[The qualifications of a follower have been met]
[Due to
[Serpent Lord's magical power has fully recharged]
What a wonderful notification.
Thanks to that, Hyugo's eyes widened, and Lee Geon smirked.
Because his magical power, which had dropped to 5%, had all recovered at once.
And Hyugo seemed equally surprised as the amount of magical power he was receiving from Lee Geon suddenly surged.
"What the, what happened! There's no way a constellation god's magical power can recover this quickly...!"
The magical power of a constellation god is so vast it defies human imagination.
Although he's still a young god, it would take Lee Geon at least three days to fully recover it.
And to recover the minimum needed to deal with those bastards should have taken at least a few hours...!
'But it fully recovered all magical power...!'
With this, both he and Lee Geon can fight freely!
And Lee Geon scoffed at his friend's rare expression of surprise.
"Why are you so shocked? Originally, even when saints or followers level up, their health and magical power fully recover. Points get added too."
"!"
"Ah, by the way, it happens if you level up too... Now that I think about it, you're already level 19, huh? I heard you become an apostle god at level 20. Are there no bonus points then? You've got so many skills to take."
"!"
Points to invest? What is this, some RPG game?!
And your health and magical power fully recover when you level up?
Well, whatever.
Amidst a green glow, a light of regeneration burst from the body of the red-eyed one.
Flash!
Startled by the healing light, the red-eyed one flinched, but Lee Geon laughed.
"Good job. I'll give you all the bull gum you like later."
[Kiek...!]
Its siblings seemed bewildered.
[Is that bastard planning to use our youngest?!]
That was when they became wary of the red-eyed one, now brimming with vigor.
[The prisoner
[Overall stats have increased]
[Will you promote
At those words, Lee Geon, for some reason, grinned broadly.
And then.
Crack!!!!
[Kieeek!!!]
He split the red-eyed one's head open with the Heavenly Punishment.
Blood gushed from the shattered head of the red-eyed creature.
At that sight, both the saints and the citizens were aghast.
"Aaagh!! Red Eye!!"
"Lord Lee Geon!!"
Even Hyugo was shocked.
W-Weren't you going to make it an apostle god?
But Lee Geon shook off the blood as if disgusted.
"How dare a mere monster not know its place and seek promotion? Promotion?"
"!"
"Evolution is permitted. But never a rise in status."
At those words, as if understanding, a notification spoke.
[In the name of the Serpent Lord, all stats of
[Only status maintained as prisoner (slave)]
Along with it, a change occurred in the red-eyed one.
Flash!
[Stats have increased]
[Has taken on a faint divinity]
[Possesses stats comparable to a supreme apostle god]
[No fixed expenditures occur because it is not an apostle god]
[A very high-quality slave has been completed]
"......!!"
Apostle gods are strictly private soldiers of the constellation god.
As their master, a constellation god had certain supports they must provide to their followers.
Like a salary, or dignity maintenance, or food, for example.
But since a higher rank means more expenses (?), perhaps it's more beneficial to use them as slaves.
Or maybe it meant he wouldn't afford the slightest comfort to those who attacked humanity.
Lee Geon, restoring it again through super-regeneration, laughed like a demon.
"You four are going to be worked until you die. How dare you little shits try to take it easy?"
Did that "you" include the red-eyed one's siblings?
The small Lee Geon immediately climbed onto the now conscious red-eyed one.
Thud!
At this sight, the siblings seemed utterly dumbfounded.
[Good heavens, how can he ride some puny prey on his head!]
[Youngest, have you no pride left!!]
[Kieeek!]
Perhaps it was a cry warning that they'd also die if they clung to pride.
The evolved red-eyed one flew towards its older siblings.
The siblings seemed to find this contemptible.
[Our youngest must still be too young to understand the situation!]
No sooner had those words ended than this one attacked.
A fierce beam fell from the sky.
But the red-eyed one carrying Lee Geon dodged it brilliantly.
Yet, was 3-on-1 a bit too overwhelming?
Boom!!
"Lord Lee Geon!!"
The red-eyed one staggered from the massive attack.
In the thick smoke consumed by flames, Lee Geon's figure vanished.
At the same time, as the attack scattered like meteors in all directions, Hyugo quickly loosed arrows.
Boom! Boom!
Receiving the trait of the Serpent Lord (critical hit), the arrows turned all debris to ash.
But Lee Geon was nowhere to be seen.
Because of this, the evacuating citizens and reporters despaired.
"Lord Lee Geon!!!"
"Damn, even Lord Lee Geon couldn't handle that after all!"
The saints urgently tried to go rescue Lee Geon, but Hyugo held them back.
Going now would only be a hindrance.
At the same time, Hyugo knew all too well.
How that hero always appeared when everyone thought there was no hope.
Just as expected.
"I'll pound you into tenderized meat and fry you up, you bastards!"
"!!"
The small Lee Geon, having leaped off the red-eyed one, charged at the monsters.
[!]
Then a beam fell upon him, but it didn't matter.
[Receiving the buff of ]
[Speed has increased (+300%)]
Lee Geon dodged with a speed rarely seen.
And then.
[Activating
[Activating the blade of
[Function
"Taek-su!"
When Lee Geon threw the sword to Hyugo, Hyugo, as if realizing, immediately hurled the dagger at the monsters.
And the dagger, flying like a laser, tracked the bodies of the beasts with the incredible accuracy of the Archer constellation.
Boom!
However, the siblings who nimbly dodged let out empty laughs.
[With a hilt this pathetic, what can you—!]
[You can't even scratch us!]
But Hyugo grinned.
At that moment, something incredible happened.
[!!]
Lee Geon had suddenly appeared atop their backsides.
When the surprised siblings checked the location, they saw a small wound on their hindquarters.
The siblings glared at Hyugo.
[That bastard...!!]
Having landed on their rears using the wound's coordinates, Lee Geon resummoned the dagger and grinned.
"Perfect spot. You sure know me well."
[....!!]
That was when.
Like a squirrel, Lee Geon used the bodies of the monsters as stairs, hopping nimbly upward, and lifted the third-stage Heavenly Punishment high.
Then something amazing occurred.
[Receiving the buff of ]
[Imagination (buff from infancy with rich imagination)]
[Creative ability activated (increased chance of new grade when crafting)]
[Random ability triggered during battle]
[Destructive power increased (+500%)]
Perhaps due to that buff, the form of Heavenly Punishment changed.
It wasn't the basic first, second, or third stages. It had transformed into a never-before-seen fourth stage!
Originally, Heavenly Punishment felt like a staff with its long handle, but this time, instead of a handle, the axe blade stretched long like a sword, as if it had taken the shape of a shark as a weapon.
It also resembled a brutal-looking greatsword.
[Receiving the buff of
And finally, a giant flash falling from the sky!
Like a guillotine of the heavens, the fierce blade cleaved down.
Crunch!
Simultaneously, blood shot up from the neck of
[Kieeek!]
It happened in the blink of an eye!
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As its massive body crashed to the ground, Lee Geon smiled viciously.
But then it happened.
[Citizens all over the world are going crazy seeing the Serpent Lord]
[Duration of Chaos increased by 1 minute]
[Time to return to original body keeps extending]
[Total increased to 4,726,339 hours]
"Damn!!"
Eyes flashing, Lee Geon turned his head.
There, he was met by a crowd of people sobbing at the sight of him.
"Lord Lee Geon, I will follow you forever!"
"Even if I die, I must spread this! Lord Lee Geon! I will record this for all time!"
"A treasure of humanity...! This must absolutely be preserved in the annals of humanity!"
"Don't film it!!!!!!"
Lee Geon's veins bulged.
It must be that as his image spread across the world, his time was increasingly being launched into space.
"Let me just go back to my original body!!"
Seeing Lee Geon rage atop
"Well, Lord Lee Geon, you should probably give up on going back... cough!"
"No!! If I kill Chaos, I'll return!"
Hurling the Heavenly Punishment aside, Lee Geon's veins popped.
"No, why the hell are you all filming at a time like this?! Get to the shelters, fast!"
"Lord Lee Geon...! We'll follow you forever!"
"Argh, seriously!"
Of course, there were also advantages to his image spreading worldwide.
[The number of saints wanting to follow the Serpent Lord is exploding]
[Faith towards the Serpent Lord is greatly increasing]
[The divinity of the Serpent Lord is rising]
[The rank of the Constellation is rising due to the faith of all humanity]
[Constellation promotion is imminent]
"Argh!!"
Should he be happy or upset?
And at that moment,
The people cheered at this sight.
But only one.
Hyugo, though happy, wore a slightly uneasy look.
Because no matter how you looked at them, the red-eyed one's siblings were more connected to
And then.
'He said that if
It was not long after this
At that time, a voice had resounded to all the Serpent Lord's saints.
[Congratulations. The master of the Serpent Lord is approaching the final glorious stage of divinity]
[When
[The saints of
[Skills will be upgraded to the divinity of
[Please review battle methods in advance, as skills may be altered]
And Hyugo found this situation ominous.
'Perhaps Chaos deliberately sent those monsters to make
But Lee Geon was quick on the uptake as well.
So it seemed Lee Geon was also thinking of storing experience points in the Constellation to manage it, but...
'No one knows which side will reach stage five first.'
Thanks to the defensive authority that had just saved humanity,
It was literally a race against time.
Then it happened.
"!"
For some reason, Lee Geon furrowed his brow.
And then.
"Taek-su!!"
"!"
At his call, Hyugo, who had been supporting Lee Geon by launching arrows, was startled.
Because his expression was far from ordinary.
And just as Hyugo was about to ask why—
Rumble!
'!'
[Oracle Snatched from the Sun God (SS)]
- A precognition of a changed future from
Had he seen some kind of ominous future?
To the pale-faced Hyugo, Lee Geon shouted.
"You saw it, move quickly!"
And as Hyugo hastily tried to head somewhere, the red-eyed one's siblings flinched.
It felt like they were trying to obstruct Hyugo.
Proof of this was that the siblings, who had seemed intent on destroying the world, were now trying to attack Hyugo.
But at that moment, a giant flash of
"You little shits. Where do you think you're going?"
Lee Geon's eyes flashed.
"I see there's some scheme. But it won't go as you wish."
Simultaneously, Lee Geon, unfurling
"Come to think of it, didn't you say there was a
[!]
"Bring it on. Let's see who's stronger."
* * *
Around that time.
[Master, big trouble! It's said
[It seems they've even summoned subordinates of other Rulers! The command has likely been entrusted to the Four Great Calamities.]
[Isn't this problematic? It's still too early to annihilate humanity...!]
[On top of that, they've taken Master's possession.]
Despite the desperate cries of his subordinates,
[Let him do as he wants. It's fine.]
[Huh? Is it truly acceptable? For Master's grand plan...]
[Humans are excellent prey regardless of whether they fit into my plan or not.]
They were an outstanding driving force that even raised constellation gods. At the same time, they were considerable nourishment for himself as well.
Indispensable feed for the Great Lords.
That's why the 13th had invaded regardless, and it was a field of nourishment ample enough to devour entirely.
[So a slightly earlier schedule won't bring any losses.]
[But Master's possession, they've taken...!]
[You mean the soul of the Serpent Lord's previous constellation god? I lent that to him. It seems he wants to deal with the current Serpent Lord's god and saints.]
[!]
[That guy is my cherished blood brother. Let him do as he pleases.]
[Then...!]
[That guy is smart. And those bastards have already fallen into a trap.]
* * *
Around that time, Hyugo saw an ominous future.
It was a future where his own son and the precious family of the Archer constellation would die bathed in blood.
It was similar to that future where the Archer constellation was annihilated.
'And the prophetic accuracy for people other than Geon is 100%.'
Moreover, the person killing them was the problem.
Of course, he couldn't see the face but...
'A young boy.'
That's why Lee Geon must have sent him.
Because now, with the Four Great Calamities present, Lee Geon could never leave his spot.
'The moment he takes his eyes off those bastards, humanity will vanish in an instant.'
Probably only Lee Geon could handle them.
So Lee Geon must be tying them down as a priority.
And despite such danger, the reason Hyugo headed to his son was because he trusted Lee Geon's strength that much.
Lee Geon also seemed to trust Hyugo, urgently sending him off.
'Anyway, I need to hurry.'
He had contacted Seongjae, but he didn't know what would happen.
And at that time, while Hyugo was rushing desperately.
The area of the Serpent Lord's sanctuary.
There, Seongjae, Yuha, Gote, and others were evacuating citizens and defending the sanctuary.
And then.
"Lord of the Serpent Lord's saints!"
Towards them, a figure with a familiar face appeared.
(Continued in next episode)