"If they don't feel like serving, just make them feel like it."
The Snake God's power surged violently upward.
At that overwhelming force, the nearby residents screamed.
With a little exaggeration, its size seemed as if it could cover an entire planet.
Moreover, it didn't seem to be this much even when facing the Monarch!
Because of that, Hugo couldn't help but be greatly flustered.
'Is this bastard really planning to eat this place?'
Even so, this was the enemy's home ground!
And even the number of vassal gods, which are practically the power of the Star Gods, was overwhelmingly different!
'They say normally, for every 100 vassal gods, the Star God's level difference is about 1.'
If a Star God-level being became a vassal god, the specs would differ even more.
And Eden, where the entire Star God was registered as a vassal god, its level would be considerable without even calculating.
'If we get surrounded...'
But seeing Igeon with no intention of restraining himself, Hugo turned his head.
"Yeonwoo-ssi, please stop Geon!"
Yeonwoo was Igeon's family and the only one like an older sister who could stop him.
"If it's Yeonwoo-ssi's words, even that bastard would listen..."
But turning his head, Hugo almost screamed.
"Angels' wings are so cozy, they'd be perfect to pluck and use as a blanket."
As Yeonwoo brightly pulled out a huge pair of scissors with a clang, Hugo screamed.
"Aack! Don't do the same thing as Igeon!!! Why, of all people, do you have to resemble that bastard!"
"Hey, watch your mouth. Resemble me? If you think about it properly, he's the original."
"#$&*&!"
As if asking what kind of family this was, Hugo grabbed the back of his neck and urgently looked at another savior.
"Hayley! At least you say some..."
"Birds just need their necks severed."
Hayley drew her sword and flew off, and Hugo despaired.
In the end, Hugo, not wanting Igeon's women to get hurt, also drew his bow, but he looked at Igeon with worry.
"How are you going to handle the divine might!"
Then Igeon placed something in Hugo's hand.
[Taeksu, you are better than me.]
[Taeksu, you're the best.]
[Taeksu, you know I trust you, right?]
[Taeksu, we might not share blood, but you're my only brother.]
[Taeksu, you know I love you enough to write a guarantee for you, right?]
"……."
It was none other than a recorder!
"It's 100 hours' worth. If you stop in the middle, you die."
"Hey, how is this crappy thing supposed to help...!!"
[Ophiuchus Star God's divine might is rising 50%]
[Ophiuchus Star God's divine might is rising 100%]
Hugo despaired.
And by then, the angels who had come to assess the situation seemed dumbfounded.
"Isn't that the Snake God!"
The snake was a symbol of death, deceit, and temptation in Eden, and a legless creature crawling in secretly was the symbol of Satan.
And at the hostile appearance of Igeon, the angels laughed as if it were laughable.
"Even for just being a snake, you are subject to exile, and now that a Star God has invaded the colony, your intentions are utterly impure."
"A fledgling Star God who hasn't even experienced a war for power has come to take territory?"
"I don't know what kind of guts brought you here alone, but it doesn't matt..."
But right at that moment.
"Protect Igeon-nim!"
"Offer your contribution to Igeon-nim!"
"Igeon-nim! Quickly, take it!"
"?!"
The angels couldn't believe their ears at the residents' actions.
But whether they believed it or not, the residents of the Eden colony, the beastmen, pointed to a certain building.
And the building they pointed to was a giant tower in the center of the machine city!
That building was where the colony residents paid their tributes, and the tributes piled inside were originally meant to be transported to the Divine Realm.
But.
"Igeon-nim! If you come this way, there's no security barrier!"
"Come this way and take everything!"
"?!"
The angels looked at the residents as if wondering what they were witnessing.
The guards were picking the locks of the storehouse, the residents were showing shortcuts and even revealing important village facilities.
"Igeon-nim!!"
"Take our contributions too!"
"Our experience points too!"
"Are those bastards... truly insane!!"
What kind of items those tributes were!
So it was when they tried to stop it.
[Gluttony (Creator 3-star)]
As a strong power surged, a giant light snake like a dragon fell from the sky.
And the giant light mercilessly swallowed the building.
Crash!!
[You have absorbed all the tributes of the Eden colony.]
[You can convert them all into talents.]
[Estimated value: 28,003,980,391 talents.]
Igeon let out a laugh.
The income from the colony was much more lucrative than expected?
With this, he could buy not only Indulgences, but all sorts of things.
Of course, there was one curious thing.
"Offer your contribution to Igeon-nim!"
'Contributions, huh.'
That was clearly a concept used only on Earth.
It was the concept where only the 12 Zodiac Constellations with thrones receive the experience points of the faithful and use that to level up the Star Gods.
'Well, it seems the Creators made that system.'
Anyway, other forces are using the system of the 12 Zodiac factions that only Creators used?
And as if to answer that question, a notification was heard.
[The system created by the Creators is the system of the Divine Realm. The system created by the Creators is being used by the gods as their system.]
Igeon immediately understood.
The Creators were the greatest engineers of the Divine Realm.
In other words, it meant the gods were abusing the system the Creators had built to suit their own whims.
Well, that didn't matter.
"Because of those crazy bastards, years' worth of tributes!"
"Deal with those guards and heretics!"
As the angels glared at the residents, they flinched.
At that, Cheon Seongjae immediately tried to be alert and give orders.
Because at the moment the divine name was created, Cheon Seongjae had gained a new skill.
But right then.
"Cough!!!"
Chains that shot up from the ground bound the angels.
It was none other than Igeon's [Serpent's Restraint] skill!
And originally, he had intended to just find his nephews and leave, but perhaps because he got a taste of unexpectedly lucrative profits.
Having caught them, Igeon smiled and said.
"Come to think of it, you said this is Eden Colony 1, right?"
"What?"
"Then there's a 2 and a 3?"
The angels felt ominous.
* * *
Meanwhile, around that time.
"What did you just say?"
The Garden of Eden in the Divine Realm.
The angels attending the sleeping Great Star God of Eden were panicked by an unexpected situation.
It was no other reason.
"Supplies are not coming from the colony!"
The senior angels who received the report sighed.
They meant don't bother us with trivial matters when we are already putting effort into Earth.
"Don't fluster. There must be some mistake."
"It's not a mistake! It seems there is a problem on the colony side..."
Then the senior angels smiled.
They said it was a common occurrence.
"It seems there are foolish beggar gods who came aiming for the supplies again."
"Well, don't worry. There are over 1,845 Eden colonies anyway. Even if one or two have issues, they'll be quickly restored...."
"Well... supplies from all 1,845 colonies have been cut off!"
"...What?"
The senior angels now seemed to realize the seriousness.
"Supplies cut off from all colonies?"
"The administrator? No contact from the colony administrator?"
"Well, they keep repeating strange things like they're sending normally...!"
"Did you go in person?"
"We keep sending people, but all communication is cut off...!"
"……!"
Just what on earth is happening?
And to the frozen senior angels, their subordinates urgently shouted.
"Anyway, if this continues, won't it be a problem? If the supply is cut off, there will be a setback in the plan to awaken the Great Star God..."
"No, it's a problem before that. At this rate, the Great Star God might lose his life within an hour..."
"Insolent wretch! Shut your mouth!"
"!!"
They were the angels serving the only sleeping Great Star God of Eden among the Great Star Gods.
They were supplying nutrients to extend the Great Star God's lifespan.
But.
'That bastard dared to lay a hand on the Great Star God's food...!'
In the end, the panicked senior angels urgently shouted.
"We will handle it, so you inform the Legion Commander of this."
"Don't worry. It's probably nothing. We'll go to the colony ourselves..."
But it was then.
Beep--
"!!"
At the sound starting to echo through Eden, they turned pale.
"That alarm sound...!"
That was an alarm that sounded when danger approached Eden, but it wasn't an ordinary alarm.
That was because it was a sound that should never be heard.
It was an object that hadn't sounded even once since the time the Monarch invaded long ago!
* * *
"Ooooh!!!"
Around that time, the Eden colonies were being mercilessly destroyed by Igeon.
And the number was already 1,845.
Of course, Eden's forces were currently focused on Earth and its internal defenses were solid, but that didn't matter.
[Cheon Seongjae's skill is activating.]
[Forcibly raising faith in Ophiuchus to over 100%.]
Perhaps he had been stuck for two years and had developed skills related to propagation.
Most people could free pass with Cheon Seongjae's skill.
Of course, there was a duration and side effects, but that didn't matter.
"Cough!! That bastard is an enemy! What are you doing now!"
"Igeon-nim!! Heuk heuk!"
"Igeon-niim!!"
"These crazy bastards are real!!"
It was enough to create cracks within Eden and turn the colonies into chaos.
And Igeon swept away the tributes of Eden piled up in each colony.
[Gluttony]
Boom!!
[You have absorbed all the tributes of Eden Colony 1,845.]
[The talents acquired so far are 100,000,003,494.]
[How would you like to use them?]
"Exchange all for Indulgences."
That way, no annoying things will happen.
And the angels who weren't affected by Cheon Seongjae's [Forced Corruption] skill became Igeon's materials.
"Aack!"
"Cough!"
Igeon swept up the angels' data and occupied the Eden colonies.
And by then, the angels whose wings were torn gnashed their teeth.
"The Snake God has declared war!"
"That crazy lunatic!"
No matter how much the Star Gods steal each other's territories, there was a certain line that was set.
"This is a violation of the rules!"
"Don't you know the peace treaty!"
"What kind of crappy treaty?"
"War is only to be waged using vassal gods! It is forbidden for a Star God to directly invade territory!"
At that, Igeon raised an eyebrow.
He had heard of it.
They say Star Gods never clash directly.
"Moreover, a Star God directly taking the colony's supplies, land, and residents is a clear violation of law! Is this not plunder!"
"But you... cough!"
"Plunder? Hey, screw off. When did I take your stuff?"
"If this isn't taking...!"
"So did I steal? Did I rob? When I came, your residents gave it to me as gifts and tribute on their own. Huh? Can't you tell with your own eyes??"
"...No!!"
"And."
"!"
Igeon trampled the angels.
"You also invaded my land and lured away my believers, didn't you? Huh?"
"That's...!"
"That's what?"
The angels just bit their lips instead of answering. They had no choice.
'This is a candidate for the leader of the gods, a Great Star God?'
'Don't make me laugh.'
'More importantly, Lord Michael told us to keep the Snake God and [the other] apart.'
The angels, recalling that order, immediately shouted.
"You are not yet recognized as an official Star God, and that land is also an unregistered territory not incorporated into the Divine Realm!"
"A land without an owner is a place where the Divine Realm's treaty does not apply!"
"What the hell are these bastards saying?"
Igeon's eyes flashed as he raised the Heavenly Judgment.
In this place, there was no need to use a power that took much effort.
[Death (Stage 4)]
Boom!!
The angels who resisted Igeon's power to the end screamed.
It might have been better to be converted by Cheon Seongjae.
"Damn...!! Shock absorption doesn't work!"
"He's too strong! Damage that exceeds shock absorption is coming in... cough!"
And in the crisis that seemed like they'd all be swallowed by Igeon if this continued, they eventually gestured.
"It can't be helped. Summon that."
"In this situation, that's the only way!"
In the end, they used the last resort.
Then the angels' emitted light drew a magic circle in the air.
Finally, with a tremendous light, something began to appear from the summoning circle.
And at the revealed face, not only Igeon but everyone was surprised.
(Continued in the next episode)