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Chapter 671: Hanwoo

Rumacar, the current king of the Kingdom of Eden, had died. However, the Jade Emperor, who sent him to take over the kingdom, was silent about it. This was because he had forsaken and abandoned Rumacar, in exchange for his royal seal. With Rumacar dying by the Jade Emperor’s will, there was a high chance that the Kingdom of Eden would not be found guilty.

No matter how overboard a god could be, each and every kingdom under his jurisdiction had eyes. He was the one that willingly abandoned Rumacar for his own gain, it was unlikely that he would seek a pretext to invade the Kingdom of Eden again. In the end, a god could only exist if he had priests and believers, and the Jade Emperor was fully aware of that fact.

Hanwoo, or the Bull Demon King, was working round the clock in the Kingdom of Eden. As for Minhyuk, he was currently resting in a large room that was prepared for him by the Great Sage, Heaven’s Equal. He wanted to consult with Sun Wukong again, and ask him if there was a way to unlock Obren’s seal and awaken him.

Minhyuk was not able to check the notifications after hunting Rumacar since he had been busy. Hence, he took this short break to do that.

[You have successfully killed the Jade Emperor’s Envoy and the Commander of the Heavenly Army, Rumacar!]

[Many people from the Edea Continent will show hostility towards you.]

[You have acquired the Title: ‘The One that Cut Down the Heavenly Army’s Commander’.]

[You have gained 43,977,413,135 EXP.]

[You have leveled up!]

[You have leveled up!]

[You have leveled up!]

[…leveled up!]

[You have gained 34,613 platinum.]

[You have acquired 36 sheets of the Jade Emperor’s Weapon Reinforcement Enchantment Parchments.]

[You have acquired 53 sheets of the Jade Emperor’s Armor Reinforcement Enchantment Parchments.]

[You have acquired the Tempest Sword.]

[You have acquired Ebentor’s Hard Armor.]

[You have acquired Runbei’s Breath.]

[You have acquired the Heavenly Army’s Commander’s Ring.]

[…Aven’s Necklace.]

[…Korona’s Ring.]

[You have acquired the Skill Book: Typhoon Sword.]

[You have acquired the Skill Book: Intangible Sword.]

Minhyuk’s level increased seven times in a row, bringing his level to Level 550 with half of the EXP bar filled.

‘From what I heard, something special will happen once you reach Level 600…’

Joy Co. Ltd. had sent an announcement about this to the players. However, it was something that would not happen anytime soon. High rankers at Level 500 or higher needed at least a month to raise their level even by just one level.

Minhyuk decided to check the title ‘The One that Cut Down the Heavenly Army’s Commander’ first.

(The One that Cut Down the Heavenly Army’s Commander)

Unique Title

Title Effects:

?When fighting against those that are related to the Jade Emperor, you will receive a 15% increase in all of your stats and a 50% increase in your sword’s attack power.

?All of your stats will increase by 3%, regardless of the special relation requirement listed above.

The title was not bad, especially with the 3% increase in all stats.

The other items that Minhyuk deemed to be useful were the Jade Emperor’s Weapon and Armor Reinforcement Enchantment Parchments. These two parchment items could increase the power of the weapon or the armor by 1 to 3 times. However, there was a surprise to these items.

‘The probability of having a successful reinforcement is three times higher than that of ordinary reinforcement blessings and stones.’

The reinforcement parchments were that good.

Next, Minhyuk looked at the other items that caught his eyes, those that could immediately help him with whatever situation he would face next. Among these items was the Heavenly Army’s Commander’s Ring.

‘Isn’t this one amazing?’

(Heavenly Army’s Commander’s Ring)

Rank: Legendary

Requirements: Level 500 or higher.

Durability: ∞ / ∞

Special Effects:

?A 15% increase in CHA.

?You can summon ten of the Heavenly Army’s Warriors.

?You can summon one Heavenly Commander.

Description: This is a ring that can only be obtained by those that have killed the Commander of the Heavenly Army, Rumacar. The one Heavenly Commander and the ten knights will obey all of your orders unconditionally.

‘Wait a minute. This…’?Minhyuk mumbled, finding the description of the ring to be very shocking.

There were some surprises in the description. The first was that there was no time limit to the summoning time. In other words, once they summoned them, they could become Minhyuk’s allies for all eternity, which meant he could even use this in another way.

‘Since I can summon them from the ring, this means that it’s possible for me to hide them from the others.’

It was very important to hide one’s powers when dealing with enemies. It would become like a trump card of some sort. The next one was the fact that the special effects did not mention what kind of ‘Heavenly Commander’ or ‘Heavenly Army’s Knight’ would be summoned.

‘The one that I can summon can either be the Heavenly Army’s Mage Commander, Knight Commander, or even the Archery Commander.’

Yes. The same was true for the knights. The most important part here was that the level of the troops of the Heavenly Army that Minhyuk had seen before were at least at Level 550, comparable to that of a high ranker. There was also Heavenly Army Commander Lebanon, who was at Level 600.

‘Even a boss mob will be afraid of him.’

Basically, they would be crazily strong subordinates. There was also another advantage to this.

‘For summoning rings, I can just wear it and take it off after the summoning.’

Minhyuk already owned a lot of rings. For summoning rings, they were not subjected to the item limit imposed upon the player. That was why Minhyuk could just wear it and take it off whenever he wanted.

‘It’s because of this, huh…’

Before, Minhyuk had received an attack from Rumacar just by the man taking one step forward. The attack was not really that difficult to evade. However, he learnt something from the description.

(Intangible Sword)

Active Skill

Rank: Legendary

Level: None

Penalty for Use: None

Mana Required: 500

Effects:

?Upon activation of the Intangible Sword, you will be able to attack your enemies with an invisible sword for three minutes.

?Upon activation of the Intangible Sword, you will be able to use Sword Manipulation.

?Upon activation of the Intangible Sword, your sword’s attack power will increase by 30%.

There was one thing that Minhyuk was very curious about.

‘Intangible Sword…’

Minhyuk already had a skill with the same name. It was a skill that he had obtained from one of the Eight Pinnacle Strong Men, Imperial Sword Rumad. It was quite rare to find a duplicate skill for skills at a certain rank or higher. There were even fewer cases where legendary skills or higher overlapped and had duplicates.

‘Usually, in this case…’

Minhyuk remembered a very, very special case. It was not like there was not a precedent where a legendary rank skill had duplicate.

‘The skill has been divided into two.’

For the example he remembered, the power had been split into two. If that was truly the case, then it might mean something.

‘Did Imperial Sword Rumad visit Edea?’

Since Minhyuk obtained the Intangible Sword, a skill that was divided into two, it was obvious what he would do next.

“Skill combination.”

One did not need to have a special skill or power to make this happen. All they needed to do was find the two parts of the power that were divided.

[You are in possession of another Intangible Sword!]

[The Skill Book: Intangible Sword is reacting and responding to the Intangible Sword skill that you currently possess!]

[Skill Book: Intangible Sword has regained its full power!]

The skill book that he acquired and was lying dormant in Minhyuk’s inventory after he killed Rumacar suddenly flew out and floated in the air. Then, it was sucked into his body.

[The Intangible Sword skill in your possession has regained its full strength!]

[Congratulations! Your Intangible Sword skill will change and obtain a higher level!]

[The Intangible Sword skill’s level will change from Legendary to Envoy rank!]

[Edea’s Envoy-rank Skills are equivalent to your world’s God-rank Skills!]

“…?!”

A skill that was equivalent to a God-rank skill was an unexpected harvest for Minhyuk.

That was when a thought flashed in Minhyuk’s head, ‘The only one they worship as a True God here is the Jade Emperor, huh?’

Right below the Jade Emperor were his envoys. In other words, the Jade Emperor’s existence was like Athenae, while his envoys were like the Absolute Gods.

Putting that thought aside, Minhyuk moved to check the description of Intangible Sword once again, his body trembling with anticipation.

(Intangible Sword)

Active Skill

Rank: Envoy

Level: None

Penalty For Use: None

Mana Required: 3,000

Effects:

?Upon activation of the Intangible Sword, you will be able to attack your enemies with an invisible sword for five minutes. Your attack will reach your enemy as long as they are within a ten meter radius from you just by simply brandishing your sword.

?Upon activation of the Intangible Sword, you will be able to send hundreds of invisible swords and manipulate them with Sword Manipulation.

?Upon activation of the Intangible Sword, your sword’s attack power will increase by 900%. The movement speed of your Sword Manipulation will also be ten times faster than your speed of wielding your sword.

?Upon activation of the Intangible Sword, you will be able to ignore all of your enemy’s defenses.

‘Isn’t this freaking amazing…?’

The biggest takeaway here was that he could use Sword Manipulation to manipulate hundreds of invisible swords. This was an overpowered skill, especially since the movement speed of the Sword Manipulation would be ten times higher than his own speed and would even have 900% more attack power.

‘It’s safe to say that the sword will move at the speed of light, no?’?Minhyuk thought. However, something happened right after, taking him by surprise.

[The priest that serves and worships you is praying to you!]

[Your priest is informing you of a danger!]

[Please listen and grant your priest’s heartfelt prayers!]

“…?”

Minhyuk looked at the notifications in doubt. This meant that Ambron, the priest that was originally supposed to walk the path of the Death’s Priest, was praying to him.

‘Did something happen to the temple?’

Then, at that moment, something else cropped up.

“The Great Sage, Heaven’s Equal has sent me to inform you that everything has been prepared.”

Minhyuk had asked the Bull Demon King and Sun Wukong if they had a way of sending his believers to his own kingdom. Fortunately, Sun Wukong was able to create a portal that could send plenty of people to another world. However, once they were sent to that world, it would be very hard for them to return to this world.

‘I can’t go right now.’

After all, he had yet to find out if there was a way to awaken Obren from Sun Wukong.

‘Should I try this one, then?’?Minhyuk thought, taking out a parchment that he had received as a gift from Sun Wukong. This parchment was none other than the ‘Cloning Technique Parchment’.

“Then, is it possible to open the portal now? I have to send my believers and my clone right away.”

The best part about the Cloning Technique Parchment was that he could switch positions or combine with the clone that he sent, if it was truly an emergency. Once he found out that the situation was something that his clone could not handle, he would go himself.

[Cloning Technique. Chapter 3.]

[A clone that resembles you has been made!]

[The clone will have 60% of your power!]

[You can control your clone!]

***

At the same time.

Booooooooooom—

Baaaaaaaaaaang—

“Ugh, aaaaaaaaaaaaaack!”

“Keuhaaaaaaaaaaaack!”

“For, For Minhyuk Religioooooooooon!!!”

Priest Ambron gulped back the terror that gripped him, as he charged forward with the priests and believers.

He had gathered close to 200 believers with the help of Beanie. Most of them were just apprentices. However, the fact that they could gather this many priests and followers was already a miracle. There should have been no priest willing to join a small religion like Minhyuk Church, but here they were.

However, they were suddenly attacked. The main culprits behind this surprise attack were none other than the believers of Ardees, the Incarnation of Fire. God of Fire Ardees’ priests and believers grew enraged after learning of the death of their god and went on to search for the temple of the Food God.

After finding the whereabouts of the temple, Dean Illen, the head priest that served God of Fire Ardees, scouted and gathered information. He was fully aware that the Food God’s temple was just newly built and should still be unorganized. To his surprise, he found out that they had already gathered around 200 priests and believers in just a short amount of time.

On the other hand, the religion that worshiped Ardees had existed for a very long time. The number of their priests and believers was around 20,000 members all over the world. They might not be strong, but at the very least, they had numbers.

‘We’re stronger than those apprentices,’ Illen thought, a sneer on his mouth.

Illen was also aware that the Food God’s temple was being protected by the Supreme Divine Beast, Beanie. That was why he used the ‘Prayer of Restraint’ on Beanie. Even though it was just five minutes, he would still be able to restrain the baby piggy. That was more than enough time to get rid of a praying priest and a mere 200 believers.

‘Today is the day that the Food God’s temple will be destroyed!’

Ambron felt his heart sink into despair.

‘…Have you gathered plenty of priests and believers?’?Ambron asked his god.

He had asked the Food God, Minhyuk, to gather thirty priests and believers. If Minhyuk was able to do that, Ambron felt like he would be able to trust and follow him. They had gathered this many priests and believers thanks to Beanie’s ‘method acting’, but it would have definitely been a very hard task for the Food God.

‘In the end, will everything fall apart and get destroyed?’

Ambron had already decided to risk his life and die today. Anyway, he was already dead set on dying before. However, before leaving this world, he wanted to at least pray one last prayer to his god.

“Euaaaaaaaaack!”

“Keuwaaaaaaaaack!”

The screams of the people, who had joined the Minhyuk Church and had gathered to worship him, rang rampant inside the temple.

“Keuhahahahahahahahah! You will all die! Everything inside the Minhyuk Church will be destroyed!”

This temple would collapse today and the Minhyuk Church would disappear. But then, God’s Voice rang in the ears of Ambron, who was praying earnestly to his god.

[God has answered the prayers of the earnest and gentle one!]

[God will send his priests and believers for your sake!]

[God will send his clone that can use 60% of his own powers for your sake!]

“…?”

Ambron was left in disbelief. In fact, he truly did not expect anything much after he prayed. However, God was sending him believers? How many believers did he have? Ten? Twenty? Perhaps, fifty? How much help could they be to them?

At that moment, Ambron felt disappointment in his god, Minhyuk. Unbeknownst to him, the believers that Minhyuk sent were in fact, strong.