Chapter 269: Become Death God

"Keep attacking! Don't stop! We can't let them go through!"

"It's too much! At this point, the whole kingdom… will get swallowed!"

"How did it happen?! Just what happened?!"

The Grooma Kingdom was currently going through their first serious crisis.

The upside down castle, which was a happy box from The First Trickster God, lost its energies as Kyoya used these for his own battle. The first also no longer needed to keep this present existing as its job was done.

It did more than expected, so he was content with this particular floor.

What did it mean? The whole suppressed energies and divine demons' belief have gone mad with their freedom set. Their goal was to naturally feed on the adventurers and every other living beings' negative emotions.

It was not only instinctive action, so their assaults were one scheme after another.

"This sucks…"

Kyoya could see more after assimilating with the trickster gods' energies, his eyes peeking at the divine demons' manifestations controlling the whole outrage with their tactics. He also could see that the 'presents' bonuses were still intact, so there was a chance for people from The Grooma Kingdom to adapt.

However, the upside down castle was far advanced and meant to be taken slowly with all the suppressions. There was a system that would make things harder for people from The Grooma Kingdom, but it was like a special future event.

Now that all of this was gone, The Grooma Kingdom was slowly losing its status and prestige due to all these attacks… The undeveloped lands of this floor were also exposed to the divine demons and these surely had means to properly cultivate these.

The husband's team was 'outside' the Grooma Kingdom during this accident and they were one of the victims, so Kyoya wasn't asked to work, but told to look out for his party. The Husband's heaven members were still unconscious including the leader.

Luckily for her, the big party had few other 'officers' that could command people and each group.

"Xaya, how do you feel?"

"I am fine, the husband."

The sudden battle with Mervase and his god ended with casualties that scratched Kyoya's heart each time he thought about these. He lost a good lady as she turned into a sword, then his wife also lost her arm.

His party probably will wake up with a hurt conscience too.

"Let's return to our house."

"Yes."

During his walk, Kyoya didn't find Xaya's quiet attitude to be weird. A lot happened after all and everyone had to properly think about their future.

But Xaya found an uncomfortable feeling within her heart. She felt like something important was going on in a different place related to her. This feeling was impossible to be read on, but once the couple returned to the house, Xaya suddenly lost control over her body.

"Xaya!"

If not the husband, then Xaya would've plummeted onto the floor heavily. Since his eyes were constantly looking after her, Kyoya immediately supported his wife whose body was losing a huge portion of strength.

This was visible change, naked to his eyes.

A black and terrifying energy began to escape Xaya's body! It flew out of her and then dispersed as if nothing…

"This…"

"What… happened? Mom? Mas..ter?"

"..."

Xaya lost her disciple's status and divine energy that came with it.

It was too sudden and even worse than the whole battle that happened not too long ago. Another wound just appeared within Xaya's heart like that and she couldn't really cope with it as it was just impossible.

How could that powerful death god just… abandon her like that?

"That's wrong! He wouldn't abandon you! He is a real genuine tsundere!"

"T-then he died? How?! How could he die like that?! What about mom and their children?! What about… me..."

"I don't know… I can't tell… what happened at all…"

Looking at his wife crying and asking an impossible question, Kyoya found his heart beating faster with pain. His heart stung as there was nothing he could do, but just keep hugging his wife.

His confident yandere wife was yet again fragile and sensitive. Keeping her trembling body close, Kyoya used all his brain to think what possibly could have happened up in heaven, but no way empty words could appease his wife.

"We have connections to the gods, so I will ask one of them. We will know soon enough… For now, all shrines should be busy with The Grooma Kingdom's crisis…"

"Husband… I hate it…"

Kyoya couldn't know what exactly lied behind those words, but he knew that Xaya regretted a few choices she made.

"I hate it too… But until we confirm your master's situation, don't worry too much. I am sure he hasn't died, but something else happened."

"I will slap his stupid aroggant face once we meet him again."

"Yes, you will surely slap him. Because we are surely going to heaven and divine lands."

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"The Sixth Death God's disappearance… is not only going to affect you two."

Akaro strode her way to the husband in her cat form, her eyes shining seriously! It was really blinding and Kyoya couldn't turn away from her words, no matter how fed up he was with all those events happening so quickly.

He never imagined his wife to be this fragile, but she was the one affected the most. Her only family that accepted her just disappeared and she also could no longer kill any filth as easily as before.

The insurance of sealed power was gone and Xaya was aware of it too.

"Though you should be able to make her direct disciple now, I think you must realize what his disappearance means."

"Tell me."

"You, humans, might lose the gods' attention."

"..."

"That is if the sixth death god really disappeared. If he died, then someone else will get appointed by The First Death God, but if it's really someone plotting against death gods, then you should be careful."

"The death gods take care of souls after they die, then they split the gathered belief between themselves and appropriate gods… But if there is no one to take care of humans like the sixth death god, then those souls become meaningless…"

"Humanity is the largest race, so it's still worth it to take them as believers, but not as much as other races if their death god is gone. Your party has a unique relationship with their gods, at least most of them. I still think that you should be careful and expect other races' discrimination."

"We will be careful."

Everything was just happening too fast.

Left alone, Kyoya just sat down on the chair then grabbed his hair. He looked overwhelmed which was how he really felt by everything that suddenly erupted. What should he do next? There were many quests he also needed to do and now it piled up to the point where he was lost.

"Don't get overwhelmed. The more quests, the faster you reach heaven."

Akaro's cat head filled with husband's vision as she came closer. Now on his lap, Akaro sat down and looked at him with composed eyes that calmed him down a little.

"You haven't lost your 'death energy' yet."

"What?"

"I didn't feel it disappearing. It must be slowly trying to leave your body, though. But because you have dual divinity, the process is harder. What I am trying to say is that you shouldn't be worrying about the problem itself, but how to overcome that. Have you heard of the summoned people becoming gods by using their summoner's energy?"

"I heard… from Xaya's master."

"Do the same. Don't let this energy go and tame it with your power. Become Death God and exploit the gods."

"Akaro…"

"It doesn't take on to be god to see how much you covet for sufficient power to enter heaven. Don't forget that you are still in a low world pillar and there is a long road before you, but if there is someone who can clear all the world pillars the fastest, then it's you."

The development that The First Trickster God expected happened rather too quickly.

Nonetheless, Kyoya never would've guessed that it was him.

"My Goddess…"

Rather than thinking about the impossible, Kyoya was focused on what was laid out before him. He thanked Akaro deeply by hugging her to the point where her cat form shone with bright fire light.

Akaro turned into her human form! A mature woman's heart blossomed within the husband's embrace as Akaro found someone who she could support wholeheartedly and even get these feelings back.

"Can you sense the death god's divine energy within me?"

"Faintly."

"Alright… I am going to do it… I will overcome all my problems."

As Kyoya focused deeply, he lost consciousness as his mind drifted deeply into his body. Since the husband is the husband, his head landing on Akaro's chest was a rather unavoidable event.

The voluptuous pair was a good pillow that brought a smile to his unconscious body that was enjoying Akaro's stroking as she accepted him. It was great for Kyoya that Akaro's clothes exposed her cleavage.

The former goddess also allowed herself to take the husband to Xiaoxiao's room where both of them wouldn't need to worry about someone interrupting them.

It was fine to leave Kyoya alone in the bed, but Akaro was the husband's goddess! Her support was needed and that soft touch allowed Kyoya focus. She kept him close in a soft hug!

"Trickster God… and Death God in one… If he succeeds, then our meeting might even happen in this era."