"Now that you have them, you need to talk to the demon god!"
A particular person, shrouded in darkness, said to the old man.
"He is the reason for your father's death, and we don't know what he would do to me for defending you!''
The old man shouted.
The other person lifted a stave he was holding and pointed it at the old man. The stave elongated and pierced the air by the side of the old man's head.
The stave cut the side of the old man's cheek, and he looked more unsure of himself.
His knees trembled, and his voice started shaking.
"Give me one day to decide how I'll handle it."
The old man bowed his head, hoping that doing that would earn him more time to work out this situation.
"Fine, but you have ONLY one day."
the person said, and he walked out of the cave. A shadow resembling a monkey stretched behind him.
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The old man walked through the door and saw Emilia and Dam, who had already woken up, staring in awe at the city in front of them.
"Welcome to Olbogondor Saarı. This city was built about two thousand years ago during the dark century, and then it was abandoned one thousand and two hundred fifty years ago during the Groyser Catastrophe. I found and rebuilt it about a hundred years ago. If you have any questions, you can ask me."
The old man said as he looked proudly at the city he rebuilt from ruins by himself.
"Excuse my rudeness, but who are you?"
Emilia asked politely, and the old man smiled.
"My name is Wei Ren. It's a pleasure to meet you, Dam Cahol and Emilia."
"How do you know our names?!"
Dam asked as he moved quickly in front of Emilia and summoned his sword.
"I have been looking for you half demoness for a long time."
Wei Ren said while looking directly at Emilia, ignoring Dam's presence.
"Why were you looking for her?"
Dam asked, and anger was heard in his tone.
"She is God's Oracle, a spy of the demon god."
Wei Ren answered while still only looking at Emilia.
"Why does it matter to you?"
Dam answered, still pointing the sword in Wei Ren's direction.
"My young protégé is in great need of having an audience with that god."
Wei Ren answered, and Emilia's expression hardened.
"Where is the stone monkey?"
Emilia stepped forward and asked.
"I told him he should come by tomorrow, and I'll help him."
Wei Ren answered.
Smoke emerged behind Emilia and Dam. Great pressure was emitted from something within it.
They could feel the pressure that appeared behind them and turned their faces toward the source.
They saw a figure in the smoke, and as the smoke dispersed, they saw the unknown person more clearly.
He looked like a monkey with grey fur and a long tail. He wore a golden scale armor that looked like it was made of dragon scales, a red cape with a cowl that covered his head, red leather boots, and was holding a seemingly ordinary wooden stave.
He took his cowl off, and they could see a big smile stretched on his face.
He stepped toward Emilia and put his hand forward to shake hands.
"Nice to meet you. I am Dasheng Zhizi, one of the demon god's followers."
The grey monkey said, and Dam couldn't sense any hostility from him.
"Hi, I'm Emilia, God's Oracle."
Emilia introduced herself and shook his hand.
Emilia reached out to Danniel, the demon god, but as she did, she felt a massive surge of divinity.
Her gift reached toward the surge of divinity while it happened, it collided together with it and hit her out of nowhere, and she was knocked out.
"Emilia!"
Dam shouted and pointed his sword at the two other people around them.
"Which one of you did it?!"
Dam shouted at them in anger.
"It wasn't us. She was the first to get hit by the energy wave consuming the entire realm."
Wei Ren said, and his eyes were glowing.
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In the city of the human god, Thomas and Hannah checked into a room at the hotel run by Mrs. Hella. Of course, she wasn't there, but this didn't mean they closed the business.
The staff told them she should be back in a day or two, so they decided to wait for her to return.
They were both trying to sleep when a door appeared in the middle of the room.
Mrs. Hella stepped through the door and looked at the two youngsters, disappointed they were sleeping instead of greeting her.
She looked at the sleeping Hannah, and a happy smile stretched on her face. The girl she saved not so long ago was sleeping so soundly now.
And then, she turned her head to Thomas and kicked him off the bed.
"Who said you're allowed to sleep here? Where is Mary?"
Mrs. Hella said, and Thomas groaned in pain.
"I found her! I swear! But some crazy god appeared out of nowhere and teleported us all away!"
Thomas shouted with anger.
"A god?! What did he look like?"
Mrs. Hella asked with a disbelieving tone.
"Blue hair and closed eyes... Oh, and his ears had earrings pierced into them!"
Thomas answered everything he could think of.
"The weather god... Why is a major god here in the godless realm?!"
Mrs. Hella tried to get more information, though Thomas had no clue to give her.
Then, Mrs. Hella felt the air becoming denser, and a massive surge of energy struck the city of the human god.
Only Hella felt pain, like what Shu, Mary, and Alexander were feeling. But it was different.
Shu was feeling both the pain of having his strength limiter removed after he surpassed it and his gift getting a boost in power as he wasn't limited in divinity anymore.
Her gift wasn't reliant on divinity, so it wasn't boosted as much as Shu's and didn't inflict pain on her, but the fact that she reached her full potential. But regardless of how much pain she felt, having her limiter removed did inflict unimaginable pain on her.
"Mrs. Hella! What is happening?!"
Thomas shouted worryingly.
"It's all okay. Just quickly pass through the door."
Mrs. Hella said and pointed at the door.
Hannah and Thomas both passed through the door and were surprised to appear by the ship.
George Adom noticed them and ran so fast toward them that it looked like he was teleporting.
"You are okay! Have you seen Shu?"
He asked them, excited to hear where is his son.
While not looking like he was in pain, he was in just as much pain as Hella, also for getting his limiter removed after he reached the limit.
"We don't know where Shu is. We were hoping to find him here."
Thomas answered.
"Too bad," George tsked. "But since I have an idea of what's going on right now, you two need a lot of training. Luckily for you, I am here. And I can teach you."
George said while putting on a big smile.
"So you want to train them too? Who gets to train who?"
Mrs. Hella said as she passed through the door behind Hannah and Thomas.
"Isn't it obvious?"
George said, and Hella smiled.
"So I'll be training the young witch, and you will train the swordsman?"
Hella said.
"You were always the first to understand my plans."
George said, and they both smiled at each other with understanding.
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In three years, a lot can change.