Chapter 399 - I thought so (2)
The gods were surprised to see this young man.
Lee Gun looked like he would maul anyone who bothered him. Unlike him, this man looked very soft and gentle.
However, Aslan’s expression wasn’t kind at all. This was especially true when he faced the Great Spirit. A rotten smile hung on his lips.
His appearance caused a stir amongst the gods of Ennead.
“My god! It really is Aslan. What’s going on?”
“What?! That’s Aslan?!”
While they might not know what he looked like, everyone knew his name.
During the era of the nine great forces, he had been the leader of the thirteen Zodiacs. He used to be a god with great influence in the Divine world.
‘He was on par with the Great Spirits.’
The Zodiacs were scaled in terms of power according to their abilities, Constructs, and Divine items.
At one point, Aslan had possessed the strongest Constructs.
‘Moreover, he was very strong in his own right. There was no answer for him.’
When the thirteen Zodiacs had been part of the nine great forces, the other eight great forces had been of one mind in being guarded against Aslan for a reason.
His appearance raised questions.
‘Isn’t he supposed to be dead?’
Didn’t his Constructs execute him because he went crazy?
‘Was he revived?’
‘No way! Who has the power to accomplish such a thing?’
‘Did he do it using his abilities?’
It was plausible since Aslan was called the Firmament Magician. He was known as the greatest magician.
The Great Spirit didn’t care as he looked at Aslan and burst out laughing. “You’re supposed to be an elite of the Divine world, yet you’re insignificant now. Why are you in clay form? It doesn’t suit you.”
“I wonder why?”
“Whatever! He’s your son, right?”
“….” Aslan wordlessly glared at the Great Spirit.
The eyes of the Great Spirit of Ennead flashed in contempt. “I did hear the rumors. You went to someone else’s colony and fell in love with a human. However, I never received any information that you had a child from that time.”
The child had descended from the line of the Creators. It had to be brought to the Divine world and used for their benefit.
As expected, the Great Spirit of Ennead cackled. “Did you manufacture a Revive ability so that you could revive yourself?”
“!”
Each of the Creators possessed a different manufacturing ability.
In reality, Creators that possessed Space Creation, Climate Creation, Material Creation, and other similar abilities had created the Divine world.
As for Aslan, he could manufacture and use any skills. This was why many mistook him for a magician.
The Great Spirit snickered as he looked at Aslan, who didn’t look anything like a god. It seemed a revival was impossible since his Divine status had been extracted and his body destroyed….
“Yes. He’s your son. Your son made you into an item.”
“What?!”
“What do you mean by that…!”
Instead of answering, Aslan snorted.
‘To be precise, I went into the item…’
Before dying, Aslan had put his thoughts in the Serpent Bearer temple. At that point, he had realized the existence of Time. He wanted to monitor the situation and, if possible, get rid of Time.
Then his Divine status was transferred from Yeonwoo to his son, and it allowed him to hang around his son.
Of course, he had merely been a thought form, so he could stay only as a small spirit. He wasn’t able to communicate with his son. However…
- Ah. I wonder if I’ll be able to make a drug that can fix my face with this recipe.
His son was falling as he started combining various ingredients. Aslan had been watching this in his thought form when it had happened.
To help his son, he had entered a bowl of medicine, and that precipitated what happened next. His son was half-asleep when he had dropped a strange potion bottle.
Clank!
- Ahk! Wait a moment! Gun! Ahhk! No!
Flash!
The spirit of a monster had appeared from the potion bottle, and Aslan was entangled with it. He was unable to separate himself from it, and to make matters worse, the manufacturing process had caused a reaction.
All kinds of ingredients had mixed, and Aslan’s thought form of Aslan had acquired a body.
‘So…I’m…a slime…’
The Clump of Creation Clay was thus created. To be precise, Aslan had become a manufacturing tool.
Afterward, he had acquired and brought herbs when his son suffered pain on his own. When his son was about to die from the cold, he brought wood and started a fire for his son.
Since he was a slime, he couldn’t kill monsters. Still, he did his best to protect his son in place of his dead mother. Of course, his fandom of the TV idols was a freebie.
Ra seemed to have realized what was going on through his extensive experience. He laughed in contempt. “I knew you felt somewhat familiar when you came with Sagittarius. I never expected you and your older brother to try to kill me by detonating a bomb.”
Of course, he was talking about the time when Lee Gun had sent Sagittarius to him as a parcel.
“It was your hobby to raise Constructs. Did you raise your son using that same ability?”
Aslan laughed instead of giving an answer. It was the truth.
This was why he had used the Temple system and the notifications. He gave missions to level up Lee Gun. He fixed the process so that Lee Gun could grow as a Zodiac on his own.
When Lee Gun had come out of the tower, he had been a newborn god, though he was a low-rank god.
Of course, this was an all-or-nothing attempt. If it had failed, his son would have been in danger.
Despite this, Lee Gun passed everything to become a complete Zodiac. Moreover, Aslan was able to rank up as Lee Gun grew.
This was why he was barely able to change into his original form!
Flash!
When Aslan’s eyes flashed, the vines of light were exterminated.
Kwahng!!!
“Kyahhhk!!!”
Accompanying the explosion of Divine power, Aslan landed lightly.
The Great Spirit feigned laughter. “You want to fight me?”
“Are you able to last a match with me? You should act your age. You should go take a nap.”
“Don’t get cute with me, brat. I saw you when you were in your diapers.”
“Despite that fact, please do not forget that I’m the one who cut off your arm.”
As soon as Aslan said that, an enormous flame surged into the air. Ennead became a sea of fire. It was as if the dimension was on the verge of ruin.
The gods screamed.
“Fire Wheel Lord! Please stop!”
“The older brother is a thief, and the younger brother always antagonizes me. The son of the younger brother made a mess of the Divine world. All your family members are insane.”
Aslan smirked when the Great Spirit showed signs of wanting to burn everything down.
Soon, the Great Spirit and Aslan clashed with each other. They moved at a speed that couldn’t be seen by the naked eye.
Aslan crooked his finger. The compressed power of Cycle within the Great Spirit appeared in Aslan’s hand.
‘!’
Aslan had used his ability to bring the power of his son, and he immediately threw it.
The gods of Ennead were surprised.
“Wait…!!”
The entirety of Ennead was hit with the power of Cycle.
* * *
Around that time.
[Really? Gods are all gathered within the earth?]
Inside the territory of the monarchs, the first-generation monarch named Wind smirked in amusement. He was already in a great mood because he had eaten the angels of Eden.
When Wind moved at the mention of the earth, the second-generation monarchs looked at him. It was unexpected.
[Are you going to go there yourself?]
[I did plan on going there at some point.]
Amongst the newly born Monarchs, the most talented one had been Time. Earth was where Time had resided and eventually died.
Wind had been furious that Time had died there since he had treasured Time.
On the other hand, the second-generation monarchs looked at him as if that was a wise move.
[In truth, Endless Change was discovered there.]
[!]
[What if Endless Change thinks wrongly that we are invading his territory? What if he attacks Father…]
Wind merely smirked. Endless Change was a first-generation monarch like him. At the same time, he was Wind’s comrade and a brother-like figure. His being alive made Wind elated.
Coincidentally, the Cluders had been expanding their forces and getting ready for an invasion. It was why they had nurtured more monarchs and why the third-generation monarchs, such as Time, had been let loose.
If Eternal Change were really alive, they had to find him and bring him into the army.
[With him, it’ll be possible to completely revive the forces of the Cluders.]
[Are you sure it’ll be fine? He was swept up into the Samsara hell and became a human.]
[Moreover, it’s said that he’s a Construct of the snake god…]
Wind burst out laughing.
[You are saying that because you don’t know my brother.]
[!]
Wind knew Eternal Change better than anyone.
[He is the most devious and cruel bastard amongst us. In the past, he pretended to be a god to sneak into the Divine world. He played around with the gods while keeping himself hidden.]
To eat the gods, Eternal Change had pretended to be their comrade. He had also spent time with the Creators by pretending to be their ally. He had done that because the Creators were closest to the Primordial god.
As soon as he achieved his goal, he had killed the Creators, then called in the Cluders to smash the Divine world.
[Of course, he’s pretending to be with the snake god. He is acting like a pushover.]
* * *
‘I’m dead if he finds out.’
At that moment, Endless Change, no, Hugo was shaking.
He couldn’t fully remember the memories of his past life. However, his instinct was talking to him.
‘Gun will kill me if he finds out my identity…!!!!’
Hugo kept his mouth shut and shook in fear. The mere thought of Lee Gun finding out about the truth made his hands shake.
‘He’ll immediately take up Heaven’s Punishment, right? He’ll immediately cut me down. He’ll turn me into ingredients. He’ll grind me up, saying I’m the earth’s trash, right???’
He had watched Lee Gun until now. It was why he was sure.
‘He’ll decapitate me!!!’
Normally, Lee Gun tried to kill Hugo for eating one more chicken leg. What if he heard Hugo was a monster?!
‘He’ll cut me to pieces!! No. I’ll be fortunate if he stopped there…!’
“Dad!”
“Ahhk!!” When his son called out to him, Hugo screamed as he turned around. “What!!”
“Why are you sweating so much? Do you have to go to the restroom??”
“No! What about your mom and the baby?! What about your sister? Why are you here on your own?”
“Why else? You said you were going to get her clothes. I came looking for you since you weren’t coming back! Anyway, Mom will come later. Grandpa will come too.”
“Uh… Is that so? What about Gun? Is Gun coming home?”
“Uncle?” Chun Sungjae tilted his head in puzzlement. “Uncle said he’ll be gone for a week. He said he has to get rid of some people.”
Hugo let out a huge sigh of relief.
‘It’ll be fine if Gun isn’t coming.’
He would avoid Gun and use that time to come up with a way to avoid detection. However…
“I’m here.”
“Ahhhhhk!!”
Hugo screamed when he heard Lee Gun’s voice right behind him. “Gun! What? I thought you weren’t coming for a week!”
“I’m here because I have some stuff to pack. Also, a guest is supposed to come tonight.”
“G-Guest? Who’s coming?”
“Ah! Abyss.”
“Ah. I see— What?! Abyss?!!”
Why the hell would it come here? Did Gun plan on having a large-scale battle inside his home?
However, Lee Gun’s next words were more ridiculous. “It said it’d spruce itself up and come and eat me. That’s fine. I’ll make it leave after giving it some ramen to eat.”
“????!”
“Maybe I should drag it somewhere else just in case…”
“Wait a moment!!!” Hugo quickly shouted. “D-Do Miss Yeonwoo and Hailey know this?”
“Why would you mention those two?”
“Of course, we should speak about them!!!”
Its goal was abundantly clear!
‘A female wants to spruce herself up and come eat him! What else could it mean?’
Hugo had a lot that he wanted to say, but he soon massaged his forehead.
‘Fuck it.’
Gun wasn’t someone who would get taken advantage of by another, and there was no way he would show interest in a monster.
Hugo was currently afraid for his own hide. There was no room for him to be worried about Gun. In truth, the thing that scared him the most right now was…
“What the hell? Why is the house in such a mess?”
“…!!!”
When Lee Gun spoke as he assessed the house, Hugo felt a chill run up his spine.
At that moment, Lee Jaewon was getting rid of Michael outside, and he was surprised. “L-Lee Gun-nim?”
“Yes. I’m here.”
Lee Jaewon was surprised to see Lee Gun. He discreetly retreated and whispered to Hugo, “Z-Zodiac Saint-nim, are you sure we won’t tell him what happened here?”
“We have to hide it. We must never talk about it! This is especially true for Gun!”
If Lee Gun found out about Michael, he would ask the obvious question. How had Hugo gotten rid of Michael?
‘Damn it! How can I tell him that I killed him using the power of a monarch?’
At the end of the story, Hugo would have to tell Lee Gun about himself.
‘That’s why we’ll act as if nothing happened…’
Suddenly…
“I smell blood…”
“?!!”
Hugo and Lee Jaewon felt their heart sink when they heard Lee Gun’s mumbling.
Lee Gun’s eyes flashed menacingly. “Hey, Taeksoo. Did you get rid of a god or someone like that here?”
“N…No?! No one came here. Maybe it’s Raphael?”
Lee Gun looked at Hugo in suspicion. “It’s someone else. Also, the inside of the house oddly smells like a monster.”
Hugo froze when Lee Gun looked at him.
‘I’m dead if he finds out.’
He met eyes with Lee Gun and shook as if he was about to be hunted down.
Lee Gun raised his eyebrows. He was wondering why Hugo was being like this.
‘Did he eat a god while I was gone?’
“Hey.”
“No!! I’m not a monarch!!’
“…?”
Why was he acting so suspiciously?
