At Lee Gun’s words, the roughly 200-pyeong workshop buzzed loudly.
It wasn’t for any other reason.
Lee Gun’s declaration of war was a declaration of war, but before that—what did he say?
“Wait a moment! Heavenly Judgment was made by Lee Gun?!”
“They said it was made by the Capricorn Holy God!”
The people in the audience seats rose from their places in unison.
The craftsmen of the other Divine Seats, who had been watching the match with great interest, also shot to their feet, veins bulging.
“Hey! Capricorn! Is what he just said true?!”
At that angry shout, the Capricorn followers looked flustered.
“What are you talking about! O-of course it’s a lie!”
“What? A lie? A man of Lee Gun’s caliber tells a lie that big so brazenly? When he can’t possibly not know what’ll happen?”
“N-no…!”
Originally, they were craftsmen from other Divine Seats who had come here for fun.
But they no longer watched from across the river as if it were someone else’s fire.
They couldn’t help it.
No matter how much Capricorn strutted and threw its weight around, what had been the reason they’d gritted their teeth and held back all this time?
‘Wasn’t it because those bastards created humanity’s greatest divine artifact?!’
That was it.
One of the reasons they were highly esteemed was precisely because of
And no matter how much Lee Gun was called trash, what was the reason his items were so famous they even appeared on the black market?
‘It wasn’t simply a premium attached because he was a companion of the Saints.’
Even now, Lee Gun’s strategy videos were ranked high on YouTube.
On top of that, the Russian subjugation footage was still secretly spreading.
And those who watched those videos had harbored doubts: how was that B-rank?
But to those doubts, hadn’t Giselle said, ‘It’s thanks to the buff skills borrowed from the Holy Gods and the equipment made by the Capricorn Holy God. Without those, he’s B-rank level.’
Though some Saints denied it, Giselle raised her credibility with well-crafted fake evidence.
With Pisces, the Seat of Transformation Fish, creating fake evidence and witnesses was nothing.
Anyway, because of Giselle, Lee Gun became a B-rank ability user, but his items had ironically become astronomically expensive.
Why?
‘My god, an item that can turn a B-rank into a Saint-level!’
‘Then what happens if Saint Corps commanders use items like that?’
That was why the Saint Corps commanders had fought tooth and nail to win Lee Gun’s items at auction.
Because of that, believers flocked in, convinced that even trivial junk items would surely be effective.
Of course, separately, there were also many fans like Yoo Ha-na and Seongjae who were purely taken by Lee Gun’s character(?), but anyway.
Such was the situation.
The
In fact, 18 years ago, when
Of course, they couldn’t properly measure it because
“Distinctly back then, too, they said the data rivaled SS-rank.”
“That’s right. And that incident back then too…”
To be honest, there was another reason
Was it that time when
There was an attack by unknown assailants.
No one knew why, but unidentified groups tried to steal
And the monsters that appeared with them, the likes of which they’d never seen before, numbered hundreds!
They weren’t even the usual unknown civilization monsters. Moreover, while the exact rank wasn’t known, the lowest level among them was Red-rank or higher!
Thanks to that, the auction house turned into hell in an instant, and when even Kevin and Stephen, who had come to bid on the weapon, found their power useless and were panicking—
The bound
As if executing a sworn enemy. And as if wailing from the regret of failing to protect its master in the Tower.
‘Well, thanks to that, its power was completely drained and they could move
The appraisers who remembered that time swallowed dryly. Surely, at that time, all the demonic energy Lee Gun had imbued in
Anyway, because of that incident, the stock of Heavenly Judgment soared. Virgo and Leo, who couldn’t exert their power at that time, were each pushed down two ranks.
At that time, Kevin, who could have aimed for 1st place, became 4th, and Stephen, who was 3rd, became 5th.
In contrast, what about Capricorn, which claimed to have made
[Capricorn rank rise (11th ▶ 3rd)]
Though they’d now been overtaken by the battle Divine Seats, for 18 years they had enjoyed the privilege of tremendous fame.
And now, with Lee Gun’s false accusations gradually being cleared,
There was the merit of single-handedly blocking the monster raid, and conversely, there was the reason that it was a weapon cherished by Lee Gun, who was that strong.
Thanks to that, the assessment of Capricorn had also been climbing even higher recently…
But now…
“What?! Even that was made by Lee Gun?!”
“Then that means at that time, Lee Gun had already made an SS-rank!”
“Those frauds?!”
At those words, Lee Gun picked his ear.
Well, strictly by his standards, it wasn’t SS-rank but S-rank.
‘The measurements were made very favorably, it seems?’
Frankly, as his first divine artifact, compared to the others, it was a fellow lacking in many ways.
Still, given the materials he put into it, it would absolutely never break.
‘And now, it’s not S-rank but EX-rank.’
Eventually, as the hall turned into utter chaos, one furious fellow emerged.
[Heavenly Judgment protests that it has been continuously saying its creator is Lee Gun]
[Heavenly Judgment feels wronged]
As Heavenly Judgment wailed, Lee Gun patted it.
“It’s okay, it’s okay. Everyone knows who made it now.”
But at those words, Capricorn’s subordinate deities glared.
[Carry your slander only so far!]
[Indeed! This wicked fiend! He’s slandering us to steal our fame and raise his Divine Seat!]
To that, Lee Gun laughed.
“Slander? That’s why I told you to summon your Holy God, didn’t I?”
[This bastard, even so, such insolent…!]
“If you succeed in copying, I’ll enter under Capricorn.”
“!!!”
The hall buzzed even louder than before.
“Did you hear? He says Ophiuchus will come under Capricorn.”
“If it’s to that extent, didn’t Lee Gun really make Heavenly Judgment?”
At this, the flustered subordinate deities smiled.
‘The fool is digging his own grave.’
He had no idea what kind of condition he was setting.
‘Having the Ophiuchus Holy God come under us means we can swallow even the Divine Seat under him.’
In other words, it was a matter that could lift Capricorn, which was always mid-to-low rank, into the upper ranks!
‘A tremendous opportunity.’
Though rankings weren’t an absolute measure of power, it was true that the higher you were, the more benefits you gained.
‘We must seize this.’
Of course, the subordinate deities knew.
That Lee Gun had made
But what of it?
‘As if our god couldn’t make something a mere human made.’
A Holy God could grasp the entire structure of a divine artifact just by looking, and could copy it just by touching.
So what? A mere copy?
‘Truly, being a stupid human origin, he knows nothing.’
And he even said he’d lend the item.
‘He’s utterly determined to hand over information.’
‘What an idiot.’
Anyway, to this extent, it was a battle already completely won.
Perhaps because of that.
The subordinate deities immediately cried out.
[Good! Since Heavenly Judgment is something we made, can we not make this one thing?]
[It is what the Holy God desires.]
Clasping hands and forming a circle, they immediately called their master.
[O great Lord of All Creation who crafts all things!]
That was the Holy God Summoning Skill with which followers call their master!
[Please, show your skill and tear apart that foolish wretch’s mouth!]
[For the tarnished honor of Capricorn, appear in this place!]
Simultaneously, a pillar of purple light shot up.
An enormous energy.
And at that sight, the followers stirred, and Kevin immediately went on guard.
‘The Capricorn Holy God is coming.’
There was no way he wouldn’t come.
‘It’s nothing but copying an item. There’s no way he’d throw away this golden opportunity!’
Moreover, if he didn’t appear, it was a grave matter on which Capricorn’s honor rested—on the contrary, Capricorn would be falsely accused!
There was no way he wouldn’t come!
And sure enough, an intense light shot up.
And in the place where that light vanished, the Capricorn lord who had possessed…
“?”
The lord…
“????”
The lord should have appeared, but.
[Master?!]
Appeared my ass—there was no one there.
All they could see was a fly buzzing around.
At this, the bewildered subordinate deities glared.
[It seems he didn’t hear us. Let us call again.]
[Yes!]
They tried the same method again.
[Master! Appear in this place! Restore Capricorn’s honor!]
[We are insulting the god of the Forge Workshop whom all gods of the Divine Realm seek!]
But what use was it to call with all their might?
[The Goat Lord seems troubled and refuses the summons]
[Master?!!]
Lee Gun raised the corners of his mouth.
“The Holy God refused the summons? Must have a guilty conscience, doesn’t he?”
At that, the hall buzzed enormously.
“Crazy, so Capricorn really did commit fraud?”
“That’s right. Those bastards really committed fraud. If he had nothing to be guilty about, why wouldn’t he appear?”
“Wow, I thought even if others were like that, at least the crafting side would be clean!”
The dwarves were flustered.
‘Master, why!’
Why would he refuse this free lunch of an opportunity!
‘A mere weapon of that guy’s. If it were our master, he could copy it just by touching it!’
In the end, they decided to pour in their contribution to summon the Holy God.
‘With that, we can definitively summon our master!’
And then.
[Master! All you have to do is make the same thing as that!]
[Hurry and appear… Aaargh!!!]
Before they could even finish chanting the summoning incantation, they screamed.
Because instead of summoning the Holy God, a purple lightning bolt fell from the sky.
[Aaagh! Why is he attacking us!]
The Holy God seemed extremely furious.
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[
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[?!!]
[Maaasteeer!?!!]
Lee Gun clutched his stomach and laughed as if he couldn’t hold back.
“Well, I didn’t know he really wouldn’t show up, though.”
[!]
Lee Gun seemed to have guessed this situation.
It couldn’t be helped.
‘The Holy God would know what this is made of.’
Unless he was insane, he wouldn’t dare pluck the Lion’s whiskers.
That wasn’t all.
‘In fact, long ago, Sebastian had stolen
Perhaps he tried to duplicate it.
But even though he had the opportunity to duplicate it, the Capricorn Saint had failed.
Even though the normally ambitious Capricorn Holy God appeared.
Because of that, he was certain this time too.
“You guys can’t copy this.”
At that confident smirk, the subordinate deities ground their teeth.
‘A bastard who merely learned the crafting method by stealing our blueprints, acting all high and mighty!’
That was so. In truth, the reason Lee Gun had learned how to craft divine artifacts was all thanks to their blueprints.
It was around the time Lee Gun had first awakened.
Back then, Lee Gun was utterly bare-handed.
‘The Holy Gods leave crafting requests to us for their Saints.’
But Lee Gun didn’t even have a Holy God to throw a single coat over him.
So he made his own weapons, but it was nothing more than a brat playing with toy blocks.
‘Well, divine artifacts are completely different from human weapons in terms of how they’re made.’
Because of that, how much they had laughed watching Lee Gun get beaten to a bloody pulp by monsters and on the verge of dying.
‘But that guy who was like that!’
‘Making even weapons like that…!’
What was even more infuriating was that the blueprint he’d stolen back then was the basic
Yet with that kind of thing, he had made Heavenly Judgment.
‘Well, it was probably luck that it gained an ego and became such an item.’
Perhaps because of that.
[Fine! Then we’ll copy that weapon…!]
[Its basis was a C-rank blueprint, so the general framework should be simple!]
They placed their hands on Heavenly Judgment and used a skill.
And that was a summoning skill that summoned the materials that made up the weapon!
[Come forth! Materials that form Heavenly Judgment!]
Finally, materials were summoned from the floor.
[Good, now we’ll grind these materials and…!]
But that was exactly when.
[You insolent wretches! Who do you dare summon?!]
[?!]
At the familiar voice, the blacksmith subordinate deities screamed.
They couldn’t help it.
[W-wait! I-isn’t this the Gold Beast Lord?!]
[That’s… Aagh! No, why is this being here?!]
[You! Human! Just what material did you use?!]
At that, Lee Gun picked his ear.
“What do you mean? Leo Holy God’s tooth.”
[What?!]
[This madman dared to use whose item?!]
[He dared to use such material to try to prevent us from copying!]
[Such material?? You’re completely insane with a death wish!!!]
[Argh! Quickly, cancel the summon firs… ack!]
[I’ll swallow you all!!]
It was just as the Leo Holy God, the Gold Beast Lord, was about to emerge from the light.
Bang!!!
As if to settle the summoning of the Gold Beast Lord, a tremendous light poured down.
And that form was a goat of light.
[The Goat Lord has appeared.]
Though dazzling light made it hard to see, the body was human, the face a goat.
And upon the lord’s appearance, the followers cried out as if this was what they’d expected.
[Master, you’ve finally come!]
[Hurry, to that despicable bastard…!]
But that was when.
[Aaagh!!!]
From the lightning the goat spat, the followers collapsed screaming.
And then.
[The Holy God of
[The Master of the Genius Workshop says he will take away these useless servants]
At this, the Gold Beast Lord, who had been about to be summoned, seemed furious.
[You goat bastard, aren’t you coming here?!]
The Leo Holy God tried to snatch and swallow the goat, but the summoning was dismissed and it vanished.
At this, the goat, sighing in relief, said.
[I will take away these useless servants.]
At those words, relieved that it seemed it would end without a big fight, Kevin and the Virgo followers also sheathed their swords with relief.
Indeed, the Capricorn lord was about to take his followers away.
But.
Crunch!!!
[Kock!!]
Along with the sound of an axe, blood splattered.
And.
“Where do you think you’re going? You have to settle the bill before you leave, right?”
(To be continued...)