The sun was already beginning to dip beneath the horizon when Seth Chrono decided—out of nowhere—that it was time to head back home.
Valefort.
He had told his family he'd be gone for a year. He had been away for only three months. But after everything—the battles with Siyoon Sung, the god of Life and Death's interference, and wiping out divine forces in Busan—he wanted to see home again.
He got on his private jet and departed for Valefort and arrived after 5 hours.
He didn't even have to knock on the Chrono estate's towering gates.
They flung open.
His mother, sister, and father were all there—faces painted with disbelief.
"You… you're back already?" his mother said softly, her voice carrying both joy and confusion.
Seth just gave her his usual casual grin. "Missed me that much?"
The reunion was warm, but brief. Seth didn't waste time—he never did.
The Next Morning
When dawn came, Seth was already standing in front of the Mist Slayer Organization's request board. His fingers scanned through the active raid requests until he stopped—his eyes narrowing in interest.
Twenty S-rank gates.
All scattered across the region.
Most Slayers, even top-tier SSS ranks, would take three to five days to handle all twenty, if they worked alone.
Seth decided to do it all.
In one day.
And not for glory, or recognition—he didn't even tell anyone.
This wasn't going to be recorded. There would be no cheering crowd, no guild banners.
This was just him… clearing the field.
The first gate fell within minutes. Crimson flashes from the Red Moons carved through every creature in his path. The boss didn't even get the chance to roar before Seth's blade split its core in two.
The second gate… same result.
Third. Fourth. Fifth.
By the time he reached the tenth S-rank gate, even he could feel the divine residue clinging to his skin.
Every divine-empowered monster he cut down bled energy into him, filling his Godslayer system with a familiar hum of power.
When the twentieth gate shattered, the sun had just set.
System Notification:
[You have absorbed Divine Energy]
Total Points Gained: +1800
Seth didn't waste a second.
Agility: 870 → 1640 (+800)
Endurance: 470 → 970 (+500)
Strength: 540 → 1040 (+500)
The boost was massive.
He rolled his shoulders, feeling the difference immediately. Every muscle felt coiled, like a predator ready to strike.
An SSS-rank gate loomed ahead—one that was notorious for taking the strongest Slayers hours to clear.
Seth stepped inside.
Ten minutes later, he stepped back out, wiping blood from the Red Moons.
It wasn't just faster. It was easier.
But there was no time to feel satisfied.
The words from the Godslayer system still haunted him:
[The 10 Divine Ancient Supreme Gods have taken notice of you.]
Seth leaned against the estate balcony that night, staring into the moonlight.
"Ancient Supreme Gods…?" he muttered.
Even he, the Godslayer, didn't know they existed until now.
These weren't ordinary gods. They weren't even peak divine. They were the apex—the summit of godhood.
Gods feared them.
The word "Ancient Supreme" was enough to make divine beings tremble.
Only ten existed.
Each one ruled over an aspect of existence itself—something so fundamental that without them, reality would crumble.
Mortals didn't know they existed. Even the most arrogant divine beings kept their mouths shut about them.
And the most chilling part?
The reason the gates appeared on Earth wasn't because of the Ancient Supreme Gods.
No…
That chaos was caused by lesser gods, while the true rulers were busy with something else entirely.
Something that even the gods didn't dare to speak about.
Seth's golden-slitted eyes narrowed. "This just got dangerous."
He smirked to himself, a dangerous curve of the lips.
"That just means things are about to get fun."