The Hand of God System
Chapter 11: The Plan Before the Assault

"Displacement." Ryuuji's body slowly turned into blue-colored particles and disappeared.

Ryuuji's view, which had been in the form of black trees that had been burnt down by the fire, turned into the house he lived in.

He used [Movement] to move all the demihumans that came with him including himself to return to his house.

That was because it was dangerous if they continued to be there, because a General named Bermoth ordered his entire army to hunt down everyone including demihumans who were in the forest.

Because according to Ryuuji for too long if they walk all the way to his house, he decides to use the transfer to be quick.

However, Ryuuji still did not explain it to the demihumans who had come with him, so they did not understand the reason why Ryuuji was in such a hurry to leave.

And that made the demihumans who were coming along with him become confused by the situation.

"Master, can you tell us what really happened?" Ask one of the demihumans.

Ryuuji directed his gaze towards the demihuman who asked him and nodded, then after that he directed his gaze towards all the demihumans who were around his house.

"Everyone, can I have your attention for a moment?" Ryuuji.

The demihumans scattered around his house slowly gathered to listen to Ryuuji who was about to say something.

Ryuuji who saw the demihunants had already gathered around him, instantly deactivated the reinforcement he used first before starting to speak to them.

"Undo."

[Disabling active capabilities... ]

[Active capabilities : Strengthening]

[Starting the process of disabling reinforcement]

[10%.... 30%.....40%]

[Successful deactivation of ability]

Ryuuji's once sharp hearing began to revert.

Ryuuji directly continued by starting to speak to the demihumans.

"Everyone, when me and your friends went to investigate the fire that occurred in the forest, we managed to get to the location of the fire and put it out. But the one unfortunate thing is, the mastermind is human."

The demihumans who heard Ryuuji's words slowly put on a fearful and negative expression that made the atmosphere around become gloomy.

It was because they had experienced how cruel and ill-treatment they received from humans, thus traumatizing them.

However, Ryuuji, who knew that, still intends to continue his words.

"When I hid and heard their conversation from afar, I heard something about the expansion of the territory they were doing, and not just getting there."

"Those who are upset that their plan failed because of me, intend to capture me and kill everyone in this forest including the demihumans."

"K-cruelly.."

"That jerk man!!"

Demihumans who heard Ryuuji's words began to throw various rants of curses and insults at the humans who intended to hunt them.

Ryuuji could only allow that because that was exactly what happened.

"The distance from their camp from here is 11km, which means it won't be long until they get here. Therefore, I want to tell you that I intend to fight them myself."

"?! The master! what are you-"

"I know that this may sound like suicide, but believe me, with the power that the Gods have given, it is enough to fight them. Therefore I ask you to remain silent here and not wander around as long as I fight them. got it?"

The demihumans stared at each other hearing Ryuuji's words.

Then one of them asked Ryuuji.

"Master! may we know why you intend to fight them yourself?" Ask one of the demihumans.

Ryuuji who heard that immediately answered his question

"it's simple, because I see your abilities are still not strong enough to fight them."

The demihumans who heard it felt a little unaccepted by Ryuuji's words.

"?! But master-"

"You haven't been separated from the trauma you've received from them, have you?"

"S-about that.."

"...."

The demihumans were silent at Ryuuji's words, as they also realized that they were actually still recovering from the trauma given to them.

And it makes them feel upset at themselves, because they cannot escape that trauma and become a burden to their master.

However Ryuuji who saw the demihumans around him put on a gloomy expression, sighed slightly and smiled slightly before saying to them.

"Therefore, I ask you to guard my house and this place as long as I go, can you?" Say Ryuuji subtly.

The demihumans who had been wearing gloomy expressions, raised their faces again and smiled towards their Master.

"That's right! count on us Master!"

"We'll keep this place with our lives as long as the Master goes!"

"Don't worry about us and go get them Master!"

The cry and spirit of the demihumans again filled the field.

Ryuuji who saw that subconsciously smiled as it carried away the atmosphere.

"Then, I'll start leaving when the time has already shown night. And then I'll count on you guys to keep this place."

"Of course, sir, we will definitely keep this place safe until you return. TO OUR MASTER!"

"TO OUR MASTER!!" Say the demihumans simultaneously.

The demihumans kept on exclaiming and shouting passion for themselves for having been relied upon by their master.

And Ryuuji who saw that slowly dispersed the gathered demihumans and went to his house to devise a plan.

"God's hands, it looks like this time I will use you a lot." Ryuuji said as he looked towards his two hands.

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After arriving inside his house, Ryuuji called Axel to immediately help him in putting together a plan.

"Axel."

[Yes Master?]

"Can you tell me about all the abilities of the Hand of God related to power?"

[Does the Master want to increase the power of the master with the ability of the Hand of Gods?]

"Yes, I want to do that."

[I can tell you everything, but it will take a while. If viewed from the Master's current condition, then I can conclude that the most effective way that Master can take is by performing absorption]

"Absorption..can you tell me about that ability?"

[Of course, absorption is one of the abilities of the Hand of God that is used to absorb the power of others into our power, and it is effective in increasing strength and stats.]

"So that means I can absorb the power of others and make it mine with that ability?"

[Yes, that's right. And how to do it is very easy, the Master only needs to touch the body of the person who wants to be absorbed and say absorb to start the absorption process]

[It should be remembered that the greater the power absorbed, the longer it takes. It does not require stamina at all]

"That's it, then it'll really be effective right? i-i understand. But before you also said about an ability called imitation, right? you said it could mimic other people's fighting techniques."

[Yes that's right, as the name suggests, impersonation is the ability to imitate. Which means it can be used to imitate the ability or appearance of others who want to imitate]

"Ah, it's basically the same as Copy right? but this difference is that it can mimic appearance and ability, not copy."

[That's right, for its activation the master only needs to touch the person he wants to emulate and say copycat to activate it]

[But keep in mind that the impersonation effect can only be maintained as long as the impersonation target is not dead, and the master can cancel the impersonation at any time by saying undo]

"That means it will automatically disappear if the person imitated dies, right?"

[That's true]

"Okay, then that's enough, I guess with those two abilities I can fight them."

[It looks like the Master is quite confident this time]

"Maybe, I hope so." Ryuuji closed his eyes to rest for a while recovering his stamina while waiting for nightfall to arrive.

And when Ryuuji opened his eyes again after 5 hours of falling asleep, the time for the assault had already begun.