Osiris, meeting Set’s eyes, ground his teeth.
“This bastard.”
Set, like Lee Geon, was one of the few rare beings in the divine realm.
He was a very powerful battle god who protected the Ennead.
And if the god of Olympus, hailed as the hero and shield of the gods, was a sacred guardian-like existence, Set was different.
[The Cleaner]
He disposed of the useless ones in the divine realm.
So many gods had been cleaned up by this god of slaughter.
And what could be the reason the Great God of Ennead sent such a one to them?
‘He intended to abandon us from the start.’
From the moment they became Lee Geon’s subordinate gods!
At one point, He pretended not to care even knowing what happened to them, and even told them to keep an eye on Lee Geon, saying it was a good thing.
So, as a loyal subject, he felt wronged.
“He can control the rules of the divine realm! All He had to do was remove us from the snake god’s dominion!”
“Well, pulling you out is simpler than breathing for Him. But He says He doesn’t like the smell of that snake on you.”
“……!!!”
Set laughed sharply, as if to say, ‘Understand now?’
“Isn’t He originally someone who hates even the slightest foreign smell on His belongings? He’s always detested snakes because of Asran.”
“……!”
“Well, don’t worry. Anubis will follow you soon enough anyway.”
“!”
No sooner had the words left his mouth than surging sand rose up behind Set’s back.
The sand immediately snatched Osiris’s neck.
“Keuk!”
At the same time, something astonishing happened.
Kugugugung!
A sandstorm blew beneath Osiris’s feet as he was lifted into the air.
And the storm swallowed the surroundings, surging like a vast sea of sand.
Osiris hurriedly spoke.
“Aren’t you curious about the snake god’s weakness and objective? If left alone, he’ll become a threat to the Great Gods!”
Just as Olympus had the 12 Pillar Gods and Mahabharata had the 10 Avatars, the Ennead had the Nine Pillar Deities.
To let an executive god go so wastefully was a huge mistake.
“If this continues, the snake god will possess me without my memories. So….”
However, Set grinned viciously and hurled Osiris into the sea of sand.
“As if I’d let the snake god find your corpse.”
“Keoheok…!”
He intended to prevent Lee Geon from even finding the remains.
Because Lee Geon was a god of life.
‘If there’s a corpse, he’ll obviously revive it.’
Moreover, Lee Geon seemed to have a strange ability to utilize the corpses of gods.
And if an executive-level god fell into the snake god’s hands, wouldn’t that be a considerable loss?
‘As if I’d let that snake god ascend to the position of a Great God.’
At the same time, Osiris’s entire body was ground away in the sand, and a scream echoed.
‘Next is that snake god’s turn.’
He was a rare battle god grade, same as himself.
It’s probably because they’re worried about such a grade running rampant, so they want him cleaned up.
Eventually, as Osiris disappeared into the sand, Set moved as well.
But at that moment.
“……!!”
Set suddenly felt a chilling sensation.
That sensation was right beneath his feet!
A massive shadow appeared beneath Osiris’s feet as he was being ground away.
‘That is…!’
An endless, deep darkness stretched beneath the sea of sand.
And that was none other than the form of a giant whale.
‘That damned predator!’
It was the very entity that Lee Geon had summoned to the divine realm.
Of course, Lee Geon had meant it when he said he wouldn’t touch them, and indeed he never touched that side, but…
The ferocious sovereign that revealed itself within the sandstorm flashed its eyes.
It was unmistakably a gaze directed at Osiris and Set.
[Abandoned, pitiful god. Do you feel anger? Do you desire revenge?]
“……!”
The whale roared as if delighted.
* * *
It was around that time.
“What? How much?”
“I’m saying, because of the interest in the meantime, it’s 10 billion talents.”
Tch.
In front of the pawnshop.
Lee Geon, who had come to retrieve Anubis, was furious.
Just the day before, he had left Anubis and borrowed a little money for communication fees. And now he had come to reclaim the bastard.
‘Because I need to ask about Joon-woo.’
And since he needed that guy’s power to return to Earth anyway.
‘I have to use a route through the underworld where there’ll be no pursuit.’
Anyway, for those reasons, it was fine that he came to find his subordinate god Anubis, but…
‘Just how much interest had multiplied in a single day?’
But regardless, the pawnshop owner laughed shamelessly.
“If you don’t pay up the principal of 200 million and the interest of 9.9 billion, you can’t take this subordinate god back.”
He, who had intended to ask about Joon-woo through Anubis, looked at the owner as if dumbfounded.
But what was even more absurd was the attitude of Anubis, who had been left at the pawnshop.
[What, snake god? Why’d this bastard come?]
“!”
When he was being sold, he had been a guy who caused a fuss, saying how disgraceful it was for an executive god to be in such a state.
But now, shame was bullshit.
Anubis, beyond the intercom screen, didn’t even pretend to hear.
No, far from pretending to hear,
[You abandoned me and turned me into money, so it’s over. I have no business with you, so get lost.]
He even waved his hand as if telling him to get lost.
Of course, it wasn’t for some petty reason like being sulky because he’d been sold off as an executive god.
[Kyaa! Lord Anubis! Please try some of this food!]
[Kyaa! Here, treasures of gold and silver and all manner of attendants will serve you, Lord Anubis!]
Despite being his subordinate god, he had been receiving such precious treatment in the meantime. Anubis’s lot in life was no less than a Great God’s.
So, Lee Geon wondered what was going on, but his subordinate gods were restless.
[He’s a Pillar God grade, so they probably don’t want to return him. They must think it’s a windfall.]
[That’s right. After all, there’s no other special… no, crazy… person who would leave a subordinate god at a pawnshop except you, Master… Keok!]
The subordinate god couldn’t finish his sentence.
[Ack! Master!!]
Lee Geon, approaching the pawnshop owner, immediately grabbed the man’s head.
Bang!
Then, as if stubbing out a cigarette, he rubbed the owner’s head against the contract.
Crunch! Bang!
“Kyaak!!”
“Enough. Call the bastard who signed the contract with me. And you, you lucky dog, where are you right now?”
At that, the employees clicked their tongues.
“Oh dear, Holy God. You seem like a martial god, but if you use force like this, you’ll only suffer losses. And the person in charge is unavailable right now. The divine realm is in complete chaos because of the terrifying snake god who devoured Olympus. You’d better run before you see something nasty….”
“That’s me, you bastards!”
Bang!!!
Furious, Lee Geon smashed the pawnshop wall.
There was no need to search for where that son of a bitch was.
Thud!
[Death (4th Stage)]
As Lee Geon’s eyes flashed, a powerful force of death destroyed the pawnshop.
Bang!!
Of course, he had held back because he didn’t want to cause trouble, go into debt again, and be unable to use his powers, but now it didn’t matter.
Kwa-gwa-gwa-gwang!!
“Aaaack!!!”
[The barrier placed on the pawnshop is shattered by the power of death.]
[The barrier that blocked the Holy God’s divine power has been removed.]
As soon as he heard that notification, Lee Geon, arms crossed, lethally flicked his fingers.
“Subordinate Summon.”
No sooner had the words left his mouth than a familiar face appeared before his eyes.
“Ahaha! Snake god, now kneel and bow to me….”
It was Anubis.
And the expression of Anubis, who had only been trusting the high-grade barrier of the central district, changed.
But there was no time to scream.
Ppakak!!!
“Aack!!”
At the same time, Lee Geon, trampling Anubis, said.
“Answer if you don’t want to die.”
“What, what! How to secretly leave the country?! I get it! If it’s that, I’ll answer! But that method requires the separation of soul and body, so you absolutely need my power….”
“Shut up. Did you come to my territory 25 years ago, you bastard?”
“What? What? Why would I suddenly go to Earth… What? 25 years ago?”
Anubis was about to say what nonsense was this, but he furrowed his brow for a moment.
It wasn’t for any other reason.
—Hmm, that snake god might try to kill you.
Yesterday, hadn’t Thoth sent a subordinate and suddenly spouted some nonsense?
‘Was that what this was about?’
Of course, Thoth hadn’t said much. Far from it.
—When the snake god asks something, deny it. And then let yourself be killed by the snake god at an appropriate time.
He had definitely said that.
Sure enough, Lee Geon spoke.
“Twenty-five years ago, on Earth, you chased the Ophiuchus Star God, didn’t you?”
“!”
At the unexpected words, Anubis flinched greatly.
Of all things, why was he asking about that?
But Lee Geon stomped hard on Anubis’s neck and said.
“If you did it, it wouldn’t have been a unilateral action. Tell me who was behind it, and where you moved the soul of the Snake Star God that died then.”
Anubis seemed extremely troubled.
He couldn’t help it.
‘That matter was definitely something we did in cooperation with Valhalla.’
But would he tell a story that would harm the Great God?
Even now, He was trying to save Osiris and himself from this guy.
Therefore, the loyal subject Anubis smiled.
“That was a personal request made to me by the Pisces Star God of the Zodiac. Her name was Isis, and she was close to me… Puhuk!!!”
Anubis was trampled.
Lee Geon’s eyes flashed as if dumbfounded.
“Ah. So for a personal request, you had to drag along the Olympian gods, with whom you don’t even get along, and even the Valhalla gods, all in a bunch?”
“……!!”
Flustered, Anubis tried to change the subject, but Lee Geon activated his divine power.
[Puddle (Death 3-Star)]
Behind Lee Geon’s back, a black shadow began to surge.
And Anubis couldn’t help but flinch in surprise at the figure lying unconscious within the shadow.
‘A Valkyrie…!’
Moreover, it wasn’t an ordinary Valkyrie. Just as there were goddesses with the divine status of nymphs, there were many goddesses with the divine status of Valkyries.
And that Valkyrie was…!
‘The one who went with us at that time…!’
But she was a goddess who had been killed by the Great God after that incident.
Finally realizing there was no corner to escape to, Anubis broke into a sweat.
‘This guy is an unpredictable madman.’
If even a spark flew their way, it would be disastrous.
Soon, he spoke as if he had no choice.
“I’ll explain step by step, so wait a moment. That matter was led by Valhalla; we had nothing to do with….”
“We’re going to Ennead right now.”
“Keuak!”
Anubis screamed.
That temper of his, really!
With that guy, he might really storm into Ennead.
‘We can’t let the same thing happen as with Olympus!’
Sure enough.
[The divine power is used.]
At the same time, the surrounding space changed, turning into a separate world independent from the outside.
It seemed that letting the story leak out was troublesome.
And Anubis spoke.
“Fine! I’ll tell you!”
Anubis gritted his teeth.
Anyway, soon the battle god of Ennead would come to deal with the snake god.
Hadn’t he already received orders from him?
—I’ll be there soon, so keep the snake god occupied.
The Great God of Ennead, for some unknown reason, intensely disliked Lee Geon’s existence.
Enough to do something like this.
Therefore, Anubis decided to use every means he had to keep Lee Geon occupied.
“Fine! We all definitely acted under orders! I was under the Great God of Ennead! And the other side under the Great God of Valhalla!”
“You bastard, finally talking straight.”
“But the one who led it was Valhalla! Our great Great God merely accepted the request of the Pisces Star God!”
“Oh, for such a trivial reason, you moved a high-ranking god like an underworld god?”
Anubis, whom Lee Geon had taken as a subordinate, was in charge of reincarnation, so his position among gods was quite high.
Thus, at Lee Geon’s laugh that seemed to find it contemptible, Anubis sweated.
“The Great God of Ennead agreed because the target was the subordinate of that bastard Asran.”
“!”
At the unexpected name, Lee Geon raised his eyebrows.
“Asran?”
“Yeah. There’s a guy like that. He’s of the Creator clan… Ah, a Creator is basically a technical god directly under the divine realm.”
Anubis looked at Lee Geon with a subtle gaze.
“Do you know him?”
“No, I don’t.”
“Really? Anyway, there was a genius god named Asran, one of the few outstanding ones even in the divine realm. Anyway, our Great God was on very bad terms with Asran.”
“Oh. Why? Did he steal something again there?”
“What? The one who stole something from our territory was the Scorching Sun Lord… Anyway, it’s not that. The reason is unknown to the likes of us. But there were frequent clashes.”
Actually, seeing Asran clash with the Great God was jaw-dropping.
Even though the Great God was generous enough to treat him as a drinking buddy, well…
‘Asran. Even now, thinking back, he was a madman.’
In a word, they were sworn enemies.
The reason was unknown.
But perhaps because of that, after Asran died,
the Great God of Ennead took the lands of the Zodiac forces that the bastards had, destroyed them, and even snatched their subordinate gods to divide them among other forces.
Well, whatever, it was fine.
“Anyway, the one who coveted that Snake Star God was Asran. He strangely needed the Snake Star God.”
“Not the Snake God?”
“Yeah. Only the Star God.”
Lee Geon was intrigued.
‘Why would they need the Star God when it can’t be activated without life?’
“Anyway, we have nothing to do with that; it’s just a personal grudge. It’s a past story unrelated to you.”
“Oh. Is that so?”
“That’s right. Besides, the Great God is only interested in the Creator, not that divine status. He’s planning to have something fixed.”
“Then where is the soul of that Snake God now?”
“That is….”
At the whispered location of Joon-woo in his ear, Lee Geon was rarely startled.
‘What? Really?’
And right at that moment.
Not far away, there was a god crouching and listening in.
And although Anubis’s barrier was an invincible barrier that no one below the Great God level could peer into or eavesdrop on….
“Ah, that bastard is blabbing all the important stuff, huh?”
Set, eavesdropping on the story, was laughing with an angry face.
(Continued in the next episode)