Chapter 448 [Bonus Chapter] 447- Waking Up

Zach opened his eyes and looked up at the starry sky.

He was in Aria’s domain.

“…”

It took him a few seconds to remember everything that had happened.

“Hell… what the hell… hell…” .

He looked to his right and saw Asmodeus sleeping beside him with her hands and legs resting on top of him.

‘She really has a bad sleeping habit…’

She slowly sat up while grabbing his head in his hands.

“Argh! Wow! I almost forgot this stabbing headache. It’s been so long since I had one. The aphrodisiac effect of hell was so strong. I even lost my control multiple times.”

He looked at Asmodeus and then at her juicy lips. He couldn’t help but recall the soft feeling when they were kissing.

“…”

He touched his lips and muttered, “I wish all that was a nightmare, but I know it wasn’t. It was reality. I feel so disgusted right now. The only reason I was able to fight back to the aphrodisiac effect is that I thought of Asmo as Zoe.

Sure, I haven’t spent time with Asmo, nor do we have a brother-and-sister connection or relationship. I didn’t even know about her existence. But I have Zoe. Thanks, Zoe… for helping me.”

SIGH!

He looked up at the sky and thought, ‘I hope she is okay and doing fine in the mortal world. Mother must be worried sick also. Zoe has always been more than mature for her age, so I know she would be there for mom.’

Zoe had awakened her soul powers at the age of one, soon after Deus’ disappearance. She was already considered the strongest being in the mortal world because of her soul contacting the fragment of an ancient cultivator.

She was also called a reincarnation, but not even the masters and experts from the other worlds and races were able to find out who. She was tasked to protect the mortal world when she was three years old.

Obviously, Erza opposed the idea and told them she didn’t want Zoe to meet the same fate as Deus. Deus protected the human world and gave up his life for it, but where were these pillars, masters, and experts at when they were needed?

Erza had learned her lesson, and she wasn’t going to let the same thing happen again. However, according to ancient scriptures, contracts, and hierarchy, the pillar’s child was supposed to be the next pillar.

After Deus’ disappearance, that post fell on Zach. However, everyone knew Zach was a failure, born with no magic. Thus, he was saved from unwanted duties and responsibilities.

But after they learned about Zoe’s power, she was given the post. Erza couldn’t oppose that even if she wanted to. Had she tried to fight against them, she would have died.

She was a Goddess of creation, but after losing her powers, she was just like a human woman. So she made a deal with them, which was to let Zoe decide by herself once she grows up and becomes mature.

However, she was a reincarnated soul, so she became mentally mature at the age of five. She could understand everything and speak every language. She had read all the books available in the library, all the spells, all the secrets, all the scrolls, everything.

She could single-handedly wipe the world from existence at the age of six. Erza wasn’t aware of that, but Zach was. He had seen what Zoe could do. He knew what would happen if they learned Zoe’s secret, so he asked her to play the role of a six-year-old.

Perhaps, that was one thing Zach wished he had never said to her because the next day… Zoe had indeed become six years old. As though she had suddenly lost her maturity, and her brain became that of a child.

He never found out what truly happened to Zoe, but he came to accept reality and lived with it. Still, he knew that the day would come when Zoe would have to leave the house and become one of the pillars.

Zoe would sacrifice her life and happiness to protect the people of the world that didn’t even care for anyone other than their-selfish-selves.

“I promised that I would save you from that… and I will. Just you wait… Zoe. Big brother will take care of everything. Once I find that traitor who betrayed father and snitched on him, I will kill him with my own hands.”

He moved his hands in front of his face and looked at them before closing his fists.

“I will find him, crush his neck, break his bones, and rip apart his muscles before pulling out his esophagus. Then, I will stuff it in his mouth and make him eat it. I will pluck his tongue and feed him.

I will gouge his eyeballs and make him chew it. I will rip apart his entire body except for his mouth and make him swallow everything. But first… I need to get even stronger, I have to be the strongest so no one can stand before me without trembling in fear.

To do that… I need to learn to control my demonic powers… for that… I need demons’ souls. I have already killed hundreds of thousands of demons during the demon invasion in Gods’ Impact… and that’s probably how my demon blessing got so strong that it went out of control.

Even here in hell, I have already killed hundreds of demons, but I don’t feel like I got stronger. I need a bigger… stronger soul that possesses insane amounts of demonic energy, and I know where I will find that.”

‘The demon king!’

“But…” Zach looked at Asmodeus and lowered his gaze. “I have to devour the demon king’s soul. While Asmodeus wants to kill the demon Lord using her sword so she can free the sword’s spirit.”

“Should I be selfish here… or should I let Asmo do what she came here for?”

Zach, master in making irrational decisions, was conflicted between the two options.