My Soul card is a Reaper

Chapter 738: The world of Irth (part-4)



"100,000 YER monthly salary, and a Black tier Credit Card (unlimited limit). It is the highest salary anyone ever offered to anyone in this country, higher than even our company's managing director. In exchange, you shall guard me 24/7. You stay with me at our house and attend our academy as a fellow student. My father would arrange it for you since you'll pass as one easily. Just for three months would do. Once I turn 18 and officially inherit the property, if you wish to continue, we can, and if you don't want to, you can leave, too. Oh, I don't have to say it, but I will add that you will be treated as a guard and not a servant like my other guards. How about it?" For a while, strange silence filled the entire room. Some were shocked, some thought it was absurd, and Azzy was only staring at the girl. She returned his gaze without any afraid in her eyes. Earlier, he saw the arrogance of wealth in her eyes. This time, he felt sincerity. However, Azzy had a lot to think about the pros and cons of accepting this offer. After much thinking, he turned around to look at his teammates and spoke in an Angelic language of Seraphic, "You all agreed to let me as the leader for this mission. Will you agree to let me make the decisions for the team once again?" "Hmm? What language they are speaking seems so foreign and old," thought Leiza. She couldn't help but give another look at her friends. As they collectively nodded, Azzy returned his gaze to Leiza and spoke, "This is my counteroffer. If you like it, take it, or you may leave. 100,000 YER weekly salary, but the five of us will be employed. From morning 7 to evening 7, I'll accompany you, whether it is at your school or outside. take care of your security. And from evening 7 to the next morning, preferably at your home, atleast three of my friends will take care of your security. And yes, as you reminded us, none of you will be treated as servants, neither by you nor your guardian, who is probably paying us the money. Also, we will have identity cards readied on the day of the appointment, meaning you will be taking responsibility for cleaning the mess we might make while finding our culprit." Everyone: "…" The angels never expected their fifth teammate to be so unbrashing. She was already giving them the best offer she could give and he went on testing her limits of patience with an even more unreasonable counteroffer. In their eyes, Azzy was just trying to make sure that she wouldn't accept. Little to their expectations, Leiza nodded as she raised her index finger, "One condition. They have to prove their martial prowess. I saw your ability but didn't see whether they are qualified for that kind of offer. There are 14 guards standing outside, each of them could take even three to four elite martial artists, while I reckon you can take on even ten of them with ease. So, if the four of them can defeat all fourteen guards I brought with me, I accept your counteroffer, Mr. Rael. Oh, I also need that dress back." Azzy turned his head to see his teammates, "so, are you up for it? Don't need to consider this as an assault on innocents but it is like sparring." Seraphina was the first to react, flexing her knuckles, "fourteen? I'm alone to take out those bunch of weaklings." "I know but she only brought fourteen with her and I need her to see that four of you are able," replied Azzy. Leiza's eyes widened, "are they serious? Or were they underestimating my elite guards?" A couple of minutes later; On the terrace, a dozen bodies belonging to muscled warriors who were lying down unconsciously, and the four angels standing there straight calmly; none of them had any scratches on their bodies and not even a sweat bead on their foreheads that could indicate they warmed up. Leiza was standing there in a daze, "How? I picked these experts from all kinds of dojos and ex-special forces after testing them rigorously, providing them with a minimum of 20,000 YER monthly salary and all kinds of benefits. These fourteen could take on even fifty experts at the same time. I was considered a walking fortress because of them. All of them were defeated by these four? Since when did Scarlet Dragon Dojo produce such monsters?" In the evening, Josh returned home. He slowly climbed to the terrace in tiredness but stood outside the door in hesitation. "What should I do? I told them about Rael and others. Will they take back the deal? I really wonder what their identities were that got the eyes of a giant like Bestial Corp." *knock* knock* *knock* He knocked three times in a row, but there was no response from inside. After waiting for half a minute, knocking on it a few more times, Josh tried opening it, and the door opened, "Oh, so, it is not locked." He opened it completely and entered the living room; the house was empty. "Hmm? Where did they go?" There was a letter under a paperweight, on the coffee table. Josh went ahead and picked it up. The contents of the letter were actually printed ones, probably cut from newspapers. *Thank* *you* *help* *the* *for* *Reward* *Promised* *delivered* *Quinoa* The words didn't form a proper sentence, and it took Josh a few seconds to figure out the exact sentence. He rushed to the kitchen to search the shelves, eventually taking out the container that used to store quinoa. As soon as he lifted it, he felt the weight. He opened it hurriedly, finding a gold bar. Josh's face lit up, "Just one day of accommodation and I'm rich…" Meanwhile, far away from his residence, in the affluent neighborhood of the downtown, in a 3-bedroom apartment flat, Azzy and the other four were sitting in a circle and discussing the matters. They had a large map of the city laid on the floor and Azzy was marking places with the pencil. "As you can see… the places with more number of casualties occurred in these three regions, the Ironwood Crossing, Wildflower Way, and Coyote Run Street. And when we join them…" As he drew the mark from one street to another, it formed almost a perfect triangle. He then drew three lines to divide the triangular region into three sub-regions A, B, and C, "Ramiel, Seraphina, you two patrol A. Caelith, Aranis, you two take B, and I take C." "You will be fine alone?" Caelith asked. Azzy shrugged his shoulders in indifference, "well, we are only 5. Someone has to be alone." Caelith said worriedly, "This is a fallen angel we are talking about. So, I recommend not to take any reckless action if you see it. Just run, okay?" Ramiel nodded to her suggestion, "Yes, I completely agree with her. We didn't spend too much time, but knowing your personality, you would likely confront the enemy because you were very confident in your strength." Azzy smiled, "don't worry. I'll be fine." A while later, the five of them separated, moving to their respective destinations. At his fastest speed, Azzy reached his destination within a minute. On the way, his Aura Sensing is also in an active state, but he could only sense five other abnormal individuals in the area. Nevertheless, he took his spot on top of the tallest building in the area and kept on the lookout for all night. For several hours, nothing happened, but Azzy continued to stay vigilant. And, his patience bore fruit deep in the night when he suddenly sensed an additional presence coincidentally appeared quite near to their leader, who was far away from his location. "Found you." Azzy closed his eyes and mumbled, "The Art of…" "Wait. You can't do it." The Reaper's voice echoed in his head, stopping him from shrinking into mosquito size. "Eh? Why?" He questioned. The Reaper answered, "You are no longer a mortal, Azrael. Using the powers of divinity will incur the violation of world laws. You can run, just like how you did earlier." "Isn't it better than unnecessarily gaining the attention of humans?" Azzy argued. The Reaper replied, "Using unauthorized violation of the world laws will bring the attention of the Watchers of Olympus." "Watchers of Olympus?" "Yes. Headed by Themis, the Goddess of Divine Law, Order, and Justice, the watchers of Olympus oversee the mortal worlds and make sure no divine being violates the world's laws, such as displaying their divinity to the mortals to gain followers when they aren't qualified to attain the status of a deity, making sure the gods don't interfere excessively in mortal lives, ensuring their path of evolution remains unaffected by the actions of Olympians, etc… When you absorbed Baphomet's divinity and reborn as a true divine being, I told you that no force in this universe is powerful enough to restrict your divinity, apart from Life, Space, and myself. You can freely use your powers in any mortal world as you wish, but remember — every action carries consequences, whether for good or ill." The Reaper explained. "Alright… I understand. I don't want such a lengthy lecture to understand the point." Azzy jumped down to the ground and started rushing to his destination like a streak of flash. However, before he reached halfway, the presence of the fallen angel was gone and his captain looked like he was lying down. "Damn it." He could only curse and rush forward to meet Astro. By the time he got there, he found the Angel lying there unconscious. Meanwhile, there were two more corpses in the alley, belonging to two young ladies. Just like other cases, their hearts were plucked out of their bodies.

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