644 – The Life You Gain – 3

The vicious dragon Athelius. A rare fighter who contributed decisively to the decline of Humility, a giant firebird, into a chick.

A being that dealt a fatal blow to the evil god who reigned as a nightmare during the religious wars, and remained a dark legacy to the sin of sealing even the sun, which reigned as the only god.

And as the person said that he had quarreled with several gods, the scandalous report against Athelius did not end with humility.

“I… Was sleeping… At the lake… And it bothered me so I hit its shell to tell it to go away… Because of that, I just rested in a remote place for a while.. .”

Athelius said to have surprised Humility by being noisy while he was sleeping. In fact, Athelius struck down Diligence, who was quietly sleeping.

“I originally had nine tails. Since there were a lot, I said I would only take one.”

Jeong-gyeol, who was originally a nine-tailed fox, had one of her tails ripped off by Athelius and became an eight-tailed fox, and the aftereffects lasted until the day she was sealed.

“What? Were you also attacked by a b*stard dragon? I also suffered from a broken beak for a while.”

Lastly, in the days when holy beasts were called evil gods, Vigor was classified as one of the four particularly strong evil gods even among evil gods. It is said that even such vitality was seriously injured by Athelius.

Fortunately, this guy had a strong divinity, so he recovered quickly.

‘What is this?’

Anyway, my head went blank from the screams and cries coming from everywhere.

There are as many as four victims confirmed so far. Humility, diligence, chastity, vitality. As many as four of the eleven holy beasts had a history of engaging in fierce battles with Athelius. It is truly a wonderful past.

Moreover, although the Holy Beasts only fought Atelius once in their lifetime, Atelius fought four gods. It is said that there was a fight with the spirit kings in that situation, so even calling him a fighter is not enough.

“Ha, that damn lizard. If it were still alive, it would peck out its eyes with its beak.”

While feeling the great feat contained in the name of the evil dragon, Vigor flapped his wings and burst out in anger.

“What if he’s alive?”

It sounded strange, so I asked. It was as if they thought Athelius was dead.

“I don’t know how the owner knows about the evil dragon, but we haven’t heard from him since before we were sealed. He was probably a crazy guy who started fights everywhere, so he died out of resentment.”

Humility, which had been flapping its wings in response to my question, continued.

Those words reminded me of what Atelius had said. He said that before he started a family, he was too passionate and caused many fights.

‘Have you become quieter after getting married?’

No matter how you think about it, that was the trigger. The evil dragon became a new dragon because he met his wife, who took care of his violent personality, and he no longer enjoyed strife but peace. From the perspective of the saints who were unilaterally beaten, one might think that they suddenly died.

“As the saying goes, if I were still alive, I would have pecked out my eyes and eaten them.”

“I would have taken that guy’s tail. Since he has nine tails, does it make sense to not need one? Then, since he has two eyes, I might as well throw away one.”

“I… I don’t want to see you again… It takes a long time to recover your shell…”

However, after seeing the holy beasts talking about various things, thinking that Athelius was ‘naturally’ dead, a small idea occurred to me.

Even though it is a bad relationship, they are who know Athelius. It is a relationship in which Atellius is not considered someone to respect or a close friend, but one in which one can pour out what one can and cannot say.

So wouldn’t the presence of these guys provide new vitality to Athelius? Of course, they say that if they are alive, they would rather not peck out their eyes, but with their abilities, they are at a level where they should compete with rabbits, not Atellius.

“Hey.”

“Why but, master?”

“You guys, let’s go out with me.”

“Huh?”

Your holy water that was talking in front of me. As a bonus, I collected the seven holy beasts spread throughout the mansion.

If you gift Atelius with eleven bonds, his life will be slightly longer.

There was an awkward silence within the cave.

“Huh.”

Eventually, Athelius was the first to break the silence and gently lowered his head.

“I thought it was a strangely familiar energy. I guess it was you guys.”

A statement that seems to remember the days of the saints as evil spirits. At those words, Vigor, who had been looking blankly at Athelius, trembled and opened his beak.

“You, you lizard…! You broke my beak and you were still alive…!”

“Are you the only one who is still alive with a broken beak?”

“Hey you b*stard!”

At Atelius’ calm reply, Vigor’s body began to shake even more.

But it ended up being just a disturbance. Because Vigor, which is the size of an eagle, cannot compete with Athelius, who is a dragon. Rather, unlike in the past when only the beak was broken, it may be reduced to just one meal.

“Eleven including you. Just four sorrows and seven sins.”

Athelius also looked at the holy beasts that came to the cave with Vigor, as if he knew that Vigor, who had become an eagle, was not a threat to him.

In the meantime, Humility, who had said he would peck out Athelius’ eyes like Vigor, quietly lowered his head and was looking at the floor. It can truly be said to be an attitude worthy of the name humility.

“That chick…”

“Pyeong?”

When Athelius mentioned humility, humility tilted its head and made a chick noise.

It’s ugly. Even though he has become desperately weak compared to his time as an evil god, isn’t it too much to play a chick?

“Kang! Kang! Kang!”

However, the ugliness of humility seems to have become a good example to others, as Jeong-gyeol made a fox cry and diligence was buried in its shell his.

You guys, really, don’t go somewhere and say you’re a former evil god. That is the final honor for you.

“…I guess a lot of things happened while I was staying in the cave.”

Atelius tried to change the topic of the gruesome sight.

It seemed like I already knew everything, but I didn’t bother to say it out loud, so a world where no one was hurt was completed.

“Don’t you have any pride? It’s a trend of the times that we lost our godhood, so even so, it’s a shame that we were defeated by a dragon when we were gods!”

The bright-eyed vigor sent a wide-ranging provocation to humility, chastity, and diligence.

It’s a bit of a strange sight. Usually, when an evil spirit’s pride or reputation is at stake, Jangsaeng makes a fuss and Hyeonggi looks on, but this time, Jangsaeng watches and Hyeonggi causes an uproar.

‘Is it because there is no contact point?’

Jangsaeng yawning carelessly on the floor.

If Jangsaeng had been treated by Athelius in the past, he would have vented his anger more passionately than anyone else, but fortunately, Jangsaeng suffered no harm and had no regrets. That’s why no matter what the spirit says, it doesn’t even move.

…

‘Wait a minute.’

I felt a sense of discomfort while looking at the lively streets.

It was time to check whether these guys were seals with the eternal blue sky. There was a time when I was worried about the treatment of the old evil spirits who suddenly ran out of Bonginji.

– Since he is a god, he cannot physically destroy it…

And at the time, the eternal blue sky said it was impossible to physically destroy God.

However, all of those gods are confessing to their troubled past after being beaten by Athelius. It was clearly a physical blow.

Confusing. Although the eternal blue sky shows a slightly regrettable aspect, it is still no different from the gods of the beginning. There is no way such a being would be confused about the characteristics of God, right?

“Hey, old man.”

“Why are you doing that?”

Atelius, who had been looking at the holy beasts blankly at my call, turned his gaze.

“I heard that gods cannot be physically destroyed, so how did you inflict damage on the gods?”

“Oh, you mean that?”

In response to the direct question, Athelius blinked and seemed to be thinking about something, then continued speaking casually.

“I hit it with all kinds of strengthening magic, and it worked. I couldn’t get rid of it, though.”

“Master! That damn lizard is like that! If he could have gotten rid of us, he would have gotten rid of it!”

Now Vigor was struggling with foam at the mouth.

It is a surprising and wonderful answer. If physical force doesn’t work, doesn’t that mean you have to strike until it does? For some reason, the guys who got hit by Athelius ground their teeth to the point where they were desperate.

“Plague. It was a long time ago, so I was just listening to it, but it’s strange. You’re talking as if I attacked you for no reason.”

Meanwhile, Athelius, who had been quietly lying down, stood up.

“Your very existence was a bane to this continent and all life. When you flew in the sky, beneath the ground you became stained with disease, and when you stepped on the ground, even the ants died. Was it an evil act to drive out such a mass of infectious disease?”＜ Br﹥

“No harm was done to you!”

“It was a fatal disaster for the lives under my protection.”

After listening to the conversation between Vigor and Athelius, I was able to understand Athelius’ position his.

Is there a bird near me that is a problem if it flies or a problem if it doesn’t fly? Then I put aside what I was doing and went to chase him away. If subjugation had been possible, they might have killed him altogether.

“Pride stimulated human emotions and caused division, and its followers started all kinds of fights, claiming that they were the best. The turmoil spread to my territory, so it was only natural that I took action.”

“Bang bap!”

“…I don’t think there is any pride in this place.”

Athelius quietly turned his head to the humble chick cosplay.

“I remember that lust also broke down human morals and caused an uproar. I took one because it boasted that it could bewitch living creatures with its tail.”

At those words, Jeonggyeol curled his remaining tail and placed it under his stomach. As if I will definitely protect this.

“Sloth is…”

Finally, Athelius, who was about to say something about diligence, suddenly closed his mouth.

“…Why? I don’t remember.”

“Damn lizard…”

I felt solemn hearing the melancholy voice of diligence. Diligence may have been treated unfairly for no reason, or Athelius may have been caught up in something so trivial that he couldn’t even remember.

“Anyway, you guys aren’t innocent either. How come these evil spirits are pretending to be victims in the first place?”

“Even taking that into account, you were an excessively ferocious b*stard! The other dragons looked on, thinking that the proliferation of gods was also the work of humans, but why were you the only one to cause an uproar?”

“Well, it was definitely my fault. Unless there was the Lord’s order, we should have avoided excessive involvement of dragons in the human world.”

Having said that, Athelius stretched out his hand towards the vigor.

“So why don’t we make it a draw?”

“What?”

Vigor, who was trembling at the claws several times bigger than his body, tilted his head at Athelius’ words.

“I also owe a debt to the boy you call master. We will meet often from now on, and I am tired of fighting every time. Isn’t it in the past anyway?”

He looked back at me with lively eyes at the unexpected request for reconciliation.

‘Catch it.’

When he spoke with those eyes, he grabbed Athelius’ nails with his floppy wings.

I am satisfied because it is a heartwarming sight.