Secondly, some people are willing to give up their emotions... family, friendship, love! Oh, and the most important thing - desire.

Thirdly, choosing destruction.

Nothing is smooth sailing, even for those who become "gods", you have to pay the corresponding price!

And this... is the order of the world!

After the old world was destroyed, Saint Veronica, the Divine Lord, transferred some humans and most creatures to the divine realm and named their dwelling place Saint Veronica.

Since they have become creatures of the divine realm, naturally they must obtain the power of the gods!

In the world created by the gods, people enjoy everything brought by divine power, and they also bring technology to this unfamiliar place, gradually replacing the gods and ruling the heavens and the earth here.

Humans created flying ships in the sky to replace the tall buildings where the gods used to reside.

Humans created underwater cities, replacing the palaces that were once proud abodes of sea gods.

Everywhere there are splendid creations made by humans with wisdom surpassing the gods, and the demands of humans are growing day by day!

Although humans who possess Divine Lord abilities have changed the face of the continent, they have not been able to obtain and inherit the virtues of the gods, which are rich in emotions.

In the vast white palace, not a single god is present.

The dazzling golden armor is displayed on the throne, but the armor is empty, clearly indicating that Odin is not there at the moment.

On the other side of the palace, a woman in white sits on the throne of the Divine Lord... No, vaguely, it is the woman inside the transparent old man!

"Um, a bit bitter, not very tasty... don't you think?" The lean yet tall old man raised his teacup and took a sip, then carefully swallowed.

Beside him, a young man with shoulder-length golden hair and a pair of huge white wings behind his back, he is the first among the archangels - Michael!

When the old man handed Michael a questioning look, Michael immediately respectfully explained this drink, a product of human wisdom.

"Yes, Your Majesty Odin, this is a tea made with a green plant and hot water by humans, it is not suitable for us..."

"Shut up, I know what you want to say!"

The old man timely waved his hand to stop the foul mouth of Michael, who was about to defile humanity, and then closed his eyes gently, shaking his white beard, carefully savoring the taste contained in this cup of tea.

"A mouthful feels all bitterness, but after carefully tasting it, there is a unique tea fragrance!"

Odin habitually shook the teacup twice, his eyes filled with composure and confusion.

"I say, Michael, why don't you taste it too? It's quite rare to be brought from humans."

"Yes, I will taste it later, Your Majesty."

In this moment, Odin's mood is particularly comfortable, and a smile finally appears on his pale and aged face. At this moment, the leader of the archangels dares not speak directly.

"Ah, Michael, it seems that you have something on your mind that you want to say to me, don't you?"

"Uh... that's right, Your Majesty!"

He dare not challenge the decision made by the great Divine Lord, but there are some things he must speak up!

"Your Majesty, I want to ask you directly, are you serious about dividing the living space of the divine realm among those inferior humans?"

"..."

"Lord Odin, please answer me! This is also an account to the gods!"

Michel questioned Odin very seriously, hoping that Lord Odin would give the gods a satisfactory answer.

"Well... of course, but I never take back what I have already decided."

"But... granting power to those ugly and greedy humans, you...!"

"Michel!!!" Odin shouted in anger for the first time, "I am very interested to see what they will eventually become."

"I am aware of all these, so you should also recognize your own position! The ugliness of humans is not their fault, and not yours either!"

Desires... As a Divine Lord, he knew that humans were indeed a group of crazy warriors, always thinking about and pursuing the pleasure of killing!

Odin suddenly raised his right hand, making the teacup unusually bright under the illumination of the light.

After his anger subsided, he once again smiled kindly and handed the teacup to the archangel Michael.

"The desires of humans are indeed terrifying, but... it is not yet the end!"

...

"Good morning!"

"Good morning, Paroni!"

Early in the morning, when I arrived in the classroom, the first person I met was Hordos, who arrived even earlier than me... He always had a grim face and was stubbornly saving face, saying that we should maintain the elegance of the nobility.

Next was Teacher Fuyu, who was born into a noble family in the Imperial City.

Today's mission seems to be heading to the new city, after all, the matter of the Frost Knight has not been completely resolved, and there are still major flaws in my Devine Hand.

Although I can steal others' abilities in a short time and even obtain nearly three-quarters of their power, it seems that there is no overlapping effect.

Not only that... I feel exhausted every time I use it. This thing seems to be meant for escape in critical moments!

"Ah, isn't it overboard to have to touch the body of competence holders?"

I looked at the flickering white spots on my index finger. Although it has fully recovered, the stored competence seems to have disappeared, right?

In this urgent moment of departure, I can only temporarily use my original abilities as a compromise.

"Well, it seems that using the competence of the mentor that day was a mistake..." I sighed.

Although competence is very useful, I almost lost my life because of it!

"Okay, it seems that everyone is here together, right?" Lan, who was following behind Teacher Fuyu, said with a smile.

...

Again, there was silence. I felt an unprecedented sense of fear. We must have returned to the world of death once again, right?

In this world, each of us feels a powerful oppression constraining us.

"This kind of power... how is it possible?!"

As soon as Teacher Fuyu walked out, he suddenly felt that a certain competence in his body was being taken away - Teacher Fuyu was actually so powerful?!

Teacher Fuyu comforted the shocked Hordos, and then kicked the ice wall behind with all his strength.

Boom...

A deafening sound suddenly resounded, and the ice mountain instantly collapsed into a pile of rubble!

Looking at this shocking scene, I couldn't help but think... Our teacher is truly remarkable. Although he has lost his competence, he can still beat us up with just his energy.

"Ah, until now we still cannot find someone who can display such a massive level of competence, even S-rank sorcerers cannot do anything to them. It shows that their strength is not just surpassing SSS-rank easily."

This statement is incorrect. The Dominator should have already ceased to exist, right? A person who surpasses SSS-rank should not exist, right?

Standing in the snow-covered plains, where they stood, is the starting point of the old world!

Although they lost their competence, they still retained their vitality, right? In short, they finally arrived at a conclusion.

"In this world, we are unable to freely use our competence, but we can still use our vitality. This suggests that although there was a deity who had once established a balance treaty, someone appeared and broke a part of it, causing this world to gradually descend into chaos!"

A very long time has passed, but the blizzard shows no sign of stopping.

As expected, there is no human life here anymore, just as the professors of Saint Veronica said, right?

Everyone walks along the edge of the cliff, stepping on the thick accumulated ice.

Everyone is cautious, even though they have protection from their vitality, falling like that would still cause serious injuries!

"Don't worry, if we confirm that there is no base for the beast tribe here, we will leave immediately, we absolutely won't stay any longer!"

Our team has already received the task of exterminating the beast tribe for the third time.

I... Paroni, have always harbored doubts about the outcome of war, but now I have given up. I will do things according to the methods dictated by the circumstances I find myself in.

"I'm already used to this kind of life!"

"Is that so?"

"Ah!"

Startled by Lan suddenly tapping my shoulder from behind, I was frightened. My body swayed a few times at the edge of the cliff before being pulled back in time by the handyman Hodors.

Taking a relieved breath after being pulled back, I then naturally gave Lan a good scolding.

"You idiot! You nearly caused me to meet the Divine Lord!!"

"Oops, it was an accident, it was an accident!"

"..."

"Don't look at me like that, if you paid a bit more attention, you wouldn't have had so many problems, right?"

"Be careful, we have reached the lowest point now!"

Teacher Fuyu and the others didn't realize until now, their feet can actually step outside the edge of the cliff!

Unknowingly, the atmosphere between the three of us started to become subtle.

"You really are an hopeless idiot..."

"Though it may be a joke, don't forget the mission entrusted to us when we were sent here!"

Fuyu teacher's hand smacked Lan's head who was still grinning foolishly, and she gave orders to me and Hodors.

"Our goal is to investigate the Frost Knights first. Is everyone clear?"

"Clear!!!"

Although we shouted loudly, I still had doubts in my mind.

We didn't defeat the Frost Knights last time, and this time would be the same result, fearing that we won't be able to use our abilities as much as we did last time! After freeing our own powers, we could only barely match them, it's obvious that the Frost Knights are formidable SSS-ranked monsters!

Ah, who knows how much resentment it had accumulated in this place to evolve into such a high-ranking Evil Entity. It seems to have stayed here for countless years...

The first time my godly hand came into contact with it, I felt a sense of loneliness.

How to describe that feeling? It was a kind of visual solitude, where everywhere felt empty and deserted, even though there were pedestrians passing by every day. However, it seemed like they didn't notice my existence at all!