[Additional person qualified for Saint has been discovered]
[Current number of prospective Saints: 2]
[Whom will you choose?]
Yi Geon's eyes widened.
Well, discovering someone qualified to be a Saint was one thing.
It was obviously going to be Yuha.
Her faith was sufficient, and her rank had met the requirements, after all.
But there was one more?
'No way.'
Yi Geon subtly glanced toward Cheon Seong-jae.
Cheon Seong-jae, transformed into a snake, was sweeping away the Leo Saint followers who were threatening (?) him.
[You brats! You're ten million years too early to take on your uncle!]
The snake of light—was it perhaps as large as a three-story building?—flashed its eyes and launched body slams against the ant-sized Leo Saint followers.
And then.
[The Saint follower has used the power of Ophiuchus to inflict massive damage on the servants of the Beast Lord]
[The Saint follower's contribution is accumulating as ]
[The accumulated in the throne through contributions can further powerfully evolve the Star God and even evolve the Saint followers and the Divine Spirit]
[Properly utilizing the divine throne's energy can increase the throne's value]
The notification's content was simple.
Simply put, all experience, achievements, tributes, and activities gained by the Saint followers and subordinate gods while fighting would accumulate as .
And with that power, they could operate the divine throne.
To make a comparison, it was like the seed money needed to revitalize a throne.
Without that energy, the throne would cease functioning, like a starving beast.
That was precisely why Star Gods and Saints endlessly exploited their Saint followers and subordinate gods.
Well, if you lacked the manpower to exploit, you'd end up like someone somewhere else, reduced to becoming a mercenary yourself just to accumulate divine throne energy.
Anyway, it was fine.
Yi Geon looked at Cheon Seong-jae and smiled as if surprised.
'If he can use Demigod Transformation, he must meet the qualifications for a Saint, right?'
Indeed.
The qualifications for a Saint. To become a Saint, one had to satisfy three conditions.
First, faith over 90%. Second, rank SS or higher. Lastly, fulfilling a characteristic unique to each divine throne.
And while the other two were self-evident, the reason the condition was SS rank or higher was simple.
'Because a body below SS rank cannot withstand 100% of the Star God's power.'
And that wasn't all.
'They can't even use Demigod Transformation, the god's proxy skill.'
One had to be at least SS rank to develop the senses needed to handle the peak Saint follower skills, and .
That was why Saints recommended SS-rank Awakeners.
But Seong-jae was using a Demigod Transformation skill?
'As expected, he's a genius, that one never misses a beat.'
Well, from the start, Seong-jae was the guy who had cast high-level magic on his own, without even the blessing of the Gemini Star God.
He had deciphered the principles of magic, incomprehensible to humans, all by himself.
Simply put, an extreme talent prodigy.
Just like how he picked the Fairy King at a single glance, he was truly born with it.
'No wonder that crazy bastard tried so hard not to get him taken away.'
Well, Yuha was an extreme prodigy too, just the same.
'Anyway, the problem is they're both way too outstanding to be Taek-su's kids.'
Of course, neither of them was playing in their own field—though others probably didn't realize they were at that level yet.
But that wasn't what was important right now.
'There are two Ophiuchus Saint candidates...'
Did that mean he had to choose between Yuha and Seong-jae?
As expected, when he looked at Yuha with the God's Gaze, information appeared alongside a voice.
[Saint Candidate]
[Satisfies the qualifications for the Saint of Ophiuchus]
And Seong-jae would be the same.
But Yi Geon, who had been looking at Cheon Seong-jae, widened his eyes.
[Ordinary Saint Follower]
[Does not satisfy the qualifications for the Saint of Ophiuchus]
"……??"
Yi Geon's expression became strange.
And seeing that expression, Cheon Yu-ha tilted her head.
"Uncle, what's wrong?"
"Nothing. There are two Ophiuchus Saint candidates, but it seems one of them isn't Seong-jae."
"!"
Cheon Yu-ha was surprised too.
To begin with, it was astonishing that there were two Saint candidates. Because there could only be one Saint.
But Yi Geon was surprised in a different way.
'Not Seong-jae?'
Of course, that could be possible.
Seong-jae was still S-rank. It was regrettable, but you could say he was just barely lacking that one thing.
However, that was exactly why Yi Geon found it strange.
'If it's not Seong-jae, then who in the world is the other one?'
But it was then.
"Cheon Seong-jae! Are you ignoring us right now?!"
Not far away, Saint followers were shouting, veins bulging. They were none other than the Gemini and Pisces Saint followers who had targeted Cheon Seong-jae.
They had chased after Cheon Seong-jae, who had broken through the Cancer Saint Follower's skill using Demigod Transformation and leaped away.
"Seeing you bounce this way, it means you don't care if we get rid of this brat, right?"
"!"
At those words, the expressions on Yi Geon and Cheon Yu-ha's faces were a sight to behold.
Because that was only natural; they were holding a knife to Han Ji-min, Cheon Seong-jae's roommate.
And at that sight, Cheon Seong-jae screamed, "Aack!"
"That's right! I completely forgot about Ji-min! I saved everyone but got distracted because uncle was in danger!"
Han Ji-min, being held captive, was terribly sad.
Of course, it was an astonishing feat that Cheon Seong-jae had broken through the Cancer Saint Follower's skill and swept away the enemies in an instant.
After all, even though it was Yi Geon's divine throne, Ophiuchus was still a newly born throne.
There was no way to know what abilities it possessed or how great it was compared to other thrones.
Still, seeing a friend sweep away the enemies all at once, he had been in awe, thinking, 'Ah, as expected of Seong-jae, it was a good thing he followed Yi Geon-nim, and as expected, that Saint Yi Geon-nim is amazing too.'
"Seong-jae, even if you were going to leave, you should've untied the ropes...!"
"Ack! I'm sorry! Uncle was more urgent!"
Cheon Yu-ha looked at her younger brother with a hopeless expression.
To a big sister who handled everything perfectly, her younger brother must have seemed unreliable.
And it was just as Cheon Yu-ha, as if she had no choice, was raising her spear.
Stab!
As Cheon Seong-jae released his mana, Cheon Yu-ha flinched.
'SS-rank mana?'
And at that moment, screams echoed among the enemies.
This time, flames erupted.
[The Leo Saint's Territory is collapsing under the Saint follower's power]
[A new achievement has been added to the Bible]
[Contribution rises significantly]
In the end, as the Leo Saint's Territory burst apart, Yi Geon laughed, and Steven screamed.
"Seriously, that brat brother-sister pair, together!"
Steven was on the verge of going crazy. The top Saint follower of Leo had been crushed by Ace and had his power seized. And that Ace had then left the Star Group and bounced somewhere else.
On top of that, their contributions were wrecked, and their Saint's Territory was collapsing. The damage wasn't minor at all, thanks to Yi Geon.
Indeed, the Saint followers were in an uproar at Cheon Seong-jae's rampage.
"Damn, at this rate, won't our ranking fall even lower than Sagittarius?!"
"Hey. No matter what, that's going too far, even for Sagittarius."
It was then.
Yi Geon approached a frustrated Steven, who had almost all his cards taken away.
"!"
Even more so, holding that suspicious case!
In the end, everyone became wary.
It was because of the energy they felt from inside the case.
"Dodge! It's clearly a bomb!"
Those who had transformed their torsos into beasts gnashed their teeth.
"Do not come any closer!"
"After sending his Saint followers forward to devastate the Saint's Territory, he intends to put the final cherry on top!"
But it was then.
Toward them as they flinched back, Yi Geon threw an unexpected object.
"!"
And everyone was horrified at the object Yi Geon had thrown.
Especially Steven was appalled.
"This is...!"
"An arm?"
Yes. What Yi Geon had taken out of the case and thrown was none other than an arm.
But it wasn't a real arm.
'A prosthetic?'
It was a black arm.
A mechanical arm made of metal, its shape was almost exactly the same as Steven's old arm.
In the end, they looked back and forth between the arm and Yi Geon, bewildered.
"U-um. Yi Geon-nim. What is this..."
Yi Geon smiled.
"Your arm, Yuha, even a Star God's body—I've received all that, so I don't plan on being stingy either."
"!"
"Of course, I have to use your arm, so I can't give it back. But this should be usable enough as a substitute."
"……??!"
As Steven looked at Yi Geon in shock, Yi Geon smiled.
"Why? You asked me to make you a weapon. This is also a weapon I made, in its own way."
At those words, Steven turned deathly pale and shouted.
"That belongs to that Yi Geon!!!"
"Star Lord?!"
"There's no way that bastard would obediently make me something like this! It's a fake!"
"Star Lord!"
However, as Yi Geon whistled, the mechanical arm clanked and began to move.
[Right Arm of the Black Beast (S)]
Creator: Yi Geon
Though it was a prosthetic, it was strictly a holy object crafted by Yi Geon's hand.
The prosthetic automatically attached itself to Steven's right arm. And as sharp claws sprouted from the black fingers, the Leo Saint followers who had been wary of Yi Geon wept with emotion.
"Oh my god, it seems we have terribly misunderstood Yi Geon-nim!"
"To give such an item!"
Apparently, they were happier about their Star Lord having an arm again than they were sad about their Saint's Territory being destroyed.
It was even cool-looking, too.
However, Steven alone wore an expression of terror.
"This is a bomb! A bomb, I tell you!"