The Return of the Disaster-Class Hero

Chapter 276: Who was it? (4)

Lee Gun got angry. He had been gone for a short time, so what was Hugo talking about?

Hailey’s eyes turned round.

Oblivious to it, Hugo looked at Lee Gun. He continued to tilt his head in confusion. “Excuse me, but who are you? You’re letting out the energy of the Serpent Bearer, so you must belong to the Serpent Bearer temple…”

Really?

“Do you know where our Zodiac is right now?”

Lee Gun was dumbfounded. He was about to say something when Hugo suddenly screamed.

“Ah!!”

“!”

It seemed his memories had returned. Hugo looked at Lee Gun with an apologetic expression. He couldn’t raise his head. “Ah! I’m so embarrassed. I think Oblivion messed with my head. How can I not recognize you?”

Lee Gun, who had been about to raise his fists, just snorted. It was understandable. Oblivion was capable of erasing the existence of monarchs and gods.

“Yes. I guess it can happen. It’s fine now that you remember—”

“My god! You’re a Construct! Yes! There is no way our Zodiac is this handsome!”

What the hell did he just say?

Hugo seemed unaware of his friend’s reactions. “That’s right. A temple needs a handsome frontman. I’m glad you’re with us. If I’m being honest, our Zodiac isn’t the best example of that. His temper is terrible, and he even kicks out those who try to become disciples— Kuh-huhk!!!”

A fist landed on Hugo’s chin

“Dad!!”

The ruthless uppercut sent Hugo flying and then crashing to the ground.

Lee Gun cracked his knuckles. “Have you lost your mind? This is beyond losing your mind. Did your mind exit to Andromeda?”

“K-Kuh-huhk! Construct-nim?! Why are you suddenly— Ahhhk!!”

“Who the hell are you calling a Construct, bastard!!” Lee Gun flew into the air as his eyes flashed. Then, he landed a drop-kick on Hugo’s head!

Hugo’s screams that rang afterward were the cherry on top.

“Kyaa-hoo-ahhk! Kuh-huhk!”

Lee Gun punched like a bee as his fists landed on Hugo. Of course, this wasn’t just a regular beating.

[Pain Revival]

“Kuh-huh-huhk!!”

[Super Regeneration]

“Ahhhhhk!!”

[Serpent’s Spite (Increase durability)]

“Poo-hahhk!!”

[You have acquired Hugo Otis’s data.]

[Hugo Otis has gained EXP (Endured attacks from a divine rank monster).]

[Your durability has increased by a little.]

“Now that I think about it, it pisses me off. I remember you, yet you don’t remember me?”

“Kuh-huhk! Kuh-hoo-huhk!”

“I’m allowed to forget about you, but you aren’t allowed to forget me!”

“What?! Hey!”

“Also, you borrowed 10 million Won from me!”

“N-No way! I would have never— Poo-ha-ahhk!!!”

Hugo felt aggrieved after being beaten up. Of course, his EXP oddly went up whenever Lee Gun hit him, but that was of secondary importance.

‘Gun! That bastard!’

Yes. Hugo had indeed been unable to remember Lee Gun, but when he was beaten, half of his memories had returned.

The reason was either the aftereffect of being beaten or the power of the Serpent Bearer being recovered over time. Whatever it was, his memories had returned midway, and what did he hear?

Lee Gun could forget him, but he couldn’t forget Lee Gun? Moreover, Lee Gun had made up the fact that Hugo owed him 10 million Won.

‘Is this how he treats his friend?’

Lee Gun had messed with him earlier by acting as if he couldn’t remember him!

Harboring a grudge, Hugo ground his teeth. Now, he’d make Lee Gun realize how valuable he was by being absent from Lee Gun’s life!

“Who are you to do this to me? Who are your parents? If I’m being honest, I still don’t know who you are…!”

The words angered Lee Gun. “Is that so?”

“Kee-ehhhhhhk!!!”

“!”

The angered Red Eye roared toward the former Archer Saint. Still unable to recognize its owner, the monster was lashing out at Hugo.

Lee Gun let out a satisfied laugh at this. “Yes. You’re a good boy, unlike him. Come here.”

“Kee-ehhhhhhhk!!!”

“?!”

Red Eye attacked Lee Gun, as if it were saying a lowly human shouldn’t touch its prey.

When Red Eye savagely bared its teeth as it rushed Lee Gun, Lee Gun became angry. “Really! Bastards!!”

The enraged Lee Gun held up Heaven’s Punishment.

Bbah-gahk!!!!

He ruthlessly broke open Red Eye’s head.

“Kee-ehhhhhhk!!”

Red Eye mercilessly was knocked down as it vomited blood!

Koo-goong!!

With its head broken open, it looked like a vegetable pickled with blood. The monster seized up and started trembling.

“Kee… Kee-ehhhk.”

Human weapons couldn’t wound it at all, yet Lee Gun’s arm strength was able to turn its skull into dust.

“You want to die? You can’t even remember your owner?”

“Kee… Kee-ehhk.”

Red Eye shed tears. It had 24,788 more deaths to look forward to.

After Lee Gun shook off the blood, his eyes flashed as he looked at Hugo. “Did you also say you didn’t remember me?”

Hugo’s face turned pale from fright. “N-No!! I remember! I remember you!!!”

Light erupted from Lee Gun’s eyes. “No. I can tell that you don’t remember by looking at you. I’ll fix it.”

“??!!!”

The flustered Hugo stumbled backward as he tried to run away.

“Don’t worry! I might look like this, but I’m good at fixing things. I’m a master craftsman.”

“Ahhk! No! I remember you! I was wrong!”

“It is too late.” It had seemed as if Lee Gun was going to put away Heaven’s Punishment when he suddenly brought it back out.

“Ahhhk! Gun!!!”

Lee Gun laughed like an evil spirit as Hugo screamed.

Kwahng!

Then, a loud sound rang out. The screaming Hugo fainted.

Lee Gun snorted. “I wasn’t going to do anything, yet he fainted.”

Heaven’s Punishment let out a light before changing into his slime. Lime looked at the unconscious Hugo and wiggled at its accomplishment.

Lee Gun put the happy slime on his head.

“Let’s do this.” He glared at the sky.

Oblivion, which Lee Gun had bored out of, violently writhed.

Gohhhhhhh!

It was trying to break out of the barrier set by the Zodiacs of Magic. The barrier was getting in its way and trying to bind it.

Lee Gun raised his guard.

‘I can’t believe it survived after taking that attack.’

It was unclear what material made up this monster’s body. But one thing bothered Lee Gun.

[Part of Oblivion’s body]

He had taken a large sample of the monster’s body, thinking he could use it as an ingredient. The problem was the description that had come up when he analyzed it.

[The energy of an original owner can be felt.]

[It is the body of a past Zodiac.]

Lee Gun furrowed his brows. Why could he feel the energy of a Zodiac from Oblivion’s body? Moreover, it was the energy of an original owner.

‘If it eats gods, do they accumulate in its stomach?’

Or maybe…

‘Can it be? Oblivion is…’

At that moment…

‘!’

Oblivion finally escaped and broke the barrier.

Lee Gun’s eyes flashed.

Kwahng!!!!

When Lee Gun swung Heaven’s Punishment, a Death ray pierced Oblivion.

Gohhhhh!

It inflicted an incredible amount of damage.

[You have acquired EXP.]

[A part of Oblivion’s body has been destroyed.]

[The data for Oblivion’s ability has been acquired.]

For some reason, Oblivion flinched when it was hit with the power of Death. It had been violently roaring and suddenly seemed to have a realization. It disappeared as if it had given up.

Lee Gun lowered Heaven’s Punishment, as he had already checked that Yeonwoo wasn’t present inside Oblivion’s body.

‘She hasn’t ceased to exist, so Time must have taken her.’

Time was the only one who seemed obsessed with the abilities of the thirteen Zodiacs.

Anyway, the main culprits were the Zodiacs of Magic. Thanks to them, he had met Oblivion, whom he wanted to meet. He even acquired its data, but that didn’t change the contempt he felt toward it.

‘The one that appeared here ran away.’

However, it didn’t matter. Lee Gun smirked as he looked in a certain direction.

* * *

Around that time…

‘Shit!’

Having transformed into a hawk, Frey was quickly flying through the fog. He had never imagined Lee Gun would be able to come out alive from within Oblivion.

‘I have no choice but to team up with Pisces.’

The only Zodiacs left were Frey, Pisces, and Scorpio.

Scorpio was a coward that didn’t reveal itself and let its Zodiac Saint do everything.

On the other hand, Pisces was very strong.

‘She was the one who made the original owners sick.’

After hearing the secret way they could kill the original owners from Mimir, Pisces had been the one to carry out that plan.

At the same time, she was the one who kept killing the thirteenth Zodiac Yeonwoo over and over again. She had cruelly killed Yeonwoo’s younger brother too.

On top of that, she was the one who had called in the monarchs. She was responsible for Lee Gun’s death before his awakening, when he was in Yeonwoo’s party.

She was the most vicious one amongst the twelve Zodiacs.

‘Anyway, I have to head toward the Pisces’ holy ground.’

If the two of them joined hands, they could still stop Lee Gun. Frey was about to use his specialty skill. Before he could teleport, however…

[Koohk!]

Lightning flashed, and Teleport failed. Frey cursed.

[I can’t do it here!]

As soon as Lee Gun had exited Oblivion, Frey had planned on teleporting to Pisces. However, the teleportation kept failing.

Frey had a guess on what was going on, and he was soon proven right.

“It’s useless.”

“You won’t be able to escape this place, idiot!!”

Frey cursed when he heard the voices.

[Kuh-huhk!]

Then, a large fire pillar fell from the sky, hitting Frey.

Koo-goo-goong!!

The frightening fire pillar changed into a snake, and the snake wrapped around Frey.

Then, something around Frey started to burn as it flashed.

[Koohk! That’s my younger sibling’s holy item!]

That item was the royal holy item of Gemini, his sibling’s celestial robe. When the item burned, the hawk Frey returned to his original form.

[Bastards!]

Frey’s eyes flashed as he looked behind. However, it didn’t take him long to scream.

[Koo-oohk!]

The Chun siblings had chased after Frey, looking as angry as they could be. They attacked Frey.

“You are going to pay for this.”

[…!!]

Frey became surprised when he saw their faces. Their faces were different from normal.

“Because of you… We did…. To our uncle…!”

“That bastard made us make numerous embarrassing memories!!!”

Even a Zodiac had to flinch at the amount of murderous intent emanating from these two. Just the thought of what they did had made their faces turn red.

They gnashed their teeth.

“Both magic temples have two Seats of power, right?”

A familiar magical energy emanated from Chun Sungjae’s body.

“The goddess was the Zodiac of Magic. You’re in charge of the fairies, right?”

Frey ground his teeth when he saw the magical energy

‘That’s my sister’s…!’

He was sure of it. Lee Gun had taken his sister’s Seat of power and merged half of their temple. So, the members of the Serpent Bearer temple could now use magical abilities.

[How dare a lowly human use my sister’s power!]

Frey’s eyes flashed. He could guess why his teleportation had failed.

‘The Secretary made a modification to our bible.’

The Genesis page of the Bible had been destroyed, so Frey’s sister had died. However, Lee Gun still possessed the other parts of their bible.

The bible was keeping Frey rooted to this land, and his assumption was proven true.

[The God of Fertility didn’t return to the Divine world. He remained to enrich the lands of his servants. The servants wept in admiration toward the god.]

▶

[The God of Fertility didn’t return to the Divine world. He remained for 30 days… Fuck… Damn it… I don’t know. That bastard can’t run away!!! Please stop stabbing me!!! Someone save me.]

The Secretary made modifications to the bible as the very loyal fountain pen kept stabbing her.

This was why Frey was unable to use Return. He couldn’t return to the Divine world. This made Frey angrier.

[How dare you treat a Zodiac like an idiot.]

If he couldn’t leave this land, he just had to destroy the land itself! The bird eyes of Frey flashed as powerful light surged forth.

‘A Zodiac can destroy this land if they set their mind to it!’

They didn’t do it since disciples were the source of their power.

However, Frey could destroy this small piece of land!

The next moment, the Zodiac’s magic was about to detonate like a nuclear bomb!

Flash!

Chun Sungjae’s eyes flashed as if he had been waiting for this moment. “Noona!!”

The young man activated Serpent’s Nest (Dome formation), and his sister planted Crimson Earth’s Judgment on the ground.

Lightning flashed!

[Crimson Light]

Writhing like a dragon, the lightning connected itself to make a circle on the ground.

Frey bit his tongue when he saw the lines that were drawn on the ground.

‘That magic circle is…!’

It was clearly a Magic Reflect spell!

Frey’s eyes became bloodshot as he tried to destroy the magic circle, but Chun Sungjae was a step faster.

[Brisingamen]

A familiar holy item was tossed above Frey’s head. It was his sister’s necklace-type holy item.

[…!]

As soon as Frey had his gaze stolen, Chun Sungjae placed a spell on the necklace.

[Size Increase]

The golden necklace instantly became larger than Frey. The enlarged necklace surrounded Frey’s body like a hula hoop!

[Restrict]

[Increase Weight]

The necklace then turned smaller as it restricted Frey.

[Kuh-huhk!]

Since it was a holy item of a god, even a Zodiac couldn’t easily destroy it. Moreover, Frey couldn’t even move because of its weight.

In the end, his body was squeezed to a point where he felt his innards would burst out.

Frey’s eyes were angry.

[You dare use my sister’s magic!]

After Lee Gun had taken Freya’s magical abilities, Chun Sungjae’s magic had become much stronger.

Moreover, Frey was in a precarious situation since his other half was gone and he had used up all his Temple energy.

The Chun siblings showed no signs of going easy on Frey.

“I won’t let you die a clean death.”

[Wait…!]

[Magic Reflect]

The spell was activated. The power that was going to destroy the land was sent back to its sender.

An incredible amount of magical energy struck the Zodiac.

Frey screamed when he felt enough pain to make him lose his mind.

[Kuh-huhk…!!! Wait…!]

“Sungjae.”

Golden light erupted from Chun Sungjae’s body. “I will make sure you pay the price for messing with the Serpent Bearer.”

[…!!!]

Frey felt as if he were looking into Lee Gun’s eyes; he froze.

[Super Regeneration]

[Pain Revival]

[Wound Revival]

[Super Regeneration]

[Pain Revival]

[Wound Revival]

[Super Regeneration]

[Pain Revival]

[Wound Revival]

[Ahhhk!!!]

The sound of Frey’s Core being crushed rang out.