[You may not choose a path]
"Eh?" Axel looked at the holographic screen in a confused manner, he couldn't understand what was happening because it hadn't happened before.
When the path choosing starts the players go unconscious and then go through a trial, through this trial the players are judged in which path they shall follow.
Sometimes the path a player is given may be unique while the other paths are common and are almost followed by all but they was also one more special way of surviving in the apocalypse.
As was made known earlier the players are made to go through trials but after these trials are done the Gods are allowed to pick a player in which they have more interest in the most interest and request to be their guardian.
The players who have guardians are known as Icon and are stronger than normal players since their guardians invest in them
[For defeating a God-level you have been rewarded five gifts]
[You have been rewarded back the coins you gained from defeating the God-level beast]
[You have been awarded, Skill -All seeing eyes- (Epic)]
[You have been awarded, Skill -Inventory- (Rare)]
[You have been awarded, Skill -Mental barrier- (Epic)]
[You have been awarded, a weapon - Heavenly divider - (Legendary)]
Axel couldn't believe what he saw, with these rewards he was almost invisible in this early stage of the game.
"I guess that settles me for not choosing a path" Axel mumbled with a large grin on his mouth.
[The God 'Heaven's judge' is starting at you suspiciously]
'Huh' Axel was confused after receiving this message he then remembered that at this moment most of the humans on earth were unconscious.
[The God 'Crown of the underworld' is interested in you]
"This..." Axel looked at the message, he was speechless and unable to process all of what was going on at once.
[The Gods of 'Scorpio' are looking at you with malice intent]
Noticing that being during this period was causing him unwanted attention he acted as though he too had gone unconscious.
Some minutes later he stood up from the floor some seconds after Lily had woken up and he could notice some changes in her with the weapons she held, she seemed to have gone through a rough trial.
Immediately noticing that Axel had woken up Lily hugged him tightly not wanting to know if he was okay or not she just wanted to embrace the dearest person she was with at the moment.
'I guess her trial wasn't exactly the best' Axel mumbled as he hugged her back and she seemed to have calmed down a little.
[Path choosing has ended, the apocalypse will now take place]
With this message shown to every living person portals began to open up around the world and from them came hideous creatures.
"Ahh!"
"Help me!"
Hearing these screams Axel didn't feel nervous or scared instead he felt relieved knowing that he wasn't part of the people screaming for help.
"Hey Lily I think it's time we got out of here," Axel said to her as she only nodded her head and they both slowly went away from the janitor's room.
Immediately after they came out of the janitor's room they were met by two large bulky green creatures and the bodies of dead people and blood of dead people scattered everywhere.
'Shit, why are the orcs in this location?!' Axel screamed in his mind as he stretched his right hand about to summon his [Heavenly divider].
He was hesitant to summon this sword because it was a legendary weapon and if he was to use it this early he would arouse unwanted attention.
-Swoosh
Quickly making his decision Axel moved swiftly and hit the two orcs with his fist instantly killing them.
Axel had invested a few coins on his stats only enough to kill the two beasts, he knew that it would still raise suspicion but it was much better than using a high-level equipped at the start of the apocalypse.
[Congratulations you are the first to slay a beast]
[You have been awarded the title -Savage-]
[The rewards you gain from the beasts will be doubled]
Meanwhile, a notification that shocked the whole world popped up on the screen of everyone.
[Player [Axel Black] has just slain the first two beasts using only fists!!!]
[World-breaking achievement detected!!]
[The player's achievement shall be recorded in the Zodiac records]
As this notification spread across the world the fire in the hearts of humanity was lit once more and they now had enough conviction to face the apocalypse head-on