gods?

"you're awake?" a handsome young man with long blonde hair, blue eyes, and wearing white and gold armor asked as he looked at a blonde-haired kid, with blue eyes, and three whisker markings on his cheeks he was none other than Naruto. but he was currently wrapped up in bandaged

"y-you." Naruto instantly jumped up and tried to make some distance between himself and this man, the last thing he remembered was this man stabbing a sword through his stomach, yet he was alive and well at this moment.

"my apologies. I sensed an evil aura off you, I thought you were a demon so I attacked... I didn't expect you had one sealed inside you. please, forgive me for almost taking the life of a child." He said softly, slightly amazed at how Naruto was up and moving, like a few hours ago he didn't have a sword run through his stomach.

"my name is Akin. come and eat, you've been asleep for some time, I have seen your states. I didn't expect the Zodiac kingdom to act so fast. then again, I don't blame them after hearing the words I said." He said softly as he took out a try of food. Naruto was hesitant, but the food smelled too good for him to remain on guard. he slowly states down and eats while asking what Akin meant by his words.

"I'm hero Akin, unlike you who was summoned here, I was choisen to save it from the incoming danger which wants to destroy it. but, people began turning their back on me after I started speaking about how all races can unite and live together. I don't see the point of wars. I simply want to create a world where everyone can be happy," He said softly, Naruto froze at its words before remembering how he was stabbed. Akin didn't go for a killing blow, but he seemed shocked that Naruto was not capable of dodging his attack. but Naruto had no idea what Akin meant by summoned, which Akin slowly explain everything to Naruto

"well, Naruto. I should return you to the Zodiac kingdom, but the fact you were separated from the summons shows you have no bond to it. would you like to follow me, your eyes are pure as the clear blue sky. I can tell you not a bad person, and I can't return you back to the Zodiac kingdom knowing they might kill you." He said softly,

"why would they kill me? I did nothing wrong, they are the ones that summoned me." Naruto said with a frown,

"it's because of the monster within you, it's quite powerful. I would say it has a power of around 50 or so thousand. it's strong enough to take on the strongest human nations on its own, which is why I also can't let you out of my sight unless I know both you and everyone around you are safe." He said as he stood up, Naruto was downcasted hearing this. this fox sealed within him has only brought him pain, but Akin suddenly reached out to him.

"that look of loneliness, I have seen it before. allow me to be the friend you need, you remind me of my younger self, you're almost like a little brother." He said with a smile, Naruto was stunned as he looked at him and back at the arm.

"you want to be friends with me?" Naruto asked in disbelief, Akin nodded with a smile. Naruto slowly reached out before he suddenly jumped and hugged Akin before he bursts out crying, stunning Akin slightly. but he slowly began calling Naruto down.

meanwhile, back to Sora calmly searched the village before stumbling upon where the coups of the greater goblin were at. but its body had disappeared and was released with a heavy sword, and a few bottles all with different colors, Sora was sure its body was here, he wanted to use the goblin bones to make traps and stuff. but what was powerful enough to carry such a thing off.

"that's called a monster drop, monsters that are left out too long will slowly transform into this. the stronger the monster, the better the lots." Jenny one of the people Sora saved said softly, Sora calmly turned to look at her.

Jenny was a young woman around 18 years old, she had an eye patch over her left eye. her left eye was bright red like fire, she also had dark red hair, she was quite the beauty, even with her bad condition as if she hadn't eaten for days. her beauty still shown through

"you used Appraisal to find out I'm not from this world?" Sora asked calmly, Jenny nodded slightly. Sora nodded slightly before thinking slightly

'it seems using Appraisal on others is not considered rude or something like that. i didn't even sense then the skill was being used. maybe I should find a way to make fire skills which could hide my stats.' Sora thought calmly, Prinoramial fire was too eye-catching

"I mean no harm, you are my saver. I was captured and separated from my party, all I can do was protect these 3 by using my skills as a blacksmith to buy time for others to come to save us. as my saver, I must repay this debt. since you are all alone, I believe you were summoned all alone here without a group. in that case, you know not of this world. allow me to teach you" She said seriously as she bow, Sora looked at her calmly before nodding. knowledge was power so knowing more of this world would be for the best. also, she knew of his skills, if she showed any ill will Sora will not think twice about killing

"sure," Sora said calmly, as he walked over to the sword and used Appraisal on the sword.

{Item name: the goblin slayer sword

Item rank: rare

ability: 50% boost to power level, with a max boost of plus 100 to power level. this sword also gives a basic 50+ power level when equipped.} Sora smiled slightly, this was a nice sword, but it was a heavy sword so it would slow him down slightly.

the other bottles of different colors were all poison, both good and bad. only 3 of them, one of which healed, one was a poison, and the others restore mana.

"so, what up with this place. is it a dungeon or something?" Sora asked calmly, Jenny nodded slightly. She was not the talk and didn't show much emotion. but when she looked at Sora, her one eye seemed to glow slightly.

"This is the dragon king dungeon, we are currently at the outer parts of the dungeon. as you go deeper you will find a hole which goes to the bottom of the dungeon where the dragon king stays. the gate to leave this dungeon is not too far from here, we entered to kill a few dungeon monsters which have been leaving this dungeon." She said softly

"a dungeon acts as a seal which traps powerful monsters which could destroy the world or badly affect it. the energy that leaks lead to the birth of many monsters and beasts, and even rare items and such," she said softly, Sora nodded calmly

"what power level would the demon king have?" Sora asked, Jenny thought slightly before shaking her head.

"at least over 50,000 thousand, he is a monster which could destroy Country if let loose. it's said at one point he almost destroyed a whole Continent. so that points him around 70,000." Jenny said softly,

"how many Continent are here for them to be almost destroyed like that?" Sora asked calmly,

"a few dozens. I don't know about your world, but this world is homed to many life forms and an ocean that is filled with life. we have 6 clones, and even a few realms that further home more races, such as the demon race which is home to the dream realm. their also the dream realm which is birth to many unique dragons, and the heavenly realm which is home to the gods and angels. the realm we are on currently is called earth realm, homed to many humanoid races, such as humans, elves, goblins, giants, and dwarfs." She said softly, Sora nodded slightly

"earth realm is considered to be in the middle of all realms, so it's a major spot many races aim for conquest. but you heroes were not summoned simply to help stop a realm. the strongest demon lord to ever live is soon coming back to life. as the signs show, as the world starts to fall apart it will show his arrival is not too far. he has a power level said to be over 1 million and is capable of destroying everything. he will destroy this world, and reform it into a world of his wishes." she said softly stunning Sora at that power level.

the power level was the level of power one can so. of course, it didn't mean everything, but its said anyone with a power level within 20% of your own, you have a chance to win. above that, they would defeat you like you're nothing but an ant. a power level of a million, the demon lord only needed to blink and Sorait'suld be turned to ashes.

"you see, he has a way to destroy the world. he is even able to control the demon realm to absorb other realms to further improve his power. many people died just to kill him, yet death will not hold him for long. once he is reborn, this world will be conquered, and he will then set his eyes on others' words. such as your own." She said softly, Sora frowned slightly. this guy sounded scary, but that was none of his business.

"so, is there a way to pick unique classes? so far i have these common ones, how do i get a special class and improve my chances to evolve?" Sora asked calmly,

"you don't seem interested in taking down the demon lord... a unique class can be gained after evolving, to increase the chances to evolve you simply have to feel it. it's like a feeling one gets, thats why warriors have a higher chance to evolve, the more you want to break through your limitation and reach a new level, you higher the chance for you to evolve. it can increase your chance to evolve by up to 20%" She said softly,

"There are rare items which can help improve your chance. also, the title helps with this, the more titles you have, the higher the chance to evolve. since you have so many unique and rare titles, i would say you are sure to evolve even if you do nothing. you have the god of fire title, so you need not worry about evolving maybe ever. the fact you have question marks on your max levels shows you can grow almost endlessly." She said softly, her right eye glowed slightly

"what's up with your left eye, I sense a strange from it. that eye patch also has a concealment spell on it to find it from Appraisal." Sora said calmly, Jenny covered her left eye slightly,

"i-its a secret." She said softly, Sora didn't care he just wanted to have the ability to conceal his ability from others if needed.

"I can craft an item built to conceal your power. but it's best I teach you craftsmanship, with your power you could craft anything you want through your flames." She said softly, Sora nodded slightly as he watched Jenny walk over a rock. she went on to use blacksmith magic, and the rock began glowing with red light, before it was slowly metaled reminded, enchanted before it took the form of a ring with a red crystal.

"This is the best I can do for now. but it will block Appraisal from level 1 to 6." She said softly as she gave the necklace to Sora.

{Item Name: Ring of concealment.

Item grade: rare

ability: this ring can conceal one from others who wish to look in on their abilities. strong enough ability can easily see through this. this ring gives a booth to stealth skills, and a plus 10 to power level.}

"Thanks," Sora said softly as he put the ring on. blacksmith magic seemed to but powerful, in a few seconds she created such a unique item like this with its own abilities and stuff.

"blacksmith is a combination of many changes, fire magic, enchantment magic, and molding magic. each plays a role, fire magic is to purify the ore and make it easier for one to mold it. enchantment magic allows one to do pretty much anything. from molding, giving their creation unique abilities, or even turning a rock into a diamond.. this makes blacksmith magic extremely rare to learn. I was born with the great craft smith, so everything I try to create will never fail." She said softly,

"you don't seem too happy about that," Sora said calmly, Jenny lowered her head slightly but Sora didn't ask and walked off to check the village, before heading off to leave the village. the others followed him, but they quickly realized Sora was not planning on leaving the dungeon. they of course wanted nothing more than to leave

they wanted to ask, but they soon realized that Sora was the cold type. he kept to himself and was annoyed the instant they even bothered to try and speak to him. Sora pointed out a wolf which he had to take them back to the gate, all of them left all but Jenny who wanted to remain with him.

"Why are you so headstrong about helping? and don't say it's because I'm your saver/" Sora asked calmly as he looked at her, Jenny calmly looked at the others leaving before looking back at him.

"Because you're my saver... and I believe you will stop the demon lord. so I will help you even at the cost of my own life." She said softly, Sora shook his head.

"I'm not interested in fighting the demon lord. if he doesn't bother me I have no business bothering him." Sora said calmly, Jenny for the first time showed some emotions as she frowned

"I can tell... so I will convince you into doing so. I will do anything in my power to get you to save this world." She said softly, Sora shrugged slightly.

"a pointless effort," Sora said with a shake of his head, Jenny followed along with the countless wolves. Sora set them all to lose to slaughter everything in his path which stunned Jenny

"slaughtering monsters for leveling up is considered a sin and is punishable by death. you shouldn't kill like this or else." Jenny said softly if everyone went around taking lives without a second thought then of course this world will not be long to fall apart. there were some beasts and monsters which could be killed without a second thought, demons, goblins, and other races which existed to go against humanity. but Sora was killing both animals and monsters without care. of course, killing monsters that attack you is ok, self-defense after all.

but kill hundreds and some of them stayed away from humans and avoided conflict if they could, that was illegal

"that's stupid, why will I slow down my chances to level up over some rules?" Sora said calmly as a wolf brought back a dead deer. Jenny frowned slightly but didn't say anything else. Sora calmly used the goblin life and began to skin the fear, before starting a fire to cook the thing.

"come a eat, I haven't eaten myself ever since I came to this world," Sora said calmly, Jenny hesitated for a moment, she didn't want to be a part of this sin. but her eye betrayed her emotions, food cooked using primordial fire... this would be considered unheard of if anyone knew the power of these flames, but the smell from the food made her stomach sound like a dragon.

slowly sitting down, she waited for the food to be done being cooked. Sora calmly looked at the food, his mouth was watering like bad. he had never eaten the food of this world before. so this will be a first, he couldn't wait to taste the food cooked using these flames.

in no time meat was cooked, and Sora and Jenny eat the food. the stood couldn't help but let out moans of pleasure, they never tasted anything like this in their life. the food was heavenly... to it was godly.

"you an amazing cook," Jenny said with a bright smile, Sora was stunned seeing her smile was she not the emotionless type. Jenny also froze as she touched her face, it had been a while since she last smiled.

"i'm smiling..." She said softly, Sora calmly eat while looking at her, sure he was curious but he will choose this food over knowing after what was going on with her. Jenny looked at Sora with complex eyes, before she slowly removed her eye paths.

"use Appraisal on me once more." She said as Sora eyebrow raised slightly, her left eye was on fire... no it was made out of fire. and a powerful one at that.

{name: Hephaestus

Title: {the greatest Blacksmith}, [imperfect reincation], [the first blacksmirth}, {one with flames}, {forfect rejected}, {truely ugly}

Race: Fire/ god/ human.

level: 43/50

power level: 102

Class: blacksmith.

abilities: {Fire Sora'sc}, {Blacksmith magic}, {Blacksmith eyes}, {Hammer master}, {heat immunity}

Unique Skill: (perfect craft.}, {gods eye}, {fire god eye}, {unmatched craftmanship}.} Jenny slowly began to transform, the transformation was not huge but she slowly few a birthmark which completely destroyed her beauty, making her quiet ugly.

"my name is Hephaestus, the reincarnation of Hephaestus who died in the war against the strongest demon lord in history Tiamat. I was reborn to pro pare for his second coming, you both saved me from the goblin and even made me happy. for that, i'm greatly grateful." She said softly.

"you quite ugly," Sora said softly as he eat his food, Hephaestus lowered her head slightly, she took a gamble by trying to be honest, although she had the title forever rejected, she had a feeling Sora who was not of this world effect as much

"so, are there other gods who are being reborn to this demon lord?" Sora asked calmly, Hephaestus was stunned slightly as she looked at Sora. but she quickly nodded

"we gods can't truly die, so we were reborn. but we all arrange for the sisters of fate to have use be reborn in the best way possible. me meeting you were fated to happen. i'm to lead you on your path to kill the demon lord" She said with bright eyes, Sora looked at her deeply before shaking his head

"don't go around telling me your ideas of fate," Sora said calmly, the Hephaestus froze slightly before she frown. after some thought, she placed her eye path back on and sat down.

"Are you not bothered by my looks?" She asked softly as her birthmark slowly disappeared, Sora calmly struggled

"Looks are not everything. although you're ugly, you have beautiful eyes, and your flames are beautiful as well. your soul also has new earth to it, so all-out that out does physical beauty." Sora said calmly as he looked at the burning fire. Hephaestus froze slightly, this was the first time anyone ever said anything about her being beautiful.

Sora calmly waved his fingers to which the fire danced, Sora thought of his title the god of fire. he was all-powerful with fire, which meant he can do pretty much anything with fire. the ability mother of fire, means can easily birth fire with a thought, any type of flames could be birth. of course, the stronger the fire, the more energy, and force are needed. his masterly over flames meant that he can convert flames into any type of flame, strengthen weaken and control with but a thought.

this was the reason he gained so many abilities left and right without hard work, he was the god of fire. he can easily create any firebase abilities, the brighter his imagination, the more powerful this ability could show itself. this also means Sora could burn away Hephaestus's ugliness, if that was possible, then he can burn away many things, memories, emotions, dreams, hope, and so on.

meanwhile, outside the gate. a handsome young man with a missing white arm was heading towards the dungeon when he suddenly noticed the group Sora saved coming out.

"Sir Knight," they said in shock seeing him, this was the strongest knight within the empire, said to have been the teacher of fire in his sword manship.

"I heard Jenny was in danger and came rushing right away," he said calmly, the group quickly explained everything that happened to stun him slightly. he nodded slightly, but he was in deep thought, he was told to rush her to save Jenny and have her join the hero team. once she join the hero party, she would be of huge help in taking down the demon lord. but now that she was saved, it was for the best but he had to search for them in a huge dungeon like this? that was easier said than done.

He couldn't sit here and wait for her, what if she gets in danger once more. but he also couldn't enter as she could come out just as he entered. now that would be annoying. he also didn't want to catch the attention of the dragon king,

sighing, he entered the dungeon. he was the strongest knight of the human race, yet he was stuck playing hide and seek with a little girl. but this little girl is unique, so even at the cost of his own life, he had to save her, no matter what.