<h4>Chapter 714 - Earth (10)</h4>
Thomas Lee’s face flushed red. ‘What? The Untouchable is telling Ares toe down?’
Ares was the god Thomas served. Although Thomas never considered himself a devout follower, he was still very proud of the god he served. Moreover, Ares upied one of the highest positions in Greek and Roman mythology, and his legends were famous enough that virtually everyone on Earth knew about Ares. Furthermore, among Zeus’ numerous children, Ares had been born from Hera, so Ares was a direct and recognized descendent of Zeus.
Although there were rumors that Ares was a fool, in the days of ancient Rome, when Ares’ fame and prestige had reached its height, Ares, under the name of ‘Mars’ boasted a level of faith equal to that of Zeus. Thus, the Untouchable’s seemingly flippant way of speaking down on Ares, as if he was speaking to a subordinate, caused Thomas’ blood to boil.
Seeing both Cain and Sesha acting and speaking so flippantly towards the gods of Olympus, Thomas thought that the two had probably gone mad. Did something happen to their brains during the gate break?
“Three.” However, with seemingly no care for anyone''s thoughts, Yeon-woo counted down from three with a stern expression.
Thomas Lee was about to curse at Cain, but then…
『What? Why is the Channel’s connection so unstable and shaky? Did something happen? Hey! What the hell did you…!』 Suddenly, an unfamiliar voice rang in Thomas’ mind.
Thomas widened his eyes. Even after bing Ares’ Apostle, he had never directly heard Ares’ voice before. He had heard that the other apostles often conversed with the gods they served, but Thomas had never received any oracles or revtions from his god. Regardless, Thomas never took this as a bad thing. He had always just thought that his god was testing him. But, at this moment, he was finally hearing his god’s voice.
At first, Thomas momentarily wondered if someone was ying a trick on him, but he soon understood intuitively that the voice speaking within his mind was the god he served, Ares. The Channel trembled uncontrobly, and Thomas’ soul started resonating as well.
His god was angry! Thomas was about to exin to his god about the undignified being who was tarnishing Ares’ name, but Ares suddenly stopped speaking. For a moment, only silence ensued.
Wondering if something happened, Thomas focused on the Channel…
Hup! It was a very faint sound.
‘A…hup? Doesn’t one usually hup when one bes startled after realizing something that one has never considered?’
“Two.”
『W-Why is h-he t-there? I-I’m c-certain Athena’s Apostle was s-supposed t-to notify us when h-he awakens…!』
‘M-My lord?’
Ares’ voice was trembling violently as if he had seen something he never expected. Thomas Lee was able to urately read Ares’ emotions through their Channel connection—astonishment, shock, fear.
‘M-My lord?’ His god was exhibiting such an emotional upheaval, and through the Channel, Thomas Lee was equally feeling those dramatic emotional sways. Currently, Thomas felt like his mind was about to explode. Thus, he had called out to Ares multiple times to understand the reason for this emotional rollercoaster. However, Ares did not seem to hear what his Apostle was saying.
“Ah, you punk. You’re going to take your sweet time, huh? Fine then. One.” In the meantime, Yeon-woo had steadily counted down to one.
『Ack!』 Ares’ shocked scream shook Thomas’ mind violently.
The Channel vibrated violently before it became crystal clear. Thomas Lee felt his mind and spirit being pushed to the background as a great spirit took over his body. This was the descent of a god!
With the sound of air whipping across the area, a strong wind blew. Soon, a huge and majestic divine being descended. The yers around Thomas all eximed in amazement.
“A g-god is descending!”
“All of a sudden? Here?”
“If it’s the captain’s god, wouldn’t it be Ares? Ares is showing up? Why…?”
However, leaving all their questions unanswered, a light halo appeared above Thomas Lee’s head. It zed brightly for a moment and then quickly faded away.
The Hell Hound yers gulped down hard with nervous expressions on their faces. Some actually expressed joy. No matter how well-prepared they were, if a god were to directly help them in their operation, the chances of the operation seeding would drastically increase. They were all the more certain of victory. Soon their god would punish that sphemous being…!
“Zero…!”
『Stoooop!』At that moment, when Yeon-woo was just about to finish his count, Thomas Lee jumped up and fell t in front of Yeon-woo. No, to be precise, it was Ares who possessed the body of Thomas Lee who was lying t on the ground.『A-Ares wees god Cha Yeon-woo…!』
“You’rete.”
Ares tried to shout something in a hurry, but the tip of Yeon-woo’s lips had already curled up. Yeon-woo lightly waved his hand in the air. It was like a simple motion to shoo away some flies.
However, the result of his simple action was nothing but simple.
Boom!
『Ugh!』Suddenly, a shadow rose abruptly from the ground and pped Ares wildly. Ares made a squealing noise as he bounced off and rolled across the ground.
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While this was urring, the yers watching the scene were all staring nkly. What the hell did they just see? Were they experiencing hallucinations? Everyone had thoroughly dumbfounded expressions. Of course, everyone knew that illusions could not ur within their restrictive Illusory Barrier.
“I’ll count down from three once more. The first five will get off easily. Five.”
Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! Boom!
[‘Hercules’ is descending!]
[‘Dionysus’ is descending!]
[‘Apollo’ is descending!]
[‘Artemis’ is descending!]
[‘Charites’ is descending!]
It seemed that the yers had gone beyond a state of being dumbfounded. It seemed like they had all lost their spirits. Their gods were not simply descending but directly assuming therge costs of thew of causality to descend onto Earth. All the descended gods exuded intense spiritual pressure, which made the yers’ skins crawl just by being next to them… However, the problem was that all these great beings were rushing to fall t in front of Yeon-woo.
Olympus was widely known as a godly society of ‘good’ gods focused on correcting and maintaining order on Earth and protecting the Association. Not surprisingly, most Hell Hound yers received help from Olympus’ gods. To see such high-ranking divine beings bowing their heads like this…? However, therger problem was…
[Momus is descending!]
[Eris is descending!]
…
Soon, the gods of Olympus sessively appeared in a rush. Suddenly, the space they were in was being crushed under the sudden tremendous spirit pressure.
However, Yeon-woo looked around at the scene as if it was quite natural and spoke briefly to those who appearedte. “I want all those who appeared after Charites to gather together. Charites, and those who came before Charites, are exempted.”
At those words, Momus and the other gods showed visible expressions of anxiousness. Charites and the other gods who descended before Yeon-woo let out sighs of relief.
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“Heads on the ground with your asses in the air. If you lose your posture or show any signs of using your divine powers, I’ll take it as your desire to enter into my shadows.”
“Ugh…!”
“Uh…!”
The gods of Olympus obediently following Yeon-woo’smand was a shocking sight to see. The yers just wanted to pass out. They were lost on what to do in this situation. Of course, they had all long ago given up on the idea of defying or facing up to Yeon-woo.
“What? You guys are nning on doing something? That suits me as well.” The cynical words Yeon-woo casually threw out to the remaining Hell Hound yers were enough to cause their hearts to skip a beat. It was a threat. Yeon-woo was stating that, if they weren’t careful, and not factoring Yeon-woo himself, the yers would have to contend against all the descended gods of Olympus. The gazes of the Olympus gods, ring at them, were filled with serious killing intent.
Of course, if a war were to ur, it would not be a simple war. It would bring the end of the world. Therefore, the Hell Hound yers immediately disarmed themselves and had no other choice but to anxiously wait for the Olympus gods to finish whatever they needed to do.
At the same time, the yers grew curious. What was Yeon-woo’s true identity? Apparently, his identity as the missing ‘Cain’ seemed to be correct, but the yers could not understand why the gods of Olympus were acting in such a weird, subservient manner. Based on theirmon sense, there was a vast difference between mortals and transcendent beings, and it was impossible to imagine transcendents prostrating themselves to a mere human like themselves.
If the Associationter heard of these facts…and once it became known to the world, what kind of uproar would it cause? They couldn’t even fathom a guess. Of course, surviving here was their most urgent priority.
Meanwhile, Thomas Lee, who had led and brought the Hell Hounds, felt as though he was on the brink of death.
『You would have been a worthless thing if it wasn’t for me…! But what have you done? Who have you insulted? Were you praying to die as soon as possible?』
Thomas wasn’t facing a sense of death because of Yeon-woo. It was because of Ares, who still upied his body. As the murderous intent emanating from Ares was fiercely boiling within him, Thomas’ soul trembled precariously as if it was about to copse at any moment. What he felt proved how angry Ares was.
A simpleton human had dared to disturb Yeon-woo. Even Yeon-woo of ten years ago was a difficult existence for the Olympus gods to deal with, especially after he had achieved the god of kings title. Moreover, since Yeon-woo absorbed the power of darkness and awakened, Ares had no idea how much stronger and more powerful Yeon-woo had be.
Of course, since Ares was also Yeon-woo’s Apostle, whenever Yeon-woo gained power, Ares would also enjoy a positive effect, but there was a limit to his increased powers since a subordinate could never gain greater power to the extent of one’s master.
‘Ugh, ugh…!’ Because of this, Thomas Leepletely lost his mind at some point and virtually became an idiot.
『Anyway, I’ll deal with youter. You’re gonna regret…!』 Of course, Ares was not thinking of stopping just yet. Ares was thoroughly angered by Thomas.
When Ares was on the brink of destroying Thomas’ soul, Yeon-woo, who now stood in front of Ares, opened his mouth to speak. “…So, Olympus has been supporting the Association or whatever it’s called to calm down and bring order to the chaos that urred on Earth, right?”
『That’s right…!』
“Speak directly with your voice, not with divine speech. My ears are ringing.”
“Yes! You’re right!” Ares jumped up and vigorously nodded his head.
“Who told you to get up?”
“Uh!” Ares quietly returned to a prostrated position.
Seeing Ares return to his original position, Yeon-woo lightly clicked his tongue. Yeon-woo had already roughly heard from Ananta about what happened during his absence, but he had never heard about the heavenly world’s movements. Now, he finally grasped the general situation.
After the great escape, Night had continuously tried to enter this universe, and Day, centered around Cha Jeong-woo, fought against them. And Olympus, ording to the will of Yeon-woo and Uranus, the first leader of Olympus, joined the side of Day. However, while contending against the Night, the gods of Olympus also tried to protect Earth, where Yeon-woo was presumed to be asleep, or to be more exact, where the ck King was asleep.
Of course, the gods had no time to care about Earth because they had to fully focus on their war against the Night. In the meantime, the Association seemed to be trying to maintain order on Earth. Thus, Olympus had given them their support. Even if the Association would not be able to stop all the gods and demons who were causing trouble on Earth, the Association could at least handle the gates.
And, on the other hand, if there were any traces or existences rted to Yeon-woo, the Association would be able to immediately notify Olympus, as this was what the Association was instructed to do.
‘But these guys thought that Olympus was targeting me, so they were trying to raid and dispatch me on Olympus’ behalf, right?’
Olympus did not see a need to exin in detail their rtionship with Yeon-woo to individual followers and apostles, so they must have left only a set of basic instructions. Humans, who tend to mistake themselves as special beings ‘chosen by god’, were probably too slow to understand the underlying messages and orders their gods had left for them.
But thanks to that, Yeon-woo seemed to understand things that he had not been able to understand for a while. However, there was still something that bothered him…
“So…the gate and all the strange ordeals that subsequently appeared were all caused by the reverberations of the darkness, right?”
“Yes! Yes! The problem is that this phenomenon is happening not only here on Earth, but also on severals and civilizations throughout the universe.”
“Hmm.”
Ares felt anxious when Yeon-woo frowned as if he did not like something. However, Yeon-woo was immersed in other thoughts. Ever since he opened his eyes, he wondered why Earth had changed in such a strange and unexpected way. ‘All this chaos is because of me, right?’ Having this thought…Yeon-woo felt a little bit sorry.