"And if I refuse?" Jacob asked.
There was a sinister glint in Takatoshi's eyes as he replied, "If you refuse, I will kill you and destroy your soul so you can never reincarnate! As for your friends, they will become sacrifices on the altar. I will sacrifice them to the heavens in exchange for a physical body."
The atmosphere in the shrine changed instantly as the front door was slammed shut.
Frazier and the others quickly put up their fighting stances and prepared themselves for combat.
"Relax, Mr. Frazier! This is just a remnant of a soul! We have nothing to be afraid of! I'll absorb his strength and destroy this shrine! I'm surprised you have the audacity to call yourself a deity. Just how shameless can you get? If this is how the deities are in Kitakyushu, then I might consider absorbing them all and having the Kitakyushuans adore me instead!" Jacob said calmly.