Lee Gun had gone out of his way to shield him, so what was this?

‘Monarchs?’

How dare Hugo have a secret rendezvous with such beings?

Lee Gun’s eyes flashed, and his Constructs flinched and trembled.

[M…Master?]

The Constructs didn’t even get the chance to stop him as Lee Gun flew into the air. Lee Gun headed forward, looking like he wanted to beat Hugo to death.

‘Is it Wind? Is he cheating on us with Wind?’

Lee Gun had even destroyed the holy ground of the Scorpio temple to shield Hugo, yet he was turning his efforts into nothing? Lee Gun’s pride had been hurt. He ran full tilt, getting ready to activate Death’s Instinct.

It was unclear how much time had passed.

“!”

Lee Gun passed through the cave road to exit the Scorpio temple’s holy ground, and his eyes turned round. He saw a scattering of ice caps and a clear lake between the mountains.

The sight of the enormous Rocky mountains stretched out in front of him. Scorpio had hidden her base in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. However, that wasn’t important right now.

‘That bastard…’

He saw the ant-sized figure of Hugo near the lake. A familiar monarch was facing Hugo alongside others.

Lee Gun’s eyebrows rose.

‘The ones next to her are…’

[The second-generation monarchs.]

[They are the Wind’s family.]

Murderous intent emanated from Lee Gun’s eyes.

‘Are they here to ally themselves with Eternal Change?’

Was his idiot friend trying to accept their offer? It seemed his assumptions weren’t wrong.

[Pushover is secretly making a deal with the monarchs.]

[Pushover is using the Serpent Bearer as bait. He is secretly attempting to make a contract with them.]

Lee Gun furrowed his brows when he heard the notification. Was Hugo planning on selling information on his friend after having regained his memories?

Was he trying to sell information to his enemies? Was it like Eternal Change selling information to Sagittarius and the enemies of the Creators in the past?

Lee Gun wouldn’t let this stand. He leaped into the air.

Oblivious to this, the angry Hugo faced off against the whale Abyss. “If you guys pretend to have not seen Gun right now, I’ll set you guys up at a later date with Gun!!”

[I don’t need it. Get the hell out of my way. I can’t attack you because Wind will make a fuss.]

“I’ll fix up a meeting between you and Gun!! If you wait a little, you can spend a hot night with him— Poo-hahk!!!!”

A flying kick landed on Hugo, sending him flying. He had been kicked with the power of Death’s Instinct. He flew violently through the air before being buried in the ground like a meteor.

Lee Gun ground his teeth. “Have you lost your mind!! You’re trying to sell me?”

“…#$*#$!”

If he hadn’t awakened to the Divine power and the power of a monarch, he would have died. Hugo felt like dying. 

The whale Abyss became furious when she caught sight of Lee Gun.

[Serpent Bearer! Traitor! Cheat!]

Abyss floated in the air, letting out murderous intent toward Lee Gun.

[I am here to eat you!! You will no longer be my night snack! I’ll just eat you whole and turn your bones into nutrients!!]

Abyss immediately attacked Lee Gun.

Lee Gun looked annoyed as he dodged the attack. “Damn it! You still haven’t given up? I’ll make sure you’ll be able to eat other gods, so chill out a bit.”

Abyss roared as if she was trying to shut him up.

[You probably couldn’t do it even if you wanted to! Old virgin god! Do you even know how to do it?]

Lee Gun lost control as he yelled, “Shut up! I’m not an old virgin!”

[Don’t lie! You don’t even know how to do XXX!]

“Of course, I know how to do it!”

It seemed she didn’t care at this point. Abyss let out her power.

“!”

Immense power surged forth.

[I’ll make sure you can’t run away! I’ll take you to my territory!]

Accompanying the angry voice, another shadow shot out from the whale’s shadow. The enormous shadow extended toward Lee Gun’s feet. It was the one that had swallowed Osiris.

The other second-generation monarchs, who had followed Abyss, moved to join in on the attack. They thought this was a good opportunity.

Kwah-jeek!!

At that moment, Hugo kicked the second-generation monarchs, surprising them.

[Why did you get in my way, Eternal Change?]

“Why else? I stopped you because you’re my enemy!”

[What? Didn’t you just say we are allies!]

Lee Gun, who was on top of Abyss’s head, became angry.

“…What?”

In the face of Lee Gun’s murderous glare, Hugo desperately glared at the second-generation monarchs. “Hey! Ally? When did I say that?”

[You said it! You wanted the snake god to have children. You are working toward increasing the number of Creators!]

“!!”

Hugo seemed taken aback. He looked back and forth between Lee Gun and the second-generation monarch. “Hey, you shouldn’t say that here! No! Gun! It isn’t like that!!”

[You said the children born from a Creator inevitably become Creators. That’s why you preferred there be two or three instead of one. You said you’ll make them look up to their uncle first, then you will eat them all!]

“Hey!!”

[You said that to make us go back! Why do you change your tune now that the snake god is here?]

Hugo massaged his forehead.

Lee Gun let out a diabolical laugh. “Is that so? You said that?”

“#$&**#!”

[I was wondering why he wanted you to have kids.]

Hugo screamed when he saw the power of Death stage 6 emanate from his friend. 

“No! They suddenly appeared out of nowhere, and they were looking for you. I was just trying to make sure they can’t get to you! If Wind invades, the earth will get damaged!”

[Oh Eternal Change!!!]

“If you have any wits, you should head back! I’m trying to persuade and dupe the snake god!”

[Hey!]

When Lee Gun finally brought out the power of Death, Hugo knew it was all over. He extended his hand. He sent the second-generation monarchs somewhere else out of desperation.

What he had used was Wind’s power. Hugo had used the power of Eternal Change, which allowed him to copy any power.

Then he spoke to Lee Gun. “The gods have you in their sight right now. Do you think you can face the monarchs too? That’s why I was trying to buy time! If I pretended to be Eternal Change, they would have believed me.”

Lee Gun snorted as he tied up Abyss using Serpent Eater. “Is that so?”

“Yes! Why would I betray you when I have Jiwoo and the kids?”

“Can you say the same thing after seeing that?”

“…What?”

Hugo screamed when he looked in the direction that Lee Gun pointed out. “Those bastards are…!”

It was as if they had worn fabric over themselves to hide their appearance. Several dozen flying objects let out a grim sound as they cut through the sky.

[Where’s the survivor of the Creators?]

[Find him.]

[We have to get rid of him.]

They were the evil gods, who had been hounding Lee Gun.

“What the hell? Why the hell are they here?”

They weren’t supposed to be able to appear in this place since this was the holy ground of the Scorpio temple.

Hailey and Scorpio knew what Lee Gun was, so they would never let the evil gods enter this place.

“However, it’s a different story with Wind. He was able to enter our house in secret like the wind. It isn’t an impossibility where his power can reach.”

“No!”

“Also, they are close to the Cluders. They are the ones who sold the Primordial god’s power to the monarchs.”

“!”

“Moreover, you’re the brother of Wind. What if Wind sent them to help his brother? He did it while he was sending his subordinates here.”

“This is unfairrrrrrr!!!”

Hugo looked at Lee Gun. He wanted Lee Gun to believe him. However, Lee Gun’s gaze was cold.

‘As expected, do I have to get rid of him?’

Lee Gun was about to raise Heaven’s Punishment as he looked at Hugo. However, he furrowed his brow when he thought about his niece and nephew. “Well, it doesn’t matter.”

“Gun?”

“From the looks of it, you unlocked your abilities as a monarch.”

“Yes?”

“That means you can get rid of the evil gods, who are tied up with Abyss.”

“Wait a moment. What? No way!”

“I’ll give you a chance. If you don’t get rid of all of them, I’ll kill you with my own hands.”

“Wait…!”

Lee Gun kicked Hugo toward the Evil Gods, then ignoring the angry Abyss, he ran away.

* * *

Lee Gun moved quickly. He had left Hugo with them for a reason. Abyss was a troublesome opponent for him.

‘Moreover, the evil gods that showed up there were minions.’

While they were numerous and possessed powerful Divine power, they were merely Construct-rank beings.

However, Lee Gun had felt a more powerful energy in the distance. It was probably the leaders commanding the minions.

‘Are there four of them?’

This was why Lee Gun had moved to get rid of the commanders. In the end, it was the same as killing the gods and the monsters. He just had to cut the head off the snake, and its body would become useless.

‘That’s why I left the underlings to Taeksoo.’

Above all else, there was a reason he wanted to kill the commanders.

- Where are you, my Creator?

Whenever he heard the voice, he couldn’t use his power. It was merely a guess, but he assumed the voice belonged to the high-ranking leader of the evil gods.

‘I have to get rid of someone with such foul interest. I can’t get rid of the gods without doing it.’

He had a weak point that continued to hang over him. 

Lee Gun’s eyes flashed as he instantly moved. 

At his sudden move, some suspicious shadows became flustered. They had hidden near the town beside the Scorpio temple’s holy ground.

“What the hell! How is he here?!”

They were the gods who had come to monitor Lee Gun.

“What’s going on? We funneled all the evil gods toward him!”

“What happened to all of them?”

Yes, the ones to send the evil gods here were the gods of the Divine world. In the Divine world’s meeting, the gods had decided to get rid of Lee Gun. 

They had used the items left behind by Lee Gun in the Divine world and lured the evil gods here using Lee Gun’s scent. Moreover, they also meddled with the barrier of Scorpio temple’s holy ground.

However, these gods were still wary. It was to be expected.

“Are we sure it’s a good idea to do this to one of the Creators? They are invaluable as gods…”

“That’s right. They are heroic gods who created the Divine world. Furthermore, he might be a candidate to become a Great Spirit…”

“Shut up! Great Spirit, my ass! If that’s true, we have to cough up all his Constructs and land!”

The Great Spirits of the eight great forces and the several dozen pillar gods had all come to an agreement. From this point, the snake god of the Serpent Bearer temple would be the main enemy of the gods.

“Evil gods are hunters of the Creators. They are the ones who dug up the Creators’ corpses to sell them to the monarchs.”

“That’s right. If he’s a Creator, he’ll be weak against the evil gods…”

At that moment…

“Ah! Is that how it is?”

“?!”

Lee Gun suddenly appeared behind the gods who were monitoring him. The gods screamed when they saw him.

“Ahhk! You!”

“How dare you pretend to be human in someone else’s land!”

“Shit!”

“That’s odd. The four energy signatures that I felt weren’t you guys.”

Having been discovered, the gods immediately took a step back.

“Hurry! Let’s head back!”

They intended to return to the Divine world. 

Kwahng!!!

“Where do you think you are going, bastards?”

A foot surrounded by flame flew toward them, and the gods screamed. The one to appear before them was none other than Chun Sungjae. Chun Sungjae glared at the gods when they dared to run away. 

The gods were shocked when they saw him.

“That human has Divine status!”

“!”

Puzzled, Lee Gun looked at Sungjae. “What about Yooha?”

“Ah…! I have no idea why, but Noona said she can’t be near Uncle right now.”

Lee Gun furrowed his eyes at those words.

‘Does it have something to do with the thing in her arm?’

In the past, Giselle had put an evil god in Yooha’s arm to control Hugo. Of course, she was able to keep it in check using the Leo temple’s Rearing skill.

‘It’s probably from the same tribe as the evil gods who showed up here.’

If beings of the same race appeared in this environment, the evil god within Yooha might go berserk. That must be why Yooha wasn’t coming.

This was exacerbated by the fact that evil gods had caused harm to Lee Gun.

“He’s a mere Construct. We can push through these flames and go back…”

Lee Gun laughed sharply. It seemed he had an idea. “Sungjae. Here is your snack.”

“What? Snack? What do you mean— Kuhk!!”

Lee Gun stuffed something into Chun Sungjae’s mouth.

“Koo-huhk!! What is this? Kuhk!”

“It’s fine. Just swallow it.”

“Ooh-ahhhhhk!”

Chun Sungjae kept his tears at bay as he ate what Lee Gun was feeding him. He wondered if it was some kind of pill that would expand his power.

Unexpectedly, the gods reacted in shock.

“That was one of Olympus’s Divine statuses!”

“Ahhk! It’s the Divine status of a pillar god!!”

Soon, Chun Sungjae looked pained. He looked like he was about to throw up.

Lee Gun took matters into his own hands as he kept Chun Sungjae’s mouth shut. Chun Sungjae’s face slowly started to turn purple.

The eyes of the gods flashed when they saw this. They shouted.

“Have you lost your mind? Do you think a human can survive a Divine status of that caliber?”

“Let him spit it out right now!”

“Look! The kid is about to die!”

However, Lee Gun merely smirked. “It doesn’t matter. His sister did it.”

“!!”

“If you succeed, Uncle will grant your wish.”

Flash!

[Your Zodiac Saint has successfully taken in the new Divine status.]

[Your Zodiac Saint has absorbed the Divine status of God of War Ares.]