The God's Throne

The air around Eria's room was silent as death. Eria's face was slightly red as he faced Yu; while avoiding her fiery glance as he never had a romantic experience with a woman. Struggling to keep his cool, he pinched himself to the point of redness.

Facing the shy 'boy', Yu couldn't help but laugh while holding her stomach. With a smile, she said, "I don't mean like a real boyfriend, but one that can act as a fake boyfriend. You might know that I am the princess of Flaming Wang clan. We are one of the twenty biggest clans in the Empire. To form an alliance, I am being engaged to one of the pig from another clan. But, I don't want to marry him."

Eria's complexion turned better as he heard her reasoning. Although he found it hilarious to find her true intention, he shook his head to her purpose, "That means I will be fighting against your fiancé and his clan, and will most likely end up dead. I don't want to take the risk."

"Spineless. And, here I thought we were friends, humph!" Yu couldn't help but grunt in disp.l.e.a.s.u.r.e. After thinking for a while, she said," You will be able to earn influence and get countless resources from it. Moreover, my clan is attached to the mage association, pill association and the church of goddess. If you introduce yourself as my boyfriend in front of my dad, you might be able to join them in the future ."

Eria thought for a while. He had heard of them: they were the forces which survived outside the Sky empire and stretched out to dozen of empires. They were one of the main fighting force against the demon race.

"I will give you one standard essence crystals every month, how about that?" said Yu while she saw Eria's struggling face.

Her trick worked as Eria replied," Sure then, why not? If you love me so much, I will be your boyfriend." With happiness, Yu jumped in joy and headed to give a hug. However, before she could touch Eria, he stretched out his hand while saying, "The crystal."

With a pained expression, Yu took out a standard crystal from her ring. It was mostly translucent like ice with a pattern of a yin yang dragon around the surface. She handed it over to Eria with shaking hand. She only got ten of those each month and giving out one was similar to stripping her. However, thinking about the rejection of marriage, she gave it with two hands.

"Ok, then. I will tell my dad. He is sure to come once he hears about it. By the way, you are already an elite mage so you have to go to the altar of God. Only commoners with the rank of elite-level enjoy the benefit, so grasp this opportunity well."

Without turning back, Yu headed off to her dorm with a slightly red face. After all, as a girl, it wasn't easy to say she wanted Eria to act like a boyfriend. However, Eria wasn't interested in her change. Rather, he was more interested in what Yu said before leaving.

"Altar of God!"

With a glimpse of curiosity, Eria headed towards the dorm of advancement. It was a place where one would jump up the rank of their year.

The place was surrounded by treasures and precious herbs. However, even among all the richness, an altar at the center of the place stood out. Eria looked at the elder who sat crossed-legged beside it with his eyes closed.

Feeling an unspoken gaze, the elder opened his pitched black left eye which was filled with holiness. They sparked to the point where the light was oozing out. However, soon his piercing gaze roamed across Eria with hints of disp.l.e.a.s.u.r.e.

Eria's focused gaze drifted across the altar but didn't sparkle with amazement. He could feel the radiation of waves emitted by it; it was similar to one of a wormhole.

"Boy! Why have you come here!"

The elder's voice contained a slight hint of dominance, but Eria didn't submerse to it. With a flick of his wrist, he coated his body with mana for protection and said to the elder, "I have come for the promotion of my academic status. Are you the promotional elder?"

Silence enveloped the surrounding as the elder's face changed from anger to happiness in matter of seconds. Eria was surprised to see that the elder was full of smile as he replied, "It is me. If you want to get a promotion, you should have told me from the very start. You just have to stand in front of the altar to gain the blessing. Let me activate it for you. You will go to another world to meet a strand of God's intent, so don't panic."

Suddenly, the room turned empty; no altar was to be seen, nor the elder- only Eria remained. As time ticked, a golden path, blazing with fire appeared before him.

Eria's brows scowled but he still followed the path given out for him. As he proceeded through, he sensed an evil intent glancing at him, but pretended not to sense it. With a slight approach, he moved across the portal, but his physical body left him. Only his soul got past the obstacle.

In his sight, a huge figure, one as big as a gas planet appeared before a golden altar. He had big ears, golden glistering skin, and flat nose; he was similar to a Buddha. To Eria's surprise, a wave of astounding mana gathered around as a domineering voice left the figure's mouth, "I am the intent left behind by a magical emperor. And, also the disciple of the figure above the gods. Now bow before me and give me your body; I will let you be my soul servent."

"That's some big words you are saying. Who is above Gods? There has never been a creature above Gods."

A pillar peeked out of heaven as Eria's voice cried out. His golden soul burned with fire as he prepared to use his ultimate technique. Although things were moving at a rapid pace, he knew that defending his life was important.

Confronting Eria's God soul was the worst decision the Buddha figure had made in his life. Even the whole soul of peak magical emperor wasn't a match, let alone a tiny fragment one.

"Divine punishment!" The pillar suddenly went towards the Buddha figure with a blazing light.

The pillar banged against the figure. After contacting the figure for more than a minute, it melted and changed its form, turning into a prison. The Buddha struggled but the thrust of his palm against didn't even budge the prison.

Moreover, impatience assaulted Eria, causing thousands of needles made of the golden light to charge towards the buddha figure.

"Ahh, what is happening? Who are you? " A voice full of despair entered Eria's ear. However, Eria didn't react to the sound. He flicked his wrist, causing tens of pillars to manifest, all of which headed towards the Buddha.

With a hint of evilness, Eria looked at the purple eyes of the creature and said, "Your death."