Chapter 56: What in the world? (2)

The scream came from an item in Lee Gun’s possession. To be precise, it originated from the book inside Lee Gun’s bag.

[Kyahhhhhhhk!]

The scream sounded as if the world would end right now, as if something that shouldn’t be revealed had been revealed. It seemed the Fairy Monarch[1] could sense what was happening. Although it was imprisoned, it was powerful enough to sense the energy outside.

Lee Gun grinned when he heard the Fairy Monarch’s despair-filled scream. “Bingo!”

Everyone’s eyes turned round at Lee Gun’s words. It was to be expected. The man had picked up a normal sculpture.

“That is..”

The beautiful white sculpture depicted an angel with large wings and a spear pointed at the sky in its hands. This was the same sculpture that Lee Gun had destroyed when he first came to this house.

‘Hey. Hurry up and throw it away. In fact, these items make it more likely for a monster to emerge.’

‘What? This is a high-rank charm against evil influence. Moreover, a famous and beautiful Saint even kissed it!’

‘Jeez! That’s foul.’

Crash!

‘Ahhhhhk!’

The young man’s face turned pale when he thought about that incident. Lee Gun had acted as if the sculpture was dirty. He had broken it, then tried to find some Lysol. Hahn Jimin clearly remembered this.

‘Could the Gemini Saint really be in there?’ Chun Sungjae looked at the angel sculpture with a shocked expression. “Didn’t you say you received it from the Gemini Saint”

“I..I did.” Of course, Hahn Jimin was only a lowly C-rank User. He wasn’t even able to enter a temple as a disciple. The prospect of him meeting a Saint was almost unimaginable. Yet, he had gotten the opportunity to greet the Gemini Saint. It was the benefit of being Chun Sungjae’s friend.

[Really? You are roommates with Sungjae?]

It had happened two years ago when his parents had suddenly passed away. Hahn Jimin’s primary residence had been destroyed too. At the time, his friend Chun Sungjae had offered him a room to stay in. Chun Sungjae hadn’t asked for rent; he just wanted Hahn Jimin to contribute a little to the grocery fees. This was why the Gemini Saint became interested in Hahn Jimin.

Why?

‘Sungjae refused to live at the facility provided by the Gemini Saint.’

Normally, a high-rank disciple like Chun Sungjae would receive a residence from the temple. The residence would be located in a city where the upper class lived. However, Chun Sungjae never used the Gemini Saint’s resident facilities. The reason was simple.

‘Are you nuts? I can’t geek out about Lee Gun-nim over there!’

The Gemini Saint was a Lee Gun hater(?). Chun Sungjae was told that if she found out about his love for Lee Gun, he might be kicked out. Chun Sungjae hadn’t wanted to enter a temple that had a bad relationship with Lee Gun. So, he had wondered if he was crazy for doing it.

Despite his quirks, Chun Sungjae was one of the disciples the Gemini Saint treasured. This was why she had come to meet Hahn Jimin. There had to be a reason Chun Sungjae absolutely refused to reside in her facilities. Pondering this, the Gemini Saint had thought Chun Sungjae’s roommate might know the reason.

‘I didn’t tell her anything.’ Hahn Jimin explained, “The Gemini Saint kissed it before giving it to me as a present..”

Of course, Sungjae didn’t want that sculpture in his living room or his personal room. Therefore, Hahn Jimin had decided to place it in his room..

‘How did the Gemini Saint get inside the sculpture?’ It didn’t take long for Lee Gun to answer his own question. “It was that kiss.”

“What?”

“The kiss probably stamped a coordinate. It would allow her to enter the sculpture when she used her possession magic.”

This revelation surprised everyone. However, Lee Gun just laughed at the Gemini Saint’s foolishness. He looked at the angel sculpture. ‘She probably wanted to use it to monitor him.’ There was a high probability that the Gemini Saint had done it because Chun Sungjae was the son of Hugo.

In the end, Chun Sungjae berated his friend for not throwing the sculpture away. Lee Gun intervened in that though. “No. You did well by not throwing the sculpture away.”

“What?”

Lee Gun grinned. Since the Gemini Saint couldn’t be found out surveilling Chun Sungjae, she probably had to dispel all kinds of spells placed on her. She had to enter the sculpture stripped of everything.

‘That was your mistake.’ Lee Gun let out an evil laugh as he let out a powerful green light.

[The Serpent Bearer’s ability has been activated.]

Lee Gun focused his magical energy on his eyes.

[13th Sense]

[The Serpent Bearer’s senses have been activated for the owner of the 13th seat.]

[Activated: See the 2nd Door to the Underworld]

Like what had happened Lee Gun had discovered Yang Wei’s soul, the world became devoid of color.

Shweek!

A colorful display appeared. The colorless world got divided into blue and red.

[The owner of the Two-faces has become became vigilant.]

[The other half of the Fairy Monarch has felt the Snake’s presence. It is terrified.]

Lee Gun saw flames within the sculpture. They were souls. One of them had her hackles up as if she was glaring at something; she looked wild. The other soul was shaking in terror.

Heiji

– The Gemini(Two-faced) Saint

– Awakened Name (Baptized Name): (One Who Punishes)

– Punishes evil that escapes justice.

Effect: Deals critical blow or gives paralysis status to everyone that has evil tendencies.

Raeriqueen

– 8th Fairy Monarch

– Soul Status (30%)

At the same time, Lee Gun heard a familiar voice.

“Please save me! Please save me! I’m sorry! Please save me!”

“Will you be quiet for a moment?” he shouted.

“Please, great Lee Gun-nim!”

“Hey!” Lee Gun laughed like a villain more than ever before.historical

* * *

The Gemini Saint Heiji was Lee Gun’s enemy. In truth, she was the first one amongst the twelve Zodiac Saints to realize that Lee Gun had returned alive. She knew it right before the Devil’s Tower was destroyed.

It was the evening. Heiji was in the Yin & Yang palace when she detected an energy so terrifying that shivers ran up her spine. She even spilled her coffee.

Crash!

“Saint-nim! What’s wrong!”

The broken teacup was worth tens of millions of yen. However, it wasn’t important.

“Saint-nim?”

Heiji looked toward the Devil’s Tower. She was sure of it. The spell she had placed around the Devil’s Tower had given a reaction. Moreover, she felt an energy that she had never felt before. It was as if a supernova was detonating. This feeling seemed holy, but at the same time, resembled a brutal energy that would swallow up the universe.

‘Is it a god?’ Heiji reflexively narrowed her brows. ‘That’s not possible.’

Only twelve gods existed. Moreover, their energy was clearly different than this energy. That was why Heiji thought a new breed of monster had shown up. However..

‘..?!’ The Devil’s Tower fell, and Heiji felt fear. Then she felt something very familiar within that tyrannical energy. ‘Lee Gun!’

Heiji hadn’t felt Lee Gun’s exact energy signature to be precise. However, she had fought Lee Gun the most. She couldn’t forget that sensation. Her suspicions were soon confirmed.

[You sons of bitches escaped while you guys trapped me in the tower?]

The sound magic spell she had placed near the Devil’s Tower relayed to her a familiar voice.

[You bastards are dead.]

‘The growling voice and the speech pattern..’ Suddenly, the Gemini Saint became unsteady on her feet.

“S..Saint-nim!”

“What’s wrong!”

“No. It’s nothing,” she said. The interesting thing she had discovered was that Lee Gun had met Chun Sungjae’s roommate. Moreover, they were heading toward Chun Sungjae’s house. Lee Gun was heading toward the house owned by his friend’s son.

Heiji feigned a smile. This was a good development for her. ‘That place is under my influence.’ In that house, she had placed a fixed coordinate possession spell on a sculpture. She had done so to monitor Chun Sungjae. Of course, the main reason was that Chun Sungjae was Hugo’s son.

Everyone knew why Chun Yooha had joined the Leo temple, but no one knew why the Archer Saint’s son had joined the Gemini temple.

‘Did Hugo send him here as a spy?’ Heiji had conducted an investigation, but it had concluded that her spy conjecture was nonsense. Hugo wanted his son to stop operating as an awakened being. In fact, he was ignoring his son, who had run away from home. That was why Heiji felt relieved toward Chun Sungjae.

‘I have to hurry.’ Anyway, Lee Gun was heading toward Chun Sungjae’s home. Therefore, the Gemini Saint immediately used her ability.

[Soul Possession(S)] This skill was used to make sure her soul reached its destination safely. Of course, she had to consider her opponent. Even a scent being slightly off could alert Lee Gun. So, Heiji minimized the spells placed on her. She had successfully hidden in the sculpture, but the problem came in some other form.

‘Jeez! That’s foul!’

Lee Gun had broken the sculpture. That asshole had destroyed the holy item because she had kissed it! ‘This bastard!’

The Gemini Saint was angry, but she was also losing her mind. When Lee Gun had broken the sculpture, she had become trapped within the sculpture.

Why?

‘I can’t escape if the body I possess becomes damaged.’ That was the condition and risk that came along with possession magic.

In layman’s terms, this situation was like the car one was riding being crushed in an accident. One would be trapped within the car as if one’s legs or body were pinned inside the car.

Of course, Heiji had been willing to take the risk of losing a portion of her soul to forcefully escape the sculpture, but it didn’t work. ‘Shit! I can’t leave because of this weird magical energy!’

Was it because Lee Gun had touched the sculpture?

The Gemini Saint had never felt the Serpent’s magical energy before, and this energy kept interfering with her magic. Of course, she had another way to get out of this sculpture: repair the sculpture to its original state. However, that couldn’t be done with a rental skill.

‘If fixed incorrectly, it’ll cause more trouble!’

The type of skills a mere C-rank awakened being could rent was very poor in quality. There was a chance that her soul could be permanently fixed to this item. She was thinking about it when..

“Ah! Still, it’s an item given to us by Sungjae’s boss. I’ll use the Maker Saint’s[2] ability to piece it back together,” the young man said.

‘What!’

“I’m sure a rental skill should be enough.”

‘No! Please don’t do that! If I’m unlucky, my soul will never be able to leave this item!’

“Alright. I’ll use the Goat Saint’s repair skill. This is perfect..”

‘Noooooo!’ If Heiji had to make a comparison, this was like fixing a crushed car by pouring concrete into it.

Was it the fault of the low-rank rental skill? Whatever it was, her soul was pressed into the item, and she was stuck.

And thus, the Gemini Saint Heiji got trapped within the sculpture on the day the Devil’s Tower fell and remained like that ever since. Afterward, she had heard about her Yin & Yang palace being razed to the ground, but she could truly do nothing about it. She was close to losing her mind.

* * *

Back to the present.

“I got you.”

Heiji despaired. She had been found out and that too by the person she least wanted to be captured by.

Yet, Heiji smiled the next moment. She sensed that Lee Gun had brought along the other half of the Fairy Monarch. It was the one she had left behind in Yin & Yang palace. She had no idea how he came into possession of it, but this was the opportunity that she had been waiting for. So, she shouted, “What are you doing! You should be able to break through your confinement!”

“Kyahhhhk! I can’t! Please save me! I’m sorry! Please spare me this one time, O’ Legendary Lee Gun-nim!”

“You can still ask for forgiveness! Lee Gun-nim might spare us if you do!”

Both pieces of the Fairy Monarch cried out.

Heiji almost spat out a curse. In the past, Lee Gun had given the Fairy Monarch a mental education. After that, the Fairy Monarch acted like this whenever it encountered Lee Gun. ‘What the hell did he do to it!’

At that moment, Heiji heard another voice.

“Who are you talking to, uncle?”

That almost made her do a double-take. ‘Sungjae!’

Lee Gun laughed as he tied something to the sculpture.

<Ribbon containing the power of the Serpent Bearer>

– Ribbon containing the ‘13th Sense’ skill. The one possessing the item will receive a temporary blessing from the Serpent Bearer. The skill effect disappears if one is far away from the holy item.

– 13 Sense Skill Application: Hear the Soul’s Voice

Suddenly, everyone heard the voices of the two souls.

“Sungjae!” A familiar voice then startled everyone.

“Gemini Saint!”

“Saint-nim!”

This buoyed Heiji’s spirit. It was good news. ‘Sungjae is a disciple of the Gemini temple.’ As the Gemini Saint, Heiji had greatly favored him. Chun Sungjae’s faith was a bit low, but his level of contribution and ability made up for it.

Therefore, the Gemini Saint yelled, “Sungjae! Hurry up and attack that person!”

“What?”

“That bastard is the enemy of the Gemini! Stop dawdling! Attack him!”

Sungjae answered, “Why would I?”

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1. Term change: Fairy King is now Fairy Monarch! <i class=”far fa-hand-point-left”>

2. The term Manufacturer is now Maker! <i class=”far fa-hand-point-left”>