[Where are you going?]
Jarvis asked.
I was currently out of the mansion walking toward a peculiar place. It was late at night and I was wearing a hoodie, so people didn't recognize me.
"Did you ever wonder why Edward, who is weak as hell, became a major antagonist in the first game and the main antagonist in the second game?"
I answered with a question because, yeah, I was extremely weak right now. So weak that everyone would laugh at me immediately if I told them that I would become one of the strongest people in the Continent.
[According to the game, Ante-Eden lent you power.]
"Yeah."
[Ante-Eden] was a terrorist organization and the most dangerous villain organization of the First Game. Edward should have been part of that organization but my recent actions slightly changed the plot, it completely changed the plot...
In the game, a drunken Edward will nearly assault one of the [Main Heroines] a few days after the academy entrance day. Obviously, the prince in shining armor, the protagonist, will be there to save her. News about Edward's despicable act would spread throughout the whole kingdom and Thomen Falkrona would disown Edward. At that time, an executive of [Ante-Eden] will enter in contact with Edward and promise him revenge if he joined them which he would gladly do.
And what he will get from them is-
"The Death Pact"
[Death Pact?]
"Yeah, it's basically offering your body to a higher being. In exchange, you will get a part of their power. But if you ain't strong enough to withstand their presence you could lose sanity or worse, your life."
[But Edward did.]
"Yeah, Edward had deep hatred toward his family and the whole academy that mocked him. His mentality was cold steel. He made the pact and one God had matched Edward…"
I trailed off as I remembered what Edward would become and what he had done during the three games. Mass slaughter. The number of people he killed easily exceeded the six digits. He turned so many people's lives into nightmares that I can understand why he was ranked third in the most hated people poll. And that God…
No, it wasn't important anymore, since I wasn't Edward and I trailed off from the original plot. I abandoned my status and left the house willingly and I wasn't going to assault that Heroine either.
[From what you are saying, you are not going to make that pact with that said God.]
"Yeah, the truth is that the God that Edward had formed a pact with was, of course, strong and he made Edward, a monster, capable of rivaling [Monarchs]."
[Then?]
"I will make a death pact, but not with that God. I will probably be way weaker than Edward from the game, but that God is the devil himself, he's too dangerous. I would lose myself if I chose him."
[Good decision.]
"Right."
Still, there was a high chance of me dying or losing my sanity, but hey, let's believe in my plot armor if I had one. I really had no choice. I can't live without power in that hellish world. As someone who played that game, I knew that. The threats were countless and dangerous. I had to be strong and I didn't want to rely on someone else to protect me.
I stopped my steps and looked at my surroundings. No one was there. Well, it was normal. I was before a cursed temple. The temple before me was crumbling and extremely dirty. Hundreds of years ago, it was a holy temple of Eden but an incident happened. One day, hundreds of people praying in the temple died in a horrible death. Since that day, no one has approached that temple which was said to be cursed by evil Gods.
Yeah, that was why I was here. I was going to look for a God, be it evil or a good-natured one. Both could be present in such a temple. It was the first place that came to my mind when I decided to form a death pact. I heard about this temple in a side quest of the game. I would never have thought that it would be helpful now.
"Okay, let's enter. Jarvis, keep an eye on my back."
[Copy that.]
I cringed at Jarvis' reply and entered the temple. Since everything was broken, I had a hard time walking. Stone, boulders, carcasses of animals and even human bones were in my way. With my fat body, I had tumbled down several times.
[Are you certain nobody has come here?]
"Nope, but I'm sure no one will try to make a death pact in such a place."
Even true evil people would be scared to lose their lives by summoning an evil god too strong for them. By the way, all the main characters had death pacts that they call 'Divine Blessings' or a unique bloodline like me. They won't have to do a death pact like me since their ancestors already did. It was something that could be inherited from father to child, so it was really convenient.
I also had the Falkrona bloodline obtained thanks to the founder of the Falkrona house, but as displayed on my screen or status, I didn't even awaken the 1st Wing.
"Yeah, curse that useless God blessing the Falkrona."
[Copy that]
"What are you doing…?"
[Just in case.]
"In case of wh-arghhh!"
I fell pathetically and rolled on the ground like a ball. After rolling for about ten seconds, I coughed all the dirt out of my mouth.
"Cough! Ah! I will probably get out of this damn temple with Tetanus!"
I cursed seeing my bloodied hands and legs.
I didn't know on what I rolled and I didn't want to know either.
"Finally."
When I looked up, I saw the large hall, just like the nave of a church back on Earth. I walked until the end and reached the sanctuary. Usually there should be several statues or holy hallows of Eden, but there was nothing anymore in the cursed temple. Not that I cared about it.
I cleaned the ground a little and took out a random sharp thorny branch from the ground. Then with it I prickled my finger hard. It hurt but I had to do it with my blood.
Once blood started to come out, I started to write something on the ground.
[What are-]
"Don't ask me what I am writing, since I don't know either. I'm just writing the runes I saw in the game."
I cut off Jarvis.
[Runes?]
"Yeah. I've got a good memory so I can still remember what Ante-Eden had drawn at that time, so Edward can form a death pact."
I continued to draw the runes while prickling my other fingers if I lacked blood.
It was like I was summoning a demon…
Putting aside these thoughts, I stood up.
I entered the circle of runes and waited.
"..."
[...]
"..."
[...]
"Nothing is happening…"
I fought the urge to destroy everything around me and concentrated.
Still nothing.
[Maybe you should use your mana.]
"Ah, yes."
I nearly forgot that I could use mana in this world. Edward might be a weakling now, but he could still use mana.
I slowly leaked out my mana and-
"Finally!"
The blood-red runes shone and a pillar of light shot out into heaven with me at its center.
"Who?"
"Get out."
"I am hungry.
"Help me."
"It hurt!!!!"
I felt chills when voices echoed around me, but it wasn't the time to lose concentration.
"I am asking for a death pact."
I said the keyword so I could get in contact with the higher beings, with a chance.
"!"
The bright light turned green, white, then pitch black before entering my body.