moment he was drenched in poison, Hugo’s skin became stained with black spots.
The man holding Hugo cheered at the sight.
“Ahaha! I killed him! I killed the follower!”
But that moment.
Drenched in poison, Hugo laughed as if it were absurd.
“There’s a limit to how lightly you can take a follower.”
Murderous intent flickered in Hugo’s eyes.
And then something astonishing happened.
Crack!
Hugo swung his arm.
At the same time, the sound of a neck bone snapping echoed.
It was the man who had been holding Hugo from the ground.
The man, whose neck bone broke in an instant, went limp.
The woman was horrified.
Her face seemed to ask how he could be fine after that poison.
“!!!”
But Hugo was already right in front of her in the blink of an eye.
In that same instant, Hugo’s dagger pierced the woman’s throat.
Stab!
Two high-ranking followers were dealt with in an instant.
He usually refrained from killing, but the use of that poison changed things.
It was also a vicious poison that had killed tens of thousands of ordinary people.
Moreover, this poison was a monster that, after killing its target, would spread like spores from the corpse in all directions.
The moment they intended to use that poison, they were no longer human.
At the same time, as if the Scribe’s power had been severed, his subordinates, who had regained their strength, approached.
“Lord! Are you alright?!”
They were shocked to see Hugo’s skin color changed.
“Why didn’t you dodge the poison?!”
“If I dodged, you would have died. I couldn’t let that happen.”
“……!”
That was not all.
If that poison fell to the ground, even if there was distance, the people in the hospital could have been hurt.
If it spread through the corpses of animals or insects, there would be no answer.
Thankfully, he had a follower-level physique and high poison resistance, so it ended at this level.
Cheon Seongjae tossed him an antidote and said.
“Acting cool when you’re about to die from pain.”
Cheon Seongjae pouted his lips.
“Still, it was a bit cool.”
“!”
At his son’s compliment, which felt like the first in a million years, Hugo felt a lump in his throat.
“Lor….”
“Still not as much as uncle, though.”
Tch.
At that moment, Got looked at him worriedly.
It was natural.
“They seemed to be people connected to the Scribe. If we kill them all, we won’t be able to get information….”
At this, Hugo snatched Got’s bow away as if it were nothing.
Got didn’t even have time to be surprised.
Something whizzed past Got’s face in an instant.
Bang!!!
It was a spear.
Hugo had strung the woman’s spear like an arrow and fired it.
And the spear instantly tore through the trees and flew.
Swoooosh!!!
It flew a full 1,000 meters, blowing away a single tree.
Boom!!
It was the top part of the tree that was brought down.
At the same time, a scream echoed from afar.
A person had been hiding atop the tree that Hugo had blown away.
And that person was the real Scribe.
He was the culprit who had been tormenting Hugo up until now.
Thanks to that, the target who fell from the tree looked utterly stunned.
He had been perfectly concealing his presence!
Even the followers of the Divine Bow Seat gaped.
“B-Brother. Did you notice him?”
“…No, not at all.”
But regardless, Hugo laughed as if disgusted.
“That brat. He calls that hiding.”
Finally, as the panicked target tried to flee, Hugo called out an unexpected name.
“Lime! Come here!”
“?!”
At that call, the moss stuck to a stone flinched.
Hugo reached out his hand as if telling it to hurry.
“Geon sent you! Why aren’t you coming quickly?”
At that, the moss grumbled as if very annoyed.
It looked as if it was wondering why it should follow the words of a guy like him.
Hugo reached out his hand as if angry.
“I’ll tell Geon!”
Then the slime got a huge fright and rushed over to Hugo.
As if such things had been common in the past, the slime skillfully changed its form.
And what it transformed into in midair was none other than an arrow!
It was an object that had gained the ability to transform after stealing and eating a god’s weapon in the past.
Of course, it was only a single arrow, but that didn’t matter at all.
And the moment Hugo took the arrow, the bow was instantly strung.
As if flustered, the Scribe’s voice rang out again.
[The foolish suns knelt beneath the sun…]
But Hugo drew the bowstring and sneered.
“No matter how strong a pen is, it’s slower than an arrow.”
Thwack!!!
The arrow of absolute certainty struck its mark.
* * *
“Lord! Please wait! You have to move slowly!”
“The poison hasn’t been neutralized yet, so if you move so hastily…!”
Inside the hospital.
Ignoring his subordinates’ pleas, Hugo was rushing quickly.
And for good reason: the hospital had become a ruin.
To be precise, it was because of the monster corpses everywhere in the hospital.
Of course, it was one shot, one kill.
He could clearly see that the monsters had been dealt with at a speed unimaginable for themselves.
It must have been an instant wipeout. As evidence, the expressions on the severed necks were still vivid.
And was this why Lee Geon had vanished from his side and headed to the hospital?
But that was one thing, and this was another.
*‘Geon that bastard!’*
Since he sent the slime, he must have caught on to who the opponent was.
*‘If that’s the case, he should have sent me to the hospital!’*
But he went straight to where his wife was?
Hugo’s face turned into that of a demon.
He had already forgotten the fact that no one else but Lee Geon could have handled that number.
Even more so, he completely forgot Lee Geon’s words about using this opportunity to get closer to his son.
And when he reached the tenth floor.
“Ah! Lord!”
The youngest of the Divine Bow Seat, Seo Jihun, was waving with a bright face.
The youngest glanced back and forth between the corner inside and Hugo, and gestured.
“Over here! This way! She’s over here!”
Hugo hurriedly rounded the corner.
“Jiwoo…!”
But the moment he rounded the corner, Hugo’s face froze.
His wife was being held in Lee Geon’s arms.
At that sight, Hugo screamed in an alien language.
“Ya, you son of a @#$&*#!”