When everything had calmed a bit, Aurum could finally let his guard down. He didn't know why, but he could sense a little bit of familiarity towards Dmitri. He couldn't help but wonder, "Where have I met this guy before?" He is also confused on why did Dmitri, who was clearly stronger than him, addresses him as 'young master'. He couldn't help but ask him directly.

"Hey Dmitri, we clearly didn't meet each other 'till today, so why would you call me 'young master' out of nowhere?"

"Indeed, we clearly just met today. However, you possess the sword which my Master, Ahura Mazda, created himself. Although I have no idea how you got it, Master said that whoever obtains his beloved sword, no matter who the person is, he is fated to become my Master's successor," Dmitri replied.

Of course he didn't tell Aurum the truth, nor did he tell him any lie. The truth was, he only called him 'young master' because Mazda chose him as his successor. He didn't even know that Aurum had the sword which his Master created. During the era, where the gods still walked among humans, Ahura Mazda created a sword which could decimate every single thing in it's path. However, it could also give life to those who have fallen.

Dmitri already noticed that Aurum couldn't use even five percent of the true power of the blade. However, he didn't say anything to him because it would be useless for him to tell Aurum when he doesn't even know how to use it.

"Successor? I am a successor of who now?" Aurum asked.

"You are the successor of the god of creation, Ahura Mazda. And at the moment, my Master doesn't have a body, but I could feel a part of his soul fused within you," Dmitri said.

"You can feel what now?!" Aurum was shocked to hear that someone's soul is combined with him.

Dmitri didn't answer Aurum anymore, but instead gave him a mysterious smile.

"System, I want you to scan me and show my current status and condition."

[Name : Aurum Est

(NEW!) Title : Mazda's successor

Age : 18

HP : 4190/4190

MP : 3865/3865

LVL : 14

Rank : D-

Exp: 41,126/800,000

Str: 215

End: 226 (+226)

Int: 212(+212)

Wis: 200

Agi: 300

Luck: 175

Status : Normal

CP: 2,000,000

Skills : Ultra instinct I (In cool down: 3 days), Time stop I, Appraisal IV, Auto-regeneration VI, Aura concealment I, Wind walk V

Abilities : Rampage II, Unyielding will IV, Thunder god's wrath I, Perfect Elemental affinity, Underwater breathing, Danger sense V

Bloodline : God]

"Hmm... my status seems normal and that should be fine. Maybe there aren't any drawbacks on fusing someone else's soul," Aurum thought.

"System, I want you to upgrade my Ultra instinct to level III, Time stop to level V, and give me some skills that will help me increase my stats."

[DING! Ultra instinct leveled up to III. CP -500,000

Time stop leveled up to V. CP -1,000,000

Host learned Herculean Strength ability. Doubles base strength.

Host learned Thought Acceleration ability. Doubles base wisdom.

Host learned Blessing skill. Increases luck for 5 minutes when activated. Cool down : 15 minutes

All CP has been spent. Host will now enter a temporary 'death state' to adjust host's body.]

As soon as he heard the announcement, he suddenly had a feeling of déjà vu.

"Hais... Not again..." then he fell unconscious.

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Dmitri was panicking when he saw Aurum passing out right on the spot. He tried waking him up, but there was no response whatsoever. Dmitri checked his pulse and breathing but only found out that he was dead.

"Sh*t! What happened? Why did he die all of a sudden? Master is really going to kill me ten thousand times when he learns about this..." Dmitri was getting paler and paler when he kept thinking about what's gonna happen to him when Mazda's going to catch a wind of this.

Just when he was thinking about this, a ripple from the void was created just above him. Normal humans cannot see the ripple that was torn apart but if a Celestial Being, gods, or a gifted one saw this, they would probably tremble in fear. Few of the gods can cause a rip through a void.

Mazda's soul came out of the void and approached Dmitri and Aurum. Naturally, Mazda didn't know that Aurum was in a peculiar state right now. He was beaming his gaze and landed on to Aurum. However, he noticed something was definitely out of the ordinary, and that was when he saw Dmitri sweating profusely.

"Little Vlad, what's wrong? Why are you so nervous?" Mazda asked gently, trying to soothe Dmitri's nervousness.

"M-m-master!!! I, uh, well..." clearly it didn't make Dmitri calm down.

"What happened?"

"M-master. Aurum right here is, uh, d-d-dead" Dmitri stuttered.

"HE WHAT NOW?!" instantly the sky trembled and the earth began to split apart when Mazda heard this.

"Little Vlad, didn't I tell you that if anything happens to Aurum, then something bad is going to happen to you? Did you actually think that I was kidding around when I said this?" Mazda was really infuriated right now. He was walking step-by-step towards Dmitri causing him to grow even more mad.

"M-master! WAIT!!! I-I-I didn't do anything! We drove those two rats away and killed one pig. He just collapsed when we were talking earlier! I swear that I am telling the truth and nobody touched him since he came here to school!!!" Dmitri explained to Mazda in a hurried manner.

"Little Vlad, you know that I can find out if you're lying right? If I found out that you lied in front of me, then prepare yourself. I will skin you alive and heal you back repeatedly!"

As Mazda said that, he walked towards Aurum to inspect him. He was looking at his body to check if there's anything wrong with it. However, he cannot find anything wrong with him. What's more is that he found out that even though Aurum's body is dead, his soul still is inside the body.

He figured that if the body isn't functioning, he can just use his sword to restore his body to its optimal state. Mazda grabbed Aurum's sword (which is actually his) and temporarily unlocked one of its power, Revival. Aurum's body floated on the air and was immediately covered in pure divine light. Just when Mazda and Dmitri thought that they were about to greet a revived Aurum, their faces were instantly was covered with confusion, as they saw the light disappear into nothingness. Aurum's body fell down slowly and there was no sign of him waking up.

"How could this be?" Mazda's face was filled with shock.

Dmitri was similarly shocked too. He has never seen his Master fail at anything. Even if it's bringing a person back to life, creating a new continent, starting a catastrophe, or even making a soul out of nothing. However, when he saw this, he really cannot believe that his Master failed at reviving Aurum.

"Master, did you perhaps do something wrong?" Dmitri asked.

"Wrong? Wrong your head! I have been doing this for millions of years! Now you say that I did something wrong?!" Mazda shouted, "There must be something wrong in his body. I have never failed on doing this simple task before, yet when I tried doing this to him, it won't work?"

Mazda was brooding on this really hard as he is trying to see what is really wrong. If Aurum was just any other human, then he can just leave them dying. However, he needed Aurum to dethrone those gods that stole everything away from the ancient gods.

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At the god's realm, many gods at the moment is always keeping watch on what is currently happening to Aurum. All of them were trying to keep their cool whenever they saw him moving around.

Just when they thought Aurum is going to make another move, he suddenly collapsed without any signs of life. They saw Dmitri hitting and slapping Aurum's face but there was no response.

"HAHAHAHAHAHA!" Ares was laughing heartily.

"What happened, Ares? Did the humans start a war again?" Athena asked.

"No, no, no. My dear sister, we must spread the news that Aurum is dead! We can finally relax and prepare for the upcoming war with those old bastards!" Ares said it loudly.

When the other gods and goddesses heard what Ares said, they instantly went and checked the mortal realm themselves and tried to find Aurum. And when they did, they saw him lying down the floor lifelessly.

"He really is dead! This is a miracle! Let me get some fine wine to celebrate this day!" Dionysus commented.

"Glory to us gods! Now those old bastards will be cowering in fear as their ace in the hole is now dead!" Váli heartily said.

"I wonder if he left anything behind for me to loot..." Rán pondered.

Every single god was literally relieved. Everyday, they were always worried and planned multitudes of schemes on how to dispose of Aurum. And now that he is dead, how could they not be relieved?

There were only two goddesses who wasn't celebrating the death of Aurum; and that is Athena and Snotra. Both of them have doubts on whether this is genuine or a staged performance. So both of them went to their respected major god and reported what happened.

Inside the conference chamber, Snotra and Athena was currently reporting the incident to Odin and Zeus. Obviously, when they heard that Aurum was dead, they started to smile. However, after hearing the next words of the two goddesses, they both gained realization and contemplated if it's actually true. They hurriedly looked at where Aurum died, only to find a soul of an ancient god.

"Dammit! It's Ahura Mazda!" Odin exclaimed.

"Sh*t! This old bastard wouldn't really leave us alone, will he?" Zeus said.

They both knew that Ahura Mazda has the power to revive, reincarnate, and even raise someone from the dead, among others. They were currently cursing because they saw that Mazda was trying to revive him. However, those panic-stricken faces of theirs, was nowhere to be found when they saw that even Ahura can't do anything to Aurum's death.

"HAHA! That old bastard surely is panicking right now!" Zeus happily gloated.

"I agree with you! Now that his trump card is gone, how would he be able to dethrone us after saying those nonsense. Serves him right." Odin happily agreed.

Both of them were mocking Ahura Mazda, but for some reason, Athena and Snotra were still feeling a bit restless. They both voiced their concerns but was dismissed by the two gods. They could only helplessly leave the conference chamber without saying anything at all.

However, before they could leave, both of them was called again by Odin and Zeus. When they looked at their faces, fear was written all over it. And when they took a look at where Aurum is, their concerns were right on the spot.

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"How could I possibly bring Aurum back to life..." Mazda contemplated.

Currently in the mortal realm, Mazda was looking intently at Aurum's body to discern what is needed for him to be alive again. He was pondering so hard that he can't even notice Dmitri at his side continuously trembling. Just as he was about to go look for a new successor, he heard something unbelievable.

[DING! Host's body is currently being adjusted at the moment. Due to the Grandmaster's involvement, the Host learned how to use Revival. System would like to request Grandmaster to make a new body for the host.]

"Who are you? Show yourself!" Mazda was asked rather vigilantly.

"Master, who are you talking to?" Dmitri asked.

"Little Vlad, did you just hear that voice?" Mazda asked.

Dmitri just shook his head, indicating that he haven't heard anything. However, Mazda heard the voice again.

[DING! System is requesting Grandmaster to create a new body for the Host. Due to Grandmaster's soul being fused with System, the System can communicate to Grandmaster telepathically. Also, System would like to request Grandmaster to give a part of A?i Dahāka's soul to the host to reinforce the Host's soul. System can guarantee to the Grandmaster if you accept what I propose, System can help Aurum wake up quickly.]

"My soul is fused with him? Is that why there are some things I can't remember? Well, if you can help me wake up Aurum, I'll gladly do it," Mazda was willing to do everything to help nurture Aurum.

He made a body, identical to Aurum's current body, out of dragon flesh and dragon scales and put it beside Aurum. Then, he transferred Aurum's soul to the new body that he created with A?i Dahāka's soul.

Instantly, all realms connected to their world started to tremble. The body that Mazda made along the soul of A?i Dahāka contained so much power and Aurum was continuously sucking out its power. Many gods from the other realms panicked and threw many kinds of attacks towards him, but this only strengthened him further.

On this time forth, the birth of an Overlord has come.

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