“Yesterday, I fought a huge fight with Hugo to the point of breaking off our friendship. What exactly did we fight about?”
At Haili’s question, the person who looked like Igeon began to sweat.
And at that sight, Haili narrowed her brows.
“Why? Can’t you answer?”
And that was the very moment.
Igeon, as if greatly angered, flashed his eyes.
“It’s not something to answer here, and I see no reason to be kicked out either.”
At the same time, a menacing magical energy burst forth.
And the power rising up was unmistakably the power of a god!
In the end, Goteu screamed at that power, which was practically Igeon’s patented special move.
“Castle lord! Please try to stop Lord Igeon! You have to stop the fight….”
But it was then.
“You son of a bitch!”
Crack!!!
Cheon Seongjae’s dropkick exploded on Igeon’s face. He had teleported and dropped onto Igeon’s head.
In the end, Igeon, struck by his nephew, fell backwards.
Thud!
At that sight, Goteu screamed.
“Castle looord!”
But Cheon Seongjae was not the end.
Starting with Cheon Seongjae, Cheon Yuha and Kalli also attacked Igeon.
Smack! Smack!
Thanks to that, Igeon’s eyes flared wide.
“You guys, what is this… ugh!”
Before Igeon could even finish speaking, he was beaten again.
“Don’t dare speak in Uncle’s voice, you fake!”
“!!”
At that shout, the venue instantly stirred into commotion.
“What do you mean by fake?!”
At those words, Haili elegantly raised her hand and snapped her fingers.
[Poison of Regression]
Along with that skill, a vicious aura rose over Igeon’s body.
Simultaneously, Igeon clutched his own face and screamed, and the scream burst out.
“Selvia!”
What appeared as the face melted was a woman.
And she was none other than the SS-rank of Pisces!
Goteu, who recognized the same Ten Stars, gaped his mouth wide.
“You…!”
At that sight, protests overflowed from the spectator seats.
“How dare you turn into Igeon!”
“Damned Pisces!”
“Give us back the real Igeon!”
Selvia screamed at the objects flying from the spectator seats.
“Did you need Igeon’s honor that badly?!”
But Goteu immediately realized the true purpose of why they had turned into Igeon.
“You, were you trying to recover the Taurus Saint by pretending to be Lord Igeon?”
“!”
But because of that, he was rather surprised.
He had never imagined that even Selvia could reproduce Igeon’s magical power.
‘It was definitely Lord Igeon’s power.’
But soon he realized the reason.
[The constellation god of Pisces, the Owner of the Sea Beast’s power is felt]
[The constellation god of Pisces, the Owner of the Sea Beast glares at the Scorpion species]
That was it.
All of this was the scheme of the Pisces constellation god.
Thus, Selvia ground her teeth.
‘It was a golden opportunity to secretly extract the Saint.’
It was confirmed that Igeon was currently holed up in the Ophiuchus Sanctuary.
And if it was Igeon’s Saint, they would of course know the location of the hidden Taurus Saint.
So Selvia felt wronged.
“The transformation was perfect, how on earth did you know?”
At those words, the Cheon siblings flared up as if dumbfounded.
“The smell is completely different, you know?!”
“The voice tone is totally different too!”
“Even the direction of the eyelashes is different!”
“Above all, Uncle doesn’t use such a considerate way of speaking!”
“?!”
At those words, Steven and Goteu, who were listening, began to sweat.
After all, smell and voice?
“…Did you notice?”
“…No. Not at all.”
They didn’t know what the smell was about, and even the voice they didn’t know.
Even to their ears as SS-ranks, it was completely him.
Even the temper was him.
But at that, Cheon Seongjae flared up in anger as if telling them not to frame him.
“Uncle’s eyes aren’t like those dead fish eyes!”
“What nonsense. You. When you got fooled midway.”
At his sister’s scolding, Cheon Seongjae’s eyes widened.
“Ah geez, anyway, the smell is different too!”
In the past, his roommate Han Jimin had once told him.
That Lord Igeon has a good scent.
And that it seemed like a scent that only emanates from gods.
Is it the principle that the nobler the divinity, the better the fragrance, and the more corrupted the divinity, the worse the stench?
Well, he too had only recently become able to smell it.
‘I’m not sure about my sister either.’
Well, whatever, it was fine.
Haili approached Selvia.
“Trying to use such a pathetic trick.”
At her menacing voice, Selvia instinctively stepped back.
Was she angry because she had turned into Igeon?
That wasn’t all.
From Haili, Selvia unconsciously felt something she knew.
‘The Monarch.’
Especially, she felt a power similar to that of the Monarch side.
But right now, that was not the important thing.
‘!’
Selvia was startled by the strange creation landing on her shoulder.
It was a bird.
At the same time, the moment she grasped the identity of that bird, Selvia’s face turned pale.
‘Could this be…’
Selvia urgently looked up at the sky.
And, as expected.
The one who had sent down that bird landed on the roof of the stadium.
And.
“What, it’s already in progress?”
‘Igeon?!’
Selvia trembled in fear.
In that far distance, the real Igeon was smiling.
But the audience, no one noticed him.
Even Igeon’s Saints. No one noticed Igeon….
However, Selvia, who exactly met Igeon’s eyes, trembled in terror.
‘No. It’s not that people didn’t notice.’
He had made it so they wouldn’t notice.
Against this many spectators, he had hidden his presence to the extent that even his own Saints could not notice.
Because of that, Selvia, the only one who recognized him, was to the point of getting goosebumps.
Since he had deliberately sent a bird to her to announce his presence.
‘Even the constellation gods didn’t notice.’
That was why Selvia was flustered.
‘Strange. Even now, Igeon’s location is clearly only in the Drachma….’
And as if reading that thought, Igeon, who was locking eyes with Selvia, smiled annoyingly.
“Well, as for that side, Raim is doing a good job keeping it undetected.”
By inserting the data of the Pisces constellation god into the slime, its very aura changed, making it possible to even deceive the observation stations of the constellation gods.
So he had used that to come secretly.
‘I too definitely need the power of the defensive zodiac.’
Because Ophiuchus had not a single defensive skill.
Well, even without defense, there was super regeneration. So it wasn’t an issue in battle, but it became a problem for the followers.
‘I’m on the side that enjoys pain so it doesn’t matter.’
Others are different. I don’t really want to see Hugo or my nephews suffering.
That wasn’t all.
‘Super regeneration can only be done if there is a remaining body part.’
At least 50% of the body must remain.
But if it’s above general-level. Especially if it’s a Monarch-level, it would be possible to turn you to ash in one blow.
That would be troublesome.
So at the very least, I had to be able to block an attack once for the super regeneration to be meaningful.
But the only one with that level of ultimate defense was Taurus, the defensive zodiac.
In other words.
‘It’s better to take care of the Taurus constellation god and obtain the defense authority.’
With that, Ophiuchus’s weakness would also be reinforced. I could also make the defense gear the strongest.
Of course, the defense gear doesn’t become the strongest just by shoving in the data of the bull, but if it was me, I was confident I could make it the strongest.
This was a slight matter of pride.
Of course, the defensive wall of the hunting target Taurus wasn’t easy to break.
It wasn’t a simple matter of power gap.
‘With the Bull, for some reason the compatibility is really bad.’
The reason was unknown. It felt as if someone had placed a curse.
Anyway, it was said that the Taurus constellation god would appear at this Drachma event venue.
Since I heard information that it would appear by descending into a human body, I came because I thought it was an opportunity, but.
“What are those guys doing?”
Igeon, who saw his nephews and Kalli, broke out in sweat.
That was because, despite already having realized it was a fake, they still rushed madly at Selvia.
The reason was simple.
“Transform into Uncle wearing a tuxedo!!”
“No!! Transform into the lovely Lord Igeon!”
“No! Turn into the kind Uncle and stroke my hair!!”
“No, into the bewitching Uncle!!”
“Sexy poses are good too!!”
“No, being a woman is also good! Then I could even marry Uncle!”
What the, those brats?
And it was then.
Selvia looked at Igeon and was seized with terror.
“Let go! This isn’t the time! Can’t you see over there? Igeon has come… ack!”
“So you still haven’t come to your senses.”
As she approached, Selvia flinched her body.
Extremely beautiful but frightening.
And just as Haili was drawing her sword, the royal relic and her own weapon.
Thud!
“Wait just a moment. They’re telling an interesting story.”
“!!”
Behind Haili, Igeon’s voice was heard.
And at the familiar voice sounding from right above her head, Haili’s body stiffened.
“Uh… uh….”
Haili’s mind completely flew off at Igeon’s hand, which held her sword-holding hand.
But whether that was the case or not, Igeon, who had stopped Haili, flashed his eyes.
At that, the signal entered the bird on Selvia’s shoulder that she had feared!
Simultaneously, a massive explosion occurred.
Boom!!!
“Aaaah!”
Was the thing sent to land on Selvia’s shoulder a bomb-type relic?
Selvia, turned into black charcoal, flew off screaming.
[ has been successfully activated]
[The god’s blessing has been removed by 50%]
[Disassembly experience points gained]
At the same time, cheering voices rang out.
“It’s Igeon! The real Igeon!”
“Igeon! He took out the enemy boss again this time and obtained territory!”
“Hey, he hasn’t obtained it yet. They say he has to go plant the flag because it’s in the middle of their territory.”
“Anyway, he’s the hope of humanity! You know what? Now there’s even something called the Church of Igeon appearing?”
“No, more than that, didn’t they say it’s a constellation god…? Is that real?”
And it was then.
Perhaps envious of the attention pouring onto Igeon.
“So the constellation god has crawled all the way here. Saved me the trouble of finding you.”
In front of Igeon, the Taurus constellation god approached.
And he glared at Igeon as if to kill him.
“Return what you have taken right this instant, Ophiuchus.”
“Taken? Ah, you mean Yongyong’s dog chew?”
“What? Dog chew?”
“Yeah. Your Saint. Since its body is so tough, I gave it to our Yongyong as a dog chew.”
“?!”
“Why that expression? It fits perfectly. Dog chews are made from cowhide, you know.”
At those words that had thrown all courtesy out the window, brown lightning surged up.
And at that moment, a scream burst out.
Boom!!!
“Igeon!!!”
The enraged Taurus constellation god had launched a preemptive strike. It was a fist that could even blow away a mountain.
But that Bull’s fist was being blocked by the Celestial Punishment.
And as if to crush Igeon, the Taurus laughed terrifyingly.
“A guy who got lucky 24 years ago and acquired divinity.”
Taurus was a martial combat zodiac whose whole body was a weapon even without weapons.
“Unlike other fools who go crazy over you because of weapons.”
Was he mocking other combat zodiacs like Steven or Hugo?
Soon, as if determined to kill Igeon, he unleashed his divinity.
[Warning. The threat of the Owner of Adamantine approaches]
The divinity of the combat zodiac god subdued the flesh of people just by touching them.
It was right then.
Boom!!
The Celestial Punishment dared set its teeth, as if saying how dare you touch its master.
[The Celestial Punishment blocks the constellation god’s strike with its whole body]
[It howls that it will never let its master be wounded]
But at the loyalty of that Celestial Punishment, Igeon himself furrowed his brow.
And for some reason, he retracted the Celestial Punishment.
“U-Uncle!”
“Igeon! Are you crazy?!”
Steven was surprised, but Igeon, having distanced himself, immediately put away the Punishment.
And.
‘As expected, the compatibility is bad.’
Was it because his level had risen? Unlike before, it wasn’t as if damage didn’t go through at all, but in front of that bastard, his attack power dropped too much.
As if afflicted by a debuff.
Well, if I attack even stronger I might be able to break through…
[Warning. The constellation god of Taurus, the Owner of Adamantine is clad in ]
[The power of Ophiuchus weakens]
[All the followers and relics receiving Ophiuchus’s blessing receive a penalty before the Bull]
At this, Igeon narrowed his brows.
Was the bad compatibility because of this thing called ?
‘Come to think of it, they said the 13th constellation god was murdered by the 12 zodiac gods.’
Maybe they killed it with this.
So Igeon looked at the Celestial Punishment.
[In the pain that tears apart the soul, the Celestial Punishment receives a bleeding condition]
[The Celestial Punishment steadfastly endures the pain]
‘Well, since it’s EX-rank, its body won’t break.’
But just because its body doesn’t break, since it has an ego, it must be in immense pain.
So even just 1 second would be good.
‘Is there anyone who could break that guy’s defense for me instead?’
If the defensive wall disappeared even for just a moment, I could immediately slam a Celestial or Gluttony skill into it.
But soon Igeon gave up.
‘To penetrate a constellation god’s defense, at minimum, it must be a Monarch-level, otherwise impossible.’
Well, now that the bastard is inside a human body, it’s a golden opportunity though.
‘There’s no way that great Monarch-level would conveniently appear at the right tim….’
But it was exactly that moment.
Rumble!
The ground they were stepping on began to shake.
“Kyaaah!”
In the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The Drachma, passing over the sea, suddenly tilted greatly and began to fall.
It was above the sea where the Monarch of had appeared.
(To be continued)