Antihero In the Hero Academy: I Can Connect the Past Heroes-Chapter 111: Divinity

Atlas knew that when these choices occurred, he could only choose one person. That’s why when he was chosen by a god or goddess, no one could refuse him, even though they were allowed to refuse. fгeewebnovёl.com

Over Atlas’s head, a table was formed in which he could choose more than a thousand gods and goddesses.

Atlas made his decision the moment he saw the name of time:

[I cannot give you the power to control time, that belongs only to me, who is time itself...but I can help you obtain the divinity itself].

After reading this message window, it became obvious who he would choose. He turned to the twinkling stars above his head and said calmly, "I’m sorry to all of you, but I choose Chronos."

With these words of Atlas, the surprised expression on Cordelia’s face disappeared and all that was left was a face that could hardly keep itself from laughing.

With that, one by one, each star began to disappear from Atlas’ head.

"I’ll choose others later, I’ve already bonded with a few of you after all, right?" Atlas said, and these words made Cordelia unable to hold on anymore:

"PUHAHAHAHA!!!"

Cordelia’s laughter echoed throughout the coliseum.

Atlas smiled and at that moment his body was already glowing, he couldn’t feel anything changing in his body...or gaining anything new as he had with his sister Eva.

The only thing that happened was that his body flashed on and off. However, a system window opened in front of it:

[Divinity(????+++++/Passive-Active)-Sealed-

How far can you go if you’re a mortal? How much can you achieve? Nothing. After a while, you’ll get stuck and you won’t be able to go on. Let divinity pave the way for your ascension.

The user will be able to gain followers. (Not-Sealed)

When the followers you gain exceed a certain point, the user will receive rewards. (Not-Sealed)

Divinity Status has been unlocked. (Not-Sealed)

The user will be able to dominate mortals with the Divinity gained. (Sealed)

Once the user gains a certain Divinity, the path to godhood will be fully opened. (Sealed)

The user will passively start earning 2x every status point they passively earn. (Not-Sealed)

The user must reach a certain strength to fully unseal the ability. The pressure of the ability on the body will shatter it].

Atlas smiled when he read the gift and said "Thank you, Master Chronos." as if nothing was wrong and jumped down from the first-place podium he was standing on.

As he jumped down, the Archbishops of the Church of Night came to him. Each old man and woman immediately fell to their knees and prostrated themselves before Atlas.

"Oh, chosen one, let us do your bidding. Wanted by our beloved lady, loved by her children, please accept us," said one of the Archbishops.

When Atlas heard this, he turned directly to Cassandra and then questioned, "I thought you accepted the Church of Night into our territory, what is going on?"

When Cassandra heard this question, she shrugged her shoulders and replied, "I wasn’t planning to invite them before the church was completed, so they might not recognise you." and everything came to light.

"Oh...We have lots to talk about then." Atlas said suddenly and then turned to Cordelia and asked, "May I ask you to teleport us one more time, Professor?"

Cordelia shook her head meaninglessly and then instantly disappeared, taking first Atlas, then the remaining Sages, then Eva and the members of the Epsilon Imperial family, as well as the members of both the Church of Night and the Church of Ares into her spell.

Everyone saw the area around them change. They had come to Cordelia’s office.

However, Atlas finally yawned widely and then turned to the members of the Church of Night, saying, "I’m incredibly tired. Now, let’s talk."

The Church of the Night. The oldest and most powerful church in the entire world. They have no enemies. This is because Cassandra Leonardi, the Sage of Life herself, is one of the honoured members of this church.

Unlike the Sages, who act independently in every situation, Cassandra herself would not hesitate to help the Church of Night out of loyalty to Lady Nyx.

Even though the blessing Cassandra received was much, much lower than the one given to Atlas, it was still a blessing, especially when it came from someone like Nyx.

"I am someone who has spoken to Lady Nyx personally. In a way, I can say that I have travelled to the realm of gods and goddesses. We talked for a while. Later on, I spoke with Lady Nyx and Lady Gaia at the same time. At some point, I spoke with Lady Hecate, Melinoë, Artemis and Selene. Later I spoke with the lord Ares and once before and with the young lord Perseus."

At Atlas’ words, those in the office naturally shook their heads from side to side, and then stopped, as if no longer even surprised.

"Okay, what are you getting at?" Cordelia suddenly questioned.

Atlas rolled his eyes and said, "The Church of Night could be the mother church of my Duchy. I care a lot for Lady Nyx, after all, she has come to see me as her child...That’s why she tries to keep the other gods and goddesses away from me. So there is no problem for me."

Just as one of the members of the Church of the Night was about to thank him, Atlas filled him with his hand and continued to speak:

"But there will still be some rules. I have more or less an idea of how your church works. Some of these rules are that it is forbidden to oppress those who don’t have money or to force people to join your church. If I see you breaking these rules, and especially if I see you doing other things like selling forbidden substances, rest assured that I will not kick you out of my territory, I will erase your trace from this empire."

As Atlas finished his words, silence fell over the office. It was incredibly strange that the Emperor of the Empire would say such words about someone else in front of the Emperor of the Empire.

Still, given who Atlas was, and the fact that all seven of the seven Sages were together in whose office everyone was in right now, Atlas had every right to say such a thing.

It just seemed like an agreement needed to be reached.