“Ack!”
The delivery route was extremely rough.
I'd chosen parcel delivery to get to Hugo, but perhaps it wasn't such a good idea after all.
Lee Geon and Yuhwa, being transported as cargo, were having a hellish time.
The cramped box wasn't the main issue.
“Damn brats! You call yourselves the top delivery company?! Who delivers packages like this! Everything inside's gonna get ruined!!”
Indeed.
The tight box that barely fit one person was secondary; motion sickness was the real problem.
And the path was so treacherous that the box was thrown, flew through the air, tossed aside, spun 360 degrees, and the two inside were thrown into chaos.
“Pride of being industry number one, my ass! We're all going to get smashed!!!”
Lee Geon's eyes blazed inside the box, calling it false advertising.
Of course, the box itself seemed sturdy, as it hadn't shattered yet, but even that was precarious.
Looking at the box that seemed ready to break apart any second, Lee Geon said,
“Yuhwa, hold onto Uncle. We'll fall if you're not careful.”
At those words, Yuhwa perked up her ears. She was already clinging to him as if in an embrace, but she nodded.
Tightly.
“You little rascal! Don't sneakily nuzzle your nose and—!!”
Yuhwa ignored him.
Then, after some time...
As if hitting turbulence, the box that had been shaking madly began to tilt downward.
Screech!
“Ugh!”
At the same time, the tilted box started plummeting headlong somewhere.
Boom-boom-boom!
It felt like falling down a raging rapid. With swallowed screams and Yuhwa's tense breathing as she hugged Lee Geon's waist tightly.
They crashed somewhere, box and all.
BANG!!!
It was an impact so severe it was a miracle the box didn't shatter. The box's shaking stopped only after a certain voice sounded.
[Delivery complete. Thank you for using Hermes Delivery! Leave a 5-star review and we'll give you a half-price discount next time!]
Review my ass.
As the voice from the box faded, Lee Geon's brow furrowed.
Because sounds were coming from outside the box.
“What's this? What arrived?”
“Hogu? Hey! Come get your stuff! Delivery's here!”
At those words, Lee Geon, inside the box, raised the corner of his mouth.
It seemed they had arrived at the right place after all.
And just as the lid of the box was about to open—
CRUNCH!!!
Lee Geon's arm shot out through the opening gap.
“Gasp!”
The person opening the box was startled by the sudden arm.
But heedless of that, Lee Geon immediately grabbed him, slammed him against the box, and pinned him there.
BANG!!
“Aaack!!”
“What, what's going...! Aaack!”
BANG! BANG!!!
After dealing with the troublemakers who swarmed the box, Lee Geon leisurely carried Yuhwa and stepped outside.
“Phew, still, thanks to this, it seems we arrived safe... What the hell?”
Once outside the box, Lee Geon's blood boiled.
He had every reason to be.
“What the... there's nothing but a single door?”
Looking around, all he could see was a desert and one door.
So Lee Geon kicked the door open with a hint of irritation.
Inside, some crocodile-headed gods were staring at Lee Geon, looking thoroughly bewildered.
[Divinity: Ammit]
“Uh, well... I say.”
But regardless, Lee Geon glared fiercely.
“Hey. Croc-bastards. This delivery was for me. Where's the recipient?”
“Ex-excuse me? That fellow is over there...?”
“Over there?”
Following the crocodile-headed gods' fingers, Lee Geon's blood boiled again. And for good reason—the building where they were supposed to be delivered was far off in the distance.
“Ugh, you little shits! You just dumped it in front of the door and left?!”
But soon Lee Geon looked at the crocodiles as if he'd had enough.
“Forget it. Did you say our Hogu is over there?”
Only then realizing the situation, the crocodile-headed gods drew their weapons with hollow laughs.
“This rat bastard!!”
“Tear out the heart of this wretch who crawled into Duat without knowing his place!”
“We'll make you food for our kin!”
No sooner had the words dropped than rough projectiles shot up from the desert sand.
And those were the hunting skill of the Ammit, which turned into hooks to rip out hearts!
“You shall be the 1,898,349th heart...!”
But right then.
Bang! Bang! Bang-bang-bang!
“!!!”
Lee Geon caught the small projectiles in an instant, as if swatting flies.
And when he opened his hand, the projectiles he'd caught with one hand rained down.
“Heart what?”
The flustered Ammit tried to use their authority again, but—
BANG! BANG-BANG! BANG-BANG-BANG!
“You little shits keep shooting annoyingly. I can't use super regeneration, so this hurts like hell.”
Seeing Lee Geon stride over as if it were nothing, the Ammit panicked and shouted,
“Attack the woman—u... urgh!!!”
They couldn't finish their sentence.
Because at some point, Yuhwa had teleported behind them and stabbed their backs with a spear.
“Aaack!! What is this spear! Save... urgh!”
In the end, the Ammit watching the scene broke out in cold sweat.
There was only one reason such a situation could arise.
“Those two! They must be gods of death divinity! They have resistance to the authority of death!”
“What? But there's no such bastard among the death gods!”
Gods each had their attributes. And normally, gods with the same attribute couldn't be unaware of one another, whether they wanted to or not.
Because they could recognize each other by their aura.
But flustered or not, Lee Geon grumpily tore off the ripped clothes.
“Ugh. That bald bastard, not a single proper outfit.”
“!”
“Still, your hides look somewhat useful.”
Lee Geon's red eyes curved viciously as he looked at the Ammit.
* * *
Meanwhile, around that time.
Inside the palace where the Ammit had pointed out Hugo's location. The patron deity guarding the place frowned.
It was for no other reason.
“What? An intruder has entered here?”
“Yes. At first glance, they seem like snake gods, but... it appears to be a death god we've never seen before...!”
“But they were looking for Hogu.”
At those words, the patron deity with a human body but a dog's head raised the corner of his mouth.
“Ah. I wondered who it was.”
They had arranged to make a deal with Hades here, after all.
So sure enough, he had come here.
And wasn't this the situation where the Great Deity himself would come here to see the item's condition in person and pay the balance?
“What should we do? The Great Deity is also coming in 30 minutes, and the transaction is about to start...?”
At that, Anubis, the patron deity of Duat, rose as if annoyed.
“Don't worry. I'll deal with that wretch myself before the master arrives.”
“You must be careful. That snake god is a real lunatic...”
“Hmph. Still, a god is a god. A lunatic is just another god at the end of the...!”
But the moment he opened the door and stepped out, the black dog-headed god couldn't help but scream.
“One crocodile hide, two, three, four, five... ten hides.”
“Aaack!!”
Seeing his comrades turned into hides in an instant, the dog-headed god trembled.
There was Lee Geon, skinning his comrades.
And before he knew it, Lee Geon had arrived from the entrance right to the front of the palace.
The area was filled with groaning Ammit.
Finally unable to stand by, the dog-headed god shouted at Lee Geon.
“You wretch! What do you think you're doing!!”
“What am I doing. Collecting materials.”
“What?!”
Lee Geon looked at Anubis as if heated.
“So, will you hand over my friend? Or do I take your hide instead.”
Is this madman...?
* * *
“Great Deity. It is nearly the appointed time.”
“Has it already been that long?”
“Yes. It is time to go to Duat and inspect the object.”
If the 12 o'clock direction of the divine realm was the Olympus faction's territory, then 3 o'clock was the Ennead.
The Great Deity of the Ennead, who supported that colossal force, smiled as if intrigued.
[The condition of the object?]
“It is said to be the finest. With that, you can achieve what you desire, Master.”
“Speaking of Master, he can also fully garner faith of up to 600%.”
But right then.
Whoosh!
“?!”
Something shining fell from the sky.
And the moment the object crash-landed on the ground, the gods' eyes went wide.
They had no choice but to.
“A delivery???”
The one packed inside the surprise delivery box, the Scorching Heat Master, was going through hell.
It was that Hermes delivery. There was no way it would be delivered to the wrong place.
‘Of all people, that one.’
He was already seen as a thorn in the side because of the same solar divinity, making him even more dangerous.
On top of that, he was currently being targeted because of some incident!
As a result, the Scorching Heat Master's attempt to flee in any way possible was short-lived.
“It says livestock product.”
“A meat gift? Open it.”
“No! Stop!!!”
The delivery box was opened.
And.
“……???”
“…….”
All the gods wore expressions of absurdity. They looked as if wondering why this bastard was coming out from there.
“Scorching Heat?”
“Livestock?”
“Hahaha. Fire Wheel Lord, great master of the divine realm. How have you been?”
The moment he emerged, a gigantic flame, far surpassing the Scorching Heat Master, flared up.
The formless Great Deity raised the corner of his mouth as if disgusted.
[Why have you come here as a delivery parcel?]
“Ah, no, by some mistake...!!”
“Is that so?”
The Great Deity looked at the Scorching Heat Master with a chilling gaze.
[Not to save your former saint, then? To interfere with me?]
“Excuse me?”
The Great Deity lifted his lips as if repulsed.
[I vaguely heard the rumor that he was your former saint. You must have heard he was to be sold to this side, and came to stop me.]
The Scorching Heat Master flinched at those words.
Indeed, his nephew had told him to obstruct this one, and he himself knew well that doing so would benefit his nephew, but...
‘My opponent is the Great Deity. I alone would die.’
So the Scorching Heat Master changed the subject.
“That couldn't be. I was helping Hermes with some work when my foot got tangled and I accidentally ended up in a box...”
[Oh, really? Then what is that beside you?]
“What?”
The flustered Scorching Heat Master looked beside him.
At the same time, he turned deathly pale.
And for good reason: right next to him was a slime, thumping him as if dissatisfied.
‘Damn it all! My nephew stuffed it in there while I wasn't looking!’
In the end, sweating profusely, the Scorching Heat Master spoke.
“This child is my vassal god. Isn't a holiday coming up? It must have fallen into the gift box.”
[Then I don't suppose it matters if I go proceed with the transaction.]
“Of course. So I'll just be heading back as well...”
But that was when.
The slime let out a flash.
And realizing it was the bomb that had even blown away a demon lord, the Scorching Heat Master was horrified.
‘No!!! Not that! That would mean I declared war!’
But undeterred, the slime launched the bomb Lee Geon had swallowed.
BOOM!!!!
A tremendous flash erupted upon the Ennead.
The Scorching Heat Master diligently carried out his mission to obstruct the Great Deity.
(To be continued in the next episode)