Gangwon Province, on a mountainside in Hongcheon.

Right after the year turned and Ye Beomyeong discovered Youngin’s divinity, four false gods descended by using the Altar of Death as a medium.

The flow of esper waves kept warping and stopping, one abnormality after another that felt maddening just to look at, and the aura was evil besides, so Hwang Ho’s mood sank even lower.

For fakes, they carry the pressure of higher beings. If Ye Beomyeong, who has good eyes but no knowledge of abilities and no immunity, saw them, his mind could break.

Ye Beomyeong squeezed his eyes shut as told, and only slit them open after the divine beast Olmu—back in its true form—stepped in front to block the view.

He did not look directly at the false gods, but he could see depraved power seething; he jolted, turned his head away, and tried to focus on the “mixed thing” he had just discovered.