"Uh huh… *snap*,"
He snapped both of his fingers, causing everything around to freeze. The bubbling and burning of incense, the cawing of birds and creaking of crickets, and most importantly, the shaking of Wu.
"Now, let's have an undisturbed conversation. You are an anomaly in my domain of ti. You interfered with my domain of space by fusing two skills together… way before mana could fully assimilate into the world, but I forgive you just this once. I'm a very forgiving god," He smiled but then chuckled lightly before creaking open his lips again. "I'm just kidding… I'm just a lazy god with an unsurmountable amount of power… it's truly pitiful," He smiled even wider.
"So you want to know why I'm in this tiline, correct?"
"Of course."
I was a bit suspicious, as why would he ever ask such a thing if he was so powerful? Couldn't he just imdiately tell by looking at certain things or even just seeing my soul, which I assu has been tampered with by Ares?
Then should I start off with a lie? But that would be really risky… although if he knew why I was here, he would no doubt try to ask Ares about this… possibly ruining this juicy quest for .
I've been slowly diminishing in terms of skill with my spear, so this is the best quest I could ever ask for… I won't let so random god take it away so easily.
"Then, to tell you the truth, the full and honest truth, I just appeared here one day. I rember what I was doing before, but it was mostly just a random transportation."
His golden pupils shimred, narrowing down on , trying to tell if I was lying, but even though I could completely cover up a lie, I still mixed in tons of truth… just not all of it.
"Well, it seems like you aren't lying, but I do hope you know that staying here will cause trouble for -"
VWOOM
A massive beam of light shot towards from a small white portal just above my head, yet even though it was right there, practically pressed up against my skull, I was able to narrowly dodge it with my insane and very inhumane reflexes.
"Kekekekeke… You're quite bold for a re copy," The man in front of cackled, his tongue practically hanging out of his mouth while his eyes rolled into the back of his head.
A third eye appeared in the middle of his pale white forehead, causing a wave of negative emotions to rush through .
I attempted to suppress them, but they were too strong. They clouded my mind, my vision, my hearing, my sll, and my senses. All of my senses had been overwheld almost instantaneously.
"I was just playing around, Warlock of Blood. I know who you are… I know exactly who you are. I an, you've explained practically every detail about your life to … in one of your alternate tilines, you beca my apostle. Not the idiot Ares or that bitch of a goddess… you chose the correct god to worship and serve."
"What… do you want?" I choked on my words as a crushing pressure attempted to snap my trachea in half.
"Serve once again. Beco my apostle, and you will be granted complete control over ti and space." The man smiled viciously as if the lies being filtered through his teeth weren't obvious enough to .
"I thought… you already… had one of ? Why would you need another one?"
"Oh? Well, if you really wanted to know… that all happens in the future. All of that happens after this singular eting. I know what the various outcos are, but every. Single. One. Of. Them… leads to you becoming my apostle."
"Then I decline," I smiled at the man smiling back at .
"That's exactly what I thought you'd say… now, please excuse ."
The man then disappeared in the blink of an eye, as if he had been erased from existence instantaneously, only leaving behind a salty stench of ruptured space crawling deep into my nostrils.
"Like I would beco your apostle…." I coughed, heaving for air as I lay on my back, watching Wu imdiately co sprinting over to .
"How the fuck did you not die… I really thought he would kill you," Wu angrily gritted her teeth, but upon looking down at , her expression softened, and she brought in for a long and warm hug.
Bzzzzt
[You have received a foreign God Quest]
[Requester Na: Athena]
[A few gods angrily look down at you]
[A few gods smile maliciously at your next decision]
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[You have received the God Quest: Slaughter]
[Description: You have received a God Quest from Athena. Prove yourself that attachnts are worthless and slaughter the Apostle of Zeus. Once you have finished ridding his na from this world, you will be granted the sa reward.]
[Reward: [Skill Book - Four Flying Spear Arts of Lu Bu] | [Demonic Trait Enchantnt] | [God-Killing Enchanctnt]
[Penalty Upon Failure: Destruction of Soul]
[Ti Left: One Month]
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"Orion? What's wrong? Orion? Orion?! ORION! WHAT'S WRONG!"
And just like that, I collapsed from exhaustion, my head swirling with so many things that keeping track of everything made my head throb with pain.
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"I'm sorry… I'm so, so, so sorry… please f-forgive ," I sobbed as the torrential downpour of rain stained the muddy field we were in.
Wu looked at from afar, her pupils dilated with fear and anger, both coursing through her veins, paralyzing her in place with conflicting emotions.
The corpse held in my arms, still shimring with flashes of lightning, sohow raised a hand towards my face, the man's eyes sparking with life for just a split second.
Despite the gaping holes blown through his torso and left part of his head, he still managed to speak a few words that made tears flow from my eyes.
It had been forever since I cried… and here I was, sobbing and crying.
"I… trusted you… and loved you… like a son… I'm sorry."
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"*gasp*... Huff… huff… huff… huff… huff… What… why am I crying… and why am I sweating so hard?"
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