The one most surprised by the familiar voice was Carly.

‘...!!’

His timing was impeccable, and it was apparent in her expression that she hadn’t expected him to show up right now. She turned her head, hoping it wasn’t Lee Gun.

“Father? Are you talking about me?”

“Kyaaaaa!” Carly checked again, but it clearly was Lee Gun, who had come here with Hugo. That was why Carly screamed as her face turned pale from fright.

The others were shocked for a different reason. After all, they were talking about Lee Gun being the father in this situation.

“Wait a moment. The father you were referring to...”

The Abundance general snorted when it saw Yooha’s gaze.

[That’s right. I’m talking about the snake bastard— Kuh-huhk!]

The Abundance general was pinned under the Demigod state Sungjae. It screamed when Heaven’s Punishment fell on its shoulder.

“You wanna die?” Lee Gun’s eyes flashed. Heaven’s Punishment also raged. It had transformed into its second form.

[Heaven’s Punishment is reacting to its owner’s anger.]

[Heaven’s Punishment lashes out that its owner never got to use his junior.]

The general looked aggrieved.

[You can already perceive it! Your gene was used—]

“You dare say that again?” Lee Gun raised Heaven’s Punishment again in anger!

Kwah-jeek!

After shutting up the general, he said to the others, “That’s the end of it. Nothing happened.”

However, everyone’s expression differed after. This included Haily and the Chun siblings. They were having a mental breakdown, especially Sungjae, who was in a state of shock.

Chun Sungjae was proud of the fact that he knew almost every information related to his uncle.

Moreover, they were the Zodiac Saints that were closest to their Zodiac.

He wondered if they did enjoy his confidence, but it was still an honor to find out about it right now.

Tears welled up in Chun Sungjae’s eyes. “Uncle...! I’m glad you had someone you dated before...”

Lee Gun turned to look at him.

Sungjae flinched when he saw his uncle’s expression. Clearly, they were under a misconception.

This was proven true when the Abundance general furrowed its brows.

[Hmmph! There is no way she’s the child of a human! If she was produced through the mating of lowly humans, do you really think she would have the ability to threaten a general rank?]

“!”

The general seemed to dislike that they were putting a human so high on a pedestal.

[She was made through the wisdom of our Abundance monarch.]

The Time faction might have known about Carly only now, but that wasn’t the case with the Abundance faction. This was to be expected since Abundance was in charge of creating and producing the monsters.

[The magical energy of a monarch, the Chalice, and Lee Gun’s data were used to create her. She possesses the magical energy of a monarch even if that monarch was kicked out. Of course, she’s amazing— Kuh-huhk!]

This time, Carly screamed as she stabbed the general. Her expression said that she wanted the general to stop saying useless things. However, she soon started to sweat.

“Ah! Chalice? Is that what it was?”

“Is that why she called him dad?”

The Chun siblings already had enough of an explanation. Their expression was fierce.

“I’m already angry that the Saintess stole our uncle’s DNA, yet...”

“Monarch’s magical energy? You dare mix Uncle’s data with something so insignificant?”

At the same time, Lee Gun approached Carly. When Lee Gun reached out his hand over her head, Carly clenched her eyes shut. The reason for her reaction was the magical energy infused with murderous intent coming from his hand.

At the end of the day, Carly didn’t want Lee Gun to hate him. So she had never planned on revealing the truth. She just wanted to have a conversation with Lee Gun, who had come back from the dead.

Of course, she thought he was cooler than she had expected after interacting with him. Since he looked similar in age to her, she did have some indecent desires toward him...

“I’m sorry for being born! I’m sorry for coming to meet you! I’m sorry for having bad intentions—”

Kwah-jeek!!

“!”

Carly had been ready for death, but she was surprised. The hand she thought was going to kill her unexpectedly headed toward the general.

[Kuh— Kuh-huhk!]

As expected of a general rank, the monster was still alive. The general tried to extend its hand, but Lee Gun’s fist flew toward its face.

Bbah-gahk!

The general’s face was instantly crushed.

[You have acquired data.]

[Hate grown by Abundance!]

The general was shaking with anger as its jaw broke.

[#$*#...!]

The general was as mad as it could be, but it couldn’t move at all. Although the power of a monarch flowed into the general, this place was the holy ground of a Zodiac. Moreover, the general was in the middle of a trap intended to stop the intruders from using their power!

The general shook as it felt its body get damaged, but suddenly, a warm light surrounded it.

[The opponent’s body is recovering through Super Regeneration(S)]

“!”

Everyone was surprised by the light. There was a reason both the Zodiacs and the Monarchs coveted this skill.

The broken mouth and jaw that needed at least a month to heal had healed in an instant.

Lee Gun let out a menacing laugh as he grabbed the Abundance general by the neck. “Is that so? Giselle was a monarch?”

Lee Gun had healed the general to hear its story. “So one of you hid amongst the Zodiacs and acted as a spy?”

He finally felt some of the clues come together. In the past couple of days, Lee Gun had found something odd as he had killed the monsters.

Those monsters possessed the transformation ability of the Pisces and the healing ability of the Aquarius. As if to make things worse, they had boldly invaded the holy ground of the Archer Saint. It seemed their side possessed data of the Zodiacs.

“Giselle stole the data of the Zodiacs, and she sent them to your side?”

Of course, Lee Gun had realized something like this was going on when he found out Giselle was in contact with the unknown civilization.

“You guys used that to attack human civilization, right? It’s the same reason the Zodiac Saints’ attacks don’t work well against the unknown civilization.”

The general was taken aback, but Lee Gun laughed in contempt. “It seems you guys can’t do much without the spy.”

The Abundance general became angry as it snorted.

[That is nonsense. That turncoat likes your side better, so we cut ties with her long ago.]

Giselle had acquired the power of a Zodiac as she hid amongst the Zodiacs, but she had become a turncoat at that point. She had stopped stealing the data of the Zodiacs.

[The only thing we acquired from that loser was the data of the Aquarius. The rest was done through the great power of our monarchs!]

Lee Gun was quite interested in the general’s words.

Of course, Giselle didn’t ignore the other side because she wanted to be on the side of the humans.

‘It means she liked the power of a Zodiac and didn’t plan on returning.’

It seemed Giselle hadn’t been the one to steal the rest of the Zodiacs’ data. The other culprit could be the Crab Saint, Jean-Louis.

‘The probability is high. It seemed he was a part of the unknown civilization too.’

However, it wouldn’t be easy for a Zodiac Saint to steal the data of the Zodiacs. Moreover, the other Zodiacs avoided the Cancer. It wouldn’t be easy for Jean-Louis to steal power from beings that had their guards up. That meant...

‘Couldn’t there be another traitor amongst the Zodiacs?’

It was a possibility. Moreover, the probability was high that it was one of the Zodiacs that wanted Lee Gun dead.

‘I guess it doesn’t matter since I plan on crushing all the Zodiacs.’

However, that wasn’t important right now.

“How dare you bastards use Uncle’s DNA like that?”

His Zodiac Saints seemed furious regarding the Carly problem. And they weren’t the only ones.

[The power of the Scorpio is going berserk.]

The magical energy of Hailey, who had been holding the Time general, became tumultuous. “You said it was a plan devised by the Abundance monarch?”

Magical energy was infused within her cold voice.

The two generals flinched at the overwhelming power. It was to be expected.

‘As expected, she’s of the Red Monarch’s bloodline...!’

It was said that all of her useful abilities had been sealed and she had been taken hostage by a different monarch. Then she had been abandoned in human territory.

‘She had that much power...!’

As if to make matters worse, she was on Lee Gun’s side.

In a rarity, Lee Gun was also surprised. Of course, it had nothing to do with Hailey’s power.

‘I get why Sungjae and Yooha are reacting that way. But why is Hailey angry?’

It was the first time he had seen her angry. Well, he didn’t hate it since she wasn’t angry at him.

On the other hand, Carly trembled at their reactions. If the people around Lee Gun reacted this poorly, she was sure Lee Gun would get rid of her.

Boom!!

“!!!!”

Lee Gun seemed to have heard everything he wanted to hear from the generals. A chaotic magical energy emanated from his body.

[The second stage of Death’s Divine state has been activated.]

The menacing black magical energy turned into a shadow tentacle and headed toward Carly’s neck.

Was he trying to pierce her neck with it? Sungjae and Yooha flinched at the sight.

“Uncle!”

The shaking Carly clenched her eyes in resignation.

Clank!

“!”

However, the sharp tentacle didn’t end her life. It cut away her necklace. It was the necklace that she had stolen from Giselle.

[Authority of Absolute Order]

The necklace was an important item containing the authority of the Libra.

Hailey looked a bit surprised when she saw this. She asked Lee Gun, “Are you letting the child be?”

Carly was a homunculus created through the schemes of Giselle and the Abundance monarch. If left alone, she might become a threat to Lee Gun.

“It’s fine. She’s done nothing wrong.”

“!”

Lee Gun patted Carly’s head. “There is no sin in being born.”

Carly was surprised by those words.

“Uncle...!”

The Chun siblings were surprised, too.

“Also, I’m not interested in killing a kid.”

“...!”

It was as if Hailey was suddenly hit in the heart. She covered her face, looking like she was about to fall. He had said something similar to her in the past, and it had made her heart tremble. Once again, his words made her...!

Oblivious to Hailey’s reaction, Lee Gun patted Carly on the back. “Anyway, I’m not going to kill you. Don’t worry about it.”

Hugo smirked as if to say Lee Gun should stop pretending to be kind. “Are you sure you aren’t killing her because she’s your daughter instead of a son?”

Hugo received a hit.

“If it were a son that looked like me, I probably would have. Whatever.”

It was the same concept as having a clone. There might be many ways to use this.

“On the other hand, I’ll burn everyone who participated in the act.” Lee Gun’s eyes flashed.

Then, the power of death hit the Abundance general.

Flash!

𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

It started from the feet. Then, it moved to the legs, arms, and chest. The power of death was turning the general’s skin black and soon reached its neck.

[It’ll be useless even if you kill me! The Abundance monarch won’t stand back now that it has lost all its generals!]

Lee Gun smirked menacingly. “Like you guys won’t invade us if I spare you.”

As soon as he spoke those words, the Abundance general screamed.

[You have acquired data.]

– Life harvested by Abundance

[You have gained EXP.]

[You have leveled up.]

Lee Gun then gestured with his hand. “Guisoon”

The Secretary had been hiding behind Hugo, about to run away.

Lee Gun grabbed her as if he were grabbing a cat. “Stop the nonsense. Hurry up and take out the bible or whatever it is. This is the general of the Abundance monarch. You said you can read the past or the abilities through those that are connected to the monarch, right?”

The Secretary had to be dragged along. She shook as she spoke. “Hey! I really have to put my life on the line to do it!”

“It’s fine. If you get hurt, I’ll heal you.”

“Damn it!”

In the end, the Secretary stabbed her hand into the Abundance general’s stomach.

[Kuh-huhk!!!]

Light exploded forth!

The Time general, who was caught in Hailey’s hands, couldn’t believe what it was seeing.

‘That is...!’

There was no mistaking it. The monarch’s data was being extracted through the general, who was connected to the monarch. This was like an information history.

The Time general’s surprise lasted only a moment. Lee Gun looked at him.

“You are next.”

The Time general shook when Lee Gun came closer to it. It didn’t know the reason, but its owner had its eyes on Lee Gun. The Time general had to kill Lee Gun and take him back to the Time Monarch. But...

‘This Zodiac is dangerous’

At that moment...

“Ahhk! Stop! I’m not doing it!”

“I said I’ll heal you if you start to die.” Lee Gun took Guisoon’s shaking hand and stabbed her hand into the body of the blue shadow figure.

Kwah-jeek!

[The Extracting Information ability of the Secretary has been activated.]

[The information of the Time Monarch, who is connected to the Time general, will be extracted now.]

[Past information is being recalled.]

Suddenly, Lee Gun saw something within the light. It was a scene from twenty-four years ago, when he had awakened.