‘Crazy! This is really crazy!’
Lindsey, one of the thirteen Knights serving the monarchs, was running away in fear. She couldn’t forget the face of Chun Sungjae, which she had seen within the Devil’s Tower.
Her opponent was a young human. He looked talented, but was frail. Therefore, she had thought the brat would be nothing before them.
However, the brat kept coming back to life no matter how much they stabbed him. And at some point, the brat had started killing the general again and again.
Thankfully, Lindsey had been able to hide before she was killed, but the problem was the armored man.
[Keep dying and become Uncle’s EXP!]
Poo-hahk!!
Lindsey couldn’t forget Chun Sungjae’s expression as he decapitated the general.
In the end, the general was unable to take it. He changed into its original form of a beast. However, even that had failed against Chun Sungjae. That wasn’t all.
Lindsey couldn’t just stand by and watch. Therefore, using her camouflage skill, she stabbed Chun Sungjae in the back; she tried to pressurize him with her attack.
[What’s wrong? Stab me harder, you monster!]
As if the wounds were nothing to him, Chun Sungjae kept killing the general over and over again. Although he was using a mysterious regeneration power to endlessly recover, this was unexpected.
‘Crazy!’
The blade that Lindsey had stabbed him with wasn’t normal. It was infused with a poison that caused pain by destroying the flesh.
If magicians had their concentration interrupted, they suffered a hard time using their power. It was a fatal weakness of a magician, yet this young man was able to push through the pain? Why did such a young child have so much spite? It didn’t end there.
[Hurry up, and reset it! Uncle is running low on power!]
The young man seemed to feel an odd sense of joy when he killed the general. It was unclear if he had lost his mind from the pain or if he felt joy at getting revenge on someone who had stabbed him.
‘He isn’t normal.’
The boy had a tenacity and a natural disposition for hating monsters!
This was why Lindsey instinctively felt threatened. It felt as if he would wipe them out in the future. She had never felt such a fear when facing disciples of other temples.
On top of that, the “Uncle” had then come to pick up Chun Sungjae. This “Uncle” was even more ridiculous.
It was unknown whether he was the Zodiac that Chun Sungjae followed, but he scolded the young man when he saw the corpse of the beast general.
He berated Chun Sungjae for killing the general too cleanly. He said if you get stabbed, you have to hack apart your opponent again and again.
Then, the two of them unhurriedly left with the corpse in tow.
Lindsey felt it at an instinctive level. ‘They are crazy.’
Above all else, the problem was the general rank corpse that they had taken away.
Chun Sungjae had killed the blood relative of one of the thirteen Monarchs.
‘His camp won’t stand by and do nothing.’
Everyone’s eyes angrily glinted as the invasion had failed this time around. The monarchs’ pets might be sent out this time. These pets were the four great Calamities, who were siblings to Red Eye.
At that point, it would be game over. Anyway, she had to quickly relay information about those two to the higher-ups.
‘Thankfully, the two of them didn’t notice me.’
Lindsey had acted like she was dead, then she had used camouflage on herself.
‘This is why humans are….’
Suddenly…
[General! Why is your back glittering?]
[!]
Lindsey quickly patted her back. An item dropped behind her, surprising her.
‘Gem dust?’
She wondered why such a thing was on her back.
[Ahhhk!]
However, when Lindsey looked backward, she was frightened. A man was riding an enormous beast, which looked drawn to the gem. They were tracking her down.
[Piggy Bank(Pixiu) is chasing after the gem.]
[Piggy Bank(Pixiu) wants to eat the gem.]
[Miny(Berserk) is riding Piggy Bank. It has locked in on its prey.]
Lindsey screamed.
* * *
[It is Saint rank energy.]
[An SS-rank disciple was born to the Serpent Bearer.]
[Disciple 1 has learned the “Sadism” special attribute.]
Hugo was surprised, the reason being the monster corpse in front of him.
The monster kind of looked familiar, and Hugo was sure this was the general-rank monster that he had seen earlier.
And what did he just say?
“Sungjae killed it? This one?”
The most baffling part was Chun Sungjae’s level.
“SS rank?! You are?”
“Yes! I’m the same rank as you, Dad! I’m a Saint rank!”
Hugo grabbed the back of his neck. His son was an SS rank! This young man was merely an A-rank just a while ago. Him becoming an S-rank had already been a surprise, and what had happened now?
‘SS rank?!’ It was the highest rank a disciple could reach.
Sungjae becoming the same rank as him was dumbfounding, but the cause behind it was more dumbfounding.
Hugo grabbed Lee Gun by his collar. “How hard did you work the kid that he became an SS-rank!!!”
Hugo was somehow angry because his son had become an SS rank. Lee Gun sighed at his reaction. “Why are you directing it toward me? Sungjae was the one who said he wanted to become an SS-rank.”
Hugo shook him by the collars as flames erupted from his mouth. “You should’ve raised his rank in moderation, you asshole! How could you throw the kid into the Devil’s Tower by himself?”
Lee Gun replied with a straight face, “I didn’t throw him in by himself. I was with him in the basement…”
“Hey, you son of a #$(*$#&*!” Hugo raged as if he were speaking nonsense.
In the end, Lee Gun sighed. “Alright. I messed up. I’ll go easier on him next time.”
“#$*$&*!”
There would be no next time. Hugo was about to spit fire from his mouth when…
Flash!
A red light surged in front of Hugo. It was a bonus skill given to the first disciple of each temple.
[Return]
The mark of the Sagittarius was engraved on the floor as a familiar face made an appearance. It was none other than Lee Jaewon.
“Saint-nim! Are you ok?” He appeared alongside the red light, looking at Hugo in surprise. “I heard you suddenly disappeared from the press conference room in the US…”
The news about Hugo grabbing a teleporter by his neck had spread, and he had returned to Korea.
“You were in such a hurry that you left behind your wallet….”
In response, Hugo pointed at Lee Gun and the tower. Spittles flew as he said, “Gun took Sungjae to *$#&*!”
It was hard for Jaewon to tell what his Saint was saying, but he had seen the quarrels between his Saint and Lee Gun-nim from the past. Therefore, he instantly understood what was going on.
“Ah! It might have been excessive, but Lee Gun-nim did it for Sungjae’s growth. Didn’t he go harder on you in the past?”
“Sungjae isn’t me#*$&*!”
“I remember him tossing you into the stomach of a monster, Saint-nim. If it is the Devil’s Tower, Lee Gun-nim went easy on Sungjae.”
“#$&#*!” Hugo raged, asking whose side he was on.
Lee Jaewon just shrugged it off as he laughed. In the first place, he already had a hunch that Sungjae would be able to become an SS-rank.
‘There is his pedigree.’
It was said that the fruit does not fall from the tree. There was the single-minded personality, tenacity for growth, and high faith.
Chun Sungjae possessed everything needed for growth. Moreover, he was under the care of Lee Gun-nim.
“As expected, Lee Gun-nim was able to make two SS ranks. He is more amazing than you, Saint-nim.”
“You should just go to the Serpent Bearer’s temple! Just go! Don’t come back!”
Lee Jaewon laughed as if he had made a joke. Then, he quickly looked at Lee Gun; he had an item to deliver with haste.
“Excuse me, Lee Gun-nim. I have an item I have to give you.”
Both Hugo’s and Lee Gun’s eyes turned around when they saw the item in Lee Jaewon’s hands. Their reactions were expected.
“Wait a moment. This is the seal of the Virgo Saint!”
Lee Gun took the Zodiac Saint’s seal from Lee Jaewon. At a glance, the seal looked like a rosary. Tilting his head in puzzlement, Lee Gun asked, “Why do you have this?”
“The Virgo Saint is ceding everything to you, Lee Gun-nim. He’s handing over all rights to his holy ground.”
Hugo had no choice but to scream. “What?! He gave you that vast stretch of land? All of it?!”
Lee Gun’s expression was a sight to behold. “Why would he?”
“I’m not sure. He also wanted me to give you this.” Lee Jaewon passed over another item. It was none other than the slime.
Soon, the slime spat out something toward its owner, the prosthetic arm. This arm was similar to the prosthetic arm Stevens had. The prosthetic arm looked sad as it looked at its owner.
[Black Prosthetic Arm(Right) is very sad because it couldn’t charge a rental fee.]
[It is ashamed and sad. Its previous owner was a rich person hard to find in recent days.]
Lee Gun laughed. “He doesn’t need the arm?”
“No. After he fought against the Cancer Saint… he said he doesn’t deserve to have it.” Lee Jaewon’s face turned a bit serious. “I eavesdropped. The Cancer Saint said the Virgo Saint was the one to stab Lee Gun-nim.”
Hugo’s mouth fell open.
In contrast, Lee Gun burst out laughing. “Bullshit.”
“Gun?!” Surprised, Hugo looked at Lee Gun. Lee Jaewon had revealed the culprit who had stabbed Lee Gun.
“It was Kevin?”
Lee Gun clicked his tongue as he looked at the prosthetic arm and seal Kevin had sent him. “That idiot did this for nothing. He never entered the Devil’s Tower.”
“What? What are you saying?”
“The Crab Saint.”
“?”
“That damn crab is the one who stabbed me!”
“…?!!”
Hugo wanted a detailed explanation, but instead of answering, Lee Gun let out a cold laugh.
‘For now, I’ll act like I don’t know the truth.’
If the Crab Saint knew Lee Gun knew the truth, he would run away before Lee Gun could even catch sight of his face. Lee Gun wanted Jean-Louis to show his face and shamelessly talk about this subject. Besides, Lee Gun planned on exposing the Zodiacs behind all of this and beating them up.
Lee Gun looked at the seal of the Virgo Saint.
[You have received rights from the Virgo Saint.]
[You will be able to take the Virgo Saint’s holy ground.]
[Your Constructs may look over it.]
[Would you like to take it?]
The mere existence of this item was incredible, and he had received it now.
“By the looks of it, Kevin got swindled by the Crab Saint. He’s under a misconception about the culprit.”
Lee Gun had an idea of what the misconception was. ‘He thinks he’s the one who stabbed me.’
That was why Kevin had handed over this item. Kevin hated cowardly behaviors, so he had handed this item as atonement.
However, Lee Gun didn’t care that Kevin was under that misconception. “I’ll take it since he gave it to me. Of course, this isn’t enough considering the interest. He fell short by a bit.”
Hugo was lost for words as he looked at Lee Gun. “You aren’t going to tell him the truth?”
“Why would I?”
“He mistakenly believes he killed you! Do you realize what that item signifies?!”
“If you want, you can tell him.”
Hugo grabbed the back of his neck. Once Kevin realized his effort was in vain, he would cause a big ruckus. Moreover, Lee Gun wouldn’t return that item willingly.
Lee Gun spoke as he looked at the seal. “Europe is my holy ground now. I think it’s under attack right now. I wonder if I should go there.”
“Wow! You already call it your holy ground.”
“I don’t care about other locations, but I do covet one place.”
Well, it didn’t matter. When Lee Gun took possession of the Virgo Saint’s seal, an urgent notification appeared.
[You have temporarily received rights over the Virgo Saint’s holy ground.]
[You can use the holy ground protection skill.]
[The protection skill can be used through the Zodiac Saint.]
[Please designate your Zodiac Saint.]
Hugo and Chun Sungjae flinched. They turned to look at Lee Gun, and it was as they had expected.
“Time is almost up. I have to choose a Zodiac Saint. It’s a priority since I used up all my Temple energy to kill the monarch.”
Hugo’s eyes flashed. “Are you planning on choosing Carly?”
“Is there any reason I shouldn’t?”
Sungjae’s face turned pale, while Hugo became angry. The Archer Saint said, “Hey! If you plan on choosing her, I’d rather do it!”
“Who said I’ll let you be one?”
“Who are you going to choose?”
Lee Gun suddenly gestured with his hand.
[You have chosen the Serpent Bearer’s Zodiac Saint.]
The Zodiac Saint of the Serpent Bearer was born at this moment.
