What a day!

Lady Sylvia, we are thankful to you for saving our lives, .

You are the best we will dedicate our lives to serving under your command .

I saw you killing the orc boss you are so cool lady Sylvia

Sylvia was buried in the complements but she couldn't answer back she was frozen stiff

She wasn't used to telling lies, she wanted to tell them what had really happened but they would never believe her .

So she did the next best thing and went through with Neoh's plan .

Thank you everyone its an honor to lead brave soldiers like you, Sylvia said in a voice that commanded respect.

"We need to get these corpses back to the city and give them a proper burial " Sylvia ordered

'What about the orcs, lithunenet?'

"We have to carry them back too, we have no horses, all of them died in the engagement, closest settlement is not too far so follow me, when we get there we can get our hands on some carts and come back load up the corpses"

With that, they all started their journey toward the village

They seemed to have believed you good job, neoh patted Sylvia on the head .

Thank you my lord Sylvia replied

"You see, I've forgotten something there is a day difference between the death of the soldiers and the death of the orcs, an expert could tell the difference even tho the weather is cold and they didn't decompose so much, but I have to go back and fix my mistake, you don't need to come tho, I will see you when you get to the village"

'I follow your commands, my lord'

Sylvia had come to terms with the reality that she was now working for an unfathomable being, and that she should do as her liege wished, even thinking about defying someone who can steal souls from heaven is stupid she thought

After they parted ways, neoh went back to the battle scene and fixed the problem by reanimating those human corpses and repairing them then killing them with orc axes (note: reanimation in this novel is much different than reincarnation when reanimating there is no soul involved), after that matter was settled, he remembered that in Yael's reports, they were villagers they were trying to protect.

So they may leak the information that they didn't fight today but a day prior, but he didn't think much of it they will probably never run into those villagers and would never be confronted using that information.

Then he teleported into the vicinity of the village Sylvia was talking about, it was a village like any other one in a medieval society, with peasants breaking their backs in fields just to lose most of the crops they get to their landlord, just normal people going about their life, not knowing about the horrors of the bigger cosmos.

Something about living like that always intrigued Leon, he would occasionally think about, how their life were so simple and their concerns so basic, it was captivating for him, he would rather be one of them, he had made that castle and a legacy to match it, he had fought countless wars and gained unimaginable powers as a resault, but what if he could just leave all that behind and live like a mortal and die like one?.

I built this castle of power, now I'm trapped on the throne, he said, and then looked at the sky and let out a sigh.

I guess this is what happens when you chew more than you can handle .

While he was enjoying the scenery, Suddenly a figure of pure darkness appeared beside him, and then the stench of death and dread filled the air.

"To what misfortune do I owe meeting you on this beautiful day Hades ?"

'I noticed that you have stolen some souls from my territory '

"Can't say I didn't, but don't worry nothing for you to be interested in, just some damp souls they should be back in the underworld by now "

'You know I'm the keeper of souls, right?

I guide all souls across infinite dimensions into the afterlife, for you to so easily enter my territory and grab some Is challenging my authority '

"So what if I am challenging your authority? What are you gonna do about it, are you gonna finally face me? "

Hades was irritated, he wasn't someone who exactly had a reputation for being disrespected every day in fact the last time someone spoke to him like this was the same guy who at that time used the underworld as a training ground for his troops and that was thousands of years ago.

'Listen, I'm not here to start a war, but I have a reputation to uphold, it would be amazing if you got my permission before you just came and grabbed some souls'

"I don't need permission, to grab some damp souls nobody gives a fuck about Hades, and take this as friendly advice don't bother people that are stronger than you, especially me, I have a very short fuse "

Hades grinned his teeth and responded

'I understand but please take into consideration that what you are doing breaks the balance of the reality itself for a god to walk amongst man is unheard-of, you are putting every other God at risk here '

"Ah so that's why you are here, I see, who cares about those old farts, all they do all day is to sit on their ass, and talk about how great they are, I should've wiped them out years ago, tell them if they have a problem, come and tell me to my face not to hide behind you of all people, at least you have the guts to tell me about your problem yourself"

'I understand, I take my leave '

Wooosh

Hades disappeared as if he was never there.

I guess the only thing left to do is to visit the village neoh thought to himself, then He changed his attire to resemble an average Joe and in the process, he adjusted his height so he wouldn't stand out.

He entered the village and walked towards the village square they were multiple stalls all around the square selling various farm products, nothing out of the ordinary, he walked up to one of them and asked for directions to the town's tavern, the town's people were oddly friendly he even sold them a golden rink to get his hands on some coins.

When he got to the tavern he walked up to the counter and ordered some booze.

'Here you go, sir' the barmaid put a wooden mazer filled with alcohol on the counter.

Neoh pulled a couple of silver coins out of his pocket and gave them to the barmaid.

"Ah, sir this is too a copper coin would suffice"

'Don't worry, keep the change I feel generous today'

Then he picked up the booze and drank it in one sip, then he wiped his mouth with his sleeve, Ah it's been a while since I have drank trash like this but it makes me feel nostalgic, back in my home world this kind of stuff was in every bar.

Of course, neoh couldn't physically get drunk, the reason was that he had total immunity to poisons, this was one of the first skills he had picked up along the way.

But still, the act of drinking gave him nostalgia and it was worth it, at least in his eyes.

As he was enjoying the moment somebody he felt somebody's hand touching his shoulder.

Hey, rich boy you came to the wrong town, who told you that you can drink booze here? Do you want to get your pretty face smashed? no on second thought, I want to take you as my new wife.

Ah, the classic dumb brute gets beaten up by the MC, I've seen this somewhere before.

But this time it's different.

"Ah sorry mister, I leave now here you go this is all the money I have please don't hurt me ", then he gave him the money he had earned selling the gold ring.

The man took the pouch and tried to take out some coins but as soon as his hand touched the coins an insane pain traveled through his nervous system.

Just kidding, no way I'm letting this dumbass get away with disrespecting me, wink!

The man was in immense pain so much so that he started to throb at the mouth

And then he died where he stood.

I guess that's enough now I just need to mindwipe everybody so no one knows what happened here.

He took his pouch off the dead man's corpse and put the corpse in his dimensional space.

Then he started the process of cleaning up this mess.

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Sylvia and his soldiers walked for 4 hours and finally, they could see the village from afar, come on guys we are finally here we just need to get those carts and then we are finally good to go back and get out comrades, Sylvia said

Suddenly a voice inside her head called out to her

"Sylvia are you there ?"

The voice was familiar, and instantly she knew who she was talking to.

'Are you in my head My lord ?'

"No what ? of course not I'm using a spell to communicate with you I'm inside the pop come here with your soldiers and act like you don't know me, then I tag along so we can go and destroy the orc camp, you understand ?"

'I understand'

"Good then, now hurry up we don't have infinite time,well I have, but not you"