Pleased with Cyrus's answer a light smile, barely noticeable, found it's way on the gods' face.
"Alright, now that it's confirmed that you are willing to go to this other world you will now have the chance to request the 3 abilities you'd like. Of course nothing world ending." the god's hands were placed on top of each other on his lap as he leaned back in his seat while looking straight at Cyrus.
Instead of immediately choosing abilities Cyrus asked the god a question. "My greatest achievement in life was learning the use of spiritual energy. an almost transcendental energy, to the point of possibly giving me immortality. So does the world I'm about to go to have spiritual energy?"
Hearing the important question from Cyrus the god seemed amused as he smirked and gave an almost joking reply "There isn't".
These words made Cyrus feel slightly saddened as even though he was confident in reaching the "peak" using just martial arts he'd never become able to reach immortality without spiritual energy.
Thinking this Cyrus stated the first ability he wanted.
"I want the ability to turn any form of energy into spiritual energy." he said the resolutely looking at the god who was still leaning back.
"Now I could let you do that but it would be a waste of an ability. Remember when I said i'd give you a powerful gift. one of the functions of the gift is to turn the native energy of that world into spiritual energy. now you would need to unlock that function but it would be better for you to have a solid foundation in martial arts before you start cultivating, it would make your path forward smoother. also, I'd be problematic if you start being hunted down for owning a unique energy before you are strong enough. you wouldn't be able to support the hero very well if you're on the run."
Thanks to the welfare of the god and him being kind enough to remind him not to waste one of his abilities, Cyrus started to feel a hint of gratitude toward the nonchalant god in front of him.
"how do people in this world get stronger?" Cyrus decided that he needed to know more about the world before choosing an ability as they would be his cornerstone to a quick rise in this new world.
"Remember when I said there are gods living in this mortal world. the only ability they kept after descending was to help mortals grow stronger by using their past experiences and turning them into strength via falna. Falna is the blessing given by the gods to members of their familias. this allows them to gain strength as they level up. you could think of leveling up as going from the body forging realm to the innate realm." The god gave a quick explanation then returned to silence to allow Cyrus the chance to process the information he received.
"will my martial arts be able to help me level up?" Cyrus asked another question hoping the god had a decent amount of patience.
"It will. After all you could use your martial arts to kill stronger monsters making you gain more excelia. Oh and excelia is what you need in order to level up. You gain it by fighting both monsters and people. as well as training."
"Then i'd like an ability to increase the speed that I train in both my martial arts and cultivation as much as possible." Cyrus said this with the thought of quickly reaching his peak again. He didn't know how effective leveling up was to increase his strength not to mention that he didn't know when he'd be able to get a god to give him their blessing.
"The highest increase i'll allow is 10 times as any higher will make everything in the other world mean nothing. I don't want you stepping out of the mortal world too soon."
Cyrus didn't need to ask why the god didn't want him to leave the mortal world as it would make him have not enough time to train the hero he needs to entertain him.
Suddenly the god spoke up before Cyrus had the chance to state any other abilities he'd like.
"If you'd like I have 2 abilities that I made a long time ago. they're stronger then most of the abilities you have access to request and I think they'd work pretty well in the world you're going to."
Hearing the god say this Cyrus thought of how useful this ability could possibly be to be hand made by a god and not just randomly picked. though he'd need to hear the abilities to choose if he wants them. as he thought this the god spoke again.
"the 2 abilities i'd like to give you are called divine soul and scholar. it will be easier to show you then explain it."
following the words of the god two cards manifested in front of Cyrus both shrouded in the same divine light covering the gods face.
[ Divine Soul: allows you to have 5 times the normal spell slots as well as gain 3 spell slots each level. The divine soul also gives you immunity to being charmed and seeing through illusions. you could also gain an extra development ability. changes your soul on a fundamental level allowing it to evolve. eventually with this skill you could reach godhood through soul refinement.]
"So do you like the skill?" the god asked with a grin after a few moments of Cyrus staring in shock.
"Yes, just having the chance to become a god makes this ability more than powerful enough. I'll explore the rest later." Just from how the god described the ability he knew it was outrageously strong. Even if he didn't know what spell slots or development skills were, the fact that the ability could turn him into a god with time was more than enough to make him choose that ability.
"so what does the scholar ability do then?"
Cyrus had high expectations for the second ability. If the first ability can turn one into a god how strong must the other ability be.
[scholar: Allows the user to learn skills faster and upgrade development abilities faster. additionally you have the ability to merge skills and development abilities together while keeping the skills used as material. The scholar skill cannot be merged with other skills.]
"In the world you're going to there are abilities called skills that anyone can acquire through their experiences. unlike spells you can have unlimited skills but due to them being hard to acquire most people end up not having many. The scholar ability will help you open many paths to become stronger in the future." The god explained the skill in a way that gave Cyrus some more info on the other world.
"here let me show you the skill panel of the skill you requested." saying this a third identical card appeared in front of Cyrus.
[Gifted individual: when training martial arts or cultivating you become stronger 10 times faster then you normally would.]
when Cyrus finished reading the skills the god laid them down on the table and asked "are you satisfied with the skills in front of you? if you are then I'll start the process of sending you too the other world now."
looking at the god Cyrus said with a resolute look on his face "More than satisfied. I'm ready."
after hearing Cyrus' response the god created a rift beside Cyrus while gesturing for him to walk through it. seeing this Cyrus got up from his seat and right before he walked through the rift looked at the god one last time and said "I look forward to the day where I stand here in front of you as an equal."
Cyrus didn't know much about the world he was stepping into yet he felt a sense of excitement he hadn't felt before in the demonic cult as he thought of the possibilities of the new world on the other side of the rift.
Finally Cyrus took the last step into the rift with the rift closing soon after.
The god now all alone let out a small smile as he thought of the excitement he would soon feel from the amazing show he was about to witness.