Vengeance of the Returner

Two days later at the TEMPLE OF SHAYATIN,

They were able to collect the money they needed with Nix's donation of his private possessions of gems and gold coins. Thanks to that his credits went back to zero. Yet, he didn't care much about it.

Nix's clan members except for Felishia have assembled in the large hall of the temple. A twelve-foot towering grey statue of a woman was in the center of the hall and opposite the statue was a small empty pool furthermore, there was an altar near the statue.

The woman's eyes were replaced with crimson red crystals. Her wavy hair was long enough to reach her legs and she possessed a pair of wings resembling bat wings that were covering her nude body. She had long legs and wide hips. Her large breasts would probably make a man drown in it. It seemed a little sagged yet quite firm and her face and her body showed a mature feel about her.

"Boss, can't you stop gawking at her? She is the mother of evil for fuck sake! I have seen plenty who lost their lives just for a few seconds of pleasure."

Gunther said with a smirk.

"Huh? Is that so? I mean why would they portray a goddess in such a sexual manner? those curves... Is that even a sculpture?"

Nix said without drifting his eyes from the statue while admiring her beauty.

Whoever sculpted it, would be surely called a master of the art. The sculpture was so detailed that even the tiniest detail like the mole in her cheek and the one in her breast were accurately portrayed in the statue. Gunther stared at him like he was struck by lightning. He was surprised that he was so ignorant that he didn't give a damn about his words.

A Priest in a blood-red robe began chanting something and slit the throats of approximately hundreds of lambs one by one as that was brought for sacrificing in the ritual. They were ranched for the sole purpose of doing rituals.

Soon, the workers of the temple poured the blood of the lambs inside the large pool opposite the statue. Nix quietly watched the ritual with his hands crossed against his chest. The priest mumbled something and dipped a piece of document inside the pool of blood and took it out and placed it on the altar.

The Administrator of the palace was there like everyone else who needs to participate in a clan establishment. He was a fat man with a big belly and long grey beard which reached to his chest. His skin had wrinkles giving out that old geezer vibes. His clothes showed how filthy rich he was. He had a sly smile on his face and by his side were a few soldiers of the city who came for the safety of him. His slaves were lifting the bags of coins that Nix's clan paid.

"Mother Shayatin! We the lowly sentients! seek your endorsement!"

As the priest said kneeling before the statue. The grey walls of the hall already lacked brightness but as soon as the gas lamps inside the chamber flickered and switched off. The whole hall was engulfed by darkness.

'What?'

His eyebrows shot up as he scanned the large hall. All the people kneeled before the statue except Nix. He did not kneel subliminally, He didn't know if it was his body that subconsciously controlled him from kneeling or it was his own self.

Suddenly an indefinite hologram appeared before his eyes. A woman exactly resembling the statue appeared with an emotionless face. Nix gulped, laying his sight on the nude woman. She didn't cover her body at all. Her large black wings were folded at the back. Her wavy and shiny silver hair and her eyes were ruby red in color just like how it was portrayed in the statue. Her curvaceous body was absolutely alluring.

The woman studied the hall and laid her eyes upon Nix.

She seems to have something to say but chose to stop and continued.

Everyone inside the hall looked at the scene with a bewildered expression while kneeling before the goddess. They were not able to concede any of it. They didn't dare to raise their body before she allowed them to. The being before them is an existence that is revered by millions of sentients as such they didn't dare even look her in the eye while this man before them conversed so casually.

"Goddess of all evil. I seek power."

He said indifferently, Although he was sweating heavily because of his anxiety. He collected his courage to blurt those words out.

The people in the hall looked at him in awe. They wouldn't surely converse easily while making eye-contact with such an entity and they were surprised that she didn't punish him for his ignorance.

The goddess's eyes turned into the shape of a crescent moon as she smiled. She folded her wings and covered her body.

She said and drifted her attention to the others.

"Can't you just show a bit of mercy? He wants me to do such an impossible mission..."

The goddess laughed.

"Can I know what you were about to say? When can I go back to my world?"

"Pardon? I can't understand any of it," he said.

There was no hostility or whatsoever from her when she conversed with Nix. He was dazed at that moment. He thought she would create some trouble but she seemed rather calm. Perhaps only a few of the gods act like that towards humans? He had several questions pop up on his mind simultaneously. He didn't understand what she said. Entropy? Witnessing the provenance? Those words made him more anxious to distinguish their meaning.

She began talking as all the others in the hall had their heads bowed down waiting for her to notice.

She said without any emotion on her face.

Swiftly, the whole hall was engulfed by darkness instantly followed by it the gas lamps flickered back on and the hall regained its brightness. When Nix scanned the hall the goddess was nowhere to be found. The bodies of the lifeless animals and the bloody pool glowed with a blue radiance and levitated on the air. Nix watched the scene with a fascinated expression. Others just observed the sight like it was not a big deal to be amazed. The light shimmered for a few seconds and suddenly sank out in an instant like it was teleported to somewhere else and the bodies fell and blood splattered into the pool.

The document which was placed on the altar shimmered in crimson red color while levitating in the air. The priest mumbled a few words with his head bowed in front of the statue and picked the paper after a few minutes and turned towards the others.

The priest walked towards the administrator and handed the document. The administrator ignored Cinzia who was eagerly waiting to sign the document and walked towards Nix.

He slightly bowed and reached his hand out.

"The name is Valoran. The administrator of the palace... It's nice to meet you."

Nix smiled and shook his hand.

"Nice to meet you too. The name is Nix."

"Sir I don't know who you are but you seem to be someone whose name will be engraved on history."

Nix scratched his head in embarrassment.

"Haha, Mr.Valoran I am glad that you think highly of me but, I don't think, I am nothing more than a common man."

"Haha you are being modest but, seriously I haven't ever heard of the goddess smiling or conversing and treating an individual like that. Moreover, To I think I witnessed such a thing!" He said excitedly.

'Tch, Isn't he exaggerating things?' He mumbled inwardly.

"Mr. Valoran, Would you perhaps know anything about entropy?" He questioned.

He closed his eyes while stroking his beard as though he was in his thoughts and opened his mouth with a smile.

"It is something alien to us. Perhaps, you outsiders know something about it?"

'Tch, It would have been better if he just agreed that he didn't know shit about it.' He cursed inwardly.

"Yes I know something about it but, I don't know what that refers to with Empyrean's system. Anyway, it is nice meeting you. Shall we speed up the signing process?" He said.

"Ah, Yes sorry for making you wait..."

He said and dropped his blood on the document and followed by it. He signed the document and passed it to Nix. Nix grabbed the document and called out for Cinzia.

"Cinzia, Why are you standing idle? Sign up!"

Cinzia walked towards Nix and stared at him.

"Hmm, I think it would be better if you sign it..."

"I am not good at leading people and I don't have much experience either. So, you better sign it fast."

She grabbed the document and signed it with her blood. The document glowed after she signed.

'Lord?' He muttered reading the title lord of the clan where she pointed.

"Lord? why?"

"You wanted to be treated as an equal right?..." She said with a smile.

He sighed.

"HAh, But lord? It would have been better if you signed it."

"What can I do now? I can't change.." She shrugged.

"Alright, I don't want to pay again for the ritual again..."

There was a slight disturbance inside him since he needs to carry the burden as a lord of the clan.

'Lord, huh?' He mumbled inwardly and signed under the title Lord of the clan.

If Cinzia was the commander of the clan, Nix could be the owner of the clan.

It was quite the equivalent exchange. Most clans wouldn't be using such a system yet, Nix's clan chose it to keep two leaders. A lord could manage the system administration and internal affairs and meetings with other clans and could scout members while the commander could go lead the missions and order the members. The title lord holds weight more than a commander yet one could say both would be doing the same jobs. The lord would be called an owner while the commander would just be leading the clan.

[You are now lord of the Clan (No name)]

[Set your clan's name.]

He stared at the messages in the air for a second and turned towards Cinzia and his clan members who were staring at with their sparkling eyes to suggest names in their mind.