[The Saints of the Ophiuchus constellation have destroyed the Pisces Sanctuary (Alps)]
The fish trampled under Lee Geon was flustered.
‘What the…!’
That was understandable; strength was draining from its body. It could barely clench its fist, but putting force into it was difficult.
Because of that, the fish could only grind its teeth.
It had realized what had happened to itself.
‘Damn it, my sanctuary…!!’
Indeed.
There were several ways to steal a Holy God’s power, and one of them was to blow away their base.
The Ophiuchus holy disciples, who were surely not here, must have pulled a trick.
That wasn’t all.
“Geon-ah! Are you okay?!”
“Lee Geon!”
Seeing the people approaching the blood-soaked Lee Geon, the fish glared.
Hugo, just from seeing Lee Geon covered in blood, glared at the fish as if enraged.
But the one truly enraged was the fish.
‘As expected, they laid hands on Giselle in the Alps.’
There was no doubt.
The Monarch’s authority was the power of the Monarch.
Since they couldn’t handle it with their own magic, they had deliberately kidnapped Giselle and were using that magic to feast.
‘We can’t use the Monarch’s power.’
Therefore, the fish urgently searched for the Monarch.
It had intended to ask it to stop Lee Geon’s time, even for a moment.
After all, the Monarch had already seemed greatly interested in Lee Geon.
But.
‘This bastard…!!’
Yes.
The Monarch was already gone. As if its own business was finished, it had disappeared from this place.
So, the fish was grinding its teeth.
“Come to think of it, earlier you said you knew, right? About my younger sibling.”
“!”
The fish raised its head and was startled.
The look in Lee Geon’s eyes meeting its own was terrifying.
“That’s my younger sibling’s name, which I’ve never told anyone.”
Junwoo, along with Yeonwoo, were the only family Lee Geon had before he became an Awakened.
Lee Geon lifted the arm of the fish he was trampling.
“At that time, Junwoo died because we couldn’t even take him to the emergency room due to lack of manpower. We held the funeral right away. So the only ones who knew exactly about his condition were the bereaved who saw the corpse, and.”
Crack!
“Urk!!!”
“Only the culprit.”
As both arms broke, the fish ground its teeth.
‘If my arms break, I can’t draw magic circles.’
And Lee Geon, who had blocked the fish’s power in advance, asked.
“You hated your deeds being exposed, so you killed Junwoo and Yeonwoo, the previous Fish Holy Gods, right?”
At the same time, the fish screamed.
Crack!
This time, it was the leg that broke.
The exact same place where Junwoo had been injured.
Of course, the real Junwoo’s leg hadn’t just been broken—it had been completely severed.
On top of that, one eye had been gouged out. The pain must have been so severe that death would have been better.
But until the moment of death, the child had said he was glad Lee Geon and Yeonwoo weren’t in danger, rather than complaining about his own pain.
Thus, Lee Geon’s red eyes turned grim.
“Tormenting a child who can’t even use power—must have been fun, right? Seeing you grin while saying that name to me.”
As soon as the words fell, the fish screamed.
Lee Geon had ripped out the fish’s eye. Red blood splattered.
And the fish, robbed of its eye, looked at Lee Geon as if demanding he return it.
After all, that eye was…!
But Lee Geon, after tearing out the eyeball, exuded murderous intent.
“You even embedded a monster’s body into a Holy God. And you call yourselves gods for humanity?”
“Lee Geon!!”
In the end, the ones frozen by the sight were the reporters summoned to the palace.
As expected.
“L-Lee Geon-nim! This is…!”
But Lee Geon casually tossed the eyeball he’d ripped from the fish.
At the sight, the reporters screamed and collapsed, and Lee Geon clicked his tongue.
“Don’t be scared. It’s an artificial eye.”
“…Excuse me?!”
“Take it and check. It’s roughly a contract; the other party is undoubtedly a Monarch.”
“!”
In fact, from the moment Lee Geon entered this palace, he had been activating his skill.
And when he saw the fish.
He had already found it strange that a red light was swirling in its eye.
And he had also confirmed that a strange contract was engraved in that eye.
Well, he didn’t know which Monarch it had contracted with.
‘Anyway, among the invaders, only the and the remain now.’
It must be one of those two.
And.
“You clearly made a contract with an unknown civilization, then created the Zodiac system pretending to save humanity.”
The reporters froze.
“Th-then…!”
“.”
“!”
“That’s the basic system these guys talk about. And the easiest way to gather holy disciples to worship them is fear.”
“!”
Lee Geon trampled the fish as if disgusted.
“After I disappeared from the world, the Holy Gods were passive in exterminating monsters—was it truly due to lack of ability, or would it have been troublesome if the monsters disappeared?”
“……!”
“If you’ve got no guilt, then tell me. The reason you killed me at the Demon’s Tower.”
“……!”
“There might be that, afraid your secrets would be exposed, but honestly, it would have been troublesome if I really dealt with the unknown civilization, right?”
The fish ground its teeth and glared at Lee Geon.
Indeed, Lee Geon’s words were correct.
A god loses power without worshippers. If not constantly talked about, they are forgotten and eventually weaken.
And just as humans seek gods in their most desperate moments, the best way for them to gather human holy disciples was monsters (fear).
And it was good that Lee Geon was active as humanity’s hero.
Thanks to Lee Geon’s exploits, their own status as those who granted divine power would rise.
But Lee Geon was too outstanding, and that was the problem.
‘This bastard was different from the other 12 Saints.’
If left alone, he seemed like he might even wipe out the unknown civilization.
What’s more, being so outstanding, it was troublesome if people’s faith became focused on him.
‘Because he would surely be deified.’
And as if Lee Geon had sensed that, he smiled.
“Anyway, there is a witness who will reveal these bastards’ deeds. The true Pisces Saint, Livre, and her sister, the Fish Holy God.”
At those words, the reporters swallowed.
“Th-then where are they now….”
“Ah, they’re in my furnace.”
“…Huh?”
“Huh?!!”
The reporters wondered if they’d misheard, but Lee Geon picked his ear.
“They’re probably floating around in my house’s furnace. Since I’m extracting their essences to make holy relics.”
The reporters froze.
W-wait, had they heard correctly?
“A-as expected, that person is the villain….”
“Right! Look at his actions and expression…! How is he a hero…! At this level, he’s a villain boss….”
Then Lee Geon had an ‘oops’ moment.
He grabbed his face again and sobbed earnestly(?) .
“For humanity… for humanity…!”
As Lee Geon trembled his shoulders and sobbed(?), sparks flew in Hugo’s eyes.
“Hey! Do you want to die? It’s not our Geon’s fault!!!”
“Right! It’s not our Holy God’s fault! How dare you!”
This time, Stephen was also furious.
At the same time, Hugo, who had grabbed the reporters by the collars, glared at the fish.
Normally, since the reporters had gathered, he would have told them to tone it down, but the situation was different now.
‘Even if we use rough methods, we must completely capture the fish here.’
Here, all the Holy Gods’ power had to become Lee Geon’s.
After all, Hugo was concerned about the future he had seen.
A future where the Sagittarius constellation was annihilated and his children died, and a future where Lee Geon held some woman and grieved.
‘It must be the work of the remaining Monarch.’
The masterminds of the unknown civilization invasion.
Their two leaders, called the and the .
Hugo became anxious.
‘The future changed a little while ago.’
A sensation like being struck on the back of the head.
And with his vast experience, Hugo immediately recognized it.
‘That was a sign that the future had changed.’
And rather than the ending of the future changing, it was highly likely that the timing of the incident had been moved up.
As expected.
As if pouring oil on those ominous thoughts, the Fish Holy God laughed.
‘Witness? You wretched worm.’
Setting aside the Saint Livre, her own sister.
The younger sister was confined in the Pisces Sanctuary’s main base, the Alps.
When she had escaped from Lee Geon’s sanctuary and disgustingly came to stop her.
‘But how dare that thing be a witness….’
They had managed to destroy the Alps, but the Pisces Sanctuary in Venice was no easy matter.
‘There’s no way they can bring her….’
But it was right then.
Flash!
[Sister!]
[……!!!]
At the unexpected voice, the fish froze.
Another fish owner had appeared before them.
And unlike herself, who possessed the divinity of the magic goddess Isis, this was her younger sister with the divinity of .
In the end, as her younger sister appeared, the fish trembled.
‘That bastard’s doing…!’
Her gaze turned to Hugo.
Hugo was holding . And the bow’s owner had summoned her younger sister with a skill.
After all, that younger sister was already Hugo’s bow.
Well, they hadn’t fully extracted her personality to make her a witness, but thanks to the skill that could summon weapons, they could call her back.
In the end, the summoned younger sister seemed to have realized everything upon seeing her blood-soaked older sister.
Perhaps that’s why.
[Please, let’s stop now, unnie!]
“!!”
The younger sister cried out in despair.
[I’ll bring Saint Livre and reveal everything. So let’s stop now!]
At that cry, the older sister held by Lee Geon ground her teeth.
‘That crazy bitch! What the hell is she saying!’
At the same time, she wondered how she could have come out of the River God’s temple, but she soon realized the reason.
[The Pisces constellation’s main palace has been destroyed]
[It was destroyed by the enraged Ophiuchus holy disciples and the Scorpio Saint]
At this, Lee Geon smiled with satisfaction, and the fish trembled.
She couldn’t help it.
‘That stupid younger sister will reveal everything to the humans.’
She had been so annoying that they had even shoved the Saint’s soul into the to threaten her.
‘Damn, if this fact is exposed, even the divine realm won’t stay still…!’
What’s more, if the fact that they killed the original owners, the heroes of the divine realm, is also found out…!
‘We won’t see a good end.’
In the end, the fish, choked with anger, shouted, veins bulging.
“Do you think the Monarchs will stay still?!”
“!”
“They are beasts! Can’t you think that it was thanks to us that we at least kept them under control… urk!”
Lee Geon grabbed the fish’s hair fiercely.
The fish, unable to move, trembled.
“Don’t underestimate the leaders who invaded Earth, the and the . Only the and remain, but they have no way to be killed. They are trying to annihilate humanity.”
“That—!”
“Do you think your passiveness in monster extermination was solely because of your plan? They once were with us, but now they are on a different dimension. Before them, the likes of you… kek!”
Lee Geon grabbed the fish’s face and grinned grimly.
“Is that something someone about to die should say?”
“……!!!”
Right then.
Boom!
[Divinity 100% Unlocked]
A sinister magic power surged from Lee Geon’s body.
And before the power of that Calamity God, the fish trembled.
It was because of someone seen in Lee Geon’s face.
‘That person is.’
But soon, the fish screamed.
The status of the 3rd stage descended upon this fish.
And caught in it, she finally heard the sound of her core shattering.
That was the death of the last Holy God.
‘Damn it.’
The fish seemed to have seen the 13th original owner in Lee Geon’s smile.
* * *
Meanwhile, at that time.
The Alps mountain range.
Gote, who had been to Venice, was trembling.
In fact, he couldn’t help it.
“T-to think she’d so ruthlessly bury someone the moment their usefulness ended.”
Yes.
The Gemini Saint, Heiji.
It wasn’t for nothing that she was Cheon Seongjae’s teacher, and it wasn’t for nothing that she was the head of the Magic God constellation.
She had instantly released the barrier of the Alps mountain range.
Even the Pisces Palace, the main palace of the Pisces Sanctuary—completely!
But as soon as the barrier was released, Haley, Cheon Yuha, and Kali attacked Heiji.
It was an astonishing level of cooperative strength.
And Heiji was instantly buried deep in the Alps.
Of course, the burying process wasn’t difficult.
With Saint-level beings exerting power, the pit was quickly dug deep enough to reach the mantle, and the coffin and soil were easily handled with Cheon Seongjae’s skill.
‘Terrifying people.’
In the end, after burying Heiji like that, they had come to the Alps to find Giselle and Han Jimin.
And seeing Gote trembling, Cheon Seongjae scolded him.
“Stop trembling, Gote. How long will a Sagittarius Saint act like that?”
“B-but….”
“That saint deserves it. How dare she target my uncle??”
Because she knew her teacher’s true nature as a former student, Cheon Seongjae was furious.
“I’m the one who will seduce my uncle!”
Gote held his face as if that wasn’t the point.
‘Lee Geon-nim… might never be able to marry.’
Well, it didn’t matter.
“Jimin-ah!!”
“!”
At Cheon Seongjae’s urgent voice, Gote was startled.
Cheon Seongjae had spotted her friend collapsed under a tree and flew over urgently.
“Jimin-ah! What’s wrong with you! You’re hurt! What happened!”
The blood-soaked Han Jimin was vomiting.
“I-I’m okay… but….”
It seemed Han Jimin had been watching over the collapsed Giselle.
Since she knew her friend would come looking for her.
But.
“O-over there…! A monster suddenly appeared…!”
“!”
When they looked in the direction Han Jimin pointed, they all froze.
Giselle’s body had become completely a lump of meat.
It had been torn apart cruelly.
Even her soul.
That was truly complete death.
Even on the ground, words were written in what seemed to be her blood.
“Th-this is…!”
[Lee Geon, I give you a gift]
It was a very cruel handwriting.
[A reward for raising my child. Next is you.]
The father of calamities who gave birth to red eyes.
The had appeared.
(To be continued in the next episode)