Inside one of the private rooms of the guild, Kai is currently alone with Hestia as they were about to perform the Familia blessing.
Hestia pulled out a needle and using the needle she punctured her index finger causing a small hole to surface before a single drop of divine blood landed on Kai's back.
Hestia then started to guide the said divine blood as she began the construction process of the so called blessing system gods created.
Unbeknownst to Hestia and Kai the blood that landed on Kai's back created a resonance wave with his soul which then his soul responded transforming the mere drop of blood into something else entirely.
/That's a story for another./
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In the top most floor of the Babel tower, the towering structure looming over the entire city housing the most powerful familia goddess in Orario's.
"Are you really fine with this my lady."
Ottar who's said to be the strongest adventurer in Orario asked in a respectful tone.
His usual overbearing attitude was nowhere to be seen when it comes to the goddess reclining on her regal armchair, legs crossed a glass of red wine on her hand as she watches the Familia blessing of Kai take place.
"He is supposed to be my husband not my child so this is natural."
Freya paused on her words, she squinted her eyes elegantly the moment Hestia touched Kai's back.
/Tsk!/ - Freya reacted.
"I'll be lying if I say I feel no jealousy towards Hestia as she's the very first goddess who lay her hands on my man's body."
She said trying to hide her true feelings.
"S-she…"
Freya saw Hestia's hand tracing through Kai's sculpted masculine back.
/Grrr!/
Freya grab the handkerchief from the table, gritting her teeth biting the said unfortunate or should be said fortunate handkerchief as she observed the ritual taking place her eyes glued to Hestia's hand tracing through Kai's back.
Ottar on the side was grinning from ear to ear to his goddess's plight.
Freya eyes still glued to the scene in the private room opted for a candidly express of displeasure.
She pouted like a little girl seeing how Hestia freely trace Kai's body as if she own it. (Freya's own imagination)
On the side Ottar fell to his knees.
He quickly stood up trying to regain his lost dignity as a man suppressing his subconscious desire to just kneel there on the spot and worship Freya's charming expression.
The young girls working as attendants were getting work up on the corner of the room trying to hide their giggles watching the strongest man in all of Orario act like a fan boy towards their goddess and to their patron goddess who acted like a little girl who has her candy stolen from her.
…
--- Status ---
Kai D'arc Valentine
LEVEL 0
Strength: I 18 -> S 999 [1000] [285%]
Defense: I 15 -> S 999 [1000] [270%]
Dexterity: I 18 -> S 999 [1000] [270%]
Agility: I 25 -> S 999 [1000] [285%]
Magic: I 20 -> S 999 [1000] [320%]
DEVELOPMENTAL SKILLS
Charm – SS [Innate]
Luck – S [Innate]
Sword Saint – B?
Martial Arts Grand Master – S?
Great Sage – A?
Array Sage – A?
Alchemy Sage – A?
Unknown?
Unknown?
MAGIC
Origin Source Paragon – F?
Time Monarch – I?
Space Sovereign – I?
SKILL
Pioneer Sage – F?
TITLE
Blessed By The World – Unique
Unknown?
--- End Status ---
/(A/N) Chapter 2 and 18 explanations for the percentage boost./
"WHATTTTTTTTTT…" – Hestia looking at Kai's back or more specifically on his status, she was beyond speechless.
Even though she just descended in the mortal world and currently a newbie goddess Hestia knew it from a single glance, that Kai's status is extremely abnormal and irrational.
In the past six months Hestia had received guidance and training from Hephaestus.
'Isn't developmental skills only available after reaching level 2? Then why do he have so many even though being level 0 and none of them were even below B grade.'
'IF I remember correctly no mortal have ever reach C grade in their lifetime, yet here I am seeing multitudes of S and A grades on the back of a level 0, there were even unknowns that cannot be read by a god's sight.'
'Let's ignore his magic, I saw nothing…
'Let's also ignore skills, I saw nothing…
'Title… let's also ignore that, never heard of someone having a title in their status…
'Right let's ignore everything, let's update his status.'
--- Status ---
Kai D'arc Valentine
LEVEL 1
Strength: I 0 [1000] [285%]
Defense: I 0 [1000] [270%]
Dexterity: I 0 [1000] [270%]
Agility: I 0 [1000] [285%]
Magic: I 0 [1000] [320%]
DEVELOPMENTAL SKILLS
Charm – SS [Innate]
Luck – S [Innate]
Sword Saint – B?
Martial Arts Grand Master – S?
Great Sage – A?
Array Sage – A?
Alchemy Sage – A?
Unknown?
Unknown?
MAGIC
Origin Source Paragon – F?
Time Monarch – I?
Space Sovereign – I?
SKILL
Pioneer Sage – F?
Nature's Incarnation – I (New)
Being the incarnation of nature you embodies a part of the world.
- You passively releases a calming aura that rejuvenates the very soul of the people around you and clears the mind of all impurities.
- You passively convert the surrounding natural energies into profound pure origin natural energy.
- Everyone will look at you favorably.
- Your resource recovery speed received a boost of 20%
- The people around you receives a resource recovery boost of 15%
- Manipulating the natural energies in the surroundings is easier.
- You can call upon natural disasters to strike down and erase your enemies from the face of the earth. (Disasters depends on your imagination.) (The power of the called disaster depends on the amount of mana used.)
Majestic Novelty Seeker – I (New)
The one who seeks regal entertainment through the majesty of bloodshed and danger.
- For every consecutive kill achieve a continuous boost in the Exelia you receive. (The boost only lasts for every 1 minute kill interval.)
- Fighting opponents stronger greatly boosts Exelia received.
- Your majesty knows no bounds, your charisma is in a whole different level. People will be inclined to listen to your words and teammates following to your words will received a random small percentage boost in their overall stats.
TITLE
Blessed By The World – Unique
--- End Status ---
Hestia done updating Kai's status had tears flowing from her eyes like a waterfall.
"How can you be so harsh to yourself…" – Hestia said, placing her head on Kai's back.
The blessing of the gods work like a prerecorded memory, where every time they update their childrens status they will be given the opportunity to see and experience the most profound moments of their children's life.
"You don't need to waste your tears on me my goddess." – Kai said reassuring Hestia.
"B-but…" – Hestia was reluctant after what she saw.
"What you see are nothing but memories of my past. It's ok to feel bad about it but what's done is done the past cannot be redone, I will live the day carrying the memories of my past. It might be cruel to myself and it's self destructive but this is just who I am, I don't want to act differently than what I am supposed to be…" – He said a pure gentle smile on his otherworldly face.
She can even feel her heart beating loudly.
'N-no, no I already have Bell it isn't good to be greedy.' – Hestia thought.
IF kai were to know of his goddess thought he might have face palmed.
He did not know what Hestia saw but based on her reaction she must have seen the most sad and painful moments of his previous life.
One of the experiences Hestia saw was the moment when Kai was alone in the mountains at a young age training himself in different ways.
Waking up 4 in the morning climbing the top of the mountain before sunrise, then after reaching the top he would then descend the mountain using another path where a multitude of deadly traps were laid for him.
He had also sealed his memory about when he placed the traps so to not cheat his own training.
This is just one of the multitude of cruel experiences Hestia saw.
However, what really impacted her greatly was Kai facing the whole world on his own just to find a cure for his friend but in the end he failed so he sacrifice his own life to save his dying friend's/lover's life.
In one thought she might not look at his actions favorably but the WILL and INTENT he has during those times open up Hestia narrow minded perspective of the world.
Moreover, it isn't like he cause the chaos indiscriminately and intentionally, the people that were just caught in the crossfire, it was their bad luck.
Furthermore, the remorse he feels during those times of peril for the innocent cannot be ignored, the remorse that eats him on the inside resulting for him to end up in a worse state than what it should be.
He is someone who should be called a true demon king, a being who wouldn't hesitate in fighting the whole world for the people he cared about.
Even she a goddess who had lived for eons knew how naïve she was when it comes to the cruelty of the world.
She always believes the world is a wonderful and colorful place shamelessly ignoring the truth of how unfair and cruel it was.
But now…
Hestia had found her real motivation and how she planned to move her Familia from her onwards.