Dreams To Return: The God Of The Tower
79. Tagisna City

A black portal formed in the air and several young men came out from within. Raindrops greeted them and their eyes then stared towards the surroundings. Buildings of skyscrapers are destroyed everywhere, asphalt roads and cracked land, it is very clear that the setting of the nightmare world is the 21st century in contrast to the world of comfort dreams that are in the royal background.

"Is that what the gods hate with modern civilization?" Novaan said curiously.

"This place was not designed like this. So it must have been the other gods who arranged it to be like this" Fobetor said kicking a chunk of rock.

"Well it's dangerous if we're striking, Fobetor come here" Novan stretches his hand and Fobetor turns into a snake and hides in Novan's sleeve.

"I hate this place, so I have to leave Pupu at the inn" muttered Mammon remembering his dog.

"I'm more surprised the dog is still alive, how do I fight the god while protecting the dog?" Novan murmured recklessly and replied to his head by Fobetor who was also confused.

"Are you the only one who hates coming here? I also had to leave Amfitrit to Medusa because it would be dangerous for her to be here" Leviathan grumbled.

"You're quiet, you're an acute bucin!"

"Bucin's? You start mocking me with human taunts? Fuck you-"

"If you fight here I will not hesitate to draw my dark energy from you. You want to be a cat and a lizard?" Threat Novan.

""No, thanks""

The two then shut up and walked through the ruined modern city. The rain did not stop and the cold air so pierced their skin. "are you okay?" Fobetor asked, staring at Novan "it is not good to be exposed to rain for too long, let's shade first" hearing Mammon's remark and then came to think the same thing.

"True, I forgot humans do have weak bodies. Let's shady down"

"Well, humans are troublesome"

A black blur appeared covering the bodies of Mammon and Leviathan who were walking in front of Novan and when the fog disappeared the two demons had become a cat and a small lizard. Worse, they can't even speak well.

"Yes, and the man is now pulling the power you borrowed" Novan smiled and looked down at Mammon and Leviathan.

"Meow! Meow!!" ('how did you do that?!')

While Mammon continued to voice out his annoyance, Leviathan seemed to stare at the reflection of his own form in the puddle. His face looked depressed and could not believe his own form. Novan smiled and laughed with satisfaction.

"Novan, someone is approaching" said Fobetor immediately broke the atmosphere and when he looked the other way a man in black clothes looked at him from a distance. The red eyes of the man were like a demon that was so sinister even though his face still looked beautiful even though his hair looked messy and wet.

Novan knew the figure of the man, the same figure as the man who had killed Leviathan in the fifth roundabout of Novan. But only for a moment did they see a voice from a distance sound and a blond-haired young man with blue eyes seemed to be running towards him. "Oh you're there!" Novan's eyes were turned to the young man for a moment and when he looked back at the black figure in the distance, the man had disappeared.

"You seem to be lost, here not safe" the blonde-haired young man seemed to worry Novan "are you a commoner?"

"Haha yes... So. Sorry but maybe I lost my memory, I don't remember anything. What exactly is going on? Why is this place so fucked up? All I remember is that I woke up on the street and didn't remember anything" Novan started acting as usual. Now his face really looks confused and afraid to see the surrounding situation. Meanwhile Fobetor, Mammon and Leviathan could only fall silent following.

The young man's eyes were directed at Mammon and Leviathan then he paused for a moment "it seems that you are not an ordinary person, seeing from the magical animals you have maybe you are a monster tamer" the young man then reached out his hand to wave his hand and introduced himself "Kiel, one of the Hunters here" Novan seemed to not understand what the man meant, seeing Novan's reaction Kiel then laughed a little.

"Ah so yes... So you're Hunter..."

Kiel smiled and with a friendly look he touched Novan's shoulder "just so people from the other side don't know anything about this place" Kiel said making silence between them. And Kiel was still smiling, making Novan then smile, but now he did not try to cover up his original expression.

"So from the beginning you knew I wasn't from this world?" Kiel laughed and then folded his hands in front of his chest.

"Isn't that natural? Seeing you bring Mammon and Leviathan has shown you who you are..." Novan is shocked to learn of Mammon and Leviathan's true identity in their small form. "Discarded Hero" Kiel smiled and her beautiful jewel-like sky blue eyes looked at the blood red eyes of Novan.

"Let me guess you had a business until you came here, right?"

"Wait-how do you know so many things about me" Novan sharpened his eyes and he looked at Kiel vigilantly. Kiel's sky-blue eyes stared at the black butterflies flying in several places.

"Before that calm down, I don't want to make you an enemy at all. Aren't we on the same side?" Kiel smiled and a golden eagle flew making the black butterflies that were hiding out.

"Alright then I will properly introduce myself this time..." The golden eagle was perched in Kiel's outstretched hand, and the golden feathers of the bird fell down creating several glimmers of light. "My name is Kiel Blade, one of Tagisna's city guards." From his energy Novan knows that Kiel is a user of sacred power namu there is something strange.

"The same side? What does that word mean?"

"We both have the desire to liberate humans in this realm right? Haha don't have to be convoluted I know because-"

"It looks like you're misunderstanding" Novan looked at Kiel with a serious look "I don't want to free a human here. But destroying this world and the gods of that goddamn mythology" for a moment Kiel was shocked to hear Novan's remark. And when Novan continues his phrase "so we are not in the same camp, he said, I don't care if you let them go or not, but if for example you dare to say that because you believe that the gods will set them free then it's a stupid act" Novan walked past Kiel and his face looked very serious and full of dominance.

Novan assumes that Kiel is also one of the gods' 'heroes' who have been promised a sweet promise that is useless. But instead of Kiel considers Novan a threat he laughs happily now he fully trusts Novan.

"Let's leave that aside, you want to go to a place where light can't reach, right?" Hearing the words of Kiel Novan immediately stopped walking but he did not turn his body.

"I know how to go to that place without seeing Hades"

"What?"

"But before that I want you to trust me. I am a hero but I am not a hero chosen by the gods of mythology but the god of legend" Kiel seemed to say that with an honest look and a friendly smile. "I know about you from my gods. So don't be afraid"

"All right, I'll believe. So how do you get there?"

"You're gonna have to help me kill a monster"

"The monster? The monster which"

A roar sounded and the ground started to rumble. From a distance a monster with the body of a savage beast appeared to be on a rampage.

"Help me kill the Bahemoth, one of the demon princes of the underworld"

...[.Connecting]...