The temple was completely made out of a mysterious obsidian rock that didn't allow any light to enter the temple. There were ominous statues of demonic creatures all over the place and also it was rather wintry as Jin shivered because of the cold wind.
He still hadn't entered the main parameters of the temple yet but whatever he had seen up until now has given him a frightening experience.
When he was about to reach the entrance of a strange part of the temple where the system had told him to go, He saw two ghostly humanoid figures floating in front of the entrance.
[ They will not harm you.]
Jin didn't believe the system but seeing that they were not coming at him to attack, he gathered the courage to walk toward the entrance. As he walked he kept an eye on the ghostly guards of the temples, they were strange creatures, he wondered what will happen if they truly are hostile toward him.
The black door was closed until Jin touched it, over its surface several creepy demonic patterns were carved. Experiencing all of these things, Jin was shaking with fear but still walked inside.
Surprisingly there was light here, a heliotrope color light shone over the black obsidian structure. Contrary to its creepy outlook, the temple was rather beautiful from the inside. The floor was polished and clean and the walls had beautiful flowery designs mixed with some strange paintings of demons, humans, and even angels.
As he walked he spotted the only statue present inside. A black humanoid figure with horns shaped like a crown over his head, there was a total of twelve horns intertwined with each other. The statue portrayed a being that was elegant and mysterious.
Jin was awestruck by the art but suddenly this amazement changed into extreme fear as the shining jewel-like eyes of the statue moved and looked toward where he was standing.
" Are you the last transmigrator?" The statue opened its mouth and spoke.
"…Yes," Jin answered with hesitation.
" You are a weak-willed human, I sense no willingness in your voice."
"…" Jin didn't know what to say.
He didn't expect that the Demon God would look like this or that it would have such an elegant and manly voice. It was a respectful tone of voice, Jin didn't find this scary.
" Human, I will be honest with you. If you become my apostle, your life will become difficult. Unlike other gods who are praised by everyone on the lands of Aesir, I am the focus of hatred. I am a god that represents evil which also means that anyone associated with me will also be considered evil."
The Demon God was surprisingly honest, it made Jin want to ask some important questions.
" The Guide told me that you are my only option to survive."
" That is not the case, You are indeed a transmigrator but you don't need my powers to become stronger in this world. There are several ways for you to get stronger in this world." The Demon God answered.
[ You are not allowed to ask these questions, be respectful and accept the Demon God as your master.]
The system showed a screen, it almost sounded threatening.
" What are the benefits if I become your apostle?" Jin asked.
" There are no special benefits that I can grant. Like other gods, I will grant you three skills which you will have the right to choose. Becoming my apostle would mean, you will have to devote your life to what I desire."
" What do you desire?" Jin asked another question.
" …I desire sovereignty, a kingdom of demons in the world of Aesir. The demons are nonexistent in any other world except for Aesir and even in this place, the Demons are scattered all over the world. They are not united and they are always being hunted."
" Can you tell me more about Aesir?"
" I am not obligated to tell you anything, human."
" Will you tell me if I become your Apostle?" Jin asked.
" From the way you asked, I feel like you are considering becoming my apostle despite my warning, why?"
" Because I think you are not evil."
"..." The statute made a weird face and didn't speak anything. " I represent evil so how can you say that I am not evil?"
"...I don't know, it's just that I felt that you are not evil," Jin answered.
" You felt?" The Demon God spoke. " Alright, if you truly have no issue with becoming my apostle then I will answer seven things that you want to know."
" Tell me about this world."
" I can only give you a brief answer." The statue started to speak and then added, " This is the world known as ' Aesir', It is governed by primordial gods such as the God of fire, earth, water, wind, light, darkness, life, death, time & space, fate, wisdom and then there is me the demon god. Apart from this world, our powers are what's keeping every other world together, and this world is just a method for us to gain divinity."
" In this world, there are different kinds of species, some are intelligent and some act on instinct. The world is divided into eighteen different countries ruled by three empires."
" The three empires are The Holy Empire, The BraveHeart Empire, and the Demi-Human Empire. The Holy empire allows every race except for demons to live within their empire, the BraveHeart Empire only allows humans to live in their empire and the Demi-Human empire is a place where nonhuman races except for demons live."
" In the World of Aesir, you can also find dungeons which are not found in the other worlds where humans live. These dungeons contain various treasures and they are governed by gods that are not among the primordial gods."
The Demon God was finally done speaking, with this information Jin was able to find answers to many questions.
" My second question is about power, you said something about skills. How does that work?"
" Skills are unnatural powers that only a particular being can use. Mortal races born in this world can only have one skill in the beginning but if they can somehow strengthen themselves then they can wield more than one skill." He answered and then added, " Transmigrators are capable of wielding three skills or more, and the gods grant them the opportunity to choose three skills."
" Why do you not choose the mortal races of this world to become your apostle?"
" We can't interfere with the world and if we choose from this world then it would violate that rule, also transmigrators from other worlds are better suited to receive the power from us as they are not influenced by anyone in the world Aesir."
" What are the chances of me dying in this world?"
" With your current strength, you may be able to survive but the chances of dying are high."