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120 Naked God 8

"Isn't this already increased? Hahaha!"

One of the [Followers] laughed as he poked Runald's body. Runald cried in shame. He had never been so humiliated. Even if this was and he was a Vicegerent of a low-ranking G.o.d, this was too much.

'Ah… G.o.ddess…'

That's when men looked at each other with a different idea.

"Hey, why don't we take him with us? It's hard to get new [Followers] these days."

"That's a good idea."

"Yeah. Hey kid. Abandon your G.o.ddess and we will let you live."

Runald gritted his teeth. They were telling him to abandon his only G.o.ddess, Andersen.

Runald stood up. Betray his G.o.ddess? That was impossible.

Runald still remembered the moment when he first moment Andersen in . It was through her warm 'unique world' that Andersen showed him, that made him decide to stay in . Runald was young, but he was old enough to choose the most valuable thing to him. Without that world, there was no Runald. He knew this very well.

"I… I won't betray my G.o.ddess!"

It was almost an outcry, but the men scoffed.

"So, the naked G.o.ddess trained her Vicegerent well."

"Then we will beat you up until you change your mind."

A man then threw his cape and revealed a blade from his elbow. Runald realized it was Belkain's [Setting].

[Scythe of Belkain]

It was the symbol of mid-ranking G.o.d Belkain. It was a common Setting amongst Strengthening types as it was just the mixture of an increase in muscle strength and change of skins, but it was still a huge threat to Runald right now.

The ground and trees around were destroyed as the attack was unleashed. Runald closed his eyes, thinking it might be good to rather die. The only thing that was sad was that he couldn't see Andersen's face yet. If he was a stronger Vicegerent, maybe he could've seen her face.

'G.o.ddess…'

Runald curled himself, preparing for the incoming pain. But he couldn't feel any pain even after a while. When he opened his eyes, he saw something unbelievable. He also heard the screams of those [Followers].

"W-what are you-!"

"AAAAARGH!"

The entire forest was being blown up and men were being thrown away with naked bodies.

'Thi-this man…'

There was a naked man standing in front of him. He was covered in muscles and Runald knew what the [Setting] was.

'Naked!'

It was surely Andersen's [Setting]. Runald stood up. Was he dreaming? Was it like the fairytale that Andersen always told him?

'G.o.d…!'

He then saw the world power s.h.i.+ning from within the man. The man's face wasn't the one Runald was waiting for, but the man did look like the Naked G.o.d that Andersen told in her story. She had told him before.

[What? You want to know how I made the 'Naked' Setting? Uh… it's not my own actually.]

'Then where did you get it?'

[I got it from some weird G.o.d. He was one of the ancient ones. Very powerful.]

'Weird? Why was he weird?'

[Well, he was violent and unmerciful. But he hated 'clothes'. He always said the beauty lies within the bare body. So anyone standing in front of him was unclothed. They had to run with their clothes in their hands. So people screamed, 'The Naked G.o.d has appeared!' whenever he was there.]

Runald thought the 'cloth' could've been some kind of a symbol, but he shook his head and asked,

'Isn't he just a pervert?'

[Well, he had his reasons. He just truly believed that the clothes were just a fake image. Like a mask. He said the most important thing starts when you throw away everything else…]

Runald couldn't understand what it meant back then. But now, he thought maybe he kind of understood. Something was stirring inside him as he stared.

The Naked G.o.d was in front of him.

The G.o.d, looked at his body and mumbled.

"…Dammit. I don't even have any clothes this time. At least I had a rag in Chaos."

The man ranted for a second, flexed, and then turned to Runald.

"Are you the [Follower] of a girl named Andersen?"

The man was clearly annoyed. "Please, get her out of my head."