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Chapter 289
Clank!
The door to the vault opened. Then, the enormous vault's lock opened. It hadn’t been hard to unlock it.
Chun Yooha had used the power of Space to pass her hand through the door and opened the lock from the inside.
Accompanying the sound of metal clanking, the refrigerator-like golden vault opened. Inside it was a drawer that held a luxurious box engraved with gold. The white storage box was a high-end product seemingly worth hundreds of millions! That wasn’t all.
On top of the designer box, a familiar name was engraved in gold.
[Lee Gun]
This shocked them.
‘What on earth is he keeping in here that belongs to Uncle?!!’
In the end, the siblings quickly opened the box, and its contents surprised them.
“What the hell! This is a beverage can!”
Yes, inside the box was a crumpled can of coke. It was the brand of coke Lee Gun liked the most, so it used to appear frequently in old videos of him.
“Isn’t this package design from twenty years ago?”
“That’s right! It really is! Moreover, this is the one that Uncle drank! Look at the doodle he drew! This is a character Uncle frequently liked to draw!”
At the same time, the look in their eyes changed. Of all the things in the world, Kevin had chosen to store this in a vault?
Of course, it wasn’t as if they were unable to understand it. Yang Wei had put a toothpick Lee Gun had used before on display. A can with Lee Gun’s doodle on it was a valuable possession. But even so…
‘Really, Virgo Saint?’
At that moment…
“Catch the intruders!!”
“How dare you try to steal from the main palace of the Virgo Saint! Do you have no fear?”
“Which temple are you from?”
“!!”
In just a short period, the Virgo disciples and Constructs had charged into the vault. Of course, their leader, Kevin, was with them.
As expected, Kevin had his sword unsheathed as he stood amongst the Virgo disciples, who wore pure white uniforms.
“Which bastards dare…”
The eyes of those belonging to the Virgo temple soon turned round.
“S-Serpent Bearer Zodiac Saints?”
“What the hell? Aren’t they the Zodiac Saints of the Serpent Bearer temple??”
When they realized that the ones who had broken into the vault were the Chun siblings, their faces were a sight to behold.
Kevin, who had his blade up, looked surprised too. “What are you guys doing here?”
The Chun siblings didn’t care for the others’ reactions. Their eyes flashed.
“That’s not the problem! What the hell are these?”
“!”
Fire erupted from Sungjae’s mouth as he looked at the vault full of his uncle’s items. “Why does the Virgo temple have these? Damn it! I’m so jealous! I couldn’t buy them even if I wanted to!”
“Did you get permission from Uncle to take these?” They were the thieves, yet Chun Sungjae acted as if they were in the right.
On the other hand, Chun Yooha didn’t care about that. She looked guarded as she scrutinized Kevin. “I misjudged him. He’s also a fanboy of uncle. He is dangerous.”
Kevin became angry at Yooha’s reaction. There was no way he was a fanboy! “Don’t put me on the same level as you guys! I gathered all of this to investigate Lee Gun’s death. They are merely evidence—”
“Hmmph! You put a can Uncle drank from inside a golden box! It’s something he threw away!”
“Can?”
The Chun siblings pushed forward the golden box hidden within the vault.
“Look! It’s a can! I know this one very well. It was sold one month ago for forty million won at the auction! I remember it was sold for a high price because Uncle’s writing was preserved very well! You bought it and stored it here, right?”
Kevin became angry. “What nonsense are you talking about? A different item is supposed to be inside that box!”
“What??”
Kevin urgently yelled at his subordinates. “Go look for it right now! The content inside the box has changed!”
“!!!”
Kevin glared as he picked up the can. “Who the hell put a can inside here? I don’t remember buying this.”
The goddesses of the Virgo temple confessed as their faces turned red.
[Ah… In truth, we….]
[We were told that if we bought it, it would come with a picture that shows the nape of Lee Gun-nim’s neck… Kyaaa!]
“You guys did it!!”
[However, it was Lee Gun-nim from twenty years ago. His face was scary, but his body was…!!!]
[There is a reason he’s popular… Kyaaa!]
When they saw Kevin’s expression, the young apprentice goddesses waved their hands.
[B-But! We didn’t put that inside the box!]
[That’s right! Wasn’t Lee Gun-nim’s precious bone from his body put inside that box? Why would we take such a precious item and swap it out for…]
The Chun siblings were surprised by those words. Uncle’s bone? What was inside the box instead of the can?
“What do you mean by bones? The body he molted didn’t have any bones.”
Kevin furrowed his brows at those words. That’s right. Those items were none other than…
When Lee Gun had just exited the Devil’s Tower, the public was in a big fuss, as it was said Lee Gun’s armor and remains were found within the tower.
Kevin had bought it all for the crime scene investigators. At the end of his research, he found out that the bones possessed the same DNA as Lee Gun.
However, he was unable to analyze any further than that, but when he recently saw Lee Gun’s molt, he finally found a clue.
‘Lee Gun might have molted within the tower’
Since Lee Gun had awakened before coming out of the tower, the probability was high. Anyway, Kevin had finished his investigation, and he planned on showing it to Lee Gun since the latter was here. However….!
“I checked it thirty minutes ago, and it was here. That means someone broke in during that time.”
The Constructs who had been investigating the vault shouted.
[Kevin! I can feel the energy of a monster within the safe!]
“!!”
The monsters seemed to be the culprit, but it didn’t matter.
‘All the items inside the vault have trackers on them. I’ll find it in no time.’
It seemed the Constructs had read Kevin’s expression. They nodded before disappearing.
Kevin then glared at the Chun siblings. “Alright. Why are you guys here inside the vault—”
Boom!!
“!!!”
An enormous explosion rang out, and it came from the direction of the Virgo Saint’s main palace!
‘Tsk. Is it the monster that stole from the vault?’
Kevin’s eyes flashed as he left the vault. However, his mouth fell open when he stepped outside the vault. The reason was that his main palace had fallen. Moreover, it hadn’t been caused by a monster.
“What the hell! This is the Serpent Bearer’s energy!”
He wondered if it was Lee Gun’s doing, but the main palace was in the opposite direction of the detached palace where Lee Gun was present!
The explosion had come from their living quarters! It caused the flustered Kevin to scold the Chun siblings. “Really! Did you order your disciples to attack while you stole from my vault?”
The Chun siblings looked at him as if he was speaking nonsense.
“What are you talking about? We came here on our own.”
“Then who is that?”
“I have no idea. Who is that?”
The others’ identities were soon revealed.
[Golden Rule (SS)]
[Desert Forge (SS)]
“!!”
These were the innate skills of Carly and the Ten Star Taylor from the Capricorn temple! That wasn’t all.
[Item Swap (SS)]
This was Hailey’s innate skill, which allowed her to swap items!
Kevin screamed at this, “Why is that woman destroying someone else’s house!!!”
After identifying the intruders, Kevin screamed as he quickly ran toward the main palace. He soon caught up to them.
Boom!!
In a flash, Kevin arrived at the main palace, and his eyes flashed when he saw the intruders. They seemed to be looking for something.
Kevin’s eyes flashed when he saw Taylor and Goat looking around the palace. “Even the Sagittarius temple is here? Is your holy ground so small that you plan on taking this place?” Kevin savagely unsheathed his royal holy item.
Goat, who had been suddenly dragged into this, shrank back. “N-No! It isn’t like that! We aren’t trying to take your holy ground!!”
“Then why did you come here armed?”
“That is…!”
Goat couldn’t say that he was here to steal Lee Gun’s molt, so he massaged his forehead.
Kwang!!!
“!!”
They were soon surprised.
[Kuh-huhk!!]
The palace’s wall was destroyed, and a dark figure flew toward them.
“That person is…!”
The dark figure gnashed its teeth as it glared at the people coming out of the building.
[Damn it! I never expected you guys to be here too…!]
“!”
The ones to walk out of the broken building were Carly and Hailey.
Kevin bared his teeth when he saw Hailey. “Hey! You’re the one behind this, right? What the hell is wrong with you? You destroyed everything, even my bedroom! Take responsibility for it!”
“Hmmph! Who cares about your bedroom? Look over there!”
“!”
As Hailey spoke, the black figure resolved into the shape of a person. Kevin and Goat became surprised.
“It’s a monster!”
However, it wasn’t a normal monster. The monster gnashed its teeth. It didn’t care if Kevin was on his guard or not.
[Shit! I never expected so many Saint-ranks to be gathered here. Did you somehow find out about what I was trying to do?]
The monster clenched its fist as if it was trying to hold on to something for dear life.
Kevin wondered what it was gripping when…
“Give it, bastard!”
As a familiar voice rang out, the monster screamed.
Chun Sungjae had appeared using Teleport and kicked the monster. At the same time, the monster lost hold of something.
Clank!
The monster had lost the lid of a small glass doll. Moreover, the glass doll was broken as soon as the power of Death touched it.
Then, a familiar item appeared.
[Serpent Bearer’s Molt (???)]
It was the molt that Lee Gun had shed not too long ago. As soon as the molt made its appearance, all the intruders ran toward it.
The expression on Kevin’s face was a sight to behold. He finally realized the true reason why his holy ground was attacked. “D-Did they all come here looking for that?”
Well…
He could guess the reason. Aside from Goat, everyone here was either a fanboy and or a fangirl of Lee Gun.
On the other hand, the bloodied monster gnashed its teeth when it saw this.
[Yes. I thought humans wouldn’t notice me. It was my mistake for letting down my guard. I should have known others would try to acquire it. It is an item worth having.]
“!”
[Still, I never expected the gutter rat princess to aim for it! As expected of someone of his line, you immediately knew the worth of the Serpent Bearer’s molt.]
For some odd reason, Hailey was sweating at those words, but it didn’t matter.
Hailey was about to attack the enemy. She acted as if she were protecting those guarding the molt.
[Hmmph! It’s useless! That item is our item!]
What the hell was Lee Gun’s molt supposed to be?!
‘Also, which faction is that monster from…!’
In the end, Kevin ground his teeth as he imbued magical energy into his blade. For now, he would have to call in Lee Gun, who was at the detached palace.
At that moment…
Flash!!!
An incredible power surged forth along with a dark power.
The Chun siblings, Hailey, and Carly, who had been fighting over the molt, all became guarded.
‘That power is….!’
The monster seemingly grew its body as if it had been hiding its power.
Soon, they screamed. A chaotic black magical energy appeared on the monster’s back, as if it was trying to summon someone.
It wasn’t just the holy ground of the Virgo temple. It seemed as if the incredible power could send everyone present into the past!
Everyone flinched when faced with this power.
“This is the power of Time…!”
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