In Igeon's Creation Workshop, there is a furnace as big as a building.
It is the primary workshop for melting brought-in raw materials, and its design is a giant jar.
[Creation Workshop]
- lv.7 (Can make equipment for fighters)
- Current size 200㎡ (Enough to make something decent)
- Furnace condition (Good) Manager: Torch
- Workbench 1 condition (Good)
- Workbench 2 condition (Dirty)
- Material storage condition (80% full) (10 pyeong)
And normally, it was a place where the passage through which molten metal comes out would be excluded, and the ceiling part where materials are shoved in would not be opened.
But now it's different.
"G-Geon-ah."
"Why?"
"No matter what, are you really going to put that in?"
"What's the problem?"
"Of course there's a problem!!"
Hyugo looked at Rib hanging from the opened ceiling of the furnace.
Its shape was like a food ingredient just about to be put into a boiling pot.
Rib was hanging, bound tightly by the magic power that Igeon had emitted.
Of course, originally, magic power alone couldn't serve as a rope like that, but the one that had evolved to the 2nd stage could also perform physical roles.
That wasn't all.
[It says it helps raise the death experience points.]
[It says the better the quality of the material to decompose, the better the effect.]
[It whines about how long it has to hold on.]
"Good. If that gets decomposed, this will grow massively."
Hyugo was dumbfounded.
"Hey! No matter what, you're thinking of putting a soul into the furnace! That's cruel!"
He didn't want to hear the raw screams of agony no matter what.
But that's when.
As if responding to Hyugo's words, a sound came from inside the furnace.
[Sigh, done. It's all annoying so just put me in quickly and boil me to death.]
"Hey! You! At times like that, you should ask to be saved!"
Hyugo got angry, but Rib seemed to be serious.
In the first place, because it knew well that once it caught Igeon's eye, there was no hole to escape out of.
'Igeon was like that in the old days too.'
When it was sleeping soundly, Igeon would appear and grab its neck and throw it onto the battlefield.
Even if it hid, he would drag it out with that ghost-like sense.
So escaping and resisting were bothersome.
Thus, at Rib's words telling him to just finish it quickly, Hyugo clicked his tongue.
"Agh! Who would say he's a saint who contracted with a constellation god to sleep!"
Of course, Kevin also played a part in Rib giving up on escaping.
Because of the bad compatibility with ice attribute, it was frozen solid and couldn't even move.
Was that why?
Igeon pushed Rib into the boiling furnace and said.
"Frozen raw fish loses material freshness, but whatever. It's a Taek-su weapon anyway, so what."
"Then my weapon... what?! That's my material?!"
"Yeah. I needed water attribute data, but you don't even have a proper bow, right? Even the Eo-jeon sacred object is only SS grade. You don't want an EX grade?"
"No hey! Wait!!"
No matter what, he didn't want to use a weapon made by grinding up a saint's body.
But whether he did or not, the one that rose on Igeon's shoulder wore a solemn expression.
[It says it's very excited that it can eat this spicy fish stew.]
[It says now that it's come to this, it wants to add meat too.]
[It says the Leo constellation god would be good.]
The excited slime also turned into a kitchen knife and prepared to add ingredients.
And that's when Hyugo was shocked in that chaos.
Thud!
Igeon, who was pushing Rib into the furnace, suddenly stopped.
It was just 1 cm before Rib sank into the furnace liquid.
Sizzle!
And when its long, stretched-out hair melted into the molten metal inside the furnace, Rib trembled.
Was it still scared of truly dying?
[The furnace of the Creation Workshop has decomposed the entered material by 0.000001%]
[Decomposition experience obtained]
[Data of the Fish Saint (Sea Walking) obtained]
[The power of water begins to melt into the furnace]
[Can make equipment related to the sea]
To think it was a furnace that could really even melt souls.
'Even the Magal Constellation God can't build a production facility like this, what on earth did he make.'
Moreover, inside the furnace, a part of a corpse that looked like the Cancer Constellation God was visible.
At the same time, Igeon, who had stopped Rib, smiled.
Actually, the reason Igeon had captured Rib was separate.
'24 years ago, the Leo Constellation God was at the Seoul invasion.'
But it wasn't the Leo Constellation God itself.
That means the master of disguise, the Pisces.
Well, it's not easy for a saint-level to transform into a constellation god, so the high possibility is the Pisces Constellation God.
And this saint is the bait to lure out that Pisces Constellation God.
'To catch a big fish, the bait must be of good quality.'
Was that why?
Igeon, emitting killing intent, immediately signaled the slime.
At the same time, from the mouth of the slime that was excited about spicy fish stew, a huge object shot out.
Flash!
[Warning. You have taken out the bound subordinate god of Deep Fish]
[The subordinate of Deep Fish is trying to escape out of the Ophiuchus Constellation territory]
The subordinate of the Pisces that they had caught at the hot spring turned into gas and tried to escape.
But Igeon wasn't one to watch that quietly.
Igeon quickly took out a silver crystal from a bottle and smashed it.
Crack!
[Data of the Virgo's Ice Cold] x37 pieces
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-Summons a snowstorm containing extreme cold
-The stronger the restriction, the more the skill's power and range change
And the data he had collected one by one, diligently, while kicking Kevin.
Of course, from the boss constellation god, they don't take rental fees, so skills are just free to rip off, but Kevin's skill wasn't a rental item, so they had no choice but to beat it out of him.
And.
[Lowest restriction type (Not swearing at for 10 minutes]
[The smallest storm is summoned]
[Diameter 2m]
Boom!
[The overwhelming ice even froze the subordinate god (low-grade)]
The subordinate god that had turned into gas and tried to escape turned into a frozen human and collapsed on the floor.
And at that moment, Igeon reached out his hand.
Then, the Heavenly Punishment that appeared in his master's hand without even calling its name!
Just as Igeon was about to smash the subordinate god that had become frozen meat.
'!'
For some reason, Igeon did not smash the subordinate god but muttered.
"Constellation Territory Open (開門)."
"!!"
At the unexpected shout, Hyugo couldn't help but be horrified.
"Hey!"
Because that literally meant to remove the barrier of the constellation territory.
[By the will of the Ophiuchus, the barrier surrounding the Ophiuchus Constellation territory has been completely removed.]
Thanks to that, the flustered Hyugo raged.
"Are you crazy?! You're already being targeted by constellation gods and lords!"
The aura of a constellation god is very intense.
And opening the constellation territory means informing the enemies of your location that was hidden by the territory's barrier.
It was like even throwing the front gate wide open.
There was no way that the enemies looking for Igeon would stay still.
As expected.
Pat!
When the territory's barrier was removed, a giant star blazed in the sky.
And as soon as the dome surrounding the territory scattered like fine sand, a shooting star fell from the sky.
Boom!
"Ugh!"
From the immense power, the ground split, and the fixtures of the Creation Workshop were swept away.
Boom!
The calm waves surged several meters high as if meeting a storm.
And this ferocious aura was undoubtedly a god!
'The descent of a constellation god!'
A constellation god had invaded.
As proof, an enormous magic power blazed in the sky of the Ophiuchus Constellation territory.
And judging by the color, the opponent was certain.
A light sky blue, much lighter than the deep wall-green of the Gemini Constellation!
'The Pisces Constellation God!'
The flustered Kevin and Hyugo quickly prepared for battle.
Along with flames, a black bow was caught in Hyugo's hand, and along with silver particles, silver armor and a blue cloak appeared over Kevin's clothes.
It was literally a state of war!
But in that tense tension, Igeon calmly muttered.
"I knew the boss would come directly. When you open the door wide and try to kill your own subordinates."
Under his black hair, Igeon's red eyes gleamed chillingly.
At the same time, Igeon raised the corner of his mouth.
[Close Door (廢門)]
Had he been waiting for this moment? The barrier activated again.
And at that barrier, the invader in the territory glared.
[This despicably cunning Snake God.]
The Pisces Constellation God floating in the sky, at first glance, looked like a god in female form.
But unlike the Master of the Scorching Heat or the Master of the Full Moon, it looked more like a spirit.
In fact, its body was closer to a liquid state.
And soon, just as the Pisces Constellation God was about to fly in to kill Igeon.
"It's better not to move?"
[Don't talk nonsense...]
"If you don't want to see your saint melting over there."
Then the constellation god, following Igeon's finger, screamed "Kyaaak!"
[Ahh, Saint!!!]
Its solemn expression changed in an instant.
It seemed it had discovered Rib just before melting in the furnace.
And as soon as it found its saint, the constellation god cried out loud.
[Saint! Just why are you in that state over there!]
At that voice, Rib, hanging drily, sighed.
[Ah, why did that unhelpful thing appear...]
But whether it did or not, the constellation god screamed "Kyaaak" and tried to fly toward the furnace.
[I thought you weren't responding... what in the meantime... No! Wait! I'll save you right away!]
But that's when.
[Snake Snare]
Thud!
The snake's iron chain shot up into the sky.
At this, the flustered constellation god transformed into a water-form fish. And it immediately seeped into the ground, but it was useless.
[Sun's Tracking (S)] x10538 pieces
- The tracking skill of the Archer Constellation God, ripped off by kicking
- The same skill can be rented from the Archer Constellation God
The god caught in the tracking skill was captured in an instant.
[Hik!]
The moment its position was grasped, Igeon's Snake Snare technique dug into the ground.
And thanks to the tracking skill, he identified the opponent's coordinates even in the dark underground.
Squelch!
As Igeon pulled his arm like pulling a net, the Pisces Constellation God was dragged right out.
[Aak!]
In the end, the screaming fish-form constellation god urgently cried out.
[Ophiuchus, why are you doing this! Is that person not your former comrade! No matter what, that is a bit...!]
At those words, Igeon's eyes gleamed fiercely.
"Comrade?"
[Ah, no... You already know that that person is not the culprit who killed you...! That person was already murdered before you were imprisoned in the tower...!]
Along with those words, a terrifying power surged from the side.
Thud!
And a blood-curdling voice spoke.
[Then, was it you?]
It was Kevin.
[Right. You knocked me out, stole my data, turned Jang Rui into me, and stabbed Igeon, was it you?]
And as if exploding with that emotion, was it about to automatically trigger demigod transformation?
Thanks to the prank of the Master of the Full Moon, his appearance tried to change, and Hyugo smacked the back of his head.
"Hey. You said you didn't want to turn into a woman, snap out of it."
"Urgh! Ah seriously! Anyway, Rib Riche died 20 years ago, and the one I met that day was this fish, right!"
Just as the ferocious ice was about to surge, saying it wouldn't let it go.
Smack!
Kevin was kicked and flew.
"Ugh!"
The one who kicked was Igeon.
Thanks to that, the wronged Kevin shouted.
"What are you doing!!"
"You wanna die? Frozen things don't have good quality, you know?"
"?!!"
At the same time, the Pisces god also spoke as if wronged.
[Disciple of the Full Moon. Do not misunderstand. The one who knocked you out, colluded with Jijel, and imprisoned the Ophiuchus in the tower is a different master.]
"What?"
[We are the Pisces (雙魚座). There are two constellation gods.]
"!"
[That guy is the culprit. Like Jijel, he tried to eat the saint but failed, and only extracted the soul and sold it to the lord as food.]
That's why the soul of the Pisces saint was in the stomach of the Plenty Lord.
[And he bound me with the saint as hostage, and he himself colluded with constellation gods and lords to... the Ophiuchus... Hik!]
Igeon, as if that was enough, glared.
"A while ago. Pretending to be that guy, saying the territory was dangerous, and calling me, was that you?"
[......!!]
No wonder the voice was Rib's but the manner of speech was completely different.
That's why he had completely ignored the Pisces's request at that time too.
And.
'The day we eliminated the Cancer. Among those present, the ones left were twins, bull, goat, fish, four.'
Of course, the fish that appeared there, judging by the aura, was not this one but the other fish.
And that guy, 24 years ago, that day, was the one who called the lords to Seoul.
That wasn't all.
When killing Jang Rui, didn't that guy say something like this?
Because of that, Igeon glared.
"Why did the constellation gods try to kill me?"
[Th, that, I can't say but it's tied to a truth that the 12 constellation gods would rather die than reveal...]
"Really?"
Igeon smirked.
"Anyway, I understand now. I know you're not the culprits, and I know there was a misunderstanding."
[Th, then...!]
Igeon smiled brightly.
"First, let's use both of you as materials."
[Thank yo... what?!!]
[!]
Bam!
Along with Igeon's signal, the Pisces Constellation God fell into the furnace.
(Continued in the next episode)