Chapter 236: Merger (4)

A chair appeared in front of Lee Gun. At a glance, it looked like a throne with the head of a bull embedded on it. Of course, it wasn’t a normal chair.

Lee Gun had raised his guard, and above all else, the Zodiac Saints were taken aback. Their reactions were normal.

“That’s crazy! It’s the Seat of Power!”

Yes, the chair in front of them was a symbol of the twelve Zodiacs, a god’s throne. Each temple had one, and only the owner of a temple could sit on it.

‘As soon as you sit on the Seat of Power, you claim and command the temple. You possess absolute power.’

Hugo and Stevens were well aware of the Seat of Power. Since the Zodiac Saints didn’t want their Zodiacs to lose face, they never spoke about it.

However, the Sagittarius sat on its Seat of Power as he applied the hair growth solution. The Leo flopped on top of the Seat of Power to sleep.

It was unknown who had made these Seats of Power, but the Zodiacs treasured them more than their lives. It was a precious item that outside gods coveted.

‘What is that in front of Lee Gun?’

‘Is the Seat of Power trying to choose its new owner?’

A Seat of Power was a holy item with a sense of self; it was the temple itself. It was loyal to the Zodiac. Dealing with it wouldn’t be easy.

‘If a Zodiac tries to harm the temple or their purpose doesn’t align, the Seat of Power tries to kill the Zodiac.’

‘We have no idea what it will do now that its owner is gone.’

While the two Zodiac Saints had their guards up, the Seat of Power emitted a light.

[The Taurus’s Seat of Power shows interest in the baby Zodiac.]

[The Taurus’s Seat of Power likes the baby Zodiac.]

[It thinks you will fit very well in its seat.]

Lee Gun’s eyes turned round at the unexpected notification.

‘In other words, it wants me to become the Zodiac of the Taurus temple.’

The Seat of Power had the duty to pick the Zodiac of the temple. Its actions were understandable.

Of course, this phenomenon hadn’t happened in the cases of the Cancer and the Aquarius temples.

‘I didn’t try a merger with them.’

The situation was different for the Taurus’s Seat of Power.

[You have everything, including courage and strength.]

[It says the star of impregnable defense will be helpful in achieving your goals.]

[Do not do something foolish such as a merger. Just become the owner of the Taurus temple.]

[It says you should throw away the perverted seat of the Serpent Bearer.]

It had undoubtedly taken a shine to Lee Gun. However, it didn’t matter.

“Fuck off! Why would I sit on a seat that smells like cow dung? I just have to do a merger.”

In the first place, Lee Gun liked the seat of the Serpent Bearer, though he didn’t know why.

The Taurus’s Seat of Power seemed dissatisfied at the reply

Boom!

Brown light erupted from the throne.

Lee Gun furrowed his brows as if his body was in pain. “Bastard.”

As soon as the seat had used its power, his body started to hurt.

[If you do not choose it, it will make the part of the power of the Taurus that you absorbed go out of control.]

[If you want to use that power safely, you must sit on the Seat of Power.]

[To get your revenge, you need the power of absolute defense.]

It seemed both the Zodiac and the Zodiac Saint were crafty.

[If you do not agree to it..]

“Really? You’re only a chair, so why are you talking so much?” Lee Gun’s eyes flashed. The one to react to his reaction was “Death!”

Was it because it had developed arms and legs? Death had been walking around in joy when it was summoned above Lee Gun’s head.

It then emitted a violent power, and its expression changed into that of an evil spirit. Death had instantly realized Lee Gun’s intent.

[Death says you shouldn’t worry.]

[It has evolved to the third stage, and it can take care of this without any problem.]

Everyone within Drachma screamed.

Koo-goo-goohng!

Death had swept past them. When they opened their eyes, they saw the decayed Seat of Power.

[The Seat of Power has temporarily lost its power.]

[Life says it is better to burn it instead of decaying it since it’ll feel the pain for a longer period. Life is disappointed]

[It isn’t too late to—]

“Fuck off! I don’t want to hear screams.”

The Taurus disciples couldn’t close their mouths when they witnessed this.

“T-That chair! I’m pretty sure it’s something even the gods of the divine world couldn’t destroy since it’s considered to have ultra-high strength.”

“He did it in just a single moment..!!!”

“What kind of power is that?”

The power of the thirteenth could destroy the items of the gods. It wasn’t an ordinary power.

On the other hand, Stevens screamed for a different reason. “Hey! Do you not realize what that is? I don’t know why, but the gods treasure that item more than their lives!”

“Fuck off! I just have to repair it. Did you forget about my occupation?”

“..!”

There was a reason he was a Maker.

“It’ll be fun. I don’t know who made it, but that chair has a sense of self.”

“Who cares? You can make it too.”

“I might try to make something similar later. It won’t be a bad idea to remodel it.”

“You aren’t even listening to me.”

That wasn’t all. Lee Gun smirked since he had seen through the Zodiacs to a certain extent.

‘The system allows only gods to sit in the Seats of Power.’

If he remade the Seats of Powers to his liking, would he need to put a god in the seat of a ruler? Wouldn’t he be able to put a human on it instead?

‘It might mean we don’t need gods.’

In the first place, Lee Gun was skeptical of the Zodiacs; he was skeptical of the gods.

‘Did the Zodiacs really appear to protect the humans? It feels like they made an appearance to gather more disciples.’

Despite being able to appear at an earlier date, the Zodiacs had appeared when humanity was close to extinction.

Lee Gun wondered if the existence called the gods would be helpful to humanity even if he got rid of the unknown civilization from this land.

The gods had conspired with each other to kill him, so he felt nothing but contempt toward the Zodiacs.

The true culprits that trapped and killed you were the Zodiacs.

Lee Gun’s eyes flashed.

‘Their existence has no meaning if no one believes in them.’

At the same time, Lee Gun had a good idea about the identity behind the voice that he had heard as a notification.

‘I wonder if the notification voice that I can hear is the Serpent Bearer’s Seat of Power.’

Of course, Hugo had also heard the voice of a woman, but he said the voice sounded similar to the voice of Yeonwoo, whom the Abundance had changed into.

‘There is no way!’

Hugo let out a sigh of relief when the threat disappeared.

“I’ll have to take Ivan from Yong Yong. I’ll be able to extract enough defensive skill data from him. Defensive gears will be no problem..”

When Hailey heard that, an odd expression appeared on her face. She spoke up. “If you planned on doing that, shouldn’t you have done it much earlier?”

“What?”

“His Zodiac is gone. Ivan no longer has his blessings. If he’s chewed on by Red Eye in such a state..”

Hugo screamed as if he had been hit in the back of his head. “Ahhhk! That’s right! He wasn’t ripped into pieces only because he had the blessing of his Zodiac!”

Up until now, Ivan had been left with Yong Yong, because the monster liked Ivan so much. However, Lee Gun needed his body if he wanted to make equipment!

“We’ll have to go to Yong Yong as soon as possible!”

Boom!!

Suddenly, Drachma shook.

“Ahhhk! The castle is falling!”

“!”

Cracks appeared in the castle as its ceiling and walls fell. This surprised the disciples.

“What the hell? All the monsters are gone! Why is the castle suddenly acting this way?”

“What do you mean, why? The Taurus is gone!”

“!”

Drachma was a castle being maintained through the power of the twelve Zodiacs. Now, one of the powers propping up the castle was gone. It meant the castle had to fall.

When the ceiling started to collapse in its entirety, Hugo desperately yelled, “Gun! Use your regeneration ability!”

Lee Gun picked at his ear when he heard those words. “I am regenerating it, but it’s getting destroyed faster than it’s being regenerated. Life’s level is too low.”

“What?!”

“It’s fine.”

They just had to exit this place.

“The castle’s design was terrible, so I was thinking about re-making it. Anyway, let’s evacuate everyone..”

At that moment..

“It’ll be impossible to evacuate them.”

“!”

The triumphant opportunists made an appearance. They were the magicians who had appeared alongside the Fairy Monarch.

Lee Gun had thought they had disappeared after betraying the Taurus. For some reason, they were smirking as they looked at him.

“We went to look. The teleport zone hasn’t regenerated at all.”

“!”

Of course, they were telling the truth.

[Zone 1 (Teleport Zone) has been completely lost. It is unrecoverable!]

[Zone 2 (Shopping District) has suffered a 30% loss. It is recovering.]

..

[Zone 9 (Sparring Stadium) has suffered an 80% loss. It is unrecoverable!]historical

When Drachma became the holy ground for the Serpent Bearer, the status of every item inside the castle was transmitted to Lee Gun.

The magicians knew they were in danger, yet for some odd reason, they were laughing in derision.

“If Lee Gun-nim runs away, you’ll be the reason fifty thousand people will be buried alive here. There is no way you’ll be irresponsible enough to run away, right?”

Hugo furrowed his brows.

‘Why are they trying to provoke Lee Gun?’

There had to be a reason, and it didn’t take long for them to find out the reason.

The magicians continued.

“The only one on your side capable of using Teleport is Chun Sungjae.”

“Yes. Do you think you’ll be able to move tens of thousands of people by yourself?”

“..!”

Chun Sungjae furrowed his brows.

These magicians were capable of using teleportation. Of course, they knew the downside to it.

The smart Chun Sungjae quickly realized what they were thinking. It was as he had expected.

“If you try to move this many people at once, you’ll probably die.”

“That’s right. If you move anything over 100 kg, it’ll cause stress to your body. You’ll throw up.”

“You can divide and move them. However, the castle will fall before you can finish the teleportation.”

Someone yelled when they heard the words of the magicians.

“The Gemini magicians just need to help out!”

The magicians laughed as if they had been waiting for those words.

“Ah! We apologize! However, we cannot use such a spell since Lee Gun-nim designated Drachma as his holy ground!”

“That’s why Lee Gun-nim has to release this place as a holy ground. Hand over Drachma to the Gemini temple.”

This caused a commotion.

Hugo furrowed his brows as if he had an understanding.

‘That is what they are aiming for.’

They could escape this place by themselves, yet they also knew this was a golden opportunity. The magicians were like merchants. Their eyes flashed shamelessly.

“We won’t ask for something that is out of your means. We would like the rights to the ‘Nameless Land.’ We would like the rights to the Green Zone that appeared after you got rid of Abundance. It’s a fixed cost for your lives. If you hand them over to the Gemini temple, we’ll immediately help everyone escape from this place.”

The words angered Hugo and Stevens. As expected of a temple known for being nasty, they were acting this way in front of Zodiac Saints. The crowd also felt similarly. Baffled, the other disciples became angry.

“You guys number only a hundred! Do you think you can move fifty thousand people in time?”

“We can move more than that little brat.”

“What?!”

“That was a joke. We have a hundred Gemini magicians here, and we are capable of moving a large number of people. We can move a thousand people in one go.”

“!”

“However, there is a limit to our stamina, so we’ll be able to use it only ten times at most. We can try to do more, but we won’t be able to guarantee anything.”

“That means you won’t be able to escape from this place if you delay any further.”

This caused a ruckus.

“Hey! If you plan on doing this, why don’t you just make a teleport zone instead? With it, everyone can be teleported..”

The magicians suddenly blanched.

“Only a Zodiac can make a teleport zone.”

“!”

“Do not worry! The only difference is the scale. Our large-scale teleport spell doesn’t differ too much in principle from the teleport zone. It is safe.”

“Anyway, we’ll move you guys in order. The disciples should prepare payment that’ll be given to us, and Lee Gun-nim should..”

For some reason, Lee Gun was smirking. Seeing this, Hugo flinched.

“Ah! Is that so? That’s the principle behind the teleport zone? That’s it?”

“!”

Chun Sungjae contemptuously laughed.

In truth, Abundance had been wary of Chun Sungjae as a magician alongside Chun Yooha.

“Really? Whenever I asked in the past, you guys said it was a trade secret. The recipe wasn’t shown to anyone below the general rank. But it’s just an application of a large-scale teleportation spell? Then I have a good idea of what to do, since I was a Gemini disciple before.”

Chun Sungjae’s words left the magicians dumbfounded.

“Chun Sungjae! It’s an application in words only. Figuring it out with the human mind is impossible..”

Chun Sungjae pushed them aside as if he wanted them to be gone. Moreover, he was delighted that his uncle was looking at him with anticipation in his eyes.

“Get out of the way. I’ll make it in no time.”

“?!”

The magicians wondered what nonsense he was talking about when..

Flash!

Flames erupted wherever Chun Sungjae made a hand gesture and created a magic circle. At the same time, a whirlwind of light appeared before them!

The Gemini disciples froze when they felt the familiar energy.

Lee Gun let out a lighthearted laugh. “I see. The Gemini temple is not that big of a deal. There is no need to make a deal with them.”

[A fledgling teleport zone of the Serpent Bearer has been created.]

[Total Capacity: 100,000]