Meanwhile, at that time.
"What? All the colonies were taken?"
A different dimension far away.
A young man giving orders from a distant place frowned.
And he was none other than Michael, the supreme commander of Eden's army.
He frowned deeply, as if greatly displeased by the news of losing the colonies.
"The cause is that snake god?"
At that cold voice, the reporting angel trembled greatly.
"...Yes. It seems he likely won over the residents inside and took all the offerings."
"It's taken to trial, isn't it? This is plundering of the holy offerings and an illegal act."
"Well, the thing is... it wasn't taken, but rather the offerings were given over willingly to the snake god, so it might not be possible to bring to court..."
Bang!!
The angel couldn't finish his words.
The commander's kick had struck the subordinate's head, sending him flying.
The commander roughly grabbed the subordinate's hair and laughed sharply.
"This isn't an arcade."
"!"
"Is that something to spout as a joke right now?"
The angel, meeting the commander's red eyes, trembled violently as if his neck would be severed at any moment.
It was that level of insolence.
'If the offerings don't arrive properly, the Great Holy God cannot awaken from his slumber either. No, he might lose his power and perish.'
Eden was a monotheistic system, with only one Holy God.
All angels claimed to be holy-god-level or his kin.
To that extent, all angels of Eden had been desperate to awaken the Great Holy God, who had been asleep since ancient times.
"Isn't he already in that state because of those arrogant Creators? And now Eden faces disgrace again because of one snake brat?"
The blood-soaked angel couldn't lift his head.
"Incompetent bastards."
"......!"
"Enough, for now, redirect offerings from Earth as a substitute and send them to Father (the Great Holy God)."
At that, the angel couldn't lift his head even more.
"That...!"
"What now?"
"It seems there are gods interfering with Earth's side."
"God? Who?"
"Well, according to reports, it seems like the owner of the Aegis..."
"Athena?"
Michael let out a hollow laugh, as if asking if they wanted to die.
"Olympus isn't in a position to interfere with us right now, you know?"
"Well, this Athena seems to be not the one we know, but a new god..."
"You mean it was inherited?"
"No. It seems a transfer. And to a human wench who was the snake god's saint... Ugh!"
The choked subordinate vomited blood and couldn't continue.
"Hey, you idiots. If you're tired of living and want to be inherited, just say so. Why do you keep messing things up? Do you really want to die?"
"Th-that's not it... Gasp!"
Michael, strangling his subordinate, smiled menacingly.
"So, is that all for your last words?"
At that, the subordinate trembled violently.
He was the supreme commander, performing that duty on behalf of the Great Holy God. And his power was already on par with the 8 Great Holy Gods.
One wrong word and he might truly die.
But damn it, there was still something he had to convey.
Moreover, this was the most important matter.
"Actually, when the snake god invaded, that alarm bell that must not ring went off."
"Bell?"
"Yes, the one that last rang when the Great Holy God fell into deep slumber...!"
That bell was an alarm bell that foretold a crisis for Eden, a sound that would ring only once when Eden was on the brink of destruction.
Therefore, it was a sound that must never ring nor be heard.
'Wasn't that the sound heard in the past when that monster invaded and violated the Great Holy God?'
"If it weren't for those despicable Creators, the Great Holy God wouldn't have fallen asleep in the first place..."
Creators.
They were the technological gods directly under the divine realm, few in number and far from combat, but an irreplaceable noble clan.
Even now, they were the only ones who could repair the divine realm.
'They are also the only ones who can awaken the Great Holy God.'
"Anyway, the bell has rung, so if you don't hurry...!"
"Ah. It's fine. I know why it rang."
"Yes? You know the reason?"
Michael snorted.
"The bell rang because of the archer who's with the snake god."
"...If it's an archer..."
"Why did that Blazing One pick such a saint after even choosing one? Is he a real moron? Or was life boring and he found a new suicide method?"
At those words, the angel vomiting blood trembled.
If it's a saint chosen by the Blazing One who is with Lee Gun, there's no one else but...
"Are you truly saying that bell rang because of that bastard?"
"Yes. Damned Mahabharata bastards. I was against sending that monster brat into reincarnation from the start."
Michael frowned as if loathing Hugo.
The monster who killed and devoured countless gods in the past.
"How dare a sinning bastard live shamelessly pretending to be human?"
At the same time, Michael, with his hands behind his back, muttered.
"Come out. Raphael."
In Eden, as a concept of guardian deities, there were five archangels including Michael.
But only two remained.
The rest had been devoured by that monster beside Lee Gun.
'Even the divine authority was hidden somewhere by that monster, so it can't be found.'
Well, whatever.
"Let's go. To handle it personally."
Soon Michael disappeared toward Eden's gate.
* * *
Meanwhile, at that time.
Eden's colony.
"Huh..."
Muscular men were staring blankly at the sight before them.
Before them, destroyed land and piles of angel corpses(?) were heaped.
And local residents cheering at them filled the area.
In the end, the saints of the Leo constellation watching this clicked their tongues.
"So, Lee Gun-nim..."
"Now, on someone else's land, you forcibly took and devoured nearly 2 billion residents..."
"And made all of the 1,845 lands... into colonies of the Snake constellation..."
"You're telling us to write that kind of bandit article?"
At that, Lee Gun flared up in anger.
"Bandit? Hey, the land, the offerings, the sacrifices, all of it was given by my believers!"
"Yes... although in the process, all civilizations were destroyed."
That's right. The saints of Leo, called by Lee Gun, were dumbfoundedly looking at Lee Gun's new land.
And at the sight of him even summoning Red Eye to smash all of Eden's structures and steal materials, the saints were speechless.
'As expected of Lee Gun-nim...'
'He was born for invasion too.'
'At this point, isn't he a pirate?'
And at the looks treating him as a thief, Lee Gun raised an eyebrow.
It was fine to call these bastards to help with colonization and material transport, but...
"I called that cat bastard, so why did you come? What happened to him?"
At that, the Leo saints flinched. Even though they felt he wasn't interested in the saints, they answered.
"St-Steven-nim has gone missing."
"What. That bastard's missing too?"
I was going to kill him since he was bothering Haili.
The saints couldn't lift their heads.
"Because he received orders from the new saint..."
"It seems he barely kept his life, but his whereabouts are unknown..."
However, the Leo saints looked at Lee Gun expectantly. It seemed they had responded to Lee Gun's summons for that reason as well.
"Still, it's fortunate to see Lee Gun-nim like this."
"Me? Why?"
"Why else! Aren't you the strongest on Earth, Lee Gun-nim."
"With Lee Gun-nim's skills, you could naturally save Steven-nim as well!"
"That's right. With Lee Gun-nim, even Steven-nim!"
But Lee Gun just snorted.
"Are you crazy? Why would I save that bastard?"
"...Huh?"
"Ah, no. He was your comrade, and now he's still your subordinate saint...!"
Then Lee Gun smiled brightly.
"From the fighting I saw, those guys now seem more useful? They have sense. And more than anything, they're my fanatics."
"L-Lee Gun-nim!!"
"But in the end, he lost on his own, so what. I was going to fill the empty spot anyway, so it worked out. It's a generational shift."
"Aagh!!!"
In the end, the horrified Leo saints urgently grabbed someone.
"Hugo-nim, please say something!"
"What?"
"They said Kevin-nim has disappeared too!"
"Still, isn't Hugo-nim close friends with Steven-nim and Kevin-nim!"
At that, Lee Gun shouted that he himself was their close friend and kicked them.
"In the first place, I only kept them alive as my experience points! So you guys should become my experience points too!"
"Agh! Hugo-nim!"
The Leo saints asked for help, but Hugo didn't even listen.
Instead, he was covering his mouth with a nauseous expression.
Hearing the name Kevin, Hugo recalled what he had seen.
Truly, there was no way the feeling of tearing apart and chewing a familiar face was pleasant.
'What? With wings and all, he seemed like a high-ranking angel at a glance.'
Did he just resemble Kevin?
Or are they related by blood?
'If not, could it actually be him...?'
That wasn't all.
'I think I also saw someone resembling Jiwoo briefly.'
Then it happened. Crack!
"Gack!!"
Lee Gun suddenly struck the back of the pondering Hugo's head.
And Hugo, having suddenly been hit with the force of a monster, raised his veins.
"What are you doing!! All of a sudden!"
"Why aren't you speaking, you bastard!!"
"About what!!!"
"I said I'm your close friend! Are you embarrassed of me!!!"
"???!!"
This bastard???
"I think of you as a brother, but you, a close friend!"
The blood-vomiting Hugo was dumbfounded.
For someone saying that, aren't your words and actions too different?
But regardless, Lee Gun, having beaten Hugo half to death, dusted off his hands and spoke.
"Whatever. In any case, I still need to find those bastards."
"Th-there, as expected of Lee Gun-nim!"
"You'll save the constellation lords..."
"Because the reason Earth perishes in 20 years might be because of them."
"...Huh, huh??"
They felt the purpose was different from theirs, but only for a moment.
[Takes out an item from the shadow.]
Lee Gun took out an item stored in the shadows.
And the item that appeared was none other than the [Eden's Ark].
[Eden's Ark (SSS)]
-Oversees all gates of all territories related to Eden.
-Only the Great Holy God and the chosen one can operate it.
It was an item found with the angels' voluntary help(?), in simple terms, a total management system for entrances and exits.
Using this, you could send offerings to desired places and conversely manage the entry and exit points of gates installed throughout Eden.
[With the trait of the ark, you can disassemble and decode information of the artifact.]
[Changing the coordinate value of the transportation route.]
[Changing coordinates.]
[Offerings] Eden Colony ▶ Eden (Before modification)
[Offerings] Eden Colony ▶ Earth (After modification)
First, he set all future accumulated offerings to go to Earth.
[All entrants] [Eden ▶ Eden Colony] (Before modification)
[All entrants] [Eden ▶ Abyss (Monarch)] (After modification)
"Oh, right, they said Eden had gates too."
He also tinkered with the gate connecting Eden to Earth.
[All entrants] [Eden ▶ Earth] (Before modification)
[All entrants] [Eden ▶ Monarch-dense area] (After modification)
At that sight, the angels captured by Lee Gun turned pale.
'Wait! With that, all angels of Eden will be sent to the Monarchs...'
Realizing what Lee Gun was plotting, they quickly tried to inform their home base.
'We must tell our comrades never to use the gates!'
But at that moment. Lee Gun, with a flash in his eyes, raised the Heavenly Sky Judgment high.
And in that instant, blood and feathers splattered!
Crack! Crack!
[Data obtained.]
[Data obtained.]
[Data obtained.]
[Data obtained.]
Lee Gun began destroying evidence.
(Continued in next episode)