<A disciple of the Gemini Temple was beaten unconscious in the streets!>

<Man claims he was humiliated in public by Lee Gun!>

When Hugo read the article, his heart instantly sank. The article shocked him so much that he broke his cup of espresso. This was to be expected.

‘It’s Lee Gun!’ Moreover, the incident had occurred near Gwanghwamun. ‘Shit! That’s right next to the Devil’s Tower!’

Hugo moved his hands in a desperate manner. The north of Seoul past Kaesong was an inhospitable region for humans. Therefore, Cheongwadae and the central administrative agency had moved to the south a long time ago. The Devil’s Tower was near the front line, so only watchtowers and investigative units of the temples resided near it. Only a few people could appear in that region, yet someone claiming to be Lee Gun had shown up.

‘It really might be Gun.’ The time and the location made it very likely. Hugo’s hand shook as he pressed the link. However...

- Ah! For your information, I said it was Lee Gun, but you guys know he’s a fake, right?

└ What? Of course! Who would really think it's Lee Gun?

- Anyone who thinks this is real is an idiot. 

‘Fuck! I’m sorry for being an idiot! Why are they bamboozling me like this?’ Hugo knew there was a possibility that this sighting was a fake. However, his heart couldn’t take it in his current situation. Lee Gun keeping a low profile meant that he was about to do something big. 

‘I remember when the image of him grabbing an army general by the neck made the newspapers' front pages.’ Lee Gun had told the general to have a conscience since he was being worked like a dog every day. He had told them to leave him alone for a day so that he could sleep. 

Hugo was worried since he knew Lee Gun’s temperamental nature. ‘That bastard might attack the temples of the twelve Zodiacs!’ 

This incident had telltale signs. The person who Lee Gun had beaten was a part of the Gemini Temple. To make things worse, it was a temple under the direct management of a Zodiac. In other words, the people there were underlings of the twelve Zodiacs. They were like family. The twelve Zodiacs had created dependents to grow their power. Hugo almost wanted to applaud the man for having such a stroke of bad luck. However, the other people reacted a bit differently.

- He wasn’t beaten up in the streets. Anyone with middling power bows toward the Gemini. Moreover, we are talking about one of their high-rank templesㅋㅋㅋ

└ You're right. Their entrance exam is very hard. The twelve Zodiacs test anyone who'll serve directly under them.

- I heard you have to kill a person to be able to enter that place. This might be some psychotic and difficult test that they administerㅋㅋㅋㅋ

└ That has nothing to do with difficulty. It's a whole different problem. ㄷㄷ

- Anyway, this is all manipulated bullshit.

- Didn’t they say it was a Lee Gun lookalike? What if it was indeed the real Lee Gun? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ ㅋ

- Are you fucking with me.ㅋㅋㅋ This is so overblown. That person is probably telling bullshit because he failed the entrance test.ㅋㅋㅋㅋ If this Lee Gun manages to defeat the twelve Zodiac Saints, I’ll personally donate ten million won to his shrine.ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Everyone dismissed the matter in a joking manner. However, cold sweat flowed down Hugo’s face. ‘Idiots! You shouldn't say such words against Lee Gun.’ What if Lee Gun was watching? In the end, it was fine since Hugo wasn’t doing it.

“I’ll clean it for you.” A part-time worker approached Hugo, who had been picking up the broken pieces of the coffee cup. Suddenly...

“Kyahhhhk!”

Hugo aimed for the employee’s neck with the broken piece of glass. Thankfully, the cafe didn't have anyone else besides him, so it didn't lead to a commotion. The part-time worker's voice became flustered. “C-customer?”

“What are you trying to pull?” Hugo shouted.

“What?”

“Stop the bullshit! Get out of her.” As soon as Hugo spoke those words, the lips of the part-time worker formed a grin.

    [I hid it well. How did you know?] 

Hugo laughed in disgust. “A good-for-nothing told me how to distinguish if a person is possessed. You're a pervert for only going into women’s bodies.”

That was how it was. This person was none other than the Sheep from China. Yang Wei had a Divine skill that allowed him to possess his believers, who were scattered around the world.

    [Whatever! Why aren’t you picking up your phone?] 

The man wasn’t worth his time. Hugo created a flame in his hand, and this surprised his opponent.

    [What? Do you still think we had a hand in Lee Gun's fall?]

Hugo couldn’t believe what he was hearing.

    [Hey! Don’t be like that. We are being killed here trying to fulfill the request from the Zodiacs. We are running at a deficit.]

Hugo let out a cold laugh. 'Deficit, my ass!' “You're living a good life thanks to Gun’s keepsakes.”

Lee Gun had possessed unique items. As a Maker, he had created his own weapons, and to him, all these creations were like his children. 

‘Gun doesn’t have a Zodiac, so he had created all the items that he used.’

The other Zodiacs and Saints didn’t like Lee Gun in the first place, they didn’t even want to give him a stitch of clothing.

Anyway, Lee Gun’s manufactured items were his partners in battle. They were an extension of his limbs. The Saints and even their Zodiacs coveted Lee Gun’s rare items. Twenty years ago, the twelve Zodiac Saints had taken Lee Gun’s items by claiming that they had received Lee Gun's inheritance.

Even if there were many useless items amongst Lee Gun’s possessions, these items were popular amongst the rich. Everything got sold at extraordinary prices in the blink of an eye. Thanks to the popularity of Lee Gun’s items, Hugo had a hard time stopping the others from taking everything.

    [Let’s stop talking about the boring stuff. I heard that the tower was destroyed. Do you know anything about it? Do you know if Lee Gun is alive...]

“Fuck off if you're going to talk a load of rubbish.”

    [Wait…]

The burning flames surrounded the employee’s body. As soon as the employee fell over, she regained consciousness. Soon, she let out a scream. Hugo had caught her before she hit the floor, and it seemed the woman recognized him.

“You... you're the Archer…!”

Hugo quickly put on his hat as he exited the cafe. ‘They are shameless.’

He quickly checked more posts related to Lee Gun. It seems the Zodiacs were making a big deal about this, so Yang Wei was probably coming to Korea. Suddenly, a comment oddly drew his eyes, and an odd expression appeared on Hugo’s face.

- Where can I find Lee Gun’s keepsakes? From: Lee Gun the Best]

- Huh? You don’t know? Lee Gun’s museum!ㄱㄱ

└ They are displayed next to Lee Gun’s shrine!ㅋㅋ ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

└ I’m not talking about those: Lee Gun the Best

└ If you're talking about the real keepsakes, nobody knows. All the countries are hiding the information.

└ Ah! I know of one place for sure. The Gemini Saint of Japan has it.

└ I’m pretty sure the Archer also has one.

└ I heard that both made a lot of money from the worker ants.

└ Really? Sons of bitches!: Lee Gun the Best

Hugo was baffled by what he saw. He didn’t care about the others, but he felt aggrieved to be slandered like that. ‘Where the hell did they get these rumors?’ The person spreading the lies was on the same level as the one who believed that lie. However...

- Anyway, thank you for the information. I’ll use it well: Lee Gun the Best

└ ㅋㅋWhy are you asking these questions?

└ I’m going to find my stuff and kick some ass!^^:Lee Gun the Best

Hugo froze in the streets for a moment. 'Wait a minute? It can’t be him, right…'

* * *

Lee Gun clicked his tongue as he posted the comments on the community board. Smartphones were not that difficult to use. He quickly picked up on how to use them. In the process, he also tried a game called Pokopang where you had to line up three animals to slaughter them. However, all that did nothing to solve the problem in front of him.

‘This is going to be a bit tedious.’ Storming the twelve Zodiac Saints' bases wouldn't be difficult for him. However, several factors made him reluctant to do so. First, the world now had loyal believers who propped up the Zodiacs. ‘If they get drawn into the fight, it’d become a bit annoying.’

Moreover, without the help of his items, his movements were restricted. That wasn’t all. Lee Gun checked his body's status.

- A small penalty has been placed on you because of your body's complete reformation!

- Penalty: 50% Reduction in Physical Ability (Remaining Time: 998 Hours)!

Lee Gun didn’t know how much the penalty would affect him, and it was his biggest problem right now. ‘I can't test it out anywhere.’ The Zodiacs were behind the Saints. 

Lee Gun could easily gauge his own power if he could fight against someone significantly powerful. ‘There is no way they’ll show up, but it would be great if a monster shows up.’

However, it didn’t matter. He had a key that could solve all his problems at once. Lee Gun looked toward the key in question. One of them was handsome but had a prickly personality. The other one was gentle.

“Should we buy chips, Sungjae?”

“We’ll get one.”

That was right. The key, which Lee Gun was thinking about, was none other than the two young men Chun Sungjae and Hahn Jimin.

Unaware that Lee Gun was trailing after them, the two of them were purchasing food from the large mart. There was a simple reason Lee Gun had chosen them as the key to his problem.

It had happened during breakfast. The story came from the young man whom he had saved.

[What? A divination skill said you would meet me?[

[Yes. Sungjae rented the <Divination> skill, and it’s very accurate.]

The <Divination skill> referred to by the young man was a <Rental skill>. It was a skill that the twelve Zodiacs rented out.

In other words, one could borrow the skills of the Zodiacs for a cost.

The young man showed him an app as he spoke.

[This is it. Normally, It has an accuracy of 60%. Sungjae is a VVIP customer for this particular Zodiac, so the accuracy of the skill is 90%.]

Lee Gun was quite interested in his words.

‘It correctly divined his meeting with me.’

He had been wondering how he would be able to meet the Zodiac Saints. Since he had nothing to lose, he tried using the Divination skill. And the skill gave an unexpected result.

<Excellent Luck>

- Rejoice! It will be a basement filled with daily necessities. The wealth loving Golden Sheep will be the first. He will walk into your belly.

- Do not ignore him because he is young. The young man with the affinity toward flame will be your guide. He is an important figure. Everything the young man will encounter in his path will bring you excellent luck. He will find everything you want. It is in your best interests to heap favors on him.

- But you should bring your weapon. The arthropod forgotten by the appetizing sheep will be good nourishment for you.

The divination was lengthy, but Lee Gun immediately realized what it meant. The “Sheep” here was one of the twelve Zodiac Saints, the Sheep Saint of China.

‘Yang Wei.’

The guide was Chun Sungjae.

Lee Gun would never let an opportunity pass by. Amused, he had immediately mobilized. Of course, divination rarely worked on him, so he didn’t know if this would come true. However, it was an opportunity to meet one of the Zodiac Saints. He had nothing to lose. 

‘Yang Wei would be a suitable subject for my first test.’

* * *

Back to the present.

“Hey, Sungjae. What if that hyung is really Lee Gun-nim?”

“What? Are you joking with me? He’s almost the same age as me. Moreover...” Flames sparked within Chun Sungjae’s eyes. “Lee Gun-nim wouldn’t have decapitated my figurines! He wouldn’t act like a savage!”

“…”

Chun Sungjae's friend, Hahn Jimin, didn’t say anything as he put the items on the counter. “The calamities that appear early in the morning no longer appear, and this happened when Hyung started living with us. Even you and your noona were having trouble with those monsters… That's why… Maybe, he is...”

“There’s no way Lee Gun-nim is alive. We have definite proof that he died.”

'Definite proof?' The alive-and-kicking Lee Gun tilted his head in puzzlement. However, Hahn Jimin accepted Chun Sungjae's words. It was to be expected. Chun Sungjae’s father was an old ally of Lee Gun, the famous Archer Saint. That was why if Chun Sungjae said he had proof, it was a hundred percent true.

“You're deluding yourself because that hyung is pretty good at fighting. There’s a difference between beating up a human and killing a monster!! Didn’t you see those videos? Lee Gun-nim is out of this world when it comes to killing monsters,” Chun Sungjae explained to Hahn Jimin.

“Still…”

“It’s fine. Just hurry up and put the items on the counter... Hey!” Chun Sungjae let out a string of curse words. The counter was full of bread, cookies, and pouched products. There was even a large case of coke! “Really? Why did you bring all this junk food?”

“No! I thought you put it there!” Hahn Jimin was confused as well.

“What? It wasn’t me, and you're the only one here with me!” 

“Kyahhk! Thief!”

Accompanying the scream, the wallet in Chun Sungjae’s hand disappeared. Chun Sungjae quickly turned his head in surprise.

‘Scorpio temple!’ He was sure it was a pickpocket. However, he furrowed his brow when he couldn’t find the culprit. It seemed the thief had hidden in the crowd. ‘Shit! High rank thief-type ability users are hard to track down!’

In fact, he couldn’t feel his opponent’s presence at all.

“Kyahhk!”

With a loud scream, a woman fell on top of the counter. She was the culprit that had stolen Chun Sungjae’s wallet!

Boom!

Everyone was surprised.

“Ahhk! What is up with this woman!”

It didn’t matter whether the people around him were startled or not. The man who had kicked the woman yelled in anger, “Fuck! Who told you to touch my expensive butt? You wanna die?”

Chun Sungjae almost screamed. It was understandable. “H-hyung! Why are you here?”

Lee Gun acted oblivious as he stepped on the thief. “I thought you would forget to bring coke. I need coke with my leftover chicken.”

When Lee Gun patted the case of cola on top of the counter, the expression on Chun Sungjae’s face was a sight to behold. ‘He’s the one who put it up there!’

Soon, Lee Gun took out something from the woman’s pocket, surprising Sungjae.

“That’s...”

“Ah! It’s Sungjae’s wallet!”

In fact, she had stolen multiple wallets.

“My god! He caught the thief!”

“Did he catch someone from the temple of the Thieves? ”

Everyone was surprised, but Lee Gun merely tossed the wallet toward Sungjae. “You should be careful.”

“…!” Chun Sungjae couldn’t believe his eyes even as he received the wallet. ‘No way! How did he catch a disciple under the god of thieves in such a short period!’

The thief had tried to steal from Lee Gun and gotten caught. She looked shocked.. 

Chun Sungjae was flustered, but he thanked Lee Gun, “Thank you very much for finding my wallet… Huh?”

Lee Gun fluttered his hands toward the counter. “Are you going to thank me with only words?”

“…” The muscles on Chun Sungjae’s face twitched. He hated the cheeky expression on the face of the man in front of him.

“I want a handsome reward..”

There was no way this bully could be Lee Gun-nim. In the end, Sungjae had to buy all the snacks Lee Gun wanted.

“You're quite good. You caught a disciple from the temple of thieves. They are quite hard to catch.” Someone approached Lee Gun. 

He was a man in his twenties. Then, the people around them broke out in a loud murmur.

However, the one to be surprised was Chun Sungjae. “My god! Isn’t that Min Sunghoon?” 

“He is Korea’s S rank!”

The crowd heaped praise towards the man, but Chun Sungjae’s face crumpled when he saw Min Sunghoon. ‘What the hell? Why is he here?’

That was right.

For some reason, Min Sunghoon was here. He was one of the very few S-rank Users in Korea. Moreover, he was a part of the Gemini Saint's elite troop. Above all else...

‘This bastard always brags about having Lee Gun-nim’s divine item. Why is he here?’ Aside from having a terrible personality, Min Sunghoon boasted about Lee Gun’s item, which he had received from the Gemini Saint. ‘He has the gall to say he's fit to wield Lee Gun-nim’s holy item.’

This was the reason Min Sunghoon wanted to kill the Lee Gun imposter who had stolen an S-rank holy item from his temple. Chun Sungjae glanced at Lee Gun. 

Min Sunghoon gave Lee Gun, who had been targeted by the thief, a once over. “I can’t feel the energy of a Zodiac from him. At best, he’s an average User.” He then glanced at the people around them, who were praising Lee Gun, and decided to give this man a warning. “You were lucky this time. You should call the police if you encounter something like this again. You shouldn’t take matters into your own hands...”

“!”

“Otherwise, you’ll get hurt.”.

Lee Gun burst out laughing at Min Sunghoon’s arrogant laughter.

The divination had said he’d run into excellent luck with anyone that he encountered with Chun Sungjae.

‘Is this it?’

If not, the divintation was a bust.

‘It said the Sheep Saint will show up, yet I can’t feel his presence’

Lee Gun let out a sigh.

He’d have to move through where the monsters appeared to reach the strongholds of the Zodiac Sants. He’d do it even if it was time consuming and annoying.

‘Anyway, I’ll have to kill at least one monster.’

He had to because of his evolved ability.

[When your body was reformed, your skills were locked away.]

[You need blood of monsters to activate all your evolved skills.

Lee Gun thought his divination was a bust, so he was about to turn around.

Koo-goong!

“!”

“Kyahhhhhk!”

Suddenly, the store shook. It was a large earthquake. The city's downtown had received the blessing from the Zodiacs, so an earthquake shouldn’t have happened here. Yet, it had. People started to scream.

“Look out, Hyung!”

Something fell from the sky.

[Caution! A very powerful Calamity has appeared!]

[At the same time, you can smell the presence of the sluggish Sheep.] 

[The ability of the Serpent Bearer has been activated!]

Lee Gun laughed with an amused expression.