Manstoul city, Beneath the Goddess Gaia's Cathedral, in the secret hideout of True Earthlings.
A tall man with a puffed up good physique with black hair and mustache on his face was sitting on a chair. He was Simon Roads. He was looking at the book which he had finally gotten his hands into. He tried to open the book but was unable to do so, just like every other time. No matter how much strength he put into it, the book won't open. There was frustration and disappointment in his eyes.
"Damn it! No matter how many times I try, this book just won't open. So much planing, a year worth of my time and manpower, I put all of it just to get my hands on his book. I even made a deal with that bastard and manipulated Jordan Deathwalker to do my work. And I can't even open it. Just what is inside this book? Why does everyone want to get their hands on it? Does it contain all the information about the routes? About all the powers and awakenings including the Supernatural ingredients needed for them? If that is the case then we can have the knowledge that no one else has. No, there is no use in speculating things, when this book shows no signs of being opened. And why is Phainon's name written on it's cover? Is this book somehow related to a real God? Damn it! I have no way of confirming these theories."
Simon threw the book on the table with disappointment. He left his room and entered the hallway. A male with fairly white skin approached him and greeted him.
"Sir, Church of God Ares has started to speculate that we are the one who were behind the stealing of that book from their church." The man said.
Why is everything bad happening right now? It was already hard enough to deal with this book. I hope we don't have to deal with Ares's Church as well.
"Tell everybody to minimise their activities. Avoide going outside as much as possible." Simon ordered.
"Yes sir."
I wanted to go outside to let my stress out, but outside is full of stress too. I swear every kind of bad is happening to us right now. The only good thing is Jordan's death. Simon enters the room while thinking this.
' Thump thump thump' It hadn't even been a minute since he entered the room when he heard the sound of someone knocking at his door.
"Come in" Simon said as he looked at the door.
The door opened and two people came in. One was a beautiful woman with white hair while the other was man with black hair. They were Jason and Alisa.
"Do you have anything to report?" Simon asked.
"We just met a strange guy. He said his name was Jeff Reaper and he knows that we are unable to open the book. He also said that he knew the way to open this book. He can help us. You just have to go to the bell tower and make a contract with him again itand he will tell you the way to open the book." Jason said.
Jeff Reaper!!? Why would he show himself to someone. He could have contacted me himself. Why would he go through these two? Is it perhaps some kind of trap? Is someone using jeff's identity to lure me out? But there are very few people in this entire world who know who Jeff Reaper actually is. And he said that we can again make a contract. Only he and I know about the contract we made. So the chances of this guy being someone else are very low. But what he did was out of character. Is he plotting something. But if he actually has a way to open the book then I cannot lose thsi opportunity. This is our chance to gain hidden knowledge.
"What did he look like? Where did you meet him?" Simon asked.
" He was quite tall with a fair skin. He had blonde hair and blue eyes. He had a sharp nose and looked quite handsome. We were at Luthar's bar but we suddenly anked out and when we opened our eyes, we were at the bell tower and he was right in front of us." Jason replied.
This guy's appearance perfectly matches with Jeff Reaper. This guy really must be him. I finally have the chance to open that book. I should not miss it.
"What time did he give you?" Simon asked.
"As soon as we tell you, you are to reach out for him" Alisa said.
"Okay then, I am heading out now. Take care of things here. Do not follow me." Simon ordered.
"Yes sir. But who is this Jeff Reaper? We have never heard of him and what contract did you make with him?" Alisa said.
"That is not something you need to know. Believe me, it is for your own safety. I am heading out now, take care of things here." Simon said.
...
Simon was standing outside the bell tower. It was a slender tall struture with a big bell at the top of structure. At it's base, there was big hall for people, closed with walls.
He must be waiting inside fumor me. Simon thought.
He slowly reached the hall and opened it's door. He entered the hall. It was dark inside empty and there was no light. He went deeper Into the hall and when he reached the middle of the hall, he saw a throne at the end of the hall. But there was nobody sitting on the that throne. Instead of that there was a sheat of paper attached to that throne. In that sheat, there was a drawing of a hand which was showing it's middle finger. Below the drawing was written something.
'Dear Sir, it brings me great joy to inform you that you have been fooled. It has been verified that you are a dumba*s. Now please prepare yourself for dying.'