Kugugung!
[The Holy Grail Master's power has vanished.]
[You have gained a massive amount of experience.]
It seemed each god had a different phenomenon upon their annihilation.
When it was Cancer, it was as if a volcano had erupted, and flames seemed to fall from the sky.
And for Aquarius, the sound of glass shattering could be heard from all around.
Clang! Clang!
It was a sound that made one think this is how it would sound if the sky were a glass dome.
Heaven and earth shook, and the Sub-God Realm itself began to tremble.
[As the Holy Grail Master's traces disappear, the gods are bewildered.]
[The Holy Grail Master's servants, bewildered, begin searching for their master.]
[The followers of Ophiuchus cheer.]
[Your achievement is inscribed in the Bible.]
[You have gained a new effect from the inscribed achievement.]
[Il-nam and I-nam, deeply moved, weep for their master's actions.]
Igeon laughed.
What's so great? This isn't the end yet.
Igeon picked up something from the liquid he had burst.
And the moment Igeon picked it up, an intense light burst out!
[Warning. This is an overwhelmingly strong power.]
[A power capable of creating a world by itself.]
[Holy Grail Master's Core (EX)]
It was shining fragments like placer gold.
So Igeon laughed.
‘When it was Cancer, it was an eyeball.’
That bastard's core looked like a shiny marble, but they were undeniably two eyeballs.
And now, placer gold.
Perhaps each Zodiac God's core takes a different shape.
Anyway, the core could be said to be equivalent to the heart in a human.
At the same time, it was the qualification of the master, the authority of the master.
[You can obtain data from the core.]
[You can obtain authority.]
Of course, even Igeon couldn't use this core right away.
Because they weren't masters of divine seats and leaders of armies for nothing.
‘If I swallow this recklessly, I'll die too.’
He had swallowed Cancer's core back during Leo, but that object only contained 20% of the Zodiac God's soul.
This was on a different level.
And while others might not be able to handle this core, which was too raw, Igeon, the creator, could handle it easily.
As expected.
After obtaining the core, Igeon's eyes flashed.
Then, a green light rose from beneath his feet!
[A skill has been activated.]
[Do you really want to designate ( ) as an occupied territory?]
[Caution. ( ) is not recommended as an occupied territory.]
At this, Igeon furrowed his brow.
“Why? It's perfect for a medicine warehouse.”
This place was already being used as a medicine production site by the Holy Grail Master. The number of Holy Grails here alone was in the thousands.
Moving them would be a job, and the potions produced by Aquarius were rare to begin with.
Thanks to that, with monsters even targeting potion warehouses all over the world, there was no reason to needlessly attract thieves.
That wasn't all.
‘With this space, supply logistics become considerably more convenient.’
Between sacred territories, he himself could move freely, but for places that weren't, he always had to use the teleport of the Holy Vestige.
So the problem was the land of unknown civilizations.
Especially the Red Zone and Black Zone were vast.
When supplies ran out, he had to risk sending the Holy Vestige, but with this space? Well?
‘He could take out medicine at any time.’
It was like a warehouse that could be opened anytime, anywhere.
Every time, they laboriously moved materials using the Holy Vestige or subordinate gods, but with a remote warehouse like this, it's convenient to stockpile materials.
Moreover, this place was only accessible to god-level beings, so when he occasionally caused trouble, wouldn't it be that Hyugo couldn't come chasing after him to nag?
That's why he was saying he'd take over this space, but a notification gave a warning.
[( ) is a space different from ordinary land.]
[Occupation might be difficult.]
As expected. It was at that moment.
[Warning. The sleeping ( ) opens its eyes wide.]
[It says ( ) has been detected in a place where fighting is prohibited.]
[Though it doesn't know which nameless god it is, it says it's troublesome if a god acts so willfully.]
Whoever it was, the space was trying to expel Igeon.
[It says this is the space of the great twelve Zodiac.]
[It says it is a space that no one else can occupy.]
[It tells the nameless lesser god not to act up.]
[It is attempting to release this unauthorized master into a dimensional rift.]
[It says to become a forever lost child in the dimensional rift.]
A door opened in the sky.
At the same time, long, stretched hands came down through the door.
They were trying to grab Igeon and drag him away.
And at that sight, Igeon laughed as if disgusted.
At the same time, an intense black aura surged up!
[Uses the power of ( ).]
That black light annihilated all the hands coming down from the sky.
Boom!
At that sight, the hand seemed greatly flustered.
Perhaps it realized he was no mere lesser god.
[( ) is flustered.]
[It is severely flustered, asking what kind of god he is.]
[It says this is a dimensional rift.]
[If you use that much power, the dimension will warp...]
But regardless, Igeon's eyes flashed.
At the same time, tremendous destructive force covered the Sub-God Realm.
Kugugung!
[The horrified dimensional manager got injured and disappeared.]
[You have obtained experience.]
[You have obtained data (1-time Divine Realm Passage).]
[One of the Sub-God Realms of the twelve Zodiac has been designated as occupied territory (4).]
[The items from the occupied territory have been transferred to Ophiuchus's domain.]
[Ophiuchus Occupied Territory 4: Aquarius's Garden]
[Would you like to name it?]
“Big Bag.”
[Has been designated as ( ).]
At the same time, Igeon looked around at the Holy Grails.
In cups of different forms, each containing water of different colors, but figuring out what the contents were wasn't difficult.
[Holy Grail Management Log]
Igeon opened a thick book in the center of the room.
Maybe because he was holding the Holy Grail Master's core, the strictly sealed book opened easily.
Inside it had detailed records, like potion recipes, with illustrations of each Holy Grail's form, the ingredients put inside, and what it was making.
And from the looks of it, the Holy Grails displayed at the far right of the altar were the most recently manufactured ones.
They were roughly shaped like a large water bottle.
And Igeon poured out the most useless ones from there, splashing them.
[Scorching Lord's Stamina Potion (Top Priority Urgent Request)]
[Scorching Lord's Hair Tonic (Top Priority Urgent Request)]
And into the empty Holy Grails, he plopped in the Holy Grail Master's core: the placer gold grains.
Then an amazing thing happened.
As soon as the ingredients were placed, the Holy Grails shone and water welled up from within.
[Vitality Recovery Holy Grail (SSS)]
[Purification Holy Grail (SSS)]
By catching the Holy Grail Master's core, matching Holy Grail contents were created.
Furthermore, water that would never dry up!
“With this, Bacchus for our kids is complete.”
Igeon immediately picked up the Purification Holy Grail and poured it onto the core of Sky Judgment.
And the moment that blue water touched the core, a tremendous reaction occurred.
Crackle!
[The purification water removes contaminants.]
[The purification water removes contaminants.]
……
[The purification water removes contaminants.]
[80%… 90%]
[100%]
[Purification of contaminants is complete.]
And with that, the completely clean core of Sky Judgment let out light.
[Regeneration is possible.]
Igeon smirked and immediately used his skill.
[Activates Super Regeneration.]
The ability activated swiftly.
Perhaps because the level of Super Regeneration had increased?
Even though it wasn't a living thing, it had an effect.
And just like that, the gaps between the Judgment core were filled as if new flesh grew, and when finally all the broken parts disappeared.
Flash!
[Regeneration is complete.]
Igeon laughed.
The restoration was all finished. Now all he had to do was reattach this core to its body.
Then Sky Judgment would also awaken.
Because of that, it was when Igeon was about to return to his Hawaii workshop.
Just as he was flipping through the management log to take the Holy Grail of ( ).
“……?”
Igeon, having discovered something, opened his eyes wide.
And.
“You bastards?!”
As if greatly pissed off, he immediately started heading somewhere.
* * *
Meanwhile, around that time.
The Aquarius Zodiac God had vanished, and the subordinate gods were milling about.
Especially the Virgo subordinate gods and Aquarius subordinate gods who felt Igeon's power were trembling in fear.
[The Holy Grail Master has vanished…!]
And even though she had been abandoned by the Zodiac God, perhaps it wasn't for nothing that she served for so long.
Sopi, who fully felt the Zodiac God's annihilation, also trembled as if unable to believe it.
“Igeon, that crazy bastard…! Don't tell me he even took the Holy Grail Master's power?”
I'd heard that the Cancer Zodiac God had been done in, but I kept thinking 'no way, no way'.
‘Is that something possible for a human?’
But regardless, Hyugo glared and approached Sopi.
“Tell the subordinate god to open Aquarius's Sub-God Realm right now!”
“Hyugo!”
Everyone was horrified at the Zodiac God's annihilation, but to him, Igeon's life was more important than the Zodiac God's annihilation.
That was because while he was trying to catch Igeon's duplicate (?), Igeon had suddenly disappeared.
Of course, since he disappeared right before his eyes, he wasn't surprised like the Cheon siblings or the Virgo subordinate gods that Igeon had disappeared.
But the destination was the problem.
‘Where does this bastard think he's going?!’
Even so, to storm into a Zodiac God's stronghold!
And even alone, without bringing their own Zodiac God?
‘There's a limit to recklessness!’
But regardless, Sopi's heart pounded as she looked at Hyugo standing before her.
‘Hyugo is this close.’
Unlike 20 years ago when he was like a young master, now he was like a sharp, wild stallion, but even that was cool.
And when Sopi just stared at Hyugo in a daze, Hyugo looked at her as if heated.
“Hey! Are you listening? Quickly, to the Sub-God Realm….”
But right at that moment.
Flash!
Light burst out from behind Hyugo, and a familiar face appeared.
It was Igeon.
And at the sight of him landing from the sky, Hyugo felt genuine relief.
“Thank goodness you're unharmed….”
“Hey, you damn bed-wetter!!!”
“?!!”
Igeon, having landed on the ground, outright kicked Sopi.
“Ug, ugh!!”
Sopi screamed, and Hyugo was aghast.
Even the Holy Disciples who came to save Sopi gaped.
“Geon-ah?!!”
“Igeon-nim?!!”
But regardless, Igeon grabbed Sopi by the collar.
“You bed-wetter, what the hell did you do by pilfering my data!”
Hyugo tilted his head, but Sopi actually flinched.
She realized Igeon had caught on to something.
But Sopi averted her eyes and pretended not to know.
“No, what are you talking about… ack!”
“You bastard!”
When Igeon raised his fist, Hyugo hurriedly grabbed Igeon from behind.
“Geon-ah, first calm down! I don't know why, but don't hit! Violence is just not okay!”
And at that sight, Sopi was greatly moved.
‘Hyu, Hyugo is protecting me!’
Igeon, pissed, raised his veins.
“Are you not letting go? You little shit?! Are you shielding that bed-wetter because she likes you? Dream on if you think you can cheat right in front of me!”
“Agh! There are cameras, you bastard!!! What's going on, why are you acting like this all of a sudden!”
“These bastards stole my data and were trying to make a son of mine without permission!”
“…Wha, what?!”
He gave a look as if to say 'What do you mean?' but Igeon glared.
A few minutes earlier.
He had seen the Holy Grail manufacturing log from 20 years ago in the Holy Grail records.
And the ingredients of that Holy Grail were the problem.
[Creation of a Calamity God (Libra's Request)]
The request name was odd, but more than that, the data written below it was the problem.
-Used data: Igeon's DNA
[Create a child of Igeon (same gender) using the stolen DNA]
A child of mine? What the hell does that mean!
Wasn't it just making a clone of my old self and that's it?
In the end, the pissed-off Igeon had pounded on the Holy Grail Master who had become placer gold.
‘Hey, wake up! Wake up! Wake up and tell me! What are the contents of this Holy Grail! What the hell do you mean by child!’
But.
[The Holy Grail Master cannot answer.]
[He has already died.]
‘Aish!’
In the end, Igeon just burst out of the Sub-God Realm and kicked Sopi.
And now.
“These bastards dared to make a child of mine without my knowledge!”
“R, really?! Then…!”
“Ah, whatever! It's fine! It seems it ended in an attempt!”
“Attempt?”
“Yeah! Looking at the records, the attempt to make a son seems to have failed. It seems to have fallen through.”
At that, Sopi flinched.
In fact, the son-making failed so there isn't one, but there is a daughter.
‘Though she's not human.’
And though she's more of an artificial human than a real child.
So she was just thinking whether to speak now, when.
“Anyway, it's a relief it fell through. If there had really been a child of mine, I'd have killed every single person involved, from start to end, all those bastards who made it, without my permission.”
Sopi, frozen, trembled all over. She was on the verge of crying.
Frankly, she was terrified whether to reveal it or hide it.
“Anyway, I'll eliminate Libra who commissioned such a thing. No contact from Virgo?”
“Yeah. Not yet. Except for Kevin suddenly sending me a strange text saying ‘Die!!!! You ungrateful scum!’ there's been no contact.”
After saying that, Hyugo dragged Igeon away and whispered.
He seemed to be mindful of the media.
“Anyway, you even got rid of the Holy Grail Master. Are you sure it's okay? If it were Cancer, maybe, but the Holy Grail Master is a healing divine seat! You should have put him under your command….”
At that, Igeon snorted as if it was nothing.
“Forget it. I didn't want to keep that Zodiac God alive anyway. As for the Zodiac God, I can just make a new one.”
Hyugo couldn't believe his ears.
What?
Make what now?
“What do you mean? Make a Zodiac God?”
“What do you mean. Roughly, if I seat someone under me, that's my divine seat, I guess.”
No sooner had he finished speaking than Igeon summoned someone.
With light, someone appeared.
It was a familiar face.
(Continued in the next episode)