“I’ll kill you.”
The moment those words fell, the divine realm seemed to tremble violently.
Boom!
Sensing danger, Hades instinctively poured power into his active authority.
He intended to quickly make Lee Geon his subject god before Lee Geon could do anything.
But Lee Geon was faster.
Kugung!
“!!!”
As Lee Geon unleashed his power, the shadows of the netherworld that had bound him like ropes were annihilated in an instant.
Pang!!
Along with the pressure wave, Hades, who had been trying to ensnare Lee Geon, was blasted away.
“Khuck!”
At the same time, he lifted his head and froze. It was because of Lee Geon’s appearance.
Walking without a weapon, Lee Geon looked completely different from before.
Half of Lee Geon’s body had transformed into a bizarre shadow, blazing like a flame.
It was like a horrifying blaze, as if witnessing destruction itself. And that blazing shadow surged wildly, as if about to swallow the palace.
Kugugung!
The palace of Osiris shook under that immense power, and Lee Geon walked forward chillingly.
[What about 6th stage?]
“Ah... Ah!”
[I’ll kill you, you bastard]
Lee Geon’s half-body. At the monster’s eyes gleaming within the black shadow, Hades nearly screamed.
‘What the hell is that!’
Anubis and Osiris trembled as well.
‘Wait, that...!!’
Unbelievable, but unmistakable.
Gods could evolve their divinity up to the 5th stage, but that was an unknown stage surpassing it!
‘6th stage!’
It was definitely that stage, which no star god had ever reached, nor could reach.
‘That’s absurd. That realm only the great star gods can barely manifest!’
The realm of that monster that makes millions of star gods submit.
Moreover, that was a power that even the great star gods found difficult to handle and just sealed away.
Yet how could that bastard...!
‘No, that’s not what’s important right now.’
Feeling instinctive danger, Hades quickly raised his divine power.
‘First, I’ll consume Duat and get out of here!’
If he couldn’t make Lee Geon his subject god, then at least the gods of Duat would do!
Kugung!
He accelerated the authority he had already invoked.
Then Osiris and Anubis, bound by shadows, screamed.
“Aargh!”
“That underhanded, lowly bastard!”
The energy enveloping them changed in an instant.
[ and has become a subject god of Hades.]
[The denizens of Duat have become subjects of Hades.]
Having achieved his goal, Hades laughed and tried to move to his own netherworld territory, Tartarus.
But at that moment.
Kwang!!
“Kuhuck!!”
[Where do you think you’re running off to]
Lee Geon viciously snatched Hades’ head as he tried to flee.
And as if crushing his skull, gripping it tightly, he slammed it straight into the ground!
Kwang!!
Hades nearly lost consciousness.
He tried to escape Lee Geon’s grasp, but the strength of Lee Geon, who had unleashed his 6th-stage divinity, was too fierce and powerful.
And that was the 6th stage.
In terms of divinity alone, Hades’ divinity had long since been surpassed.
Thanks to that, he desperately raised his divine power to at least break free from the grip.
But.
Puhak!!
“Aargh!”
First, the arm he tried to use his authority with was torn off.
Blood spurted like a fountain, and Lee Geon even tore off Hades’ leg as he tried to flee.
Puhak!!
“Kreuk!”
Hades, groaning in pain, glared at Lee Geon, but Lee Geon roughly grabbed Hades’ face.
[So. Are you the one who tore the skin off my friend’s face?]
His fierce grip dug in as if to rip the skin from Hades’ face.
[Then I’ll peel that skin off you just the same.]
The moment Lee Geon applied strength, a scream that seemed to tear through the air rang out.
With the sound of muscles snapping, Hades clutched his face.
No, he couldn’t even touch his face.
The moment his hand touched the peeled skin, an indescribable agony only forced a grotesque sound from his throat.
“You crazy bastard!!!”
Baring his teeth, Hades activated his own power.
[This one activates his .]
[Make the father’s majesty one’s own (5-star)]
It seemed to be a special power somewhat different from the authorities used by gods.
And the moment that power activated, a change occurred in Lee Geon’s body as well.
[Divine power is stolen by the force of the opponent’s accumulated achievements.]
[Power is stolen.]
[Divine power 50%]
[Divine power 10%]
It was already a 6th-stage power. A power that, just by maintaining it, drained divine power rapidly. Yet because of Hades, the 6th-stage power was about to vanish.
At this, Lee Geon shouted.
“Taeksu! Actually, you know I really acknowledge your skills, right?! You’re my only partner!”
[The faithful saint was deeply moved.]
[Divine power 60%]
Lee Geon laughed and tore into Hades’ body.
Buhak!!!
But the divine power couldn’t be maintained for long.
[Divine power 12%]
At this, Lee Geon shouted again.
“Taeksu! Actually, you shoot better than me! You’re seriously the best!”
[Divine power 70%]
“Taeksu! You might not know, but I actually diligently scrapbooked your exploits!”
[Divine power 80%]
“Taeksu!! Your personality, your kindness, your face—you know you’re like a brother to me, right?”
[Divine power 79.9%]
“What the hell, why is it decreasing?!!”
Well, whatever.
Buhak!! Buhak!!
Charging his divine power infinitely, Lee Geon laughed and ripped Hades apart.
[Hahaha, die, you bastard!]
Thanks to that, Hades felt like he was going insane.
‘That bastard is really...!’
The gods’ energy, , wasn’t something you could easily replenish like drinking water.
Resting or eating might barely raise it by 5% over a year of intense effort.
Thus, to replenish divine power, you had to drink divine realm-exclusive potions, command subject gods, or use all sorts of methods—so gods couldn’t even imagine how much trouble it was to raise 1%.
But!
“That damned battery bastard!”
Hades tried to kill Hugo, the source of Lee Geon’s rampage.
For sale or not, this wasn’t the time to consider that.
If he could just eliminate Hugo’s existence, Lee Geon wouldn’t be able to run wild like a mad dog anymore!
So Hades, with barely any form left, gathered the last of his divine power to kill Hugo.
He created a clone.
If he killed Hugo, he’d at least have a chance.
But at that moment.
Puhak!!
“Kuhuck!!”
A spear flew from the sky and pierced Hades’ throat.
It came from the direction of the door.
It was Yuha.
Yuha, who had descended from above, was glaring at Hades with eyes full of fury.
In the end, the clone vanished, and Hades, with a spear through his throat, gurgled.
Lee Geon approached that Hades.
Emanating a menacing aura, Lee Geon was grinning viciously.
Hades looked at him with bloodshot eyes. Because he could guess what would happen next.
As expected.
Kwajik!!
Lee Geon’s hand plunged into Hades’ chest.
It was to extract the core containing his divinity. With that, he could steal this bastard’s divinity, just as he had done with the star gods of the other 12 palaces.
But Lee Geon, who had shoved his hand in, gave a thin smile.
[Ah, as expected, my luck with drawing is bad. That’s not the spot.]
“Kuhuck...!?”
[My skills are locked, so I can’t find it in one go, damn it.]
As if in revenge for Hugo, Lee Geon deliberately stabbed various parts of Hades’ body.
Puhook!
And he twisted, stirred, and roughly tore inside the body.
No matter how much of a god he was, the pain was immense.
Hades, writhing in agony, tried to grab Lee Geon’s arm, but perhaps because Lee Geon’s body, imbued with , was embedded in his own.
Whenever he tried to use power, his authority was erased.
It was definitely the power of [Removal].
And after some time had passed.
[Ah, finally found it.]
“...!!!”
Lee Geon extracted Hades’ core from the spot he had noticed from the start.
Puhak!!
“Huhuk...!”
With his core pulled out, Hades collapsed, unable to breathe.
He writhed in agony and crawled away, but Lee Geon’s eyes flashed as he struck down at Hades.
Kwang!!
At the same time, an immense light shot up.
[ has been dealt with,]
[A divine achievement is engraved,]
Osiris and Anubis froze at the sight.
‘What kind of guy is he. That...!!’
No matter what, it was a famous figure from Olympus, one of the 8 great powers!
He kills a star god who ranks in the top 100 of the divine realm as if squashing a bug?
But soon they shook their heads.
‘This is actually a good thing right now.’
Hadn’t they already fallen into Hades’ cunning trick and become his subject gods?
They had to avoid the precious ruling gods of the Ennead becoming Olympus’ lackeys.
‘Since the lord of the netherworld is dead, the spell cast on us should also be lifted….’
Be lifted….
“What! Why isn’t it lifting!!!”
The gods of Duat, unable to use their power, screamed.
“Hades is dead, so why!!”
“What’s going on? Why are we still subject gods of Hades!”
At their wails, the subject gods of the Ophiuchus constellation, who had cautiously poked their faces out from Lee Geon’s shadow, whispered.
[Could it be that because the master took Hades’ divinity… it was transferred?]
[What? Then the lord of the Underworld and the lord of the netherworld path are the master’s subject gods?]
At their cautious whispers, Lee Geon grinned viciously.
“What. Then those guys became my subject gods?”
“What?!!”
Osiris and Anubis, having grasped the situation, turned pale.
“No! No, no-no, wait! This isn’t right!”
“Okay. Those bastards’ names are….”
“Aargh!!!”
The gods of the Ennead clutched their heads.
* * *
Hades’ subject god Echo. And the gods of Duat fell into a mental haze.
It wasn’t for any other reason.
‘One of Olympus’ gods has died.’
‘And a high-ranking god to a low-ranking god at that!’
‘Once this fact becomes known in the divine realm, all hell will break loose!’
But the bound lords of Duat were in a mental haze for a different reason.
‘Aargh!! We’ve really become subject gods of that snake god!!’
‘Aargh, that’s right! Of all things, because the divinity didn’t release from Hades and transferred to that bastard!’
‘Ownership has been transferred, hasn’t it!!’
‘Indeed it has!!’
‘Damn it! What the!!’
Setting aside the low-ranking gods, Osiris and Anubis, high-ranking gods and ruling gods of the Ennead, were going mad.
No matter what, the precious core forces of the Ennead were subject gods of some nameless low-ranking god!!
‘What kind of absurd situation is this!’
‘To a mere fledgling like that!’
But whether they were or not, Lee Geon was calmly checking Hades’ assets.
He had used the system of the Duat palace to upload Hades’ divinity to .
[Welcome to the Simple Auction House.]
[Analyzing the item for sale.]
When he placed the extracted core of Hades on a strange mechanical table, a hologram automatically appeared and proceeded.
[The material and human assets possessed by the divinity are being retrieved.]
At the numerous pieces of information appearing on the hologram, Lee Geon had his subject gods interpret it.
And after hearing the contents, Lee Geon’s eyes flashed.
“This bastard is rich. For someone with debt, he actually had a lot.”
Of course, if he absorbed the divinity as is, the debt attached to this bastard would also be inherited by the Ophiuchus constellation.
And while Hades could be made to reincarnate through inheritance, or there were ways to turn him into a weapon…
“Well, whatever, it doesn’t matter now. That bastard isn’t important anymore.”
“Aaaaargh!! No! It’s incredibly important! It’s a really crucial problem!!”
Osiris and Anubis were going mad.
“O snake god! Free us!”
“We’ll reward you... Kuhuck!”
Lee Geon kicked them as if telling them to shut up and headed toward Hugo. Yuha, having met his father, was clinging to Hugo and sobbing.
Lee Geon extended his hand toward him.
“First, let’s heal your face.”
Lee Geon tried to use Super Regeneration immediately, but the regeneration authority did not activate.
“Tch, is the penalty still not fully lifted because of the remaining debt?”
As Lee Geon frowned, Hugo sighed lightly.
“It’s fine, you don’t have to fix it. Now I somewhat understand how you felt 20 years ago, and my face isn’t import... ”
“What are you talking about, you idiot. You’re a guy who has nothing left if you take away your face.”
“Wha, what?!”
Lee Geon frowned.
At the very least, he wanted to attach Hades’ face skin, but by his standards, it was ugly, so that was out.
“The Blazing Heat guy... he’s usable but unlucky, so no.”
“Then at least a mask...”
“Get lost, you bastard. Do you expect to see Miss Jiu and the third one with that mannequin-like face? They’ll really faint.”
“No...”
“Ah, forget it. Disinfectant, come out.”
Lee Geon immediately summoned the goddess of healing, Disinfectant (Iaso).
Iaso, using her powerful healing authority, began to restore new flesh to Hugo’s face.
“Oh...!”
Though scars remained in abundance, he was at least freed from the hideous mannequin state.
“My power only goes this far, but once the master’s great power is fully released, such scars will disappear in no time.”
“Okay, then while you’re at it, do a full health checkup too.”
Then Iaso, who had already placed her hand on Hugo’s body, smiled brightly.
“Yes! I’ve been examining him since earlier, and aside from malnutrition, there’s no particular... Kyaaak!!!”
Her scream made everyone flinch in surprise.
Lee Geon, too, narrowed his brows and looked at her.
“What’s wrong?”
Iaso, pale as a ghost, trembled as she approached Lee Geon, who had his arms crossed.
Then she urgently whispered.
“Master. A se, se, serious defect has been discovered in the pushover.”
“What is it?”
“If you could lend me your ear for a moment...”
As Iaso approached, Lee Geon, who had been frowning as if annoyed, flinched.
And after hearing something, his expression hardened.
“What?!”
Even Lee Geon rarely showed such an expression of shock.
(Continued in the next episode)