Luis, the master of the Scorching Heat constellation.
There was a time when he belonged to the Creator clan.
It was back when Igeon’s father, Aseuran, had just been born. It was exactly that time.
“Big brother, Garan big brother!”
“Aseuran, you’ll fall. Don’t run.”
Everyone envied Garan.
Although his mother was not a Creator, and thus he wasn’t treated as a full member of the Creator clan, he was a god who possessed power, wealth, and everything.
But in reality, Garan was jealous and afraid of his genius younger brother.
That was because he knew just how remarkable Aseuran was.
So, blinded by jealousy, he cooperated in killing the Creators and usurped the position, but in the end, when his throne was usurped by his subordinates in the same manner,
Garan instantly realized that this usurpation was his younger brother’s revenge and part of a grand scheme.
So even when he was killed by his subordinate, he thought it was the price of his sins and resigned himself.
Well, though he never expected that the subordinate who killed him would fail to absorb the divinity and self-destruct, leaving his own personality instead of the subordinate’s.
On top of that, he didn’t expect that the nephew who suddenly appeared would be this rotten…
And even more, he never dreamed that this rotten nephew would stab his uncle in the back like this!!
“Who am I? I’m his nephew.”
“Aaaagh!”
‘Nephew!!! You can’t say that here!’
The master of the Scorching Heat, whose identity had been exposed by Igeon, turned pale.
To say that in front of the Land Lord Gods, no, the Great Sage God, of all places!
At the same time, the Scorching Heat Master clearly felt it. The killing intent emanating from those around him!
Just as expected.
“Nephew…?”
“So, you’re saying that snake god is your nephew?”
“N-no!”
The Scorching Heat Master looked at Igeon with an urgent face, but Igeon was smiling more brightly than ever.
It was undoubtedly an expression that said ‘Survive on your own.’
And just as expected.
Boom!
“!!”
The Great Sage God’s castle shook violently. And in the surging momentum of the Great Sage God, the Scorching Heat Master thought he was really going to die.
‘Ah, no. They wouldn’t kill a high-ranking god, but…’
The gods radiated their divine might as if they were about to pass down the Scorching Heat seat as an inheritance.
Because of Igeon alone, Olympus had been attacked and deceived by other factions.
“Right. I wondered how someone with no connections entered the sanctuary of Olympus.”
“That good-for-nothing Luis. No wonder he couldn’t even properly attack a high-ranking god.”
“Well, still, lately he’s been skipping the faction wars and fooling around, so I wondered if his joints had really all come loose.”
“No!”
The master of the Scorching Heat looked at Igeon as if asking for help once more, but Igeon was still smiling innocently.
Finally, the surrounded Scorching Heat Master could not hold back and burst out in anger.
“Hey! Are you really believing that? Of course he’s lying!”
“Lying?”
“Yeah. He’s just trying to pin the blame on me and run away—”
“That’s too much, Uncle!”
“?!”
Igeon looked at the Scorching Heat Master with a deeply hurt expression.
“Uncle, you told me to deal with Hades. You said you couldn’t stand the sight of him.”
What the…!
Igeon bowed his head and pretended to sob, his shoulders shaking.
“I wanted to receive Uncle’s love, and even though I knew it would harm the divine realm, I did my best! But as soon as I was caught, you threw away your nephew without a second thought!”
Ah, I’m going crazy!
The Scorching Heat Master grabbed the back of his neck.
But regardless, Igeon was sad.
“If you don’t believe me, do a genetic test!”
No, what would come out of something like that anyway!
‘Humans and gods are different!’
The Scorching Heat Master had a headache. He didn’t know why his nephew was suddenly acting like this, but it was clear he was doing it on purpose.
But the gods were furious.
“More importantly, we can’t find the Register. Where did that bastard hide it…!”
[The Register is not a concern.]
“Heavenly Light Lord!”
[Anyway, finding the whereabouts of a low-grade divine artifact is trivial. We can retrieve it soon.]
“But Great Sage God, this is a matter on which the lives of all Olympus gods depend…”
[Shut up.]
The flickering silhouette seemed more interested in Igeon than the lives of his followers.
Just as expected.
[Snake God. How did you kill Hades?]
“!”
[Though he was still an immature brat, he wasn’t someone so easy that a mere hatchling snake not even a hundred years old could devour him.]
Igeon snorted.
Hadn’t he purposely gotten caught to find the hiding place of this little brat in the first place?
And now that he had found him, there was no more reason to pretend to be captured.
Thus, Igeon, who had deliberately dragged even the Scorching Heat Master into this, raised the corners of his mouth.
“Are you crazy? You want me to reveal my trade secret?”
At that smile, the flickering silhouette let out a laugh.
[Then I’ll change the question.]
“?”
[Do you have any idea about the Creator?]
What?
* * *
It was around that time.
“Ack!”
Hugo and Yeonu, who had escaped from the black pool, were thrown somewhere.
The place they fell was none other than the 18th floor.
It was the floor of entertainment.
And the two, thrown into the sky above the 18th floor, instantly fell into different hot spring baths.
Splash!!
At the same time, a scream echoed inside the hot spring.
“Ack! What is this guy!”
It was a young man’s voice. And it was none other than Pan (the satyr) whom Igeon had met while smuggling in! Pan, who was working part-time at the hot spring, could not help but be shocked.
‘What is this ruckus when I finally got to meet the goddess of Virgo!’
But at that moment, someone grabbed Pan by the collar.
“Are you the lackey called Pan?”
Pan turned pale as he saw Igeon’s subordinate gods who had followed Hugo.
That was because they were high-ranking battle gods famous even in the divine realm.
“Aack! What business do such high-ranking subordinate gods have!”
“Shut up and take it. Our master sent this. It’s an order for secret emigration.”
“Huh? Secret emigration… No, more than that, m-master! You must be so incredible to command ones like you…!”
However, Hugo, who had barely managed to climb out of the water, was coughing with a face about to cry.
In fact, it couldn’t be helped.
“Igeon…!!”
It was because of the last sight of Igeon who had moved him.
Wasn’t it as if he was sacrificing himself, giving a final farewell?
“What can you possibly do alone…!”
At the sight of him about to wail, the third son Berserker and the second son Jotun were sweating profusely.
It couldn’t be helped.
[Got it? If you tell Taek-su, you’re dead.]
That was it.
Igeon, who had purposely gotten captured to screw over the Great Sage God, had deliberately put on an act for Hugo as if he was about to die.
Because then Hugo, worried about Igeon, would pray endlessly, and that would keep filling his divine might.
However.
‘If I tell the truth, this brat will be pissed.’
‘Th-that is correct.’
Indeed, even now, with Hugo worrying, Igeon was benefiting from it.
[Divine might is fully replenished]
[Divine might is fully replenished]
…
[Divine might is fully replenished]
The direct subordinate gods protecting their master could monitor their master’s divine might status in real time.
That way, they could assess the master’s danger level and plan accordingly.
In the end, though they felt a guilty conscience, they patted Hugo on the shoulder.
“E-even if the master might be in danger, he’ll be fine. Isn’t he a strong one!”
“Right! More importantly, the master told us to give you this!”
“What?”
Hugo was dumbfounded by the item Igeon’s subordinates held out.
“A-a recorder? He told you to give me this?”
“Yes. He said to keep it on 24 hours a day, like a work song, whether awake or asleep, and listen to it.”
“What??”
No, what’s recorded on it that you have to keep it on for 24 hours!
But that wasn’t the important part.
“This is Hades’ Register!”
Hugo pointed at the dozens of remaining permission slips in disbelief.
“He had this many permission slips left? Then why didn’t he use them to finish off the gods’ lives?”
Hadn’t Igeon said that he didn’t have enough permission slips and couldn’t manipulate the gods’ lives anymore?
Then the second son did as Igeon had ordered.
“Ah. That’s because the master said, ‘I have to use it to extend Taek-su’s lifespan.’ He said we must never use it.”
“Igeonnnn!!!”
Hugo wailed.
At the same time, the subordinate gods heard.
[Ophiuchus Holy God’s divine might is rising]
[Ophiuchus Holy God’s divine might is rising]
[Ophiuchus Holy God’s divine might is rising]
[Divine might 100% ▶ 150% (Capacity exceeded)]
The subordinate gods opened their mouths as if dumbfounded.
Even though they were just reciting what their master had told them, they thought that it was no wonder the Holy Gods and Great Sage Gods were targeting this guy.
‘What on earth is that guy’s true identity?’
‘What did he do in the past?’
‘Has he accumulated some bizarre karma?’
Even Yuha’s speed at filling divine might wasn’t to be underestimated.
“Anyway, let’s leave quickly. Now is the chance while the upper floors are in chaos.”
But Hugo tried to go to Yeonu, who had fallen in the next compartment, and said.
“I can’t go alone. We need to get Igeon away from the gods first.”
“What?”
Hugo recalled what Hades and Hermes had said when he was imprisoned in Hades’ palace.
‘They were looking for the sole survivor of the Creator.’
And Hugo could immediately tell who that survivor was.
‘It’s Igeon.’
From what he’d heard, the Creator were geniuses who could sustain hundreds of lives, no, the universe.
As if a single genius could feed a nation.
Well, that was plausible, but the problem was what came next.
[The Creator are the servants of the divine realm. Naturally, we, as children of the divine realm, have the right to exploit that ability.]
[Well, they’re direct slaves of the divine realm, so that claim is only natural.]
[Slaves? Positionally, they are strictly more noble than us. The servant position of the divine realm isn’t easily obtained. The divine realm is such an extraordinary existence, after all.]
[What use is ability? They’re just filthy and lowly wretches.]
[Indeed. As long as we can use that power, we don’t care.]
‘……!’
Hugo was speechless upon hearing that. It wasn’t certain, but one thing was clear.
‘Igeon will be exploited too.’
That was why Hugo had left a strange letter at Hades’ palace and sent it flying.
Just in case Igeon came, so he could see it.
Because it seemed like it would be troublesome if he got more entangled with the divine realm.
‘No matter how much it’s Igeon, he probably can’t beat a Great Sage God.’
While trapped here, the Great Sage God he had seen once was a being so powerful it transcended common sense.
‘We need to get Igeon out before he gets used by the gods too.’
But just then.
Boom!!!
The divine realm shook violently. It was a tremor so intense it was hard to compare to an earthquake.
And.
“W-wait! What is that…!”
Igeon’s subordinate gods who looked at the ceiling turned pale.
Through the rift in the sky, unidentified monsters began moving.
At the same time, voices began to be heard from all directions.
“Hey! Did you hear?”
“The upper floors are in chaos right now!”
“Looks like the criminals exiled in the gaps between floors have escaped! And monsters too!”
“What? Is the divine realm doomed?! Whose doing is this!”
The situation in the divine realm was not ordinary.
“Aren’t those guys bearing grudges against the Great Sage Gods?! How…!”
“No, what kind of crazy bastard would shatter the gaps between floors!”
“No, was that even breakable?”
But only one person.
Hugo was sweating.
Come to think of it, it was when his friend first entered the divine realm.
He had definitely heard that he had incurred the divine realm’s wrath (?) with counterfeit money and was about to fall to the 20th floor.
And he had heard that he stopped at the 18th floor after smashing through floors on the way…
No way. It couldn’t be.
* * *
Olympus.
At the Great Sage God Heavenly Light Lord’s words, the gods were appalled.
“The Creator, why are you asking that snake god about those beings?”
Then the Great Sage God laughed.
[Of course. There’s no way he’d know. Well, if he doesn’t know, it doesn’t matter. There’s something more important.]
“!”
The Great Sage God emitted a ferocious light.
[Do you, perhaps, possess the divinity of [ ]?]
[You probably do? Oh snake god who received the seat of the Serpent-Bearer. Your predecessor stole that precious divinity.]
“!”
At those words, Igeon recalled the conversation he had with Aseuran.
-What? Then you originally possessed a divinity?
-That’s right. The divinity of [ ] is a divinity I stole in the past.
-Stole? Why did you steal it?
-Because of [ ]. The divinity of [ ] is a divinity that disappeared long ago, but I heard that it could be revived as a series divinity.
-!
-Of course, maybe it was just a rumor, so I usually used it as a healing aid (level 3), but one day, [ ] appeared. And when I embraced life and death simultaneously, a new divinity, [ ], emerged.
-Then…
-That’s why, at that time, the divinity of [ ] in the divine realm was stored in the seat of the Serpent-Bearer upon Aseuran’s death and came under Igeon’s jurisdiction, but.
And as he recalled his conversation with Aseuran, the Great Sage God raised the corners of his mouth.
[Are you listening to me?]
However, Igeon snorted.
“Why should I know about some brat like that?”
[Is that so. If you don’t know that either, then that’s settled.]
“Heavenly Light Lord!”
[Then I’ll say one last thing.]
At those words, the Scorching Heat Master shut his eyes tightly. What was coming had finally arrived.
But.
[Snake God. Come to our Olympus.]
All the Land Lord Gods were surprised. Even the Scorching Heat Master was shocked.
“W-wait a moment. Great Sage God!”
“This is absurd!”
“That bastard deceived Olympus…”
But at that very moment.
“Well, fine.”
“!”
“But you know.”
Igeon’s eyes turned red as if he had been waiting.
“It’s you, isn’t it? The one who snatched something important from Taek-su.”
[!]
A strange scent rose from Igeon’s body.
Moreover, apart from that, the gods doubted their eyes at the power of [ ] and [ ] that activated simultaneously.
‘That power is…?’
And as if it was worth all the divine might he had scraped together.
Igeon raised the corners of his mouth.
“Hand it over, you little brat.”
[Circulation]
At that moment, the Great Sage God’s palace shook violently.
(To be continued in the next episode)