[Handling of the monster presumed to be Abundance]
[All of Europe turned into empty land]
[Turned into Abundance land]
[Humanity's eyes well up: “Will we reclaim human land after 20 years?”]
[Will the new empty land of Europe be taken by Ophiuchus?]
The world was in an uproar.
With the elimination of Abundance, the land that had been a Red Zone became a Green Zone.
It happened because the barrier dominated by Abundance’s power disappeared.
And thanks to this, humanity has begun reclaiming territory, but there was still a next step.
The land gained by defeating Abundance this time was right in the middle of the Black Zone.
Monsters of other factions, not Abundance, were drooling and approaching that fertile land.
Therefore, they had to plant a flag in the Green Zone before that.
Yi Geon was also aware of this fact, and so he was crafting equipment appropriate for it.
And now.
“Uncle, hurrah! Hurray!!!”
Cheon Seongjae was shedding tears of emotion.
For some reason, he was clenching his fists and sobbing.
And Cheon Yuha and Gwisun, who were watching Cheon Seongjae, and Stephen of Leo were looking at him as if dumbfounded.
After all, the place they were in right now was the Fortress in the Sky, Drakma.
This was the very floating castle from which Stephen had once been kicked by Yi Geon and fell to the ground.
And the reason they were here now was because of the Festival of the Gods.
The Festival of the Gods was nothing special.
Once a year, in autumn, a grand event for humanity was held in Drakma. One was the Holy Clash, where the Holy Gods and Holy Orders competed in power.
The other was precisely the Holy Body Inspection.
Simply put, it was checking abilities and, based on that, upgrading equipment and weapons.
And the Holy Clash was not only a battle between the Zodiacs, but also a place where they hunted captured monsters of unknown civilizations, compared the superiority among the Zodiacs, and showcased their power worldwide.
Massive transfers and scouting of Saints occurred, and it was a meaningful event that prepared to subjugate unknown civilizations.
Anyway, the Holy Body Inspection was the eve of the Holy Clash.
Cheon Seongjae was sobbing at the physical examination site.
Honestly, he had no choice.
“I grew! My height! After all this time, trying everything, my height that wouldn’t grow grew!”
At Cheon Seongjae’s sobbing, Gwisun sent a bewildered look.
After all, the Festival of the Gods was once a year, the one day all twelve Zodiacs and Saints gathered for a grand celebration of humanity.
And with the issue of Abundance’s land on top of that, they had come to attend the Festival of the Gods as Saints and ended up getting a physical checkup together, but...
“Uncle, hurrah!! This is the best record of my life!”
At Cheon Seongjae’s sobbing, Gwisun let out an incredulous laugh.
“Still, it’s only 3 centimeters, you know.”
“What are you saying! You’re also a man, so you know this resentment!”
At those words, Gwisun flinched.
“It’s a whole 3 centimeters! The first digit changed! Now I’m 160 centimeters! As expected, Uncle is great!”
Cheon Seongjae, who had received a holy grail of height growth, sobbed.
And having drunk from it humbly, praying before the holy grail every day, for a whole week!
In that time, he grew as much as 3 centimeters!
It was reason enough to praise.
[The piety of the Serpent Bearer rises significantly]
[The Serpent Bearer is satisfied with the joy of the life-giving Saint]
[The piety of the Serpent Bearer rises significantly]
At the same time, Gwisun, who was beside him, was startled and opened his handbook.
[The Gospel of Seongjae has increased by 100 chapters]
So another load of useless stuff has increased.
Gwisun despaired.
But regardless of Gwisun’s despair, Cheon Seongjae was extremely elated.
“Just as tall as Uncle! And other places too, just like Uncle!”
Of course, there was also a voice mocking that Cheon Seongjae.
“Even if you get bigger, it’s still a children’s size.”
“!!”
They were his old colleagues passing by after finishing their physical checkup.
They were the Holy Order leaders from the Gemini Zodiac’s Korean, Japanese, and Chinese branches.
And being mages belonging to the Gemini Zodiac, they seemed displeased with Cheon Seongjae.
Well, it was understandable that they’d be displeased seeing a guy who had been A-rank when he was with them now being a Saint.
“A squirt like you, a Saint? No matter how you look at it, you must have gotten it by kissing up to Yi Geon.”
At those words, the escort mage beside them was horrified.
“Y-you must not!”
He was Hwangyeong, Cheon Seongjae’s former escort, whom Yi Geon had met during the meeting with the appraiser.
“This person is now a Saint! If you treat him so carelessly...!”
But the Gemini mages snorted.
“That little bean, a Saint?! And in the first place, what kind of life-giving Saint is this bastard! When this punk was in our Zodiac, don’t you remember his weird skill scores! All his attack skills were S+, but healing systems were all F!”
“W-well, that may be true, but...”
“You should have become Death, not some laughable Life! The title of life-giving Saint suits someone like our Holy Lady!”
At those words, Cheon Seongjae’s veins bulged.
Holy Lady, my ass.
She’s a thief who stole Uncle’s data and made him create a strange daughter!
At the same time, as he recalled Kali, Cheon Seongjae’s eyes sparked.
And the root of all this was that damn Holy Lady!
She’ll probably be here today too!
“Anyway, if she’s a Holy Lady, I’m a Holy Son!”
“Ha, a Holy Son? Can you even use healing skills!”
Along with that, Cheon Seongjae’s eyes gleamed.
“Of course? I can even resurrect, you know.”
At those words, other Apostles, and Cheon Yuha and Gwisun, who were there, all opened their eyes wide as if hearing it for the first time.
It couldn’t be helped.
Resurrection was a miracle that even Aquarius, the only healing Zodiac, hadn’t been able to perform.
That’s why even Stephen couldn’t help being flustered.
‘Something even Sofie couldn’t do, Ophiuchus can do?’
Could Yi Geon have reached that level?
Thanks to that, the surroundings buzzed.
“They say Ophiuchus is higher in class than Aquarius’s Holy Lady, and it seems true.”
At the same time, a notification sounded.
[Ophiuchus’s reputation rises]
And realizing that he had unwittingly raised Ophiuchus’s reputation, the Gemini mage stammered in panic.
“Resurrection? A chick like you compared to Lady Heize can do resurrection? Even Lady Heize couldn’t do such a thing...”
Snatch!
Soon, Cheon Seongjae, who had grabbed the mage’s arm, smiled.
“Recently, any injuries somewhere?”
“What? This bastard, suddenly why are you...!”
“Why else.”
At that moment, Cheon Seongjae’s eyes flashed.
[Painful Resurrection]
“Aaaargh!”
The mage foamed at the mouth and collapsed. And from the pain of reviving, the mage clutched his body, trying to die.
Of course, there was also one who liked it.
[The Serpent Bearer is greatly pleased]
[The experience of the Life Saint rises]
[As the Life Saint grows, the levels of related Zodiacs rise]
[Applied to both Apostles and Holy Gods]
The mage foaming at the mouth looked at Cheon Seongjae as if wondering if he was crazy.
“Th-this bastard... no way, resurrection... Aaagh!”
But Cheon Seongjae, holding the mage’s arm, sent a pitiful voice.
“An old injury must have flared up. I’ll treat it right away.”
[Painful Resurrection (Stage 1)]
“Agh! Hey! Cheon Seongjae!”
Though it didn’t show on the outside, a tingling pain spread throughout his entire body.
In the end, the mage screamed as if dying, but soon Cheon Seongjae used Super Regeneration.
Then an amazing thing happened.
[The incorrect treatment has been properly treated]
[The strange wound has been perfectly healed]
[The Serpent Bearer is greatly pleased, calling it a good enlightenment of life]
[The Serpent Bearer is pleased to have an excellent Saint]
[The Life Saint’s experience rises]
Had he sensed something strange with the Life Eye from the start?
‘It doesn’t seem like it was treated by Aquarius, but what is this?’
Through his All-Seeing Eye skill, the Life Eye, he saw it.
The injured parts. But it felt as if the wounds had only been covered with skin, without proper treatment.
‘Did some quack get involved?’
[The energy of an unknown civilization is felt]
Well, whatever it was, it was fine.
“Since I treated you, that’ll be 30 million. Deposit it to Ophiuchus.”
“...This thieving Zodiac...”
In the end, the mage fainted in agony, but Cheon Seongjae dusted off his hands.
To the eyes of those who didn’t know the process of the pain, it would only look like the wound had relapsed and Cheon Seongjae had healed it.
‘The pain didn’t need to be resurrected, but he was annoying.’
And to this, Cheon Yuha secretly raised her thumb as if he’d done well, while Gwisun looked at the two siblings as if fed up.
Well, it was understandable why they were acting like that.
Why?
‘Since Ophiuchus is a newly born Zodiac, it’s poor(?), you know.’
That’s right.
Having become Saints, they had just realized that their Holy Order was very, very broke.
Leo and Gemini were still wealthy Zodiacs.
But the newly born Ophiuchus was different.
[Ophiuchus Talents: 10]
[Sagittarius Talents: 3,789,900]
[Virgo Talents: 198,944,840,000]
Talent (currency, opportunity) was, in simple terms, the currency of the gods.
All human wealth, such as offerings or tithes offered by Apostles, was converted into a specific value and became the gods’ currency.
That Talent was used for everything in the form of points: salaries for Apostles, maintenance allowances for subordinate gods’ dignity, Zodiac development funds, Zodiac transactions, and so on.
That was what divided rich Zodiacs and poor Zodiacs.
Indeed, they had heard Yi Geon, while levelling up a new skill, say this:
‘Talents? Oh, from intermediate skills onward, you need Talents?’
That’s why the Cheon siblings, who had to manage Ophiuchus, couldn’t help having their eyes on wealth in addition to experience.
Gemini made money well through teleportation, and their own father was the honest(?) type, so they felt he was covering it through mercenary work, but still.
Anyway, for various reasons, the Saints needed to move diligently for the Holy God.
‘Uncle is in the middle of making something important right now.’
It was essential work to reclaim the stolen territory.
And that wasn’t all.
‘The existing Holy Gods will try to erase Uncle.’
The presence and influence of the existing Holy Gods was considerable.
And at the point where Yi Geon and the Holy Gods had become enemies, the Holy Gods would use their positions to chip away at Yi Geon’s honor and try to eliminate what Yi Geon had built so far.
In fact, even though his abilities were acknowledged, the voice acknowledging the Zodiac itself was still small.
But perhaps their activities had been worth it.
“Wow, Ophiuchus is good! As expected of a healing Zodiac!”
“Will Ophiuchus’s Saint fight other Saints in this Holy Clash?”
“Before that, will they even hold the Holy Clash this year? I heard they were having a subjugation council among Saints because of the invasion. They say they’re going outside the dome in earnest.”
“That’s true, but if they hold the Holy Clash, that special land of the gods gets summoned. There’s no way the Holy Gods would give that up. It’s a chance to grow.”
“Oh, then will Ophiuchus’s Saint be active too?”
“I hope Yi Geon comes out as a special guest.”
“Ah, if Yi Geon comes out, the whole world will be in an uproar that day.”
[Ophiuchus’s reputation rises]
[Ophiuchus’s reputation rises]
The Cheon siblings were satisfied.
“Since it’s come to this, let’s also look for new Apostles here.”
“Sounds good.”
They were also concerned about the people who had been changed by Abundance, anyway.
‘We still don’t know much about Uncle.’
And they might not know exactly, but there were enemies Uncle was aiming at.
‘Let’s work harder for Uncle.’
They wanted to be helpful to Yi Geon.
On the other hand, there was someone scratching their head amidst the commotion of the crowd.
‘He’s amazing, though.’
That was Cheon Seongjae’s roommate and long-time best friend, Han Jimin.
‘Even before, it felt like the gap was big since we were C-rank and A-rank.’
Now that he had become a Saint, it felt like they weren’t people in the same world at all.
Well, he knew Cheon Seongjae wasn’t a friend who would grow distant all of a sudden, but—
- Ophiuchus is strange. No matter what, there are degrees. Does it make sense for a Saint to hang out with a low-tier Awakened?
The people around seemed to think otherwise.
But right now, that wasn’t what was important.
“Seongjae, are you going to be okay? I heard the Cheonjae Workshop is in chaos because of Yi Geon.”
“What? Because of Uncle? Why?”
“Because of the weapons Yi Geon made?”
“Weapons??”
* * *
And around the same time.
["Yi Geon’s weapons are infinitely better than Cheonjae Workshop’s weapons?" The battle Zodiac community explodes]
[Buzz of rumors, Capricorn Zodiac’s Holy God’s direct management takes offense]
["Yi Geon is an excellent fighter. But as a craftsman, he's an amateur, never comparable to Capricorn’s master craftsmen." Capricorn’s elite craftsmen take offense]
["Even the Holy Land was made by the Capricorn Holy God"]
[A typical case of name value, just empty price inflation]
["If given the chance, I’d like to personally invite Yi Geon to a direct demonstration comparison"]
Hugo clicked his tongue at the newspaper articles that resurfaced.
“Aigo, no wonder the Apostles were in an uproar during the last Seoul invasion.”
That was probably started by the weapons Yi Geon made for Sagittarius’s Apostles.
Already, in other places, people were making a huge fuss, asking if Yi Geon even knew how to craft, or if it was some kind of fraud.
Anyway, when rumors spread that Yi Geon’s weapons were better, even the prideful Prodigy Workshop was thrown into an uproar.
‘See, who told you to act all high and mighty, putting on airs.’
They had been disregarded so many times themselves for lacking money, and even Hugo, a Constellation, had been flatly rejected.
Well, he understood.
‘Right. After seeing Geon’s combat prowess, what lunatic would think he’s a craftsman?’
Hugo, the head of the Combat God Constellation, felt his blood boil.
‘Even now, the Ophiuchus Constellation is practically called the Combat God Constellation.’
They themselves had claimed Yi Geon’s true profession was as a craftsman, but even as they said it, a deep sense of shame washed over them.
‘Well, the Capricorn Constellation was supposed to make a killing at the Constellation Tournament, so this mess must have really set them off.’
In any case, even if Yi Geon’s crafting skills were outstanding, they were probably thinking he couldn’t surpass the Capricorn Constellation’s Star God, the Crafting God Constellation.
Well, you wouldn’t know unless you saw it for yourself.
“Anyway, Geon. Give me a few of the weapons you’ve made. I’ll hold a demonstration, so I’ll just go toss them over at the Prodigy Workshop, and that’ll be that.”
Yi Geon nodded coolly and told him to take a few.
“Geon?”
“Is your hand alright now?”
“Ah, thanks to you.”
Thanks to capturing Abundance and awakening his divinity, Yi Geon had been able to heal Hugo’s arm safely.
‘Indeed, when you capture a Star God or a Monarch, your divinity grows.’
If he could raise it to the highest level, he could become a perfect being.
Except.
“Now that both have developed personalities, controlling them is tough. They keep trying to rampage at the slightest thing.”
“Well, the one who’s good at control is the Pis... the Pisces Constellation.”
Even if he wanted to ask for help, the Pisces Star God was a Star God who had tried to kill Yi Geon.
He had been Yi Geon’s enemy from the start.
But that was when it happened.
“Geon?”
However, Yi Geon looked at the physical body of Abundance he had scraped together.
“It’s definitely there.”
“What? What is?”
Before the words had even fully left his mouth, Yi Geon used his skill.
[Summon Dead (死者召喚)]
Along with the skill, someone appeared.
Hugo was horrified at the figure who emerged.
(To be continued in the next episode)
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