Kugugugung!
A sudden monster invasion. Drakma had already turned into utter chaos.
“Evacuate quickly!”
“Hurry to the teleport zone!”
Screams echoed from all directions and buildings collapsed. People skillfully moved toward the teleport zone.
Because once they reached there, they could return to the countries from which they had each entered.
But the calamity was not so easy.
“What the! The teleport zone is gone!”
What they saw was the severed cross-section of a building, and clouds that made them feel the dizzying height.
“The intruder blew away the teleport zone!”
Drakma was a gigantic floating structure drifting in the sky by the power of the Divine Seats.
Inside, countless shops were densely packed. And if the teleport zone was blown away, the escape route vanished.
Of course, the area suffering the most damage was the district with the auction house.
Kugugung!
“It’s collapsing!”
The vicinity of the auction house was literally a sea of fire. The calamity that had erupted from the auction house corroded the interior of the structure.
“Dangerous! Run!”
The debris of the buildings fell in a frantic mess.
Kung!
Even the torn-off fragments of the structure rose up into the void and fell toward the cities of various countries.
Kwaang! Kwaang!
It was like a meteorite. People were horrified at the sight.
“At this rate, the cities will…!”
“Destroy them before they fall on the city!”
The debris burst apart in the sky before even touching the ground.
Since most of the people here were Awakened, dealing with this much was not difficult.
But that was only for a moment.
“Huk…!”
They collapsed under the immense shadow that covered them.
As if to say, can you stop this too, what appeared was the auction house that had just been in turmoil over Igeon’s sacred treasure.
Large enough to hold dozens of warships, people turned pale with fear.
“Ah, no! We can’t handle that!”
“It’s too big!”
And as it rose higher and higher, people’s faces turned deathly pale.
Because they knew well what kind of disaster would occur if it fell as it was.
It was obvious that this floating structure they were on, as well as the ground-level cities below, would suffer damage.
In the end, the Holy City members shouted urgently.
“Where is the current location!”
If only the answer were that it was over the sea.
“It’s passing over Asia!”
“Damn…!”
There was no one inside the floating auction house.
The Holy City members attacked the auction house with skills, but only scratches appeared.
And finally, the moment the auction house, which had been slowly rising like a gyro drop, stopped.
“Ah… no! It’s falling!”
Along with screams, people squeezed their eyes shut.
But that was when.
Pang!
With a elastic boom, something shot up into the sky.
It was blazing, vast energy. And the instant that colossal force flew like an arrow, and like a laser cannon, piercing through the building—
Kwa-kwa-kwang!
The enormous stadium exploded and shattered to pieces.
“Huk…!”
It was Hyugo.
People collapsed, watching him in the midst of the windstorm. He was holding a bow that radiated light not far away.
“The God Archer Seat…!”
“As expected of a Saint! The scale is different!”
But the opponent Hyugo was concentrating on was different.
The place where he aimed his bowstring with a fearsome face was where the auction house had stood.
There, two beasts easily over 3 meters tall were standing.
They were intruders.
Their form was that of horned lions standing on two legs.
Sizes were 3 meters and 5 meters respectively.
Hyugo ground his teeth.
‘As expected, they’re looking for Igeon’s sacred treasure.’
While killing people, the beasts kept asking in short language.
Where is Igeon’s sacred treasure?
So there was no choice but to be wary.
‘What kind of bastard is he that they’re after Igeon’s things…!’
Right then.
“!”
Perhaps because they realized that the strongest among these was Hyugo. One of the beasts vanished in an instant.
And where it appeared was right in front of Hyugo.
‘……!’
The startled Hyugo hurriedly stepped back to widen the distance when—
Ppak!
Along with the man’s kick, the beast went flying.
Kung!
The man who sent the 3-meter giant flying as if kicking a soccer ball clicked his tongue.
“You punk, didn’t I tell you that if you’re that sluggish, you’ll die?”
“Ige… cough!”
“If you’re carrying that as a prop, hand it over. You damn melee idiot.”
Igeon pulled two daggers from Hyugo’s waist.
Chaeng!
The draw wasn’t even visible. And the blades that came out madly stripped the beast’s raw hide.
Seogeok! Kwagak!
In an instant, roars rang out, and streams of blood fountained.
With that, one round was settled.
The time taken was not even 10 seconds. The blade skill was chillingly clean.
So people were gaping when Igeon sneered.
“Anyway, these so-called Combat Divine Seats are worse than a weak production worker like me.”
Hyugo felt a surge of anger.
Production worker, my ass. A Warrior who scams people by calling himself a Craftsman!
Hyugo tried to say something, but Igeon shook off the blood from the twin blades with a swish and asked.
“That bed-wetter?”
“You told me to dump her in the septic tank!”
Igeon let out a cackling laugh. His reaction was as if asking whether he really threw her in there.
But Hyugo, who had been frowning, grew urgent.
“That woman isn’t what’s important! Those things are looking for your weapon!”
“What? My weapon?”
“Yes! It must have come up as an auction item. That legendary weapon of yours you used during the Germany incident.”
Saying so, Hyugo quickly scanned the surroundings.
“Where is it? You won the bid, obviously?”
“Ah, that thing….”
Right at that moment.
“Move!”
Along with a booming voice, a macho man appeared.
It was the Lion Seat, Stephen.
But at the weapon he was holding, Hyugo’s eyes went wide.
They had to.
‘That is definitely…!’
Startled, Hyugo glared at Igeon.
“Wait, weren’t you the one who won the bid? You told me you were going to win it and left me to clean up after the Saintess, don’t tell me you got it taken from you by that guy?”
At Hyugo’s anger, Igeon said not to worry.
“Ah. Doesn’t matter. That’s just a bone…”
“Wow, my god, how could you lose that legendary-grade weapon?”
“No, so that’s really a bone…”
“And you call yourself the owner of the item? That is something I really coveted too!”
“This punk isn’t listening now.”
But before he could correct it, the Lion Seat who was far off stepped up.
“The time has come to test the SS-rank skill contained within!”
“Ohh!”
At last, the Lion Seat rushed at the beast holding the white bone.
It was tremendous spirit.
At the same time, the urgent Hyugo aimed his bowstring. The direction was none other than the Lion Seat’s arm.
“He’s already strong, what if he gets your weapon too!”
The moment the Lion Seat finishes off the beast was the chance.
And finally, the legendary weapon struck down on the beast’s body.
But.
Deong!
A sound, remarkably light for a weapon, rang out.
* * *
Everyone’s expressions changed.
“Keok!”
The Lion Seat who had charged was kicked back and sent flying.
“Lord Seongju!”
The beast scratched the spot where it was hit as if it were itchy.
No SS-rank skill activated. Nor was any damage inflicted.
So the Holy City members of the Lion Seat were flustered. As a Combat Divine Seat who handles all attack weapons, they were certain.
First of all, it wasn’t the weapon’s reaction.
To put it in perspective, it was like hitting a savage beast with a plastic rattle.
Thus the bewildered Lion Seat charged again.
But.
Deong! Deong!
Again the shallow sounds rang out.
Thinking the activation method was wrong, they tried infusing magic and striking.
Peok! Deong! Gideok! Kung! Peok-peok! Deong! Peok! Deong-deong-teong!
“Damn it, why isn’t damage going through!”
“……!”
“Go through!”
Deong!
In the end, Hyugo, who had been aiming his bowstring, seemed to grow embarrassed.
“Uh, craftsman… that activation condition…”
“Would there be one? You fool.”
“Then maybe there is a special method of use…”
“A dog bone has a method of use?”
“…Dog, dog bone? What does that…”
“Fifty dogs’ worth of natural dog bone consisting of 99.9% bone matrix—calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, collagen, etc.—and 0.01% foreign matter. Why. Is there a problem?”
“!”
Hyugo’s face contorted.
He said it was a bone, so it really was a dog bone?
“Then the magical power I felt from it!”
“Are all of you idiots? Since I made it with my magic, of course you’d feel traces of magic.”
“……?!”
But whether they were horrified or not, the Lion Seat struggled to swing the 1-billion-dollar weapon.
Teong! Teong!
Of course, befitting a Combat Divine Seat, his basic prowess was overwhelming.
The speed, power, precision with which he charged at the 5-meter beast.
Just looking at his combat ability, he was indeed a Saint. It felt like watching Igeon.
The problem was what he was holding.
‘A dog bone.’
“Keo-heok!”
Hyugo instead lamented as he watched the Lion Seat getting beaten.
If he didn’t use a weapon, he wouldn’t be getting smacked around like that.
‘Why isn’t he using his original strength, and keeps trying to do something with that weapon.’
He kept trying to do something with only the bone and getting hit, so it was endlessly pitiful.
And after some time passed, even the mighty Lion Seat showed a flustered expression.
He wasn’t using his own strength to the fullest to draw out the weapon’s power, but still.
‘There’s no way this can be.’
Clearly, Igeon had dealt with the monster from the German Island incident with this.
At that time, that beast in dog form that even they couldn’t lay a hand on!
‘Surely there must be a special skill contained within.’
The Lion Seat’s eyes narrowed with rage.
Meanwhile, the beast didn’t seem to be looking at him as prey either.
Kung!
Already he was boiling with anger at getting smacked around unbecomingly, and being ignored made it worse.
In the end, the veins bulging on the Lion Seat’s neck as he leaped high.
“This beastly bastard, where do you think you are!”
Peo-eok!
The Lion Seat struck the beast’s face with the bone again.
But that was when.
“Igeon.”
“……?!”
The beast’s eyes, which hadn’t paid the Lion Seat any mind until now, suddenly rolled back.
“Igeon. Weapon.”
Receiving the gaze, the Lion Seat was inwardly startled.
What mattered wasn’t that its eyes changed.
‘This thing, it spoke…!’
It must have reacted to Igeon’s weapon that the Lion Seat was holding.
In the end, the Holy City members stepped up and poured attacks on the beast.
Kwa-kwa-kwang!
But the fierce attacks were short-lived, and the Holy City members were appalled.
“Wh-what!”
“Why aren’t the attacks going through…?!”
To the point that the times when they hit it with the bone were the most effective.
And at that scene, Hyugo furrowed his brow.
‘As expected.’
Earlier, he too had shot arrows while tracking those things, but the attacks didn’t land.
So he had thought maybe he simply missed, but now it was confirmed.
‘New species.’
They were ones that even to Igeon had started appearing recently, they said.
And from the feeling, their aura was similar to those Unremovable-class bastards they had seen and retreated from at the Demon Tower 20 years ago.
‘But Igeon just handled that one a moment ago.’
Hadn’t he instantly taken care of the smaller beast among them?
The only thing that could be considered a singularity was the daggers Igeon had used, saying he was borrowing them.
‘And those swords were definitely…’
Swords that Igeon had personally modified in the past.
‘Could it be connected to Igeon’s power…?’
But that wasn’t all that was appalling.
Kung-kung!
“!”
At the rough trembling of the ground, the Holy City members looked around in surprise.
From all over the smashed buildings, knights in full body armor were rushing in.
Their form was medieval-era armor.
And at their head was a warrior in black full-body armor.
“That armor is an auction item…!”
Although about 80% torn off, the yellow band that had wrapped the armor was proof of that.
Surely it was the calamity said to have occurred inside the auction house.
And then, the helmet of the black armor clattered as it lifted, revealing a set of vicious teeth inside.
They were teeth like a shark’s.
Surprisingly, its gaze was fixed on the Lion Seat.
Accurately, on Igeon’s weapon that the Lion Seat held.
Its objective was the same as the beasts.
‘They’re after Igeon’s weapon!’
Sure enough.
“How dare these things covet who’s property!”
The Lion Seat roared, realizing the situation, and the external intruder and the internal assailant charged at the Lion Seat.
The ghostly armor troops that the armor had led also rushed in all at once.
A massive number swarmed the surrounding Holy City members.
The floating structure became a living hell in an instant.
“Keuk!”
Thanks to that, Hyugo, who was shooting arrows and occasionally smashing enemies with his fists, shouted as if pissed.
“Did you coat that damn thing in gold or something?! Why are even those things all going crazy over a bone!”
The actual owner of the item was finding it so funny he could go mad.
‘I don’t know why monsters are after my stuff, but.’
Puak! Puak!
[Divine Seat experience has increased]
[Divine Seat experience has increased]
[Data obtained (Mid-class Species)]
[Data obtained (Mid-class Species)]
[Divine Power accumulates]
[Divine Power accumulates]
[Current Divine Power status 66%]
Every time he dealt with them, his Divine Power recovered.
‘Maybe there are separate grades for recovering Divine Power.’
Either way, it was an extremely good situation.
[When Divine Power status reaches 70%, Battle God Instinct can be used]
Igeon smiled.
For now, it was because that mutt of a dog was pulling foolish stunts.
That Lion Seat was a combat saint in his own right. His body’s toughness ranked high among them.
In that sense, wasn’t he a perfect opponent to test on.
Why?
Because among the 12 Saints, there were those he referred to as trash-tier.
Not ones that were like fish bones or insect class.
Most of them were also Combat Saints, and they were tricky.
So it was a good opportunity.
Just how far could he destroy with his skill?
And so, Igeon deliberately threw an armor piece toward the Lion Seat.
Kung!
“Keok!”
The Lion Seat shot a glare at Igeon.
“You bastard, whose side are you on!”
And it was just as he approached the Lion Seat to fill the 70% Divine Power.
“!”
The gaze of the black armor, which had been heading for the Lion Seat, shifted.
And in an instant, it broke through the armor troops and rushed toward Igeon.
“!”
Hyugo, who was watching, was startled out of his wits. A blade-like hand drew a half-circle.
“Ige…!”
Igeon leaned his body back and dodged. But soon he was puzzled.
It had to be.
“……?”
Because the full-body armor was not aiming for himself.
What its hand was targeting was his waist.
“!”
What it was after was the slime attached to his belt.
“Igeon. Sacred treasure.”
At last, the armor tried to roughly tear away his sacred treasure.
A spark flew in Igeon’s eyes.
“This bastard.”
But that very moment.
(To be continued)