Oblivion (4)

The fairies thought.

That the former Fairy King, now retired, was a king not worth serving.

After all, she was a king who ultimately surrendered to a mere human.

To this very person, Lee Geon.

Even now, Leriquin would faint at the sight of Lee Geon.

But that wasn't all.

How terrified must she have been of him, to abandon the Divine God and the Saint to pledge loyalty to Lee Geon not long ago?

Thus, the fairies felt an immense sense of betrayal.

"Coward."

"Can't find anyone else to cower before, so you grovel to a human?"

They considered her the very shame of the proud fairy race.

But.

[Kyaaaak! St-stop iiiit!]

[Aaack! Please! Lord Lee Geon! I was wrong! Please!]

[Spare us!!! We surrender! Please stop!]

The fairies were wailing.

They had no choice.

"Hahahaha, the varieties are more diverse than before, huh? Makes the juicing worthwhile!"

Squish!

[Kyaaak!]

Indeed. Lee Geon was slaughtering the captured fairies.

The fairies Lee Geon had rounded up numbered twenty alone.

And that wasn't all.

With the ones who'd flown in to save their comrades added, the total fairy count Lee Geon held reached fifty!

Lee Geon laughed as he grabbed the hair of the drifting, spirit-like fairies.

"Hahaha! The worthless ones crawl right to me on their own!"

These were magical lifeforms born from the skills of the Magic Divine God, anyway.

Even if killed, they were materials that would reincarnate again later.

Well, they were still legitimate lifeforms. Seemed a death meant reincarnation wouldn't come for at least a few hundred years, sometimes a few thousand.

But did that even matter to him?

"Right, this green one makes good juice, I recall it's good for heartburn."

[W-wait... Kyaaak!]

Squish!

"This one was great for the skin."

Crack!

[Kyaaak!]

"This one was the best for migraines and hangovers!"

Squish!

The fairies were gruesomely sliced, juiced, bones plucked, or ground down.

There was no mercy.

Eventually, the tormented fairies howled.

[Y-you! Heaven-cursed bastard! You dare do this and... Aack!]

"Your voice is too quiet. If you're gonna cry, cry louder. Bring out your boss!"

[Kyaaaak! You fiend!]

"Hahaha! Blue ones are precious, so your little one's gonna be dye material!"

As blood splattered and fairies were ground down, Hugo couldn't lift his head.

"Urgh...!"

He was leaning against a utility pole, covering his mouth.

"That crazed son of a... urp!"

Had grinding up that toad before just been child's play?

Hugo was already long accustomed to Lee Geon's bizarre actions, yet... He clamped his mouth shut again, as if a new trauma was forming.

At the same time, he realized.

'No wonder Leriquin got traumatized!'

Where in the world was a king who could stay sane watching their precious subordinates juiced and ground before their eyes?

Moreover, fairies were reborn in the Fairy Garden, creatures that ate only plants and dew, never mind meat.

'These are the kind who'd vomit blood just from seeing livestock slaughtered...'

And sure enough.

[Kyaaaak!]

[Please, anything but juicing!]

[Don't slice up our comrades!]

[J-just bury them instead!]

Hugo, who'd glanced back, nearly threw up again.

Of course, these were the ones who'd tried to kill him, so no need for sympathy.

"No... please just conduct the subjugation normally... urp!"

Hugo felt he wouldn't be able to drink smoothies or fruit juice for a while.

And it seemed even the mighty first Fairy King couldn't endure that sight.

In fact, Cheon Seong-jae, who held the Fairy King, was so influenced that he gagged too.

How much time passed?

Perhaps reacting to her subordinates' screams, a massive pillar of light descended before them.

Boom!

At the pillar of light, Hugo thought, oh no, and Lee Geon's lips curled upward.

The Cheon siblings were startled too.

"That light...!"

Yes.

The falling blue radiance was unmistakably the aura of the Fairy King!

The Fairy King who had been hiding nearby, carrying out the Divine God's orders.

[Warning. A powerful magical lifeform has appeared.]

[It carries the energy of .]

[It is a lifeform with an energy similar to a Divine God.]

And finally, the light vanished, and a queen with arms outstretched appeared within.

She'd originally intended not to interfere with external matters due to her duty to execute commands, but it seemed she could no longer stay still.

[I can no longer bear to hear the screams of my subordinates.]

Clank!

Cheon Seong-jae immediately went on guard at that powerful force.

'So this is the new Fairy King chosen by the Ssang-a-jwa Divine God.'

Her very authority was to summon the souls of spirits or gods (spirit calling) and revive them as fairies.

Most fairies were based on lesser creatures, but a Fairy King was reborn from the soul of a high-ranking god or lesser deity.

'In short, she's incredibly strong.'

Sure enough, the Fairy King, her eyes blazing with light and exuding formidable power, sought out Lee Geon.

[Serpent God, are you not looking for me?]

The Fairy King, the very one who had invoked , seemed deeply angered.

[Now, I have appeared. As you wished, I have shown myself, so stop tormenting my kin and...]

But that was when.

"Ah, you should've come sooner, little one. You're so late, I think I've already ground them all up."

[??!!]

The Fairy King froze at the horrific scene before her eyes.

There lay something that appeared to have been her subordinates, and Lee Geon, stained with a medley of blue blood, green blood, and other colorful fluids.

Yet Lee Geon merely laughed as he looked down at his feet.

There, fairies were crawling on their bellies, trying to reach the Fairy King.

[Y-Your Majesty...! You mustn't come here. You must flee...!]

[Right! This madman is no god, but a devil...!!]

Finally, Lee Geon's eyes gave a chilling smile.

"What's this, there were still some alive?"

At that voice, chills ran down the crawling fairies' spines.

Before the words even ended, the Heavenly Punishment rose high.

And then.

Squish!!!!

The Heavenly Punishment, now in its 3rd stage, came down on the fairies like pressing lemons for juice.

Crunch!

It was a wide blade.

And the 3rd-stage Heavenly Punishment was larger than a human's height.

Before the wide axe blade, green liquid oozed out, and the Fairy King froze completely.

But regardless, Lee Geon lifted the Heavenly Punishment (3rd stage), far heavier than a car, with one hand.

Then, while he busied himself with something, Hugo once again covered his mouth, and after what seemed like the squelching ASMR of juice bursting, Lee Geon held out two glass bottles to the Fairy King.

"Here, take them. A gift."

[Fairy-made (Jam) (SS)]

-Mana recovery 50%

[Fairy-made (Blue) (SS)]

-Health recovery 50%

At the sight of what looked like bottles of orange jam and carrot juice, the Fairy King finally lost her reason.

[Kyaaaak! My subordinates!]

And that was when.

Perhaps it was optimal for a mental attack, but the magical energy surrounding the Fairy King quaked.

Confirming that, Lee Geon grinned as if he'd been waiting.

"Seong-jae, Yu-ha. Take her down."

At that command, the Cheon siblings seemed on the verge of tears.

"Why is someone who isn't even Dad giving us orders?"

"Right! The only one in the world who can give us orders is our one and only Dad we serve! R-right...!"

At those words, Lee Geon snorted, stifling a laugh, and Hugo pressed his face as if he were dying.

"You kids! Just deal with her quickly!"

No sooner had Hugo's words ended than the Cheon siblings shot forward.

"Great Dad has spoken!!!"

"Let's take her down quickly!!"

They dashed toward the Fairy King in an instant.

And as if asking, do you think I'll fall easily, the Fairy King reached out her hand.

But.

Crunch!

[Kyaaak!]

[Y-Your Majes... Keuk!]

As if to say, where do you think you're attacking, Lee Geon spotted survivors and juiced the fairies again.

Crunch! Crunch!

This time, right before her eyes, juicing! The Fairy King's sanity shattered at last.

And whether Lee Geon's ASMR attack had worked, the Cheon siblings' strikes slammed into the Fairy King in the blink of an eye.

[Keuk!]

And that moment.

Crunch!!!

Cheon Yu-ha's scythe, now in its 2nd stage, cleaved the Fairy King's body.

['s buff increases Cheon Yu-ha's attack power.]

was affected by . And so, the buff Cheon Seong-jae had cast on his older sister was certain to be effective.

Sure enough.

Bam!!

[Kyaak!]

A flash erupted from the Fairy King's sundered body.

The fairy's annihilation.

And then.

['s caster has fallen.]

The Fairy King had been the caster pulling 's power at the command of the Divine God.

To be precise, she was a medium.

Thus, upon her death, 's spell began to unravel.

"The fog is lifting...!"

As the fog, thick as smog, slowly dissipated, Hugo breathed a sigh of relief.

That wasn't all.

When a core emerged from the Fairy King's body, the Cheon siblings' faces brightened too.

"Dad! We did it!"

"Praise us!"

"Oh? Praise?"

"Ah, Brother, butt out! Who asked for your praise?"

"Yeah, someone weaker than Dad... what kind of stupid nonsense have you been spouting?"

But that was the moment.

The Cheon siblings' expressions, turning their heads indignantly, began to change.

"Stupid nonsense?"

"..."

Their faces hardened stiffly as they saw Lee Geon.

Seeing that, Lee Geon smirked, the corner of his mouth quirking up.

"Alright, I'm weaker than Dad, so I'll just rest here."

Before the words even finished, a wail rang out.

"Kyaaaaaack!!!!"

It was a scream as if the sky were collapsing. Hugo was lucky his eardrums didn't burst.

Finally, the Cheon siblings shrieked and tried to beat their heads into the ground.

"We have committed a crime worthy of death!!"

They seemed to realize what they had just done.

"Kyaaack! We're disqualified as Saints!!"

"We'll end these worthless lives immediately!!!"

The Cheon siblings burst into tears as if they truly intended to die. They seemed ready to find the nearest cliff to jump off.

At that sight, Lee Geon, as if it was enough, approached the Fairy King.

"It's fine. It was because of anyway. Honestly, your dad's the weird one. Well, thanks to that, I didn't lose my powers and it ended neatly, though."

"!"

The siblings' heads snapped toward Hugo.

"Dad..."

"Why? Why was Dad fine??"

"Why is he fine? The forgetting condition was 500% faith, and that bastard's at 600%. You two are 300% and 400%, respectively."

"?!"

The Cheon siblings looked shocked.

Of course, 300% or 400% were already figures nearly impossible, but that wasn't what mattered to them.

"H-how is 600% possible..."

They fell speechless.

At the same time, realizing something crucial, they earnestly grabbed Lee Geon.

"Hit us!!!!!"

"Uncle!! Insult us!!!!"

"No, I mean, ignore us completely!!!"

"??!!"

Hugo's eyes went wide. But regardless, the two zealots beelined for a convenience store.

"Alcohol! We need alcohol!"

"Right! We need high-proof liquor! Sis, let's get some vodka!!"

"Hey! Cheon Seong-jae! You're a minor!!!"

Despite their dad's furious shout, Cheon Seong-jae, whose eyes were rolling back, fumed.

"Minority, my ass! You can buy with a fake ID!!!"

"Hey! That's not the point, is it!?"

Only after Lee Geon firmly stated, "No fakes," did Cheon Seong-jae quiet down.

And then.

"Dad, I seriously respect you...!"

"Dad, you're so cool. Seriously, respect...!"

At the look in his children's eyes he'd never seen before, Hugo fell into despair.

Those were words he'd always wished to hear, yet respect over... this.

'Should I laugh or cry?'

Well, it didn't matter.

Hssss!

"The fog...!"

The ever-thinning fog vanished completely. And checking the news on their phones, they were startled.

"Uncle's name has returned!"

But Lee Geon's existence had only returned in East Asia so far.

"There's one more caster summoning . We can't fully escape 's fog until we eliminate them all."

"So they summoned multiple Fairy Kings."

The Cheon siblings offered to take care of it.

But.

"Hold on."

"!"

"Here, we broke the Fairy King's mind to handle her easily, but that doesn't mean others will fall for the same trick."

"Then..."

"To begin with, it's meaningless if we don't deal with the Divine God. They can just make another Fairy King and summon again."

Hugo sighed.

" is the progenitor god of teleportation. We can never catch them. How do we catch?"

But that was when.

Lee Geon pulled something out from the Fairy King's body. It was a stone tablet fragment.

"It's 's Bible."

At Lee Geon's remark, Hugo looked bewildered.

"This thing's a Bible? It's filthy and reeks."

"Right. The stench of an unknown civilization..."

"Could it be they've fallen by joining hands with those guys!?"

It might mean they'd broken divine law. And this was proof they'd indeed colluded with those beings.

But Hugo still seemed skeptical.

"Pfft, no way something like this is a Bible..."

At that, Lee Geon narrowed his brows in a different sense.

Because of what Kevin had told him.

-Lee Geon, do you know how to deal with gods?

-Destroy their core?

-That's right, but... That method's only possible for you, who can even pierce a god's body. But the drawback is you must fight them directly to kill them. If they hide, that's the end.

-Then are you saying there's another way?

-Yeah. And it's...

Recalling Kevin's words, Lee Geon lifted the corner of his mouth.

"Well, I can just test it firsthand."

"Test?"

Before the words finished, Lee Geon pulled a fountain pen from his bosom.

[The Young Scribe's Sorrow (S)]

-Creator: Lee Geon

It was a fountain pen made for convenience by embedding the data of Gui-sun (The Scribe).

Of course, it wasn't on the level of the Scribe, but he'd made it in case he ever needed to alter a Bible privately.

For example, if some strange phrase got added to a Bible while Gui-sun was passed out from exhaustion, leading to a crisis.

"Anyway, if this is really a Magic Divine God's Bible, the effect should take."

No, perhaps...

"There's a chance we can annihilate them all without even having to track them down."

"What? What do you...!"

At the same time, Lee Geon edited the Bible.

Finally, the bizarre phrase Lee Geon had penned shot toward the Magic Divine God.

(To be continued in the next chapter)