‘What? Rent a skill?’
This was a few hours ago.
It must have been right after he heard the news about Sophie’s kidnapping.
Lee Geon had abruptly asked Hugo to lend him a skill.
‘You know, roughly, that area skill where arrows rain down from the sky. Lend me that. The one you used when you first met Yuha and me.’
‘Huh? Are you crazy? You’re asking me to lend you the Royal Skill now?’
The Royal Skill (SS) was a supreme-grade skill that only Holy Persons were allowed to use.
It was not to be lent, nor could it be loaned out. Even before questioning whether it was possible, it was a matter of the dignity of a Divine Seat.
It was like a national treasure; the idea of some guy from another country just using it was absurd.
"Geon. Even you have limits to what’s possible and what’s not."
So I told him to go sleep it off if he was going to talk nonsense, but then...
[Rental of the Royal Skill has been completed.]
“?!”
“Oh, what’s this. It works.”
“Ah, damn, what the hell! Why does this work?!”
“How should I know. Maybe because I’m the Sanha Divine Seat, I can just borrow it.”
“What?!”
But that wasn’t the most bewildering part.
When I wondered just how much I could squeeze out of him as a rental fee for a skill on the level of the Royal Skill...
[Daring to charge a skill rental fee to the Head Divine Seat is impossible.]
[All rental fees for ██ are 0 won.]
“What’s this and that?!”
At the sound of the insignia’s voice, Hugo screamed and Lee Geon cackled.
“As expected of a lackey Divine Seat. Nice. I’ll be taking things freely from now on.”
“#&*$#!!”
“Just joking. Speak like a human.”
In the end, that was how Lee Geon went tra-la-la towards the place Sophie was.
And now, in the present.
Hugo, who had chased after Lee Geon, furrowed his brow at the scene before him.
‘No matter what, to use that cheap replication skill.’
Even so, they were supposed to be bosom friends.
‘Even if it’s Geon, he can’t just blow my face away!’
The proof was that Lee Geon, held by his own fake self, was unable to move.
Though it was a fake, he must be hesitating to attack after seeing his own face.
So Hugo felt inwardly touched, yet gritted his teeth.
‘Geon, wait just a moment! I’ll take care of it right away….’
But that very moment.
Blaaam!!!!
“……!!”
Right before his eyes, his own head exploded.
Lee Geon had mercilessly blown the fake Hugo’s head apart.
And from that head, what looked like brains and all sorts of things spilled out.
Splat! Splatter!
When the mysterious blood vessels and chunks of flesh fell to the floor.
Hugo, aiming his bowstring, froze in that exact posture.
He might have fainted standing up.
But regardless, Lee Geon laughed and swung his hand again.
“Hahaha! What a huge gain!”
Along with that laughter, a greatsword bigger than a person cut Hugo’s torso clean in two.
This time, the unknown organs inside his body came pouring out.
It was a mercy that Hugo hadn’t fainted at the sight of his own skull being crushed.
In the end, as the fake clone collapsed without even attacking, Hugo slumped down in despair.
Well, of course, Geon would have known it was a fake.
And he also knew that letting yourself be swayed by such things was more dangerous, so quickly dealing with it was the answer.
So even if it were him, he would have dealt with a clone of Lee Geon. They weren’t amateurs who would fail to attack just from that.
But even so!
“Geon, you... bastard! Still! Just a little! The hesitation of a friend...!!”
How could you so mercilessly pulp the head and torso of someone with my face!
“One second... no, even zero-point-five seconds of hesitation...!!!”
Sophie, Yang Wei, and the followers who vividly witnessed the scene had their mentality shattered just the same.
“Hu, Hugo... our Hugo is a lump of meat....”
“We, weren’t they friends?”
“Maybe they’re actually sworn enemies?”
But regardless, Lee Geon, having sliced up the fake, brushed off his hands as if feeling refreshed.
He knew that a Holy Person of a Combat Divine Seat wouldn’t even flinch unless you go this far, so he had quartered it.
But, ‘The experience is way better than I thought.’
Since it was said to be a perfect copy of the original, that seemed to be true.
And perhaps befitting a Holy Person serving a higher Holy God, Lee Geon’s experience shot up in one go.
[Obtained Superior Data Chunks (35 pieces)]
[Can unpack them one by one at the Creation Workshop]
[Obtained a large amount of experience points]
[Experience points have reached 100%]
[Allocate accumulated experience points to the Holy God? Or to the Divine Seat?]
“To the Holy God.”
[Master’s level has increased]
[lv. 24]
[Obtained points (4)]
[Total accumulated points: 20]
[Skills available for rank-up exist]
[Act Forbidden by God (F)] 20 points
[Battle God Instinct (E)] 20 points
[Thirteenth Sense (E)] 10 points
[Be Hit in My Place (A)] 3 points
[Can Endure Once (F)] 1 point
[Can’t Endure Three Times (F)] 1 point
Lee Geon smiled with satisfaction.
It was about the experience, but he could also clearly grasp Hugo’s combat stats, which he couldn’t know just by hitting him.
‘His defense, speed, and strength are all very good.’
That’s why he said it.
“You brat, at least you didn’t just laze around for 20 years. As expected of my friend.”
Though, for such a remark, he had turned his friend into a literal lump of meat, but Lee Geon’s eyes flashed.
It was only natural.
“That replication skill. I didn’t know it had this much copy ability.”
“……!”
The Grail Master flinched at Lee Geon’s gaze.
But regardless, Lee Geon moved his steps.
“If the replication is this excellent, it’d be perfect as a training doll for leveling up my guys.”
[!]
“So, what are the conditions to use that? How many more can you make? Can you infinitely replicate them?”
[……!]
“Ah, never mind, never mind.”
At the same time, Lee Geon’s eyes glinted savagely.
“Originally, I was only going to take the Purification Skill, but change of plans. Hand over that replication skill too. No, just hand over everything. I’ll try it out myself.”
[!]
In the end, as Lee Geon emitted a menacing black energy, the Grail Master hastily used a skill.
[Spirit Reflected on the Water (SSS)]
And when a human shape appeared once again before his eyes, Lee Geon grinned.
“The water bottle bastard is practically hand-delivering experience points....”
That was the moment Lee Geon raised his sword with a flash.
“!”
Suddenly, Lee Geon’s eyes went round. He wasn’t the only surprised one.
“Huh? Uh... that!”
Because the figure they thought would turn into Hugo transformed into someone else.
And everyone was shocked by that familiar face.
It was to be expected.
“L, Lee Geon!?”
“That’s Mr. Lee Geon!”
It was unmistakable.
A shaved skinhead and a crumbled face.
It was Lee Geon from 20 years ago.
Not even a mask.
At the sight, the followers nearly screamed.
“Ack! It’s like Two-Face from some bat movie!”
“No, he also looks like that red hero who never dies...!”
And at that hideous appearance, Sophie, as if traumatized just by seeing it, foamed at the mouth and was about to faint.
At the same time, Lee Geon moved to swing his sword as if in disbelief.
“Trying some petty trick....”
But that was the moment.
Sssswish!!!
“?!”
Lee Geon’s eyes went wide at the arrow that flew from behind his back.
And with it, an explosion sounded!
Bang!
Simultaneously, the fake Lee Geon’s head burst apart and it collapsed.
Thud!
As Lee Geon with his head blown off fell, the followers screamed.
“Aaack! Mr. Lee Geon!”
“What, who did that?”
“It was too fast to see!”
But Lee Geon, looking at his own corpse, was flaring up.
Because there was only one person who could do this.
Indeed, true to form.
“Hahahaha! I caught Geon! Hahahaha! So refreshing! What! Lee Geon is nothing special!”
Hugo, having positioned himself far away, was laughing ferociously.
And the followers were surprised to confirm his presence.
“Wait, did he hit from that distance?”
“What? Where? You mean that moving dot over there?”
“That’s ridiculous! He’s just a speck!”
Lee Geon clicked his tongue.
Oh Taek-su, this bastard.
“That brat is really so childish....”
Was it really worth taking revenge like that just because I killed his copy a little?
Moreover, what Hugo just killed was himself from when he was in the worst condition.
“Killing me from my weakest time, what’s so good about that....”
But it was then.
Flash!
“!”
Once again, the water rippled from another side.
And what appeared with a light was another Lee Geon himself!
“!”
This time, it was a Lee Geon in far better shape than before.
So Lee Geon was dumbfounded. Dumbfounded to the point of being disgusted.
“Seeing this, you even meticulously extracted and stored my old data.”
But as if it was useless, Lee Geon gave a ferocious smile and emitted a black light.
Of course, he didn’t really need to step in himself, but that version of himself was still from a period when he had run pretty wild.
Handling him would be quite overwhelming for Hugo.
So Lee Geon raised his sword as if to eliminate it himself, that very moment!
Swaaaaaak!
Bang!!
“?!”
Once again, from a ray of light that flew in like a laser, the fake Lee Geon’s head burst apart.
An arrow.
A triple shot, no less.
Thanks to that, the head, body, legs—everything was shattered into a mass of meat.
And the culprit who shot the arrow was laughing smugly from afar.
“Hahahaha! Did you see! Did you see that! What! Mr. Lee Geon is nothing special! He was a total loser! I was scared for nothing!”
Of course, it wasn’t over.
[ has created a clone]
[ has created a clone]
As if to say one wasn’t enough, Lee Geon’s clones increased one after another.
But perhaps befitting a Saint of Absolute Accuracy.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
As soon as each copy of Lee Geon appeared, it was dealt with from afar.
All headshots without a single hair’s breadth of error!
What’s more, he was so excited that for the last one, he aimed for a spot a man should never target!
Bang!
Of course, the last one slightly missed, but even Lee Geon momentarily closed his eyes.
The blood rising to his face was a bonus.
Of course, unlike before, Hugo was receiving the buff of the Snake Lord Seat. It was because he had entered as a subordinate.
Moreover, the higher his faith, the more he received a much higher stat buff compared to lower followers.
So it was understandable that he could kill his past self’s clone, but.
“Hahahaha! Lee Geon is nothing special! After all, he’s just a one-shot kill for me!”
Twitch.
That bastard, for real.
Lee Geon was getting heat up, but it seemed to be a tremendous gain for someone else.
[The Holy Person of the Subordinate (Hugo Otterus) has obtained a large amount of experience points]
[The Holy Person of the Subordinate (Hugo Otterus) has obtained a large amount of experience points]
……
[The Holy Person of the Subordinate (Hugo Otterus) has obtained a large amount of experience points]
[The Holy Person of the Subordinate (Hugo Otterus)’s level increases (lv.2)]
As if flustered by this, the Grail Master reached out to Lee Geon.
[The Grail Master attempts to copy]
A rippling water surface appeared above Lee Geon’s head.
‘!’
And Lee Geon’s figure reflected on the water!
[The Grail Master is trying to extract the Snake Lord’s data]
Lee Geon narrowed his brow.
But.
[Failed]
[Cannot copy the Snake Lord’s data]
Because of this, the Grail Master seemed very flustered.
There had never been a target from which it could not extract data.
And from the beginning, it had planned to buy time to copy Lee Geon, but all attempts had failed.
As if it was an unexpected turn of events, the Grail Master quickly turned away.
[The Grail Master is trying to flee]
At this, Lee Geon’s eyes flashed.
“Where do you think you’re running off to.”
Even knowing it was a fake, getting hit there... no, dealing with his precious comrade could never be pleasant.
At the same time, Lee Geon’s Snake-Catching Skill coiled around the Grail Master’s arm.
Crunch!
But it was that very moment.
Bang!
A tremendous flash erupted.
[The flustered Grail Master cut off its own hand and fled]
[The Grail Master has fled to a place no human can ever go. The gods’ hideout]
[Cannot extract the Grail Master through a Holy Person]
[Completely vanished from Earth]
[Cannot pursue]
Because of this, Lee Geon let out an incredulous hollow laugh.
“This thing runs away??”
What’s more, it escaped to the very world of the gods, making it impossible to chase.
Of course, it wasn’t that there was no way.
“Hey. You lackeys, you’re watching. Come out.”
At Lee Geon’s threat, silver and red light surged up from beneath his feet.
They were the Holy Gods.
Indeed, true to form.
“Open it.”
To chase a god, all one had to do was use a god.
As if his guess was correct, a mysterious door of light appeared before Lee Geon.
Flash!
[A door leading to , the Gap Between Dimensions, has appeared]
[This is the sub-divine realm of the Zodiac’s 12 Holy Gods]
[This door is connected to the Grail Master’s space]
With the door created, Lee Geon smiled.
That place was a gap world within the interdimensional rift, a separate subspace possessed solely by the Zodiac’s 12 Divine Seats.
Simply put, it was a hideout exclusive to gods.
And the Grail Master, due to the nature of its abilities, had no choice but to frequently interact with other Holy Gods.
So that was why they had passage rights to the Aquarius hideout.
Thanks to that, Lee Geon smiled.
But the owners spoke worriedly.
[ Holy God, the Lord of the Full Moon says the Grail Master has locked the door]
[Says it cannot be opened]
But it was that very moment.
[Can use the authority obtained from the Corpse Monarch]
[Ruler of Space]
Lee Geon reached out his hand.
The door was mercilessly torn apart.
(Continued in the next chapter)