"This bastard, after I went to all the trouble of setting up a shield, what is this?
‘Monarch?’
Is he having a secret meeting with a piece of trash like that right now?
Upon hearing this, Igeon's eyes immediately flashed.
At that, the subordinate deities flinched.
[M-Master?]
But before his subordinates could stop him, Igeon soared into the air.
Heading somewhere, Igeon was on the warpath to beat Hugo to death.
‘Is this it? Are you cheating on me with that bastard?’
I even destroyed the Scorpio Sanctuary to set up the shield, and you dare ruin the fruits of that labor?
As if his pride were wounded, Igeon stormed off at a run.
Trying to activate [ ] was just a bonus.
And after some time had passed.
“!”
Igeon, who emerged from the Scorpio Sanctuary through the cave path, stared wide-eyed.
The occasional patches of perpetual snow and the clear lake spread out between them.
Outside, the grand spectacle of the Rocky Mountains unfolded.
It seemed the Scorpio's headquarters was hidden in the Canadian Rockies.
But right now, that wasn't what mattered.
‘That bastard?’
Near the lake, Hugo's figure was visible, as tiny as an ant.
And at the familiar face of the Monarch on the opposite side, Igeon's eyebrows shot up.
What's more, it wasn't just one of them.
‘The ones beside him are...’
[They are a 2nd generation monarch]
[Subordinate of [ ]]
At the sight of the enemy, killing intent blazed from Igeon's eyes.
‘Could he have come to join hands with [ ]?’
And is that stupid friend of mine trying to accept the offer?
In fact, that guess didn't seem far off.
[[ ] is secretly dealing with the monarchs]
[[ ] is attempting a secret contract with the monarchs using the Snake Lord as bait]
At that notification, Igeon frowned.
Has this bastard recovered his memories and now plans to sell out his friend's information?
Just like when he sold them out to the enemies, including the Blazing Snake Lord, is he trying to sell me out too?
As if he wouldn't let it slide, Igeon leaped into the air.
And around that time.
Hugo, who had faced the Whale Eun, was yelling himself hoarse.
“So if you guys pretend you didn't see Igeon now, I'll set up a blind date with him later!!”
[I don't need it. Step aside. If I attack you, this will get noisy.]
“I'm telling you I'll arrange a meeting with Igeon!! Just wait a little, and I'll let you have a hot night with him—Puhwak!!!!”
Hugo was sent flying by a kick that came from the sky.
Kicked by the power of [ ], Hugo flew roughly and was buried in the ground like a meteorite.
And Igeon, the one who kicked him, ground his teeth.
“Has this bastard completely lost his mind?! He's selling me out?!”
“…#$*#$!”
If he hadn't awakened the power of a monarch or a god, he would undoubtedly have died.
Hugo was on the verge of death, and the Whale Eun before him was greatly enraged.
[Snake Lorrrd! This traiorrrr! Fraaudsterrrrr!]
The Whale Eun, floating in the air, exuded killing intent as if this was a good opportunity.
[I came to eat you!! Forget a late-night snack, I'll just absorb you, bones and all!!]
No sooner had those words fallen than [ ] attacked Igeon.
As if it were a bother, Igeon dodged the attack.
“Ah, geez, you still haven't given up? I let you eat other gods, so cut me some slack.”
[ ] roared fiercely, as if telling him to shut up.
[Whatever, you probably couldn't do it anyway! Forever-alone god! Do you even know how to do it!!]
Igeon, as if stung, raised his voice with veins bulging.
“Shut up, I'm not forever alone!”
[Don't lie! You don't even know how to XX!]
“You think I don't know something like that!”
As if none of it mattered, [ ] unleashed its power.
“!”
A powerful force surged.
[This time, I'll take you to my domain so you can't escape!]
With that angry voice, shadows rose from the whale's shadow. At the same time, the massive shadow that had once swallowed Osiris stretched to beneath Igeon's feet.
At that sight, a 2nd generation monarch who seemed to have followed [ ] joined in.
They seemed to think it was an opportunity.
But right at that moment.
Kwajik!!
Hugo kicked the 2nd generation monarch away who was trying to take Igeon.
At that sight, the 2nd generation monarch looked at Hugo, seemingly flustered.
[Hugo! Why are you stopping me!]
“Why? Because you're an enemy, that's why I stop you!”
[Huh? Didn't you say you were on our side just now!]
At those words, Igeon, who had climbed atop the head of the Abyss, raised his voice with bulging veins.
“…What the hell?”
Under that glare mixed with killing intent, Hugo hastily glared at the 2nd generation monarch.
“Hey! Saying I'm an ally, when did I ever!”
[You did say so! That you wanted the Snake God to bear children, to increase the number of Creators!]
“!!”
At those words, Hugo looked between Igeon and the 2nd generation monarch in a fluster.
“Hey. No. Bringing that up here. No! Igeon, no!!”
[Didn't you say that the child of a Creator is inevitably born as a Creator, and when there are two or three instead of one, you'd make them pine after their uncle and then devour them all!]
“Hey!!”
[You were trying to send us back with that, and then the moment the Snake God arrived, what is this—!]
At those words, Hugo facepalmed, and Igeon grinned viciously.
“Ah. So you were saying things like that?”
“#$&**#!”
[So that's why you were eyeing my children like that.]
At the power of 6th stage [ ] surging from Igeon's body, Hugo screamed.
“No! This is! These guys suddenly invaded and were looking for you, so I was trying to stop them from targeting you! If this [ ] invades, Earth will be wrecked!”
[Hugo!!!]
“No! If you have any sense, go back already! I'm in the middle of persuading the Snake God, trying to trick him!”
[Hey!]
When Igeon finally drew out the power of [ ], Hugo stretched out his hand as if all was lost.
And as if giving up, he sent the 2nd generation monarch flying elsewhere.
That was none other than the power of [ ].
It must have been the power he had imitated back when he was [ ].
Then he said to Igeon.
“With even gods coming to covet you, can you handle monarchs on top of that?! So I was trying to buy time! If I pretended to be [ ], they would trust me.”
Igeon, who had bound [ ] with snake chains, snorted.
“Ah. Is that so?”
“Yes! Would I betray you when I have Jiu and the kids to think about?!”
“Even after seeing that?”
“…Excuse me?”
In the direction Igeon pointed, Hugo screamed.
“Those bastards are…!”
They looked as if they had covered themselves with cloth to hide their appearance.
Dozens of floating entities were crossing the sky, making eerie sounds.
[Where is the surviving Creator?]
[Find him.]
[We must dispose of him.]
And they were undoubtedly the ones who had been targeting Igeon since last time.
“What! Why are those guys here!”
Of course, normally, there was no reason for them to appear here.
After all, this place is the Scorpio Sanctuary.
Since Haley or the Scorpio guardian deity, who know about Igeon, would never let them through.
“But if it's [ ], it's different. That's the one that sneaked into our house like the wind last time. If its power reaches here, it's not impossible.”
“No!”
“And they say those guys are close with Kruder. They sold the power of the Ancient God to Kruder.”
“!”
“And on top of that, you and [ ] are brothers. Didn't [ ] send them here to help his brother? Sending his subordinates here.”
“I'm innocennttt!!!”
Hugo looked at Igeon as if begging to be believed, but Igeon's eyes were cold.
‘Should I just deal with him after all?’
It was when Igeon was glaring at Hugo, reaching for the Heavenly Punishment.
Thinking of his nephews and nieces, Igeon frowned.
“Well. It doesn't matter.”
“Igeon?”
“From what I just saw, you've awakened your monarch ability.”
“…Excuse me?”
“Then you can probably handle all those bound to the Evil God.”
“Wait, what? No!”
“I'll give you a chance. If you can't deal with all of them, you die by my hand.”
“Wait…!”
The moment the words left his mouth, Igeon kicked Hugo toward the Evil Gods.
Ignoring the rage of [ ], Igeon bolted.
* * *
After throwing Hugo to the group of Evil Gods and [ ], Igeon moved quickly.
He hadn't just tossed Hugo away for no reason.
Because [ ] was a bother to deal with.
‘Those Evil Gods that showed up there are just underlings.’
They may be numerous and their divine rank is strong, but by his standards, they're about subordinate deity level.
But not far away, a stronger presence could be felt.
That must be the leader commanding them.
‘About four of them, I guess?’
So Igeon was going to go take care of those leader-types.
After all, gods are just like killing monsters; you have to cut off the head first for the limbs to die too.
‘So I'll leave the underlings to Taeksu.’
Above all, the reason Igeon wanted to deal with the leader-types was simple.
-My Creator, where are you?
Whenever he heard that voice, Igeon could never use his power.
And presumably, the owner of that voice was probably the supreme leader of these [ ].
‘Anyway, unless I take care of that bastard with his twisted hobby, I can't deal with the other gods.’
Because a weakness keeps appearing.
With that, Igeon's eyes gleamed, and he moved in an instant.
There were suspicious shadows who were flustered at the sight of Igeon.
The location was none other than a village near the Scorpio Sanctuary.
“What the. How is he here!”
They were gods who had come from the divine realm to monitor Igeon.
“What's going on? We drove all the [ ] toward him!”
“What did they do with those guys?”
That was it.
Sending [ ] here was none other than the gods of the divine realm.
Because they had decided to deal with Igeon at the divine realm council.
And using Igeon's belongings left in the divine realm, they had spread his scent to lure the [ ].
On top of that, they had even tampered a bit with the barrier of the Scorpio Sanctuary.
But the gods who had lured the [ ] glanced around furtively.
They couldn't help it.
“…Hey. But if he's a Creator, shouldn't we not be doing this? He's such a precious god...”
“That's right. They are heroic gods who even created the divine realm. And if he really is a candidate for the Great Holy God...”
“Shut up! What Great Holy God! Then we have to spit out everything, including his subordinate deities and even the land!”
It was already agreed upon by the Great Holy Gods of eight factions and dozens of regional lords.
“The Evil Gods are Creator hunters. They're the ones who robbed graves and sold the corpses to the Monarchs.”
“Right. If he's a Creator, he'll be weak against the Evil Gods...”
But right at that moment.
“Ah. So that's how it was?”
“?!”
Igeon appeared behind the gods who were monitoring him.
At that sight, the gods who had come under orders screamed.
“Aack! You, you!”
“What are you bastards doing pretending to be humans on someone else's land?”
“Damn it!”
“But that's strange. The auras of four weren't yours.”
The gods discovered by Igeon immediately retreated.
“Hurry, go back!”
It was as they tried to return to the divine realm.
BANG!!!
“Where do you think you're going, bastards!”
At the flaming kick that flew from the sky, the gods screamed.
And the one who appeared was none other than Cheon Seong-jae.
Cheon Seong-jae glared at the gods as if asking where they thought they were running.
The gods looked at him with caution.
“That human... possesses a divine spark!”
“!”
Igeon looked at Seong-jae with puzzlement.
“What the. Where's Yuha?”
“Ah, about that...! I don't know why, but my sister says she can't come near you right now, Uncle.”
At those words, Igeon narrowed his brow.
‘Maybe it's because of that thing in her arm?’
In truth, in Yuha's arm, there was an Evil God that Giselle had planted long ago to control Hugo.
Of course, now they were controlling it through the Lion's taming skill, but... who knows.
‘It's probably the same race as the [ ] that appeared here.’
And if so, she might go berserk in this environment where its kin have appeared.
That's why Yuha didn't come.
Especially if it's a being that might harm Igeon.
And then, at that moment.
“They're just subordinate deities. These measly flames, we'll just break through and...”
At that, Igeon smiled sharply. And, as if a thought struck him, he called out to Cheon Seong-jae.
“Seong-jae, it's a snack.”
“Huh? Snack? What's that... Koff-puhuck!!”
Igeon immediately shoved something into Cheon Seong-jae's mouth.
“Kuwah-huk!! Ugh, what is this!”
“It's fine. Swallow it.”
“Uaaaaeup!”
Cheon Seong-jae held back tears and swallowed what Igeon fed him.
He thought it was a pill to boost his power, but unexpectedly, the gods were aghast and listened.
They couldn't help it.
“That thing just now, isn't that a divine spark from Olympus!”
“Agh! The divine spark of an Olympic regional lord!!”
Soon, as Cheon Seong-jae looked like he might throw up in agony, Igeon clamped his mouth shut, saying no.
Cheon Seong-jae's face gradually turned purple.
At that sight, the gods shouted with fire in their eyes.
“That madman! Does he think a human can withstand such a divine spark!”
“Make him spit it out immediately!”
“Look! That kid is dying!”
But Igeon only lifted the corners of his mouth.
“What do I care. His sister did it.”
“!!”
“If you succeed, Uncle will grant you one wish.”
Right at that moment.
Flash!
[The Sage has successfully embraced a new divine spark]
[The Sage absorbs the divine spark of the Master of the War God [ ]]
(To be continued in the next episode)