Chapter 1801 Third Island [4].

Chapter 1801 Third Island [4].

The third island. From here, things became more complicated.

When Damien used the same strategy to gain information about the third island as a whole, he found that Kura had indeed given him the basics of survival.

In essence, it was exactly as she said. He could follow a path and challenge anyone he saw until he reached the platinum badge level. After receiving his platinum badge, he could choose between any of the six Area Lords to fight for a chance to move to the next island.

The Area Lord position never consistently remained in a single person's hands. Hell, even the Area Lords themselves didn't abuse their power or obsess over it.

As Damien expected, the people on this island had begun to cope with their reintroduced emotions. They returned to their rationality, though they still made rash actions on occasion.

Nevertheless, Area Lords only took that position for the sake of their own training. As they fought and fought and fought, they reached a level of familiarity with Nonexistence that was absolutely crucial before moving on to the fourth island.

This was the separation point between those who had a chance of escaping and those who didn't. There was nothing more vital on this island than preparation and future planning.

'The problem is that they aren't allowed to lose intentionally.'

If a practitioner decided to take hold of that position, they couldn't just give it up when they felt bored or tired.

According to the rules of this island, they had to try their best to defeat the challengers that came to them. Only when they were defeated naturally could they relinquish their position and move on.

'I don't think I should take it, since I don't think I would be able to naturally lose to anyone.'

After a moment of random arrogance, Damien frowned.

'The politics are what make this island particularly difficult.'

Similarly to the second island, there was a status quo in society. Unsimilar to its predecessor, however, was the ability of practitioners on the third island to raise their status. Diiscover new stories at novelhall.com

This was just like the societies in the outside world in many ways. As long as one had the sufficient power and ability, anything was possible.

Still, Kura probably wasn't a wanderer if she believed that it was easy to find opponents to fight against.

There were three main organizations on this island that every practitioner was forced to choose between.

The Fire Temple, the Water Temple, and the Earth Temple.

They weren't based on what element one used since elements were inconsequential here. It was more about the kind of people one wanted to be surrounded by.

The Fire Temple was filled with people who liked to fight head-on and run wild. They had brasher personalities and fiery tempers, though that didn't mean they were bad people.

The reason for Damien's struggle was a bit more on the comedic side this time.

'Shit. I'm going to have to interact with people.'

Was there ever a story about how antisocial Gods were?

If so, Damien certainly hadn't read it.

He was fine with family. The people he already knew still had the same value in his heart and mind as they did before he became so powerful.

Making new connections, though...

It was something Damien dreaded a little bit.

'I mean, come on. There isn't much left for me to do in the Heavenly World, and there aren't many new people for me to meet. Everyone I do end up meeting is either an enemy or someone I have to treat as lower than me because that's how they consider themselves.'

The only people who felt comfortable interacting with him casually were the people he had known for a long time.

Whenever he went back to Void Palace, he'd find Long Chen, Su Ren, and Yong An to have drinks and catch up. They were fine with trashing him and joking with him despite him being the strongest person in the cosmos.

After all, they were with him when he was just a kid or a talented genius. They didn't have fear because they knew him on a deeper level.

People who didn't had no interest in doing so.

They only felt discomfort when they had to treat Damien casually. If he acted casually, they showed fear because they didn't understand what kind of person he was.

Damien didn't care to put enough time into people to show them otherwise. Not anymore, at least.

As such, he'd become exactly what he feared.

'An antisocial God who forgot how to properly interact with people as equals.'

He sighed to himself.

"Haa..."

'...I guess even I have to learn some emotional stuff from this realm.'

He really didn't have a choice.

Damien Void had to go on a quest to learn how to talk to strangers.

Quite the unexpected development, was it not?