It was just a moment ago.
[Princess! Hurry!]
[At this rate, you’ll be dragged over to the other side!]
Australia, the sanctuary of Libra.
Though prosperous as befitting the region of the top-ranked divine seat, it was a place under Libra’s strict control.
At the same time, the place where [ ]’s Giselle had taken root, a place piled with objects of an unknown civilization.
They were precious items Giselle had seized through dealings with monarchs.
And it was because of them that Haili had come here.
‘To face the remaining monarchs and [ ], those objects are absolutely necessary.’
The masterminds who sent forces to Earth numbered six.
The Libra god [ ] had infiltrated as a spy rather than providing troops—putting that aside for now—and the forces of Proliferation’s [ ] and Movement’s [ ] had been broken.
But the remaining ones were the problem.
As for [ ], it drifted about like a natural phenomenon, so it didn’t matter as long as you didn’t encounter it, but the most dangerous ones were [ ] and [ ]!
Those two were practically the twin bosses of Earth’s invasion, and no ordinary methods could ever deal with them.
‘[ ] is the parent who raised the red eyes and their siblings.’
Just looking at that power and the army’s sheer scale, it was on an entirely different dimension from the foes they’d clashed with so far.
In particular, [ ]—the strongest in martial might, supreme in magic—was so formidable that the moment you met his eyes, death descended.
Of course, Igeon was indeed growing power to rival the monarchs by devouring the gods’ authorities and thrones.
And he had to.
‘With the individual power of each of the 12 gods, they can never be opposed.’
Inevitably, Igeon’s destiny might be to merge the 12 gods.
But even so, it would still be slightly lacking to face those bastards.
In other words.
‘We must bring items to exploit their gaps.’
Because of this, Haili found objects that could be called the monarchs’ weaknesses.
And at this very moment, the hard-won items were in Haili’s arms.
But no matter what, had she come too deep into a monarch’s domain?
[Princess!]
Behind Haili, a huge green flash poured down.
“!”
It was the power of the monarch chasing her.
And in that flash, Haili urgently cast a spell.
[Return]
Of course, this time too it was about to be swallowed by [ ]’s power and the skill canceled, but…
“Gah!”
Haili glared fiercely, exerting a similar power.
If the opponent turned back time, she would reverse it back again.
Though it was feeble compared to the opponent’s power, she could not be captured here and have these items taken away.
‘Without this, Igeon and Hugo will fall to them.’
And in that instant!
Flash!
Haili barely managed to move to the northern sanctuary of Scorpio.
And that place was Russia.
Arriving at a snowy plain with nothing around, her subordinates were relieved.
[Now that we’ve come this far, even that one won’t be able to come.]
[Under the Scorpio god’s protection, they won’t be able to sense the princess’s presence either.]
“Yes. We must hurry and deliver these items to Igeon.”
Devouring Taurus had raised Igeon’s defense authority.
Thus, he would be able to defend against the monarchs’ authorities to some extent, and once he devoured the magic divine seat, it would be more than perfect.
“Once I devour the magic divine seat, just as the magic god used [ ], I’ll be able to use it against the monarchs in reverse.”
Defense authority to the combat divine seats, magic authority to the healing divine seats and mages.
‘Then we will be able to eradicate the unknown civilization from Earth as well.’
But it was at that moment.
Boom!!!
A green flash poured onto the snowy field.
And at the face of the man who appeared in the light, Haili’s expression hardened.
Her subordinates were terrified as well.
[Ti, Time…!]
No sooner had those words fallen than the subordinate’s body vanished in an instant.
[……!!]
It was the monarch’s power.
A high-ranking divine servant had been annihilated in a single blow.
What was more horrifying was that this was not that man’s true power.
At best, it was a mere one twentieth of his full strength.
At last, black and green mist billowed and a young man emerged.
He was a gentleman-style man wearing a black suit.
And the man approached Haili.
[I let you run too free.]
He was a cold man without a hint of a smile.
And to the frozen Haili, he said:
[Daughter, come here. Let us return.]
But at those words, Haili’s eyes flashed.
Those words were abhorrent.
He was the man who had scorned her for resembling a human without a monstrous appearance, and had stripped away all that was precious to her.
On top of that, he was the bastard who had even offered her and her mother as sacrifices for summoning the gods for his own greed.
Not satisfied with even that, who was it that had thrown her away like a discardable pawn to the human camp?
In fact, from the start Haili had been sent to the human camp as a self-destruct bomb of the unknown civilization.
It was for the retaking of the land they absolutely had to defend.
And it was Igeon who saved her life there. The moment she awakened as a saint was also then.
Of course, Igeon wouldn’t remember anything about that.
Was it because of that?
“I am the guardian of humanity. The saint of Scorpio.”
[!]
“Barbarians who made even your own flesh and blood a sacrifice. Do you think I would side with the scourge of humanity?”
At that gaze, Time frowned slightly. Was she being defiant toward her father?
[It seems you have remembered even things you did not need to.]
That was not all.
[You have acquired even the most useless thing.]
As soon as the words fell, a black power surged upward as if to cover the continent. It was as if vicious wings had sprung from the man’s back.
Haili trembled in terror.
At the same time, lightning erupted from the ground.
“!!”
Crack!
That was time magic that erased divine magic power and even blocked existence itself!
Simultaneously, magic that manipulated the opponent’s time and space as it pleased!
Kugugung!
In an instant, a black circle spread beneath Haili’s feet.
It was after that that she heard a voice.
[Lament.]
“……!”
At that cold laugh, Haili’s body shook.
And no wonder—the energy felt from the ground was a swamp from which there was no return!
[ ]’s eyes gleamed coldly.
[And forget. The fact that you existed, even the fact that you were alive.]
Haili fell into the sea of [ ].
* * *
That was around then.
At the sight unfolding before his eyes, the Gemini god, the Two-faced Lord, was completely frozen.
‘What the…’
There was no other reaction possible.
Crack!
At a glance, it looked like an old stone tablet.
But in reality, it was because the Bible—which could be called the very life of a god—had been completely shattered.
Even more, that page was the origin page that governed a god’s life!
When the shattered Bible finally dropped to the floor, a scream echoed.
[No!!]
At the same time, a flash erupted from the Two-faced Lord’s body.
With the origin destroyed, it affected the god’s physical body as well.
At that sight, Hugo and the Cheon siblings were shocked too.
They had no choice but to be.
‘The original Bible shattered?!’
The Gemini god hadn’t carelessly attacked for no reason.
Since the Bible was connected to a god’s life, it had the god’s protective magic cast on it by default.
Thus mages had to go through dispel magic to avoid danger.
But.
“There wasn’t a single protective spell on the original!”
At Cheon Seongjae’s words, everyone was astonished.
‘There’s no way the Bible, which is the god’s life, wouldn’t have protective magic on it.’
There would certainly be a barrier strong enough to block even a god’s attacks.
Yet it was completely defenseless!
But was it that Igeon, the one who touched the original Bible first, had realized that fact?
Igeon, who had deliberately weakened his strength and swung it like a shield, sneered.
“That’s why you shouldn’t just recklessly fire off magic from the start, you idiot. Gods and saints are all the same, so damn impatient.”
At those words, the Two-faced Lord, realizing the culprit of all this, raised his blood pressure.
[Mimir!!!]
She immediately recognized who the culprit was.
[You! You removed the barrier on the Bible!]
And just as expected, the first Fairy King, who had been stabbed through the stomach by Igeon and was covered in blood, averted his gaze.
[Having been originally just a divine servant, you dare rebel against a g… gack!!]
Igeon crushed the scattered, shattered Bible underfoot.
“The own-goal scorer sure talks a lot of shit.”
[This damn snake lord…!!!]
One of the Two-faced Lord, Freya, ground her teeth.
Freya was the goddess side who had descended to kill Igeon when he shoved the Gemini saint Heiji into a figurine.
Of course, she had been thwarted by the power of Cancer and retreated then, but.
‘I should have eliminated him by any means back then!’
The goddess vomited blood and glared at Igeon as if to kill him.
[My brother will not leave you be.]
“!”
[You have no idea how the original snake lords died.]
Igeon’s gaze shifted.
At that look, the Two-faced Lord raised the corners of her mouth.
[The snake brat who was our colleague, and that original owner too, died in extreme pain. And since you too are the owner of that seat, you won’t be able to escape that curse.]
The Two-faced Lord knew.
The future that would befall Igeon.
[Since you’ve sat upon the 13th throne, you too will die in the same agony. Losing your power to the curse that falls only on the owner of that seat, you’ll die just as… gah!]
“Shut up, own-goal.”
The Two-faced Lord’s hair was grabbed and her neck was bent back.
And as if there was nothing new to fear, Igeon’s eyes flashed.
“Anyway, before you die, hurry up and summon your brats’ thrones.”
[Gah, gah!]
“I’m saying it’s too much trouble to go all the way to Japan to get the thrones. Hurry and merge them.”
If you beat them, it’s like getting a couple of trivial one-time-use data pieces at random; but merging brings all the authorities of that divine seat in their entirety.
And with the thrones, you can grow the divine seat, create new authorities, or seat a new owner.
“I’ll extract and use the skills you made. Who’s got time to create them from scratch?”
Magic was necessary for barrier breaking and buffing the saints anyway, but it was a field he had no interest in.
At this, the Two-faced Lord, vomiting blood, ground her teeth.
[The thrones are guarded by my brother, they’re not something you can easily take…]
But at that moment.
Flash!
With a brilliant light, a chair was summoned before Igeon.
It was a throne.
At that sight, the Two-faced Lord’s face turned pale.
[Why is that!!]
Igeon raised the corners of his mouth.
[The fountain pen is madly stabbing the Scribe (Saint 2)]
[The Scribe (Saint 2) modified the Bible while crying]
[Bringing the Two-faced Lord’s thrones]
“Our defector, I’ll have to buy you a chicken leg.”
Along with what was the highest praise from Igeon, his eyes turned fierce.
And he picked up a piece of the shattered Bible.
It was only half, but it was a part where the text still remained half.
It was the most crucial part.
[Chapter 0]
- A beautiful goddess, beloved by all gods, was born,
At that phrase, the Two-faced Lord’s face turned sheet-white.
That was her lifeline.
[Ah, n…]
Igeon’s red snake eyes smiled sharply.
And at that moment.
Crack!!!!
In the disaster god’s hand, Freya’s life was shattered.
This time, it was on a different level from destroying a core.
Literally, the extinction of a god’s existence!
A god named Freya could never be born again.
[Divinity increases]
[Experience points increase]
[Level up]
[LV.32]
[You can proceed with the merger through the throne. Would you like to proceed?]
“Merge.”
[The abilities of the magic divine seat are in your hands]
[Magic resistance increases due to the effect of the magic divine seat.]
[Maximum HP and maximum MP increase]
Igeon was intrigued.
His small mana capacity had been a weakness, and that part was now supplemented.
And then.
Flash!!!
Bang!!
Was it because the god’s existence had completely vanished?
An abnormality occurred in the [ ] that had been covering the entire world.
“The fog…!!!”
The fog that had covered the world began to gather toward the sky above where Igeon stood.
As if forming a giant monster in the sky.
And it was unmistakable.
“With the god gone, the reins on [ ] have been released.”
The Gemini god had been pulling in [ ]’s body, which was extremely dangerous.
But as one of them disappeared, the magical formula broke and the magic went out of control.
In other words.
Goooo!
[Danger. The sleeping [ ] reveals its form.]
[Danger. [ ] is pissed off.]
Perhaps the gods had been arbitrarily pulling in a part of Oblivion’s body.
The true main body of Oblivion was revealing itself through the gate.
Kugugung!
And the might of Oblivion, revealing itself in the sky like a colossal typhoon, was beyond imagination.
[Danger. The fog of the Oblivion’s main body is about to cover the entire world.]
[Upon contact with the fog, the existence of all humanity will disappear.]
The flustered Hugo immediately contacted Hailey.
Because Hailey would surely know how to send it back, even if she didn’t know how to kill it.
But then, at that moment.
“Huh?”
“What’s wrong?”
“Geon-ah. Who was I trying to call?”
The people of the world had completely forgotten Hailey’s existence.
And at Hugo’s reaction, Igeon narrowed his brows and glared up at Oblivion in the sky.
“Hailey.”
“What? Geon, what did you just say?”
Igeon frowned and raised the Celestial Condemnation.
He must have realized that Hailey was inside it.
In the end, the enraged Oblivion tried to reveal itself within the stormy sky.
“Geon-ah!”
Igeon’s eyes flashed as if to say it was okay.
“The Magic Saints’ spell is still active. It’ll go back soon.”
As proof, the Oblivion that was about to reveal itself was being sucked into a black hole.
Perhaps it was a safety measure activated by the Magic Saints.
Or perhaps it was the intervention of another Magic Saint, the Pisces.
Hugo felt relieved.
“Anyway, if we just hold out until that thing goes back…”
But right at that moment.
“G-Geon-ah?!!”
Igeon suddenly started running somewhere.
As if he knew that if not now, he would never be able to save the person inside again.
“Uncle!!”
The Cheon siblings and Hugo had no time to stop him. Igeon rushed toward where Oblivion was.
And.
[Summon Prisoner]
Igeon immediately summoned Red-Eye.
At the same time, Red-Eye appeared with a terrifying roar.
And Igeon, riding on Red-Eye’s head, reached the Oblivion’s fog in an instant.
Crunch!
Using Red-Eye’s head as a springboard, he leaped off.
The trampled Red-Eye let out a shriek and crashed to the ground.
With the ground exploding from the impact, Hugo’s family could only scream.
“Geon-ah!!! No!”
“Uncle!!”
Everyone was horrified, but Igeon jumped into the main body without a moment’s hesitation.
And at that moment.
Boom!!!
As the Magic Saints’ spell activated, a barrier began to form around Oblivion.
It was undoubtedly trying to send it elsewhere.
And just when Hugo, unable to stand it any longer, was about to ride Red-Eye himself and jump toward Oblivion—
“Huh?”
Hugo flinched.
“Who was just there?”
The most devout believer, Hugo Oterus.
Even he had forgotten the Serpent Lord.
(To be continued in the next chapter.)