“You’re not human, are you?”
At those words, everyone present froze. They couldn’t comprehend what Igeon was saying.
And indeed, suddenly not human?
Their gazes turned to Heilli. Heilli was uncharacteristically frozen. It was the expression of someone whose hidden secret had been accurately pointed out. But that made it even more incomprehensible. ‘No matter how you look at her, she’s human.’ Hugo was also perplexed. Of course, because of her peerless beauty, Heilli always heard that she couldn’t be human. After all, her appearance was such that if there were a demon who bewitched humans or a goddess of beauty, they would look like that. But in this situation, there was no way Igeon was talking about that.
“Then if she’s not human, what is she? A sacred god?”
“An unknown civilization.”
“?!”
The expressions on people’s faces were a sight to behold. Breaking into a cold sweat, she couldn’t even meet Igeon’s eyes. On the other hand, Igeon raised the corners of his mouth.
[The master of the Blazing Lion Seat is flustered by your words]
[Other masters are angry, telling him to stop talking nonsense]
But his snake-like eyes were clearly detecting Heilli’s demonic energy and narrowing.
“Before, I thought she was too beautiful for a human. Now I see clearly. The stench of an unknown civilization reeks from you.”
As soon as the words fell, the holy disciples urgently grabbed their weapons.
Bang!
Cheonseongjae used magic, the holy disciples of Sagittarius drew their bows.
It was an instinct they couldn’t help as humans.
Moreover, until Igeon spoke, they hadn’t noticed at all.
No, to be honest, even now.
But it was Igeon, of all people, saying it.
He has the highest detection ability among them.
So Hugo, who had drawn his bow, also broke into a cold sweat.
“If it’s an unknown civilization, could it be a monster? A humanoid one?”
No, if it’s a monster, that’s even scarier.
If it’s a monster so powerful that even saints and sacred gods haven’t noticed for decades, isn’t it the absolute end?
But as if mocking them, Igeon laughed.
“It’s not the kind of monster we know.”
At those words, Hugo felt a slight relief. He lowered the bow he was holding.
‘Well, I guess.’
If the opponent were a monster, Igeon would have beheaded her the moment he saw her.
‘Geon hates monsters intensely.’
Even though he looks at saints like cockroaches, monsters were beneath even that.
He was never the kind of person to let them live in the human domain.
As expected, Igeon clicked his tongue and laughed.
“Right. You impatient bastard. Don’t attack.”
Nodding at Igeon’s words, Hugo made his bow disappear.
“Obviously, if she were a monster, you wouldn’t have stopped me.”
The others also felt relieved. Heilli’s expression brightened a little too.
But that was the moment.
Bang!
Igeon, who had been stopping Hugo, suddenly shot forward.
“?!”
It happened in the blink of an eye.
Igeon vanished in an instant.
And then the vanished Igeon suddenly appeared right beside Heilli.
“Geon?!”
It was like a terrifying beast.
Bullet-like speed, elastic movements.
At the same time, Igeon lunged, aiming for Heilli’s life. His hand reached out for her throat.
Truly immense murderous intent!
So Hugo cursed under his breath as he drew his bow again.
No wonder he was uncharacteristically stopping me!
‘He stopped me so he could attack himself?’
Right at that moment.
The chilling murderous intent was about to snap Heilli’s neck.
[Princess!!]
Clang!
A tremendous sound rang out.
Heilli’s loyal followers had blocked Igeon’s hand.
Crack!
[As expected, a dangerous bastard!]
[He deserves to die right now...!]
Dark hands barely managed to hold onto Igeon’s arm.
The holy disciples were shocked.
‘Divine servants…!’
Just then.
Ching!
With a sharp sound, the hands of the loyal followers turned into blades.
And the cold, gleaming blades rushed to aim for Igeon’s neck.
[As expected, we should have done this from the start!]
[This calamity god!]
But at that moment.
“Stop!”
With a sharp cry, their hands halted.
Simultaneously, Heilli glared fiercely at her subordinates.
“Cease your attack and step back.”
[But!]
“Do you intend to disobey my command?”
The flustered loyal followers took a step back, but quickly cried out urgently.
[Princess! You can’t do this!]
[Did you not feel this bastard’s murderous intent just now?]
[He was truly trying to kill you!]
But Heilli instead glared at her loyal followers.
“The moment you lay a hand on that man, you will be the ones dying.”
At Heilli’s murderous glare, the loyal followers trembled.
It was a spine-chilling aura.
If they got even 1mm closer to Igeon, they would truly die at Heilli’s hands.
In the end, the loyal followers trembled and withdrew from Igeon.
Seeing that, Igeon looked at Heilli as if greatly surprised.
That was natural.
“I thought you’d kill me for exposing your identity. Unexpected.”
At the same time, Hugo frowned.
So that’s why you drew your sword like an angry colt?
And what killing.
‘As if she could ever kill you.’
Just from her answer, no, honestly, just from the way she looked at Igeon, you could tell.
‘She’s completely smitten with him, for goodness’ sake.’
Heilli could never harm Igeon.
And everyone present surely knew that fact.
Of course, except Igeon alone.
Anyway, it was fine.
“What do you mean, an unknown civilization?”
Then Igeon sneered at the loyal followers who had tried to kill him.
“I don’t know exactly, but the goons you’re with are also from an unknown civilization.”
“?!”
The holy disciples were shocked again. Especially Hugo, who was a fellow saint, was the most dumbfounded.
“What nonsense! They’re divine servants…!”
“They are indeed wearing the guise of divine servants, but.”
“!”
Cutting off Hugo’s words, Igeon stretched out his hand. At the same time, the Heavenly Judgment was caught in his hand.
Thud!
“These bastards are all monsters. And incredibly powerful ones at that.”
“What?!”
“They’re probably stronger than you.”
“?!!”
As soon as the words fell, Igeon tried to activate the Heavenly Judgment.
And there was only one way to activate the Heavenly Judgment.
Just as Igeon was about to strike their necks.
[Ah, we understand! We will give up our necks!]
[In exchange! End it with our necks!]
“!”
[Princess, please!]
At those words, Igeon’s hand abruptly stopped.
And he laughed as if disgusted.
“These monster bastards are acting pretty human-like.”
Then he looked at Heilli.
‘She’s strong, after all.’
As in the past, she was at a level where even he couldn’t let his guard down.
‘She smells more like a sacred god than the monsters we know.’
So Igeon didn’t relax his guard.
“For a boss of these guys, you look pretty normal. Is that your true appearance? Or are you a mutant?”
At that question, Heilli flinched.
It wasn’t for any other reason.
‘To call her my daughter would be a mutant with a human appearance.’
Because of a man who had said that to her in the past.
In the end, recalling the words of a man she didn’t even know, Heilli sighed and answered.
“This is my true appearance. I am hiding nothing.”
The people who heard that were very relieved.
They had worried she might suddenly transform into a monster, saying it was her true form.
Soon, Heilli spoke.
“It is true that I am not human. The composition might not differ greatly from humans, but in any case, I am probably what you call an unknown civilization.”
Everyone present became frozen. The scribe seemed to have received a considerable shock.
At the same time, Igeon looked at her as if disgusted.
“Then why is an enemy of humanity acting like a saint?”
“That is…”
Right at that moment.
“Why else. To easily kill humans, of course.”
“!”
With a sharp voice, a chilling cold swept in.
Crack!
The severe cold tried to freeze the Scorpio party in an instant.
Gritting her teeth, Heilli immediately drew her own sword.
[Second Space]
In an instant, Heilli’s sword and the sharp cold wind clashed.
Bang!
Under the tremendous force, people couldn’t even open their eyes.
Grind!
But when Heilli infused demonic energy into her sword, an astonishing thing happened.
Crash!
As if space was tearing, a black space appeared. And the suddenly appearing black space swallowed the severe cold.
Simultaneously, the colliding demonic energies exploded.
Boom!
The severe cold completely vanished.
And Heilli, who had protected her subordinates, had her black dress torn.
[Princess…!]
Heilli covered her white chest with her clothing.
And as if a headache had appeared, she glared at her opponent.
“Virgo…!”
At the door stood the blonde Kevin.
“I should have recognized it from the moment that woman was conversing with monsters.”
As Hugo warily swallowed and aimed his bowstring, Kevin also sharpened his edge.
“So you tried to kill Igeon? Because if Igeon is alive, you all would be in danger.”
Then the flustered loyal followers of Heilli cried out.
[No! The princess is already on humanity’s side! That side betrayed over 20 years ago! Because of Igeon-nim!]
“!?”
* * *
Meanwhile, at that time.
“What? The Scorpio met Igeon?”
The absolute divine realm that unknown civilizations could never dare to covet.
That place was the supreme divine seat, ranked 1st among the absolute divine seats, and the home of 2.1 billion holy disciples.
And there, the saint of Libra, listening to the report of a divine servant.
Giselle laughed as if disgusted.
“So, in the end, that thing intends to betray me.”
It was like the emperor’s bath.
The ceiling of the golden bath, which seemed over 100 pyeong, was filled with beautiful paintings and decorations, and the floor had a bath close to a swimming pool.
In that bath, a beautiful woman was soaking alone. Her elastic body and trained muscles made her look nothing like a non-combat divine seat.
Soon, she poured wine into a glass.
It was blood-red wine.
At the same time, the high-ranking divine servant reporting to Giselle watched her expression.
[Master. Are you alright? Even leaving aside Sagittarius, the Virgo saint also seems to be attached to Igeon…]
Then Giselle laughed.
“It doesn’t matter. Sagittarius was always a fool who could do nothing without Igeon, and wasn’t Virgo a stupid clinging to Igeon, forever stuck in second place? It’s a predetermined course.”
From the beginning, among the 12 saints, there wouldn’t be a single one who wasn’t captivated by Igeon’s skill.
Except for herself, the Libra.
That was natural.
Igeon. He was a terrifying man who appeared without divine power and surpassed the god’s contractors as if to prove something.
That wasn’t all.
As if mocking the saints who couldn’t rashly step forward for fear of getting hurt or dying, he was the first to charge at the monsters.
And before his courage that didn’t even fear death and his skill that made it possible, how much humiliation did the saints feel, and how small did they see themselves?
Joy. Awe. Humiliation. Envy. Jealousy.
Because of that, regarding Igeon, some thought of him as a god, some were obsessed, and others feared him.
Some denied, some destroyed, or hated.
Each had different feelings about Igeon.
“Originally, if you keep Igeon by your side, it’s one of two things.”
[Huh?]
“You become a fan, or you hate him.”
That’s how a prominent genius is.
So she had coaxed those who hated Igeon to her side.
Anyway, Hugo or Kevin being close was one thing. She originally knew they would side with Igeon.
But the Scorpio was a bit unexpected.
“To think she’d develop feelings for a human.”
Giselle laughed as if something was funny.
In the past, whenever she tried to defy a bit, she would threaten to reveal her identity to Igeon, and every time her face turned pale was quite amusing.
Then the divine servant was troubled.
[Master. Then isn’t it a big problem? The Scorpio saint is an important figure. If she were to side with Igeon, we would be in danger…]
“No need to worry. Virgo is there.”
[Indeed, that side believed the Scorpio saint was the culprit who killed Igeon.]
“In any case, the scribe attached to Igeon must be taken away, by any means.”
Thinking of the scribe, Giselle raised her lips chillingly.
“I thought they were all dead and was regretful, but such a good thing is attached to Igeon.”
Even the Scorpio had kept it hidden tightly.
But at that moment.
A holy disciple of Libra and Giselle’s attendant entered the bath.
“A great matter! Lord saint!”
“What is it.”
“It is said that he has headed toward Igeon…!”
Giselle was rarely flustered.
(To be continued in the next episode)