The situation outside the administration building was getting messy. After the administration building was destroyed, the people who took refuge inside chose to leave for the mountains to the south. Even so, the Ordogs were still on the loose to hunt down the humans still around the portal. The black gorilla was still serving the few Jagers and soldiers who kept urging him to return to the portal.
"Are you coming with me?" Jonny asked his friend to come with him to the south."Sorry, but I'm staying here." Adam felt that there were many things to take care of in the city."Are you crazy?! Why do you want to stay here?" Jonny found his friend very strange."Patrick is out there. I have to find him." Adam's reasoning made no sense."Patrick? He's just a cat! You want to risk your life for him?" Jonny felt like his friend's brain was broken."Whatever you say, but I'll stay here." Adam remained in the administration building. He refused his friend's offer."Whatever you say!" Jonny finally left. He didn't care about his friend anymore.In his solitude, Adam chose to return to his apartment. He had to sneak among the crowd and continue to hide from Ordog's pursuit. Arriving at the apartment, he immediately rushed to his room on the twelfth floor. The elevator in the building was completely off, so he had to climb the stairs to reach the twelfth floor."You want to run?" The voice rang out again."You have to fight it!" He kept provoking Adam to fight.Unfortunately, he didn't care about what the voice said. Adam continued up the stairs until he came out of the emergency exit on the twelfth floor. It was very quiet. There was no one to be seen on that floor. There were several explosions from outside the building. The screams and shouts from outside the building seemed to torment him."I'm finally home." Adam immediately went to his bed. He completely ignored the chaos outside his apartment. His mind seemed to freeze and ignore the emergency outside.He tried to close his eyes. Sleep was the only way to forget all the craziness. But the more he tried to ignore all the crazy things outside her apartment, the more chaotic he felt."Argh! Why!""Stop it! Don't talk anymore!""Why do you keep telling me to fight!"The voice was bothering him more and more. He couldn't take it anymore. He slowly returned to the living room. But as he passed by the large mirror, he saw something."Wh-what are you?" Adam was surprised by the appearance of the glowing creature in his mirror."You can finally see me again." The creature spoke to him. Adam was shocked. He backed away slowly with a frightened face."Who are you?! Why are you there?!" Adam felt that the creature in the mirror was like his reflection. But why was its appearance so different? He felt he had gone completely mad! He saw his own reflection as another being.Adam tried to move away from the mirror. He covered his ears and face with a pillow to calm himself down. But unfortunately, the voice was still audible to him."Look out!"A huge explosion occurred on the other side of the apartment where he lived. But the shock also reached Adam's place. The man was getting panicked and didn't know what to do. The chaos outside and inside his mind both made his head hurt. And in the end, he gave up."You want me to fight all those Ordogs? Instead of dying in a horrible way, I choose to die in my own way." Adam went to the balcony. He looked at the battle going on around him. Everything looked chaotic.He thought about jumping off the balcony. Adam tried to end it all. But just as he was about to jump, his mind suddenly opened up. An image of the past was clearly drawn in his mind. He saw himself coming back from the dead, the Paladin named Malachiel, the king of Ordog, the runes made by the Paladin, and finally Malachiel's voice ringing in his head. He even remembered his former life as a loser in the office. Everything seemed so clear."Do you still want to jump from here?" Malachiel asked her."You're finally back. I thought I was going to die before." Adam smiled.For a moment, he felt calm after remembering everything. The fear in his heart was gone. He was truly grateful for still being given the chance to live."I always come back to you. Now, can we kill all those creatures?""Of course. I haven't played around with my powers for a long time.""But remember, your Mana is not as much as when you and I joined forces. You must limit yourself. Use your powers sparingly."Adam really missed their conversation. He was happy to hear Malachiel's voice again. His life seemed to be filled with hope again."Let's go!" Adam jumped off his balcony.This time he wasn't really suicidal. He had prepared a plan to join the party. The man made a foothold of solid light to land on. When he reached the bottom, he immediately attacked the Ordogs around him. Adam created two light pistols. Each bullet fired at the Ordogs was reinforced with his Mana energy.One by one the Ordogs in the form of birdmen were destroyed after being hit by light bullets. Adam continued to advance towards the portal. But when he was so close to the portal, the black gorilla seemed to be still busy fighting with several Jagers."Where are the elite Jagers? Why aren't they helping?" Adam felt like the city he lived in was being ignored."This isn't the capital. They must be protecting something more important." Malachiel offered some advice. He didn't want Adam to feel anxious."Then let's go help them!" Adam manipulated the light. He formed a sniper rifle. From his hiding place, he took aim at the gorilla.By adding some Mana to his rifle, he made bullets that had the power to injure the Ordog."Do you still remember the total Mana needed to injure a level S Ordog?" Malachiel didn't expect his friend to be that smart."I was just betting. But from what I remember, this shot should be able to immobilize it!" Adam squeezed the trigger of his rifle.A light bullet whizzed by and pierced the front of the Ordog's head. All the Jagers fighting with the creature looked surprised as the Ordog was thrown back."One more shot!" Adam wanted to shoot him again. He used his light to create winged armor. But the armor was not like the armor he used when he united with Malachiel. This was just ordinary armor reinforced with his Mana."Hey! Tie that stupid thing up!" Adam shouted to all the Jagers.The Jagers who heard the voice immediately turned to him. They were surprised that there was another Jager who could manipulate light."So he shot that thing. Crazy bastard! He's so amazing! But that's good!" The senior Jager followed Adam's orders. He used shadow manipulation techniques to bind the gorilla.The other Jagers also helped. They used their own strength to restrain the huge creature's movements."Don't underestimate humans!""We are the strongest beings in this universe!"Adam fired his light bullet again. This time he aimed right at the gorilla's heart. The sound of his shot rang out in all directions. The bullet pierced the black gorilla's chest and made it vanish slowly."You! You savage!"After saying the last word, the Ordog vanished into black smoke. But unfortunately the portal was still open. Adam only had a little mana left. It wouldn't be enough to damage the portal.While Adam thought of a way to close the portal, the other Jagers seemed to be cheering after successfully killing the Ordog."Malachiel, do you know how to close the portal?" Adam was still thinking."A normal portal can probably be closed by shooting the inside. But to close a portal of this size, you have to go inside the portal and destroy the watchtower." Malachiel had found a solution. But Adam looked doubtful when his friend said that."Get inside the portal?" Adam felt confused."Is there any guarantee that the portal won't close while I'm inside?" "Of course not. No one knows what will happen."Adam felt unsure about going inside. However, looking at the injured people, the destroyed buildings, and the dead, he felt their sacrifice should be atoned for. If the portal remained open, Adam feared a second attack from Ordog. "Hey! You!" Someone shouted at him. Adam looked down. He saw a Jager who asked him to come. It looked like the person was a senior Jager. It was obvious from his rather old face. "You shot that thing?""That's right.""Are you one of the Jagers?""No, I'm not. I'm just a citizen.""Just a citizen? That doesn't make sense.""Then why?""An ordinary person with Jager powers as strong as yours should be in the Jager organization. Are you a newcomer?" The Jager continued to ask her questions. He was curious about the identity of the man who had killed the black gorilla. While the junior and senior Jagers cleaned up the mess, he continued to
The shot caused the crystal at the top of the tower to crack and slowly disintegrate in an explosion. A wave of energy swept through the air to where Kato and Oliver were. Both immediately turned their heads towards the portal that was quite a distance away from where they were. "The portal is shrinking!" Kato shouted."We have to hurry! I don't want to get stuck in this dimension!" Oliver recreated the shadow horse. Since there was no time left, Kato got on the horse as well. Oliver rode his horse at full speed. He used his Mana to speed up his horse. "The portal is closing very fast!" Oliver was afraid he wouldn't be able to catch up. They were currently about a kilometer away from the portal. "Maybe I can do this!" Kato remembered his teleportation technique. His memory of the battle between himself and Gideon had come in handy. "Do what?" Oliver doubted that they would make it in time. Before snapping his fingers, he held Oliver's shoulder with one hand. And when he snapped
"The origin of Jager?" Oliver only knew that the story originated a hundred years ago. He didn't understand what the story had to do with Adam."Find him first. Then bring him to me. I'll explain it again." Bruce turned away from the man while looking at his employees downstairs. His office was on the second floor. The hundredth floor was divided into two floors, where the second floor was reserved for the leader. "Alright. I'll look for him." Oliver left the room. But before he went through the door, Bruce wanted his friend to help the juniors to design the Jager entrance exam. Elsewhere, Adam felt all his Mana draining away. His body looked weak. He even had to walk using a wooden stick. He was currently in the south. Far from the city where he lived. Around him there were only rice fields, trees, mountains, rivers, and very simple houses. "I need to rest. My heart feels like it's going to explode." Adam chose to sit on a large rock. He stopped his steps and rested for a moment o
On a new day, early in the morning, Adam felt strange sleeping in the same bed as the stranger he had just met. The bed he slept in was also made of teak wood. The bed looked worn and old. He slowly sat up for a moment and tried to focus. Every bone and muscle in his body ached. He didn't know that the side effects of using Jager's power could be that severe. "Why is it so quiet?" Adam walked out of the house. As he opened the door, he was mesmerized by the sight of the cornfield that he could see more clearly than last night."Wow!"The air was also clean and fresh. This was the first time in his life he felt so grateful. The blue sky with few clouds, the morning sun on the eastern horizon, the luxurious view of the cornfields, Adam felt like he was vacationing in a piece of heaven. "Are you awake?" Ryan greeted. He carried some gardening tools in both hands."What are you doing?" Adam approached him. "The corn will be harvested soon. I'm just checking whether there are any pests
"Then make a deal with him. You can't just take over that young man's body. We have rules to follow." Malachiel didn't like his friend using Ryan's body as a vehicle to fight the Ordogs. He wanted his friend to abide by the rules of heaven. "Alright, I understand! I'll make a deal with him. Are you satisfied?!" Heliel returned to Ryan's body. The two of them swapped positions again. But before Ryan could take over his body again, Heliel brought him to a space dimension. The space dimension or pocket dimension was a place created by the Paladins in between the real dimension and also the host's mind dimension. It was like the human subconscious, but real and existed within the host. Heliel asked Ryan to make a contract with him. He was rather pushy with the young man. The explanation Heliel gave to his host was also not very clear. Whereas Malachiel had previously given Adam a second chance by appearing charismatic, polite, sincere, and very friendly, Heliel was the opposite. He was
"Hey, come with me after work." One of the employees approached Adam. He and the others looked annoyed when they saw the young man. Adam, who didn't understand what they meant, agreed. When office hours arrived, he went with his coworkers to an alley not far from the office. He had no idea why they had brought him there. "What's wrong? Why are we stopping here?" Adam asked them. There were five people standing in front of him at the moment. One of them was the one who talked to him before the bell went off. He came up to Adam with a serious look. Adam seemed to step back until his body touched the wall behind him. "Are you a sycophant?""You dare to flirt with Elena?!" Adam didn't understand what his friend was saying. He had never once flirted with Elena; the sexy woman who was the manager of his office."Liar!""You had dinner with her, right?!"Adam was getting more and more clueless. He might have had dinner with her, but it was for work reasons. "I only had dinner with her
When the business with the black creatures out there wasn't over, he had to get another problem in the afterlife."Am I dead?""Are you an angel?"Adam felt confused. The place he visited seemed to be on earth, but the atmosphere he felt was like being in another dimension. "Just answer my question. Do you want to come back to life and take your revenge?" The creature continued to press him. "How can I go back?" He could only stare at the creature."I will come with you. The explanation will come later after we return to your world." the creature whispered into Adam's ear with a smile. Snap! The snap of his fingers made everything between the two of them into an infinite white room. Adam was surprised by the change. The creature in front of him suddenly transformed back into a luminous figure that shone so brightly. If you could imagine the black creature before, then the creature in front of Adam right now was the light version."Before we go back, there's something you should kn
Using teleportation, Paladin brought Adam near a dimensional portal. The portal was located at the site of a national monument. But unfortunately, the portal destroyed the national monument without leaving a trace. And the portal was the cause of all the disasters that occurred. The diameter of the portal was as high as the national monument. It was about 550 meters tall. It was shaped like a circle with a bluish-white shell of energy in the center. If you're used to seeing dimensional portals in science fiction games or movies, that's what the portal in front of Adam looked like. Everything around the portal looked destroyed. There were so many ruins of buildings scattered around. Plus, there were several humans who seemed to be approaching the portal. "So this is the portal?""Cool, right?""Do you want to admire it or close it?""Both."Paladin saw several people walking from different directions. They were heading towards the portal. He realized that they were humans shaded by