Gods gained strength through [Faith] and [Offerings]. Thus, gods increased their followers who would offer faith and offerings, and expanded their flock.
That was common to all gods.
The more subordinates with high [Faith] one had, the stronger a Saint God became. Above all, the rate at which Divine Power filled up was no joke.
And that [Divine Power] was the god’s stamina and magical power; when it reached 0%, they died.
Moreover, recharging Divine Power took considerable time.
That was also why Great Saints didn’t use their power recklessly. The stronger the ability, the more power and cost incurred.
But Igeon was an exception.
Because he had Hugo, a follower god with 600% Faith. Even if he used power lavishly, his Divine Power was immediately refilled.
Truly an inexhaustible infinite battery!
But since Hugo’s Faith dropped to 0% and he was expelled from his seat, now Igeon found it difficult to use his power.
That was why he reached this conclusion.
“Yeonwoo, you also make a wish. I’ll grant anything.”
Of course, Yeonwoo seemed flustered for a moment upon hearing that.
-A, a wish?
“Yeah. I can grant all the wishes of my follower gods.”
Yes. It was a bit of a cunning method, but originally, gods were beings that received prayers and wishes from their creations.
Therefore, [Granting Wishes] was the fastest route for gods to raise Faith!
“Tell them to write down all their wishes until I leave for Earth. Don’t you have any?”
-Me?
“Yeah. I’ll grant anything.”
-Then marriage.
“…Okay! Wha… what?”
-Marry me.
“…Mar… what?”
-Marriage.
Igeon’s expression was a sight to see.
Looking as if he’d been hit on the head, Igeon blinked his eyes.
“Yeonwoo? Be serious….”
-I am serious.
“What?”
-You said you’d grant anything. Why? Is this kind of proposal not allowed?
“…#*&$*#&*????”
Even the great Igeon seemed to have a mental breakdown. It was definitely a completely unexpected reply.
“No. You. No. First, I got it… uh… let’s go talk.”
With his mind numbed, Igeon temporarily cut off the telepathy.
And at Igeon’s expression, his follower gods approached with great concern.
“Oh, Master? Are you alright? You must head for Earth quickly….”
“That’s right. The Great Saints will go to Earth and try to steal the faith of the holy cities and humanity…!”
But Igeon, staggering, laughed as if telling them not to be ridiculous.
“Idiots. My speed is faster.”
“!”
As the master of Earth, he could move instantly.
But those guys were different.
‘It was their first trip.’
Just as he had struggled when he first came to the divine realm, it would take them quite a while to reach Earth.
In that time, he just needed to recover his Divine Power and prepare to deal with them.
‘And to do that, first….’
Igeon immediately imbued power into the ring on his middle finger.
[Ring of Becoming Good (EX)]
- Made from [???] that became [???]
- Can control all confusion phenomena
- Ability seal, usable in various ways
[]
- Divine Power Seal
Those were the sealing items he had made from things obtained from a [???] and a General-grade monster in the past!
And when Igeon put power into those items, an amazing thing happened.
[Sealing power to maximum.]
[30%]
[20%]
…
[Sealing up to 5%]
When the ring’s power activated, the Great Saint’s power leaking from Igeon’s body reacted strongly.
Kugugung!!!
As the ring’s power seized the Great Saint’s power, that power surged even more fiercely.
From that overwhelming power, the gods around were swept away, and it was suffocating.
‘Huk, as expected of Great Saint level…!’
To have this much spirit just from sealing the power.
But that too was brief; Igeon calmly dusted off his hands.
‘Well, I should reduce it to about this level to be safe.’
Now that he was at Great Saint level, if he went to Earth as is, the Earth would explode.
But to his followers, it seemed a worrisome thing.
“Master, with that power you are in danger!”
“That’s right. If you get attacked in that state….”
But just then.
[This time, we will guard you.]
“!”
Turning his head at that voice, countless Saint Gods were bowing their heads to Igeon.
There were numerous high-ranking Saint Gods, even at the Earth Lord God level.
And even the follower gods that those Saint Gods individually possessed.
The existing follower gods felt relieved as if reassured.
But.
“Master, are you really truly alright?”
“Still, we’re worried!”
“What, you brats. Since these guys are here, the danger is lessened, right?”
“Ah, no. Not that, the marriage side….”
“…!”
The follower gods whispered with worried faces.
“Didn’t he just say marriage……was his wish?”
“Is he okay with that….”
Then Igeon broke out in a cold sweat.
“Well, the nephews will be different. First, I just need to raise their faith.”
Igeon hurriedly headed to his nephews.
* * *
Igeon hurriedly used [his authority] to return to Earth.
Since all restrictions that had been on the divine realm were lifted when he became a Great Saint, Igeon could freely use his authority.
And.
[Master! Welcome back!]
Il-nam and I-nam, who were guarding Earth’s sanctuary, appeared.
Igeon asked as soon as he saw them.
“Those bastards? Have they already come to Earth?”
[No! The Great Saints you spoke of haven’t arrived yet.]
Igeon laughed.
It was just as he thought.
[As far as I’ve determined, they will likely arrive in about 20 hours….]
“That’s enough time.”
That wasn’t all.
With Igeon’s statement that he would grant wishes, his follower gods’ Faith had risen even more.
At least 50% more each, that is.
[170%]
[250%]
[280%]
He had become stronger.
‘As expected, just the talk of granting wishes has an effect.’
He smiled as if satisfied.
And wasn’t he someone who knew his follower gods’ wishes from the start?
“First, feed the piggy bank!”
[Buoooo!!]
Igeon scattered the large amount of food he had stolen from the divine realm like that.
“For you, newly made weapons!!”
[Ooooh! Master!!]
[To lowly us, such divine instruments…!]
He scattered weapons, clothes, all sorts of property stolen from the divine realm.
[Faith of followers rises.]
[Faith of followers rises.]
[Divine Power fills up rapidly.]
[Divine Power fills up rapidly.]
Igeon chuckled as he headed inside the house.
All that remained was making 1000% for infinite Divine Power full charging!
‘If it’s my nephews, one wish will finish it.’
Both were talented individuals exceeding 300%.
Then even without that Hugo brat, Divine Power charging is a piece of cake!
Soon, as Igeon entered the house with a smirk, familiar faces popped out.
“Uncle!!!”
“Uncle!”
Seongjae and Yuha.
They must have been informed of his promise to grant wishes.
So Igeon, seeing the two, smiled brightly.
“Okay, my nephews. What wish should I grant? Just tell your uncle. What shall I give you, signatures, weapons, anything….”
“Marry us.”
“Marriaaage!!!”
“……?”
Igeon’s expression was a sight to see.
For a moment he thought he misheard, but his nephews had their eyes sparkling brightly.
“Marriage!!!!”
“No, I’m first! I have two wishes!!”
In the end, Igeon, hit from behind to the point of being hit to the bone, screamed.
“What kind of wish are these guys making right now!!”
“Ah, why!!! You said you’d seriously grant all wishes!”
“That’s right!”
“Even putting Yuha aside, you’re a guy in the first place!!”
But Cheon Seongjae had a crazed look in his eyes.
“It’s okay! There’s [a way]!!!”
“……Do you think I’ll write that for you?”
“It’s okay!! I’ll regress and change my chromosomes from the start!! The data is still there!!”
Igeon buried his face in his hands.
So all those with high faith become nutcases like this.
He wondered if it was really okay to go on like this.
‘Even now it’s like this….’
If it goes higher, won’t he get attacked?
But feeling Hugo’s absence, Igeon’s eyes flashed as if possessed by evil.
“Alright, first I got it.”
“!??!”
The ones surprised by their master’s answer were none other than the follower gods.
[M-Master! What are you going to do…!]
[Even so, there are things you can grant and things you can’t…!]
“What do you take me for? There’s a way.”
[A, a way?]
Igeon seriously whispered to his follower gods.
“Listen well. There are marriages like game character marriage, and marriage with 2D characters. As it happens, there’s also a one-to-one lifelike model that Seongjae made.”
[…??!!]
“With this, it’s possible, right?”
[…There’s no way that’ll work!!]
[Those wicked saints won’t fail to see through that scheme…!!]
And sure enough.
“Uncle… you’re not thinking of a game character or a lifelike model marriage, are you?”
Hit right on the nail, Igeon broke out in a cold sweat.
As expected, it won’t work?
Then Yuha and Seongjae gave a subtle look.
“Well, for now even that is fine.”
“…Is that really okay?? For real?”
Igeon looked at the two children with more unease, rather.
‘What’s this? What are they thinking.’
Anyway, it seemed that Igeon’s efforts paid off quite a bit.
[Faith has risen.]
[Faith has risen.]
[Faith has risen.]
[Divine Power has filled up.]
[Divine Power has filled up.]
[Current Divine Power 50%]
Having barely filled more than half of his Divine Power, Igeon wiped his sweat.
Because despite all his efforts, no one exceeded 400%.
Of course, even 400% wasn’t a normal range, so his Divine Power recovery speed was faster than other gods’.
But once you’ve experienced LTE, using 2G feels like you’re dying, you could say.
That was why he said this.
‘Damn it. Is that bastard who hit 600% really human?’
No, he wasn’t human.
It was when he wondered just how 600% was possible.
Kugugung!
“!”
[Master!]
The earth where they were began to shake.
[Warning. Intruders have invaded Earth.]
[Enemy uses a Rule Book.]
Igeon laughed in disgust.
‘They’ve come.’
It was certain that the Great Saints had come.
Indeed, at the lights falling like meteors from the sky, the follower gods began to move busily.
Those bastards would surely try to hide on Earth and snatch away the holy cities and land.
Because this was the only land left for them.
There was no way they’d do something as reckless as blowing up their colony.
But would he let those bastards dare hide in someone else’s land?
And Igeon had prepared by utilizing his followers while they were coming.
[Master!]
“Right. Bring out the ones you’ve found.”
But right then.
“!”
Among the six falling meteors, one was flying straight toward where Igeon was.
At the unexpected event, Igeon and his follower gods flinched in surprise.
[Master!]
[One of the Great Saints is coming this way!]
“That bastard?”
Though he didn’t know which Great Saint it was, it was clearly a declaration of war.
And as one of the Great Saints, whom he’d thought would focus on filling their own power first, came this way, Igeon seemed uncharacteristically flustered as well.
Igeon quickly took out a divine instrument.
And then.
As the power enveloping the huge meteor tried to blow away South Korea and even swallow the gods, Igeon’s eyes flashed.
Kugugung!!
Soon black flames wrapped around Igeon’s hand and coiled around the Abyssal Prison.
[Kill ten thousand to protect one.]
Igeon swung the roaring [Abyssal Prison].
Power clashed with power.
Kwang!
The strong power of the meteor facing the divine instrument roared fiercely as if to devour each other.
Kwakwangkang!!
Originally that power should have shattered the surroundings, but what Igeon swung was a death god weapon.
The mighty power emitted by the Death God Instrument instantly killed the powerful energy the meteor emitted.
And the moment Igeon completely eliminated the opponent’s attack!
Kugugung!!!
At last the meteor touched down on the ground, and with a massive earthquake the ground caved in and surrounding objects flew away.
“Uncle!”
“……!”
Fortunately, since Igeon had removed the opponent’s power, it only ended with a huge sinkhole.
[W-Well, as expected… Great Saint level.]
Then.
Thud.
From the deeply sunken pit, a man revealed himself.
It was not Hugo.
“That guy is….”
He was a man of sturdy build.
And at the sight of that man, the Master of the Blazing Heat, who had come to see the situation, flinched in surprise.
“Cough! Why that guy…!”
[A house truly humble for your stature.]
The one who appeared before Igeon was none other than the Great Saint of Kunlun, [???].
Igeon raised the Abyssal Prison high as if disgusted.
“You bastard, you dare invade someone else’s home without fear?”
But.
[Snake Lord. I might become your follower. I can help you eliminate the other Great Saints.]
Igeon’s hand stopped abruptly.
In the situation of having to eliminate Great Saints, a fellow Great Saint would be a very good card, but….
“What scheme is this bastard up to now?”
[In exchange, there is a condition.]
“Just as I thought. What, you want me to become your bride?”
[As if I would do such a thing.]
“Then what is it.”
[That is….]
Soon, upon hearing the condition, the follower gods were astonished at its unconventional nature, and Igeon, as if pissed off, quietly drew his Judgment.
* * *
It was around that time.
The land of the Monarchs.
It was the land of monsters where first-generation and second-generation Monarchs gathered.
And onto that land of slaughter, a familiar figure fell.
[T-That guy is!]
The blond man who suddenly appeared without a single weapon was none other than Hugo.
“It was hard finding you, brother.”
The Monarchs immediately were on guard and their eyes flashed.
[You, who’ve now become human, what do you think this place is….]
But [one] rose, as if pleased.
[Now you’ve come to your senses. Welcome, my precious brother. Have you finally recalled our promise.]
“Right. The promise to devour a god.”
Hugo, holding something, smiled.
(To be continued in the next episode.)