The Return of the Disaster-Class Hero

Chapter 55: What in the world? (1)

The Chun siblings’ eyes turned round. Both of them were shocked, of course for different reasons.

“Our house? You visited that place first?”

“You’ve been there, Uncle?”

Lee Gun answered the two different questions. “Yes! That was the first place I slept at after coming out of the tower.”

Chun Yooha discreetly looked at her dongsaeng. She was asking him why he hadn’t told her about this. In fact, she was emanating magical energy. 

Chun Sungjae could sense an odd(?) sense of anger in her gaze. He felt aggrieved. “I didn’t know he was Uncle at the time!” In fact, his uncle had pulled out the head of his figurine!

“I didn’t stay there long. I slept for a day,” Lee Gun added.

‘One night, two days!’ Chun Yooha looked at her dongsaeng with an angry expression. In the end, she made bubbles in her drink with her straw, lamenting at the loss of the opportunity. Anyway, that wasn’t important right now.

“Why do you want to go there?”

“I think the crazy bitch is at that house.”

The brother and sister became flabbergasted; Chun Sungjae was especially taken aback. His noona had a living place provided by her temple. So, she treated their house like her workroom. It was different for Chun Sungjae. He ate and slept there daily; he went to school from there. So why was the Gemini Saint there?

“That makes no sense. Why would she be at my house?” he asked.

“I don’t know. We’ll have to ask the question to the culprit,” Lee Gun replied.

“Culprit?”

Lee Gun quickly took out a pendant, surprising Chun Sungjae.

“Ah! That is!”

It was the item Lee Gun had won in the auction by backstabbing General Choi. Chun Sungjae clearly remembered it. ‘All the generals turned their noses up on that item.’

The item was assessed to be a D-rank item. So, the generals had been lukewarm in their reactions, compared to how it was with the bone.

“Everyone was questioning why they were auctioning such an item…”

Lee Gun snorted at those words. “That’s why all of them are useless.” He took out the storage box that he had brought from Cheongwadae and continued, “That is why the government put the S-rank item in storage.”

“What? S rank? Which one….”

The Chun siblings became surprised by the item Lee Gun took out.

“That comic book is S rank?”

“What is it….”

Lee Gun laughed as he placed the pendant on top of the comic book. Then, something amazing happened.

Flash!

The old comic book changed into a different book.

[Book That Holds Everything] S rank

– It looks like a cooking book, but it is a small bag.

– Once an item is put within the page, the item’s ingredients will be listed in words.

– The book has a total of 100 pages.

Chun Sungjae screamed when he saw the book. “Ah! I know this! There is a picture of Uncle with this item in a textbook! People made a big deal about it saying uncle was reading a weird cookbook!” Sungjae had gotten to see this legendary item for real. He turned toward his uncle.

Lee Gun explained, “The pendant is a concealment holy item. This book is like an inventory. It’s used to store all types of ingredients and weapons.”

“?!” Chun Sungjae had thought the book was filled with recipes and ingredients. However, it was filled with information about items. It was a bag-type inventory item, making it a very valuable item. All the generals wanted to get their hands on this item. However, that wasn’t important right now.

I have to go ask the culprit… What did that have to do with this inventory?

Lee Gun laughed as he took out a glass box the size of a ring box.

[Sheep Saint’s Sturdy Display Case]

– It can store anything precious. Any items put within it cannot escape for the most part.

The content of the box surprised both siblings, especially Chun Sungjae. It was to be expected.

[The soul is screaming]

[The Fairy King is begging for mercy]

[The Fairy King is emanating powerful energy]

“Uncle, this is …!”

Yes, inside the box was the soul captured within Cheongwadae. It was the Gemini Saint’s summoned soul.

The fairy cried and screamed when it exchanged glances with Lee Gun. Then, it tried to run away as if it had lost its mind. This surprised Chun Sungjae even more. ‘It’s a Lord rank soul…!’

That was right. This soul was the Fairy King Raeriqueen. It was the ultimate soul the Gemini Saint possessed. Souls were divided into slave rank, normal rank, knight rank, high rank, and lord rank. The Lord rank was the highest rank.

The Fairy King had the destructive capability to instantly wipe out several countries. It had been nicknamed the Queen of Destruction.

‘The Fairy King is… It cried and made a fuss when it saw Uncle?

Lee Gun didn’t pay attention to the soul’s histrionics as he laughed. “The Fairy King’s magic is quite useful. With it, I can face off against other Zodiacs Saints with special abilities.” Some of the Zodiac Saints were hard to deal with using only his fists. 

Of course, the Fairy King wasn’t fully whole yet.

[Fairy King Raeriqueen] Soul 70%

(The summoner has used a rental skill to split the soul.)

‘The remaining thirty percent is probably with the Gemini Saint.’

The Gemini Saint had left seventy percent of the Fairy King with the substitute before leaving. This move had resulted in an unfavorable consequence for her. 

‘I’ll just find the other thirty percent, then I can make use of it.’ Lee Gun grinned as he opened the book. Something amazing happened.

[The Fairy King will be stored on page 15.]

[The Devil(Librarian)-type magic contained within the book has been used.]

[The Fairy King and the display case have been changed into letters within the book.]

Flash!

The Fairy King screamed as it was trapped inside the book. Until a moment ago, the trapped Fairy King had been close to breaking the Sheep Saint’s holy item. Now, however, the book didn’t budge at all.

This was why the two siblings were stunned. Even if it had been split, that was the Fairy King’s soul.

“That’s amazing. Who made that item?”

“Who else could have made it, Noona? Probably the Manufacturer Saint! An item of this caliber was made with the heart and soul of the Manufacturer Saint!”

Lee Gun scoffed. “What? I made it.”

The siblings were surprised.

“What? You made this?” Chun Sungjae was close to fainting. 

Chun Yooha’s eyes twinkled as if she found this fascinating. ‘Uncle is like a god.’

The gods could create holy items. For some reason, a vast difference lay between items made by the gods and the Manufacturers.

Chun Sungjae looked down at his phone, which kept buzzing. It was his dad. Was it because his daughter had turned off her phone? In the end, Hugo had started sending text bombs. 

Chun Sungjae finally answered, yelling into his phone, “Jeez! Noona and Uncle eloped to a different country! Don’t call me!”

Click!

Chun Sungjae ruthlessly blocked his number. He then looked at Lee Gun. “Anyway, I’ll take you to our house. You said the Gemini Saint is there, right?”

Chun Yooha immediately stopped them. “Wait a moment! The Gemini Saint might have set up a trap. We have to scope out our house. Her disciples might try to ambush you”

Chun Sungjae realized his mistake when he heard the word ambush. “That’s right! If we walk into a disarmament skill, we’ll be screwed. At the very least, we might need Uncle’s weapon!”

“Uncle’s weapon? Are you talking about Heaven’s Punishment?”

<Heaven’s Punishment> was the weapon that symbolized Lee Gun. If the weapon had been left behind in the Devil’s tower with Lee Gun and the corpses, that would have been fine. However, the weapon had come out of the tower. The Zodiac Saints had been barely able to recover Lee Gun’s weapon. However, the item had disappeared afterward like a mirage.

‘It’s one of the items that all the temples are looking for with desperation!’

In truth, the conquest of the monsters hinged on the idea that these temples could find the weapon.

“Should we prepare clothes that’d resist the disarmament spell? If we order them now, the delivery will take a couple of months. However, I can ask the Appraiser for a favor, and it might take a week… If Uncle asks, it might take three days…”

“No! We have to go meet the Gemini Saint right now,” Lee Gun firmly said. He had to take away the Soul Directory, then he would have to bring the Gemini Saint’s Constructs to his side. Therefore, he made a call. 

The person on the other end immediately picked up.

“Hey, Taeksoo…” Lee Gun could hear angry cuss words through the phone. It almost sounded like an alien language. In the end, he frowned as he moved the phone away from his ears. “Yes, yes. I’m in Korea. You are so naive. I can’t believe you fell for that. Do you want to die?”

After Lee Gun said that, Hugo’s alien-sounding words turned into the growls of a beast. At the very least, it would be great if he sounded like a mammal.

‘Why did my image fall so much?’ Lee Gun wasn’t bad enough to mess with the daughter of his friend. “Anyway, I have a task for you.”

Finally, Hugo calmed down enough to sound like a primitive man. He earnestly listened.

* * *

The world was changing. It was the start of turbulent times.

[hk989: Who said Lee Gun was ugly? Show yourself.]

[pasan: 22222222Show yourself]

[ㅍㅍ:333333333333Come out3333]

[fai: What was his username?]

[ㅇㅇ: [email protected] <-This bastard]

[stuki: Show yourself]

[kon: You said you’ll eat your hat]

[gg: Hit your head on the floor]

The world was abuzz. Every TV program was talking about the same thing.

[Welcome, Professor. A lot of commotion has risen regarding the young man who showed up at the press conference. This video clip already has over a hundred million views. I heard it was the fastest video to reach that number.]

[That is correct. However, it would have gained much more views if it was clearer.]

[Ah! We wanted to get our hands on it, but…]

They were in a world surrounded by the unknown civilization. TV, radio, internet, phones, etc, around eighty percent of the communication network was being distributed by a network set up by the Pisces Saint. The Pisces Saint used a skill that utilized certain ultrasonic waves.

[It must have been the appearance of Flame Monarch. The Pisces Saint’s communication network became unstable. All the phones present at the press conference were bricked. Few lucky people were able to recover some footage, and those videos are making rounds around the internet.]

[Anyway, that’s not the important part.]

[That’s right. The person who claimed to be Lee Gun defeated Flame Monarch. Even the S-rank generals ran away from that monster four years ago.]

[He might really be the one who killed Red Eye twenty years ago.]

[If we compare Lee Gun to the current crop of awakened beings, how would he measure up? Who’s better….]

[In my opinion….]

“He said Lee Gun wins by a landslide.” The disciples gathered around the TV scoffed.

The generals watching TV had expressions that were a sight to behold. “Have they lost their minds?”

After the press conference, special programs regarding Lee Gun had started hitting the media. These people had seen the blurry footage and short gifs to see if what the media said was true. However, they were still doubtful.

The generals were surprised by this nonsense.

“This is not it.”

“I know he’s one of the first awakened beings, but how can they compare him to the generals?”

Someone spoke up as he carefully trod. “The reporters gave testimonies. They said Lee Gun was the one who killed Red Eye…”

“Do you really believe that? They can say whatever they want.”

“That’s right. We have no idea if it’s true or not!”

“Lee Gun was only able to operate with the buffs of the Zodiac Saints…”

Suddenly…

“An unknown monster appeared in the Atlantic Ocean! It’s the first of its kind!”

“What rank is it!”

“It’s a dangerous one that could potentially evolve into a Red-zone monster! However, it looks similar to the monster that appeared in the <Thousand Legs> operation…”

“What? Thousand Legs? Do you mean the monster from one of the most-watched youtube videos?”

“Yes! The one from that video of Lee Gun! Anyway, it was a monster Lee Gun killed. We should follow Lee Gun’s manual to—”

Everyone in the temple started to laugh.

“We don’t need that old manual.”

“!”

This was an opportunity, an opportunity to show everyone that they were better than Lee Gun! Everyone in the temple got busy as they got ready to move. It was time to show off their skills.

* * *

At that moment somewhere else…

“Leeee Guuun-nim!” A keening cry erupted from the house of the Chun siblings. To be precise, it was a cry of joy. It was as if the young man was overwhelmed by emotions.

“You really were Lee Gun-nim!” The person overcome with emotions in front of Lee Gun was none other than Chun Sungjae’s roommate, Hahn Jimin.

When Lee Gun had exited the Devil’s Tower, he had saved this high schooler from wolves.

Lee Gun was taken aback by the keening cry as Hahn Jimin tried to hide his tears. “Sungjae said there is no way you were Lee Gun, so I was on the fence. You did come out of the tower…”

Chun Sungjae flinched. “Hey! W-when did I say he wasn’t Lee Gun!”

“You said it when the house almost burnt down. Did you forget that?”

“…!” Chun Sungjae wanted to kill his friend. However, he just slammed his own head against the wall, suddenly recalling what he had done to his idol. “I’ve committed a sin worthy of death. I’ll just jump off a bridge.”

“It’s fine. I’m at fault too. I should have spoken more seriously,” Lee Gun said. At the time, he hadn’t felt the need to speak in earnest. That was understandable. Sungjae was a disciple of the Gemini temple, after all.

Lee Gun didn’t want to give away too much information to a subordinate of his enemy. ‘If I knew he was Taeksoo’s son, that would have turned out differently.’ However, it didn’t matter then or now. Lee Gun was still under a penalty, so his senses had been dulled.

‘I didn’t even realize the Gemini Saint was here in this house.’ Of course, his dulled senses weren’t the only reason he was unable to sense her.

Lee Gun grinned. He looked like a cat gazing at a mouse trapped in a jar.

Hahn Jimin trembled as he looked at his surroundings, “Is the Gemini Saint really here?”

“Yup!”

Chun Yooha pushed her senses to the limit. Their opponent was a Zodiac Saint and also a mortal enemy of Lee Gun. In other words, the Gemini Saint was a monster capable of going toe-to-toe with Lee Gun. Chun Yooha had to be on her guard.

However, Lee Gun looked unconcerned as he headed somewhere. This surprised everyone for two reasons. The first was the identity of the item Lee Gun went on to pick up. The second was the scream that erupted from the item after that.

[Kyahhhh!]