Chapter 371 - Fate that is starting to change (2)

Osiris gritted his teeth when he met Set’s eyes.

“Bastard.”

Set was like Lee Gun. He was one of the few and precious fighting-type gods and a powerful war god who protected Ennead.

Olympus’s Hercules was known as the hero and shield of the gods and was considered a holy guardian. But Set was different.

[Cleaner]

He was the one who disposed of beings useless to the Divine world. This killer god had cleansed up numerous gods, so his being here meant only one thing.

‘We were going to be discarded from the start.’

It had been decided the moment they became Lee Gun’s Constructs!

The Great Spirit had pretended to be fine despite finding out what had happened to Osiris and Anubis. He had told them it was a good development and that they had to monitor Lee Gun.

Therefore, the loyal Osiris felt aggrieved. “He’s able to dominate the rules of the Divine world! He just has to pull us out from being the snake god’s Constructs!”

“Extracting you guys is as easy as breathing for him. However, he doesn’t like that you guys smell like the snake god.”

“...!!!”

Set let out a sharp laugh. It didn’t matter if Osiris couldn’t comprehend the move. “He hates when his belongings smell even a little like someone else. Moreover, he always hated snakes because of Aslan.”

“...!”

“Don’t worry! Anubis will soon follow after you.”

“!”

As soon as Set spoke, a wave of sand erupted from behind him. The sand encircled Osiris’s neck.

“Koohk!”

Then, something surprising happened.

Koo-goo-goo-goong!

Osiris was lifted into the air, and a sandstorm erupted beneath his feet. The storm was like an enormous sand ocean. It swelled as it swallowed everything in the surroundings.

Osiris quickly said, “Are you curious about the snake god’s weakness and goals?! If left alone, he’ll become a threat to the Great Spirits!”

Olympus had the twelve pillar gods, and Mahabharata had the ten Incarnates. As for Ennead, they had the nine Redeemers.

Killing off an officer-rank god like this was a big mistake.

“If you cause the inheritance right now, the snake god will be able to have me, and my memories will have been wiped out. That is why—”

Set let out a menacing laugh as he threw Osiris into the sand ocean. “Do you really think I’ll let the snake god find you?”

“Kuh-huhk...!”

He planned on making sure that Lee Gun wouldn’t be able to find Osiris’ corpse. Lee Gun was a god of life.

‘If he has a corpse, he’d just revive it.’

Moreover, Lee Gun had the odd ability to use the corpses of gods. If officer-rank gods fell into his hands, it would cause them great harm.

‘We won’t let that snake god take the seat of the Great Spirit.’

The sand started to rip apart Osiris, and his scream rang out.

‘The snake god is next.’

Lee Gun was the same rank as Set, a rare fighting-type god.

Instead of worrying about such a being causing trouble, Set had been ordered to get rid of Lee Gun.

When Osiris disappeared into the sand, Set started to move. However...

“...!”

Set suddenly felt a frightening sensation. It came from beneath his feet! An enormous shadow appeared beneath Osiris, who was being ripped apart.

‘That is...!’

A deep darkness with no end in sight spread across the sand ocean. The shadow was shaped like an enormous whale.

‘It’s that damn predator!’

The newcomer to the scene was Abyss, whom Lee Gun had called into the Divine world. Of course, it had been telling the truth when it said it didn’t want to mess with Lee Gun. It had refused to go after Lee Gun.

The tyrannical monarch appeared within the sandstorm, and its eyes flashed. Its gaze was directed toward Osiris and Set.

[Poor abandoned god. Do you feel rage? Do you want revenge?.]

“...!”

The whale roared with joy.

***

Around that time...

“What? How much?”

“Because of the interest, the amount is a little over ten billion Talents.”

Lee Gun stood in front of the pawnshop located within the Neutral Zone. He had come here to reclaim Anubis, and he was angry. The day before, he had pawned off Anubis to borrow some money. It was to pay for the communication fee. Now, he had returned to reclaim Anubis.

‘I have to ask him about Junwoo.’

If he wanted to return to the earth, he would eventually need Anubis’s power from time to time.

‘I have to use the route through the underworld where no one can track me.’

Anyway, that was why he had come to reclaim his Construct. That was all well and good.

‘It was just a single day, yet they increased the interest by several times.’

The owner of the pawnshop shamelessly laughed. “The original amount is 200 million Talents. If you don’t pay the interest of 9.9 billion, you won’t be able to take back your Construct.”

Lee Gun had planned to hear the story about Junwoo from Anubis. So he looked at the owner of the pawnshop, dumbfounded.

On the other hand, the more baffling part was Anubis’s attitude.

[What the hell? Snake god? Why the hell did he come back?]

“!”

When he had been sold, Anubis had found it humiliating since he had been sold as an officer god. He had caused a big fuss. However, he no longer seemed to be humiliated.

Anubis was reflected on the other side of the interphone screen, and he pretended to ignore Lee Gun. No, it went beyond ignoring him.

[You threw me away. You exchanged me for money. I have no business with you. Fuck off!]

Anubis saved his hand as if he was shooing Lee Gun away.

Lee Gun wondered if Anubis was miffed at being sold despite being an officer-rank god. However, that wasn’t the reason.

[Kyahh! Anubis-nim! Try this dish over here!]

[Kyahh! There are all kinds of treasures and servants here. We are willing to serve Anubis-nim!]

Even though he was Lee Gun’s Construct, Anubis was being treated very well. It was as if he was a Great Spirit.

While Lee Gun wondered what was going on, his Constructs became restless.

[He’s a pillar-god rank, so they don’t want to return him. They hit the jackpot.]

[That is right. No one hands over a Construct to a pawnshop. What kind of crazy— I meant to say only someone special as Master would do such a thing— Kuhk!]

The Construct could no longer speak.

[Ahhk! Master!!]

Then Lee Gun approached the owner of the pawnshop and grabbed him by the head.

Kwahng!

As if he was trying to stub out a cigarette, Lee Gun rubbed the owner’s head against the contract.

Ooh-doo-doohk! Kwahng!

“Kyahhhk!!”

“Whatever! Bring me the one contracted to me. I mean the one who is living the good life. Where is he?”

The employees clicked their tongues.

“Hmmph. You seem to be a war god, but nothing good will come out of trying to use force against us. Moreover, you cannot meet those in charge. Currently, the Divine world is in a state of chaos. There is a scary snake god, who ate up Olympus. You should run away before you suffer—”

“That’s me, bastards!”

Kwahng!!!

Lee Gun destroyed the wall of the pawnshop. It wasn’t as if he was unable to find Anubis by himself. It didn’t matter where the Construct was.

Boom!

[Death (Stage 4)]

Lee Gun’s eyes flashed as an intense power of death destroyed the pawnshop.

Kwahng!!

He had been holding back because he hadn’t wanted to go into debt for causing trouble. The debt would prevent him from using his abilities again. However, it no longer mattered.

Kwah-gwa-gwa-gwahng!!

“Ahhhhk!!!”

[The power of Death has smashed the barrier placed over the pawnshop.]

[The barrier stopping the ability of a Zodiac has been destroyed.]

As soon as he heard the notification, Lee Gun crossed his arms and menacingly flicked his finger. “Construct Summon. ‘Son of a Bitch.’”

A familiar face appeared in front of him. “Ah-haha! Why don’t you bow down to me, snake god—”

It was Anubis. He had put his trust in the high-rank barrier around the Neutral Zone. So when he saw Lee Gun like this, his expression changed. He didn’t even have the time to scream.

Bbah-gahk!!!

“Ahhk!!”

Lee Gun stepped on Anubis. “Speak if you don’t want to die.”

“W-What! Do you want to know how to smuggle yourself out of here?! I understand! I’ll give you an answer! However, you need to separate the soul and the body. I must have my power back to—”

“I don’t care about that. I know you came to my territory twenty-five years ago.”

“What? Why would I go to earth— What? Twenty-five years ago?” Anubis was about to say Lee Gun was speaking nonsense when he suddenly furrowed his brows.

- Mmm. The snake god might try to kill you.

Yesterday, Thoth had sent a Construct to Anubis, and it had suddenly spoken some nonsense.

‘Was this what he was referring to?’

Thoth hadn’t said much. It was quite brief.

- It doesn’t matter what the snake god asks. You should act innocent. Then do your best to kill the snake god.

That was the nonsense Thoth had spoken.

Lee Gun continued, “You chased a Zodiac of the Serpent Bearer temple twenty-five years ago, right?”

“!”

Anubis flinched at the unexpected question. Of all the questions the snake god could ask, why did he have to ask that one?

Lee Gun spoke as he pressed down on Anubis’s neck with his foot. “Since you did it, you weren’t working alone. Who was behind you? Also, where did you take the soul of the Death Serpent Bearer you killed at that time?”

Anubis looked conflicted.

‘Wasn’t that the task we carried out with Valhalla?’

However, why would he say anything that would cause harm to his Great Spirit? He was probably working very hard right now to free Osiris and him.

This was why the loyal Anubis let out a smile. “Pisces of the twelve Zodiacs asked a personal favor from me. I was close to Isis— Pooh-huhk!!!”

Anubis was crushed underneath Lee Gun’s foot.

Lee Gun’s eyes flashed as if he was dismayed. “Ah ha! It was a personal favor, yet you took along the Zodiacs of Valhalla and Olympus? I know you guys don’t get along.”

“...!” Taken aback, Anubis tried to change the subject. However, Lee Gun activated his ability.

[Pond (Death 3 star)]

A black shadow shimmered behind Lee Gun.

Anubis flinched when he saw the unconscious figure inside the shadow.

‘Valkyrie...!’

Moreover, this wasn’t a normal Valkyrie. Like how the nymphs under Virgo possessed Divine statuses, numerous Valkyries possessed Divine statuses as well.

That Valkyrie is...!

‘It was the one who accompanied me...’

That Valkyrie was a goddess who had supposedly been killed by the Great Spirit after that incident.

Anubis started to sweat when he realized he had no more lies that he could tell.

𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

‘This bastard is a psycho. He is unpredictable as well.’

It would be a catastrophe if they got caught up in the crossfire. In the end, he had to speak. “I’ll give you an explanation in a calm and orderly way, so wait a little. Valhalla instigated that incident. It has nothing to do with us—”

“I’m going to Ennead right now.”

“Ahhhk!” Anubis screamed.

This bastard really had a short temper! He probably meant it when he said he would invade Ennead.

‘I can’t let what happened in Olympus happen to us!’

[Anubis has used his ability]

The space around them changed. Their surroundings changed into some random world, which was sealed away from the outside. It seemed Anubis didn’t want the story leaking out.

“Alright! I’ll tell you!” Anubis ground his teeth.

It didn’t matter since the fighting-type god of Ennead would be coming soon to kill Lee Gun. That was the instructions Anubis had received.

- I’ll be there soon. Keep the snake god in place.

For some unknown reason, the Great Spirit of Ennead hated Lee Gun. His hatred was strong enough for Ennead to send the fighting-type god.

So Anubis decided to use all kinds of tricks to keep Lee Gun in place. “Yes! We were all under orders! I was under the orders of the Great Spirit of Ennead! The others received orders from the Great Spirit of Valhalla!”

“Finally, you speak what I want to hear.”

“However, the one pulling the strings was Valhalla. Our Great Spirit merely accepted a request from Pisces!”

“Oh! Is that why a high-rank god of the underworld was mobilized? For that trivial reason?”

Lee Gun had brought in an underworld god, and since Anubis was in charge of the cycle of rebirth, he held a high position amongst the gods.

When Lee Gun contemptuously laughed, Anubis continued to sweat. “The Great Spirit of Ennead agreed only since the opponent used to be a Construct under Aslan.”

“!”

Lee Gun’s eyebrows rose when he heard the unexpected name. “Aslan?”

“Yes. He used to be in the Creator tribe... Creators were basically technician gods who worked directly under the Divine world.” Anubis looked at Lee Gun with an odd look in his eyes. “Do you know him?”

“I don’t.”

“Is that so? Anyway, Aslan was one of the few special genius gods. Anyway, our Great Spirit was on terrible terms with Aslan.”

“Oh! Why? What did he steal?”

“What? The one to steal from our territory was Sagittarius... Anyway, we don’t know the reason behind their beef. However, they clashed against each other frequently.”

It was shocking whenever Aslan chose to clash against a Great Spirit. It was said that the Great Spirit was quite lenient, and they were drinking buddies at one time.

‘Aslan was a psycho.’

In other words, the Great Spirit of Ennead and Aslan had been mutual enemies. The reason behind the conflict was unknown.

That was probably why the Great Spirit of Ennead took and destroyed the land of the twelve Zodiacs after Aslan’s death. He had even taken the Constructs and divided them up between the other factions.

“Anyway, Valhalla was covetous of the Death Serpent Bearer. For some odd reason, they need Death.”

“Not Life?”

“Yes. Just Death.”

Lee Gun was intrigued. Without Life, Cycle couldn’t be activated. So why?

“Anyway, we had nothing to do with that incident. We just held a personal grudge, and it’s the past that holds no connection to you.”

“Oh! Is that so?”

“That’s right. Also, the Great Spirit isn't interested in such Divine status. He is interested in a Creator. I think he wants something fixed.”

“Then where is the soul of that snake god?”

“That is....” Anubis whispered Junwoo’s location into Lee Gun’s ears.

It was rare to see Lee Gun this surprised.

‘What? Really?’

At that moment, a god hiding near them was listening in on the conversation. Only Great-Spirit ranks could view and listen in on what was going on with Anubis’ barrier. It was supposed to be an invincible barrier, yet....

“Damn it! That bastard is telling him everything.” An angry expression appeared on Set’s face as he eavesdropped on the conversation.

But then, he laughed.