[Very well. I shall be passed down and become your subordinate.]
At the unexpected answer, the evil gods screamed.
[No! Master!!!]
[What are you saying right now!]
[You can't just say 'very well' now!]
[More importantly, why did you have to regain your senses at a time like this!]
[No, if you've regained your senses, couldn't you just cancel the subordination…]
But regardless of what his subordinates said, the primordial god's will was clear.
[Very well. I shall be passed down and become your subordinate.]
[No, you don't need to repeat the same thing!]
[I shall be passed down and become your subordinate.]
[Oh dear, he hasn't come to his senses!!]
[Masterrr!!]
In the end, even Hugo was rarely surprised at that firm will.
Of course, the primordial god's state didn't look that sound. He truly seemed to have only minimal intelligence remaining.
But the words "be passed down" simply meant "die from now on." No matter how the primordial god's state was, the authority he possessed was immense, and that authority protected his body.
That defensive instinct would never accept the word "passed down," and there was no way the evil gods would stay still either.
‘She had thought they would naturally fight, so she intended to kill him for them.’
It was she, gradually regaining the power of a monarch.
It wouldn't be easy, but killing one already ruined primordial god wasn't impossible.
But then.
[However, no self-destruction.]
[…Master?]
The primordial god, in the form of a giant black giant, looked at Lee Geon and said.
[If I die, this dimension will simply blow away.]
The primordial god, who was essentially the origin of everything, was both the king of gods and the framework supporting the world. Because he was the supreme god, even his gender wasn't fixed to one.
Soon the evil gods spoke.
[Right. That's why we were going to say no.]
[The one-second moment when the primordial god's life ends. All living things die. Gods, dimensions, everything becomes nothing. Do you understand?]
[Are you going to kill all the humans of Earth that you care about!]
Then Lee Geon raised an eyebrow.
"Damn, then what do you want me to do? You want me to stay powerless?"
[That is!]
"If that's the case, all of you get out of my sight. Don't ever show up again."
[No!!! The great deities won't leave you alone!]
[The primordial god doesn't want that either!!]
When the evil gods got angry, Lee Geon flared up as if flipping the dinner table.
"Damn, then what do you want me to do! Just want to kill everyone?!"
[Argh! This child is saying such blasphemy to his ancestors!!]
[How can you be our descendant after saying that!!]
[Our ancestors' hearts are torn, you wicked brat!]
"What do I care! Get lost! Age-wise, you're ancestors at the Homo sapiens level, why do you keep calling yourselves ancestors, ancestors!!"
[Wh-what did you say! You bastard?!]
"No, are you Australopithecus? Anyway, you're just monkey bastards!!"
At the merciless abuse, the evil gods seemed to receive an unbelievable shock.
[Damn it. We raised this kid wrong! Someone teach him some character education first!!]
[Grandmother!!!]
[Teacher!!!]
At the sight of the evil gods not knowing what to do, Lee Geon's subordinate gods broke out in a cold sweat.
It couldn't be helped.
[The Creators... were they all originally like that?]
‘Those famous genius groups…’
‘Those incredibly strong kins…’
‘Those we admired… those ones…!’
The Creators were tech gods and non-combat gods, yet they were insanely strong.
It wasn't for nothing that the first-generation monarchs, the Creators, were imprisoned. They were the ones who, even with a small number, matched the great deities who commanded tens of thousands of gods.
And at that sight, Yeonwoo cleared his throat with a cough.
‘Hmm... well, the previous master also had that kind of personality.’
Soon the evil gods said.
[Anyway!! Killing the primordial god is forbidden!]
[It's an act that destroys the order of the universe…!]
But then, at that moment.
[Even without doing that, don't you have a way to become a subordinate through the system itself?]
[M-Master?]
At the primordial god's words, Lee Geon tilted his head.
"Becoming a subordinate through the system itself?"
[As a weapon.]
"!"
Lee Geon understood instantly.
All items made by Lee Geon could be engraved with a concept of ownership. Not to mention, the moment they are made into objects, isn't a master-servant relationship already established?
Sure enough, the primordial god spoke.
[Without killing, just turn me into a divine artifact. That alone has the passing-down effect, and the master-servant relationship will be reversed.]
[Master!!]
[And isn't making things into weapons something you enjoy?]
Then Lee Geon laughed as if he understood.
"Well, that's true."
As long as the gods were aiming for his land, he had to regain his strength too.
When Lee Geon reached out his hand, the evil gods screamed.
[Ah, no, wait!]
[The primordial god is nothing but scrap metal, Master!!]
But without a moment to stop him, Lee Geon immediately used his authority.
[Transforms ___ into an object.]
[Transforms ___ into ___'s divine artifact.]
[___ has been reborn as ___.]
With light, the form of the giant giant changed.
His appearance grew smaller.
And when the light disappeared, the primordial god with an unfamiliar appearance fell onto Lee Geon.
[M-Master?]
An immense energy seeped into Lee Geon.
At the same time, everyone was surprised at the appearance of the primordial god that had fallen onto Lee Geon.
"Huh, a child?"
A child with long flowing hair was gently held in Lee Geon's arms.
[Passing-down has been completed.]
[Master-servant relationship has changed.]
[You have become the master of the primordial god.]
[The power and position of Ophiuchus changes.]
* * *
[I never expected you would look like this.]
After the primordial god fell into Lee Geon's hands, the four evil gods encountered the Scorpio constellation god.
It could be said they were five comrades meeting after a truly long time.
[Anyway, we were worried because only you suddenly went missing that day.]
[To think that bastard made you like this.]
[Well, the fact that that guy reincarnated as a human is more surprising though…]
And at those words, the Scorpio constellation god was extremely furious.
'Hugo Otterus' was a human, and since it was her saint's request, she saved Hugo's wife and Hugo, but in truth, she had barely held back from tearing them apart all this time.
[If it hadn't been for Asran's request.]
[Asran? Did that child say such a thing?]
[That is so.]
After Asran discovered him, he immediately said he would kill ___.
At that time, ___ was imprisoned in the great deities' prison.
But.
-___ is my benefactor.
-What?
-And he's a guy who likes the Creators more than anyone.
Asran clearly said that.
And at those ridiculous words, the Scorpio constellation god was still seething.
[How could a guy who likes the Creators wipe out the Creators? It's still nonsense.]
Then the four evil gods were puzzled.
[Well, wasn't it that kid who wiped out the Creators?]
[Baran's son... what was his name. Ah right, 'Garan.']
[Asran's half-brother, I mean.]
They were referring to the Scorching Lord.
[Anyway, weren't they wiped out by the guys who came with Garan?]
[Well... it was after we became like this, so I don't know the details of what happened then…]
The five evil gods, including the Scorpio constellation god, had originally led the Creators as elders.
Together with the primordial god's assassination incident, they too were driven out of the divine realm and became like this.
[That is so. It wasn't ___ who killed the Creators, but Garan. Wasn't Garan always an honor student but had a lot of complaints about his kin?]
[As he was of the same kin, he would have known exactly when the Creators' power weakened.]
Then the Scorpio constellation god clicked her tongue.
[No. Garan was from a collateral branch, so even though he was the eldest son, he didn't know much about the Creators' affairs. He was excluded from the Creators' matters.]
In other words, the only one who could know the Creators' secrets was ___, who was by Baran's side.
[It was that ___ who spread the Creators' weakness to Garan's side.]
The Scorpio constellation god ground her teeth.
[He wanted to kill all the Creators to release his own bindings.]
[!]
___ was the prisoner, and the Creators were the wardens.
And the reason such a guy could be held was because the wardens were the Creators.
‘They bound his soul, suppressing his abilities and nature.’
In short, as long as the Creators didn't completely disappear, the binding wouldn't be released.
Such was the contract.
[In fact, on that day, all the Creators died, but ___ couldn't escape.]
Because the sole survivor named Asran was still alive.
[So the binding was still in effect, and as punishment for killing the Creators, wasn't he imprisoned in the great deities' prison?]
As evidence, after Asran died, that guy's actions were a sight to see.
[As soon as the last survivor Asran died, he immediately burst out of prison like crazy, happily killing gods, eating them, and even calling his other fellow monarchs.]
Maybe the long binding was released with Asran's death.
The fact that the freed ___ called his comrades and smashed the divine realm was still a hellish thing.
[It was a real blast. Well, it was surprising that such a strong guy was caught so easily though.]
The day of his public execution was still vivid in memory.
It was such a huge execution that all the gods of the divine realm flocked to watch.
The Scorpio constellation god also watched from the shadows.
But even when he was dragged off to the Mahabharata hell of reincarnation, the guy showed not a hint of remorse.
-Those idiotic Creators.
Muttering such curses, didn't ___ say?
-Anyway, I'll come back to life. When that time comes, I'll devour them all.
And now it was the same.
[Since the Creators have been reborn, that binding magic must have resurrected again. So he's trying to kill the one remaining snake child and release the binding on himself.]
At the Scorpio constellation god's words, the evil gods made serious faces.
[…Although for such a thing, he was making a fuss about wanting to see his nephew…]
[What?]
[…He was actively getting involved with your saint…]
[More importantly, isn't it problematic if the Scorpio saint gets involved with someone?]
[Well, they were pretty.]
Then the Scorpio constellation god got angry.
[Are you taking the monarch's side now!!]
[No!]
Well, whatever.
It was when the Scorpio constellation god was about to say something.
‘!’
The Scorpio constellation god flinched.
[What's wrong?]
At the other evil gods' words, the Scorpio constellation god immediately looked outside.
[That damn bastard.]
[!]
[Garan, no, the Scorching Lord has come.]
* * *
And around that time.
The Scorching Lord appeared in the Scorpio constellation god's territory.
It was none other than to deal with ___, no, Hugo.
‘If I don't deal with it, I'll die.’
The raven crest engraved on his neck was proof of that.
And that was the surveillance subordinate god.
‘It's ___'s eyes.’
Muninn and Huginn. They were raven gods who served as his limbs beside the Valhalla great deity.
Those bastards had attached themselves to him.
‘If I fail or join hands with them, it will be conveyed immediately.’
Then he would be executed right away.
That was why he had no choice but to come.
The excuse that he was currently in a human state was useless.
-I'll handle that part.
And the Scorching Lord, having gained divine power, looked at Hugo and lamented.
Honestly, he never thought his saint would be that ___.
‘Why, of all people, that bastard.’
When he was 'Garan,' it was when he attacked on the day the Creators weakened to strike his father.
When he was killing his kin, the ___ he faced had let out a hollow laugh while looking at him.
-Oh my. You betrayed your father? Interesting.
-...!
Afterwards, ___ killed the Creator who had come with him. Of course, his comrade who saw that said, 'He killed this Creator,' and summoned the great deities to capture him, but.
‘That bastard…’
Anyway, regardless of Geon, he had to deal with ___.
‘There's no way he'll leave the divine realm alone.’
It was his own fault for choosing that bastard as a saint.
Of course, he had no intention of completely abandoning Hugo.
Well, since he couldn't avoid the great deities' gaze, he planned to capture him and then ask Mahabharata to secretly reincarnate him.
‘That's the way for everyone to live.’
Of course, if he killed Hugo and reincarnated him, Geon would have a seizure and try to kill him, but it didn't matter.
‘Since the primordial god is there, my nephew won't be able to do anything.’
But then…
‘...Why is the primordial god Geon's?!’
The Scorching Lord, who had arrived at the Scorpio sanctuary, fell into a mental breakdown.
He saw the child held in Lee Geon's arms and clutched his head.
And that was when.
"What. Why did you come?"
"......!!!"
Seeing Lee Geon smiling as if he had discovered him, the Scorching Lord trembled.
"I don't know how, but you seem to have gained divinity. It doesn't look like you came to play."
Then the Scorching Lord immediately glared.
"I came to deal with ___. There's nothing for you to avoid, so pretend you didn't see."
"So you're telling me you want to die right now?"
"He was originally supposed to live as a human and die! Now that he's starting to awaken as a monarch, it's different!"
"Huh, no. Go back."
"It doesn't matter if you say that. The saint contract is still valid anyway, and I can retrieve Hugo's soul. I'm telling you, even you can't stop this."
Then Lee Geon, as if saying what bullshit, gently waved something.
And at that item, the Scorching Lord's face froze.
"That... is!"
The all-purpose wish ticket that he had given to Lee Geon in return for fixing Sagittarius' sacred relic long ago!
"You remember this, right? You said you'd grant any wish."
Realizing the meaning, the Scorching Lord raised his voice.
"No, you're going to use this here?! Are you in your right mind! Using it for a trivial thing like this?!"
"Yeah."
"Are you saying your uncle can die taking all responsibility!"
"Yeah. Don't care."
At those words, the Scorching Lord grabbed the back of his neck.
This ungrateful bastard...?!
(To be continued...)