Hugo was dumbfounded.

Of course, it wasn’t as if Lee Gun had kept him in the dark about this. It had taken place after “Get hit instead of me” had been used again.

When Sungjae, his son, had entered Lee Gun’s temple, other disciples had targeted him for the bonus skill.

“What? You want me to send Sungjae to the Sagittarius temple?”

“Yes.”

“What? Are you worried about Sungjae being in my temple?”

“No. I’m not worried about him being in your temple. However, I would like him somewhere I can keep eyes on him as a parent. I want to be there when something happens to him. If I were his Zodiac Saint, I'd immediately know what’s going on as he would be my disciple.”

“Oh. Then I just have to make sure that you’ll be sent to him whenever something happens to him!”

“What? I guess so, but… That will be impossible if he’s in a different temple.”

“You never know.”

“What?”

At the time, Hugo had wondered why Lee Gun had laughed like that.

“Ahhk! Another attack is coming! D-Dad!”

Along with his son’s voice, Hugo heard Lee Gun’s voice as well.

[The Serpent Bearer’s disciple reacted to the danger.]

[The <Get hit instead of me> skill has been activated.]

[Whenever the disciple Chun Sungjae is in danger, the skill will be auto-activated.]

Fuck!

Hugo’s vision changed. He had appeared in front of his son. The Archer Saint didn’t even have time to activate his skill as the fireballs sent toward his son detonated against his fa...