Chapter 1368

Chapter 1368

One hour ago.

[Sword God Conir’s Ten Thousand Li Sword has been activated.]

Since Minhyuk was Conir’s master, he was also informed the moment Conir’s Ten Thousand Li Sword was activated.

‘Conir’s Ten Thousand Li Sword will only be activated if one of the vassals is in danger.’

Before Minhyuk could make sense of the situation, he received another notification.

[The Land of the Gods has raised the alarm at Emergency Level 4!]

As the Battle God, Minhyuk could check if something had happened to the Land of the Gods or if it was in danger. He also possessed a crystal ball that allowed him to look into the situation of the Land of the Gods whenever he wanted.

Minhyuk took out the crystal ball, a serious expression on his face as he watched the current situation.

‘Heaven invaded?’

After looking at the situation, Minhyuk judged that Heaven had been plotting for a very long time to stage this invasion. He wondered if he should storm in and lead his vassals to help. He quickly shook his head.

‘My vassals and the Land of the Gods are two separate matters.’

Minhyuk was one of the Absolute Gods, the Battle God. That was his relation to the Land of the Gods. However, the vassals of the Beyond the Heavens Empire had no relation to them whatsoever.

‘Furthermore, it’s perilous.’

Heaven had prepared thoroughly and had pulled out all their guns. They were by no means an easy opponent to deal with. In fact, it was proven by how the gods could not make heads or tails of the situation.

Minhyuk tried to come up with a way to escape the danger that had suddenly erupted in the Land of the Gods. Unfortunately, no matter how hard he pondered, no solution came to mind. As the Battle God, he just could not turn a blind eye and watch the Land of the Gods fall into danger and destruction. He had a mission to protect the Land of the Gods.

‘For now, I have to go there alone...’

Just when Minhyuk was about to leave for the Land of the Gods...

“Hyung! I didn’t expect that you would really be able to cheat and swindle Lord Zeus like that. Hyung, you’re really a great swindler!”

The moment Minhyuk’s eyes landed on Hermes, the memory of him stealing the carriages of the kings who wanted to take over and devour Ardo Empire flashed in his head.

Although it was temporary, Hermes was currently Minhyuk’s vassal. This meant that he had the authority to view his status window. That was when he saw Hermes’ World Pilfering.

‘This is a power possessed by an Olympus God, a power that is on the level of a Disaster.’

The gods of Olympus were beings who were on par with the Pillars of the Western Continent. Just like the Pillars, the gods of Olympus had at least one power that represented them. In Hermes’ case, that was Hermes’ World Pilfering.

(

Hermes’ World Pilfering

)

Rank

: Olympus

Active Skill

Level

: 4

Mana Required

: 16,000

Penalty for Use

: The proficiency of all stealing skills will drop by 10%.

Cooldown

: Can only be used once a month.

Effects

:

•You can steal anything in the world as long as it’s chosen and designated by Hermes.

•You can’t steal everything. You have to choose what to steal. For example: artifacts, skill books, people, livestock, money, etc.

•At the current level of Hermes’ World Pilfering, you can only steal around 60% of the total items and beings in the area.

•At the current level of Hermes’ World Pilfering, you can steal a kingdom.

Description

: This is the power representing God of Thieves Hermes. As long as he puts his heart into it, he can steal everything that he chooses and designates in a kingdom.

‘It’s a cheat-like stealing skill perfect for Hermes.’

When Minhyuk saw the skill, all he could think of was that it was a truly absurd skill. Could a skill truly be made like this? Could it truly be made specialized for stealing? At the same time, it occurred to Minhyuk that he could use the skill to steal and take away the people of the Land of the Gods who were facing danger. Of course, that was on the premise that he used it well.

“Hermes. I will accept you as my disciple.”

“Wow! Am I finally going to learn the art of swindling and the true skills of a great swindler?” Hermes felt extremely delighted.

“However, there are conditions,” Minhyuk said. Then, he proceeded to explain his plans.

After listening to his plans, Hermes looked confused. “I understand what you’re saying. Regardless, it’s impossible to steal everyone in the Land of the Gods. At most, I can only get around 60% of their total population.”

“No. There’s a way. There’s a way for you to steal the entire population,” Minhyuk declared as he began to cook.

The only thing that Minhyuk needed to do was to make a dish that would help Hermes’ skill reach the pinnacle and maximize its uses. Hermes’ eyes remained dyed with confusion as he looked at Minhyuk cooking.

“But hyung... Even if you want to take away and save the gods, where will you put them?”

It was a valid point. Nevertheless, Minhyuk was not the type of person who would make incomplete plans. The moment he brewed a plan in his head, he would make sure that it was perfect before executing it.

“I’m going to use this.”

[Dimension Creation Parchment.]

It was none other than the parchment that he obtained when he killed Inel. When Minhyuk first saw the parchment, he thought that it was a completely useless item.

The Dimension Creation Parchment was an item that would allow him to create a kingdom, an empire, or anything that he wanted in a new dimension, just like Inel did. For Minhyuk, who already had the Western Continent’s Beyond the Heavens Empire, this was useless.

Nonetheless, this parchment had one other special effect.

‘You can replicate a kingdom, empire, or anything that you have chosen in the new dimension down to the very last T.’

Of course, Minhyuk thought that the effect was also useless when he first saw it. However, the story had now changed.

‘I can use this to create a place in another dimension that is similar to the Land of the Gods.’

Minhyuk ripped the parchment apart.

[You have used the Dimension Creation Parchment.]

[You have started to create a new place in another dimension. You are replicating the Land of the Gods.]

All of the people whom Hermes would steal would live in the same place that they had lived before, just in a different dimension.

***

Divine Transcendental Anas had been resting his back against the barrier that Loyna had created. In a blink, the barrier that he was leaning on disappeared, and he fell on his back.

“...!”

Shocked, Anas looked back at the place where Athenae and Loyna were supposed to be. The two had completely disappeared. Anas hurriedly jumped out of the broken walls of the audience hall.

The scene that greeted him left him rubbing his eyes in disbelief. All of the beings living in the Land of the Gods, tens of millions of them, had vanished into thin air. There was not even a single crumb left behind. Of course, there were still people left in the Land of the Gods–the archangels, Heaven’s troops, Heaven’s monsters, Minhyuk, and Hermes.

“How can this be...” Archangel Commander Gabriel muttered in disbelief, her expression growing ugly.

The main reason why they were able to easily neutralize the forces of the Land of the Gods and incapacitate them was because of all the preparations that they had made. They had prepared for a very long time, creating hundreds of special items and exhausting every one of them today. They also did not kill a single god, since they planned to take away the gods’ powers and use them for themselves.

now, a problem had cropped up.

Michael said, “...At this rate, the Land of the Gods will be able to come up with a way to respond to us.”

𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

“It wouldn’t be easy. They have only disappeared from this place; they haven’t been released from the shackles that we have put on them.”

“That might be the case, but...” Michael trailed off.

Even if the shackles still bound them, they wouldn’t be able to overwhelm the Land of the Gods, who had already started preparing to respond to their attacks, just like they did earlier.

“Bye, everyone!”

At that moment, Hermes disappeared in a flash of light after stealing everyone. Minhyuk also knew that there was nothing else he could do right now to deal with them. So, he moved to leave. Just when he was about to disappear in a flash of light...

[Archangel Gabriel controls all kinds of warp.]

Minhyuk’s face contorted. “Haa...”

Fortunately, Hermes would never be caught even if he could not escape this place.

“Where do you think you’re going?” Gabriel sneered.

Then, Divine Transcendental Anas approached them.

“Wait. What are you doing? You’re all too cheap. I’m just alone, yet there are tens of millions of people present here.”

The archangels and the Archangel Commander were present. Even Anas was here too.

Minhyuk was not entirely clueless as to who Anas was. He had heard something about him from the Evil God before he came here.

–

He existed long before I did, so I don’t know much about him. Still, there’s one thing that I can tell you with great certainty. That man is strong. He was the one who slaughtered countless gods in the Land of the Gods.

Anas’ level was proof of that strength.

[Divine Transcendental Anas. Level 1,612.]

Minhyuk knew that Anas was an opponent that he could never beat in his state.

‘This must be the reason why the archangels had braved the Abyss. They must have brought him out of the depths of Hell just so this man could kill Athenae.’

Anas slung the sword on his shoulder and said, “Alright. Let’s fight one-on-one. If you can cut me three times, then I will let you go back without any fuss.”

“Anas...!” Michael protested loudly.

Gabriel stopped him from speaking further.

“Let him be. He just wants to enjoy this.” Gabriel’s lips twisted into a smirk. “Besides, don’t you think it’s funny? Just imagine it. The image of the Battle God being beaten like a dog and trampled on.”

Gabriel’s words completely showed how great her inferiority complex was toward the Battle God and how obsessed she was with showing how much greater they were than he.

“But, you know? There’s no way that you will be able to hit Anas three times.”

Anas possessed a significant amount of power that could neutralize and counteract other powers.

“Are you going to take the bait?” Anas asked with a bright and cheerful smile on his face.

Gabriel also added to the side. She declared, “If you win this bet, then I will lift the restrictions that I have placed on all kinds of warp.”

Every single one of them knew that Minhyuk was a foreigner. He was someone who would just come back to life and would not truly die. Even if he could come back to life, they wanted to be at least able to vent their frustrations and trample on him and make him pay the price for ruining their plans. Besides, if the Battle God were trampled on and humiliated like that, then his status would be completely dragged through the mud.

There was actually nothing for Minhyuk to lose.

‘Anyway, I will 100% die if I try to fight all of them here by myself.’

The moment Minhyuk started to nod in agreement...

Boom!

The divine power and transcendental power lurking inside Anas surged out and exploded. The power looked quite strange, manifesting as a white haze and black haze. The problem was that it was hard for Minhyuk to follow Anas’ speed despite the obvious manifestation of his power.

Bang!

Minhyuk did not even have the time to activate his skill. Anas was already right in front of him.

“I can feel the power of a Transcendental coming from you.”

Thud!

Minhyuk was able to block Anas’ sword, but he was unable to bear the force of the impact. In the end, he was sent sliding back.

Swoosh!

Anas was relentless. His sword chased after Minhyuk and cut him everywhere.

Bang! Bang, bang, bang!

Anas cackled as he left holes all over Minhyuk’s body. “This is the Battle God?!”

He moved swiftly, not allowing any gap for Minhyuk to exploit.

‘There’s no time for me to stage a counterattack.’

For the first time, Minhyuk felt a huge gap in power against someone. If Evil God Obren was someone who used his Evil God’s Books to annihilate his enemies, then Anas was someone who used his brute force to slaughter them.

Boom!

Minhyuk was sent flying. He raised his hands and tried to stop his fall, but he ended up getting stuck on the ground. Anas raised his foot and tried to stomp on his abdomen.

“Transcendence.”

Bang!

Transcendence’s energy surged up at an incredulous rate. At the same time, a burst of black energy exploded from Minhyuk and created a spear.

“So, this is the power of the Transcendental.” Anas grinned.

The Transcendental’s Spear was a power that was modeled after Bender’s Heaven Destroyer. It was a one-hit kill skill that could inflict 14,000% damage.

“But if I don’t let that power form in the end, then...”

Anas swung his sword, the blade cutting straight through the Transcendental’s Spear. The black energy was scattered by the wind, unable to form the shape it was intended to make. Anas’ sword did not stop there; it even pierced through Minhyuk’s neck.

[Your HP has dropped below 8%!]

Minhyuk looked at his HP in stunned silence.

Anas smirked. “You’re weak. Are you really the Battle God? With these qualifications? You’re nothing but a mere imitation.”

Then, a smile slowly curled up on Minhyuk’s face. And Anas? His face grew ugly.

Ping!

“...?!”

The color drained from Anas’ face. This should not have happened. It was impossible! The power that could cut down all of the enemies in sight had been triggered no less than three hours ago. Yet the clear ring of the sword echoed in Anas’ ears and left him confused.

“Beans. Cut them down.”

Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!

The Predator’s Authority, a power that could replicate any force, shot toward Anas and everyone present in the Land of the gods.

Anas’ eyes grew wide.

Swoosh!

He had already been hit by this sword once. He could not let it hit him again. He raised his sword to block the attack and twisted his body so that it would not hit his vital point. Alas, he was still too late.

“Absolute Monarch.”

THUD!

An overwhelming and heavy force weighed down on Anas and forced him to his knees. Minhyuk, with two swords in his hands, immediately activated the Sword of Carnage.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

Minhyuk’s sword cut Anas nonstop. Although he had cut Anas more than three times, Minhyuk did not walk away.

Anas, who had lifted the power of the Absolute Monarch, hurriedly jumped to his feet and tried to stab Minhyuk’s heart.

“Absolute Defense.”

At the same time, light glowed on the blades of the swords in Minhyuk’s hands.

Fwoosh, fwoosh, fwoosh!

Minhyuk’s sword cut through Anas and left countless holes in his body.

“UGH!”

Thud!

Anas fell to one knee.

[Minhyuk has landed 182 attacks on Anas.]

Minhyuk grinned. “I’m not a

mere imitation

of the Battle God. I

am

the Battle God.”

Then, Minhyuk disappeared with a flash of light.