The goddesses of fate were a troublesome bunch who the gods of the Divine world didnât like interacting with. This was to be expected since they were goddesses who observed and foretold the fate of gods and humans. Moreover, their role didnât end there.
<Monitor the fate of the gods!>
<If any gods will cause harm, immediately put their names on the execution list!>
The goddesses of fate had received orders from the Great Spirits, so they were allowed to directly interfere and eliminate the fate of gods. It was like what they had done with the incident with Hercules.
At the time, they had slightly tweaked Lee Gunâs fate. They had made it so that Lee Gun was fated to lose to Hercules. This was the âFate Correctionâ ability, the three goddessesâ stronger weapon and power.
None of the gods antagonized the goddesses because of this power. In fact, the gods acted favorably toward them since they wanted the goddesses as assets to their factions.
âIdiots, who told you to covet what is mine?â
Lee Gun didnât care about any of that. He just wanted to screw them over.
The goddesses ground their teeth when they saw Lee Gunâs expression.
âWe have to change his fate.â
When they started to move, Lee Gun contemptuously flicked his finger. It caused Sagittariusâs eyes to turn round, and a scream rang out.
âAhhhk!!â
The one to scream was Hugo.
âWhat the hell is this?â
Accompanying the light, a lightning bolt beyond imagination emanated from Hugoâs body.
Kwah-jee-jeek!!
âIf you move even a finger, you guys are dead.â
The goddesses reared back in fright when they heard Lee Gunâs words.
âThis is the Great SpiritâsâŠ!â
âIsnât that the Lord of Heavenâs lightning!!â
This was the lightning of Zeus, the opponent Lee Gun had faced in Olympus.
Hugo, who was in pain, didnât know what was going on. He was flustered, but Lee Gun yelled at him as if it was no big deal, âGo, Lightning Man! If you shoot your bow right now, youâll be able to use lightning arrows!â
âHey!!â Hugo was afraid he would die from electrocution before that! âWhere the hell did you get this lightning?â
Hugo felt like he was about to faint. He quickly felt that all over his body. Clearly, this was Lee Gunâs doing.
While Hugo had been absent, Lee Gun had fought the god of lightning and probably used the acquired data to make something strange. Moreover, he had probably stuck the item on Hugo!
âDamn it! Where is it?â Groaning in pain because of the powerful lightning, Hugo groped his back.
With Lee Gunâs power of Life, Hugo would come back to life even if he died to the lightning. However, pain was pain.
Hugo became angry when he found a weird delivery sticker stuck to his back, which was emanating lightning.
[Lightning Sticker for Taeksooâs Use (SSS)]
- A protective sticker created using the data of the Great Spirit Lord of Heaven. It electrocutes the enemy and the user with lightning.
âDamn it! Get this off me!â
âWhy? I was worried you would get kidnapped again. I used precious data to make this for you!â
âReally!! You bastââ
Before Hugo could say anything else, the lightning went berserk in all directions. It attacked the old woman.
Kwah-jee-jeek!!
âAhhhk!â
âUnni!â
It was the power of the Great Spirit for a reason. When Future took a direct hit from the lightning, she fell. Moreover, it seemed her heart had stopped.
The attack was indiscriminate. Sagittarius was surprised as well, but he soon defended against it.
[Family Shield]
Sagittarius screamed when the lightning struck him and fell to the ground.
This made Hugo angry. âI get that your heart is in the right place!! However, this indiscriminately attacks our allies! Donât you have something more normal?â
Lee Gun looked resigned as he took out colorful gems. âIf you donât like that equipment, you can choose amongst these. Iâll give you a Divine status that might be of help to you.â
â!â
Lee Gun had taken out the Divine status cores of four gods
[Divine Status: Ares]
[Divine Status: Hermes]
[Divine Status: Hades]
[Divine Status: Aphrodite]
Hades was the first one Lee Gun had killed, he broke open the head of Ares, and Hermes was killed by Abyss.
As for Aphrodite, she was captured by Hercules. Lee Gun had taken her core before she could be handed over to the civil servants.
Aphrodite had tried to seduce Lee Gun to run away. In the process, Yooha had broken her and taken out the Divine status.
Since the Olympus gods were human now, their Divine statuses were carried around within their bodies.
The rest of the gods had frozen when they saw Yooha kill Aphrodite. They had quickly elected to go to prison so that Lee Gun couldnât acquire their Divine status.
âOn the other hand, their bounties decreased if their Divine statuses were missing.â
One among them had tempted Lee Gun the most, but he had decided to put off taking that godâs Divine status. After all, he planned on raiding the prison later on.
Anyway, this was how he had acquired these precious Divine statuses of high-rank gods.
âChoose one that you want as a power-up. What about Aphrodite?â
âGive me something decent, alright?â
Hugo expressed his anger, but the goddesses of fate were angrier than him.
âHe might have put it in an item, but how could he use the power of a Great Spirit like that?â
They became guarded against Lee Gun since he had stuck an item imbued with the power of Zeus on Hugo. Normally, the power of a god couldnât be used in a piecemeal like this. It was even more unlikely on a new god that smelled like a human.
âHis ranking was high enough to surprise the civil servants.â
While Lee Gunâs fate had been read, there was a limit to pinpointing his level too. However, the goddesses didnât betray their feelings since they knew the worth of Lee Gunâs Divine status from the beginning. They had been eyeing it.
It was why they had gotten involved in the incident with Hercules. They just had to create an opening and steal the Divine statuses of the pillar gods.
âThe Divine status is as precious as it could be.â
It could be called the core of a god.
âHow dare you talk about letting a mere Construct take the Divine status of a high-rank god! How insolent!â
âHe already has a Divine status. Do you think itâs easy to handle two high-rank Divine statuses?â
âDivine statuses arenât fragments of power that can be upgraded. Only the Great Spirits can handle multiple Divine statuses. There is no way Pushover is capable of doing it.â
Lee Gunâs eyes flashed with coldness. âIf he canât do it, heâll get beaten up.â
â!â
âI can do it, so why canât he?â
The goddesses were dumbfounded. Of course, they knew what his words meant. The light in their eyes changed as they asked a question.
âCan you really use them? Can you use several Divine statuses instead of fragments?â
âThatâs right. Well, itâs annoying if they get stolen, so I was thinking about making return-type equipment.â
When he said equipment, the goddesses scoffed. They thought he was taking the joke too far. However, Hugo froze for an entirely different reason.
âDoes he plan on turning all the gods within the Divine world into equipment?â
The probability of it happening wasn't zero.
âUnless something dire happens, I doubt heâllâŠâ
However, the problem right now was with himself.
âIf I canât handle the Divine status, my bones will be pulverized. I might also be used as an ingredient for making equipment.â
âIt doesnât matter in the end.â
â!â
Lee Gun arrived next to Hugo and handed over a Divine status core. Then he took the Book of Fate, which Hugo had stolen.
The goddesses of fate glared at them.
âHow dare you!â
Lee Gun pulled the book as if he planned on ripping it apart. âYou guys tormented the gods with this, right? From what I heard, this is the source of your power. Unless you donât want me to destroy it, you should take out the Rule Book.â
The goddesses of fate were dismayed. The rules of the Divine world were written inside the Rule Book. This book had major and minor laws that made the foundation of the Divine world. It was a book of law with various rules.
Moreover, gods that numbered more than the stars wanted to fix the laws to their advantage. This was why the gods sucked up to the goddesses of fate.
The goddesses of fate were flabbergasted. No one had tried to threaten them in this fashion before. No god had the guts to do it.
âWe thought you sent Louis-nim as a tribute because you wanted the Rule Book or you wanted to change your fate.â
âYou vulgar and arrogant bastardâŠ!â
âWe should have known by your cowardly actions when you turned the gods into humans!â
However, they soon started laughing.
âThatâs a Divine item. No god can harm it. Not even the attack power of a fighting-type godââ
Kwah-jeek!
ââŠ!!â
The goddessesâ expressions changed when they heard the sound. The metal cover of the book started to break apart. The goddesses looked at Lee Gun in shock.
Lee Gun merely smirked. âWhile my attack abilities might not work, this is merely an item.â
â!â
Lee Gun used the Manufacturer skill âDismantle.â His eyes flashed. It was one of the abilities that were freed after he had paid off his debt. âI donât care how great this item is. The Dismantle skill works really well against it.â
ââŠ!â
The goddesses of fate couldnât believe this.
âIsnât that the skill of a Manufacturer! That bastard is a Manufacturer-type god?â
âThatâs odd. When I read his fate, he had the power of only Life, Death, and CycleâŠ!â
Something was off.
âAlmost everything is revealed through Fate Reading. It doesnât matter what type of god it is.â
This included Great Spirits. It was out of the ordinary for them to be unable to see all the information at a single glance.
âWeâll have to dig in further.â
âEven a Manufacturer god shouldn't be able toâŠ!â
Desperate, they looked at Hugo.
âHey, servant!â
â!â
âIf you return that Divine item, weâll reduce your Karmic debt!â
âWhat? Karmic debt?â
âYes! I canât believe you can stay next to that snake god with that Karmic debt. Itâs oddâŠâ
Hugo scoffed. âKarmic debt? What nonsense are they talking aboutââ
Boom!!
ââŠ!â
Was it because he had recovered the ability of his important part here? Hugoâs vision suddenly changed.
ââŠ!â
His surroundings changed. No, his surroundings were the same; he was just seeing a vision. It was similar to his foretelling ability, but a little different. This wasnât the future. It wasâŠ
[Kyahhhk!! Run away!]
[Murderer!]
[He killed them all!]
Hugo saw countless corpses of gods in front of him. There were tens of thousands⊠No, more than that. It was as if he had killed them all.
Kwah-jee-jeek!!!
The sound of destruction rang out as Hugoâs vision returned to normal.
â!â
Taken aback, Hugo looked at his hands, which had been covered with blood until a moment ago.
âKyaahhhk!â
âThat bastard!!â
The goddesses of fate raged as they looked at Lee Gun. Lee Gun had destroyed the Book of Fate, and he didnât have a single ounce of a guilty conscience.
In fact, he looked dumbfounded. âIs this for real? What the hell is up with its durability?â
Lee Gun was able to seal one of the abilities of the goddesses of fate with this. âAh! Whatever. If you want me to fix this, you have to take out the Rule Book. You have to fix what I want.â
The child-like Past extended her hand with bloodshot eyes.
âYouâre facing the goddesses of fate. Youâre acting too arrogant!â
At that moment, a saw-toothed wheel appeared as it split the sky.
Koo-goo-gooohk!
The goddesses thought about the order that came from the Great Spirits, which had come right after the destruction of Olympus. It was an order regarding Lee Gun.
- Listen to us, Goddesses. We want you to change the fate of the snake god. We want you to expel his right as a god.
- That meansâŠ
- We want you to destroy his existence itself. Let him reincarnate as a microbe.
Of course, the goddesses had ignored the order. Lee Gun was too valuable to do such a thing, but things were different right now.
Their eyes flashed. The saw-toothed wheel kept spinning endlessly as lightning shot out. Then, something surprising happened.
âKoohk!â
âGun!â
Lee Gunâs vision shifted. When he opened his eyes again, they turned round.
âThis place isâŠâ
He found himself on top of a bed.
âEarth?â
However, it wasnât the present.
âIt was when I was living with Yeonwoo and Junwoo.â
This was before he had become the thirteenth awakened being, before Yeonwoo and Junwoo had died.
At that moment, he heard a voice.
[We read your past record. You were able to revive the girl, but you were unable to find the younger brother.]
â!â
[We know you read the record within the underworld to find the soul of your sibling.]
[That was why you entered the Divine world in the first place. You came to find the soul of your sibling, right?]
â!â
It was Pastâs voice. This was the ability of Past.
[Crossroads of Fate (5 star)]
- It changes the fate of the past.
[That is the time when your younger brother was still alive. What happens if he is kept alive?]
Lee Gunâs eyebrows rose.
[From what Iâve heard, you received the Divine status of the snake god because of the power of the two siblings. If the younger brother is kept alive, you will lose the power of the snake god, but wonât you be able to find your sibling?]
The goddess laughed.
[The existence of the hero Lee Gun would disappear, but the other heroes will take care of the world in your stead.]
Lee Gun checked the Divine power within his body. He could still use his power. It meant he could save his younger brother here. The goddess wanted him to change his fate.
âIn the end, she wants me to choose between family and being a hero.â
[You never wanted to become a hero. This is a special opportunity to save your sibling.]
Lee Gun furrowed his brows. Of course, he had a way to get out of this power.
âIt isnât like the fight against Time, where we switched timelines. I just have to forward the time until the present.â
He still had the data of Time, which he had kept for emergency use.
âUsing it is a shame since the ability of Time is so useful.â
Lee Gun had killed Time using Cycle, so not even his corpse had been left behind. Only a minuscule amount of the monarchâs data was left.
Lee Gun smirked at that moment.
âWait a moment. This is the past. That means Time is here, right?â
Would it be possible to duplicate him?
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