Chapter 9

[Warning. A gate has appeared in Yeun-nam Central Park. Those near are to evacuate immediately while we wait for the Aeons to arrive.]

The words were on the news, and Sung Ho clicked the off button, and it shut off. No point waiting around, was there.

Sung Ho sighed. He had just forgotten he didn't have a car. However, in his moment of need….

His saviour, Seojun showed up in her Bugatti Chiron.

"Need a ride?" Sung Ho's face practically sparkled at that, mainly because she was probably going the same place he was, the gate.

"Hop in." Sung Ho opened the car door gingerly, mainly because he was afraid of scratching the car- or worse. How much money did this cost? A lot more than he had, for sure.

Seo-Jun flicked on her sunglasses. "We'll be there in around 5 minutes. Hopefully the gate hasn't broken by then."

[You have…..3 unread messages]

"Hey, Seojun? How do I read my unread messages?" Sung-Ho asked.

"You have to say 'Open Mailbox' and it should come up. Watch me." She said. Putting her Status window on [Visible] mode, she said "Open Mailbox." It opened, and she had….around 469? Most of them seemed to be fan mail, requests for interviews, love letters from fans, or just Taeyan Guild business. After all, Seo-Jun was a popular person.

"So I just have to open the mailbox?" The screen popped up.

[Quest Completed: Awaken]

[New Quest: Way Of The Strong]

[The Goddess Of Death, Persephone, would like to speak with you]

Opening up the second one, a list of tasks were set.

[Quest: Way Of The Strong]

[Reach S-Rank on Insanity-Level.]

"WTF?!"

Of course, Seojun couldn't see what was going on, yet still attempted to calm him down. Once he had, he asked her a question. "What does it mean when a God, or Goddess wants to speak with you?"

"Ah, that. It usually means said divine being would like to sponsor you, give you an authority, or have you as their avatar. However, as you've already become Mikaela's avatar, it's likely an authority."

"Ah, right." Sung Ho clicked on the message, and there was a flash of white light.

Floating….where? He was surrounded by darkness. There in front of him, was a beautiful figure, the Goddess of Darkness, Persephone.

"Who are you?" She asked him.

'𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘥𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘵.' Sung-Ho thought to himself, before speaking. "My name is Sung-Ho. Why did you call me here?"

'𝘓𝘪𝘦𝘴.' She said in a cold tone. "I sense Aether within you. No, you 𝒂𝒓𝒆 the Aether. So tell me, WHO ARE YOU?!" She was almost screaming at him. As if....she was afraid. Of what dwelt within.

"Are you afraid? Hah, a god afraid of a mere mortal. What will Hades think of you?" Sung-Ho smirked, very clearly exercising the power and control over her he had, using 𝒇𝒆𝒂𝒓. He leant forward, whispering in her ear. "Fine, I will tell you who I am. I am Mikaela, God Of ——————." Her eyes immediately widened.

"No, it can't be. He was- he was sentenced to Death Eternal for being a traitor millennia ago!"

Sung-Ho laughed. "I would like to make a deal, in your best interests. Once I regain my power, I will 𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖. "

"However, if you give me an authority...I may make you an exception."

"You wouldn't." However, the reality was, he would. No doubt about it. Mikaela always kept his word. However, Persephone was trembling in fear.

"Fine." She said in a quiet tone, her voice shaking.

"Oh, and-"

"You work for me now." Sung Ho said.

And with that, Sung-Ho was returned to Seo-Jun's car, as though 5 minutes had passed.

[Skill: Death Goddess' Wrath Lv1]

Death Goddess' Wrath wasn't an exceptionally powerful skill. Quite weak, actually.

"DAMN THIS SCAMMING BASTARD OF A GODDESS!"