Courting Death System-Chapter 69: Models

When Geigei reappeared, he found himself in a vast grassland and as far as the eye could see, there was only green grass. A hologram of a small fairy appeared in front of him, the hologram was extremely lifelike and very beautiful.

<Welcome to the Lumen Apocalypse God Domains, where Deities and Gods now reside. Would you like to be directly teleported to the Deity City or would you like to tour this place?>

[There’s someone I wish to meet, could you take me to him?] asked Geigei.

<And who might that person be?>

[Ignis, Firelord Ignis.]

<Please wait a moment... Unfortunately, you can’t meet this person as they’ve already reached the God Rank. Deities reside on the First Domain while Gods reside on the Second Domain and according to the rules, Deities and Gods can’t interact with one another.>

[I see, then take me to Deity City and please explain how this place operates.]

<Confirmed.>

Geigei then disappeared and when he reappeared, it was like he’d returned to Earth. Tall builds, roads, cars and crowds of people walking by.

<This is the First Domain otherwise known as the Deity Pantheon. Both Deities and True Deities live here rent free, in fact, everything here is free except personal belongings of others, those are for sale. The currency here is simple, Blueprints are everything here...>

[Blueprints?]

<Yes, Blueprints, since you made it to the Lumen Apocalypse Domains, it means that your Models were superior to that of your opponent. That’s the only way to reach this place.>

[Models?]

<Your Creations, that’s what we call them here, Models. Anyways, your Model Blueprint is the currency and you can increase the price of your Blueprint by participating in the Model Battles. The more fights your Model wins, the higher the Blueprint price. Some Blueprints prices are tagged at millions of Deity Coins.

These coins can be used to buy many things like Model and Deity Weapons, expose yourself to different Laws, increase yours and your Models combat experience, Bloodlines, Skills, Abilities, food, shelter and many things. But the most important thing to buy is the Imagination Room spot, trust me, it’s worth it.>

[Wait, wasn’t everything here supposed to be free. You said that everything here was free.]

<Of course everything is free, just not other people’s belongings. Do you see that hotel over there, as long as you can defeat the owner then it’s yours and you won’t have to pay anything, now it’s free, right.>

[What’s the catch?]

<This place also has other services like protection and security. Almost everything here is under someone’s protection and if you can beat everyone in this place, you can naturally do whatever you want. Do you understand what I’m hinting at?>

[Kinda.]

<Good. Now let’s go and register you at the Lumen Apocalypse Association, once you advance to the God Rank, someone from the Association will take you to the Second Domain and then you can search for your friend or whatever.>

...

[Welcome to the Lumen Apocalypse Association, how may we be of assistance?] said a gorgeous, jelly like lady.

[Hello, I was told to come here because I just arrived today.] answered Geigei.

[Oh, it’s your first time here, please fill out this form for me.] said the jelly lady while giving Geigei a thin tablet. The form was very easy to fill out because it asked general questions like age, race, gender, rank, etc. Geigei quickly filled it in and the jelly lady took the tablet and placed it in a special machine.

[Sir, please put your hand in here to complete the process.]

Geigei put his hand inside a hollow hole and felt a stinging pain both physical and mental.

[You can now pull out your hand Sir, the registration process is complete. Let me officially welcome you to the Lumen Apocalypse Domains.]

[Thank you.] said Geigei before leaving. Once outside, he observed the busy city and wondered what his next move was.

[Now that I’ve registered myself, what do I do?]

<Now, you go and make money. Which one do you prefer, selling your Blueprint or fighting?>

[Fighting of course. By the way, can I take the corpses of other Deities Models when I win?]

<Of course, everything belongs to the victor. If someone wants the Model corpses then you can sell them to that Deity if you want. Do you want to start big or small?>

[What do you mean?]

<I mean, do you want your matches to go viral or remain low-key.>

[I don’t like attention or I’d like to remain low-key.]

<Well, that’s a little complicated. In order to receive a private match, your Models should be special and worth one’s time otherwise you won’t get any matches. Tell me one thing about your Models that would attract one’s attention and accept your challenge.>

[Let me think...] Geigei then thought for a while before Something came to mind.

[After ten moves, my Models can’t be defeated, how does that sound?]

<Both mysterious and challenging, I like it. Let me quickly put up your challenge, let’s see if someone will be interested.>

<Wow, a minute hasn’t even passed and someone already accepted your challenge. Not good, it seems you’re both lucky and unlucky. The person who accepted your challenge has never lost a match. He’s worth more than a hundred thousand matches without losing even once, do you accept?>

[Sure.]

<Okay, then follow me.>

...

[Are you sure this is the place?] asked Geigei.

<Of course, I’ve already double checked the address and it’s definitely here. Come on, let’s enter, I want to see what you’ve got.>

Geigei was standing in front of what seemed to be an old and dilapidated wooden shack. Geigei was even hesitant to enter this shack but he didn’t have a choice, plus, he was a True Deity so there was little to fear.

He opened the door and entered the shack but it wasn’t what he expected. The interior was specious and the type of wood used glowed and brownish yellow gentle glow that was both beautiful and pleasant to look at.

[Welcome to my humble abode.] sounded a female voice. The person then quickly welcomed Geigei, leaving him mesmerized by her beauty. She has a bald head, butterfly wings on her back, big,clear and beautiful eyes and a curvaceous body. She was so beautiful that she literally took Geigei’s breath away.

[Hello, my name is Tella.]

[Cough, cough. Hello, my name is Geigei, Geigei Akutama. Nice to meet you Tella.]

[Pleasure to meet you too. Please follow me, I’ve just accepted another match so I’d like us to finish things as soon as possible. I hope you’re fine with that.]

[Of course, I’m just glad to meet... I mean I’m glad you accepted my match.] 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

Tella and Geigei then had a small talk while Tella led Geigei to the room where the match would be held. She opened the door to a relatively empty room. There was only a square shaped black board that was about thirty centimetres squared in size. The board gave off the same aura as the one used by Lumen to test them before being sent here.

[As you can see, I only have one arena so I can only fight one person at a time. If you don’t mind, can we please begin?] said Tella while gesturing at the black board.

[Of course.] said Geigei while taking out one of his Crabmen Model and placing him on the board. Although small in size from outside, it was very big once inside, about the size of a world. Tella also took out her Model, a grey and black moth. Honestly, there was nothing special about the moth at first glance. She then placed it on the board with a calm and serene gaze.

<Begin!>

The moth moved as soon as the battle began, it was suddenly covered in black flames, its body constantly releasing ash particles that were high in temperature. The Crabman waved his pincers, releasing searing flames that collided with both the ashes and the moth itself.

BOOOM!

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"Father, is there really nothing more you can teach me? Although I’ve gotten stronger, I don’t feel like it’s enough, I want more. If what you taught me is the true pinnacle then I can’t help but feel disappointed. There’s got to be sitting more." A young boy of about eight years of age knelt in front of his muscular father and begged.

The father looked like a viking with his big and muscular body and braided ginger coloured beard.

"You’re correct, there’s indeed something I haven’t or rather don’t dare to show you. It’s so dangerous that I’m afraid you might lose your life while chasing after its power." responded the father.

"I don’t care if I die, father, all I care about is seeing a taller mountain and climbing it. As long as there’s something or someone more powerful then I’ll gladly give away my life just to glimpse at the mountain they’re standing on."

"The Gluttony Era truly is troublesome. Jewl, have you ever heard about the Invaders?"