Sirius and Dmitri couldn't help but be stunned when they heard what that guy said, "The gods actually used the humans to put pressure on him? What a ridiculous idea!"
Dmitri was feeling uneasy as he knew that Aurum might do something stupid again and easily attract the attention of the public. He knew that once Aurum thought that hiding was useless, he would announce himself to everyone so that he can move freely and openly.
Aurum had no idea what Dmitri was thinking about, but he just sneered inwardly at the gods who did this. He didn't know that the gods were getting bolder and shameless as days pass by. He kept on talking to the man that saw them. He tried to get as much information as much as possible from him.
"God said that? Are you sure? Hahaha, you must be kidding, right?" Aurum acted as if he didn't believe him to make the man explain things to him.
"Yeah, it's true! I'm not lying. It was not actually God who descended but it was his right hand angel, archangel Michael. He told us that 'Aurum Est is the spawn of Satan. He must be killed.' He also said that whoever can purify the spawn of Satan would be able to go to the garden of Eden. And the entire humanity would be forgiven of all of its sins." the man said while his eyes were sparkling.
"Huh? Don't you think that maybe they could be lying? You never know, someone might have just spread those random rumors you know?"
The man looked at Aurum like he was a stupid idiot who doesn't know anything. He was really surprised that someone wouldn't believe it when the angel himself came down just to pass that message.
"Hais... you need to go and learn what is happening around the world, little boy. Do you even know that the foreigners also said that their gods went down and said the exact same thing to them? How the hell are you going to survive in this world without knowledge?" the man said while shaking his head.
When he saw that Aurum's head was tilted with a confused expression, he couldn't help but think that he is just a disabled person.
"Hais~ You know, why don't you stay in this village for a while? I bet that you haven't eaten for a long time." the man added while looking at them pitifully.
Aurum and Dmitri didn't really mind his expression as they knew that it was part of their act. However, Aurum couldn't help but want to beat that guy down till he's out cold. But they still accepted his offer and was being led to his house.
On the way, they saw a preacher who was spreading some sh*t about Aurum. Aurum, who heard this, couldn't help but frown from what he heard from the preacher.
"That boy is sinful for he has accepted the offer that Satan gave him!"
"He is going to get the divine retribution from the gods for trying to plot against humanity!"
"Aurum Est is nothing but a piece of trash who only depends on Satan to do all the work so that he could gain glory!"
Dmitri was really anxious that Aurum might explode any moment due to his anger. He knew that Aurum doesn't like anybody talking behind his back based on his demeanor. However, he was inwardly surprised and glad that Aurum only frowned when faced with these kinds of verbal abuse.
When they came inside the house of the man, Aurum and Dmitri concluded that the man that they met today was a very wealthy person in this village. They saw a lot jewelry, money, great works of art, and many more. Aurum couldn't help but think, "Why in the world is he in this small village?"
[Name : Kyle Anderson
Title : NONE
Age : 29
HP : 500/500
MP : 300/300
LVL : 9
Rank : E-
Str : 50
End : 120
Int : 69
Wis : 40
Agi : 110
Luck : 80
Skills : Snipe, Track
Abilities : None
Bloodline : Quartet-Celestial Being]
Aurum was dumbfounded when he saw the stats of the man, Kyle Anderson, in his head. He didn't know why would the System automatically appraise him on its own volition.
[DING! Host ate the Fruit of Knowledge thus when thinking about certain things, the Host would immediately get enlightened on the thing he pondered.]
"Wait... does it mean that I gained access to all information in this world at the moment?" he thought.
[DING! Not at the moment. Host can gain any intel from around the globe as long as the Host thinks about it.]
He felt so happy that he was about to jump up and down. He greatly restrained himself from doing so. He immediately focused himself to figure out who was spreading these rumors. He only knows that Zeus was currently behind his *ss waiting for him to trip. However, he got the feeling that Zeus was not the only one who was doing this at the moment. However, just when he was about to get the full view of who was aiming for his life. He felt intense pain coursing through his brain right away.
[DING! Recollecting data from the vision from earlier...
System has concluded that the god of Christianity, god of Norse, and god of Olympus is currently plotting against you.]
"Huh? Even Norse gods and the god of Christianity is plotting against me? What the hell did I do to them?" he thought.
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At the conference chamber in the God's realm, Zeus and Odin's faces were sour. Earlier while they were trying to track Aurum down, they suddenly felt that someone was trying to peek into what they were doing. Zeus was furious when he thought that the Almighty One was trying to pull one over them. However, when he discovered who tried to look into them, they were immediately terrified inwardly while frowning.
"Athena, Snotra! Come here!" both Zeus and Odin called.
Immediately, Snotra and Athena went inside the conference chamber without any delay. When they heard their call, they knew instantly that two gods were feeling terrified. They both knelt on one leg while presenting themselves at Zeus and Odin.
"Father, I present myself before you." Athena genuflected to Zeus.
"I present myself to the wise one." Snotra greeted Odin while complimenting him.
"Tell me, how the f*ck did that brat peeked into our domain?" both of of the gods asked them.
Zeus and Odin didn't even think on how they presented themselves in front of Athena and Snotra. They hurriedly asked them with frantic faces and didn't even care about the tone that they currently have.
Both Athena and Snotra were stunned when they both saw how panicked they were at the moment. Usually, they would carry themselves with grace and dignity in front of the other gods. However, right now, all of that disappeared as they were questioning them. They didn't dare to delay response to them and immediately answered them.
"Father, it is most likely that the human has a skill or an innate ability to peer into any kind of domain. However, that possibility is too small. Thus, I could only conclude that the rumored Fruit of Knowledge from the Almighty One was eaten by that human with the consent of Him." Athena deduced.
"I also agree with Athena. Currently the Almighty One is not in our side anymore. He must have made a deal with that human and gave him the Fruit of Knowledge in exchange of conspiring against us." Snotra added.
When Zeus and Odin heard about this, they started to grit their teeth so hard that their mouths began to bleed. Their eyes turned red because of the intense anger that they have for the Almighty One.
"That bastard! When I see him again, I swear to the River of Styx that I will make his life a living hell!" Zeus cursed.
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While both Zeus and Odin were furious, the Almighty One was also stomping his feet on his domain at the moment. Unlike the both of them, the Almighty One instantly noticed that someone was peering at him through the Void. He instantly knew that it was Aurum who used the knowledge that he got from the Fruit to do that.
However, he was still thinking clearly about that situation that is happening at the moment. He immediately back traced the Void, that was peering through him earlier, and immediately discovered Aurum who was lying down on the bed in a village. He wore a cold smile on his face and immediately summoned Michael, Barakiel, and Uriel.
"Michael, I want you to go down again to the human world and tell the whole world, who worship me, the current location of Aurum Est. Barakiel, I want you to grant that wealthy Celestial Being near Aurum some of your powers. The same goes for you, Uriel." the Almighty One ordered instantly without waiting for them to present themselves.
Michael immediately descended while Uriel and Barakiel granted Kyle their power. Uriel controls the Flames of Heaven while Barakiel controls Lightning of Heaven. A magic circle immediately formed underneath their feet as they granted Kyle the authority to command the flames and lightning of Heaven.
The Almighty One saw that and inwardly snickered.
"Aurum Est, let's see if you can still run now, hahaha!"
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At the mortal realm, everything was already chaotic as many people slaughtered those who held the same name of Aurum Est. By now, people who had the name of Aurum Est would not dare to go outside or even give their name to people. However, some of their relatives would sneakily kill them while they had their guard down.
Just when everybody thought that things would not get better, they saw that the clouds were separating as light was being illuminated brightly. All of the worshipers of the Almighty One, immediately understood that they were going to receive another divine message from the Him.
Archangel Michael descended down to the mortal realm and he didn't even bother to hide his radiance. Instead, he intensified his radiance to get all the attention of the people. When he saw that he got all of their attention, he immediately spoke.
"Greetings humans. My name is Michael and I am here today to bring you good news. Aurum Est has finally shown himself and is currently back in this world. Currently, he is at XXX village, sound asleep. The Almighty One said that whoever can 'purify' him would be granted eternal life."
Michael knew that the greed of the humans would make them easier to control. Thus, he was dangling a bait in front of them.
"Eternal life? Is the angel saying that whoever purifies the demon Aurum would become immortal!?" all of the people thought.
Instantly, all of their faces were filled with greed. They didn't even bother to ask why did Michael told them this information just now and not earlier, instead they hurriedly made preparations. People started to run towards the village that Aurum was currently residing.
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At the village where Aurum was staying, many people were immediately stunned when they heard that the spawn of Satan is with them. They immediately suspected that either Aurum or Dmitri was the one that Michael was talking about. They immediately surrounded the house while demanding for them to get out.
"Spawn of Satan, get the hell out of here!"
"Today is the day that you will go back to hell!"
"We will not tolerate your evil plans for us in the future!"
Aurum was very annoyed when he heard what people were saying towards them. He stood up at the bed and began to walk towards the door. Before he could open it, people outside, who were carrying guns, instantly started shooting towards him.
Fortunately, Aurum had his Danger Sense at level X. He could perceive the trajectory of the bullets that were going to hit him and the chance of him dying. Aurum dodged all the bullets that were coming towards him while Dmitri was just standing there indifferently. Dmitri couldn't help but ask Aurum why he went to such trouble avoiding bullets when his physical body is not that weak.
Aurum, who was supposed to be 'enlightened', finally realized about the time where he was transferred to a new body by Mazda. He immediately stopped dodging and let the bullets hit him.
A minute passed by and all of the gunshots were nowhere to be heard. Everybody outside were already gloating as they felt that there's no way that Aurum is going to survive that. As they were about to open the door, they immediately froze when they heard a cold voice coming from inside the house.
"Did you really think that you could kill me that easily?"
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Afterword
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