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Chapter 331 – The Hundred Gods Temple (1)

“Hey, why didn’t you return Lee Jun-seok’s item?”

“Huh……? Huh?”

Hochi suddenly asked about Lee Jun-seok’s item .

What item?

“Before, when Lee Jun-seok cleared the Tutorial, he said he gave you an item . ”

Oh, I remember .

When I persuaded Lee Jun-seok to go outside, Lee Jun-seok sent me all the items he had collected .

From miscellaneous items, such as a growth journal, to equipment that were used as core items .

It was an inevitable choice because he couldn’t take anything outside the Tutorial .

Of course, in my case, I am free to use my inventory even outside of the Tutorial .

“The items, they should still be in your inventory . ”

… Not really .

“Give it quickly . Hey, he says he really needs those items . ”

I’m in trouble .

Hochi asked this as soon as we met, so Lee Jun-Seok must have asked him to do this in advance .

Lee Jun-seok must have been really desperate, so I can understand .

He only developed his skills up to the point where he felt powerful .

The problem is that he lacks the ability to reliably maintain that power .

Naturally, he had to accept a certain amount of risk every time he used his power, and because he couldn’t control it, any technique that allowed him to focus his force on a single point or limit its range was a dream come true .

He was both a glass cannon that couldn’t even handle his own strength, and a human bomb that deals hard hits and then explodes .

Lee Jun Seok was mumbling next to Hochi .

By looking at his brightly red face, it was easy to see how much he was looking forward to it .

But the problem was…

[I already distributed them to the communities . ]

The items Lee Junseok needs were probably the core items he used as main weapons .

He probably wouldn’t bother about the other items such as the journals, the accessories, or the potions .

But those core items… were already given out to the communities . .

On a first come first serve basis .

Of course the whereabouts of those items… I had no idea .

[… Are you crazy? Why would you give out stuff that other people have entrusted to you!?]

Hochi admonished me .

I had nothing to say .

“Junseok . ”

“Yes, hyung . ”

“The way I see it……”

I had no choice but to sell my medicine .

I felt really sorry for Lee Junseok .

“You don’t need an item . Even if you solve your problem with an item now, you’ll just rely on that item again . The priority is to grow yourself and overcome your problems . ”

I was just spouting a bunch of nonsense .

If you can overcome weaknesses with items, then you can overcome them .

It was a phrase that I would say in the past, when I was paranoid about trying to get rid of my weaknesses .

Of course, for Lee Jun-seok, who knew me in the past, he would have nodded with an ‘ah, I knew it’ .

“But, hyung… I can’t even train properly on Earth . I have no one to test my strength against . If I do something wrong, then there would be a risk of damage… . . ”

Good point .

Damn it .

I thought of a quick way out .

“Then, you can train somewhere else, not on Earth . ”

“Somewhere else?”

I nodded .

If training on Earth was difficult, then it would be ideal to send him to another place .

[Quest window]

[God of Death – Thanatos’ Purification]

Description: The God of Death wants to purify Thanatos, which has been contaminated with a continuous regression .

Thanatos was completely contaminated, since it was a place where experiments were conducted to artificially create numerous perfectors .

There, the deceased eats the deceased, and the eaten is reborn and eats the deceased who ate him .

It was an endless loop of predation, and at the same time, it was a cycle of immortality .

Thanatos is a common area of the Hundred Gods Temple, but it is a place where the influence of the God of Death was strong in the past .

The God of Death wants to purify Thanatos and restore its past .

Destroy all the dead that exist in Thanatos .

Thanatos’s dead aren’t very dangerous by normal standards .

However, the conditions for intervention are difficult due to the fact that it is an abandoned planet that remains a common area of the Hundred Gods Temple .

The God of Death presented a challenger with countless powers, but the challenger of course, did not choose the God of Death (ahahaha), so he eventually asked for the purification of Thanatos through a quest .

Let’s just ignore the ‘Ahahaha’ but focus on the God of Death in the middle .

It is said that this quest window was created by Kirikiri herself, not by the Hundred Gods’ Temple system .

In any case, Thanatos seems to be a suitable place to send Lee Jun-seok .

What the God of Death wanted in the first place was not a request for me, a God .

It was just a request to ask of an ordinary apostle .

The problem is that the God of Death could not secure an apostle through the Tutorial .

I thought Lee Jun-seok could do this kind of quest .

Since it is an abandoned planet, there is no need to worry about damage to the surrounding area while killing the dead .

I suggested it while informing Lee Jun-seok of the quest .

“If it’s such a place, then you can practice as much as you want . Secondly, quests are an opportunity to try to use your strength as much as you want . ”

At the same time, I was too lazy to do the quest myself .

Of course, the quest should be done by me, but to be honest, connecting the 60th floor to the portal was more urgent than that .

“If you do this well and show significant growth, then I will create a new item as a reward . Something fancy . ”

I bet it would be a much better item than what Lee Jun-seok entrusted to me .

“How about that, can you do it?”

“Yes . ”

Lee Jun-seok, who was worried for a while, answered .

It was a relief .

“I’ve seen Thanatos’ dead on the 93rd floor . It might not be easy to kill all the dead on the planet,but I can’t afford to miss the opportunity to work hard and grow . ”

Fortunately, Lee Jun-seok seems to have experienced Thanatos in the Tutorial .

Lee Jun-seok smiled as if he was glad that he had the opportunity to train rather than the difficulty of the mission .

As expected, the effort to reach level 201 was enough .

“Yes, it might be dangerous, so I’ll send Yong-yong with you at first . ”

Lee Jun-seok did not start immediately .

Since he just got back from Japan, he said that he would stop by his house and visit his family first .

I didn’t know how long it would take, so I told him to take a break .

After Lee Jun-seok was sent away, Hochi’s eyes were sparkling .

Did it seem fun to get a quest from me?

I asked Hochi to visit the cult in Gangwon-do and meet them .

I plan to use it as a rehearsal before I entrust the believers of the God of Hope to him . .

“They think I’m a phantom, but I’m a real god . It would be enough to correct that misconception and inspire the believers . Can you do it?”

“Of course . ”

Hochi’s answer was confident .

* * *

It was a place where the soft touch of grass was laid on the floor .

The warm light and the dirt that was neither loose nor damp .

It was an environment that anyone could refer to as a beautiful field .

Anyone would have called it so, if not for the huge wall that was visible in the horizon and the ceiling blocking the clouds above .

The walls and ceilings of unrealistic dimensions indicated that this place was indoors rather than outdoors .

Kirikiri liked this place .

Her favorite place was usually a field or a mountain where the energy of life was widespread and open .

So she had to control her expression in the presence of her visitor .

Kirikiri liked this room the most inside the Hundred Gods’ Temple .

It was her room, and it was designed to best suit her taste .

“What do you think?”

Asked the God of Balance who came to Kirikiri’s room .

Kirikiri didn’t answer right away and scratched her nose .

She had no choice but to .

Kirikiri had not yet chosen .

“I’m not asking you to judge . ”

“Then?”

“I just…… . ”

“I’m curious what you’re thinking . ”

There was a voice that cut off the God of Balance .

It was a voice of a woman who was gentle and soft but at the same time cold and sharp .

The ears of the fox, not the rabbit’s ears, were visible, and several tails fluttered behind the back .

“God of Sacrifice . ”

“I know it’s difficult to make a judgment right away . I just want to hear what you are thinking, and we just want to understand the situation a little more . ”

Kirikiri found it difficult to keep silent at the words of the God of Sacrifice .

“He will eventually collide with the gods, for whatever reason . ”

It was a natural story .

She made a quest window for him herself, but it was only a drag in the end .

The Gods of the Hundred Gods Temple agreed to the conditions given by Kirikiri .

By a majority vote .

Each one will present a quest, and when Lee Ho-jae clears all of them, the Tutorial will be handed over to him .

The gods knew .

Some gods will not give up their rights to the Tutorial, no matter what conditions Lee Ho-jae has cleared .

So she found out that it was virtually impossible to transfer the Tutorial through the quest .

For them, the quest given to Lee Ho-jae was not a transaction in exchange for the Tutorial, but only to deceive him and make him finish quests for free .

“He knows . Actually, the quests don’t mean much . ”

“Is that so? He tolerated the survival of the God of Hope because of the quest . Unwillingly endured with the God of Duel . Then, he even made a deal with the God of Balance . ”

The God of Sacrifice disagrees with Kirikiri’s predictions .

“No, I’m sure . ”

“Can you tell me why?”

Prior to answering, Kirikiri drew pictures like scribbles on the ground .

It was a really, really old habit .

As old as the very long time that she has existed for .

The God of Balance and the God of Sacrifice knew her habits, so they waited silently for Kirikiri to finish her scribbling .

“If the quests were really important, he would have already cleared most of them . Moving quickly . He can’t afford to go wrong with the goal in front of him . ”

Lee Ho-jae had done little since he came to Earth .

He organizes his surroundings a little and gives the group of people who came to Earth experience to adapt to Earth .

And he is dedicated to connecting the 60th floor of the Tutorial .

Although he clashed with the God of Hope previously, he did not take the offensive until the God of Hope blatantly attacked him first .

The meaning of the connection with the 60th and 61st floors was clear .

To facilitate the supply of divine power and to retrieve the hidden powers from the 60th and 61st floors .

His current strength was enough to clear the quests specified in the quest window immediately .

Clearly, Lee Ho-jae was preparing more than the strength required to clear the quest .

“It may be because he just likes to be connected with his holy place,” said the God of Sacrifice .

Kirikiri disagreed .

If she knew Lee Ho-jae, then she wouldn’t be so relaxed .

No matter how much time has passed, he has changed a lot .

“In the end, rather than doing all of the gods’ favors, I know that some gods must succumb by force like the God of Hope . ”

“Huh, that’s where you get into trouble, isn’t it? Which one will win . No, it seems like it’s a question of which side will win the Hundred Gods’ Temple . ”

Lee Ho-jae’s power has not yet been revealed .

When he fought with the God of Hope, most of the Hundred Gods simply watched the fight happily .

It was the collision they wanted .

The God of Hope, who had been eating away the Hundred Gods by twisting the rules, was treated as a work by many gods .

However, as the result of the conflict was revealed to be Lee Ho-jae’s one-sided victory, the attitudes of the gods changed rapidly .

It was because of Lee Ho-jae’s special existence .

He did not twist the rules like the God of Hope, but existed outside the rules altogether .

It wasn’t strange that the gods became wary .

Right now, there were discussions and voting that Lee Hojae should be included in the Hundred Gods Temple, at least in the Pantheon .

The claim that he must be forced to belong to the temple may soon become a reality .

If so, depending on the timing, regardless of the Tutorial, he and the gods of the Hundred Gods will face each other eventually .

“I haven’t yet decided which side to help or in which direction to lead the situation . ”

Kirikiri answered .

The God of Sacrifice smiled and said,

“Thank you for the explanation . Whichever you choose, know that I will agree with you . ”

“Do you believe in my choice?”

At Kirikiri’s question, the God of Sacrifice shrugged .

“Then I have to believe . Sacrifice is inevitable for everything, but I hate being on the side of being sacrificed . It’s natural to always stick to your side on the other side”

“I will follow your choice . You have always chosen the direction to end chaos . ”

Following the God of Sacrifice, the God of Balance also expressed his will .

After the talk, the two left Kirikiri’s room .

Kirikiri, who was alone again, ran across the field, jumping .

After running around like that for a long time, Kirikiri’s mood was a little refreshed .

“What’s really going to happen?”

Kirikiri was more concerned about the future than the clash between several Gods and Lee Ho-jae .

When he defeats all the opposition of the gods and obtains the Tutorial . When he finally achieves his long-cherished goal .

She was worried about the future after that .

“Hoooojaaaeeee . ”

Kirikiri, muttering his name to herself, giggled for a moment and laughed .

Never in her dream that a human with this strange name would grow up to this point .

And she didn’t dare to guess what was to come .

She looked up at the sky, trying to ignore the ceiling beyond it .

What was the God of Slowness thinking?

How far was the god who proves the existence of time in the universe itself looking?

She didn’t know .

She cannot foresee the future nor engage in causality .

It was just a wish .

She couldn’t get a glimpse of the consequences before the adventure began .

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