Chapter 352 (1/2)

The two goddesses entrusted their bodies to the Atlan Sea and sank into the deep sea. The moment the two goddesses’ bodies fell to the sea, the waters soared and created a huge water pillar.

Lee Geonmyeong showed a regretful expression. It was because Atlantis was in the deep sea below him. Atlantis contained Neptune, who could be called Jupiter’s brother. Neptune must’ve woken up by now since the taboo was released.

‘Still, it is okay since he is an NPC.’

He was disappointed that he couldn’t kill the two goddesses, but he decided to give up. He didn’t know yet that Dr Kang Jaeseong had sent his consciousness to Neptune’s body. Therefore, he thought about taking care of his body first. He decided to restore his divine power. The fight took longer than he expected because he hadn’t recovered all his strength.

“I wasted so much time.”

He might be one of the three original gods, but he didn’t have infinite power. He also consumed an enormous amount of divine power. If he didn’t take a break, then he would become like the goddesses who fell asleep in the sea.

“It can’t be helped.”

Lee Geonmyeong clicked his tongue like it was unfortunate and called to a cloud passing by overhead. The moment he climbed onto it, the white cloud became gray and dark. In this storm, lightning flashed. There was the sudden sound of thunder and Lee Geonmyeong disappeared. He climbed onto the cloud and moved straight west to Hesperides.

Lee Geonmyeong pulled out the Holy Grail containing Gaia’s soul and stared at it. ‘Hyeyeon...’

In fact, it was right after Lee Geonmyeong was expelled and banned from the human world. He logged out and watched everything that happened on the screen of the underground laboratory at Union headquarters. He watched Gaia go to Hesperides and turn into the golden apple tree. Then he saw her soul ascending to the sky.

Lee Geonmyeong reconnected again and led Gaia’s soul, which had risen to the vicinity of the Celestial Palace, deep into the Celestial Palace. Then he deceived the gods for many years. However, there was a separate problem.

“Kang Jaeseong...” Lee Geonmyeong frowned strongly enough for the veins on his forehead to bulge. At the time, Dr Kang Jaeseong had finished the development of Arkstar and the closed beta was also done. He was taking a break before the opening date which would be three months later.

Lee Geonmyeong firmly believed in these words.

“If you hadn’t been so mischievous, it wouldn’t have come to that...”

Emptiness and regret—Lee Geonmyeong let out a sigh that was mixed with anger. Who would’ve known that Kang Jaeseong would’ve stolen the data of the illegal experiments Lee Geonmyeong conducted with the master key and fled? Lee Geonmyeong sent something to chase him, but by the time Kang Jaeseong was discovered, he was already in a coma.

It was unreasonable to ask someone who was dead to restore Gaia to her original state. Of course, the master key was also missing. Once he reconnected to Arkstar, Kang Jaeseong had forced the server’s time to flow quickly and 500 years had already passed.

Lee Geonmyeong made plans and prepared for the game to open.

[You came, My Liege.]

Lee Geonmyeong reached Hesperides in no time. He came down from the dark cloud and walked toward Lucifer, who was in front of the dark tree. Lee Geonmyeong stared at the tree for a long time with lonely eyes before slowly turning to Lucifer.

[You went through a lot of trouble. Your achievement isn’t small. You will enjoy glory and wealth in the world I will make.]

Lucifer silently bowed once more. Lee Geonmyeong liked such a humble Lucifer and smiled with satisfaction before looking back at the tree.

[I will see you again soon.]

Lee Geonmyeong declared as he slowly moved Gaia’s soul from the Holy Grail toward the tree.

Dudududu!

The ground started to shake.

* * *

At the capital of the Atlan Kingdom, Metheus...

Currently, all of Metheus’ users and NPCs were listening to Hecatiana who had appeared in the sky. She was the one who moved everyone here and she was saying they should join forces to stop Jupiter. The NPCs were motivated by the emergence of Hecatiana. The problem was the users. They were deeply skeptical of Hecatiana’s words.

Didn’t Union warn them to never die in the game? Therefore, the opinions of those in Metheus were divided. Some said they should follow Hecatiana’s will while others thought they should wait until they could log out. It was currently 7:3 and the latter opinion was ahead.

[Goddess Quest – Hecatiana’s Holy War Declaration has arrived.]

Mido looked at the message in front of her and read the contests of the quest. It had appeared to all users here. The content was naturally to join forces together to defeat the invading demon army and Jupiter. However, the reward was nothing compared to the sacrifices they would have to make.

“The peace of the Ark Continent...”

Some people murmured to themselves and there was deep worry on the faces of everyone looking at the task window. Peace was a good thing. However, if they were killed when the allied forces of Jupiter and the demon kings invaded, what was the use of peace? They all had the same thoughts so none of them opened their mouths.

Hecatiana’s speech was still in progress. She was shouting that if they didn’t follow, she would use her strength to force them to follow.

[The goddess of the moon and magic, Hecatiana’s speech has restored law and order to the Atlan Kingdom.]

[Robbery, murder, violence—the unscrupulous people doing such actions have yielded to the words of the goddess.]

[She hopes that at least half the people of the Atlan Kingdom will join as soldiers.]

“......”

Mido was at a loss for words for a moment. It was because the urgent problem of security and the riots were resolved with Hecatiana’s appearance. Mido hadn’t believed that strength could suppress war, but she was forced to believe it when such a situation happened right in front of her eyes. Just then—

Dudududu!

Earthquakes started occurring all over the continent. Hecatiana, who was inciting humans with her speech, fell silent the moment she felt the shaking. She sensed that this shaking was unusual.

‘What is going on?’