Volume 1 Chapter 1: Part 4: Fates Changing

When everybody heard that, the crowd became too speechless to say anything about this. The hero skill is something everybody has dreamt about in their life. They're a one-of-a-kind skill. Once somebody has it, nobody else can have a duplicate skill of it.

The skill defines the strong from the weak. The embodiment of greatness. Legends were created, explaining the heroic deeds of heroes.

Having the ability to destroy armies, saving princesses from the villains. All of these stories show the power of a hero is limitless. Wealth and untold riches are in their future as well. 

The silence only lasted a few seconds. Then, an explosion of joy and laughter came out of the crowd. Getting a new hero is a joyous occasion! Much less coming from a remote village like theirs. 

Just knowing this, the amount of joy skyrocketed by ten times!

Wyatt and Lily jump at Irene, "Big sister, are you really a hero now?!" The one who asked this was Wyatt. Becoming a hero was always a dream of his. And now there was a hero right in front of him! 

Lily nods to his question. The sparkling eyes of admiration from the two children gaze toward Irene. But they weren't the ones. Everybody else was looking at her with respect as well. 

Just look at her. How is she not a hero?

Even her looks are heavenly. Thinking again, everybody thought Irene being a hero might be normal. 

As everybody laughs, a burst of loud hysterical laughter overshadows all the other joyous ones. Everybody stopped laughing, trying to figure out where it was coming from. And the hysterical laughter came from the center of the crowd. 

It's Finn who's laughing like that. 

"As expected of my wife. We're a match made in heaven!" 

Imagining himself with the label "Husband of the hero," Finn could already imagine the number of riches he would get just from the title.

When everybody heard that, the disgusted expression they made just became even dirtier. 

They're looking at a rat right now.

How can you call yourself a match made in heaven with Irene with those skills are yours? Have you no shame! That's what the crowd thought. The disparity between novice and hero skills is way beyond heaven and earth. And it didn't matter if he got a high rank. 

The disparities are too wide to catch up to.

The crowd just couldn't understand how Finn had the confidence to say something like that without flinching. 

Even his looks are nothing compared to her. If the two were to stand next to each other, Irene would be a beautiful flower. And Finn would be the pile of dirt beside her. 

But the guy doesn't care about the looks he's getting. Finn starts to walk closer to Irene, wanting to hug her, stealing her away from Onyx in front of everybody.

The image of his victory is still in his head. However, before he touched her, Irene dodged him with a perfect twirl. Not expecting this, Finn falls face-first into the ground.

"Don't you dare touch me! Who the hell do you think you are?!" Her blissful happiness being in Onyx's arms and getting a hero skill she had before was now thrown out the window.

Sensing the look Finn gave her and seeing how he was trying to take advantage to add on, the only thing she felt was disgust. 

Pulling his face out of the ground, Finn was covered in the dirt. The crowd couldn't help but laugh at how silly he looked.

Hearing all the laughter pointed at him, Finn had never felt so humiliated in his life. Just a few minutes ago, he was at the top, getting the respect of everybody around him. And now, he was at the bottom, being dragged down by shame and embarrassment, eating dirt.

He glares at Irene, "IRENE! HOW DARE YOU DO THIS TO ME!!! I AM YOUR HUSBAND!!" From all the shouting and blabbering, Finn looks nothing like an adult. More like a child that's been spoiled all his life.

"Husband? Stop saying that I'm your wife." Irene glares at him. Hearing how he considers her his wife made Irene gag on the spot. 

"Let's get one thing straight! I've been kind to you because you haven't done anything noteworthy to bother me. But I have had enough now! I will make this clear!" She turns to Onyx and grabs him by the arm, bringing him closer to her. 

"Onyx will be my one and only husband! Nobody else can be my husband! And I will never love anybody but him!" 

When she said this, everybody went one level higher in the craziness.

The guys went crazy from jealousy of how lucky Onyx was. Wealth could be seen in Onyx's future. Even if he gets trash skills today, he still wouldn't need to do anything in his life.

While the girls screech from the sudden confession by Irene. Almost all of them have a crush on Onyx. But they could never get close to him. That's because of the girl right next to him. 

If she was an angel to the villagers, she was a fallen angel to the girls. She would block them from ever getting close to Onyx.

However, nobody could ever say anything about this. The two of them are just too good next to each other. The looks match and their temperaments compliment each other.  

When Irene saw that nobody was objecting to what she said, she couldn't help but smile inside. 

Yes! Now nobody is going to have thoughts about Onyx! With the hero skills, no girl in their right mind would pursue Onyx unless they could match her. 

The only person who objects to this is Finn. 

"How could you continue to choose this farmer's boy! He's nothing more than a pile of waste. And I won the bet, so you are mine!" Finn was about to dash towards the two of them, ready to grab Irene. However, a sword flies in front of his face! He stops in his tracks.

"You will not be doing anything to do them again." The person who said this is the knight. The only expression he has about Finn is nothingness and distastefulness towards him. 

His goals in coming here were to protect the priests from people that tried to use force. The other was to stop people from abusing their skills. 

"What are you going to do about it?" The moment Finn says this, the knight picks up his sword and points it at the guy's face, "Then I'll cut you down." 

Finn was pushing the knight's buttons. "If it weren't for the fact you have not used your skill against anybody, you would be dead."

When everybody heard him say that. They could feel the intensity in his words. The knight's serious, and Finn's about to be on death row. 

Finn felt all hairs on his body stand up with the killing intent from the knight. He could only grunt as he backed away. But then he glares at Onyx, "THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!!! IF YOU WEREN'T ALIVE, THEN I WOULD HAVE IRENE ALL TO MYSELF!!!"

Irene scoffs," Even if Onyx wasn't here, you wouldn't even have a chance with me." Finn was somebody Irene wouldn't choose in a million years. Even if he was the last male, she wouldn't do it. 

"I would rather die than go out with you!" Her last sentence hit the nail right into the coffin. 

Finn grits his teeth and says to Onyx, "I'm gonna wait here and watch you get trash skills! Irene, then you'll realize you made the wrong choice."

Lily and Wyatt wanted to say something about what Finn said. Before they can, the head priest turns to Onyx, "Onyx, it's your turn next. Let's go."  He was also curious about what kinds of skills Onyx would get. 

Onyx nods his head as he walks into the church. As he walked in, he could hear people shouting. 

"Big brother, you got this!"

"Big brother is the best!"

"Onyx, I know you are going to get the best skills. It's fine if you don't. I can just support you my entire life."

He could hear the three of them shout out, cheering him on. Well, the last comment almost made Onyx trip on air. 

And the three weren't alone as the girls in the crowd were cheering him on. The girls hoped their idol would get something great. 

As Onyx walks into the church, his worry starts to dissipate. But he felt something else.