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Chapter 1370

Chapter 1370

Chapter 1370

Many players could enter and roam the Land of the Gods, more so than people thought. Those who were connected to the Land of the Gods, the Land of the Gods’ Berserkers, the Gods’ Knights, and many more–and plenty of them were active there. As such, many of the people were able to witness Heaven’s invasion.

[The Gods’ Succession Ceremony will start soon.]

At that moment, news that the Gods’ Succession Ceremony, which was being held just to prevent the invasion of Heaven, began to spread.

[The Battle God’s Quest: Following the Battle God’s Command.]

[Battle God’s Quest: Following the Battle God’s Command.]

Rank: SSS

Requirements: Level 500 or higher.

Rewards: Will depend on your contributions. If you successfully protect the Land of the Gods, your level will increase by four.

Penalty for Failure: Your favor with the Battle God will drop. Your level will decrease by one.

Description: Athenae has handed over the authority and power to rule over all of the armies in the human realm to Battle God Minhyuk. If you accept the quest, Battle God Minhyuk’s command will be absolute. You have to accept and execute his commands. Upon accepting the quest, you will be warped to the designated area following Battle God Minhyuk’s Gather command.

The Athenae community was in turmoil. The players’ response was divided.

[Is there anyone joining the suicide squad?]

[Lololololol. It’s not a suicide squad. I’ve seen the video. The entire Land of the Gods has been swept away.]

[If Minhyuk had not brought Hermes, they would have already been destroyed.]

[My friend is in the Land of the Gods. Right now, he said that Gabriel’s Chains have restricted the Absolute Gods’ powers.]

[...This is my first time hearing something like that. At this point, if you accept the quest, then you’re a total idiot, no? You’ll definitely be cannon fodder.]

[Anyway, you won’t be able to participate. Your level is way too low. Didn’t you see the requirement? You have to at least be at Level 500.]

[But the reward is too freaking great... The rewards are based on our contributions. Also, if we successfully protect the Land of the Gods, then our level will increase by four.]

[And if we fail, we will only suffer a one-level decrease. Don’t you think that it’s worth a try?]

[Didn’t you see the video in the Land of the Gods?]

[But didn’t they stage a surprise attack on the Land of the Gods?]

[No, no. It’s going to be fine. Minhyuk has Evil God Obren, Hephaestus, and the Master of Life and Death as his best friends. Minhyuk will be able to sweep them away with just one text to them!]

[According to my friend in the Land of the Gods, the Pillars cannot intervene in wars between realms... Athenae’s an exception because she lives in the Land of the Gods. Minhyuk is also exempted from this rule because he is the Battle God.]

[...For real? Then, I don’t think that we should do this.]

[Anyway, Minhyuk will be able to do it. Don’t you know how Minhyuk works? He always finds a breakthrough. That’s why he sent this offer to us.]

[That’s right. If the Supreme fails, then the players will curse him for using them as cannon fodder.]

[I trust Minhyuk.]

[I also trust Minhyuk.]

[+3333333.]

[+4444444444444.]

Around 70% of the players said that participating in the quest was worth it. But the notification that rang soon in Athenae made their trust in Minhyuk waver.

[The Episode: Heaven’s Earth Invasion will begin soon.]

[The Episode: Heaven’s Earth Invasion will take place after the war with the Land of the Gods.]

All of the viewers stared frozen at their screens.

[This is definitely aimed at Minhyuk, right?]

[F*ck... Minhyuk, explain yourself. F*ck you. Why do we have to get involved in this episode?]

[No. Just hand over the Land of the Gods. Gabriel is also on the side of the good!]

[Gabriel is on the side of the good?]

[Idk, f*cking idiot. She’s an angel for f*cks sake.]

The curses and criticism were now being pointed at Minhyuk. Everything was going according to Heaven’s plans.

***

Minhyuk and the Land of the Gods’ assumptions were off the mark.

BANG!

Boom, boom, boom!

Heaven was able to find the new dimension in just one day. Then, they began to attack the Land of the Gods right away. Tens of thousands of lights made by holy power struck the barrier protecting the Land of the Gods.

Because of that, Minhyuk had no choice but to summon the players right away.

[Gather.]

[Those who accepted the quest will be warped with the power of the Battle God.]

The players, who appeared in the Land of the Gods, hurriedly looked for Minhyuk.

“Where’s Minhyuk?!”

“Heok! What the hell?!”

“Keok! Look at their numbers!”

The players were in a panic. It was only natural. After all, around a hundred million angels had spread their wings and were preparing to engage in battle. There were also Gabriel, Michael, Raphael, and the others riding atop white horses and looking at them in contempt and disgust.

“Did you think that we would give you that much time?”

Belson’s face grew ugly. All of the plans that they had made with Minhyuk had gone awry. Due to that, confusion grew among both the gods and the players. Around thirty million players over Level 500 were wondering where Minhyuk was because they could not see him, let alone his shadow.

“Where the hell is Minhyuk?!”

“Hey! Where is Minhyuk? We trusted him!!!”

“Minhyuk hyung! Where are you!”

Then...

[The God who Rules Over All Armies says that there has been a hitch in the plan.]

[He could not hide his embarrassment.]

“...?”

The players’ expressions grew ugly.

[He says that he is currently somewhere and is not in the Land of the Gods.]

The players, who had put their faith and trust in Minhyuk, could not hide their fluster and disbelief. Surprisingly, many of the prominent and well-known executives of the Beyond the Heavens Empire were among them, sporting the same expression. They had not heard anything from Minhyuk at all.

[The Battle God has given his order.]

[Please protect the entrance to the Land of the Gods.]

[You have accepted the Battle God’s Quest. You have to follow his orders.]

[If you fail to follow his orders, you will be forced to log out in one minute.]

The players were shocked at the Battle God’s tyranny. Of course, this was only natural. This was a quest. And Minhyuk had offered them four level-ups as a reward and a mere one level decrease as a penalty. However, even though they accepted it because the rewards were quite big compared to the risks, they still could not help but feel that he was completely unreasonable for making them obey his orders.

The demand for absolute obedience to the Battle God’s order was actually destroying their trust in him. The problem was that the system set up this absolute obedience. Minhyuk had tried to propose it as, ‘It would be nice if they did this.’ The system had been designed to force them to move and follow his orders.

The players, who had no other choice, moved toward the entrance to the Land of the Gods. Aide Belson and the Heavenly Army’s troops rushed in as he opened the entrance. Belson’s expression had actually grown ugly. He did not have any explanation for the foreigners who came here to protect the Land of the Gods.

“Excuse me, I heard that the gods are coming.”

“When will the Player Gods come?”

“No. We need them to fight with us.”

Belson chewed on his lips as wave after wave of protests rang in his ears. The promised succession ceremony was set for tomorrow. Alas, Heaven found the Land of the Gods faster than they had expected, which completely disrupted their plans.

Bang!

At that moment, the archangels spread their wings and shot their powers toward the players, the attack wiping out quite a lot of them and turning them into nothing but dust. The players who got killed had expressions full of confusion.

“It’s so annoying. I’ll just wipe them all out,” Anas said as he walked in front of the more than twenty million players blocking the entrance to the Land of the Gods.

A surge of divine power erupted from within him as he swung his sword and cut them down.

“Bentino’s Wall!”

Valentino’s skill created a massive shield that spread out like the Great Wall and collided with Anas’ eight-meter-long swordlight.

Crack, crack, crack!

Unfortunately, Divine Transcendental Anas smashed the shield apart with great ease. When the players saw the shield collapse, they could not help but shout in anger.

“Minhyuk, you f*cking bastard!!!”

“What the hell?! Where the hell is Minhyuk?!”

“Shouldn’t be here whether his plan worked or not?!”

“Hey, you guys from the Beyond the Heavens Empire! Say something!”

Their eyes filled with resentment turned toward the people of the Beyond the Heavens Empire. But Genie’s head had already turned blank when she saw Bentino’s Wall collapse.

‘Minhyuk is not that kind of person... he’s not...’

The Minhyuk that she knew was not an irresponsible person. He was not someone who wouldn’t have any countermeasures or backup plans when fighting against someone.

The players’ expressions grew uglier as they watched Anas prepare to attack them again over the crumbling ruins of the wall that Valentino created. At that moment...

[The God who Rules Over All Armies says...]

[He says that there’s a hitch in his plans.]

[He starts to explain his plans.]

‘What...?’

The notifications were only heard by the players and the people who belonged to the Land of the Gods.

[He says that he has planned for the enemies’ commanders to enter the Land of the Gods.]

[When they come in, the people who Battle God Minhyuk have coaxed...]

[But due to unexpected circumstances, his plans were disrupted.]

The players looked surprised when they heard his plans. But! What was the conclusion? What was the disruption?!

“So, you’re saying that you failed to coax them?!”

“Aren’t you glib-tongued?! But you can’t even bring them here?! We’re in trouble. We’re f*cking doomed. We’re all going to die because of the Battle God’s orders!”

Genie also agreed with them. ‘But... what was the plan...?’

The plans were disrupted because the enemies appeared in such a short amount of time. However, the response they received was unexpected.

[The God who Rules Over All Armies smiles wryly.]

[He says that that’s not the hitch in the plan.]

They all looked confused. Their plans were not going as they expected. So, what was this ridiculous explanation? In the end, they were all going to die.

[I told you. I plan to let the enemy commanders enter the Land of the Gods. But that did not work.]

“Hihihihihihihing!”

At that moment, the loud cry of a horse resounded all over the land. Both Heaven and the players looked confused when they heard the horse’s cry. Then, a man riding atop a black warhorse sped through dimensions at a crazy speed. He was followed by an army of tens of millions of troops who looked like they had gone berserk with how they were running wildly. The flag that the army was carrying was emblazoned with the symbol of the Gaia Continent.

[The hitch in the plan that I’m talking about is... the f*cking crazy people who I have coaxed into helping are not following my plans!]

[My plan is only half-successful. They accepted the first half, yes. I succeeded in that. But the other half? These f*cking idiots don’t even want to listen!]

Who were the “f*cking idiots”?

They had heard the plan from Minhyuk. They were supposed to pretend to fight a bloody battle in the entrance to the Land of the Gods. Then, people whom Minhyuk coaxed into helping, or the gods of Olympus, would attack the moment the enemy commanders entered. In other words, this was the part of the plan that got disrupted.

“Ah! Why don’t you just listen to me? Ares! You’re really f*cking crazy!”

Then, they finally heard Minhyuk’s voice from afar. At the same time, the blonde man riding atop the black warhorse, who came running like crazy with tens of millions of troops, grinned at Anas.

“Kik! Kihihihihihi! Kyaaa, kyaaa! Hey, you f*cker. Are you Anas? I heard that you’re crazy? I’m one crazy bastard too!” God of War Ares cackled.

Minhyuk descended from the sky right behind him. “Hey! Move according to the plan...!”

“Shut up!”

Crackle!

At that moment, a thick bolt of lightning fell from the sky and landed right next to Michael. Michael looked back at the man, who appeared beside him and slung an arm on his shoulder, with cold sweat dripping down his back.

The man had blonde wavy hair, a pair of deep blue eyes, and a lightning bolt in his hands. He pulled Michael closer and said, “Minhyuk had persuaded us. But we only agreed to half of his plans. We agreed to wipe out Heaven. As for the other half? Well, we all decided not to listen to Minhyuk’s orders.”

Zeus’ haughty gaze landed on Michael.

“Do you understand, angel?”

Michael did not even dare to open his mouth to answer. The power that he felt from the man beside him was making him choke.

“Kyakakakakakakaka!”

Minhyuk grabbed his hair in frustration as he stared at Ares laughing maniacally in front of him. “Haaaaa. For real! You’re crazy...”

But Minhyuk knew that this was not important. He turned to the players and said, “Guys, I’m really sorry. Argh!! These people really won’t listen to me!”

Genie laughed awkwardly. “That... uhm... Minhyuk.... Wouldn’t it be more strange for the gods of Olympus to listen to you?”

“Ah. That’s right...”

All of the players stared at him in stunned silence. When one of the players saw Minhyuk sigh, he said, “So, right now, you’re saying that you coaxed and persuaded the gods of Olympus, but they won’t listen to you. That’s why your plans got disrupted. So... what’s the problem here?”

Minhyuk shrugged his shoulders. “I told them to keep things in moderation and just make sure to scare them away. But these people? Haaa... They said that they would kill everyone who twitched. Ah. Why are these people so cruel~? Haaaa...”

“...”

“...”

The archangels were rendered mute.

Minhyuk smiled wryly as he looked at the players. Then, he said, “Well, if it’s like this, then we can say that we at least got a chicken instead of a pheasant[1], right?”

They could be said to be a substitute for the Absolute Gods.

Genie looked at him incredulously and said, “At this rate, you can probably say that you got a phoenix instead of a pheasant...”

Minhyuk looked calmly at the archangels and angels flying in the sky above them. His gaze slowly morphed and turned into his usual charismatic and noble gaze. He said, “Wipe...”

“KYAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Come, come!!! DIE!!!!”

“...them out?”

As expected, Ares did not listen to him. He was already slaughtering the angels around him.

1. , an expression that describes when something is replaced by something else that looks the same. ☜