Nerva turned around once again and limped away after leaving the words,

Minhyuk felt his heart thump wildly at those words. And as he watched Nerva’s back slowly disappear into the distance, the notifications rang in his ears.

The notifications ended with that.

Minhyuk had already known from Ali and Valentino that the 1st Level of their respective gods’ power would open for them the moment they inherited the position of their gods. He had also learned from them that the notifications would tell him about the level he needed to achieve to open the next level. However, despite all of his calculations, he still missed.

The walls that he had to face were extremely high. It took almost half a year to reach Level 650 from Level 600. The worst part? It would have been impossible to achieve that without taking the Single Target EXP Increase Potion and the One-week EXP Triple Increase Potion that he bought from the Infinite Shop.

From what he knew, most gods would only stay with their successors for a year. This just meant that the position of the Battle God was accompanied by heavy responsibilities and duties. Minhyuk fully understood that point.

Minhyuk was not too disappointed with the rewards he had received. Unlike the other gods, the Battle God was an Absolute God. And that was not all; he was even hailed as the strongest and greatest Absolute God. Because of that, he was curious. He hurriedly checked the new skill that he had received.

The Battle God’s Order was quite an unusual yet unique skill.

If Minhyuk cast the Battle God’s Order, he could also remove any abnormal status afflicting his target. On the other hand, he could also remove any buff effects that they have applied on themselves. If he could use this properly on his enemies and allies, he could exert tremendous power.

Next, he checked the authority that he received. Minhyuk had some expectation of this authority since he already had the Origin Authority: God and Knight in his possession.

From what he could see, it was a skill that could be applied to players and NPCs. Based on the description, he could increase their speed of growth by up to ten times.

Players would already jump in joy if they could get an EXP buff potion that could increase their EXP Acquisition Rate by 10%. But this skill could allow anyone to increase their speed of growth from 1.5~10 times. And that was not all; it was also possible for Minhyuk to nurture several more people once he released the seal by helping someone grow well.

After checking all the skills, Minhyuk turned to look at the approaching Battle God. At the same time, another notification rang in his ears.

Then, the world message rang.

The people quickly clicked on the notifications one after another.

***

Many of the viewers felt their hearts thump wildly. The Battle God was the greatest and strongest Battle God. So, who would inherit his position? And when Minhyuk’s figure as he stood in front of the Battle God appeared in front of everyone, the crowd cheered.

Minhyuk, who the AI controlled, flinched when the Battle God gently placed the silver crown on his head.

“Are you afraid?”

The AI-controlled Minhyuk nodded in answer to the Battle God’s question. Then, a magnificent and imposing voice resounded all over the place.

“Do you feel like running away?”

Minhyuk could not answer the Battle God’s question and remained standing there.

“Then, the Battle God said, “I have watched you from the beginning to the present. At first, you…”

“And…”

“I have been watching you the whole time.”

“I had always hoped that you would be the one to succeed and inherit my throne.”

“I acknowledge and respect that.”

“How hard it must have been for you, hmm?”

At that moment, Minhyuk raised his hand and wiped away a tear on his cheek with a bitter smile.

The Battle God comforted him. “How difficult it was, no?”

“You will be the only candidate that will inherit the throne of the Battle God.”

“You will be the emperor that will lead Athenae.”

“From the lowest position.”

“Then, are you still afraid?”

It would be a lie for Minhyuk to say he was no longer afraid just because the Battle God said a few words to him.

“Is it even necessary?”

The Battle God asked as he looked around. Minhyuk looked at the countless gods standing around him.

“Do you need to win their hearts?”

“Don’t you already have it?”

Then, at that moment, shocking notifications rang worldwide, one after another.

Hundreds and thousands of notifications rang all over the world.

“All of your hard work and consideration…”

“Your kindness, mercy, and love…”

At that moment, the Battle God’s body turned into light and disappeared before Minhyuk. Minhyuk hurriedly followed the light and saw the Battle God appear before the gods and the Heavenly Army.

On the other hand, Minhyuk was left alone. There was no one standing behind him.

“The one step that you took…”

Spear God Ben appeared right behind Minhyuk. He stabbed his spear on the ground and looked at the gods and the Heavenly Army troops with an arrogant and noble look in his eyes. He looked at them as if he was looking at his enemies.

“With another step that you took…”

Brod appeared right next to Minhyuk.

“With another step and another…”

Unlike the gods and heavenly army troops standing behind the Battle God, the ones appearing behind Minhyuk were wearing white armor and carrying the symbol of a fork and knife crossed together on their backs.

Many others appeared behind him. Not only were Elpis, Gorfido, Mandala, Bichor, Beanie, Luna, Luo, Elizabeth, and Don appeared, but even Genie, Locke, Khan, Abel, Lucia, Alicia, Ascar, Ruth, Mei Wei, Carr, Ali, and the rest of his guild members also stood behind him. Minhyuk felt overwhelmed as he turned to look at them. Then, a white space opened behind them and revealed the millions of troops of the Beyond the Heavens Empire.

From their position, it seemed that they were about to confront the current Battle God and his army.

Minhyuk felt his heart thump wildly again as he watched the Battle God move and said, “We have been protecting this place for a very long time.”

“Now, the world…”

The Battle God asked Minhyuk once again. “Are you still afraid?”

And Minhyuk answered, “Yes. I’m afraid.”

“Just continue to take one step forward. Take one step after another just like you did before.”

The words that the Battle God uttered earlier once again rang.

“You will be the only candidate that will inherit the throne of the Battle God.”

“From the lowest position.”

The Battle God walked toward Minhyuk and gently placed the silver crown on his head as he finished his words.

“That’s why you can do it.”

“You are the Battle God.”

With that, the world message resonated all over the world.

The entire world cheered.