Chapter 64 - 63 - Coming Back.

"So what do you think? It was a little superficial explanation of the gods and the worlds, but you managed to understand that there are several worlds, didn't you?"

"Of course I understand, but what the reason does multiple worlds exist? Shouldn't the gods be united and looking after just one world?" I never studied much about gods and only knew a few of them, but I thought they behaved that way.

"That would be right, but unlike before, everyone broke up."

"After the war of the gods?"

"That's right, in the past we were very united, but the war destroyed all our fellowship."

"I understand..."

"Some gods preferred to remain neutral. They just watch everything that's happening from a safe distance."

Isadora took another sip of tea and then continued.

"And other gods preferred to create their worlds, where their own rules and everything would work as they want. They just use the world as a place for fun and all humans are puppets."

"Isn't that going a little too far?"

"Most of them are self-centered and don't care what happens to people in that world. Those who live in that world are humans. For them, humans don't matter."

"This is ridiculous, don't they know that those humans have families and stuff? They all feel all the evil that the gods throw on the world."

"As you can see from the summary I gave, most worlds are peaceful like the one you are on right now, so don't worry. Except for Hades, Hera and Zeus, everyone else has common sense."

"Better that way."

"And about you, your soul is powerful. You have enough willpower to become as strong as a god. That's why Hades went after you."

Well, I already understood the first time that I was strong and had experience, but becoming as strong as a God? Impossible.

"What? This is impossible, a deity will always be above a mortal."

"That's not quite the case, depending on your evolution, this could even happen." Isadora smiled at me and looked confident I could do it, but I still think it's crazy.

"Well I don't care about that, but getting back to the subject, will the war start soon?"

"Yes, in a few years."

"As I thought. But this time humans with systems will fight in place of the gods."

"Exactly."

"This is weird, is there a reason behind it?"

"After the first war of the gods took place, Gaia intervened."

"You mean the goddess who reigns over all gods?"

"Yes, and thus all the gods were prevented from fighting each other. Even though she's not as strong as many of us, her word is absolute for us."

"I understand. So as the gods can't fight, they thought it would be a good idea to take humans, give them a tier system so they get powerful and fight each other."

"Exactly."

"But does this battle have a goal? Isn't it just a futile fight that the gods will use to have fun while watching?"

"Not exactly. Hades intended to get his soul for a higher goal, just as the other gods are also seeking the same thing. You have huge potential, enough to surpass a god."

"Again you saying that nonsense."

"But it's the truth, and with his strength, he would use you to kill other gods."

"I would just refuse to do this and kill him."

"That wouldn't be possible because you would be under his command from the start, you wouldn't be able to attack him. Like Hades, many gods want to dominate over the divine realm."

"This is too weird, I can't imagine how they could use humans to kill gods."

Not caring about my speech, Isadora continued: "Since they cannot fight, they will make the humans fight. The last human left would be used by their master to dominate the divine realm."

Having no idea what to say, I remained silent and watched Isadora for a while longer.

"You got it? This system that you are using right now was created by Gaia herself and was given to us who are of her lineage. But now we are no longer able to get stronger,, we've reached our limit."

"Right..."

"And you humans who received this system can now raise your level, your strength, and your magic to levels that not even the gods could reach. That's why I stole you from him, I need you."

"Of me?"

"Hades can't attack me, and his subordinate isn't strong enough to attack me either, but it won't take that long. So since he can't do anything, I took a chance and took his soul."

"And you want me to get stronger."

"I don't know if I told you this before, but I want you to be the strongest in this world... No, I want you to be the strongest of all the worlds and to be able to avoid the domination of some other god. "

"How will I do this? Are the other humans way ahead of me?"

"Not at all, they're all kids like you yet, they're all still weaker than you, so I want you to stay that way and grow even more and help me."

"And after all this? And after I help you? Will I be able to continue living my life like Noah normally?" I already got in the middle of it, I didn't want to, but I ended up getting involved in a big problem.

From the beginning, I thought I was a privileged person who had been given a second chance, but I was just cheated and now I find out I'm in the middle of a gods' war, isn't that too crazy?

"Of course you do, you have a life in this world now. If you manage to defeat them all, your world will be kept intact and you will continue your life without interference from me or any God. I promise you that."

"Okay, I'll do it."

"Excellent." Isadora changed from her serious expression to a smiling expression an instant after I accepted her proposal.

"I don't have much choice, do I?"

"Yeah, you don't. If you refused I would have to go after someone else."

"So you were planning to discard me at any time."

"That's how things work."

"I see, I was really stupid to think you were a good person. Whatever just send me back as I have things to do, and Lisandra must be a little worried about me right now."

"Don't worry, it hasn't been that long. All right, I'll send you back. I'll give you something too, you'll need it."

"What?"

"You'll find out when you get there." With the words of the goddess, my vision started to darken again, how many times has this happened?

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I don't know how much time had passed, but I woke up. I opened my eyes slowly and could no longer feel that weight of earth and concrete that had buried me.

But even without feeling the weight, I still felt like I was stuck somewhere, but I didn't know exactly where I was. My eyesight was still a little impaired.

I continued to strain my vision a little to get used to the ambient light.

After a few more seconds, I started to hear a woman's voice.

It was nothing like the voice of those monsters that were here before, it sounded like the voice of a normal woman. Listening to the voice, I started to build some hope about what had happened.

'Maybe I was rescued? No, something's wrong. I felt like it wasn't okay, there was something wrong here.

[ You are about to Acquire the Blessing of the Goddess of War ]

[A few seconds interval may be necessary]

And again Isadora's slightly modified voice spoke in my head.

'So that's what she said she would give me. But what does this war goddess blessing do?" I didn't know exactly what it was, but from the name, it seemed to be something very powerful. And while I waited for the blessing to be activated, my vision returned to normal.

I looked at my body and noticed that I was lying on a bed with a fluffy mattress. I was stuck with some chains or black belts, they were all over my body holding me to the bed.

As much as I put in the strength, I couldn't move at all.

'It seems my strength is still not enough...'

"So you woke up." And now with my eyesight functioning normally, I was able to see the woman who had spoken before.

She wasn't like those monsters, she was a beautiful woman.