"Congratulations, my dear child,"

"..."

"Nyx, is that what you meant by 'learn something'?" Night asked.

"Who knows, maybe, maybe not," she answered with a sly smile.

'WHAT, how does a mere-f*cking-mortal learn something when even I couldn't, I thought this mortal was bored and fell asleep...but....' Hades was deep in thought after what he just witnessed.

"Anyway, children, that's all the time we have for now,",

"But not you," she said while pointing her finger to Hades causing him to gulp.

'At least show me some face!! we're in the presence of mortals!!'

"Y-yes Mother Night," Hades said instead.

"Then, until next time," she waved sending the others outside the formation.

// // //

"Well, it looks like my skills did get a buff..." Night sighed once he was out.

[ Umbrakinesis(Lvl 2): "You are darkness"

The user has absolute authority and control over darkness and shadows.

However, for proficient use, the user must master the skill

One of the Night(Lvl 2)(Passive): The user is empowered in dark places or at night. Damage, Crit rate, Armour penetration, increased by 20%. The buff increases as the proficiency increases.

]

"Hmm, on paper it doesn't look like Umbrakinesis changed too much but it looks like I might have better control over it? but One of the Night certainly did get a visible buff, it looks like for every level I'll be getting a 10% increase?"

"My Lord, it is advisable that we stop by to visit the locals before we set off to the Norse Kingdom,"

Once they returned to the locals of Tokihiko, they were surrounded by the masses, all of them chanting different praises,

"Saviour!!"

"HERO!!!"

"LORD!!"

"..."

"Well, this is quite the...uh... receiving? return party?"

Night gladly accepted their gratitude and treatment, he was far from humble in such situations, after acquiring the proper directions, Night and the others finally set off to the Norse Kingdom, Tokihiko was now finally free from its curse, people could even leave if they wanted to and fortunately, once Hades noticed the portal he managed to use his authority over the Underworld and close the portal for good.

Of course, according to the locals, it was Night who took care of the Frost Witch as well as the Demons, they weren't aware of Hades's presence.

// // //

"Now then, I'm sure you have questions but before that, I only made you stay back to make sure you don't plan on telling that brother of yours I'm back," Nyx said as she looked at Hades's expression but before he could say anything Nyx quickly added, "don't get me wrong, I'm not afraid of him but it'll be quite the hassle to deal with him, especially since he's gotten stronger, you must be foolish if you thought I wasn't aware of Zeus's power, I'm also aware that he's close to rivalling the Primordials, I acknowledge his strength but it still isn't enough to deal with any of us, even in this weakened state of mine I can take him," she said with a smile.

"Mother Night...you don't have to worry about me telling anyone about this, in fact, for the past thousand years I've just had my wife and children as company, to be honest, I'm not aware of his progression in strength, I do know about his journey to attaining the power to rival the Primordials but since then, I haven't spoken to him and I can't say that I care too much about that brother of mine....." Hades said with a sad smile.

Regardless of how much Hades disliked Zeus or how much Zeus mistreated or let him down, Hades couldn't get himself to fully despise his brother, even though he tried to hide it, he was aware that Nyx could see through his little lies but he still put up a facade.

"*Sigh* Well that's that...I'm sure you're wondering who that child is, yes?"

After Nyx finally responded to the question he had been dying to ask, Hades's face immediately lit up with curiosity,

"Well, to be honest, I have no idea why but he's my chosen one, he carries my bloodline as well as my curse."

"WHAT??! ...a curse from a Primordial...but he's still so young and weak... how is he still hanging on..."

Since the NPC's weren't aware of the levelling system, Hades was confused as to how such a low-level player could even survive and not just quit the game.

"What if I told you, he's been cursed since he was reborn," Nyx said with a smile, curiosity sparkling in her eyes as she wanted to see Hades's reaction.

"S-s-since....he was.. reborn...I cannot fathom such an existence...the consequences of the curse before the first ascension are just too much to handle..."

Players were often called many words, rebirthers, ascenders, climbers, etc. Of course, NPC's were aware of the 'ascension' that players go through, though they aren't aware of the levels.

"Definitely... at least that's what the others told me and yet here we are, not only he was the first 'ascender' to enter Tartarus, he was also the first to ascend.

Of course, the advantages are extreme but the disadvantages were just far too much, even with all that he hadn't taken advantage of his 'immortal' status even once."

"..."

"..."

"Err, Mother Night, you mentioned something about 'others' telling you something, just who might these 'others' be hahaha... definitely not the Primordials right? of course not, since most of them are lost in the Chaos.

"Oh? did I mention 'others' well I don't remember what you're talking about," she said with an innocent smile on her face.

"Bu-"

"I don't understand why I did what I did but one thing is for certain, he is definitely someone to be cautious of...." Nyx said in a low tone, absolutely shocking Hades, not even Zeus could make Nyx worry, of course, it was different now but Night was a mere mortal, for the Primordial Goddess to say something like that, it's definitely worrying.

"..."

"Was it because he is called Night?" Hades asked after repressing the previous statement Nyx made.

"Haha, It's definitely not that... it's certainly vague considering the fact that he's someone who is afraid of the night...it's also somewhat ruthless of me but at the same time, I feel bad for him for being so unfortunate, I'm quite perplexed when it comes to him as well...but I guess we could call him an...

'Unfortunate Ascender'?