I felt my being getting pulled in all kinds of directions for a few minutes. I couldn’t even tell what was happening in the process because of how fast I was moving.
To be honest, it was even harder to keep my consciousness during this process. However, after another few minutes, the constant moving finally stopped. However, I haven’t regained my vision yet. I was too dizzy, and it was the first time that I had gotten my soul separated from my body.
It was…uh, an interesting experience, to say the least.
Would I do it again?
No.
The puke coming up in my throat made this whole thing a little less enjoyable.
Nevertheless, after another minute or so of being completely still, sitting on a chair? At least, that was my guess about what I was sitting on. Either way, I finally opened my eyes, and what I had expected God to look like was the complete opposite.
I had thought that he would have been serious, carrying a certain aura around him, making people fear him with a single glance. However, what I had in front of me was a big lump of fat.
I’m telling you. He was fat, so fat. His belly was my size. He was also in the process of drinking right now as he was just looking at me without much care.
“You finally woke up…”
-Hiccup!
“About time. I expected…”
-Hiccup!
“Better from you.”
When I saw him barely able to speak because of the alcohol he was consuming, I couldn’t help but shake my head in the process.
Just everything about this “God” was disgusting.
He was fat, unhealthy, ugly, and, more importantly, he was dirty.
‘Just why would that tribe make a deal with someone like him? I don’t get it. Just what happened back then for them to make such a choice,’ I thought for a moment before discarding that thought in the back of my mind.
The God took another mouthful of alcohol as he looked at me, slightly frowning.
“So, aren’t you going to tell me why you wanted to meet up with me?”
-Hiccup!
I nodded. “I’m here to receive the power that you have given an ancient tribe thousands of years ago.”
However, this time, he just frowned even more.
“A tribe? Who are you talking about?”
He put his dirty feet onto the white table in the middle of them and took another mouthful of alcohol.
“I don’t know the name of their tribe. But their power was the one of being able to glimpse into the future.”
“Oh, those bastards!” He laughed heartedly. “Yeah, I remember them, they were so stupid…I don’t know what crossed their minds.”
That attitude was starting to piss me off, but I didn’t want to make an enemy out of a God just yet, especially since I needed his help in becoming stronger.
“So.”
He took another mouthful of alcohol out of the giant jar in his hand and looked at me dead in the eyes with a smirk, an evil one.
“What are you planning to give me in exchange for that power?”
“What do you want?”
I didn’t want to propose something out of this world and get scammed. So, I let him start the bidding war.
“What do I want? Mhm…good question. I guess a part of your soul should do the trick.”
I frowned as this made no sense whatsoever. “What’s so interesting about my soul?”
The God just laughed as he practically lay down against his chair. “Your soul is different from anything I’ve seen in my life. Actually, it’s not “your” soul since you have two of them, which is something I’ve never seen before in my life. Anyway, it just intrigues me, that’s all.”
I nodded as I thought things through carefully. After all, I had no idea what he could potentially do with my soul.
Could he make me his slave?
Could he bind me to the village forever, just like the rest of them?
This was too risky for what I would get in exchange. I couldn’t accept.
I shook my head. “Sorry, I don’t think this is a price I can accept. I do not know what your intentions are with my soul.”
He clicked his tongue as he drank some more alcohol.
“I can give you a better power than them if that’s what you want. Access to energy that everyone would beg to have. Just give me one of your souls for it.”
‘Energy?’
“What kind of energy? Demonic Energy?” I asked.
He laughed. “Of course not; Gods despise that stuff. We would never use it. The energy I’m talking about is this one.”
He snapped his finger, and a strong purple fire lit up in the palm of his hands. For some reason, I felt like I had seen that energy in the past…and I instantly made the connection with Phoebe and the energy that had been injected into her body.
It was the exact same thing back then!
“That energy, why is it so similar to demonic energy?”
“Because demonic energy is inspired from this. Anyway, that’s not important. Do you want to take this deal or not?”
“Before I accept, can you answer another of my questions about this energy?”
He shrugged, not minding it.
“Can only Gods use this energy of yours?”
“Well, yes and no. It’s complicated. You could potentially use it with my blessing. However, there is another way to use it, but it’s so rare that I don’t think there’s a point in even telling you about it.”
I shook my head. I wanted to know. No, I needed to know. This could give me a better idea as to what Zero actually was. “Tell me, if you do, then I’ll accept your deal.”
“Alright, I’ll tell you. The other people who could use this energy are either Demi-Gods or the Sons of the Demon King.”
“The Sons of the Demon King? The Demon King has sons?! Since when? How many sons does he even have?”
Check the auxiliary chapter to see the Bonus Chapter Scheme that I have put into place.
I’m also in the proccess of writing over 40 chapters for the privilege next month. So, yeah. Expect a lot more content next month overall. The update rate will definitely increase by quite a bit.
