Chapter 428 - Karmic Debt (2)
‘This is crazy!’
The monarchs had appeared in front of humanity and the gods, surprising them. Their appearance only created despair. However, it wasn’t the most shocking part.
“What the hell? Why are they bypassing us?”
The black shadows in the sky suddenly moved in a different direction.
‘There is no way they didn’t notice our presence.’
The gods and the humans had met eyes with the monarchs.
Since they had already experienced the power of the monarchs, they knew what the monarchs were capable of. There was no way the monarchs weren’t aware of them. Were the monarchs trying to make them lower their guards?
“I…It seems they aren’t going to attack us, right…?”
“Y…Yeah. They really are passing us by….”
Surprised, Goat and Lee Jaewon glanced at Lee Gun and Kunlun’s Great Spirit.
‘We have Great Spirits too, so why are they moving away from us?’
However, they soon realized the reason.
[What the hell are you doing to the top of my head?]
“It’s nothing.”
Aslan grinned as he dared to snatch Kunlun’s Great Spirit by his head. The heroic figure of Kunlun’s Great Spirit had transformed into a cute baby lizard.
Virgo started to sweat.
‘He created the transformation magic in such a short time.’
Aslan had made sure the monarchs weren’t able to notice Lee Gun and Kunlun’s Great Spirit. He had placed stealth magic and transformation magic on Kunlun’s Great Spirit.
As for Lee Gun, he was sealed and incapable of using his power. Of course, the monarchs couldn't locate him. On the other hand, Kunlun’s Great Spirit hadn’t put up any resistance and had accepted Aslan’s stealth magic.
‘Well, we are minnows compared to the Great Spirits.’
With the tastiest prey in sight, the monarchs wouldn’t be satisfied with eating the rest of the gods here.
‘Still, I can’t believe they dare go after the Great Spirits…’
It didn’t matter in the end. The presence of the two Great Spirits on their side had gone unnoticed.
So where would the monarchs go now?
‘They are going toward the hidden Great Spirits!’
The color returned to the faces of the gods and disciples.
“I have no idea why they appeared here, but this is our chance.”
[They are the best at finding gods!]
How else was Abyss able to travel to the Divine world from so far away! It didn’t matter how intense or how long the scent lingered. The monarchs were like sharks smelling blood in the water.
They could be several thousand kilometers away, yet the mere scent of a god would send them into a frenzy! They chased after and mauled the gods!
The Chun siblings immediately contacted the observatory.
“What? The monsters are heading toward Europe and Central Asia?”
They laughed.
‘The Great Spirits are hiding over there.…!’
* * *
After finding the Great Spirits, the monarchs were laughing maniacally.
[A gift fell in our laps! They are weakened Great Spirits! Ha ha ha ha!!!]
[Come out! We know you guys took on the forms of humans!]
Boom!!! Boom!
The monarchs were excited by the prey called the Great Spirits. They were indiscriminate in hunting down living beings, but gods were their favorite meal!
Since the Great Spirits stood at the zenith of the gods, the monarchs knew that they could lose their lives while fighting them. However, they considered the hunt worth it.
[I was able to get a bite of Eden’s Great Spirit not too long ago!]
[What?! Really! You ate something so rare?!]
[I was following around the elders, and a scrap fell on the ground. It was the best thing I’ve eaten in my life!]
[Lucky bastard!]
[I also ate the head of a pillar god, who was close to a Great Spirit.]
[What?!]
[The pillar god was delicious. I bet it’ll be blissful to eat a Great Spirit!]
The second-generation monarchs were frothing at their mouths as they hunted down the Great Spirits.
Buildings were destroyed, and people ran away screaming. It caused the disciples monitoring Europe and Central Asia to gulp.
‘They really are monarchs!’
‘Are we sure we should be letting them do this?!’
The disciples in charge of managing Europe were shaking in fear. They had contacted the upper management for guidance, and the answer that came back was ridiculous.
- Just leave them be! In fact, let them make more of a mess!
“What?!”
Their leaders had traveled to Korea when they received a call from Lee Gun-nim. So these disciples wondered if their leaders had lost their minds like Lee Gun, but they soon found out the reason behind the order.
[Meat!!!]
[Highest-quality premium meat!!]
Kwahng!!
The monarchs weren’t interested in the humans who were running away, who the disciples helped evacuate. The monarchs had one goal.
‘They are…!’
Strangers were hiding within a building. The disciples had thought they were civilians and rushed to save them. But…
[These animals are never helpful!]
Now that they had recovered their power, the Great Spirits could stand still no longer. They had been possessing the bodies of humans, which they discarded and revealed themselves.
Koo-goo-goong!
The eyes of the monarchs flashed.
[You finally came out!]
[They are weakened Great Spirits! What a treat!!]
[Ha ha ha ha!!]
Was it because Lee Gun had stolen the colonies from the gods? While they hadn’t lost as much power as Lee Gun, the Great Spirits had suffered a loss to their Faith too. Their power had been weakened.
It was why they had hidden on the earth and changed the rule to steal the Faith of the Serpent Bearer temple. Of course, a big part of it was to get rid of the Serpent Bearer, but…
[Why did those beasts come to the land that they never paid attention to before? Why are they causing trouble?]
[Shut up, meat!!!]
[We did covet this place, but Elder Wind stopped us from coming here until now!]
[For some reason, Elder sent us here this time! There is no way we’ll blow this opportunity!]
The monarchs knew. The Great Spirits were weakened right now, and this was the opportunity of a lifetime!
[Also, this one has been turned into a human? Ha ha!]
Olympus’s Great Spirit furrowed his brow. Thanks to Lee Gun’s power of Cycle, he had become human. However, he was using the power of “In” to recover his Divine power.
The Great Spirits of Olympus, Babylon, and Mahabharata raised their eyebrows. Why the hell did this Wind send so many monarchs?
‘What lit the fuse under Wind…!’
‘He isn’t someone that would usually unleash his subordinates like this.’
While the Great Spirits tried to hide, the humans praised them.
- Monarchs? Who are the Great Spirits?
- They are beings that’ll never retreat. They’ll crush the monarchs once again.
The memories of Lee Gun had been swapped out with the Great Spirits. This was why humanity depended on the Great Spirits now.
Lee Gun was a god that never backed down. It didn’t matter who his enemies were. If the Great Spirits retreated or negotiated with the monarchs, Faith toward them would plummet, and they would suffer.
‘If the Faith drops, it’ll be a big blow to us.’
The fact that they had swapped out Lee Gun’s existence for themselves had consequences. This was why they couldn’t retreat despite the monarchs being troublesome.
‘We were barely able to transfer the Karmic debt to the snake god.’
They had to solve their problems before the transfer of the Karmic debt became useless, yet the monarchs were here to interfere!
The monarchs didn't care about the Great Spirits’ plight. They opened their mouths.
[Meat!!]
Full of vitality, the monarchs attacked Olympus’s Great Spirit first. They bit into his neck.
Kwah-jeek!!
[Master!!]
[Koo-oohk…!!]
The flustered gods attacked, but the monarchs moved like they were connected to each other. Dodging the attacks, they savagely ripped open the throat of the Great Spirit.
Poo-hahk!!!
Of course, the monarchs were dying because of the power used by the Great Spirits, but they showed no signs of retreating.
[Rip them apart!!]
The Great Spirits and the monarchs fought en masse.
Boom!!!
Enormous power clashed against enormous power. The monarchs transformed into huge monsters as they rushed toward Olympus’s Great Spirit like a school of piranhas.
Kwah-jeek!
Boom!!
Then, something surprising happened.
Pah-jeek!!
[…!]
As Olympus’s Great Spirit was bitten, “In” was destroyed. It was the Divine item of the Primordial god, which was brainwashing humanity.
Since it had control over the soul, it could change the memories and awareness of others.
The other Great Spirits ground their teeth. They knew what the destruction of the Divine item portended!
Zzuhng!!
As soon as In was destroyed, a powerful light swept through the world.
[In, which dominates the soul, has been destroyed.]
[The ability of In has dissipated.]
[The brainwashing has become undone.]
As the light extended to cover all of humanity, the humans’ awareness started to shift.
“Uh? What the hell?”
“Great Spirit of Olympus… What the hell? That’s crazy?! Where is our Lee Gun-nim?”
“That’s odd. Why were we cheering for some strange god?!”
[Faith toward the Serpent Bearer temple is being restored.]
Kwahng!!!
A boom rang out from the earth prison, which was keeping Lee Gun sealed. The gods and disciples, who were protecting it, flinched.
Aslan’s power had kept Lee Gun in check, but as soon as Faith returned to him….
Zzuhng!!!
Lee Gun wasn’t a beast that could be caged. He smashed apart the prison.
Koo-goo-goong!
The power of the Divine magician was instantly destroyed, and a monster revealed itself.
Lee Gun walked out, emitting an enormous amount of power.
Aslan became guarded when he saw Lee Gun’s combative stance. “That was strong enough to repel the attacks of tens of thousands of high-rank gods!”
He was able to break through it. As expected, a Great-Spirit-rank evil god was too strong.
The disciples and gods were stunned as they looked at him. The reason was his appearance. Around 90% of his appearance was that of a monster, with the remaining being a human’s.
[That appearance…! He is almost an evil god!]
“Wait a moment! Isn’t this really dangerous?”
“I don’t think he is rational…!”
The only part that looked human was his hands.
When the evil-god Lee Gun extended his hand, everyone froze.
‘We are dead.’
[As if the gods were not bad enough, monsters are here again? They dare come crawling into my land again?]
“!”
A familiar voice rang out, and it didn’t sound as if he had lost this sense of reason. It seemed the thing that antagonized Lee Gun was the energy of the monsters.
[You want to die, bastards!]
Something surprising happened as the menacing voice rang out.
Kwahng!!
“Ahhk!”
Lee Gun started gaining control over his body. The power that had invaded his body was being pushed out by his own power.
Was it because Faith had returned?
It seemed he had regained his rational thoughts, and he took control of the process that was turning him into an evil god.
“Lee Gun-nim!”
“It’s the monarchs!”
It was unclear why they had made an appearance, but if the monarchs killed and ate the Great spirits, they would get stronger. It also wasn’t an ideal situation.
[Fuck off…]
Lee Gun’s monstrous appearance was slowly turning to its original self. His eyes flashed as he used his power.
[From my land!]
A menacing black aura surged up around him.
[Mortality (6 star)]
Lee Gun used a six-star-rank power of Death, and it extended out into the surroundings. Of course, he was simply blasting everything around him.
This ability moved over the mountains and lakes. It crossed countries, oceans, and continents, covering the entire world.
Koo-goo-goong!!!
It was large enough to encircle the entirety of the earth and the sky.
The monsters and gods who had gathered on the earth screamed as they were swept into the black power.
[Wait a moment…!]
[That power is…!!!]
The power of Death encircled all of the earth. It encircled everything, aside from the original residents of the earth.
[The enemies are being exterminated.]
[The enemies are being exterminated.]
[You have gained Divine status EXP.]
[The power of your Divine status has increased.]
In a flash, Death turned the encircled enemies into ash.
When the enormous power rushed toward them, the monarchs gnashed their teeth. They felt aggrieved since they had destroyed In and Chun.
[Hey! We didn’t lay a hand on the humans!]
[Damn it! We almost had them all!]
[Why don’t you overlook this a little?]
The monarchs cursed, and the horde of monsters, which had sneakily attacked humans, were all swept away.
The remaining monarchs and monsters quickly realized the seriousness of the situation, so they moved toward the portal in the sky.
[Dodge it for now!!]
[We’ve somewhat succeeded in our hunt for our prey! This should be enough!]
[We’ll come again later!]
In a flash, Lee Gun had swept away the invaders. It was as if he was getting rid of pests.
Lee Gun’s eyes flashed. When he gestured with his hand, black ponds appeared beneath the Great Spirits.
Thanks to the developed noses of the monarchs, he had located the location of the Great Spirits.
[You have used Death (3 star).]
The disciples near Lee Gun were surprised.
“That’s…!”
An enormous black space appeared in front of their eyes, and the Great Spirits fell out of it.
Lee Gun had extended his hand and used Pond to bring the Great Spirits before him.
It seemed the monarchs had used their full power to hunt down the Great Spirits. Olympus’s Great Spirit was dead, and the other Great Spirits were full of injuries.
As expected of them, the monarchs had inflicted significant damage on their enemies. Because of them, Lee Gun was in a great position to land the last blow. This was why he had purposefully killed and driven out the monsters.
Also, it would be a problem if the monarchs grew by eating the Great Spirits.
Lee Gun smirked as he looked at the Great Spirits. “So you guys are the only ones left?”
The Great Spirits glared at him.
