Inside the room, Mrit walked continuously as the blinding light made him unable to look forward.

“Damn this light!!”

He walked for hours and hours, yet he didn’t feel anyone’s presence. He just walked and walked and walked, but there was just no end to it.

“Where the hell is the goddess?”

He neither heard anyone nor sensed anyone there. It was just him and him alone there.

“I guess I should do that, even though I don’t know if it will work.”

A technique he mastered when he was in the body of death.

With this technique, he can perceive any and all beings present within a certain radius. When in his prime, this technique can cover the whole earth, but now in this feeble body, he doesn’t know the limitation of the technique.

“Let’s see what happens. Death Sense!”

Following his voice, a dark aura burst and spread from him, covering the whole room, and then slowly started absorbing the white light. After a while, the bright light faded and its source is now visible.

“Now I can see well, isn’t that correct-”

Turning back, he found the source of light, standing with a shocked expression.

“-Goddess.”

“H-How?”

There stood the goddess, the one he came here to get a blessing from, with a shocked look on her face.

“You mortal. How can you overpower my light?”

Many times when she met the heroes of the other world to give them the blessing, she played with them for hours like this before making them surrender to her.

Taking pleasure in the weeping and cries of the person, she passes her time. But now, this man in front of him has beaten her in her game.

“I just used a technique of mine, but to be honest.”

Looking at her, Mrit, who had it pent up deep inside of him, the hatred for the fate of his and his world exploded.

“You are just a weak bitch.”

***

“What did you just say, mortal!!”

The goddess, recovering from the shock, was now overflowing with rage. A petty mortal that she saved and is on her mercy is now abusing and challenging her and her authority.

“How dare a rat as you question me, a god?”

The dark aura got overwhelmed by the fierce white aura of the goddess as he looked at Mrit. Mrit, with a calm look, looked at the goddess with a grin.

“I never questioned you. IT is you who is getting angry over something this small.”

Refuting her, Mrit spoke with a voice full of confidence. Even though he didn’t know, he has an inborn skill of a sharp tongue. And now his opponent is a god, who is acting like a certain useless goddess.

“Calling me weak and on top of it, calling me a bitch is a small thing for you? No matter what, I am your savior and you should be kneeling in front of me.”

Controlling her rage, she then tried to show her usual demeanor, the act of a benevolent goddess who saves the weak.

But the man standing in front of him is the one who has surpassed the gods himself. He who has met these kinds of people has gained a sort of immunity to their fake appearance.

“It seems more like a kidnapping to me.”

“Mind your words, mortal. I saved you from the verge of death. If not for me, you would have died from those devils.”

The goddess, with pride, boasted about her act, but this didn’t fit well with our Mrit.

“If you hadn’t ‘kidnapped’ those awakened from our world, our world wouldn’t have been engulfed in chaos. We would have survived”

“But did anyone complain about that?”

“What?”

“You have seen him, right? The silver hero of your world is now a king and a hero in this world. Rained with praises of people and money, he has now accepted his fate and so did the other heroes, too.”

Over time, getting showered with love, affection, money, and status, humans, no matter where they are, get too comfortable. They forget about everything and indulged in the pleasure they are being showered with.

The heroes or the awakened that have faced a countless number of dangers with no reward in return found their long-lost comfort here in this world, and the goddess naturally used them for her own profit.

But no one can explain this to them.

“So, join them and protect this world from the upcoming calamity. In return, I will let you stay or help you rebuild your planet. It will be your choice. So-”

Hovering around Mrit, she rested her chin on his shoulder, waiting for his answer.

“-choose wisely, Mrit, the chosen and the last champion.”

***

“Hah!! Hah!!”

Panting heavily, in an alleyway ran a man hurriedly. Behind him, there were other people too, clad in armor and wielding various weapons running for their life, and tailing them behind was a creature out of the world, the devil.

The creature responsible for the state of the earth it is in now is now chasing them. With sharp fangs and dripping saliva, the devil looked at the puny humans running away from him with a huge grin.

Any onlooker can say it is a fight between a mouse and a cat, with the cat being tolerant, only to devour the mouse after having fun with it.

With heavy steps and a menacing look, he looked at every individual there, only to smile while looking at a single person, his one and only prey and plaything. The people with armor and weapons charged at him and so began a never-ending battle of cat and mouse.

The devil attacked them ferociously. With long claws, he lashed at the individuals. A guy with heavy armor and a shield became his first target, but the guy with perfect timing blocked the devil with his shield as he rejoiced happily, only to have his hopes shatter.

The shield, his long-standing wall, cracked and soon shattered into pieces. His armor, pierced by the hands of the devil, was now soaking in blood as the body of the person now became lifeless.

Plucking out the heart of the guy, the devil looked at others and then continued to ruthlessly kill every single person while taking their hearts out. After killing everyone and collecting their hearts, he came in front of the last one.

“S-Stay away!! D-D-Don’t come near, you monster.”

With fright, he pointed his blade at the devil standing in front of him. The devil took pleasure looking at the frightened human in front of him.

“Keh, keh, kehh... You puny rat! You thought you can escape from me, the great demon general? Now, for the punishment of yours to escape from me...”

Lining the hearts, he plucked and pierced them with a rod making a skewer of them. He then looked at the person in front of him with an evil grin and threw the skewer of hearts at him.

“Choose. Eat the hearts of your team here and get your life spared, or else get your head sliced your heart skewered by the great me.”

For a heinous and cruel choice for life presented by the inhuman monster in front of him, he only had one answer to say.

***

“I choose death.”

Then and now, his answer is one. That time, for the pride of being a human who fought against those devils and survived, and now the pride of being the last living person on the planet which was destroyed.

And the presenters of the choice were both the ones who had a hand in the earth's destruction. Then the devils, who destroyed the peace of earth and now a goddess who, with her summoning, left earth with no one to protect it.

For them, there is only one answer he can give. Lifting his right hand and then lifting his middle finger, he pointed it towards the goddess as he did to the devil.

“Fuck you and your championship, bitch!! You are the destroyer of our earth. Fuck off!!”

“YOU MORTAL!!”

Following his provocation, the goddess, now puffed with rage chanted something, and following her, a large magic circle appeared underneath Mrit.

“You choose death?! So be it. I will send you to the deepest pits of hell where you will beg for your salvation.”

“Hah!! Salvation? I asked for salvation a countless number of times but because of you, nobody answered to that call. Send me anywhere, but I will return and will become your ultimate end.”

“Shut up and die!!”

After her words fell, the magic circle glowed brightly and thus engulfed Mrit, and soon the place became empty, leaving the goddess behind.

The one who came here for a blessing got cursed, and the one who was there to bless got cursed. The wheel of fate has now started to roll forward which will now decide the fate of the awakened, the goddess, Mrit, and both the worlds.

***