A shape made out of light stood up as an enormous amount of light emanated from him.
At this sight, Ariesâs eyes went wide.
[This isnât normal magical energy.]
[What is this alien magical energy?]
The magical energy Lee Gun was emitting seemed like a problem.
Lee Gun already had Divine status, but after molting, he showed magical energy that surprised even the gods.
âIn terms of scope, itâs like the energy of the Great Spirit-rank beings, whoâre much stronger.â
The Great Spirits were gods that exceeded the twelve Zodiacs and led a large army of gods. If one had to make a comparison, the twelve Zodiacs led the solar system, while the Great Spirits led the universe; they were a large force.
However, the outer gods also felt a special magical energy that they couldnât sense from beings like the Great Spirits.
âHeâs strong.â
[That bastard isnât a normal god.]
[Itâs a devilish power! Heâs a mutant!]
Then, a symbol appeared around Lee Gunâs left eye, giving rise to a commotion.
[That symbolâŠ!]
When Lee Gun reappeared, his appearance and presence were quite different. He still had his black hair and flashing red eyes. However, he no longer smelled like a human, and the divine power made his body much stronger and sturdier. He also looked much more handsome than before.
The shadowy outer gods were perturbed by his appearance.
[That scent⊠He smells like the Creation tribe!]
[Creation tribe?]
[They are the original owners of the authority of the thirteen Zodiacs, and they made the Seats of power!]
[That canât be! They are the beings that the Zodiacs treasure the most! There would have already been a ruckus if they were still alive!]
[You know what kind of existence they were!]
[They went missing overnight.]
[Yeah. It was said that the tribe disappeared after being cursed.]
[The twelve Zodiacs said that.]
The outer gods murmuring amongst themselves angered Aries. This was a troubling topic that should have never surfaced.
Aries glared at Lee Gun.
[Your awakening will change nothing.]
Aries grated its teeth, then extended its hands. Accompanying a light, an enormous door appeared behind Aries!
Koo-goo-goong!
The door was as tall as a 100-story building.
Lee Gun furrowed his brows. This was the power of Aries. It was the highest-ranked version of the crate skill that Lee Gun had stolen from Yang Wei in the past!
[Heavenly Godâs Storehouse (SSS)]
The storehouse had multiple floors. Each floor allowed the user to take out different abilities.
From what Lee Gun knew, the first floor was the Multiply Storeroom! This was the prototype of the crate that Lee Gun had stolen from Yang Wei. If one put in a weapon here, the place produced the same weapon. If one put a Construct within, the same Construct came out.
It was a power that suited the Zodiac of wealth
[Heavenly Godâs Storehouse, 1st floor]
The enormous door opened, and a great many Constructs emerged from it. Moreover, they werenât normal Constructs.
âThey areâŠ!â
Kevin and Hailey flinched. It was to be expected since the Constructs of the Virgo temple were amongst these Constructs. It also included the Constructs of the Sagittarius temple and the Leo temple.
[Battle type Constructs, which have been multiplied within the Storehouse, are rushing out.]
When the Constructs appeared, Kevin got angry, realizing they all looked the same. âYouâre a pig of a Zodiac! I was wondering why the envoy I sent never came back. You captured the envoy there, and youâve been multiplying it!â
It made sense. The Aries temple always coveted the forces of the battle-type temples. That was why Yang Wei diverted Constructs for his Zodiac and had them imprisoned in the storeroom.
The problem was that these Zodiac Saintsâ Constructs werenât the only ones.
[Miny (Berserk) was multiplied by a hundred.]
â!â Lee Gun furrowed his brows when he saw familiar faces in the sky. Why was it there, and why did it multiply like cockroaches?
âMiny and Piggy Bank did go missing.â
He had sent them after the general of the unknown civilization, and they had gone missing. This was why he had sent Red Eye after them, yet even Yong Yong had failed to find them. It had brooded.
âI guess they were over there.â
Lee Gun remembered the sullen Yong Yong, who had come back with pieces of clothes belonging to his Constructs.
âLooks like Ariesâs Constructs were the culprits.â
It didnât matter in the end.
[Master!]
A voice cried out within the Storeroom. There was no mistaking it. The voice belonged to Miny.
[Now that I heard your voice, I know youâre fine! Piggy Bank suddenly ran away, and I ended up like this chasing after it⊠Iâm deeply ashamed!]
Lee Gun laughed at those words. Well, Piggy Bank (Pixiu) was originally affiliated with the Aries temple. They knew what it liked and drawing it out with bait was probably easy. However, that didnât matter at all.
âIs Piggy Bank next to you?â
For some reason, Miny flinched.
[That isâŠ!]
â?â
At that moment.
[The Miny clones are attacking!]
Lee Gun furrowed his brows as he held up Heavenâs Punishment. Miny was a high-rank Construct, so it was very strong. However, it was his Construct in the end.
âI know their weakness.â
His eyes flashed, but unexpectedly, the hundred Miny clones didnât even look at Lee Gun. They rushed past him.
â!â
They were headed toward Kevin and Hailey!
Lee Gun flinched.
Kwah-jeek!
â!â
A chain fell from the sky to encircle his body. It was a green chain. Then, the chain encircled Heavenâs Punishment.
[Heavenâs Punishment is in pain.]
Lee Gun tried to rip it off with his power, but the chain didnât budge at all.
[Serpent Eater]
He had been caught by his own skill. Lee Gun wondered what was going on, so he looked up. The chain had appeared from the storeroom.
[The Storeroom has copied the skill of Piggy Bank (Pixiu).]
[Aries can use Serpent Eater.]
Lee Gun laughed in contempt.
âI have several under me that can use Serpent Eater.â
One of them had been Piggy Pank, and he was sure the skill had been copied. Moreover, Aries was known as the Heavenly Emperor. It could read the information of all creatures.
It was a god that could sway destiny. Extracting and copying only the skill was easy for it.
Moreover, Pixiu used to be affiliated with Aries, so the Construct was much easier to read.
[How does it feel being caught by your own skill?]
Lee Gun laughed at these words. âItâs awesome. I didnât realize my ability is this great.â
Ariesâs eyebrows twitched when Lee Gun made the sarcastic remark.
Lee Gun put strength into his arms.
âPixiuâs level is still low, so its skills are not that powerful.â
Serpent Eater was a skill that could catch souls. This made it maddeningly painful, but he would be able to get out of this with no problemâŠ
â!â
However, Lee Gun flinched again.
As if it had read the look in his eyes, Aries laughed.
[Did you really think I prepared only that?]
Aries then held out something, a cube.
[You probably canât move at all.]
Because of the power of the cube, Lee Gun felt his power drain out.
âOf course, it doesnât mean Iâve become incapable of moving.â
However, when he looked at the cube, his eyes turned violent. It was a look never seen before.
Lee Gun knew that item very well. However, it was unclear whether Aries knew this or not.
[With this, the conditions are met.]
â!â
[Merit & Demerit - Soul Judgment]
As if it was waiting for this moment, Aries used its power.
Boom!!
[Shit! That technique isâŠ!]
[Master!]
It was an innate power of the Aries, the power of the temple of wealth. The skill allowed Aries to judge the soul of a living being. If one did many good deeds, wealth would be given to them. If evil deeds outweighed the good ones, the technique would unleash divine punishment!
Soul Judgement judged oneâs worth. Neither god nor humans could avoid it.
â!â
The symbol of Aries appeared beneath Lee Gunâs feet, and the red light of Aries surged upward! Ariesâs red light was different from the red light of Sagittarius. It was like the color of wine, dark red.
At the same time, figures started to appear; this was something only Aries could see. The number was a conversion that represented the worth of its opponent.
âIf a number comes up, I can turn my opponent according to wealth.â
It was one of the special abilities of Aries as the Zodiac of wealth.
For example, Hugoâs worth might be ten Talents. If Aries provided ten Talents, it could bring in Hugo as a slave. Basically, it could buy its opponentâs soul. Lee Gun was no exception.
Flash!
The outer gods were impressed by the light.
[I never expected to see that technique.]
[I remember a time when Aries took many gods as prisoners using that.]
In truth, some great Zodiac-rank gods other than the twelve Zodiacs had become the slave of Aries. The Aries temple had enough wealth to make such a thing possible. Seizing the target was hard, but once the skill was activated, it couldnât be dodged.
[Even if heâs my opponent, weâre equals. Iâll pay the price with money and buy his soul.]
Its temple was overflowing with Talents that could be deposited. Aries was considered the most wealthy god in the divine world for a reason.
Finally, the worth of Lee Gunâs body came up, and light surged into the air. The outer gods and Constructs cheered.
[?!]
However, when Aries checked the worth of Lee Gun, its expression turned a bit odd.
* * *
Around that timeâŠ
âAhhhk! This is nuts! Where am I?â Hugo was being chased. The space he was running through wasnât the earth. And that was the least of his problems.
[You have been sent to Tartarus through the Serpent Bearerâs trap.]
âHey, Lee Gun! You crazy bastard! What kind of trap did you place on the chair?â
Wasnât Tartarus supposed to be hell? Moreover, it was one of the hells where beings were tortured!
Of course, Lee Gun didnât know where the trap would be sending the attackers. The only thing he was sure of was that it would be a version of the divine world.
In fact, Hugo could feel Zodiac-rank energy from all directions, and that wasnât all.
[Catch him!]
[Catch that bastard!]
âAhhh! Stop chasing me!â
An army of beings with bizarre faces was chasing after him. At a glance, they numbered in the hundreds! Moreover, all these beings were of the divine rank.
âShit! Stop coming at me!! Gun! You son of a bitch!â
The only thing Hugo was sure of was that he would die at this rate. Moreover, and if he died here, he would be fucked.
- Be careful, Taeksoo.
- What?
- Donât die by chance. I possess the power of Life, but I canât revive anything close to a human.
- What?!
- Since I developed the Revive ability, I tested it out. At most, I can revive an amoeba.
- What?! A single cell organism?!
- Anyway, itâs the end of the road if you die. I can't save you. Thatâs why you have to make sure to never die.
That bastard sent him to hell after warning him not to die! Hugo was about to lose his mind. Moreover, the words spoken by the beings chasing him made it worse.
[Youâre the disciple of that snake god that everyone is talking about, right?]
[Your faith toward the snake god is very high.]
He wasnât a disciple of the snake god! âWhat are you talking about? Iâm part of the Sagittarius temple?!â
[Sagittarius temple? Do not lie to us. How can that be when your faith in the snake god is like that?]
[We have to kill the liar.]
[I wonât be satisfied even if I beat the snake god to death. Since you have that much faith toward it, you must be the Zodiac Saint of the snake god. Iâll have to get my revenge by killing you.]
[No. Iâll make him my disciple.]
[No. Letâs just eat him. Letâs turn him into an eternal slave in this place.]
âI really am! Iâm the Archer Saint!â Hugo was frustrated.
âShit! The others have more faith than me!â
Hugo had seen it clearly with the new ability he had developed. Although he couldnât see his own faith, he could see othersâ.
His sonâs faith was 330%, and Kevin's was 200%. Since Hailey wasnât a human, he couldnât see her faith, but it was probably high.
âYoohaâs faith was so high.â
Hugo got angry. Anyway, Hugo had made fun of the Virgo Saint the previous day, saying how could he be the Virgo Saint at this point.
Kevinâs faith was outstanding when compared to his, so why did this keep happening?
In the end, Hugo was forced into a corner, and his pursuers unsheathed their blades.
âYou must be mistaken. If you can see faith, take a closer look. It isnâtââ
At that moment, Hugo caught sight of his reflection in the blade. His face froze.
[Hugo Otis]
[Sagittarius Faith: 50%]
[Serpent Bearer Faith: 500%]
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