A Buddha?

<Third PoV>

-Hero's faction-

"So Loki had been sealed? And Kuroka is kidnapped..." Cao Cao looked at the members especially Bikou who looked irritated.

"Hmmm. Serves him right. That God was too arrogant, that it would one day lead to his demise." Hercules a muscular man spoke.

"Still-" Jeanne wanted to butt in the conversation.

"Why are we even teaming up with a God in the first place?" Vali said arrogantly.

"God or not his goals are aligned with us." Cao Cao explained.

"Then is that why we also. Allied with Hades? If so why hadn't he helped us?" Bikou said irritatingly, as his staff was stolen.

"After Kizro and Loki lost to the same guy? What should we do now?" Georg said worried that their plans might fail because of Theus.

"I'll deal with Theus or Vile, once we initiate our plans on sacrificing the leader of Kyoto. Which I'm sure that He would come." Cao Cao said confidently as his True Longinus can kill any devils and Gods.

What he doesn't know is that Theus is growing stronger and stronger by the day... I would be long once Theus reached the realms of transcendence.

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-North America-

<Carl Johnson pov>

*hufff* *hufff*

"Who are you, people!?" I groaned at the people flying above me.

"I'm Tezcatlipoca, one of the Aztec Gods. Be honored that you have the chance to gaze at me." The skinny man blonde man in a rider jacket and jeans said.

"A God?" I looked at him with amazement as this was the first time I'd seen one.

"Do most Gods look like you? If so then that would be interesting." I said as I healed myself back to shape.

"So why does a God want to kill me?" Fuck did I do something wrong to piss him off? My cheat abilities are useless against him.

"I'm not going to kill you just yet... I'm only testing you, whether or not you're worthy to be my contractor." Tezcatlipoca stated as he descended to the ground.

"Contract? You wanna have a deal with me?" I asked as he nodded.

"Yes. And your ability to create guns and weapons out of thin air, is indeed impressive." He cupped his chin in agreement.

"So here's the deal Carl Johnson. How about we work together on owning the world." He proposed.

"Let me guess, you want to create an army using the guns I created, right?" I guessed as this guy might have people but doesn't have weapons.

"You are indeed right about that. So what do you think? Would you agree to make a contract with me?"

"Alright." The deal doesn't seem so bad, and making a deal with God is a first for me. As long as there are boundaries on the contract.

"Raise your hand." I followed.

"Now you're going to be my contractor. And as I, who wish to conquer the world. The contractor must have the same goal in exchange for greater power." Tezcatlipoca did some strange ritual, as there are several lines appeared on my body.

"What are these?" I asked what it was, as the tattoo was too ugly for my taste.

"Those are proof that you made a contract with me, Tezcatlipoca. Having that would grant you more great power." He explained while looking away.

Not a bad deal... I made a contract with a God without losing something anything. And he seems strong... My bullets subconsciously redirect their trajectory whenever they reach him.

It's like he's protected by an unknown force. Is this what it means to be a god? Bending reality or some shit?

....

<Theus pov>

"Mmmm. What are you going to do now master?" Valerie said as she bit my neck.

"I'm probably going to tear some space and see if there's a space that is long abandoned." I recently learned that there is this thing called a Dimension Gap.

It is a place that connects the Underworld, Earth, and Heaven. It's also commonly called the void realm since there isn't anything there... Currently ruled by the Dragon God, Great Red who is recognized as one of the strongest beings in this world.

Speaking of Great Red, I'm tempted to try and challenge the Dragon Gods, such as Ophis and Great Red. To see if I'm on their level, I'm also curious if they are affected by my time rewind from my stand Mandom, since I heard that they're considered as beings that are born in the dimension gap, from dreams and infinity, it doesn't make sense to me, but since it's an anime I guess anything can work... *sigh*. Since they are made up of dreams or infinity, I don't think time effect their existence.

"Have you satisfied your fill?" I asked her who finished sucking my blood.

"Uhum." Valerie nodded wiping her lips.

"You're acting like a needy dhampir." I patted her head.

"Mmmm." She acts like a cat...

*Knock*

"Master, I heard you call for me." Sakuya entered, as she became my first knight who used the mutation piece.

"Yes, we will be going on a tour." To the void that is.

"Alright. When will we be departing?" She readied herself.

"Now." I got up from the bed, and I used the Yamato to cut the space.

"Come."

....

Several hours passed from my space-tearing spree with Sakuya.

"Where exactly are we going master?" She curiously asked as I randomly cut the space around us.

"Finding old ruins. All the while avoiding the dragon." I want to find the rest of Solomon's rings, as it proved to be great things to have.

"What is this?" After teleporting to an unknown dimension for an hour. We arrived at an overgrown city.

"It looks like a ruined civilization, master." Sakuya looked further.

"Master!" Sakuya screamed and I also immediately felt it.

"Who are you?" A blonde man with luxurious clothes suddenly appeared in front of us.

"Shouldn't you be the one to introduce?" I asked him.

I didn't know why but something told me that I'd lose something if I attacked this person.

"Mmmm, you don't seem like an enemy. Very well I'll introduce myself. I am Otto Apocalypse, the current true Maitreya." He bowed elegantly.

Maitreya!? Like Buddha? I imagined Buddha to have Eastern clothes, like those Buddhists wear. I can't be sure if he's lying or not.

"I'm Theus Vasilis Gusion, from the house of Gusion." I also returned the bow.

"And this is my servant Sa-"

"Sakuya Izayoi. Right?" He said, making Sakuya and me confused.

"You're a maid from the Scarlet Devil Mansion, or am I wrong?" Otto added, making me think that he's a reincarnator.

"Yes I am, but how did you know?" Sakuya confirmed.

"I have my fair share of reading mangas and played several games in my previous life."

Yup, he certainly is one.

"And you Theus, seem to have the same case as me." He looked closer to me, as his emerald eyes stared intently at me.

"*sigh* No need to be tense Theus. I mean no harm... That is of course if you're working with the outer gods." He backed away cleaning his clothes.

"Outer gods?" I remember I drank a blood from one of them in the past.

"You don't seem to be working with them... Then you must be related to OG God." He said confirmly.

"You mean the muscular guy?" I curiously asked if the buff dude that reincarnated me is the one he's referring to.

"Yes."

"How is he doing?" I asked.

"He permanently lost his right arm, after Kaalut ambushed him." He sighed.

"Must be rough," I muttered confusingly. I still don't know if he's my enemy or not.

"By the way, what are you doing in a ruined realm like this?" Otto asked as he created a chair for the three of us.

"I'm currently exploring as I'm bored." I didn't want to let him know that I was finding Solomon's ring.

"You must be trying to find Solomon's ring right?" He asked as if he read my mind.

"How did you know? Can you read minds?" I asked cautiously.

"No. But I can see 2 rings inside you. So I figure that you're finding the rest."

"I see..." What a weird guy.

"I advise you to give up finding, the rest. As you might just waste your time." He suggested.

"May I ask why?"

"That's because the rest of the rings are with the original Solomon." He explained.

"He's alive?" I asked in surprise.

"Oh, course he is. He is alive and well than OG God."

This is confusing me now... I thought Solomon died, at least that's what the records said.

"Hmmm. Since you know Sakuya and read a lot of fiction... Do you by chance know this guy?" I showed the Circle to him.

"I see... You can summon beings from another reality." He nodded in surprise. "For a cheat, that's neat. I indeed know the thing."

"He is The Circle, one of the former 7th Floor Owner of the Skyscraper."

"What's that from?" I still don't know what anime or game it belonged to.

"It's from the webtoon called God of Highschool, The Circle is from the God race. Does that answer your question?"

"What's the skyscraper about?" It certainly is not the tall buildings right?

"You can treat it as a dungeon in games, that has a total of 7000 floors. Where the topmost is considered as the entrance. Beings there challenge stronger beings called floor masters until you arrive at the 8th floor where the gatekeep is posted. He stops weaklings from entering the lower floors. The 7th floor beyond the masters is now called The Masters of the Heavenly Realm. The Circle is one of them." He examined briefly.

"It's an omitted explanation since it wouldn't matter nonetheless." He said.

"Why?"

"It's because it's been taken over by the outer gods. After the previous Maitreya became a traitor and worked with them." He said in anger.

"And because of that, those racist shits are now accusing me of colluding with those disgusting beings." He scoffed.

"Anyways... It seems like you need to leave now..." He looked behind us. A green flame appeared out of thin air.

"What!?" I looked at it as my body suddenly felt bizarre. Sakuya on the other hand wasn't doing well, as she was bleeding from all orifices.

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-Chapter end-