“Guide me, thank you?”
Suddenly, a face appeared, freezing the gods.
It was a male god, late teens or early twenties.
And he had red eyes, considered ominous even in the divine realm.
‘This bastard.’
But there was another reason to be startled.
‘I didn’t even sense his presence.’
They had come to find Hugo under the orders of the Territorial Gods.
And though they followed those orders, they too were holy gods of Olympus.
Although Olympus had recently shifted to commerce and trade, in power struggles they were incarnations of the battlefield, severing the heads of countless followers.
They never allowed themselves to be taken from behind.
Yet—
They immediately drew their weapons.
“Who are you!”
“What are you doing in the palace of the Great Hol— *Cough!*”
As if it wasn’t worth hearing to the end, Lee Geon grabbed the face of the one who spoke and slammed it into the wall.
Bam!
“Enough, just open the door so we can find our sucker. Idiots.”
“……?!”
Though a new face, that voice was unmistakable.
And at the word ‘sucker’, the gods surrounding him glared.
“That voice—could it be you?!”
“That crazy broadcast!”
It was undeniable.
This was the damn bastard who held all of Olympus hostage!
But at the same time, a shocking truth dawned on them.
‘…Insane! A brat like this killed Hades?’
‘He reeks of humanity.’
‘Someone like that…!’
Lee Geon smelled strongly of humanity for a god. And that did not sit well with the gods.
But regardless, Lee Geon cracked his knuckles.
Although he still couldn't bring out the Punishment of the Heavens due to debt, it didn't matter.
“Open that door fast. It’s somewhere in there, right?”
“Summon the Territorial Gods!”
“Kill him! We will not allow someone who smells human into the Great Holy Palace— *Cough!*”
Lee Geon, his red eyes flashing, vanished in an instant.
Passing by the gods, he instantly used his authority.
[Soul Disintegration (4-star)]
With that authority, a black shadow surged, and screams echoed.
The gods touched by Lee Geon were caught in a black wind and obliterated without a trace.
Confronted with the annihilation of a god’s soul right before their eyes, the gods were terrified.
‘Wha…?!’
They seemed to have witnessed a shocking sight.
After all, gods do not die easily.
Unless one plays with their lifespan as now, meeting a healing god makes resurrection not difficult.
That is, as long as the soul is intact.
But hadn’t he just ground away the soul?!
At the same time, Lee Geon walked toward the trembling gods.
In truth, he had progressively unlocked the authorities of [Soul] and [Death] step by step from Stage 1 to Stage 6.
Of course, reaching Stage 6 could hardly be called gradual, but anyway, each stage had characteristic basic authorities.
For Death, Stage 1 was [Elimination].
It was the basic skill of simply erasing physical things, objects—everything. It was used diversely, mainly for disarming, destroying objects, and removing skills.
Stage 2 was [Summoning the Dead], a technique to call upon and further subjugate the dead.
Stage 3 was [Puddle Walk (Warp)], moving between places where shadows, malice, and death exist.
And Stage 4, just used.
While Stage 1 Elimination is temporary destruction or erasure, Stage 4 is different.
‘Permanent annihilation!’
A technique that grinds away not only the body but also the soul, mind, personality—everything non-physical!
Ultimately, witnessing that unbelievable disintegration, the watching gods realized.
‘That bastard…!’
‘Could it be…!’
As if to voice their thoughts, a voice came.
“So this bastard was a high-ranking holy god?”
Along with a venomous voice, an attack flew straight at Lee Geon.
Kwa-gwa-gwang!!
A bombardment of red light from the sky.
Lee Geon immediately dodged.
And where the bombardment landed, a male god appeared, wearing a rider jacket as if he had just returned from a stroll, sauntering.
“I never imagined the snake god who humiliated us gods would be such a young punk.”
Not just one, but several Territorial Gods appeared.
Ares, Poseidon, and…
‘Aack! Why is that child here?!’
Louis the Scorching Lord, who had followed the other holy gods, almost screamed.
Hadn’t he come along, desperately trying to stop the other gods and planning to secretly move Hugo’s other parts?
He had planned to sneak Hugo away depending on the situation, but upon seeing Lee Geon, he froze.
‘How I tried to stop them!’
But that wasn’t important now.
“You snake bastard, I’ll make sure you can’t pass on your lineage.”
The insolent-looking Lord of War’s eyes glinted chillingly.
And just as he was about to draw his divine weapon, the Scorching Lord froze.
‘The Territorial Gods are all converging here.’
Once surrounded, even Lee Geon would struggle.
As expected.
He hurriedly sent a message to the Virgo Saint.
[Where are you? Stop sneaking peeks at Lee Geon and get to the Great Holy Palace now!]
The reply was quick.
[Can’t. If I go, my lifespan will be revealed immediately.]
“!!”
Just as he was about to retort, asking if she planned to flee alone—
The Lord of the Ocean’s eyes flashed, and he attempted to activate his authority.
“I’ll sever your head and hang it on the main gate of Olympus.”
At last, as the Lord of the Ocean drew water from the air to seize Lee Geon’s throat—
Swish-swipe!!!
“??!!”
Startled by the eerie light arrows flying from behind him, the Lord of the Ocean flinched.
And realizing who the arrows belonged to, he glared.
“Louis! Where are you shooting?! I told you to aim for that snake god’s head!”
Then the Scorching Lord, who had drawn his bow of light, lamented sorrowfully.
“Ohhh, my apologies. My eyes have grown dim with age.”
At that, the Lord of the Ocean clicked his tongue and was about to draw his divine weapon.
But.
Swish-swipe!!
Once again, the Lord of the Ocean flared up at the arrow.
“Louis!!!”
“Oh dear, my joints ache. Sigh, you’ll understand when you reach this age; everything’s hard.”
“I’m older than you! By ten years! Don’t give me that!”
At those words, the Scorching Lord clicked his tongue.
Well, if you count his time as a creator, he was far more of a senior.
Anyway, that was fine.
‘This much should let my nephew….’
He glanced at Lee Geon and froze.
Because Lee Geon, beaming brightly, mouthed something.
‘You.’
‘Brought these trash.’
‘Dead.’
No, I didn’t bring them!
And right at that instant.
Boom!!
At the explosion from inside the Great Holy Palace, all the gods flinched.
“That direction is…!”
Then Lee Geon, his red eyes flashing, smiled.
“Yeah, looks like they found it well.”
“……!!”
At Lee Geon’s chilling smile, as if there was no longer any reason to hold them off, the Lord of War raised an eyebrow.
‘This bastard, don’t tell me.’
And the Lord of the Ocean, realizing the same, urgently contacted the Goddess of War.
The Goddess of War, the Lord of Strategic Light, had been entrusted with the sucker, not coming this way.
“The snake god’s comrades must have gone there. Catch them!”
Indeed.
From the start, Lee Geon had not come alone.
While he kept the gods occupied, he had sent Yuha and Hugo ahead.
After all, Yuha was a Death Saint. With the authority skill [Puddle Walk], she could easily move secretly inside the palace.
At the same time, the Lord of the Ocean struck the floor.
Then waves rippled on the floor, and a fierce battle cry echoed.
“Announce to all gods.”
[Summon the Twelve Pillars of Olympus (5-star)]
At that bomb, the Scorching Lord flinched.
‘No! I’m here too!’
It was a skill used in power struggles.
Then, nine Territorial Gods were summoned from the floor.
That wasn’t all.
“Is that him!”
All the scattered gods rushed over.
But the moment the gods gathered in one place, Lee Geon’s lips curled up.
“Too late, dumbass.”
Lee Geon unleashed his power.
[Puddle Walk (3-star)]
Then, a black swirling space appeared behind Lee Geon.
The gods’ faces twisted. Just from the energy alone, they could roughly tell what kind of authority this was.
And that was definitely a spatial movement-type authority!
The gods let out a hollow laugh.
“Movement authority is meaningless before her.”
Hermes, the Lord of Messaging, held the coordinates of all gods she had once seen, and could summon any being she had seen at any time.
She could even track them to hell.
But Lee Geon smiled.
“Though I don’t know where this Lord of Messaging is.”
“……!”
The Lord of the Ocean flinched, looking at the summoned Territorial Gods.
Ignoring the gods who didn’t know what he was thinking, he had summoned the gods, but among them, Hermes was missing.
He was perplexed.
A refusal?
No, that wasn’t it.
‘He’s the one most involved in the sucker’s matter. There’s no way he wouldn’t show up when the sucker is at risk.’
Hadn’t he even specially cut off a good part for the Great Holy God?
There was no way he’d just watch.
Eventually, the Lord of the Ocean activated his authority again to summon Hermes.
Flash!
“……!!!”
At what appeared with the light, the gods couldn’t help but scream.
“Aaack!!!”
“Wait…!!”
What appeared was none other than a bloodied arm!!
As if chewed by a beast, half was bone, the remaining half a gruesome lump of flesh.
But it was clear who the arm belonged to.
“Lord Hermes!”
“The Lord of Messaging…!”
Consequently, the Lord of the Ocean’s face hardened.
‘The Lord of Messaging was done in?’
No, before that, there was a problem.
‘There’s only one thing that can treat a god so brutally like meat.’
As expected.
“The Water God must have been quite pleased.”
“!!!”
Right at that moment.
Perhaps because the 3rd stage of Death was an authority that grew by eliminating the abyss clone.
[Death Authority 3rd stage is being affected.]
[The abilities of Death’s 3rd stage authority are rising.]
At the same time, Lee Geon, smiling like a fox, plunged his hand into the black swirling space.
[Puddle Walk (3-star)]
As he began to vanish, the gods rushed after him.
Seeing that, Lee Geon smiled.
“You all go die too.”
“?!”
Lee Geon picked up the bomb he had sent to the Great Holy God of the Ennead and the Lord.
At that bomb, the Scorching Lord flinched.
‘No!’
He knew what happened to the Great Holy God of the Ennead who was hit by that.
‘No!’
He hurried to stop it, but Lee Geon casually tossed the bomb.
“Ah!”
Simultaneously, Lee Geon, who had placed his hand into the [Puddle Walk] warp space, vanished instantly.
Flash!
The Great Holy Palace was enveloped in light.
(To be continued in the next episode)