Let's See Who Wins (4)

The exact origin was unknown. But likely, the first ancestor was a being that survived by devouring the dregs of the universe, each feeding on the other.

And they, who possessed the , grew into a that devoured all life forms, including gods and humans.

Well, in short, they were beings akin to devouring demons.

But their danger level was such that even the and were wary of them.

Every universe feared their existence.

Anyway, was the third generation of those monsters, and for a long time, he had been trying to kill the lords of the previous generations.

But.

[No matter what method I use, I cannot eliminate the previous generations.]

Well, it was only natural, since they were like parents who created him; he couldn't kill them with his own techniques.

But finally found a way to kill his parents.

And that was possible because he was a being capable of time travel.

[Ah. Good heavens. So the origin of those parent bastards was those guys?]

At the same time, he felt he understood why the original owners of the 12 Star Gods had been usurped so absurdly.

[Yes. Except for the 13th, they were all fakes.]

Anyway, through that process, learned about the power of .

And was a power that could return even the previous generations, against whom no attack worked, to nothing.

‘With that power, he could revert anything to its pre-birth, pre-origin state.’

So made a plan.

‘Revert them to before their origin, and devour the one that was the parent's matrix.’

Anyway, because of that, obtained and regressed 18,732 times, cultivating the power of .

At the same time, he cunningly colluded with the <12 Zodiac Star Gods> to torment humanity.

But what use was it? In the end, it was always failure, failure!

No matter how many times he killed Yeonu and Junu to upgrade , he couldn't revert the ancestors to before origin.

So even when he became a and imprisoned his parents in the , didn't his parents, the s, mock him?

[Grand Lord. Whatever you scheme, you cannot eliminate us.]

[What?]

[You pretend to be great by going against time, but you're only a wanderer who merely travels through time.]

[!]

[You're just a nuisance who belongs to no world, an uninvited guest...! Keok!!]

Was that why?

Despairing at the unchanging future, he decided to overturn his plans.

[Now, I must end this plan in this cycle.]

And at last, the 18,733rd world.

Having destroyed 18,732 worlds, intended to end everything on this timeline.

He planned to erase humanity’s existence and move to another dimension, and then to the divine realm.

But in 1995.

Five years before the invasion to prey on humanity as usual.

, who was trying to obtain , felt something strange.

[Master, it's strange! The serpent lords are not in the cage!]

[!]

Yeonu was originally supposed to be in the zoo cage around this time.

Because Yeonu and Junu had reincarnated as snakes in a zoo.

But this cycle's timeline was a bit strange.

[What? The serpent lords reincarnated as humans?]

It was an enormous anomaly.

Because never once, in all 18,732 times, had Yeonu and Junu reincarnated as humans.

Across all 18,732 cycles!

And the appearance of Igeon.

's heart pounded.

‘The future is changing.’

Igeon's existence, seen for the first time ever.

Moreover, even felt exhilaration at his existence, which had inherited the power of the .

So he ordered Zhang Rui to confine Igeon in the .

And in the , he made Igeon go through trials and tribulations, experimented with various things, and nurtured his power.

Well, he was flustered when Igeon broke out of the tower on his own, but he was still satisfied.

Because, after all, that power would become his own.

But...!

“Now only you are left?”

“......!!”

Igeon, who had killed all the past s, smiled eerily.

He was holding a sword to his own neck.

“So, if I kill this body, does your brat also die?”

At those words, the other star beings couldn't help but be startled.

“Wait, that frivolous way of speaking...!”

“Could it be you, Igeon?!”

The face was clearly 's.

But the atrocious and utterly frivolous behavior was unmistakably Igeon!

However, someone actually took offense at that.

“Hey! Who's frivolous! How dare you spout nonsense at our master! Or before that, is that person our master?”

Hugo fumed, but seemed bewildered by this situation.

But regardless, Igeon smiled as if he would slash his own throat at any moment.

“Will you quietly return my body, or shall I die like this?”

At this, chuckled hollowly and gestured.

At the same time, the mark of the Serpent Lord appeared on 's hand and emitted light.

[The Star God summons vassals with the authority of the Serpent Star God]

With the light, 's vassal gods were summoned all at once.

[M-Master!]

They recognized Igeon immediately, but smiled as he bestowed upon these vassal gods who occupied Igeon's body.

“Whatever you try with that body is suicide. Even if you kill that body, you can't come back, and you can't kill me.”

“Oh really?”

“Honestly, I was surprised by what you did, but that's all. You shouldn't be able to use any other abilities, though?”

He could tell by looking.

Indeed, although he had entered 's body, the only ability Igeon could instinctively use was .

But Igeon sneered as if telling him to cut the crap.

“Nope. I can do this too, you know?”

“!”

No sooner had the words left his mouth than a massive magic circle was engraved beneath Igeon's feet.

And 's face stiffened at what was being summoned.

It wasn't just who was surprised.

“T-That is...!”

Rising with enormous lightning were none other than vassal gods.

And they were not ordinary vassal gods either.

“I-Isn't that... a supreme-grade vassal god?”

“They're the vassal gods that the Magic Star Gods had with them!”

It was the star beings who shouted.

At the same time, Sophie trembled as if shocked when she saw one of them.

“That's definitely the supreme-grade one that the Star God had imprisoned because it wouldn't obey...!”

It was unmistakable.

The being emitting white light was the supreme-grade vassal god that even Heiji, the star being of the , had lamented being unable to handle!

As expected, Ilnami, Inami, and Samnami, who had come over from the side, were sobbing.

[Captain!]

[Are you safe!]

It must be the vassal who had wanted to meet Igeon when they rushed over, completely ignoring the , to pledge loyalty to Igeon.

[We're sorry! The Captain sent us to first serve the Star God...!]

[We should have escorted our master and come to find you, but we were delayed...!]

[But we're relieved you're safe!]

At this, seemed flustered, and Igeon's eyes flashed.

“You. After I dealt with the magic constellations, you secretly diverted the vassal gods that the fish had, right?”

“......!!”

had joined hands with the , the leader of the usurpers.

And such had disposed of , another magic constellation, as if cutting off a tail, and took their vassal gods.

But when even that was purged by Igeon, he naturally diverted these vassal gods.

Sure enough, Igeon smiled.

“I had found it strange that, after searching the sanctuary for a long time, not a single vassal god appeared.”

“......!”

furrowed his brow.

That bastard pulled out the vassals he had imprisoned in a time gap to use as food.

But sneered.

Because, after all, those guys were destruction gods without reason.

“You may not know this, but those guys are beings whose egos were destroyed by the Magic Star Gods. In other words, they're mere destroyers who obey no one's orders....”

But right at that moment.

Thud!!!

Some of the summoned vassal gods knelt before Igeon.

“......!!”

flinched, and the vassal gods who knelt cried out as if yearning.

[Master.]

[We behold our great master again.]

The Cheon siblings were startled by that sight.

Because it was a familiar sight.

‘There were vassals who sobbed, calling Uncle their master, before as well.’

Seeing those guys also follow Igeon...

‘Vassal gods of the old ?’

Like Iasoa in the , or the Fairy King and Mimir in the .

In fact, a notification came.

[The servants of are sobbing as they behold the master of the ]

[They are said to be the vassal gods of the old ]

The 13th original owner was famous in the divine realm as one who commanded the mightiest vassal gods.

But after he died, countless star gods coveted them and forcibly stole them all.

It was the same for those guys captured by the Magic Star Gods.

At the same time, narrowed his brow at that sight.

‘Even after losing their egos, do they still recognize their master?’

Sure enough, Igeon grinned.

“Now, you deal with those bastards!”

No sooner said than done, the summoned vassal gods flew toward the star gods and monsters threatening the holy city.

At the same time, Igeon, who had taken off his top, dashed toward with flashing eyes.

“Come, Cheongong!”

The urgent also quickly reached out his hand.

It seemed he had the same thought.

“Come!”

He had activated his imprint skill.

Since the contracted body would have higher priority than Igeon's voice, the would naturally fly toward Igeon's body!

But right at that moment.

Boom!

“......!!!”

The flew into Igeon's hand right as he reached .

Igeon grinned.

“As expected, our Cheongong.”

The , which had flown precisely to its master, transformed into its third stage and roared fiercely.

At the same time, Igeon slammed the down onto his own body.

Crunch!

“Keok!!”

There was no mercy just because it was his own body.

And Igeon, having precisely struck his shoulder, raised the Judgment again and shouted.

“Hugo!!”

“!”

“Retrieval! Exactly 5cm above the navel!”

“Y-Yes?!”

“But, precisely 0.1 seconds later!”

There was no time for anyone to be dumbfounded.

Igeon then twisted the direction of the and blew off 's head.

Crunch!!!

The Cheon siblings were horrified at the sight of 's head flying off, and Hugo immediately drew his bowstring.

Tang!!!

There was never a miss.

Hugo's arrow precisely pierced the spot Igeon had indicated.

At the same time, an astonishing thing happened.

“Kuk!”

Igeon, whose head had been blown off, reattached his neck with a flash of super-regeneration, while , hit by the arrow, vomited blood.

And then.

“Hoo, I've returned.”

“U-Uncle?!”

Igeon, who had performed a grotesque trick, rose to his feet.

He sneered at the star beings' gazes asking what had happened.

“Even I, when my head is blown off, my soul gets flung out.”

“What?!”

“It's something I experienced when catching the Corpse Lord in the ... Well, the one who gets flung out has no choice but to return to its body.”

For the next attack, at least.

And the spot he had ordered Hugo to shoot was none other than where the Lord's core was located.

“I had to take my experience points, after all.”

With those words, a flame appeared on Hugo's hand, and a crow alighted.

And that was the that Hugo had shot.

[Crow Arrow (S)]

-The crow precisely retrieves an object that looks good.

-A skill for retrieval.

The crow spat something out onto Hugo's hand.

[The core of ]

It looked like a gemstone.

Of course, Hugo, who had actually retrieved the core as ordered, was sobbing.

“Oh my god, our master! For the first time, he didn't call me something like a freeloader, but called me by my name...!!!”

At the same time, , clutching his stomach, rose with flashing eyes.

[How does this bastard know the location of the core...?]

Igeon laughed as if disgusted.

“When you dissect your brat 18,732 times, you learn even if you don't want to.”

[......!]

And Igeon, having received 's core from Hugo, raised the corners of his mouth.

“Well then, I'll be taking the experience points.”

With those words, the core shattered in Igeon's hand.

Crunch!

[Experience points from the 18,733rd timeline are received]

[The accumulated energy of is received all at once]

[The level of increases to 6]

(Continued in the next episode)