Thirty minutes ago.
Yi Geon was actually inside a dimensional rift.
It was because a monarch resembling Haylie was there. And as Yi Geon observed the extraordinarily beautiful woman, he tilted his head.
'She looks exactly like her. Is she Haylie's family?'
In fact, Yi Geon had once asked Haylie.
—So what happened to your parents? Did they all pass away?
—My parents?
At those words, the saints nearby were horrified and looked at him like he was unfilial, as if thinking, 'You bastard Yi Geon, you killed her father yourself!' But well.
'Kruud was not Haylie's biological father.'
He was certain because he had traversed countless dimensions to kill Kruud and had read his memories.
Kruud was a swindler who took in young Haylie and acted as her father—no, he was her adoptive father.
'I heard her mother was definitely a monarch, wasn't she?'
In any case, if Kruud wasn't her biological father, it meant her real father was elsewhere.
'Then who is her real father?'
Haylie couldn't transform into a monster like the Kruuder, and she didn't emit the scent of a beast even when acting as a saint. She blended in so seamlessly it was uncanny.
And if that was the case...
'There's a high chance she's a hybrid.'
Well, it didn't matter.
After that, hadn't Yi Geon asked Haylie this?
—Then don't you miss your mother? Want me to find her?
At those words, the saints were horrified and looked at him as if to say, 'Now you're planning to find and kill her mother too!' But Haylie had spoken with a bitter tone.
—I never saw my mother after she was attacked by Kruud in my childhood. I kept searching under Kruud's rule, but I could never find her, so...
But at this moment.
Yi Geon's eyes sparkled as he saw the woman who looked exactly like Haylie.
'Is that person Haylie's mother?'
If Haylie was human-sized, that woman was closer to the size of a giant.
But the woman seemed embedded, as if buried within a massive tree.
And that was not all.
'She's a corpse.'
From the woman's body, hardened stiff as a statue, he could feel not a single trace of life.
And hadn't he seen a similar sight before?
'The Monarch of Spacetime was trapped in the Demon Tower in a similar way.'
Then could this woman be the same?
What was certain was that she was the source of power for the new saints appearing on Earth.
As proof, streams of light were stretching out from the tree burying the woman.
They resembled water pipes carrying fire.
[Yggdrasil, the World Tree of Valhalla (SSS)]
And at the sight of that plant, Yi Geon's eyebrows twitched.
It couldn't be helped.
'That's definitely what covered the Earth 20 years later...'
He was certain.
It was that very plant that had killed all the humans on Earth.
'Could it be that moving that woman to Earth leads to that disaster?'
Well, it didn't matter.
The gods before his eyes were moving frantically.
"Hey, Druid! Stop spacing out and pay attention. We'll be moving this soon."
"Ah, you said you're sending it to the land Eden newly found? Was it Earth? But is that safe? If we move this, all life on that land will die."
"Who cares about land ruled by some nameless Seongsin? We need to move it to nutrient-rich land soon. If we leave it longer, this dimension will be ruined. And Eden and the Ennead are telling us to clear out quickly."
"Ugh, if this tree dies, the divine realm collapses, so we have no choice but..."
"Well, it's the power sustaining the divine realm in place of the primordial god."
"Anyway, if only the evil gods hadn't killed the primordial god."
"No. The real culprit is the monarch who weakened the primordial god."
At those words, rage surged through Yi Geon.
It was because listening to their conversation roughly clarified the situation.
'These bastards were planning to repot using someone else's land?'
That was it.
To sum it up in a word, they were cultivating a crucial tree tied to the very survival of the gods.
But that tree grew by greedily devouring nutrients, so it needed repotting. And they had chosen Earth as the new pot.
Though he didn't know what connection the divine realm had with Haylie's mother, it didn't matter.
'I'll wipe them all out and save that woman.'
Yi Geon had never once seen Haylie smile.
And that wasn't all.
If she really was her mother, wouldn't that be helpful?
And the moment Yi Geon, having reached that thought, flashed his eyes.
"Who's there!"
Yi Geon vanished with a vicious grin.
Simultaneously, screams erupted from all over.
"Gak!"
"Argh!"
The enemies guarding the tree coughed blood and collapsed in an instant.
"It's an ambush!"
"Protect the tree!"
"Find the enemy!"
But they were terrified. The enemy was invisible.
If they heard footsteps, their comrade right next to them would die coughing blood.
And while they were watching that, another comrade would die elsewhere!
"What, who is it?! Hurry and contact the superior gods!"
"The lifeline of the divine realm is under threat!"
And it was at that moment.
[Ah, it's fine. Just leave it to me.]
"!"
At the brazen voice ringing from the sky, Yi Geon frowned.
'That voice.'
Sure enough, a familiar man shot up from the ground.
He was none other than Tot, the god of knowledge in the Ennead. Alongside Mimir, he was a superior god revered as the greatest repository of knowledge in the divine realm.
"The one who crawled in is the Serpent God, isn't he?"
"What?! It was the Serpent God who invaded?"
"The one who took the Monolith?"
"That madman, how does he even know about this place...!"
"More importantly, that bastard, it's said his rank has definitely risen beyond 8th...!!"
"It's not because of his ability. It's obviously because he devoured an Eden colony!"
Though the subordinates were foaming at the mouth in fury, Tot looked at Yi Geon and laughed leisurely.
"We've met before, haven't we? In the Akashic Rec— Argh!!!"
Instead of answering, Yi Geon immediately sliced off Tot's head.
"Chirping away like a bird, you brat."
"Lord Tot!"
As Tot's head fell to the ground, the subordinates screamed, but soon Tot's head reattached itself.
"Hoho, what a temper...! You were the one who wrecked our Ennead and Valkyrie in the Monolith 25 years ago."
"I don't recall?"
"Huh? Do snakes have bad memories? Gak!!!"
Tot's head was sliced off again.
Yi Geon rested the Heavenly Punishment on his shoulder and raised the corner of his mouth.
"The Akashic Records aren't synchronized with the actual timeline, you know. How do you even know about it?"
"Ah, come on! Even if this is an avatar body, do you think I don't feel pain?! And you shouldn't disrespect an elder senior g— Gaaak!"
"Lord Tot!!"
Eventually, at that point, Tot spoke as if he had no other choice.
"Well, I already knew you were a short-tempered god, and since you've seen this tree, let me speak directly. Please pretend you didn't see this."
"Pretend I didn't see it?"
He looked at the tree and the woman and laughed.
'That woman is a sinner who shared affection with an ancient Great Seongsin.'
Moreover, the one she shared affection with was a precious Tushin-grade being.
'The loss was great.'
That was why the gods had so ruthlessly captured her, but...
"Aren't you doing this to protect your territory as a Seongsin yourself? So, I will give you territory with exactly the same specifications as Earth, the same number of residents, the same rights. I'll give you everything. Not only that, I'll provide even more land as a replace—"
"Get lost."
"Pardon?"
"I don't need other land. Because for me, that land, Earth, is the only one that matters."
"!"
"Without those people there, it has no meaning, you brat."
At those words, Tot seemed to realize something astonishing.
"Oh... Now I understand. Why the scent of humanity wafts from you so strongly."
"What, bastard?"
Tot raised the corner of his mouth.
That god loved humans.
'And he doesn't want to live as a god, but together with them as a human.'
It must be because of that lingering attachment that he emitted the scent of humanity so strongly, enough to be mistaken for a lesser god.
Realizing this, Tot's eyes curved wickedly and slyly.
'So this was your weakness. The Great Seongsin of the Ennead will be pleased.'
With this, the Serpent God could be eliminated.
Just as Tot, having gleaned something good, was about to vanish to attempt it quickly.
"Gaaak?!"
"L-Lord Tot?!"
Tot's figure staggered. Something had gone wrong with his main body.
"Heok?! W-wait, wait!!"
Tot was in agony. It was for an entirely different reason.
"Why is the Great Seongsin of Kunlun...!! Heok!"
"What? The Great Seongsin of Kunlun? Lord Tot, what does that mean!"
As the bewildered subordinates caught hold of Tot, and Yi Geon tilted his head as if wondering what was wrong with this bastard.
A desperate voice echoed in Yi Geon's mind.
[Master! Kunlun seems to have gone mad! The Great Seongsin's appearance has turned bizarre, and the Great Seongsin of Kunlun is rampaging, attacking the gods of the divine realm...!]
At Lee Nami's voice, Yi Geon raised the corner of his mouth like a fox.
"Ah. Now that I think of it, did it succeed? I did try to turn the Great Seongsin into a weapon."
Clutching his neck, Tot looked at Yi Geon in astonishment.
"A w-weapon! What do you mean by...!"
"Well, he was so insolent trying to make me his wife. So I pulled a trick and set a device to turn him into a weapon and ran."
"Excuse me?!! Uwaaaaaagh!"
Simultaneously, Tot's figure coughed blood and dissipated.
He didn't know the exact situation, but his main body must have been attacked by the Great Seongsin of Kunlun and killed or torn apart.
And as his subordinates screamed, Yi Geon himself smiled nonchalantly.
'That must be the clothes I made for that Jageulsa brat activating.'
And did they think he'd made clothes for someone like Jageulsa for no reason?
He had placed a skill on the clothes and sent them over. And the Great Seongsin of Kunlun, who had been caught up in those clothes, must have transformed into something bizarre by now.
'Well... Jageulsa will probably die caught up in it too, but...'
That's not his problem.
In the end, at that point, the gods guarding the tree fell into a mental breakdown.
"W-wait. No matter what, it's impossible for us to handle the Serpent God..."
They couldn't even finish their sentence.
"Aaagh!"
Slash! Slash!
"Argh!!!"
[Data has been obtained.]
[Material is being converted into the Black King's ...]
[Using ... , ... has been made into ...]
And then, Yi Geon, leisurely approaching the monarch, raised his hand.
Honestly, he wasn't sure if he could revive her. Because the opponent was a monarch, and at a glance, she seemed to be an incredibly powerful being.
And he was a bit worried whether she'd be harmless to them even if she was revived.
But.
[Revival of All Creation (Life 5-Star)]
Intense golden and green light enveloped the woman in the tree.
At that sight, the gods who had been lying scattered around screamed.
"Aaagh! What is that bastard doing!"
It was then.
Crack, crack!
The woman's skin, hardened like stone, began to crack. And light burst from the fissures, leading to an astonishing event.
Whoosh!
It was a raging flame unlike anything seen before.
Up until now, the fire had been a seed of life the tree had been sucking dry to survive. But at this very moment.
Kugugung!
The giant of blazing flame flashed its eyes, and a fire burning more fiercely than the tree itself instantly began consuming the tree.
"Aaaaagh! No!!!"
"If that tree disappears...!"
And as Yi Geon was watching that sight, thinking it was burning well, he suddenly heard a voice.
It was a strained voice, as if burning away its last life force.
[Descendant of the Creator.]
"!"
[Beware the Ennead and Valhalla. They are the ones who dealt with the Creator.]
At the very least, the voice didn't seem hostile.
Because of that, Yi Geon spoke.
"Rest now. I'll let your daughter know."
But it was then.
[And.]
"Hm?"
[For you and your daughter, I leave the monarch by your side...]
At the unexpected words, Yi Geon tilted his head.
"A monarch? By my side?"
He asked who that was, but at the words that followed, Yi Geon's brow furrowed.
What?
Which bastard?
* * *
Well, it didn't matter.
Wiping out those bastards, hearing strange tales, and then returning home—that was all well and good.
But.
"Ah, what the hell are these brats doing in front of my house?"
Yi Geon's blood pressure was spiking at the scene unfolded before his house.
And what lay before him were his completely smashed and wrecked house, and Raphael.
Simultaneously, even Cheon Jiwoo being held by Hugo.
Just seeing that, Yi Geon realized what had happened, and his eyes flashed menacingly.
[These brats wrecked my house, destroyed the playground I painstakingly made for the baby, and that wasn't enough? They're after a pregnant woman?]
The moment her eyes met his, Raphael couldn't even breathe.
The distance was definitely far.
But.
'That power...!'
That power seeping out faintly was unmistakably at the 6th Stage!
Boom!!
But that wasn't the end.
"Damn it...!"
[Switching to the God of Martial Might.]
(Continued in the next episode)