I was startled by that familiar voice. The owner of the voice was none other than Cheon Yuha.
And just as I wondered where that voice was coming from.
- You might want to think a little about the fact that she is a bloodless, tearless, cruel woman.
Igeon and Kevin widened their eyes.
It was so.
Cheon Yuha's voice was coming from Hugo's cell phone.
Apparently, during that time, a call had come from his daughter.
And Cheon Yuha had answered after listening to Kevin's story.
Just as expected.
Hugo, who had taken his daughter's call, tilted his head.
“Yuha, you were just talking about Scorpio, right?”
- Yes.
“But why say think again? Yuha, you've never even met Scorpio.”
- But I have.
At that moment, Igeon flinched in surprise.
“You met her? That woman?”
“Crazy!”
Just as expected. Hugo, pale with shock, seemed about to crawl into the phone.
“Yuha, you!! Without fear!”
After all, Scorpio and Leo are hostile Constellations fighting for supremacy in the north!
Moreover, Yuha was S-rank.
Does she know what it means for a high-ranking disciple to meet the Saint of an enemy Constellation!
‘Either she dies or becomes her subordinate!’
In fact, in the Constellation War, it's more advantageous to deal with a high-ranking disciple with high contributions or a deeply devout disciple than a hundred small fry.
Because high-ranking disciples are the power of the Constellation God.
So, even the Saints, when they see a disciple of rank A or higher, either coax them or kill them.
Therefore, Hugo's heart sank, but his daughter actually spoke in a tone as if commenting on the fine weather.
- I met her in Scorpio's forest. I had gone to Scorpio's sanctuary.
“What? Scorpio's forest?!”
For some reason, Hugo was about to foam at the mouth and faint at that name, and even Kevin had a spine-chilling expression.
There was a reason even the Saints would react that way.
“To have entered that forest and come out alive...!”
Indeed.
The Scorpio's forest that Cheon Yuha mentioned was a trap forest Scorpio had set around her sanctuary.
Commonly called the Forest of Death.
And that forest was entirely in the north. Because northern regions like Northern Europe, Russia, Canada were that woman's domain.
Therefore, to the west, she was advancing south with the Dutch border as the boundary, fighting Virgo, and in the American region, she was competing with Leo with the US as the boundary.
Anyway, Scorpio's forest is a den specializing in traps and assassinations, which are Scorpio's specialty.
It was a giant trap that devoured disciples.
And no one had ever been seen to come out alive from there.
Maybe that's why.
“You've got guts. That's a place we don't even send our disciples. I doubt the Leo Palace would have sent its subordinates there.”
“Right! Yuha, why did you go there dangerously!”
- Because Scorpio contacted the Constellation side saying she would sell Uncle's holy artifact.
!
Igeon's eyes widened when his story came up, but Hugo was about to breathe fire from his mouth.
“That bone-crazed cat-like bastard!”
Certainly, Igeon's holy artifact was worth coveting, but did they send someone else's daughter to a death trap just for that?
“I realized that from when you kidnapped someone's daughter! Who was it that took Yuha away ten years ago when she had no abilities!”
As Hugo was on the verge of invading Leo's territory immediately, Cheon Yuha said a word.
- Ah. It was someone else who gave the order. Anyway, that turned out to be a false report too.
……!
False report.
At those words, the Saints furrowed their brows.
Why? The Constellations devise all sorts of schemes to weaken other Constellations' powers.
One of them is reducing the number of disciples.
Because the power of a Constellation God depends on the number and quality of believers. The power struggles among Constellation Gods were immense.
Moreover, although it's a rumor, it's said the top-ranked Constellation can possess something special.
So they trap and kill rival disciples with fake reports.
But what was important wasn't the fact that Leo had been backstabbed.
- We almost died caught in a trap there, but the one who saved us was Scorpio's Saint.
!
[And she even returned Uncle's holy artifact. Oh, I put what I received in Dad's pocket.]
!!
Surprised, Hugo reached into his pocket.
He felt a small box.
Igeon opened the box handed by Hugo and smiled.
[A wooden fountain pen that cannot lie]
It was definitely his belonging.
It was made from the cut-off nose of a Snowflake-type monster, one of those born as a mutant like the Slime and the Sky's Punishment.
‘Well, only I know its ability.’
- Anyway, that person told me to return it to Uncle.
“Really?”
When he touched the fountain pen, a voice was heard.
[Remnants of the scribe remain]
Igeon furrowed his brows.
‘If it's the scribe.’
Surely he was the subject of the last trial.
[Save the Scribe (0/1)]
- Need a recorder to record the tracks of Ophiuchus
Anyway, once this trial is passed, experience points will rise again, and he'll be able to use Battle God Instinct too.
He'll be able to obtain Ophiuchus's unique retinue god and divine artifact.
‘Anyway, the remaining time until this trial's time limit is now 4 days.’
It coincides with the time when the penalty on his body is slowly ending.
But Scorpio gives him an item seemingly related to this last trial?
‘Suspicious.’
Well, it's not like he'd have a good opinion just because she saved Yuha and returned his holy artifact.
So, he must not let his guard down yet. Kevin also gave a negative look.
“That woman is a person with ties to an unknown civilization.”
!
It seemed Kevin had many doubts about Igeon's death.
“It was five years ago when I was investigating her. That woman was definitely talking with a monster from an unknown civilization.”
!
“And twenty years ago too, that woman tried to kill you. She poisoned your food.”
Hugo sneered at those words.
“You're the same, poisoning his food.”
“What?”
Kevin looked at him as if he was talking nonsense. When Igeon gave a what-are-you-saying look, Hugo sighed.
“Well, at that time all your senses were dead. So don't worry. At that time, all the food Virgo poisoned, I threw away...”
“Sagittarius! It was your doing!”
?!
Kevin grabbed Hugo by the collar.
“You threw away all the tonic I put in!”
?!
“No wonder no matter how much I gave, this guy's body didn't get better!”
……?!
“Do you know how much money I spent on that! How much I invested to fight Igeon again!”
As the enraged Virgo grabbed and shook Hugo, Igeon was dumbfounded.
So that's why different food from what was ordered kept coming out.
‘Well, his body wasn't one to be healed with tonics anyway.’
But it was quite an interesting point.
If one were to rank Virgo among the 12 Saints, she's at the fishbone level.
One might say she's only at the annoying level compared to pest or garbage level.
Though a nutcase, she hates cowardice and isn't the type of scum who weighs gain when saving people.
So Igeon didn't clench his teeth and hate her.
She talked about killing and such, but she never once attacked cowardly, and she was just an annoying attention-seeker, so he didn't engage with her.
Rather, if just by ability, she was someone he acknowledged, just like Hugo.
Anyway, despite that, he thought Virgo hated him, but it was tonics.
The fuming Virgo said.
“Well, whatever. The point is that woman also drugged your food. But it was poison, not tonic.”
“Scorpio poisoned it?”
“I haven't investigated, but poison is her specialty, so it's obvious. Well, even so, I noticed every time and got rid of it.”
Virgo wore a smug expression.
It was an expression as if asking for recognition of her contribution, but Igeon paid no attention.
And he turned away without hesitation.
“Igeon-ah?”
“Never mind, just follow me.”
Hugo immediately caught on to Igeon's destination.
“You're thinking of going to Scorpio? Are you sure?”
Igeon showed his fountain pen and smiled.
“First, we just have to have Scorpio try using this. That'll be the end.”
“What? Wasn't that just a warehouse item?”
Instead of answering, Igeon grinned.
‘It's a remarkable thing that makes one tell only the truth.’
Well, it wasn't used often because of high mana consumption, and it needs special ink filled first, but anyway.
Soon as Igeon moved, Hugo glared at Kevin.
“Then what about this guy?”
“Of course we drag him along.”
“What?!”
Kevin's face brightened a little.
“Igeon, you finally feel like fighting me!”
Igeon picked his nose.
“Yeah, yeah, follow me. I'll fight you.”
Saying that, Igeon tapped Kevin's back with his left hand.
Kevin, thinking it meant acknowledgment, was happy, but at that sight, Hugo's face contorted.
Because he couldn't possibly not know what it meant when Igeon used that hand.
Just as expected, Igeon grinned and took the lead.
But that's when it happened.
- Dad.
Realizing the call was still connected at his daughter's voice, Hugo said in surprise.
“Ah! Right! Yuha! Why did you call Dad? To ask for the password of the emblem you borrowed? That's your...”
- I know. It's my birthday. And I had something to ask about the tracking I was doing, but it's fine.
“Wha, what?”
- Because I found it just now.
“Fou, found? Who? Yuha?”
Right at that moment, an explosion sounded beyond the phone.
Bang!
Hugo panicked.
“Yuha?!”
But the phone cut off.
* * *
- Yuha! Yuha?!
Click-
Cheon Yuha, having hung up on her father, stared ahead.
Before her eyes was a huge hospital building of twenty stories.
Inside the building, families of patients could be seen breaking into tears and making phone calls.
“Yes, Donghyeon. Dad woke up!”
“Oh my, who on earth could have performed such a miracle...!”
At the same time, what Cheon Yuha found was the youngest of Sagittarius.
“Yuha!”
Right at the 10th-floor hallway window.
Seo Jihun was waving his hand there.
And together with him, Cheon Yuha clearly saw.
The younger sibling beside Seo Jihun who was calling her so happily!
Of course, he was frightened as soon as he saw her and disappeared quickly, but.
‘Found you.’
Cheon Yuha's eyes sparkled.
“Yuha! Over here, over here!”
At the same time, Cheon Seongjae, hiding under the window, grimaced toward his side.
“Ah, Hyung! I told you not to call Noona!”
“Why? Good news should be shared with family.”
“Geez, good news... No! Just say I'm not here, heh...”
“Yuha! Big news! Seongjae has become a disciple of Igeon-nim! It's the 13th Constellation! The very first disciple! Seongjae is here, so congratulate him!”
“Ack!”
Cheon Seongjae almost swore sincerely.
There's no way that noona came to congratulate him!
‘I even sent that kind of message!’
The warning that if he became a disciple before her, she'd kill him!
And what does it mean that she came here right after that message!
‘If caught, at least death!’
In the end, the frightened Cheon Seongjae quickly got up as if fleeing.
It was scary, but it was okay.
‘This is the 10th floor!’
It would take time for noona to come up here.
‘Before that, escape...’
But that's when.
“Uh, uhh?”
With the youngest of Sagittarius, Seo Jihun's strange scream.
Kwaang!!
The sound of the ground exploding was heard.
And Cheon Seongjae, who had looked out the window, gaped.
That was because, in the blink of an eye, Cheon Yuha was right in front of him.
‘A jump!’
Cheon Seongjae cursed under his breath.
“Hey...! How many floors is this!”
The youngest of Sagittarius also gaped.
It wasn't a skill.
She had simply jumped using the repulsion force of mana.
“A, as expected of the Ten Stars...!!”
Yuha is the only S-rank among the Ten Stars, but it was befitting of the world-renowned Saint Representatives.
And at that moment.
Thud!!
Using the repulsion of mana, Cheon Yuha invaded through the 10th-floor window.
Bang!
Cheon Seongjae, suddenly facing his noona, fell on his butt.
“Hey! This is a hospital! Are you crazy?”
“Yah?”
Cheon Yuha took out a dagger. Still, because he was her younger brother, she didn't pull out her main weapon, but it was a dangerous weapon with a paralysis function!
And that's when.
“Noona! Wait! I'm a patient!”
“What nonsense are...”
But soon, Cheon Yuha was startled.
She hadn't known because he was wearing an outer coat, but Seongjae's right arm was cut off.
Cheon Yuha, turning pale, threw down the dagger in panic and approached her brother.
“What happened to your arm this time...!”
But then Cheon Seongjae smiled.
[Bind]
?!
Cheon Seongjae, having grabbed his noona's arm and cast magic, fled.
As he threw off the outer coat, the hand she thought had been severed appeared.
‘Illusion magic...!’
“Haha! It was cut off, but thanks to Uncle's ability, it got reattached! Uncle's ability is the best! Noona doesn't know what kind of ability Uncle's Constellation has, right? You'll never know! The first special skill is mine too!”
Crackle.
In that instant, Cheon Yuha sparked red lightning.
At that sight, Seo Jihun was horrified, and Cheon Seongjae shouted as he ran away.
“Heh! I'm S-rank too! I'm the same rank as noona now! I'm not scared at all! I'm going to tell Uncle not to accept noona!”
As Cheon Seongjae turned the corner and ran into the wall, a scream erupted.
Bang!
“Ack!”
The wall he hit came crashing down.
Perhaps because he had just awakened as S-rank. His physical abilities had dramatically increased, and he didn't know how to control them.
Seo Jihun pressed his forehead.
‘He just awakened and can't even control his mana!’
Of course, even considering that, it was a bit strange. It was different from a normal disciple. It must be because the Constellation Igeon belongs to is strong.
So he was curious.
Igeon is also a Saint and an object of interest, but in the end, what all disciples ultimately serve is the Constellation God.
‘Just what kind of god is the 13th Constellation God?’
The Sagittarius Constellation God is the Sun God, the Gemini Constellation God is the Goddess of Magic, the Aries Constellation God is the Emperor of Heaven.
The remaining Constellation Gods also each have different symbols.
Then what about the 13th?
And at that moment.
The pissed-off Cheon Yuha summoned a spear.
And at the appearance of a weapon only used for monster extermination, Seo Jihun screamed.
“Ack! Yuha! No matter what, that's too much!”
Just then.
“Still lively, I'm glad. Yuha.”
!
From inside the hospital room, a familiar voice was heard.
(To be continued in the next episode)