Although Jack was confused at the changes in the original pantheon formatting, he did not bring it up.

He just spent some time to idly chat with the few sub-deities of the 9 Supreme gods.

“So, will you join the Olympus Pantheon?”

Suddenly, a question out of nowhere put all talk to a stop as silence reigned once more. This was the reason why all the gods here were present. They all wanted to bring in ‘God of the System’ to their own pantheon.

All eyes were glued to the darkness within the cage. All the gods were still wary of the creature within the cage created by the strongest and oldest being in existence, especially since they could not even see the being in question, only hearing his voice.

“No.” Jack stated calmly before continuing.

“I will not be joining any pantheon. Nor do I have the intention of becoming hostile with any pantheon unless provoked first. The rest is up to your imagination.”

The gods broke out into mind-to-mind conversations, which for some reason Jack could hear a little, so it felt like he was the principal of a school, and all the children had broken out into whispers upon a change in school rules.

Jack waited for some time before adding,

“Let me inform you, that this cage created by ‘that man’ cannot hold me forever.”

He was not lying. This cage had been built by ‘that man’ was not meant to hold him in the first place. It was likely to protect him. And just like before, its restrictions would be slowly lifted with time.

All the gods present froze. No one had ever called the existence above all ‘that man’. Instead of a lack of knowledge on the position of that being, the gods took it as a sign that showed the superior status of the existence within the cage.

‘Perhaps he is one of the Quaternity?’

This thought raced through the minds of the gods and sub-deities present.

“Later~”

At this moment, Jack spoke as he willed for his cage to disappear from the views of the gods. After ‘Than man’ had removed some restrictions, he could also control the cage to some extent.

The gods looked up in shock as the cage began to dematerialise from existence. The cage, which was larger than half the prime-plane where most gods had their headquarters, vanished just like that.

The power within the cage, and all signs of it vanished from existence, leaving a dumbfounded crowd of gods.

Back on the prime-plane, Mason had been released from his temporary captivity. It was a direct order from Sparta, the sub-deity of Ares, to Priest Arth.

Mason felt relieved. He currently had no negative status effects on him, and felt much better. As it was displayed on his status before, he had been afflicted by ‘Infection’ which could not be healed with [Basic Healing Lv 2].

Now that he had gone through the entire process in the church of War, he was now in tip-top condition, excluding his missing leg.

However, he had just received a new quest for this.

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Survival Quest

One cannot be effective in combat with a missing leg. It will greatly hinder movement speed. Go to the Capital of the Kingdom of Bard, Ferdin, from your current location, Darb, a small town near the border.

Task: Embark of the week-long journey to the capital of your kingdom ad fins the best craftsman in the kingdom.

Note: Ensure you have enough supplies for the journey.

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Along with the mission, he also received a notification which actually shocked him.

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System Version 1.1 Update Information

Little one,

This is Jack, the God of Systems, and your benefactor. I am here to inform you of certain facts.

Yes, I am a god, and I have been controlling the system for you, and a handful of others. No, there is no need for you to have faith in me, since I do not need faith to survive I work based on the fair trade of exp. Yes, you are currently in debt of exp, and will need to cover your debt before you can begin to level up. Yes, exp can be gained from killing monsters and humans Restrictions have already been placed on attacking and killing other players, Friendly (Green), and Neutral (White) Killing of any and all enemy (Red) target is permitted unless specified otherwise Skills can be learnt in two ways; One is that you learn them manually over time, and the second is buy them from me. I will slowly make skills available for you to buy from me using exp The exp available for buying will be limited to the exp gained in the current level. You can deposit exp with me to collect enough to buy more expensive skills The skills I provide require CP to buy. Current conversion rate is 10 exp is equal to 1 CP The skills I had given you before were each of 10 CP, and so you will need to recover the debt before doing anything else. There will be two types of quests, Direct quests and Survival quests. Direct quests have reward for you since these are tasks, I require you to complete Survival quests have no reward since they are necessary for you to survive There will be more updates like this one from me in the future with more information I can change anything I wish to at any time in the system Good luck on surviving!

Best of wishes,

God of the System

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This notification was sent to both Alice, and Mason, to inform them of certain important factors about the system. Naturally, Alice’s was slightly different; omitting the parts about debt.