"the elders sent me another gift, do you know where it is?"

"err... there was a chest sent to the building, it's in the main storage area right this way"

"lead the way please"

Elsa looked at Mars' face and asked the other 2

"is it just me or does he seem even more excited then when she was showing us around the building?"

"kinda?"

Chloe gave a knowing look and nodded

"....it must be magic beast cores or mana stones they gifted him"

"oh right, he uses them to get stronger right?"

"yeah"

"I see..."

Mars left the girls and Victoria that had showed up at some point and followed Kaitlin soon they reached a rather empty storage room were a single chest stood, Mars walked up to the chest and... poked it before he jumped back

"...what are you doing?"

Mars looked over at Kaitlin with a oddly serious face

"checking if its a mimic"

"I-I see"

having made sure the chest was safe Mars walked over to it again and slowly opened it, the insides of the chest glinted in the light, Mars swallowed hard and looked at the content with wide eyes for a moment before he shut the lid again and picked up the chest and carried it on his shoulder

"you may leave now Kaitlin"

"but there's still a lot of the penthouse left to show you"

"I'm sure we will find our way around at some point, besides exploring is also fun"

"I-I see well then I'll take my leave, you can always come find me in my apartment downstairs"

Mars ran back to the main living area and carefully put down the chest before he opened it again letting the magic beast cores inside glint in the sunlight before he picked one up and watched it with an enchanted look on his face and suddenly yelled

"unlimited power!"

the girls half jumped off the couch in shock

"jeez Mars don't suddenly yell like that!"

"s-sorry I just felt like I had to... anyway's Victoria come over here"

"what... is it?"

"its magic beast cores"

Victoria's ears perked up and she hurriedly ran over and looked down into the chest with s.h.i.+ning eyes

"if there's any you can use be sure to tell me"

"I... think there's... some down... there"

"that's good... well then let's start using these..."

Mars started eating the magic beast cores, pa.s.sing any that were fire or darkness element to Victoria which she ate and in the evening Mars reached level 30

"...status"

Name: Mars

Age: 0 (vessel 5220)

Race: Half-dragon human

t.i.tles: [Living G.o.d of energy] [Conquer of Salen] [Tyrant King] [5000 year prisoner] [Man that fell from the sky] [Contracted]

Cla.s.s: [Energy]

Cla.s.s level: 30

Status points:

Strength [100/1000] (UP) Const.i.tution [122/2000] (UP) Dexterity [111/1500] (UP)

Intelligence [102/600] (UP) Wisdom [115/900] (UP) Charisma [93/50] (UP)

Active skills: [Dragon-flame magic lv 5] [Swordsmans.h.i.+p lv 4] [Shadow magic lv 2] [Demon dreaming lv 1] [Instant movement lv 1]

Cla.s.s skills: [Energy: absorption] [Energy storage: 2600/3000] [Energy: discharge]

[Energy: upgrade shop] [Energy: information] [Energy: restoration] [Energy: healing] [Energy: absorb s.h.i.+eld] [Energy: reactive s.h.i.+eld] [Energy: basic reinforced storage] [Energy basic drain touch] [Energy: sense]

Pa.s.sive skills: [Fire resist lv 15] [Commanding lv 3] [Mental reinforcement lv 5] [Pain resist lv 5]

'looking good almost all of my status values are above 100 points...'

Mars laid down on a couch and patted his stomach in satisfaction

"now for the unpleasant stuff..."

Mars had decided to face the source of his nightmares; his past life

'question is how to go about it..? maybe I should visit the temple'

Mars thought for a moment before he decided on visiting the temple

"Chloe"

"yes Mars what is it?"

"could you show me the way to the temple?"

"sure.... right now?"

"yeah I have something to do in 2 days so it has to be now, sorry"

"no problem, let's go"

Chloe grabbed mars' arm and the two of them left the building and walked through the evening city until they reached the temple that was only a few minutes away, the two of them walked into the temple and talked to the priest having Chloe with him shortened the process and soon the priest showed Mars the way to the best prayer room, mars walked into the prayer room and shut the door after him and looked around the prayer room

"not bad... well then let's see if she's up for a talk"

Mars walked up to the crystal ball and put his hand on it and a mechanical voice sounded out in the room

[SUBJECT NUMBER 5 CONFIRMED]

the avatar sat up on the altar and looked around the room with it's black marble eyes

[SCANNING ROOM FOR PRESENCE OF MORTALS... COMPLETE, NO MORTALS DETECTED, POWERING UP ISOLATION BARRIER...]

[COMPLETE... REQUEST DESCEND YES/NO?]

"yes"

[SENDING REQUEST... REQUEST APPROVED, STARTING DESCEND...]

a formless pressure seemed to descend from the sky and filled the avatar like water filling a vessel and soon the eyes of the avatar turned pure cyan, glowing strongly in the dark prayer room as they stared at Mars

"....Info?"

"...give me a second"

the avatar closed its eyes and seemed to be focusing on something for a moment before its eyes snapped open again and the lips of the avatar formed a gentle mother-like smile

"it's been some time since last Mars, care to explain?"

"well there were some circ.u.mstances that made it hard to visit a temple... I became a wanted criminal"

Info's smile widened before she waved her hand and a table and two chairs appeared

"oh, do tell me that story"

Mars sat down and begun telling what had happened since the last time they had seen each other, after about half an hour he was done speaking and looked over at Info with a wry smile

"so see there really was not time to visit a temple"

"yeah I see... but still you meet one of you elder siblings and lived... that's uncommon"

"...r-really?"

"yeah most of the time the top cause of death for a living G.o.d is running into a older living G.o.d"

"I see... well at least I was fine"

"yeah... but still you have build quite the gathering of girls around yourself"

"well... my charms are undeniable"

"...whatever you say... still I didn't think you would find another half-dragon to woo"

"well it only took getting wanted by one of the most powerful empires on this continent"

"well you could just destroy that empire"

"I might in the future, but right now I really can't be bothered"

Info leaned back in her chair and looked up at the ceiling

"what did you call me for?"

"well... I need a way to face my past life so I stop having these nightmares"

"I see..."

Info waved her hand and a soft light gathered around Mars before it disappeared again

"there... I just upgraded your [Demon dreaming] skill to level 5, now you should be able face your past life"

"thanks Info"

"hehe am I not the greatest?"

"you're the best I almost want to hug you"

"well if that's all I really need to get going, one of your elder siblings is messing around with the cycle of reincarnation so all of us 13 have a lot of work to do"

"I-I see"

"yeah don't end up like her you hear... see you Mars"

"see you Info"

the cyan glow in the eyes of the avatar disappeared leaving behind the black marble eyes

[DESCEND ENDED, LIFTING ISOLATION BARRIER... COMPLETE, ENTERING SLEEP MODE]

the avatar walked back and laid down on the altar and closed its eyes leaving Mars alone in the prayer room

"well that's that..."

Mars stretched and stood up before he walked out of the prayer room and walked back to the reception room were Chloe unexpectedly was waiting for him Mars gave a smile and walked over to Chloe

"sorry to keep you waiting"

"I don't mind, now let's go back"

"okay"

Mars offered his arm to Chloe and the two of them left the temple and walked back to Mars' building before they took the elevator, powered by a mana stone of cause, to the top floors as soon as they stepped out of the elevator a delightful smell entered their noses

"ah they back, you done setting the table Varvei?"

"give me a second"

"okay"

Elsa was in the kitchen cooking up a storm meanwhile Varvei was running back and forth from the kitchen to the dinning table caring dishes not only with her hands but also with her tail

"this seems nice... what's the occasion Elsa?"

"well its a moving in party for all of us of cause"

"I see..."

Mars decided to reward Elsa for her hard work and walked up and hugged her from behind and whispered into her ear

"I can't wait to eat it"

"ah~ Mars that's dangerous!"