What’s going on here with all this and that?
Yigeon wore a rarely flustered expression.
And as if to ask when he’d ever looked so bothered, he quickly leaned his face close to Iaso.
“Hey. Is it true? No lies?”
Iaso nodded, her face restless with anxiety.
“Yes. It is all true.”
“……!”
“And actually, we discovered not one defect, but two….”
That was when it happened.
“What’s wrong? What’s going on?”
As Yuha approached, Yigeon flinched violently.
“Uncle?”
“That… I’m sorry. I can’t see my fourth sibling.”
“?!!”
Yuha’s face turned deathly pale as she grasped the meaning in an instant.
By that point, Hugo seemed to have grown terribly anxious as well.
“What’s wrong, what’s going on?”
When the person in question asked directly, Yigeon flinched for some reason.
“Geon-ah??”
Instead of answering, Yigeon simply rolled his eyes and timidly whispered into Iaso’s ear.
Soon, upon hearing her master’s question, Iaso’s eyes went wide.
“Excuse me?! Are you asking if it’s because the master tormented the Lord of the Blazing Serpent too much and the effects carried over?!”
Flustered, Iaso quickly whispered back.
“Please do not worry, that is absolutely not the case. It is not the master’s fault.”
Upon hearing that, Yigeon, as if wondering when he’d ever broken into a sweat, confidently approached Hugo and whispered to him.
Then, as if wondering what the hell was wrong with this bastard now, Hugo’s face grew paler and paler as he listened.
“What?! What’s going on with all this and that!!?”
At his shocked expression, Yigeon sincerely patted his shoulder.
“It’s okay. Don’t worry. I’ll try to solve it somehow.”
Hugo was devastated, but surprisingly wore an expression that said it didn’t matter.
“No… It’s fine.”
“What? It’s fine?!”
Having reached a state of enlightenment, Hugo looked at Yigeon and said.
“It’s a bit of a shame, but at this age, what would I use that for again anyway.”
Though it didn’t seem like something he should say after regaining his youth thanks to the Serpent Bearer’s constellation, Hugo laughed ‘huhuhu’ as if he’d lost his mind.
“It’s okay. Platonic is fine. I don’t really have any greed for….”
“You should be greedy!!!”
Yigeon was furious.
Hadn’t he originally planned to form a Yigeon team hitting 1000% faith using Hugo’s children?
That wasn’t all.
“If you’re in that state, I can’t see Ms. Jiwoo and the baby’s faces!”
“…Jiwoo?”
“Yes! You’re so close that a third child is on the way….”
“Geon, are you married?”
“????”
Yigeon’s expression was a sight to behold. But Hugo looked at Yigeon with furrowed brows.
“It’s been bothering me for a while. Did you get married while I was captured and already have a third child?”
“What kind of bullshit is this guy on about now?”
By that point, as if dumbfounded, Yigeon pointed at Yuha.
“You don’t know who this child is?”
“Is she your girlfriend?”
Yuha seemed shocked. In the end, pissed off, Yigeon pulled out his phone and showed Hugo a picture.
“You, you don’t know who these people are?”
“Oh~ A beauty and a handsome man! Are they your holy city residents?”
“Do you want to die! It’s your wife and son!!”
“What?! I’m married?!!”
Instead of answering, Yigeon launched a flying kick at Hugo.
Crack!!!
“Dad!!”
“Yuha, don’t worry. Uncle will take responsibility for your dad.”
“……!!”
And then, with a pissed-off face, he looked at Iaso.
“Disinfectant. Was one of the two defects this by any chance?”
“Ah, no, that is…!”
“Ahhh, forget it. Let’s just fight for now.”
“Pardon?!”
Cracking his knuckles, Yigeon looked at Hugo with a menacing face.
“Your son gets dragged off to some god, and receives this kind of treatment!”
“Ah, no, Geon-ah???”
“On top of that, your face skin gets ripped off. You get kidnapped by some other bastard. My so-called subordinate gets sold off here and there!!”
“No!!”
“And after all the trouble to find you, what? Amnesia? Like I care, if I beat that crap out of you, it’ll come back!!!”
“Aaack!!!”
Hugo screamed at the incoming fists.
* * *
And how much time passed after that mental re-education of Hugo?
[You have eliminated a High-ranking God within the Top 100]
[Your Divine Status level increases]
[You have entered the Divine Realm Rankings]
[You have achieved a great feat worth recording, creating a Divine Deed]
[Divine Deeds (God’s Traces) (Total 2)]
-Content of being expelled by the Layer Master (4-Star)
-Content of killing Hades (5-Star)
[Divine Deeds (Achievements) can be used as physical ability enhancements or skills for the divine body, and can also be sold]
[More details can be found in ]
A familiar voice was heard.
Taking down Hades must have become a significant achievement.
‘Achievements… Is it similar to the Bible?’
He had definitely heard it from the Virgo Holy Star or the Bow Constellation Holy Star.
‘Gods become stronger with .’
Gods were rulers who operated every dimension existing in the world like colonies, just like Earth.
While could grow by receiving experience points from holy cities through the Constellation System, these guys were different.
‘They become stronger with subordinate gods and achievements.’
Of course, that wasn’t what was important right now.
As proof, Yigeon looked at his friend groaning on the floor.
“So. Do you still not remember anything?”
“Ah, no, that is….”
When Yigeon raised his fist, Hugo screamed.
“No, I think I remember! No, I do remember! At least I remembered Jiwoo and Yuha!!! Even up to the wedding and newborn Yuha, I remembered!”
At that desperate shout, Iaso looked on in disbelief.
“Good heavens, memories coming back from that….”
Is he some beat-up old TV!
But Yigeon himself simply dusted off his hands as if satisfied.
It wasn’t perfect, but if they could just repeat this for 72 hours, it would probably be resolved.
“So. The two defects were being a eunuch and amnesia? Well, the amnesia seems solvable. Then all that’s left is that part….”
At those words, flustered, Iaso shook her head vigorously.
“Ah, no, that part is not important.”
“What? Not important?”
“Ah, no, it is important, but… Ah, anyway, one of the two defects isn’t his memory, but his lifespan….”
“Lifespan?”
At Yigeon’s expression, Iaso nodded.
“Yes. In truth, this Sir Hogo’s lifespan is about one week remaining.”
“……!!”
At those words, both Yuha and Hugo seemed baffled.
“Of course, the master is the great god of life and death. It likely won’t be a big problem, but….”
Soon, a menacing voice flowed from Yigeon’s mouth.
“Which son of a bitch.”
At that brutal tone, the gods nearby flinched and trembled.
And that was when it happened.
“We know who the culprit is.”
“!”
At Anubis’s words, Yigeon raised the corner of his lip as if disgusted.
“You know? Really? Then tell me.”
Then Anubis and Osiris, as if they had been waiting, shot to their feet.
“Huh, this insolent low-level god! If you truly wish to hear it, release us from being your subordinates!”
“That is correct. Information must have equal compensation. Otherwise, we also cannot tell you… In truth, it is undoubtedly the doing of the Fates.”
“?!!”
Osiris and Anubis, who had blurted out the information without thinking, seemed flustered.
“Lord Osiris!!”
“Ah, no, why is this…!”
Yigeon smirked.
“Come to think of it, subordinate gods can’t make deals or even lie to their master, right?”
Subordinate gods must tell the whole truth to their master’s commands.
In the end, the Ennead gods, realizing the situation, screamed ‘Aaack’ and clutched their heads.
At this rate, they were going to spill even the secrets of the Ennead!
However, Yigeon himself simply raised the corner of his lip and said while trampling them.
“So, what about these Fates or whatever?”
“Like we’ll tell y… Keok!!”
Yigeon put weight into the foot stepping on them and said.
“Aren’t you going to lower your eyes?”
“No, I….”
They tried to shut their mouths, but their mouths opened on their own.
“That is, it must be the work of Olympus! Because Olympus is the most merchant-like of the 8 great powers!”
“Use honorifics. And what about them being merchants.”
“Therefore! They dismantled that bastard! From the start, would they ever sell a precious being like Hogo to someone else? Seeing the state, they must have tried to cut off the bad parts and sell them for a high price!”
“Bad parts?”
“That is, Hogo’s personality that interferes with loyalty! If he has memories of you, 600% faith would return to you, and if he has memories of his family, wouldn’t he try to escape every time!”
“So they cut off only the parts not helpful to the soul and tried to sell him to another power, correct!”
“Of course, since they can’t remove the faith no matter how much they cut, they distributed a short lifespan to this personality. So that it disappears on its own after being sold.”
Finally, Yigeon seemed to understand the defects that occurred in Hugo.
So that was Hugo.
But it was a carved-out Hugo.
In other words, they cleanly carved out the containing memories, emotions, etc., that would be obstacles to them.
In short, they carved out the part that was Hugo and sold it as an item.
Moreover, they deliberately made the lifespan short so it would disappear on its own after being sold. If that happened, only the divine body, Hugo, would remain.
‘Probably the divine body part won’t have anything worth calling lacking.’
As expected, it would be a doll with only faith and abilities remaining.
At that moment, Anubis looked at Yigeon.
“Well… that… the part where Hogo became impotent… Hey, Serpent God. You’re a god of life, right?”
“So what.”
“That… because of your ability, Hogo seemed to have been receiving benefits in that area….”
“What about it.”
“Then it’s obvious. The missing defective part was stolen by the Great Gods of Olympus while dismantling him.”
“What?!”
Hugo gaped, but Osiris and Anubis said it was plausible.
“That faction is obsessed with increasing their offspring.”
“Originally there was Asclepius, an outstanding medical god belonging to Olympus. But as that medical god disappeared, they couldn’t increase their descendants… Anyway, one of your defects was probably stolen by a Great God there.”
“What and what?!”
It was the current kings of the gods.
With no supreme ruler present now, they were the kings governing the divine realm and the heads of the 8 great powers.
And Anubis continued.
“Anyway, seeing how they act, Hogo’s divine body is likely in Olympus.”
“Well… seeing as we were also deceived, it seems to be connected to that divine body, but….”
They glanced at Hugo.
“Even so, this Hogo would be an item collecting only the most useless parts.”
“That is correct. Just seeing his lifespan is one week, he’s trash to be thrown away….”
“What?! Trash?!”
But Yigeon himself laughed as if dumbfounded.
What? The most useless part?
“That’s laughable.”
To Yigeon, it was the most important and precious part of all.
And the premise of a one-week lifespan was wrong from the start.
‘These bastards are underestimating my power.’
Rather, if they grew Hugo’s divinity on their side, it would be a gain.
‘Anyway, he can’t go back like this.’
But right then, it happened.
[Who killed Hades.]
“!!”
Suddenly, a bird sitting on the windowsill emitted light and gaped its beak.
[Hades has disappeared from the divine directory. Don’t tell me he died there?]
At that unfamiliar voice, Yigeon frowned.
“What’s that bastard.”
Anubis broke out in cold sweat.
“Ah… that… it’s the communication device set up to make a deal with Hades this time… it seems it was still connected….”
“What. So he’s an Olympus bastard?”
At Yigeon’s words, the other party seemed flabbergasted.
[It is indeed Olympus, but who are you, disrespectful one.]
“Their master.”
[Ah! How rude! Are you the Great God of the Ennead? My apologies! For this discourtesy!]
At those words, Osiris and Anubis screamed ‘Aaaack’.
No! That’s not it!
It’s not wrong, but it’s not it!
But whether they screamed or not, the Olympus side that had contacted them spoke.
[It’s nothing else, but it seems Hades went there to trade and died at the hands of the Serpent God. Is that correct?]
“That…!”
Osiris tried to say something, but Yigeon stomped down hard.
“Yeah, so what.”
[Ah, we are very sorry about this! Because that bastard died, you couldn’t complete the transaction, right? Because that Hades bastard died, we can’t even claim damages from this side. We’re already going crazy here because of some guy called Entertainer too.]
“What’s your business.”
[Well, regarding Hogo’s transaction, we will send personnel again from our side. However, we have also suffered a great loss. So we wish to find the Serpent God who killed Hades and claim compensation for killing him, but we do not know his face. If he was there, do you happen to know what that low-level god looks like? We ask for your cooperation so we can catch him.]
Then Osiris and Anubis began sweating profusely.
“No, well, that… that bas… No, that person… his appearance is very handsome….”
“That… he is so incredibly handsome you wouldn’t dare look up to him…!”
[Excuse me? What did you say?]
Unable to dare insult their master, Osiris and Anubis just pounded the ground.
However, Yigeon, listening beside them, raised the corner of his lip.
‘These vermin kidnappers.’
“I’ll send the eyewitness information on the Serpent God to your side soon.”
[Ah, if you could do that, we’d be grate….]
Boom!!!
Yigeon unleashed the power of death and shattered the glass bird that was the communication medium.
And seeing him smile, Hugo’s body trembled.
“G-Geon-ah?”
At the same time, something trembled furiously in Yigeon’s arms.
It was something like a cell phone the Lord of the Blazing Serpent had given him to contact her with.
When he answered, a familiar voice was heard.
[N…Nephew… have you saved Hugo? I somehow… stalled the Ennead Great God. Even though I look like this, I’m an Earth-holding God of Olympus. I did well, right…?]
“Yeah, you did well. So where are you right now?”
[I’ve returned to Olympus, but why…?]
“Then I’ll send one more bomb. Take it and go to the Olympus Great Gods.”
[…What? What do you…!!!]
Click.
At the ruthless sight of him hanging up, Anubis and Osiris looked at Yigeon in horror.
“No, no matter what, picking a fight with Olympus, what on…!”
“They’re already gathering other powers, saying they’re targeting a place called Earth…!”
At those words, Yigeon raised the corner of his lip as if dumbfounded.
“Idiots. What kind of god do you think the one I dealt with from the start was?”
“!”
Soon, they looked at the item of Hades that Yigeon had picked up and were startled.
“That is…!”
That was Hades’s divine artifact.
[Registry of the Underworld (命簿)]
An item containing the names of all souls and gods in the divine realm, capable of controlling the lives of gods.
Yigeon smiled as he looked at Echo, who was preparing to sneak away.
“Hey. You.”
“Y-Yes?!!”
“That bastard who contacted us earlier. You know who he is, right?”
“N-No, I…!”
“Say his name.”
“Pardon?!”
“I’ll set those bastards’ lifespan to one week too.”
Yigeon smiled menacingly.
(Continued in the next episode)