Chapter 139: #Rampaging Sun

In God-Maker’s world, Antrinia.

“Long live God Yu Il-Shin, Divine beast Ak—huh?”

The people of the Gayami Nation continued heaping praises on the divine beast. But suddenly, an intense heat swept over them, making them look up into the sky.

“W-what’s happening?”

“The sun is growing...?”

It wasn’t an illusion. The sun had grown to at least ten times bigger than it was before, and was still growing at a terrifying pace.

Anty looked up at the sun. With the Saintess’s eyes, she determined the origin of that sun—the Sun God, with the head of an eagle and the body of a giant, raged.

-Perish, you maggots! I’ll burn you down!

Horrified by the unusual malice of the sun, Anty shouted, “Everyone, take shelter underground!”

In the Forty-Second Floor of the Tower of Warriors, Waternia.

Roooooar! Tzzz!

Despite being blinded by the venom, Il-Ho could still sense that something was amiss and looked up to the sky. The underground rainwater that had drenched his body was drying up at an alarming rate. At the same time, the sun’s heat was intensifying at an alarming rate.

-The Sun God is on a rampage.

“W-who?!”

-I’m the god of this world that you’ve just awakened. Usually, I don’t mind a tough guy, but that was a pretty radical way to wake up someone...

Then, Il-Ho recalled the conversation he had with the Cactus Girl. She said the Water Goddess was sleeping underground after losing a battle with the Sun God before.

“Are you the Water Goddess?”

-Indeed.

Sss—

The azure underground water flowing from the ransacked desert congealed, taking the form of a beautiful woman with a crown on her head.

-The otherworldly god is on a rampage. We must stop him.

Looking up at the growing second sun, she lamented.

“Goddess! How are we supposed to stop him?!”

-Our powers alone aren’t enough to stop that wicked sun, but we can still resist him to an extent.

The Water Goddess reached out.

-Come, my incarnation.

Then, the Cactus Girl, who’d disappeared momentarily earlier, appeared before the Water Goddess. She was unconscious. At the Water Goddess’s touch, she transformed into a giant bow with thorns all over.

The Water Goddess proceeded to hand the bow to Il-Ho.

-Warrior, shoot the sun with this.

The blind Il-Ho fumbled with his hands, looking for the bow.

Tzzz!

He could sense a chilly, powerful water aura from the bow. Yet, the weapon was incomplete—it didn’t even have a string, let alone an arrow.

“But Water Goddess, I can’t see! Moreover, this bow doesn’t have a string, so how am I supposed to shoot the Sun God?

The Water Goddess touched her chest.

-Use me.

“W-what?”

As a smile appeared on the Water Goddess’s face, her voice turned into that of the Cactus Girl’s.

-I’ve already been defeated by the Sun God once, so I’m willing to sacrifice this frail body to you and your god if it means saving our world.

Flash!

At the same time, her body transformed into a giant arrow with blue ripples.

-Warrior. Please shoot me, Cycler of All Things, at that evil Sun God!

Il-Ho bit his lips, then shouted with determination, “...Alright, Water Goddess!”

He reached out and nocked the Water Goddess to the bow.

Ssss!

Then, a string of water formed on the bow, and Il-Ho drew a water arrow. However, it still wasn’t easy for him to pull the string on the bow, which was formed with a High-tier God, even with Il-Ho’s enormous muscles.

Il-Ho’s muscles screamed, but the string holding the water arrow did not budge a single inch.

Coughing up blood, Il-Ho cried out, “Hyaaa! God Yu Il-Shin! Lend me strength! Muuuuscles!”

Creeeeak!

At the same time, on Earth.

Kang Woo was holed up in his lair, staring at numerous monitors that filled the room. He’d been gathering information about the crocodile monsters—Gustav’s offsprings—for quite some time now.

Despite not having worked on garnering more power in this life, he still had many other avenues to obtain information from. The only downside was that it’d cost a great deal of money, but it wasn’t a problem for him, who could use the Hunter Shopto secure funds.

“Hmm...”

He inadvertently obtained information about others during his investigation.

The missing Lin Xiaoming is rallying the remnants of the Three Martial Association and building up power. I hope she won't cause too much trouble.

Lin Xiaoming was an extremely powerful SS-rank Hunter, but also a wild card.

Should I try dealing with her?

It’d be wise to get rid of someone who could cause trouble in advance. Aside from that, he should probably start negotiating with the other SSS-rank Hunters, the best on earth. Just as Kang Woo was pondering over his next moves, he heard a loud explosion outside.

Baaam!

Startled, he rushed out to the terrace.

“Huh?! What’s going on!”

In the ruined garden where the two men Yu Il-Shin had attached to Kang Woo. Shin Yoo let go of his twin swords as he caught his breath. He looked at Sword Demon with admiration.

“I’ve lost, Kang Geom! You’ve improved so much in such a short time!”

Plop!

Sword Demon bowed with tears in his eyes. The kitchen knife, Demon Lord’s Heavenly Sword, was resonating on the ground before him.

-Keke, you’ve finally become a bit more useful. Feel free to boast that you’ve learned sword techniques from me.

“It’s all thanks to you, Master! Demon Lord’s Descent! Ten Thousand Demons Dominion!”

-Kekeke! Yes, indeed! Only my teachings can enlighten an ignoramus like you! Be grateful for the rest of your life!

“Long live Demon Lord!”

Meanwhile, Shin Yoo watched Sword Demon with a face full of concern.

“...Kang Geom. Why are you bowing to a kitchen knife? You’ve been acting weird recently...”

“It’s a dagger, not a kitchen knife! He’s the master of Mr. Sword God and I! The best martial artist in the world, Demon Lord!”

“Seriously, Kang Geom... Stop reading all those martial arts novels.”

To Shin Yoo, who couldn’t hear Demon Lord’s voice, his friend seemed to have gone nuts.

Watching both of them, Kang Woo shook his head, about to return to his room.

Ruuumble! Baaaam!

Suddenly, a deafening sound ripped through the sky, and everyone looked up in surprise. A gigantic crack had appeared in the black sky, from which a huge fireball slowly emerged.

Tzzz!

Even though only a fraction of it was revealed through the crack, it instantly heated up the atmosphere, raising the temperature by several degrees.

What on earth is that?!

Kang Woo turned pale. He had never encountered something like this in all his years of regression!

That’s at least an SSS-rank gate!

A burning despair was descending upon Earth.

***

Back at the Sun God’s temple.

I was experiencing hellish pain and difficulty breathing due to my burnt skin and ruined lungs.

Baaaam!

The Birdhead, Sun God, had literally transformed into his name.

-Bwahahaha! Brace yourself, Fringe God! I’m going to burn you and all the worlds related to you down!

The Sun God had turned into a nightmarish fireball of at least 10km in radius. But this wasn’t all; he was still growing in size endlessly. Was this the power of a Top-tier God?

“Keugh!” My odds were still low, but I couldn’t play the delay tactic any longer. I had a last trump card that I wanted to use when facing off with the God of Destroyer, but I needed to use it now.

“Summon Heavenly Sword Treasury!” It was the same Heavenly Sword Treasury I had used in the past to defend against the God of Destroyer’s alter ego.

Ding!

[You have lost 1 use of All-Cutting Heavenly Sword’s Heavenly Sword Treasury.]

[Heavenly Sword Treasury descends upon the Sun God’s temple!]

Riiip!

My world shattered, and everything stopped at that instant momentarily. I opened my eyes, finding myself at the Heavenly Sword Treasury I had visited before. The vast pure white space unfolded before me, and filling the space was an unfathomable number of divine swords.

“Huff! Puff!”

I clutched my burning chest, walking toward the swords. I had to choose a sword that could slay the Sun God.

𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

The Sword of the Mountain-Gnawing Titan I had chosen before wouldn’t be any match for this raging Sun God that was about to consume the entire world. I needed a much larger and more powerful divine sword.

Just then, the gods whispered a message to me.

[All-Cutting Heavenly Sword secretly offers to assist you in choosing a sword. He is confident that your winning odds would increase by at least 5% with his help.]

It was surprising to hear that coming from the god who was always ready and jumping at every opportunity to rip me off.

“Ho, what’s with the miser all of a sudden? What’s your motive this time?”

[All-Cutting Heavenly Sword feels wronged that you condemned his innocent goodwill, trembling the tip of his sword.]

“Enough with the nonsense. What do you want from me?”

[All-Cutting Heavenly Sword lets out a sigh and continues hollowly, saying that he couldn’t leave that little fireball bastard that wants to target him alone.]

Oh right. The bird head did say something about bringing down my stalkers to their knees.

[All-Cutting Heavenly Sword offers his help but wants half of the Sun God’s divine power after finishing him.]

That’s right. I was wondering why he hadn’t mentioned that yet.

“I’ll take that deal.” And because of this deal, I could believe him.

“In exchange, give me your best divine sword.”

***

I returned back to reality, to the world where everything was about to be engulfed in the flames of the raging sun. I stretched out my burnt hands into the air.

“Give me...the sword.”

Ding!

[Yu Il-Shin has selected No. 77 from All-Cutting Heavenly Sword’s collection, the Moonlight Sword that Illuminates Evil Doers and their Sins Committed in the Darkness of the Night.]

Riiip!

A scimitar with its blade reminiscent of the crescent moon emitting a dazzling golden light was summoned.

The still growing Sun God spotted the scimitar and his voice wavered,

-Y-you! Is that sword from All-Cutting Heavenly Sword...!

I grabbed the scimitar from the air, swinging it. “Die!”

It had the same golden light as the sun, but the golden light from the scimitar had a chilling sensation in contrast. The light poured out from the scimitar like a tsunami, engulfing the Sun God.

However...

“That asshole Heavenly Sword. This is different from what he said...”

[All-Cutting Heavenly Sword was baffled, it was unexpected that the Sun God had grown to be so powerful.]

The Sun God was hit by the scimitar but wasn’t extinguished; instead, his flames grew even stronger.

-You wretched fringe god! Did you think an attack of this power would even be effective against me?!

“Aaaargh!"

A single attack from the rampaging Sun God made Antrinia, Waternia, and Earth swept up in flames.

***

Back on earth, at a cafe near the DMC station in Seoul, South Korea...

“Aaaah! Run!”

“W-what’s happening?”

The sky split apart and intense heat rained down on the people, making the asphalt on the street scorch. The heat was unbearable.

How long is he going to stay asleep!

Meanwhile, I heard a familiar pressing voice while still in my unconscious state after spending all my divine power. It had to sound familiar, since that was my voice.

Please, wake up! I can’t deal with this bastard of a sun alone!

Wriggle!

Still asleep, my fingers suddenly moved.