Chapter 5: Promise

Comfort enveloped Rendy's sleep at that moment, and the sound of snoring could be heard.

Rendy lay sprawled on the living room sofa. Dreaming of getting a new job with a billion-dollar salary, he paid no attention to anything around him.

Suddenly, wisps of smoke enveloped Rendy's body.

The smoke quickly covered Rendy from his feet up to his neck.

The color of the smoke was white, like mist.

Feeling strange, Rendy then opened his eyes.

As he opened his eyes, panic immediately surged through his mind.

The smoke wrapped around his body so tightly.

Slowly, the smoke began to creep towards his face.

Rendy moved his hands, but his efforts failed because the smoke bound him from his feet to his neck.

The smoke started to cover his face as well.Panicking, Rendy began to scream, "Reina! Help!"

The smoke enveloped his entire body.

Rendy tried to free himself, but the smoke was too thick, covering his whole body.

After being wrapped in the smoke suddenly.

Rendy felt himself falling.

He felt his body plummeting downwards.

He opened his eyes and saw that he was indeed falling from the sky.

He looked towards the sky as he fell.

A terrifying feeling suddenly struck Rendy.

As if there was a creature watching Rendy fall.

Rendy, falling, then landed in a puddle of water.

A sense of nostalgia returned to Rendy.

This was the realm of death.

Wet and lying in a puddle of water, Rendy began to sit up. Then he looked around.

Suddenly, everything he saw shattered like shards of glass.

Everything he witnessed turned into shattered glass.

As all the glass shattered, he woke up from his sofa.

The smoke on his body disappeared.

He then checked himself to see if there was still any smoke enveloping him.

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"What was that?"

Rendy fell silent for a moment then got up from the sofa to check on Reina's room.

Reina was sound asleep in her bed.

Although comforted to see his younger sister sleeping peacefully, Rendy still wondered what had happened.

Rendy then hurried to the kitchen. People say that eating can cure curiosity.

Therefore, Rendy walked towards the refrigerator.

In front of the refrigerator, he opened its door.

It was clear that there was no food inside.

Rendy remembered that it was the end of the month.

He immediately took his wallet out. Then opened it.

It was clear that there was no money inside at all.

If they didn't get food supplies this month, they wouldn't be able to eat.

This made Rendy slightly panicked. But he remembered that Mr. Flint and Mrs. Fiana would give him money if he asked.

But Rendy's pride tried to refuse that. Because he thought Rendy could still find a decent job because he was still young.

Rendy didn't want to be labeled as a beggar.

Holding back hunger for a few days might be enough for Rendy, but Reina, who was still young, wouldn't be able to endure it.

Rendy repeatedly opened and closed the refrigerator door.like a frustrated person.

After a few moments of thinking, Rendy's pride finally gave in. He finally agreed to ask Mr. Flint's family for money.

This was better than having Reina wait without eating for several days.

Rendy then closed his refrigerator and turned around.

When he turned around, a man in a black robe with a smoky face appeared before him.

Instantly making Rendy startled and fall back into the refrigerator.

Rendy stared at the man in the black robe. Trying to discern his expression covered in smoke.

"You??" Rendy asked.

Rendy was ready. If anything happened.

"We meet again, Rendy Redswan."

The man in the black robe moved closer to Rendy. His feet didn't touch the ground at all.

"Did you do that while I was sleeping on the sofa earlier?" Rendy asked.

The robed man shook his head.

"Not me."

Rendy wondered in his mind.

"I came here to collect your promise."

Rendy remembered the promise he made in the realm of death a while ago.

The promise where Rendy had to help this robed man after he helped Rendy rise.

Rendy then nodded and spoke.

"Before I fulfill that promise, I want to ask you a few things."

"Ask away."

"Why did I feel smoke wrapping around my body earlier? And do you know about the green creature stealing money?"

The robed man chuckled. His laugh sounded like the voice of death, making anyone who heard it fearful.

"Haha, you have been noticed by the Death God."

"What do you mean?" Rendy asked.

"Anything that has died belongs to death. Remember when I told you that the Death God would find out who escaped from his realm of death?"

Rendy remembered that well. At that time, Rendy thought that the Death God had limitations because the slave of death before him said that the Death God needed time to find out who had escaped from his realm of death.

Rendy didn't expect to be discovered so quickly.

Rendy started to feel panicked and scared, then approached the robed man.

The robed man shook his head.

"Death will remain in death, he will not tread into life even if the creator god orders it," said the robed man.

"So he won't pursue me?" Rendy asked.

The robed man nodded.

Then Rendy asked again about the green creature stealing money.

The robed man floated a few centimeters away.

He then crossed his arms.

"Can you see that creature?" The robed man asked.

Rendy nodded and explained what happened at the Church of the One when he rose.

After a lengthy explanation, the robed man nodded again.

"That is a Goblin."

Hearing the word Goblin shocked Rendy.

According to the holy book of The One's religion that Rendy had read, a Goblin was a thief who killed one of The One's prophets. And was punished by The One to become a goblin.

Even after becoming a goblin, the person continued to steal until the end of his life. But that's what Rendy read from The One's holy book

The robed man began to explain about goblins.

Goblins are a group of creatures who love wealth. They will take anything related to wealth. Goblins are creatures from another dimension.

Goblins are one of the descendants of the mother of monsters.

Rendy, hearing this, was quite shocked and then asked about the mother of monsters.

According to Rendy's explanation, the mother of monsters was one of the three siblings of the children of All Father.

Death God, Highest Servant, and Mother of Monsters.

Mother of monsters, as her name suggests, has many monster children.

The robed man began to explain about other dimensions.

Another dimension is where the children of the mother of monsters are imprisoned.

Back in the early era. The mother of monsters and her children roamed the human world.

They often caused mischief until a war broke out between the Highest Servant and the Mother of Monsters.

Which nearly destroyed the Earth.

After this war. All Father punished them.

The Highest Servant was placed in the 7th sky while the Mother of Monsters was placed in the second dimension.

After this, humans began to forget all of this until The One's religion emerged in the earlier era.

In the second dimension. According to the slave of death. The mother of monsters already has millions of descendants.

Rendy was amazed at this untold past world secret.

If that's true, then The One's religion is not the true religion.

After hearing that explanation, Rendy then asked again about the help that the Slave of Death wanted.

The robed man looked at Rendy with his face covered in smoke.

"I want you to bring me back to life."

Rendy tilted his head.

"Bring you back to life?"

The robed man explained that he used to be human too.

But because of a mistake, he became the slave of death.

"How can I bring you back to life?"

The robed man explained that there was a ritual used by people in earlier era times during the war between the Highest Servant and the Mother of Monsters.

He gave Rendy clues. That some Churches of the One have literature about it.

Hearing that, Rendy also remembered that he had promised to meet the pastor of the church tomorrow.

Perhaps that was Rendy's chance to find that literature.

Rendy nodded.

The robed man then placed his hand on Rendy's shoulder.

"I believe you can do it."

"Alright, I promised you, so I will do it."

The robed man nodded.

Then suddenly, his body emitted smoke and slowly disappeared.

Seeing that, Rendy was quite shocked.

After that, Rendy decided to go to the church tomorrow to find out about the literature.

But before that, Rendy had to meet Mr. Flint to ask for money.