Several weeks ago…
“What? I have to defend the Bible at all costs?”
Lee Gun had been making the horse head mask when he furrowed his brow. The reason for his reaction was Sagittarius.
“Are you saying I’ll die if my Bible gets damaged?”
[Yes. For gods with Bibles, Genesis is very important.]
“Why?”
[All souls of gods are born from their Genesis.]
“!”
[For example, let’s say a god named Artemis died as Virgo. The god in question would die, but a new soul would be born through the god’s origin. The name would be carried on.]
In simple terms, the name could carry the line.
[Of course, a suitable god may receive the name if a suitable soul isn’t born.]
This was the case with Asclepius, which was taken by the thirteenth original owner.
[Anyway, engineering immortality is possible if a God’s Genesis still exists. It is possible to transfer memories too. The powerful gods can become immortals.]
Lee Gun smirked when he heard this. “On the flip side, a god can be killed if their Genesis disappears. Ah! Give me your head. I have to measure your size.”
[Wouldn’t it be better to heal me…! Anyway, Genesis is basically the god itself. If it gets distorted, it can influence the god. That is why Bibles with Genesis engraved on them are important.]
It was the life of a Zodiac.
[Well, you’re a special case, where you might not die even if your bible is destroyed.]
“Special case?”
[The ones who made the temples and Bibles… You might be the Creation…]
“Creation… What?”
[Nothing. Anyway, you should defend your Bible well. If it gets damaged or distorted, you won’t be able to avoid critical damage. You have to protect the first page at all costs. It informs you of your origins. It is your life.]
“It’s in the good hands of my tsundere Secretary. I’ll know if something happens.”
Well, it didn’t matter. The important part was that he knew the bible was like the life of a Zodiac. A Zodiac could be exterminated using it.
‘The only problem is that finding a bible is hard. That is why that method isn’t used.’
Each bible was shaped differently and hidden in unknown locations. However, it was different right now.
[You have acquired a fragment of the bible from the Fairy Monarch.]
In the case of Virgo, the bible was placed within the Zodiac Saint’s soul. Sagittarius kept his bible in a building within his holy ground. And it seemed Gemini had planted the bible within the fairy monarchs.
From a Zodiac’s point of view, the fairy monarchs were much more trustworthy and safer.
‘Was that the reason they tried so hard to recover Sungjae when he ran away with one of the fairy monarchs?’
Lee Gun had assumed it was because the fairy monarchs’ abilities were powerful.
Anyway, although this one looked like a Commandment, he just had to test it out to see if it was a bible.
Finally, Lee Gun used the “Young Secretary’s Sadness” fountain pen on the tablet. Then, something surprising happened.
Flash!
[It has entered the revision mode.]
The Secretary’s ability changed the tablet into a notebook
Lee Gun grinned as he revised the phrases that came up. He didn’t put much effort in as he crossed out phrases and wrote something else underneath them.
Flash!
The notebook emitted light, surprising the Chun siblings and Hugo.
“What the hell happened?”
“What else? I activated Bible distortion.”
“?!”
Hugo was surprised.
‘This bastard can use the ability of a Secretary?’
That wasn’t important right now.
“Wait a moment! What did you fix?”
The nearby people freaked out when they saw the revision Lee Gun had made.
[When my magic lets out light, the world becomes bright. The light is great enough to light up the world. (Increase ability to create magic)]
▶
[When my magic lets out light, <<my head>> becomes bright. The light is great enough to light up the world. (Luminous effect)]
Hugo was dumbfounded. “What the hell… If you plan on fixing it, you should write something good! Why would you write this?”
“Why not? It’ll allow me to locate her.”
“What? Locate her? Her head is just going to shine, so how…”
At that moment…
Flash!
Light surged up into the sky from somewhere.
The eyes of Hugo and the Chun siblings turned round.
“That is….”
“What the hell? She’s over there.”
“?!”
It was the Zodiac of Magic, who had disappeared after facing off against Sagittarius.
“I wondered where she went.…!”
Since she had wanted to kill Sagittarius, Lee Gun didn’t think she would have gone far.
“Wow! Amazing! He found her actual location.”
The Chun siblings were impressed, and Hugo was dumbfounded.
“W-Wait a moment! If that really is the Zodiac, that really is the Bible…!”
Lee Gun let out an evil laugh. “It’ll be more useful than I thought.”
Of course, this fountain pen was limited compared to the ability of a Secretary. Anything related to the subject’s life couldn’t be written directly. The only thing Lee Gun could change was a word.
Therefore, he had no choice but to fix it so crudely.
‘This will do it.’
Lee Gun started to fix the passages once again.
Flash!
Since this was only a part of the bible, it contained only ten sentences. Nothing that could mess with the origin of Gemini was written there, but it was enough.
[She is the world’s most beautiful and lovely goddess. Her boundless heart continues to grow so much that she cannot sleep at night. (Mind Control magic effect)]
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[She is the world’s most beautiful and lovely goddess. Her boundless <<fur>> continues to grow so much that she cannot sleep at night. (Hair growth effect)]
The ground suddenly shook.
[One of the twin siblings expresses its rage.]
[One of the twin siblings reveals hostile intent toward the Serpent Bearer.]
Gemini had let the power of Oblivion take care of Lee Gun. In the meantime, they had been working on a magic spell for a different scheme.
They had been planning on getting rid of nuisances like Sagittarius; Virgo; or Iaso, the new Aquarius. The others would be killed using the same method that had killed the original owners and the thirteenth Zodiac.
However, Lee Gun had started to mess with Gemini’s Bible.
[Warning! The Zodiac of Magic is approaching. She is aiming for the Serpent Bearer.]
She seemed enraged. As proof, the ground started to shake.
Boom! Boom!
From the sound, it seemed as if a giant was approaching.
Boom!
Each earthquake split the ground, severing the lines of the telephone poles.
Boom!
“U-Uncle!”
Even staying on one’s feet in front of that overwhelming power was hard.
Then…
Kwahng!!!
Enormous blue flames fell before them.
Koo-goo-goong!
The flames were big enough to swallow up the city. These blue flames encircle the city in a whirl.
However, Lee Gun smirked. Despite the flames surrounding the Zodiac, Lee Gun could see her through the 13th Sense.
She had a shiny head, and her body was surrounded by hideous fur. The fur encasing her body made her look like a werewolf or a yeti.
“Oh? What an unsightly appearance for the goddess of love and beauty.”
The Zodiac seemed furious at Lee Gun’s mocking.
[Zodiac Descent]
The angry Zodiac decided not to use possession. She used Zodiac Descent.
Boom!!!
The asphalt and the buildings in their vicinity were blown away into pieces, as if a nuclear weapon had detonated.
“Koo-oohk!”
The incredible amount of energy destroyed the city. The act of merely standing in place became arduous.
When the debris flew toward him, Lee Gun laughed as he released his Divine status.
[Divine Status Release 100%]
The ring on Lee Gun’s finger screamed as it was sent flying.
Kwahng!
Black light and green light encircled Lee Gun as he used his ability.
[Serpent’s Nest (SSS)]
This was a defense-type skill that had been transformed from a skill of the Taurus temple. It was a dome skill.
With him at the center, an enormous hemispheric dome covered the entire city. The destructive divine energy that Gemini’s descent had generated was trapped within the dome.
“Don’t destroy everything like a brute. The earth is having an adverse reaction. It’s telling you to fuck off.”
[Damn serpent god.]
The goddess of beauty was in her divine form. She fully revealed herself. This angry Zodiac of Magic watched her surroundings repair themselves through the power of the Serpent Bearer. It was the power of Life.
After consuming Taurus, Lee Gun had gained enough power to recover a city. Of course, that wasn’t important to her right now.
[I planned on putting you inside Oblivion, but I have decided to kill you myself.]
“!”
Lee Gun immediately threw the notebook toward Sungjae, surprising Hugo and his family.
“Uncle?!”
Chun Sungjae was shocked. It was to be expected since the Zodiacs of Magic had played the biggest part in killing the original owners and the previous Serpent Bearer.
This Zodiac was someone who knew how to neutralize the Serpent Bearer. Therefore, a direct fight would be dangerous. The Serpent Bearer might lose if the bible wasn’t used!
“Hey Sungjae. Send that to Guisoon.”
“!”
Chun Sungjae immediately realized what Lee Gun planned to do.
Until now, Lee Gun had made revisions to provoke the Zodiac, and he was successful in drawing her out. However, his tricks would no longer work now.
‘The powers of the Secretary will be able to make revisions worse than Uncle’s.’
Depending on what was revised, a Zodiac’s life could be taken away.
Of course, the use of such abilities came with great risk, but Guisoon was a disciple of the Serpent Bearer temple. The risk was her body being damaged, but she was a part of the temple of regeneration. There would be zero risk to her!
The Zodiac of Magic also seemed to have realized this, so she tried attacking Sungjae.
“Oh no, you don’t!” Having released 100% of his Divine status, Lee Gun ran forward as his eyes flashed.
Humans and buildings were swept away in the collision between the two enormous waves of magical energy.
Boom!
Chun Sungjae, who had a small stature, was almost sent flying from the shock. However, he quickly wrote down instructions before he teleported the bible to Guisoon.
Yet, he felt awkward doing it. “I sent it! Are you sure it’s fine? The Secretary is still inside the fog! He won’t be able to remember Uncle! He won’t follow Uncle’s orders…!”
“It’s fine. He might not remember me, but his fountain pen will.”
“???”
Chun Sungjae tilted his head in puzzlement, but he soon realized what Lee Gun meant. He gave a prayer and finished it by saying Gun-nim. It was in memory of the Secretary.
[Secretary (Disciple 2) has received a wound from the fountain pen.]
[Fountain Pen says Master gave her an order. It is angry. It tells her to hurry up and get to work.]
[Fountain Pen says the both of them can die if she doesn’t listen to Master’s words!]
[The Secretary (Disciple 2), who has lost her memories, cries out. She is a bloody mess.]
[Despite not knowing what it was about, she has made the revisions to the bible.]
Lee Gun’s holy items never forgot him.
The effects of the revision were good.
[Kuh-huhk!!!]
Guisoon was being harassed by the fountain pen as she diligently made the revisions.
[Gemini’s body is being split apart.]
[Gemini’s hair has been pulled out.]
[Gemini’s magical energy has been as sealed.]
What the Secretary was doing was a very high-level distortion.
The Zodiac vomited blood, and she was in extreme pain.
Lee Gun knew this was a golden opportunity, and he was about to head toward the Zodiac.
[Do you believe you’ll succeed by doing just this?]
She was a god greedy enough to bring down the original owners. She was powerful enough to find and carry out a method that would bring them down.
That was why Gemini’s face was filled with madness. She vomited blood as she tried to grab Lee Gun’s arm.
[Do you understand now? You took the most useless part of my Bible!]
Lee Gun flinched when he felt the unknown power emanating from her hand.
‘That magic is…’
He could feel the strange power erasing the magical energy of the Serpent Bearer.
‘It’ll be dangerous if I get caught.’
Suddenly, a bombardment came toward them from the sky. It was an attack from Hugo and his family.
Boom!! Boom!
Because of the attacks, Gemini failed in attacking Lee Gun. Her eyes flashed.
[Elysion! What are you doing?]
“!”
The magic Zodiac called for Mimir, who was possessed by Chun Sungjae.
[You gave me the knowledge of how to kill the original owners!]
“?!”
[Stop acting like you can’t come out! Hurry up and use your wisdom to kill the Serpent Bearer!]
The first fairy monarch, who was inside Chun Sungjae, was flustered.
The Zodiac of Magic didn’t care. She expressed anger and contempt.
[Who revived you again with the Fairy Garden skill! You’re an ingrate!]
Mimir was originally the greatest god of wisdom. It was a library that knew everything, and of course, it knew how to kill the original owners.
[You realized Lee Gun had the energy of the original owner, and that’s why you stuck close to him! Do you think I do not know that, you traitor?]
Chun Sungjae’s eyes turned round.
Lee Gun laughed. “Really? Is that so?”
Chun Sungjae flinched at Lee Gun’s words. To be precise, the first fairy monarch within Chun Sungjae had flinched.
“I always wondered why you betrayed the Gemini temple so easily and stuck to the Serpent Bearer temple.”
Of course, part of the reason also was Sungjae having enough ability to summon it.
The Zodiac of Magic didn’t care about any of that as she desperately yelled.
[I know you’re looking for an opportunity to hand over that to the Serpent Bearer! You better come here if you don’t want to be exterminated!]
Lee Gun laughed at her reaction. He didn’t plan on doing this, but he became sure of it when he saw Gemini’s reaction. “Take out your fairy, Sungjae.”
“!”
Chun Sungjae immediately called out the first fairy monarch.
Having been dragged out, the fairy monarch looked flustered. However, Lee Gun immediately used the power of Death.
Kwah-jeek!
[Kuhk!]
Lee Gun’s hand pierced through the fairy monarch’s body and took something out. It was none other than the Bible of the Gemini temple. Moreover, these weren’t normal pages.
[Gemini Bible]
– First Genesis Page
Yes. In a Bible, it was the most important page, which was related to a god’s origin. For example, the very first page was related to the birth of a god.
Since Elysion was the first fairy monarch, that might be why it carried the first page. This was the other reason Gemini especially wanted the first fairy monarch returned, other than it being a fairy monarch.
When the most important page appeared, the light in Gemini’s eyes changed. Her eyes shone like those of a monster.
[Give it to me right now!]
Gemini attacked.
“Gun!”
However, Lee Gun didn’t even think about blocking the attack. He merely laughed as he held up the Bible, shocking Gemini.
[Uh?]
Then…
Kwahng!!!
Gemini’s attack struck the Bible.
The Zodiac of Magic froze. What her attack hit was the most important Genesis page. The page that could be called the life of a god had been destroyed.
