Chapter 422 - Great Spirit (5)
Gods acquired power from Faith and offerings. That was why they always tried to increase the number of their Constructs and disciples, who gave them Faith and offerings. It was a commonality shared by all the gods.
Zodiacs became stronger as they accrued more subordinates with high Faith. The Divine power also filled up much more quickly.
Divine power represented a god’s stamina and magical energy. It plunging to 0% meant death for the god. Moreover, the Divine power took a very long time to recharge.
This was why even the Great Spirits were judicious in using their powers. Stronger abilities consumed more power. It also came with increased costs.
However, Lee Gun had been the exception. He used to have Hugo, a Construct with 600% Faith. He could use his Divine power recklessly, and it would fill up immediately. In other words, Hugo had been an infinite battery that never ran dry!
However, Hugo’s Faith had turned to 0%, and Lee Gun had expelled him from his temple. This was why Lee Gun was having a hard time using his power.
So he came to a decision.
“You should ask for a wish too, Yeonwoo. I’ll grant them all.”
Yeonwoo was momentarily taken aback.
- W…Wish?
“Yes. I’ll grant the wishes of my Constructs too.”
Yes, he was playing it a bit loose, but a god existed to grant their followers’ wishes and prayers. This was why granting wishes was the fastest way for a god to raise the Faith!
“I’ll be going to the earth. Tell everyone to write down a wish. How about you? Do you have any?”
- Me?
“Yes. I’ll grant whatever wish you have.”
- Then I want marriage.
“Alright! W-What?”
- Marry me!
“… Marr… What?”
- Marriage.
Lee Gun’s expression was a sight to behold. As if he had taken a hit in the head, he merely blinked. “Yeonwoo? Be serious…”
- I am being serious.
“What?”
- You said you'll grant me anything. What? I can’t ask for this proposal?
“…#*&$*#&*????” Even the mighty Lee Gun had a mental breakdown. It was an answer that he hadn’t expected at all. “No… You… I mean… It is ok for now… Uh… Let’s talk after I go there.”
Lee Gun felt numb. He decided to end the telepathic connection for now.
The Constructs saw his expression and worriedly approached him.
“Excuse me, Master? Are you ok? We have to hurry and head toward the earth…”
“That’s right. The Great Spirits are heading toward the earth, and they are going to steal the faith of the disciples. They are going to steal humanity…!”
Lee Gun had been shaky on his feet, but he laughed as if they were speaking nonsense. “They are idiots. I’m faster than them.”
“!”
As the owner of the earth, he could immediately move there. But it was a different story for them.
‘They have to travel a new road.’
It was like how Lee Gun had struggled when he had traveled to the Divine world for the first time. The gods would need a while to reach the earth.
This meant he just had to recover his Divine status during that time. He merely had to make preparations.
‘To do that, I have to…’
Lee Gun put power into the rings on his middle finger.
[Confusion Became Nice (EX)]
- Ring created when Confusion became Order
- All phenomena involving confusion can be controlled
- Seal ability. It can be used in a variety of ways.
[Black Ring that eats Divine magical energy (SSS)]
- Seal Divine power
These were sealing items he had created using Confusion and a general-rank monster!
When Lee Gun put power into them, something surprising happened.
[Your power will be sealed by the maximum amount.]
[30%]
[20%]
…
[Your power has been sealed to 5%.]
When the rings were activated, the power of the Great Spirit leaking out of his body reacted strongly.
Koo-goo-goohng!!!
The power of the rings captured the power of the Great Spirit and surged up with great intensity. The intense power swept away the nearby gods, and it was suffocating.
‘Huhk. As expected of a Great-Spirit-rank…!’
Lee Gun was able to generate this much force even after sealing his power.
Soon, he nonchalantly dusted his hands off.
‘It’ll be safe now that I've reduced it to this level.’
If he went to the earth as a Great Spirit, the planet would explode.
His Constructs still looked nervous.
“It’ll be dangerous if you possess that level of power, Master!”
“That’s right. If you are attacked in that state…”
At that moment…
[This time, we will guard you.]
“!”
The Constructs turned their heads around when they heard the voice.
Numerous Zodiacs were bowing toward Lee Gun. They were pillar-rank gods and high-rank Zodiacs. Then there were the Constructs that the Zodiacs individually possessed.
Lee Gun’s Constructs let out sighs of relief as this sight reassured them. On the other hand…
“Master, a-are you sure about this?”
“I’m still worried!”
“What? I have these guys. It minimizes the danger I’ll face.”
“N-No. I’m talking about your marriage…”
“…!”
The Constructs looked worried as they whispered.
“Just right now… She said her wish is to marry you, right?”
“Are you sure that’s fine….”
Lee Gun started sweating.
“Well, my niece and nephew will be different. I’ll raise their faith first.” Lee Gun quickly headed toward his niece and nephew.
* * *
Lee Gun quickly used Holy Ground Return to get back to the earth. Now that he had become a Great Spirit, all the restrictions that the Divine world had placed on him were released.
Lee Gun could freely use all of his abilities.
[Welcome, Master!]
Eeny and Miny, who had been protecting the holy ground of the earth, appeared before him.
Lee Gun immediately asked, “What about those bastards? Are they already on the earth?”
[No! It is as you predicted! They still haven’t arrived.]
Lee Gun laughed. His prediction was correct.
[From what we can discern, they’ll arrive around twenty hours later…]
“That’ll be enough.”
But that wasn’t the only thing that piqued Lee Gun’s interest. When he had told them that he would grant their wishes, the Faith of his Constructs had jumped. At the very least, it was a 50% increase.
[170%]
[250%]
[280%]
His power had become stronger.
‘I just talked about granting them a wish, yet it was effective.’
He satisfactorily laughed. Moreover, it seemed he already knew the wishes of his Constructs from the start.
“First, food for Piggy Bank!”
[Boo-ohhhhhhh!!]
Lee Gun took out a vast amount of goods that he had stolen from the Divine world as a meal.
“I’ll give you guys new weapons!!”
[Ohhhh! Master!!]
[A Divine weapon of this quality is being given to trivial beings like us…!]
He spread around weapons, clothes, and all kinds of wealth that he had stolen from the Divine world.
[The Faith of your Constructs is rising.]
[The Faith of your Constructs is rising.]
[Your Divine power is quickly refilling.]
[Your Divine power is quickly refilling.]
Lee Gun snickered as he headed into his house. The only task left was to make a 1000%-Faith disciple who will allow him to generate unlimited Divine power.
‘If I grant the wishes of my nieces and nephew, I can do it in one go.’
Both of them were candidates with over 300% Faith. He didn’t need Hugo. This move would guarantee the recharge of his Divine power!
Lee Gun smirked as he entered his house, and he was greeted by familiar faces.
“Uncle!!!”
“Uncle!”
It seemed Sungjae and Yooha had received word that he would be granting their wishes.
Lee Gun let out a bright smile as he looked at them. “So? What wish should I grant my niece and nephew? Talk to Uncle. I’ll grant anything. Signature, weapons, whatever…”
“Marry me.”
“Marrrry!!!”
“…?”
Lee Gun’s expression was a sight to behold. For a moment, he wondered if he had misheard. However, the eyes of his niece and nephew were twinkling as they looked at him.
“Marriage!!!!”
“No, I’m first! I have two wishes!!”
This was beyond being hit in the back of the head. Lee Gun screamed. “What kind of wishes are those?”
“What about it? You said you’ll grant any wish!”
“That’s right!”
“I can understand Yooha, but you are a man!!”
Chun Sungjae had a crazy look in his eyes. “It’s fine! There is the power of Cycle!!!”
“Do you really think I’ll use it on you?”
“It’s fine!! I’ll go back and change my chromosome!! We still have some leftover data from Time!!”
Lee Gun massaged his forehead. Why did anyone with high Faith turn psychotic like this? He wondered if this was truly fine or not.
‘They are already acting like this….’
If their Faith increased any more, he wondered if they would jump him.
However, Lee Gun became stubborn when he felt Hugo’s absence. His eyes flashed. “Alright. I’ll agree to it for now.”
“!??!”
This surprised his Constructs.
[M…Master!]
[There are requests that you should and should not grant…!]
“What do you take me for? I have a way.”
[Y…You have a way?]
Lee Gun seriously whispered to his Constructs. “Listen to me well. When it comes to marriage, you can marry a game character. You can even marry a 2D character. There are replicas made by Sungjae.”
[…??!!]
“Will it be possible?”
[No way!]
[Do you think those treacherous Zodiac Saints won’t figure out your plan?!!]
It was as they had expected.
“Uncle… Are you trying to marry us off to a game character or a replica??”
When they hit the nail on the head, cold sweat appeared on Lee Gun’s back. Would it not work?
At this point, Yooha and Sungjae had odd looks in their eyes as they gazed at him.
“Well, I guess that’ll do for now.”
“Are you sure about that?? Really?” Lee Gun got worried as he looked at the two of them.
‘What are they thinking?’
On the other hand, his efforts seemed to have paid off.
[Faith is rising.]
[Faith is rising.]
[Faith is rising.]
[Your Divine Power is refilling.]
[Your Divine Power is refilling.]
[Current Divine power: 50%]
Lee Gun wiped the sweat off his brows when he was barely able to scrape together half of his Divine power. He had used all the tricks in the book, yet none of his disciples had reached a Faith of over 400%.
Of course, 400% was also abnormally high, so his Divine power refilled quicker than the other gods.
However, Lee Gun had experienced LTE, and he felt like he was using 2G now. It was a terrible feeling.
‘Damn it! I can’t believe he hit 600%. There is no way a human can do that.’
In fact, Hugo really wasn’t human.
Lee Gun was wondering how 600% could be reached by someone when…
Koo-goo-goong!
“!”
[Master!]
The earth started shaking.
[Warning! Intruders have invaded the earth.]
[Your enemy is using the Rule Book.]
Lee Gun contemptuously laughed.
‘They are here.’
The Great Spirits had arrived. He was sure of it.
As a light akin to shooting stars fell from the sky, the Constructs kicked up a gear. The Great Spirits would try to hide on the earth and take away Lee Gun’s disciples and land.
This land was the only one left available to them. There was no way they would be rash enough to destroy this colony.
Of course, Lee Gun wouldn’t let those bastards hide in his land. While the Great Spirits had been traveling to the earth, Lee Gun had made preparations by working his Constructs.
[Master!]
“Alright. Bring out the ones you found."
At that moment…
“!”
One of the six falling shooting stars headed toward Lee Gun, surprising him and his Constructs.
[Master!]
[One of the Great Spirits is coming this way!]
“That bastard…”
Lee Gun had no idea which Great Spirit it was, but this was a declaration of war. He had assumed the Great Spirits would focus on refilling their power, so this development was unexpected.
Lee Gun quickly took out the Divine item of Death. When the power surrounding the enormous shooting star tried to blast away and consume the gods, Lee Gun’s eyes flashed.
Koo-goo-goong!!
Soon, the black flames traveled past his hand to encircle Fetters of the Underworld.
[Kill ten thousand to protect one]
Lee Gun swung the weapon. Power clashed against power.
Kwahng!
The Divine item met the power of the shooting star, and it caused a violent roar as they tried to consume each other.
Kwa-gwa-gwahng!!
Normally, this would destroy the surroundings, but Lee Gun had swung the Divine item of Death. The powerful energy of the Divine item of Death quickly snuffed out the energy emanating from the shooting star.
Lee Gun had eliminated his opponent’s attack!
Koo-goo-goong!!!
Finally, the shooting star landed on the ground. A large crater appeared on the ground, accompanied by an enormous earthquake that destroyed the nearby buildings.
“Uncle!”
“…!”
Since Lee Gun had eliminated his opponent’s power, an enormous sinkhole was formed.
[As expected of a Great Spirit!]
Hoo-doo-doohk
A man appeared from the deep sinkhole. It wasn’t the Lord of the Sky.
“That bastard is….”
He was a man with a robust build.
Sagittarius, who had come to check up on the situation, flinched when he saw the man.
“Kuh-huhk! Why is that bastard…!”
[Unlike your status, this is quite a cozy house.]
The one to appear in front of Lee Gun was the Great Spirit of Kunlun.
Lee Gun looked at him in contempt as he raised the Fetters of the Underworld. “How dare you enter someone else’s home? You must have no fear.”
[Oh, Serpent Bearer. I’m willing to become your Construct. I can help you get rid of the other Great Spirits.]
Lee Gun’s hand came to a stop. He was trying to get rid of the Great Spirits. If he had another Great Spirit, it would be a great help. However…
“You must have an ulterior motive.”
[I need something in return.]
“I knew it. What? You want me to become your bride?”
[No way! I wouldn’t ask that of you.]
“Then what is it?”
[What I want is….]
The Constructs were surprised by the shocking offer.
Angry, Lee Gun silently brought out Heaven’s Punishment.
* * *
The land of the Monarchs was a land of monsters, where the first- and second-generation monarchs congregated.
A familiar figure arrived at the land of slaughter.
[T…That bastard is…!]
It was a blonde man without a weapon—Hugo.
“It has been an arduous journey to reach this place, my brothers.”
The monarchs were guarded as their eyes flashed.
[You are a human now. How dare you come here…]
However, Wind stood up in joy.
[You finally came to your senses. Welcome, my precious brother. You finally remembered our promise?]
“Yes. I remember. We promised to eat the gods.” Hugo smiled as he held up something.
