The Return of the Disaster-Class Hero

Chapter 57 - What in the world? (3)

The gods put great importance on their followers. This should be obvious. No king could exist without subjects. There was no god without believers.

From the beginning, manpower symbolized infinite possibilities for the military and religion. If the quantity and quality of the people increased, an organization's influence would also increase. This was a common truth.

The system applied to the gods too in an equitable manner. This was why the Saints cultivated disciples. They also stole each other's disciples.

The Gemini Saint had grown her power like that. Heiji had scouted Constructs and human subordinates and fiercely fought to grow her power base. However, at a time, all that was proving to be useless.

'The Gemini temple has no SS rank disciples.' Of course, Heiji had many excellent generals with whose power she rivaled the other Zodiac Saints. However, the presence of an SS rank disciple made a great difference to a Saint and their temple.

[Black Thorn]

"Gemini Saint, we lost our contribution to the Virgo Saint!"

[Golden Rule]

"This is not good! We can't defend against the bombardment from the Libra Saint!"

[White Lion]

"We can't win against the Leo Saint! We have to entertain his demands for now!"

The Ten Stars(SS rank Users) were Users worthy of being the next Zodiac Saints. Any Zodiac Saint with one or more of the Ten Stars in their ranks boasted incredible power. The temples with a member of the Ten Stars always seized victory; they took all the wealth and fame.

No matter how crafty the Gemini Saint tried to be in leading her temple to victory, the other Zodiac Saints always snatched the rewards for meritorious deeds from under her. However, things had changed when she was close to losing the east region of her territory after barely acquiring it.

"What? A monster appeared in Korea?"

That monster was Chun Sungjae.

"Yes! He's just past the minimum age. He's an immature kid."

The current international laws said that an awakened being had to be at least thirteen years old and in the seventh grade to join a temple. Those below the age limit couldn't participate in raids against F-rank monsters even if they had potential.

The special thing about Chun Sungjae hadn't been his age, however. It was his abilities.

"No one that young has passed the main temple's entrance test. Moreover, the result from the assessment said he has the potential to become an SS rank...."

"Moreover, he has zero percent faith toward the gods?"

"Cough! How can that be.... Cough!"

In truth, Chun Sungjae's faith had been in the negative, but Choi Sunghyuk had been unable to bring himself to tell this to the Gemini Saint.

"Anyway, he has the potential of an SS rank. Even if the assessment was an error..."

"No. It isn't an error."

Heiji's expression changed when she saw Chun Sungjae's awakened name. It was as she had expected.

After that...

"We've recovered our contribution from the Virgo Saint!"

"We were successful in our defense!"

"What the hell is up with that stupidly strong kid? Is he a general?"

"No. They said he is a C-rank."