The summoning

In the Devine realm, the goddess Restia drew the magic circle and got ready to start the summoning.

Restia is a beautiful goddess with blonde hair and an attractive body; she is the goddess who summoned heroes who saved two hundred worlds so far. When the summoning ritual began the magic circle glowed with white light and the ceiling was bright. The goddess chanted the name of the hero she wanted to summon. The light was overflowing from the magic circle. In the center of the enchanted ground stood a man who journeyed from the faraway earthly world.

"Never in a million years, I thought I would get summoned to the Devine realm as a hero"

The last thing I remembered was crying at the sight of my dead sister.

"Is this the afterlife"

"No, you stupid I summoned you here".

I looked and saw a beautiful glamorous lady in front of me.

"I am Restia, the goddess who summoned you here".

I introduced myself as Emile. I was told that I will be the hero who will save the Devine realm from a great threat.

I couldn't stop laughing.

"Me, a hero, sorry I must have heard you wrong".

The goddess then touched my forehead with her godly fingers. Memories and knowledge came gushing into my mind. I was convinced now that I was summoned here by a goddess to save the world. The moment she touched my forehead I could see the history of the gods.

There were 3 worlds: the Devine realm, the demon realm,(named Grehetti), and the spirit realm. The war between the gods and the demon existed way before the spirit realm was established. Since the spirits have decided to remain neutral the gods have summoned heroes to fight their battles for them. I learned the origins of magic. All these happened within seconds.

"Sorry sister, it looks like I won't be able to join you in the afterlife just yet". I said these words thinking of my twin sister

I suddenly started glowing. My clothes changed into that of a hero and I was dressed in light armor. The goddess asked me to pronounce the name of my weapon to create it. I thought for a while and started chanting,

"come forth the sword of the iron meteorite – Intez".

I was holding a sword in my hand. I quickly unsheathed it. It was as if this sword was made for me and only I could use it.

"It's time we leave, We must test your strength and train you". Saying these words she left the hall with me following her.

I was ready to take anybody on. I could feel an overpowering strength flowing through my whole body.

After walking through the heavenly garden of the divine realm, we headed over to the god of the swordsmanship chamber.

His name was Kyodo. He had a fine well-built body. He had a scary look in his eyes. One look at him and you could tell he had a tremendous amount of strength. We were teleported to an empty arena.

He called for his sword and I did likewise. I felt stronger and different. I wanted to test out and surpass my limits. You could tell that he was a skilled swordsman by just looking at his stance.

We fought several minutes before I collapsed from exhaustion. I thought I had a chance of winning.

"Who am I kidding, he is a god after all". I was completely wiped out.

"Hey kid, you are not so bad after all, out of all the heroes I faced you were the first one to last this long. What do you say about your training with me".

I felt honored to train with him. This is how I began my journey to become the most powerful hero of all.

It's been weeks since I came here. I have been fighting monsters as part of my training to raise my skills. The higher the skills, the stronger you get. Due to my ability to copy anyone's techniques or skills, I constantly power up easily. Training with Kyodo was a lot harder than I imagined. Hours felt like days.

"Time runs very slow in the Devine realm compared to others".

How much ever harder I try I couldn't even scratch his armor. I trained with the fire god, Kagutsuchi, and learned to control the fire. I even increased my knowledge by talking to the other gods in the realm. I was told by the other great gods that the heroes who were Summoned before had an affinity for either physical combat or holy chants. I had the affinity for both which is very rare and that was the reason For me to be summoned.

I knew that physical combat like swordplay won't work against all the monsters and that's the reason why I decided to go to Castor's den.

Castor was a witch who was extremely skilled at dark arts and light magic. But due to her aggressive personality, she was banished from the Devine realm. Even the minor gods refused to go near her.

After my training with Kagutsuchi and Kyodo, I decided to sneak out to Castor's den and become her apprentice. She lived alone on the outskirts of the realm. I really needed to learn as much as I can and become as strong as fast as possible. I couldn't waste any more time.

The place where she lived was pitch black. I couldn't see anything at all. It was as if I entered a demon's lair.

I heard strange voices from the walls. I could hear something slithering around. I had a strange feeling about this. When I entered her lair, I felt as if I was being watched.

"I am being watched"

"I could smell the blood".

I carefully pronounced the word

"illuminate".

the chamber was lit up by a powerful light. I could see blood everywhere.

I found castor fully covered in blood lying in the center of the chamber. I could sense something creeping in the shadows.

"Come out, I know you are hiding there"

I quickly drew out my sword. I carefully stepped back. My senses told me to run away but I just couldn't leave castor there. There was a lot of hissing. From the corner of the room came a demon I haven't seen anywhere before. It was covered fully in black with a hood. It divided itself Into four and quickly Surrounded me.

"Looks like I am trapped. It's either kill or be killed."

"there was no way I could go back alive without a fight"

Nothing came to my mind at that moment. I just had to live. I charged In without thinking. Not only did the demon evade my attacks but my sword and body passed through it.

The room grew cold. The demon was releasing a gas of some kind. My mind was becoming hazy.

"I don't have the skills to use dark arts and physical attacks were of no use against this demon".

The demons were getting closer and closer. I had to do something fast.

"I was hoping I wouldn't use this, but I don't really have a choice here".

I snapped my fingers and chanted

"in the name of the fire god Kagutsuchi, I call upon you, come forth crimson flames and burn my target."

Saying this a bright red flame came from inside me and burned the whole lair down.

My whole body was burned by the flames and several joints of mine were dislocated.

"The flames are too strong to control, it ended up burning me too".

I was later found by the fire god who carried me home. It took weeks to heal my wound. I woke up in a large room surrounded by the gods

"It was a miracle that you even survive" Said Restia with a grin on her face.

Later that night I was summoned by the great gods to learn the truth.

"Castor had let a demon possess her soul. That's the reason why she couldn't enter the Devine realm".

"You, great hero who came from another world, you must leave the divine realm and go to the land of spirits"

"The spirits living in the Eastern border of the spirit realm had helped the heroes and guided them in the previous lifetimes".

"You must become stronger, the demon lord's presence is becoming stronger by the minute"

"It won't be long before there is an all out war between the realms"

All the gods looked serious and spoke to one another expressing their opinions on the matter at hand.

I left the hall after some time and went back to my sleeping quarters. I gazed at the black sky, thinking of the past.

"Questions left unanswered, truths not told, lies that doesn't matter"

"What is it that I have been searching for? what is it that I truly want"

Somewhere in a dark abyss, the demon survived and reported the incidents that took place to the demon lord before getting slayed by him.