Something fell from the sky. Lee Gun was surprised to see what had shown up. They were delivery boxes.
Kwahng! Kwahng! Kwahng!
The thirty boxes accurately landed in front of him. Moreover, their sizes varied. Some boxes were big enough to fit a refrigerator, while some were so small that they could fit only books.
Lee Gun was wondering what these were when he heard a sound.
[The items have safely arrived at the destination.]
[<Absolute Coordinate> skill has been released.]
[Please use the Archer Saint’s skill once again next time.]
[A rental fee of a hundred dollars will be deducted on each use.]
[Thank you for using the Archer Saint’s rental skill!]
As the voice rang, a red light surrounded the boxes.
Since this skill could accurately set the arrival point, it was used for delivery services.
“You charge a shipping charge of only a hundred dollars? How will you make any money with just that? You should be aggressive and charge ten thousand dollars.”
“You’re a thief!” Hugo reprimanded his friend.
Lee Gun just snorted as he opened the box. From what he had heard, money earned from tributes or rental skills was converted to something called “Talent.” Then, that was added to the wealth of the temple.
‘It must be the currency that Zodiacs use.’
Moreover, this currency could be used to upgrade one’s holy ground, or it could be given to Constructs and the disciples as salary. It could also be used to buy or sell items helpful to the temple. Basically, this currency determined the wealth of a temple.
‘Well, Taeksoo said he didn’t know more about it since it wasn’t the domain of humans.’
The Zodiacs and Constructs were beings that belonged to the domain of the gods.
Disciples stacked money and tributes within the temples for the Zodiacs, and the temples’ wealth was automatically converted.
This was similar to the situation in the past when one used gold or gems to buy items.
After Lee Gun had finished his first trial of awakening as a level ten, an odd skill had appeared amongst his skills when he reached level eleven.
[Wealth Conversion <Owner Skill>]
[Entrance to the Market of Goblins <Owner Skill>]
Until level ten, it felt like Lee Gun was receiving basic skills such as Familiar and Missionary. Now, something seemed different. However, Lee Gun had yet to release all the skills he could now, so he wasn’t sure about this. The matter was interesting nevertheless.
‘Well, that isn’t important right now.’
Lee Gun turned to the boxes wrapped in pretty-hearts wrapping paper. They even had ribbons tied around them.
When Lee Gun started to open the delivery boxes, Hugo lashed at him, “Hey! That isn’t even yours, so why are you opening it?”
“What? Of course, it’s mine.”
“Hmph! There’s no way someone as ill-mannered as you has female fans. Of course, those are for me.”
“No way! You’re the poverty Saint.”
“What did you just say?”
Both of them opened the delivery boxes at the same time. Joy appeared on one face and sorrow on the other.
– To Lee Gun-nim!
– I love you!
Lee Gun grinned as if to say I told you so.
Hugo despaired. What was he lacking in comparison to Lee Gun? Hugo’s expression asked that question.
The boxes contained items and portfolios in pretty packaging. Lee Gun picked up one of the portfolios as he laughed. “Look at this! There are dozens of fan letters. They are almost like documents…”
However, Lee Gun’s expression soured as soon as he looked at the paper letters within the portfolio.
– Lee Gun hyung-nim! Please accept us!
– We love you!
“?!” Lee Gun’s expression was a sight to behold.
The pink letters had bold strokes written by men. However, the letters weren’t the problem.
“What the hell? What’s up with these resumes?”
Yes, attached along with the letters were several dozen resumes. There were even photos attached to them.
– We want to transfer to the Serpent Bearer!
– Please accept us, Lee Gun-nim!
As Lee Gun looked at the letters, his expression was a sight to behold.
“????”
Hugo had been smirking from the side, but for some reason, this intrigued him.
“What the hell? They are all disciples of the Leo temple.”
“Leo Temple??”
Lee Gun wondered why the disciples of that cat wanted to enter his temple. He already had that incident with Stevens, so those disciples shouldn’t have any good feelings toward him.
Moreover, each profile was from a high-rank disciple at least at the A-rank. They weren’t the second strings; they were all first strings. Their abilities were tremendous. They were elites in active service to the Leo temple. Why would they do this?
The two of them soon found out the reason.
“Ah! Noona did say she was going to leave her temple.”
Hearing his son’s words, Hugo screamed in surprise, “What? Yooha is going to leave her temple?”
At the same time, he clenched his fist as if he was deeply moved. “Finally, my daughter is going to come to the Sagittarius temple.”
Chun Sungjae looked at Hugo as if the latter were speaking nonsense. “Have you lost your mind? Why would Noona go to Dad’s temple? Of course, she wants to join Uncle’s temple.”
“…?!”
“The Leo disciples are following Noona to Uncle’s temple.”
“…!!!”
Hugo was shocked. This was something his damned son would do, but his daughter would never do such a thing; that was what his expression said.
Ignoring his father, Chun Sungjae flipped through the resumes. They surprised him.
“Wow! There is even a general-rank in here. I guess it’s understandable. Noona is very popular.”
Although his sister wasn’t self-aware that she was gorgeous, she was famous around the world for being a beautiful woman who could rival the Scorpio Saint.
The Leo disciples were his sister’s number one fan club. It was understandable that they would be hell-bent on following her.
On the other hand, Lee Gun empathetically threw away the resumes. “I’m a dog person instead of a cat person. That’s why I don’t need disciples under that cat bastard. I just need Yooha and Muffin from that side. Those two are enough.”
Realizing Lee Gun was referring to Puffin by Muffin, Hugo let out a sigh. “Does he have enough faith?”
“It’s starting to rise the more I hit him.”
“…???”
How could beating someone raise the person’s faith? Well, it didn’t matter.
Hugo got worried about his daughter leaving her temple.
‘The Leo temple will be in an uproar.’
Ten years ago, Stevens had taken Chun Yooha to the Leo temple. It was almost a kidnapping. Of course, it wasn’t a true kidnapping.
At that time, the Libra Saint had done something foul to Yooha’s arms. The enormous power within Yooha’s arms had gone out of control. Chun Yooha had been killing monsters without a care for her body.
It was then that the Libra Saint had come to Hugo with a deal.
[Hugo, your daughter is exceptional. It’s almost a miracle that she’s still alive. However, she’ll die at this rate. That’s why you should leave her with my temple.]
[…!?]
[The milk is spilled. The evil god within her arms can never be extracted. That’s why we’ll train her very well.]
However, the Leo Saint had interjected at that moment.
[Fuck off! I’m taking the Archer Saint’s daughter.]
[?!]
It seemed Stevens was covetous of Yooha’s battle ability and mental strength.
[If you’re worried about your daughter, you can join the Leo temple too.]
[What the hell?]
Around that time, Hugo kept receiving recruitment calls; Stevens wanted him to be his supporter.
The Leo Saint was someone who collected Lee Gun’s holy items; he was obsessed with Lee Gun’s strength. Therefore, Stevens wanted Lee Gun’s main supporter under him. He thought it would make him as strong as Lee Gun.
That was how Stevens had stabbed the Libra Saint in the back and kidnapped(?) Chun Yooha.
‘The Libra Saint’s expression was a sight to behold at the time.’
This was also the reason the Libra Saint hated the Leo Saint.
Anyway, the Archer Saint’s temple had been too weak to take care of his daughter. And instead of the wily Libra Saint, Hugo preferred his daughter staying with the Leo Saint. Therefore, he had let the situation be.
‘The Leo even appointed her as one of the Ten Stars.’
It seemed Yooha’s latent abilities were viewed very highly as she was elevated to a member of the Ten Stars even as an S-rank. The Leo had bypassed its temple’s own SS-rank, Oliver, to do so.
This was proof that his daughter was being keenly observed. If Yooha became a disciple of the Serpent Bearer, things might turn a bit dangerous. If the situation turned worse, there was a possibility that Lee Gun might clash against the Leo.
Was that the reason? The anxious Hugo quickly asked Lee Gun, “Gun, you aren’t going to make Yooha your disciple, right?”
“Why wouldn’t I? If I develop her correctly, she could chew you guys up and spit you out.”
“What?”
Hugo was dumbfounded, but Lee Gun’s eyes could see it.
[Chun Yooha]
– Aggregate Value: SS
This was the worth of a disciple. The aggregate combined things like faith and latent abilities. They were all added up to get this value, and a temple’s level rose with it.
[Aggregate Value of the <Serpent Bearer>]
– Total value of Master’s level, holy ground level, familiar level, disciple quantity, reputation, Bible(mythology), and depth of mythology
He could increase the aggregate to become more powerful. Yooha would be the start.
Lee Gun would steal only the most useful ones from the other temples. Just stealing Sungjae from the Gemini temple had given him a lot of EXP.
‘Sungjae was only an A+, yet I got that much.’
As his familiars were higher in level, the chances of them bringing back good tributes increased drastically.
On the other hand, Hugo became desperate. “Leave Yooha alone. If you aren’t careful, you might clash against the Leo.”
“What’s wrong with that?”
“What?!”
Lee Gun picked up a weapon sent by a Leo disciple. “That will be great. I’ll pull out the Leo’s claws and make a weapon out of them. That sounds dope.”
Hugo’s expression was a wonder. “Hey! What’s this crazy bastard talking about?”
“However, I have to do something else before that.” As Lee Gun spoke, the sound of a terrifying explosion rang out.
Kwahng!!!
“?!”
Everyone reared back in fright when the explosion came out of nowhere. Looking at their surroundings in surprise, they found out that Lee Gun had suddenly disappeared.
“Gun?!”
The loud sound rang once again.
Kwahng!!!!
“?!”
Hugo was wondering where this sound was coming from when he spotted the flashing gate in the air.
There was a big, round hole. On the other side of the hole was the coast of Hawaii.
Hugo was sure which coast he was seeing. ‘The Libra Saint’s hideout!’
It was the hideout where Lee Gun had caught Yoon Taewoo. The thing exploding was that Hawaiian island.
Kwahng!! Kwahng!!
It surprised them even more.
“What is he doing?”
[You have used the Serpent Bearer’s awakened skill(SSS)]
[Gluttony(SSS)]
– Everything within sight is eaten and remade.
– Effect: The effect depends on the object(human, god, beast, holy ground, etc)
– Available when Divine Status is over 70%
– The possibility of failure increases depending on your opponent’s level. A penalty exists.
Lee Gun had used his ability to destroy the Libra Saint’s hideout. The reason was simple.
[You have driven out the Libra’s energy.]
[You have destroyed the Libra’s barrier.]
[The relevant area can be designated as the Serpent Bearer’s basic holy ground.]
Yes! Since Lee Gun was going to slowly increase the number of Constructs and disciples under him, it was time for him to expand his holy ground. He couldn’t continue to leech off the Archer Saint’s holy ground.
“Hahaha! Hawaii is awesome!”
Hugo realized Lee Gun’s intention when he saw that spectacle. Massaging his forehead, he recalled something—Lee Gun loved Hawaii.
At that moment.
[You do not have enough Divine Status.]
[The energy of the Libra is starting a counterattack!]
“Oh really!”
Lee Gun, who had been destroying the hideout, clicked his tongue as he extended his hand. “Hey, throw that to me.”
“What? This?”
Surprised, Hugo looked at the delivery box.
Lee Gun picked up the item sent by the Leo disciples.
[A holy item containing the Leo Saint’s energy has been used.]
[The Leo’s power has been used to destroy the Libra Saint’s holy ground.]
Kwah-kwah-kwah-kwahng!
All the barriers set up in the hideout got destroyed as Lee Gun activated his skill.
[This location has been chosen as the Serpent Bearer’s occupied territory!]
[You have gained EXP!]
[The Return skill can be used to move to the occupied territories.]
[Will you name the newly occupied territory?]
“Workplace.”
– Occupied Territory 1: Living room within the Archer Saint’s holy ground
– Occupied Territory 2: Workplace
Lee Gun’s eyes flashed.
“Creation Workshop.” As soon as he spoke those words, the ground shook. The Libra’s fancy mansions fell, and the Constructs screamed as they ran away.
Doo-doo-doohk!
In the mansions’ place, the Serpent Bearer’s structures surged upward. Moreover, they weren’t simple structures.
“That’s…?”
It was an enormous blast furnace accompanied by a mountain emitting a stream of lava. The anvil and various tools that existed within Lee Gun’s Creation Workshop showed up as well. In a flash, the mansion turned into a forge.
Lee Gun slowly walked forward. “It’s time to start the upgrade.”
He called forth his hammer and slime. The time for equipment-making had arrived.
