The Return of the Disaster-Class Hero
chapter-37

Lee Gun was surprised.

The slime jiggled in annoyance and suddenly grew in size. Then, it opened its mouth and swallowed the armor suit.

Kwah-jeek!

“…!”

The shocked Hugo couldn’t believe what he was seeing. The reason for his reaction was simple. ‘That thing has a mouth?’

The slime didn’t care about Hugo being surprised. It held onto the armor. The armor suit mightily struggled inside the slime.

Kwah-jeek! Kwah-jeek!

Sharp teeth erupted from the armor suit. However, the slime was very elastic, so it expanded like rubber to avoid damage.

Hugo nervously looked on. The slime was an all-purpose tool that acted as Lee Gun’s familiar. If it suffered damage, Lee Gun's weapon-making process could get hindered.

“It's trying to break through!”

Unlike the nervous Hugo, Lee Gun just furrowed his brow. “This bastard...” He was angry at his slime for some reason.

Lee Gun approached his holy item, which was having a good time, and pulled at the slime’s face as if he were pulling melted cheese. Then, he yelled at it, “Slime! Spit it out! It's dirty! Ptooey!”

As if it understood him, the slime decided to digest the armor.

“…!”

It even burped.

‘I told it to spit it out.’ Lee Gun had never seen this before, so he was also surprised.

His slime could remember the forms of anything it put in its mouth. It could change its shape through those memories. To take this further, the slime seemed to eat everything it liked.

Normally, Lee Gun didn’t care what the slime ate, but the beings spawned by the unknown civilization were a different matter.

‘The poison within the monsters can melt anything it touches.’

Their poison had similar properties to radiation poisoning. That poison could take the form of specialized light, liquid, gas particles. It was a substance that didn’t exist on earth, so this characteristic was troublesome.

Some monsters also self-destructed, and the radioactive-waste-like poison took time to dissipate. This was why skills created by defensive Saints were sold at an expensive price.

The only ones that could block the poison were the defensive Saints, yet the slime was able to digest it? Lee Gun wondered how the slime did it, but his question was soon answered.

[The holy item was given its owner’s skill!]

[Poison Resistance!]

[It will be given a basic effect!]

Lee Gun was surprised. 'Poison Resistance must be a version of my Hundred Poison Resistance. It makes sense. Previously, I was able to imbue my item with the 13th Sense skill.’

It seemed like he might be able to imbue basic poison resistance to any items he had created. When Lee Gun thought about all the items that the poison of the unknown civilization had corroded, he realized he had gained a great advantage.

“Hugo!”

Suddenly, a loud shout rang out. The sound was ear-splitting, and the disciples writhed in pain.

Hugo’s ears smarted. He looked up to see the red face of the Leo Saint.

“Where the hell did you steal that!” The Leo Saint clung to the beast’s shoulder and glared at Hugo.

The Leo Saint recognized the short swords as the holy items Lee Gun had made. They were among the holy items the Leo Saint had been looking for. So, his reaction was understandable.

“I heard you crawled into the Sheep Saint’s den! Did you steal them from there?” the Leo Saint asked.

'I didn't steal them. Their owner stole them back!’ Hugo felt aggrieved. He frowned and looked at Lee Gun. The idiot lion couldn’t even recognize that the owner of these items was in front of him.

‘Idiot.’ At this point, it didn’t matter what Hugo said.

Anger flared inside the Leo Saint’s eyes. “That thief dared to covet my item?” He let his underlings take care of the beast, then charged toward Lee Gun.

However, arrows flew toward the Leo Saint.

Shweek!

Pahk! Pahk-pah-pahk!

One arrow hit the Leo Saint’s side, then two landed on his neck and face.

The Leo Saint roared when the deadly attack hit him. “Archer! Where are you aiming at!”

“Ah! I tried to hit the monster but missed.”

The Leo Saint glared at Hugo. There was no way the mighty Archer Saint would miss his target.

Hugo, who pulled his bow back again, felt aggrieved. The Leo Saint was aiming for Lee Gun’s holy item, so he had shot him with arrows containing great amount of magical energy. Yet, he couldn’t even pierce the Leo Saint’s skin. This difference in power between the two of them came from the number of disciples they possessed.

Nevertheless, Hugo was a nuisance to the Leo Saint.

“You were beaten soundly ten years ago! I can’t believe you're coming for more!” the Leo Saint said.

Even if Hugo had fallen off over the years, he was one of the twelve Zodiac Saints. If he got serious, he could be troublesome for the Leo Saint. Therefore, the Leo Saint needed to get rid of Hugo before killing the impudent young man.

The Leo Saint reached Hugo. He was about to break Hugo’s limbs, but...

Boom!

The beast, which he had left to his underlings, flew toward him. Lee Gun had kicked it toward him.

The beast had been occupied by the Leo Saint's disciples, but now, it was free to pursue the bone in the Leo Saint’s possession. Hugo took that moment to shoot arrows toward the Leo Saint.

“Bastards!” The Leo Saint extended his hand toward the beast, and a chain made out of golden light appeared and wrapped around the beast.

“Koo-roohk!”

The Leo Saint threw the beast toward Hugo and clenched his fist. “It's a waste to use this skill on you, but...”

The Leo Saint used his skill.

[Battlefield for the Victor] It was a SS rank binding skill, an advanced barrier-type skill.

Kwah-gwahng!

A golden lightning bolt came down from the sky. It was destructive enough to destroy Hugo’s short sword, which Lee Gun was currently using.

Clank!

“!”

A light surrounded the beast, then sucked in Hugo.

“This takes care of the two birds with one stone.” The Leo Saint laughed as he approached Lee Gun. He didn’t care about the other two foes, but as for the young man in front of him, he had no plans of going easy.

The disciples of the Leo Saint looked on with gleams in their eyes.

“He’s dead meat!”

It was hard for them to pay attention to the armor suit monsters that they were fighting.

“Poor guy! He shouldn’t have coveted Lee Gun’s holy item…”

“Even the other Saints don’t dare touch Lee Gun’s items in front of the Leo Saint...”

It happened at that moment.

Lee Gun suddenly spoke, “It has been bugging me since before.”

“…?”

“Who are you to talk about possessing my items?”

The disciples reacted in fright when they heard Lee Gun’s words.

“What are you saying? If you aren’t careful, you'll really die!”

“Did you forget he killed Red Eye?”

Lee Gun was dumbfounded. “Who killed what? That rabbit bastard was the first one to run away.”

All the disciples scoffed in disbelief.

“Huh… There are always guys like that.”

“Yes! They always belittle a Saint’s achievement...”

On the other hand, an odd expression appeared on the Leo Saint’s face. It was to be expected. “Who do you think you are?”

“?”

“I don’t know where you heard that, but you dare speak that out loud in front of me?”

Lee Gun had wondered what the Leo Saint wanted to say to him. He tilted his head as if he had remembered something, so he laughed. “Ah! Rabbit? You know I’m right. Were you able to stand three seconds against it?”

The veins on the Leo Saint’s face stuck out.

His reaction didn't matter. Lee Gun let out a cold laugh. “You became a rabbit when I beat you up. From what I remember, you were the first one to suggest running away when we went to kill Red Eye.”

“…!”

For a moment, the Leo Saint became tense, and an odd expression appeared on his face. He changed the topic by asking a question. “Who are you?”

Lee Gun laughed savagely. “Lee Gun.”

“…!”

For a moment, it was as if silence had descended on the platform. The eyes of the disciples, who were blocking the monsters, turned round.

The Leo Saint froze in place.

“Huh.” However, he broke out in laughter the next second. “I was wondering what you were going to say.” The Leo Saint sounded incredulous as he raised his voice. “There is no way Lee Gun would be as handsome as you!”

Pah-jeek.

Veins stuck out on Lee Gun’s face. 'That bastard is pushing it.'

Lee Gun harshly laughed as he cracked his knuckles. He had been taking it easy because the Leo Saint had been making an embarrassment of himself by swinging that bone. But now, it was time to end this. If the Leo Saint couldn’t believe his words, he would have to make him believe.

The Leo Saint didn’t care what Lee Gun intended to do. He stood in front of Lee Gun with the bone in his hands. A moment of surprise had taken over him when he had heard Lee Gun’s name, but that was behind him now. “You should feel honored. You will be the first human opponent I’ll use this weapon on.”

The Leo Saint let out a burst of arrogant laughter as he raised the blunt weapon.

His underlings screamed. The Leo Saint could pulverize a human with his bare hands. This was beyond making a novice into a cripple.

“Idiot.” As soon as the blunt weapon was brought down, Lee Gun extended his arm. At the same time, a sound rang out.

Bah-gahk!

Everyone squeezed their eyes shut when they heard the loud sound. The idiot had thrown away his arm.

“He’s too young to be…!”

However, it didn’t take long for everyone’s eyes to turn round.

“…!”

They saw Lee Gun holding the Leo Saint’s weapon. And he had done it with one hand!

“…!” The Leo Saint was shocked at the development. The young man in front of him was holding the bone over his head with one hand.

The Leo Saint tried to match strength with Lee Gun. The bone shook, but Lee Gun’s expression didn’t change at all.

Lee just Gun said, “Stupid mutt.”

Then, an unbelievable and terrifying sound rang out.

Bbah-doo-doohk!

Everyone reared back in shock. It was the sound of the bone cracking.

“A crack appeared in the legendary weapon!”

“Even hitting the monster couldn’t break it, yet...”

The Leo Saint was frozen. Everything had happened too fast. His flustered self quickly retreated. He became worried his weapon would break, and his movements became exaggerated as if he were trying to handle a chick.

“Mender!”

The disciples were confused by the Leo Saint’s trembling words. A vein stuck out on his neck as the Leo Saint yelled, “Do you not hear me? Mender! Find me a Mender!”

“…!”

The holy item couldn’t be remade without Lee Gun. No other Manufacturer could do it.

“Hurry before it breaks!”

Lee Gun’s lips rose in an ominous fashion.

When the Leo Saint realized that Lee Gun was smiling, something happened again.

Bbah-gahk!

The bone broke into two pieces in front of the Leo Saint’s eyes, the bone that had cost him one billion dollars!

“…!” The Leo Saint’s expression was a sight to behold.

“Saint-nim!”

His unfocused eyes expressed the emotions that he was feeling.

The shocked disciples looked at Lee Gun.

“It really is fun breaking a billion-dollar item,” the man in the spotlight said those words.

“…?”

The expressions on the faces of the disciples became quite the sight as well.

“You maggot!”

The roar of an angry beast rang out. His rage was so fierce that the ground shook. Lost in his rage, the Leo Saint used his abilities. He finally used the magical energy he had refrained from using to focus on Lee Gun’s holy item.

Tuhng!

[Warning! The Golden Lion’s power is approaching you!]

Due to the waves of terrifying magical energy, cracks appeared on the platform.

Zzuhhk!

Koo-goo-goohng!

“Saint-nim!”

The Leo Saint's subordinates were taken aback. Their Saint had been trying to use the bone up to this point. So now that he was using his own power, it was a totally different ball game.

The Leo Saint instantly appeared in front of Lee Gun.

[The Golden Lion has unleashed his domain.]

[The Golden Lion’s power has increased.]

[The Leo Saint’s special attribute Menacing Spirit is threatening you.]

[Since you do not have a domain, the Serpent Bearer’s power is being stolen.]

[Warning! Your reputation will decrease if you do not defend against it.]

[Your abilities might decrease.]

Lee Gun laughed in contempt when he heard the alert. It seemed a domain was needed to defend one’s reputation as the Menacing Spirit skill contained formidable power. However, that wasn’t important right now.

‘How dare this bastard act up like this.’ Lee Gun let out a burst of dark laughter as he approached the Leo Saint.

The disciples tried to get in his way, but it was no use.

Click!

Lee Gun grinned as he pressed something in his pocket. Something frightening occurred the next moment.

[You have used your rental skill.]

The nearby people became surprised when they heard it.

‘Badge!’

The armor-shaped Calamities converged from all directions at the same time.

Koo-goo-goo-goohng!

The ones that had been fighting the disciples rushed toward Lee Gun too. There was no mistaking it.

‘Aggro skill!’ Lee Gun had used a provocation skill that drew in one’s enemies.

This move caught the disciples unawares.

‘He has lost his mind. There are too many enemies to use that skill!’

‘Why is he using it!’

Lee Gun had used this skill to block the disciples from reaching him, but this skill was supposed to be used only when one or two monsters were near the user. The monsters from the unknown civilization were powerful. The aggro skill shouldn’t be used so easily.

‘The skill endangers him too…’

This made the disciples wonder if Lee Gun was trying to suicide using the skill.

[You have accumulated reputation.]

[You have accumulated reputation.]

[You have accumulated reputation.]

[You have accumulated reputation.]

The Leo Saint couldn’t believe what he saw.

Too-gahk!

Lee Gun created a path as he revealed himself. The armor suits crashed to the ground next to him.

[Current Divine Status: 70%]

[The minimum requirement to release Divine Status has been met.]

[You can use your Death Instinct skill.]

The surprise the disciples felt lasted only a moment.

“!”

Lee Gun disappeared. He reappeared on top of the Leo Saint’s shoulders.

“?!” The Leo Saint was taken aback. The pressure this young man exuded now felt completely different than before.

He couldn’t see Lee Gun’s face, but he felt as if he were being crushed by a Construct.

“The scenery up here is so-so.” Lee Gun put one dirty foot on top of the Leo Saint’s head.

This made the disciples scream.

It was surprising that Lee Gun was able to keep his balance.

“What is that crazy bastard doing right now!”

“Did he just teleport?”

“What? Teleportation is restricted in this area!”

On the other hand, the Leo Saint had seen it. That wasn’t teleportation. ‘He stepped on the monsters to reach here.’

There was a chance people had missed that scene thanks to the dust cloud. Only one person in this world was capable of pulling off this feat. When the Leo Saint realized that, his face turned pale.

“Release Death Instinct.”