Arohan decided to ask about it later, but since he was feeling extremely uncomfortable with his body smell, he hurried to the bathroom.
As he walked inside the door, he found himself in a tunnel leading downstairs. Nothing could top the shock value of the bathroom door being a secret door, so he calmly walked down the stairs.
After climbing down around fifty steps, he finally reached the end and saw many closed doors. He walked to the nearest one and pushed it. The door pushed open and he saw a familiar bathroom.
'At least we aren't different in this?'
Arohan breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that there wasn't much change in the bathing and seats. He then walked to the shower and unlocked the tap.
The next moment, a burst of cold water came out, and he couldn't help but groan in pleasure.
Arohan took all the time in the world and only came out of the shower after half an hour. His nerves had calmed down, so his face didn't look as nervous as before, and also color had returned to his face.
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Arohan picked up the first book from the table and read its title, "Universal Power System!"
He curiously opened the book and read the introduction.
"Uncountable eons ago, The Original One opened His eyes. There was nothing but boundless darkness that was born due to His sleeping. He felt bored, so He created worlds and different races."
"As eons went by, He became bored again, so He snapped His fingers and the creation returned to its initial state."
"He then went back to sleep and as He breathed, new worlds were born. When He woke up, the world returned to a standstill once again. He didn't end the world again, but decided to give them power to see how things would turn out."
"That gift of knowledge became the Universal Power System."
"Every being in the existing creation cosmos follows the same power system, allowing them to match up to those lesser Divine Beings."
"There are ten levels of power in the Universal Power System and they are Initiate, Adept, Empowered Being, Exalted Being, Archon, Ascendant, Celestial, Elder, Mythic, and Transcendent."
"The beings between the Initiate and Empowered Being level are called Divine Apprentices. Those between Exalted Being and Ascendant are called Divine Followers. Those between Celestial and Mythic are called Divine Warriors. Those at Transcendent level have already begun to touch the authority of the Gods so they are called Lesser Gods."
Arohan read the book with great interest and the more he read, the more excited he became about the world and the power system.
"So even mortals can touch the authority of the Gods," He mumbled excitedly when he read about the Transcendent level Beings.
The book was thicker than the combined thickness of his two arms, and its content was extremely expansive, so hours passed quickly.
He only put down the book when his stomach growled. Now that he remembered, it had been quite a long time since he ate anything, so he walked to the door and asked for food.
He had already accepted himself as a guest, so he no longer seemed panicked or nervous when asking for things.
The man at the door nodded and left. He returned not long after carrying a tightly closed box.
When Arohan opened the box, he couldn't help but frown as there were only fruits in the box. He once again walked to the man and asked about it.
"Today is the birth anniversary of Prophet Trita. We only eat fruits today."
The man seriously responded. Arohan could only shut up since religion was deeply embedded in this world, so there would also be rules to follow.
Prophet Trita was the second most respected figure in the city and the city was named after him. He singlehandedly fought a group of Divine Followers despite being one and saved the church from being blasphemed by the Rotten Shudderer Cult.
Even though Arohan wanted to have something spicy and high in fat, he still silently ate the fruits.
The fruits in the box looked different than what he had seen on Earth. Some fruits were naturally spicy while some tasted like meat.
Due to that, his cravings weren't left unsatisfied and he let out a loud burp after his stomach was full and bloated.
He felt a sense of laziness and not long after, a wave of sleepiness hit him. Since this room was his to use until he had learned everything from the books on the table, he fell asleep on the couch.
He didn't feel uncomfortable as even two of him would be able to sleep peacefully on the couch at once.
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"Damn, these cultists!"
Eavo cursed in anger looking at the scene of sacrifice. On the ground, there were disfigured corpses of women and men. Except for the face, no other body part remained intact, and the faces had expressions of terror and fear.
Rotten Shudderer Cult was the enemy of Trita and nearby cities. The cult worshipped a powerful God 'Rotten Barbarian' in the evil camp.
The number of sacrifices committed by the cult since its founding in Yavar was more than the combined population of many cities. Even though the cities hated the cult, they couldn't take any drastic action to solve that as the chief priest of the cult on Yavar was a Divine Warrior, and that was a power only three or four figures in the entire world had.
Unfortunately, Trita didn't have a powerful being like that, so its people would be sacrificed from time to time.
Eavo's anger was growing at a rapid rate as he saw one face after another. He himself walked to every corpse, closed their eyes, and wished them peace.
Three hundred forty people had been sacrificed in the ceremony, so when Eavo reached the end, he was no longer angry but was filled with helplessness at the fragility of life.
All 347 men/women sacrificed by the cult were ordinary people, so it would have been even more terrifying for them, having no opportunity to fight back at all.
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