Chapter 643 - 642: The deal of the dead

Chapter 643: Chapter 642: The deal of the dead

Tick!

Tak!

Ding!

The Scales balanced almost instantly as Nephem’s smile widened.

"Mr. Cza... The required offering for this deal is quite simple. In fact, maybe even too simple,... you just have to give up an entire country. I don’t mean becoming its leader and handing it over to us, but..." Nephem paused.

"Destroying it."

"You will have to perform a ritual that will require you to sacrifice an entire country. That will be the collection for the power you will gain. So, I ask you: do you want to make this deal?" Nephem asked slowly as Cza’s heartbeat quickened.

An entire country? Over a billion lives...

This was definitely not what he had expected. But thinking about it, what exactly had this country ever done for him? Nothing. It was practically useless to him.

He had been sent on a mission, yes. Sure, his greed had made him pick up that sword, but that sword wasn’t ordinary. If not for the virus he had been contaminated with, the higher-ups would have been the first to jump at the opportunity to take it from him.

It was the sharpest thing he had ever seen. But because of the virus, he, who was supposed to be praised as a hero, had turned into a villain, paying for crimes he didn’t even know he had committed.

So, yes...

He could sacrifice a billion lives for power and a way to revive his family, but not before finding out something first.

First, Cza glanced at the Scales, then at Nephem before speaking.

"The power I’m exchanging for... Can you tell me more about it?" Cza asked.

"Gladly."

"You will be granted power over the dead. You won’t only be able to control them and create an army of your own, but, more than that, you will be able to revive the dead, bringing back those whose souls have been claimed by the Underworld. Of course, there is a price to pay when collecting souls claimed by the Underworld, but... you can pay it since you will also wield a portion of Authority over them," Nephem explained as Cza listened carefully.

Each word revealed a new path of power to him. Granted, this power would give him the ability to revive the dead, but it still wasn’t free.

What had he expected?

He knew the cost would be great, yet just to have his wife back, perhaps even his unborn child, he would sacrifice the world for them.

So...

"I agree," Cza spoke as Nephem chuckled.

"Good, good... The deal has been made."

Snap!

The instant Nephem spoke, he snapped his fingers, and Cza disappeared. The next moment, he was back where he had been before.

In a luxurious room in the capital city of Province A, Cza opened his eyes to see his familiar surroundings. Even though he was living in one of the most luxurious establishments where the country’s leader resided, it looked so simple and bleak, containing only a small table, a bed, and almost no household accessories.

Walking to the table, Cza looked at the picture of his wife inside a book he had been reading.

Looking at the book, especially the page he had opened, he noticed some keywords he hadn’t fully paid attention to before. They appeared one after another.

Love..

Death...

Deal...

Life.

Cza took a deep breath as he touched his wife’s picture.

"Just wait a little longer... I will bring you and my child back to the living world," Cza said, clenching the picture.

He was able to make this claim because he could feel the new power residing within him.

Almost immediately after he opened his eyes, he had felt a massive surge of energy.

It hadn’t increased his realm, but it had granted him power over something far greater than anything he had ever witnessed.

The terms of the deal they had struck rang in his head... Sacrificing an entire country, one billion lives, both guilty and innocent. His wretched family was among them. Those who had stepped on him were among them. Those who despised him and saw him as a joke...

All of them.

But at the same time, there were innocent souls: children, poor families, and countless others.

But...

His eyes glanced back at his wife’s picture as he gritted his teeth. None of them were worth even a candle compared to his wife’s life.

Knock!

Knock!

"Cza, you are required to meet with the leader now."

Just then, a servant’s voice rang out. Before Cza could even react, he sensed the servant leaving immediately afterward.

He wasn’t even given the respect due to a Rank 1 being. Mind you, with just a slight squeeze, he could turn this servant to dust. Yet he had allowed himself to become a clown, a walking nobody whom no one regarded as a fellow being, but rather as a slave.

Even to the servant, he seemed like a slave to them.

Cza laughed, tears dropping from his eyes.

What exactly did these people call him?

Haha...

But the good thing was that they were about to see who he truly was, and it all started today.

Right about now...

In the capital city of Province A, in the country of Ganori...

Cza opened the door and entered a passage filled with servants and various maids, some serving food while others carried out different meticulous activities.

They looked at the man who had emerged. Cza, a slave despite being a Rank 1 being, was treated even worse than them.

Seeing him was nothing new, yet why did it seem as though he had changed so much?

They felt their hearts skip a beat as they watched his back while he walked away.

A strange aura lingered around his body, one that seemed to warn them as chills spread across their skin. Then, he disappeared from sight.

A faint dark aura lingered around him, one that screamed:

Death!

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Passing through the giant mansion, which seemed to stretch for hundreds of meters, Cza finally reached the meeting room. It was where the country’s leader met with his advisers and ministers to decide not only how to run the country, but also which warriors and how many of them would be deployed to battle against the beasts attacking from outside. They also discussed news from around the world and how humanity was faring against the monsters.

Click!

The giant doors opened as the guards looked at Cza with disgust when he entered.

Inside, he saw rows upon rows of royal guards clad in golden suits, all warriors at the Peak Rank 0 level, with their commander being at the Early Rank 1 level.

On a large, elevated platform were rows of seats occupied by luxurious-looking middle-aged and elderly men and women.

They were all the highest-ranking officials in the country: war generals, political giants, and economic emperors. They were gathered together, and on the largest seat sat an old man with aged white hair and a stern expression.

His aura showed that he was at Peak Rank 0, but thanks to being the leader of this country, he could become a Peak Rank 1 being, at least within its territory.

Furthermore, deep within the mansion, Cza could sense multiple High Rank 1 and Peak Rank 1 auras. These were the secret experts of the country and the strength that had allowed it to stand firm even after multiple beast attacks.

More than that, there was a subtle aura even deeper within the mansion, one that made Cza’s heart tremble.

A being above Rank 1.

"So, the idiot finally decides to show up."

"What was going through your head to keep us waiting?"

The instant Cza entered, many of the generals and ministers spat insults at him, but only the country’s leader sensed that something was wrong.

Cza seemed different today.. maybe even dangerous.

"Hahaha... Really? You never change, do you, bitches who suck up to the country leader? But you lot aren’t even Rank 1 beings. What makes you think you can even talk to me, let alone talk down to me?"

Cza’s words silenced the entire room. Everyone was caught off guard.

What?

"I hate having to lower my head to look up at ants."

"Kneel!"

The instant Cza spoke, everyone except the king and the royal guards knelt. All the ministers, advisers, and generals, numbering over two hundred, were forced to their knees as the chairs beneath them broke apart.

The rhythmic sound of over two hundred people kneeling filled Cza with an intoxicating sense of satisfaction.

"You—"

"Presumptuous!"

The commander of the royal guards snapped out of his shock and spoke, prompting the royal guards to move. But Cza merely glanced at them, and they followed suit, kneeling.

Thud!

The sound echoed throughout the room.

"Now... how about I show you exactly who I am?" Cza smiled as dark gases erupted from his body, covering the entire room.

Crack!

Boom!

The glass shattered, and the entire mansion, along with the city, was covered by dark gases, blocking out all vision.

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