“Mhm…isn’t this common knowledge?” The God muttered as he frowned, not understanding how someone as powerful as me could be so…ignorant about so many things.
“No, in the war, we only learned about the existence of Demon King. But that was it; we never heard anything about him having sons.”
With this information, I now had a good idea of what kind of existence Zero was. He was pretty much bound to be one of the sons of the Demon King. There was not a single doubt about it in the back of my mind. That was the only reason why he would be so close to everything related to demons.
However, there was still something that I couldn’t quite grasp.
“But are sons of the Demon King not demons? If so, what are they?”
The God took another mouthful of alcohol. “They aren’t demons, per se, because of the existence of the Demon King, who was previously a God. I guess a better title for the Demon King would be Fallen God. Anyway, enough about that. This is all boring stuff!”
For the first time since the conversation between the two of us started, he bent over slightly the table, looking at me dead in the eyes, seriously. The playful personality of his was nowhere to be seen at this moment.
“Let’s finish this deal of ours, and I’ll let you go of this place.”
“What are you planning to do with my soul anyway?”
He shrugged. “I told you, it just looked interesting. I might show one of my good friends your soul. But that’s about it. Don’t worry too much, you insecure human. You’re not important enough for me to do something so evil against you.”
I nodded. I didn’t think it was that bad of a trade since I would still possess another soul even if I gave him one, whatever that meant.
I wasn’t very well-informed about all that soul stuff after all.
“Would it be possible for me to contact you in the future if I want to obtain more information and stuff like that?”
“Sure, but you’ll have to go to that tribe’s village. That’s the only place where you will be able to reach me.”
I nodded slowly, not sure why this was the case.
I knew that the ancient wasn’t really part of this world anywhere, being hidden from most travelers. I still wondered why all of my students and I were able to see it.
Zoe had said that it might have been God’s will, but I could clearly see that it wasn’t. That man wasn’t interested in anything happening in our world whatsoever. He had even forgotten about them.
It was cruel. But it wasn’t like I could say anything that would get through into that thick skull.
Zale had mentioned that I would be able to break the curse. Maybe he had seen into the future and truly believed it. However, I didn’t believe things were as simple as he was making it seem.
Breaking this curse meant going against the will of God. It was far from an easy task, even for me.
However, I still had a question before we truly finished this deal. Something essential.
“This energy, how will anyone teach me how to use it?”
After all, I wouldn’t be able to count on those within the village to teach me, which meant that their training would be somewhat useless since I wouldn’t possess the same power as them.
“Ask the members of the ancient tribe. Your power is more powerful than theirs because of its potential, but it will work in the same way in certain aspects.”
I nodded as I couldn’t feel the God currently lying. It seemed the power of the tribe members was derived from this strange energy.
“I see, then let’s do this.”
“Ah! Finally!”
He slammed his barrel of alcohol against the table as he stood up for the very first time since I had been pulled inside this place.
He walked closer to me as he placed his hand against my chest. The size of his hand was so big that it covered the entirety of my chest, and it even grazed my stomach. I hadn’t realized it because he had been sitting down, but the sheer size of this God definitely fit his identity. And just as he moved closer to me, I felt the strength in his muscles extremely well.
Then, without saying another world, I started feeling a part of myself being pulled away from my body. I could feel some of my strength being pulled away with it. I could feel myself becoming weaker and weaker.
“Hey, hey! What is this?! Why am I feeling some of my strength leaving my body!”
He smirked. “Oh, I didn’t mention it? By extracting your soul, some of your strength is bound to leave your body. Usually, all your strength would be gone, but since you have two souls, it won’t be as bad. You’ll still remain with 50% of your initial strength.”
“50% of my strength?! No, no, no. Cancel this right away. Give me back my soul. I need my strength.”
‘Did Zale know this would happen to me? Why didn’t he say anything? Is that why he asked me to train?’
There were so many questions that had suddenly taken over my mind as I was panicking as I felt my body gradually becoming weaker and weaker. I should have known there was something sketchy with this exchange. It couldn’t be that simple.
“Well, I could cancel it, but your strength wouldn’t return to you. So, either you get nothing out of this, or we continue, and you access to a new power.”
The alcoholic God just smirked as I said those words. He knew that I couldn’t back down. He knew I had to continue, and he knew he would get everything out of it.
I just gritted my teeth as I was at a loss of what to do. Once I returned from this place, I would be a lot weaker than before.
