Chapter 38

PATHETIC.

Huh?

When I came to, I found myself at the same place where I first met the scheming fat ass cat.

It was a pitch black world that makes me feel like I'm floating endlessly through space.

That's weird. I usually find myself in this place only whenever a god is talking to me but I don't see anybo-

INCREDIBLY PATHETIC.

Hm?!

A deep rough voice spoke which made me shiver in surprise.

I looked behind and that's when I saw...

'Julius?'

He still had the same appearance in my memories. Buffed body with dark grey skin, handsome long face. Long silver hair that measured to his waist.

He was at least over 2 meters huge and his arm was nearly as thick as my neck.

Two intimidatingly large black horns grew on his forehead.

He really looked so much like A*trox's Blood Moon Skin on a certain game back in earth.

TO BE COMPARED INTO A VIDEO GAME CHARACTER... QUITE BOLD OF YOU.

'No... offense?'

SURPRISED?

'I mean didn't we umm... you know.. uh... combined?'

HAH! ME? COMBINED WITH THE LIKES OF YOU?

He then suddenly leaned towards me and looked into my eyes in an extremely intimidating way.

DON'T OVERESTIMATE YOURSELF, HUMAN. YOUR RIDICULOUS OTHER WORLDLY SOUL WOULD BE IMMEDIATELY DESTROYED IN THE METE PRESENCE OF MINE.

'Huh? then... what exactly happened?'

AS I ESCAPED HELL, MY SOUL WAS TOO POWERFUL TO MANIFEST IN ANY LIVING BODY AND A DECEASED ONE WOULD IMMEDIATELY CRUMBLE.

THAT WAS, UNTIL I CAUGHT A SCENT YOUR BODY.

'S-scent of my body?'

HEH... THIS BODY WAS GIVEN TO YOU BY THE GODS, NO?

'Y-yeah?I think?'

OF COURSE YOU PROBABLY WON'T EVEN NOTICE BUT THIS BODY ITSELF IS A LITERAL CHEAT IF YOU MAY SAY.

'A cheat?'

HMPH. AS EXPECTED OF AN OTHERWORLDLY HUMAN.

'Haa? I'm so confused right now.'

SEEING AS HOW IF I DON'T EXPLAIN SOME SHITS TO YOU, YOU'LL JUST ANNOYINGLY ASK EVEN MORE QUESTIONS.

I then sat ( is this even possible in this place? I don't know but I felt like I did. ) while readily listened to him.

SIGH... ALRIGHT THEN-

With that, he started to talk about this world and it's origin. ( Finally some answers. )

Apparently, this world was blessed by the existence called [ System ].

This system was a being or an existence even more powerful the the Gods and Goddesses.

In this world, the system created set a rule, or an event per say.

It balanced this world into two sides, The evil and the righteous forces.

The Demon King was given the power and authority over all demons and was given the quest to rule over the world.

The Hero or Heroes were blessed by the system to fight off this evil and save the world.

This was the set rules and events created by the System.

This event always happens in a cycle and occurs after there is a defeated side. The winning side would be given the chance to ascend into godhood.

Back then, the celestial plane was incredibly disastrous in which gods and goddesses openly hated and harbored evil intentions against each other.

Three main factions divided all the gods and goddesses; Apolytos, Paradeisos, and Eleftheros. ( Although I'm not sure, but they all sound like greek words. )

Paradeisos, those Gods and Goddesses who want to establish rule and order amongst celestial beings..

Apolytos, Gods and Goddesses who wanted to remain the disorder and the battle of the fittest rule.

These two factions were always on each other's throats while the Eleftheros group was more of an unorthodox faction, meaning they didn't want to side with either sides.

Celestial wars continuously occured and those godly beings who died apparently ceased to exist.

Afte coming to learn of this world, OGs ( Origin Gods or Old Gods ) used this chance to raise their power and so, in the beginning, they approached both Heroes and Demon Kings.

Giving them power and skills in exchange for contracts. Contracts that swore allegiance towards their chosen Gods.

The Apoloytos faction chose the Demon Kings as their contractors while the Paradeisos chose the Heroes.

This was the fatal mistake made by the Apoloytos faction as they didn't realise the overwhelming arrogance and pride of Demon Kings.

They were harder to control as they valued their own beliefs and put their conquest above all else.

The Paradeisos on the other hand, held no difficulty in manipulating the Heroes as they give them sweet lies and empty promises as they handed them 'blessings' that barely amounted anything to Gods.

'Wait a second... so blessings aren't that important?'

OF COURSE YOU WOULDN'T KNOW BUT THERE ACTUALLY EXISTED A LEVEL CAP.

'What?!'

INDEED. BACK THEN I HAVE REACHED THE MAX LEVEL WHICH IS LEVEL 99999.

'Huh?!'

HEH, TYPICAL GODS. THEY MAKE IT SEEM LIKE BLESSINGS ARE IMPORTANT THINGS BUT THEY ARE ACTUALLY JUST USED FOR INCREASING EXPERIENCE POINTS GAIN.

'That's correct....'

Now that I think about it, that's really it, isn't it?

'Wait a second, then what about the acquiring skill chance?'

He then held his belly as he roared in laughter.

SKILLS? BFFFT! WHAT? SKILLS?! HAHA! THAT IS BY FAR, THE MOST FUNNIEST QUESTION YOU'VE EVER ASKED.

This guy... is making fun of me.

OH WAIT, I FORGOT, YOU WERE A HERO.. I GUESS ITS DIFFERENT FOR YOU HUH? YOU'VE LEARNED TO BE MORE DEPENDENT TOWARDS GODS.

THEY PROBABLY TOLD YOU THAT AFTER LEVEL 10 OR SO, IT WOULD BE HARDER TO ACQUIRE SKILLS, RIGHT?

'That's a... lie?'

YOU ACTUALLY BELIEVED THAT?! PFFT! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! UNBELIEVABLE... HOW GULLIBLE ARE YOU?

'Wha- then what is it?'

ALRIGHT.... THE THING IS, THERE ARE ACTUALLY THREE WAYS IN EARNING SKILLS.

THE FIRST IS BY DEVELOPING IT BY YOUR OWN, THE THING ABOUT SKILLS IS LEARNING THE FOUNDATION OF THE BELIEF ABILITY OF THE SKILL.

IT'S ACTUALLY REALLY EASY TO UNLOCK SKILLS LIKE 'JUMP', 'HOP' OR EVEN 'BREATHE'.

KEEP IN MIND THOUGH, THIS ONLY OCCURS ON BLESSED MORTALS SUCH AS THE HERO AND DEMON KINGS.

IT'S A PRIVILEGE.

SERIOUSLY, THIS WAS ALREADY A GIVEN KNOWLEDGE TOWARDS HEROES AND DEMON KINGS.

THE REASON WHY IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR YOU IS BECAUSE THAT YOUR BODY IS A MONSTER'S.

'My... body? wait a second... I thought you said my body was a cheat?'