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2024-10-29 19:42:56Ulmer was sitting in front of the graves of his family members. No one else was there with him. He felt all alone.
As much as his parents and siblings scolded him, they were still his family. With all of them gone from this world, he now felt truly alone.
At this point, Ulmer didn’t care about his life or anything anymore. Like a caged animal awaiting its death, he shut off his heart and even began to breathe very sparingly.
At the same time, the gravekeeper was checking out the golden bird chain on Ulmer’s neck. “It’s a pity that this thing doesn’t have any diamonds, but it’s definitely pretty. I’m sure my second wife will love it,” he was telling himself.
Just then, the bird locket shone slightly, and the gravekeeper looked like he was possessed by it. He walked over to Ulmer.
“I don’t need this to tend to your family members’ graves every day,” he said, puzzling Ulmer.
What was this gravekeeper talking about? Did he drink too much? He had clearly wanted something from Ulmer not long ago. Now, he’s giving the gold chain back?
“I saved your life, and in return, I will ask for one thing,” the gravekeeper added. “Help me. Help me achieve my goal, and I will give you all my unconditional support. Except maybe one or two conditions added.”
The word ‘unconditional’ rang in Ulmer’s mind.
“Why do you want my help?” Ulmer asked. “I’m just a nobody.”
“It’s not the gravekeeper that’s talking to you now,” the gravekeeper said. “It’s the golden locket that’s in his possession that is talking to you right now. I’m the spirit system. I have supernatural powers, but I’m one of the few systems that doesn’t make contracts with humans. I give free will to humans, and we work together to achieve our goals. So, are you willing to work together with me, Ulmer Whitlock?”
Ulmer forced out a sad smile. “Supernatural powers? You surely drank too much, dude. Leave me alone.”
The gravekeeper lifted his finger, and Ulmer’s body lifted up.
Ulmer couldn’t understand what he was experiencing. It felt too unreal. “I-Is this a dream?”
“No, this is as real as the guy who caused your home to collapse, which resulted in the death of your parents.”
“What?” Ulmer’s eyes widened to the max.
“Don’t you want to see him?” the gravekeeper asked.
Once those words were heard by Ulmer, he didn’t even care how this system was able to know all these things, or why it had supernatural powers.
“I want to see him,” Ulmer expressed his wish without hesitation, his gaze turning sharp.
The gravekeeper smiled and then put the golden bird chain around Ulmer’s neck. And then the gravekeeper escorted him out.
As Ulmer was exiting the cemetery, he asked, “Where is he?”
“In the cafe a few blocks away,” a voice rang in Ulmer’s head.
Ulmer was surprised by it, but right now, he didn’t care about it. He quickly went there and entered the cafe, and without the system’s help, his gaze landed on the only man sitting in the cafe right now.
To Ulmer’s great surprise, this man was one of Ulmer’s friends. “Kale?” Ulmer couldn’t believe his eyes. “W-Why did you do it?”
Kale was drinking chocolate coffee. He was not too surprised by Ulmer’s appearance, but he was definitely surprised by the fact that Ulmer was still alive. “W-Why are you still alive?”
Ulmer frowned. “Answer my question,” he gritted his teeth. “Did you kill my parents?”
As shocked as Kale was, he still took out a cigar and lit it up and took a whiff from it before replying, “Yes. And I was also ordered to kill them.”
“Ordered?” Ulmer was startled. “By who?”
“Minerva,” Kale said, but Ulmer had a confused expression on his face. “Oh, right, you only know her as Brianna.” His words enlarged Ulmer’s eyes. “She’s the one you lusted after, right? Did you at least get to fuck her before breaking up?”
Ulmer clenched his fists. His body automatically moved, and he jumped at Kale from across the table and threw his fists.
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The news of so many Thorns dying did not get leaked in the underworld, much less to the common public.However, some of the topdogs in the underworld eventually heard of the heart-shaking news that more than half of the thorns died in the hands of someone called the Urban God.And the title Urban God started to be feared by those who have heard about it.Also, a new bounty appeared on the Urban God, whose name and face were kept hidden by the thorns on purpose.His current bounty was a quadrillion dollars, twice as much as the current world’s known wealth.The amount was so ridiculous and crazy that many bounty hunters thought it was just a fake bounty. A scam. A joke.But then there were those who believed that it could be real and started to investigate the name Urban God. However, most of them would give up on their search the more they learned about the recent history of the Urban God.A few weeks after Crimia was buried from the hidden face of the earth.Minerva had woken up, but
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The vines suddenly dashed at Ulmer from behind.Ulmer didn’t even move an inch and stood unmoving.The vines rushed past him at a terrific speed and pierced Minerva’s body everywhere. She coughed out a lot of blood.“I didn’t want my blood on your hands,” she tried to smile despite the pain coursing through her body. “I’m… really sorry… for everything.”She was collapsing forward.Ulmer let go of the sword and held her shoulders, stopping her from falling to the ground.Minerva’s eyes began to turn completely dark. The vines that pierced her body began to turn direction and then pierced through Ulmer’s body from behind.Blood rushed to Ulmer’s mouth, but kept his mouth shut. Still, blood slowly leaked from a corner of his mouth.He sent a mental message to her. “It’s okay…”He wrapped his arms around her and hugged her.Minerva’s eyes shed more tears, and the blackness in her eyes began to disperse slowly but surely.In a few moments, Minerva’s eyes closed.He could still feel her spi
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Minerva thought she could kidnap Ulmer’s family but now realized that she was the one who was tricked by him.He was already well prepared for her.And he wasn’t going to let her harm his family twice.However, now that Ulmer was looking up at her, both sadness and anger filled his eyes.What has become of his ex-girlfriend? Someone with whom he had gone shopping with? Someone who seemed so innocent and lovely when he first met her?Remembering the times when they both went to a jewelry shop, and she studded herself with all kinds of gold and acted like a royal made Ulmer laugh heartily back then.He thought he fell in love with the best girl there was.But look, what has become of her now?She was reduced to someone who would hypnotize a little girl in order to lure Ulmer’s relatives out of the house.Even though Ulmer was just standing, he felt his heart strings playing hard to the point they were hurting because he knew that the time was near.“U-Ulmer…” Minerva could feel his emot
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The Drunken Disaster Dionysus, the Wild King Enkidu, the Snake-haired Perseus, the Moon Goddess Artemis, the Sun God Apollo, the War Goddess Ishtar, and the one standing in front of them all and more was the mighty, monstrous King of Heroes Gilgamesh who stood nearly six meters tall.Not one of them could be called anything less than a monster.They were all absolute powerhouses, who made a name for themselves around the world in their times.Some of their powers transcended common sense and logic.“How dare a mere artificial system holder stand in our path? Know your place, vermin!” Ishtar, the war goddess, who looked extremely seductive as well as scary, squinted her eyes, releasing a powerful wave of energy that was supposed to suppress her opponent.Ulmer felt goosebumps all over. “Whooo… that tingles.” He smiled with excitement. (She saw through my system with a glance. I don’t know who she is, but she’s very dangerous. It’s not just her….) His gaze fell on others. (They are all
