Igeon fell into serious contemplation.
‘Why are there only lunatics around me?’
Igeon, who had beaten Steven down(?), became serious.
Of all things, you fell for the Goddess of Fate who looks like me? Igeon raised an eyebrow.
“The only normal one here is me.”
At that, Kevin, who had brought Steven, was dumbfounded.
What? Normal?
“Where did you sell your conscience?”
“What?”
“Anyway, because a guy like you is running wild, the most normal one, me, is suffering.”
At Kevin’s words, Igeon looked at him as if he was dumbfounded.
“You crazy bastard. Among the Saints, you’re the most abnormal.”
“What are you talking about? I’m the most normal one!”
“No, I am!”
The subordinate gods were sweating profusely at the conversation.
[No. Neither of them falls within the normal range...]
But regardless, Steven, who had been lying on the ground, stood up.
Blood was flowing from his head, but he didn’t seem to care.
And then.
“Oh, I fell in love at first sight, please marry me...!”
He tried to approach the Goddess of Fate who looked like Igeon.
At that appearance, as if he would even pluck the stars for her, Igeon picked up the axe again, and the Virgo Constellation God who came with Kevin cackled.
[Marriage, marriage...!]
Kevin left the Virgo Constellation God, who was dying of laughter, and approached him.
Maybe he felt sorry for Steven misunderstanding like this. Or maybe as a fellow Saint, it was embarrassing.
“Hey, cat. Do you know what that is?”
He asked if he knew what it was and was saying that, but Steven’s eyes flashed seriously, as if he misunderstood.
“Do you think I care about race!? Even if she’s a god, I don’t care!”
“No. Look at her face carefully.”
“What face! She’s a beauty more beautiful than the stars in the sky!”
“It’s female Igeon.”
“……?”
“It’s said to be one of the Divine Palace’s skills... Anyway, it’s Igeon’s female version! You idiot!”
At those words, Steven, who had been looking between Igeon and the Goddess of Fate, screamed, ‘Aack!’
It seemed he hadn’t noticed at first glance, but upon closer comparison, they did resemble each other.
As expected.
“Aack! That can’t be!! Why? No, why! Did you have a younger sister?”
In the end, Igeon grabbed the back of his neck as if he had a headache and gave an order to the Goddess of Fate.
“Ah, whatever, just kill that thing. Grinding it up would be faster.”
[Understood.]
The Goddess of Fate immediately summoned a weapon. A handle as long as a spear, with an axe blade close to a disc.
It was the axe she had received from Igeon.
And as if to finish off Steven, she charged at him.
Perhaps because Hugo’s [Idolization Skill] was already applied, even her swinging posture was exactly like Igeon’s.
At that sight, Steven screamed.
The viciously flying axe drew a circle as if it would mercilessly cut Steven’s neck.
But Steven seemed to be mentally broken in a different sense.
It couldn’t be helped.
‘What is this?’
Something was strange.
The weapon used, the annoyingly dangerous attack style, the irritating movements that allowed no openings, everything was Igeon.
‘What is this? Normally Igeon is a son of a bitch.’
“Why! Why does she look cute and pretty... Aack!!”
In the end, Steven was completely beaten by the Goddess of Fate and fell.
And Steven, who had fallen powerlessly without being able to attack once due to the opponent’s beauty, struck the ground resentfully.
“...Keuk, that’s not Igeon!”
“Right. He’s not, you bastard.”
“That... is Igeon’s daughter!!!”
Instead of answering, Igeon swung the Nine Heavens’ Abyss at Steven.
Crack!!!
“You’ve finally lost your mind, you bastard.”
“Keuk... No, I was wrong... Not daughter, son, no, wife... no....”
“You’re really denying reality....”
Kevin looked at Steven, who was bleeding, as if pitiful.
But it seemed there was a big gain.
[Faith of the Leo Saint towards Ophiuchus has risen.]
[Divinity is rising.]
[Current Divinity 65%]
Seeing that, Igeon raised an eyebrow. And he gave some instruction to the Goddess of Fate.
Soon, the Goddess of Fate, following Igeon’s order, patted the back of the fallen Steven, and an amazing thing happened.
[Faith has risen.]
[Divinity is rising.]
[Current Divinity 70%]
[Current Divinity 80%]
……
[Current Divinity 100%]
“That’s enough. Kill him.”
The Goddess of Fate swung the axe without mercy.
Thud!!
Igeon dusted his hands and turned around.
Divinity was already insufficient. Filling it up before fighting the Great Constellations was a thankful thing.
And it was then.
Flash! Flash!
“!”
As if on cue, teleportation sounds were heard from everywhere.
The Saints who had been dragged to the Divine Realm, the Saint Representatives who had been guarding Earth, and even the main combatants of each Constellation all gathered.
“Igeon-nim!”
“Is it correct that you’ve summoned the executives of all the Constellations?”
From SS-rank to A-rank of the Zodiac 13 Constellations.
Roughly, the number was hundreds.
And the ones who led them here were Cheon Seongjae and Cheon Yuha. The six who had been dragged to the Divine Realm.
Soon, the S-rank Constellation Commanders bowed their heads cautiously.
“The rest are on standby in each region as you instructed.”
“All over the world, they are waiting for Igeon-nim’s orders in real-time.”
Hearing that, Igeon’s eyes flashed immediately.
“By the master’s order, I summon you. Come out.”
“!”
As if responding to the voice of the Grand Constellation, the pattern of Ophiuchus rose from the ground everywhere.
And what rose up were six gods of the Earthly Sovereign level, who had been brought out of prison this time.
Rumble!
At the tremendous pressure and power, the gathered Holy Disciples gaped.
“S-Saint?!”
At that mighty power, the Holy Disciples couldn’t help but be terrified.
Because it was a power incomparable to the Constellation Gods of the Zodiac they served, or even the monsters they had faced on Earth.
But even more surprising was that they were bowing their heads to Igeon.
‘Igeon-nim, what on earth happened in the meantime...!’
But regardless, Igeon spoke.
“You guys each go into the empty seats of the Zodiac 12 Constellation Gods. That way the Holy Disciples on Earth can use their power properly. Can you do it?”
[That much isn’t difficult...]
“Ah. For reference, I’m not saying become the Constellation Gods of the Zodiac.”
[Huh?]
“I’ve designated those guys as the Constellation Gods, so assist them.”
[……???]
“??!”
The SS-ranks who were pointed out by Igeon screamed.
“You’re telling us to do the Constellation God’s work?!”
They were the six who had been unjustly treated as Constellation Gods and dragged to the Divine Realm because of Igeon’s designation(?).
And Kali, Lee Jaewon, and Gote looked at Igeon as if asking what he meant.
“Igeon-nim! What suddenly!”
“Igeon-nim!”
“Enough. I don’t trust those god bastards anymore.”
“!”
“Earth doesn’t need gods. So you do the work of both Constellation Gods and Saints. You already have the qualifications since you’ve raised your divinity, right?”
“But...!!”
“Well, since you’re lower god level, you’ll lack divinity... So I summoned them to supply you with magic power. Handle it yourself.”
At those words, the summoned Constellation Gods seemed to realize Igeon’s meaning and turned pale.
[M-Master. That means...]
[You’re telling us to become magic power batteries for each Constellation...!]
“Yeah. You’re exactly... batteries. The operation is entirely according to those guys’ words.”
The gods who thought they could become the Constellation Gods of the Zodiac were frustrated.
Even so, they were all top-tier gods of the Earthly Sovereign level.
But to be mere magic power batteries...!
But setting aside Kali, who was originally Libra, Gote and Lee Jaewon, who were now to play the roles of both Taurus and Cancer Constellation Gods & Saints, looked troubled.
How did they, who were Sagittarius, end up in the Constellations of their enemies, not even Ophiuchus...!
“Will the new Saints accept this...?”
“Accept or not, kill anyone who doesn’t cooperate.”
“……!!”
Though radical, they seemed to agree with Igeon’s statement that he would no longer trust the gods.
‘They are the ones who think of humans as colonial slaves.’
“Anyway, the Grand Constellations and gods are hiding on Earth and trying to NTR the Holy Disciples, so you guys scatter and find those bastards.”
Igeon frowned.
It was said that the gods who lost their power would steal his people on Earth, but stealing couldn’t be that easy.
‘There’s no way raising faith is easy.’
Even the existing Constellation Gods took a whopping 20 years to establish the system.
In other words, there was only one way for outside gods to steal faith in a short time.
‘Fear or brainwashing.’
Since the method the existing Constellation Gods used was instilling fear using monsters, these guys would surely not be much different.
Meaning something equivalent to monsters would appear.
So Igeon raised the ones he trusted to the positions of Constellation Gods and Saints, and hastily summoned the Holy Disciples.
‘If humanity’s faith goes to those bastards instead of me, it’s over.’
Faith is the power of a god.
Just as they had lost power because they couldn’t receive faith, he might also become unable to use his power.
“If we’re not careful, Earth will be taken. Keep that in mind.”
“Yes.”
They bowed their heads, but soon tilted their heads as if something was strange.
“But...”
“What.”
“In this situation, why is Hugo-nim... not visible?”
“!”
Not only the existing Saints, but even the SS-ranks. All the executives, humanity’s top awakened beings, were gathered.
It was strange that Igeon’s partner, Hugo, was not visible.
And at those words, humanity stirred, and the Virgo Constellation God glanced at his subordinates.
Then the Virgo subordinate gods who had followed Hugo reported with anxious faces.
[W-Well, we tried to dissuade him, but in the end he went to the Monarchs.]
[To the 1st Generation Monarch...]
[And...]
They glanced at Igeon’s reaction.
Igeon raised an eyebrow.
“Well, say it.”
[He... said that since he is an enemy of humanity, you should handle things on your own now...]
[He said that he’s severing ties not only with the Baby Snake-nim but also with humanity...]
Everyone looked at Igeon as if horrified.
“W-What does that mean!”
“Why is Dad?!”
“Why is Hugo-nim!”
Everyone was greatly agitated. Even the Saints couldn’t close their mouths.
But the Constellation Gods, the summoned subordinate gods, and Kevin clicked their tongues.
[Oh dear, he’s showing his true colors.]
“I knew it....”
Kevin spoke to Igeon as if it was a headache.
“I told you. That guy is no good. I told you to deal with him before his instincts came out.”
The frozen Yuha and Seongjae looked at him as if asking what that meant.
Soon Kevin whispered.
“That guy is a slaughterer. Because of the surviving Asran, he couldn’t be freed from the Creator’s curse, and as soon as he became free, he killed gods.”
Kevin also got caught up and was killed by him back then.
“He’ll bring his comrades and come to feast again. Because there’s plenty of prey here. And.”
He whispered.
“He’ll use his brothers to kill you. Since he himself is cursed and can’t kill you. He’ll finally get rid of the Creator’s bloodline and become free.”
At those words, Igeon, who had been expressionless, soon let out a scoff as if he didn’t care. He hadn’t even smiled since Hugo’s name was mentioned.
“Well, whatever. If they come, I’ll just kill them.”
But right then.
Rumble!
Suddenly an earthquake occurred.
[The are using the Rulebook]
[By the order of the Ruler of Heaven, the Rulebook is used]
[The powerful force of the Rulebook begins to change the laws of the universe]
Everyone screamed.
The earth split, the ground rose, and light shot up into the sky.
It was a sight as if witnessing the creation of heaven and earth.
[The Goddesses have changed the rules of the universe with the Rulebook]
[The Divine Realm and the colony Earth merge.]
[All gods are summoned to Earth.]
It seemed the hidden Grand Constellation had used the Rulebook.
And in that situation, the Constellation Gods seemed flustered.
“The Divine Realm and Earth...!”
“Have merged...!”
Terrain and buildings that were only visible in the Divine Realm were rising up in the sky, on the ground, everywhere.
It was undoubtedly the doing of the Grand Constellations.
But that’s why they were flustered.
[To commit such a deed that would bring such karma...!]
[Even for a Grand Constellation, they would become an evil god...!]
That wasn’t all.
Boom!!!
An unfamiliar shadow appeared before their eyes.
He laughed as if surprised.
Because what appeared before them was another of the Grand Constellations.
[So the one who was sleeping has appeared.]
But Igeon, seeing the face of that Grand Constellation, let out a scoff.
“Junu?”
That’s right.
A figure with a familiar face had appeared before him.
Everyone looked at Igeon as if surprised, but Igeon pulled out his weapon as if pissed off.
“Igeon-nim?”
“Enough. You guys chase after the Goddesses of Fate. Destroy the Rulebook first.”
“W-What about you, Igeon-nim?”
“I’ll take care of those bastards.”
Igeon took off the ring he had been sealing.
(To be continued in the next episode)