I shift my form back to my normal form, dressed in simple clothing, and I begin to walk through the forest toward the direction I am pretty sure my childhood home was located. Sure, I could easily just teleport there, but I have so much on my mind, I need a nice long walk to sort through my thoughts on what I just did. Also, now that I have had my revenge, what do I do now?! There is just so much crap flooding my thoughts, and I could really use some time to sort through it all.

After a couple hours of walking around the forest, a blue orb suddenly impacts my body. I recognize it as a soul being absorbed by my armor. I chuckle as I realize my mother's murder, who I left alive back at the bandit's encampment must have died. It's surprising that his soul would actually fly through the forest trying to find me. I guess there is no limit to the distance I have to be in order to be able to absorb a soul. Also, technically wouldn't the kill belong to whatever monster finished him off? I guess I still get credit, possibly die to me killing him so many times already.

Suddenly, my body immediately and automatically shifts to my Kitsune form, complete with silver fur and 8 tails. Suddenly there is a glow from behind me as my 9th tail forms. I let out a booming laugh at the thought that the soul of my mother's killer was the final soul required to acquire my final tail. It's ironic that the person that caused me so much pain and suffering is the one whose soul caused me to become even more powerful. More powerful I would learn is actually a massive understatement.

Suddenly my silver fur begins to glow white. The silver shimmer of my fur vanishes and is replaced by bright white fur. The purple accents on my legs, hands, face, ears, and tails, fades away and is replaced by shiny golden accents in a swirling pattern. I feel my power begin to swell dramatically, even more so than the 20% stat boost the 9th tail is stated to provide by the tooltip. No, my power is increasing FAR more than it was just a few seconds ago. What the hell is happening?!

Class acquired: Celestial Fox

Title Acquired: Kyūbi no Kitsune

Skill Acquired: Celestial Senses!

Kitsune's armor set and Kitsune's Muramasa increased to Mythical quality.

Wow! HOLY SHIT! This is seriously unreal! I bring my arms up into view. My fur is as white as the driven snow. The accents are shimmering gold, and the swirls they form are actually moving. The gold seems to flow with power unlike anything I had experienced before. Actually, I have experienced this power before, when I got kicked out of the Labyrinth. This power, it's almost, well, divine! I feel INCREDIBLE! I feel like I could take on any and all challenger, no matter who they are! I bring up my samurai armor and the change has affected it as well. it is now white with the same swirling gold accents on them. My silver whiskers are now golden and appear even longer. My Muramasa is also now white with the same gold swirling accents.

"What is this title? Kyūbi no Kitsune? Sounds distinctly Japanese." I concentrate on that title to open its tooltip. Let's see what this is all about.

Kyūbi no Kitsune

Roughly translated to "Nine Tailed Kitsune". A Kitsune who possesses 9 tails is said to reach heavenly/celestial power. These beings gain the ability to see and hear anything that is going on anywhere in the world. This skill is commonly referred to as Celestial Senses. This title bestows an increase to stats n^1.2. This increase also affects Defense and Magical Defense stats.

I open up my status screen as I am keen to see how this changes things. The acquisition of the 9th tail has really brought with it gains MUCH more than just the 20% in stats. The title alone increases my stats by an exponential value of 1.2. The increase in quality of my armor and weapon literally doubled the stats of those items.

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Absolutely incredible. My stats seemed to have increased dozens of times over. No, even more than that, at LEAST 10 times over! My senses are in a state of overdrive. It seems this Celestial Senses skill is always active to some degree. I can hear everything, and I mean EVERYTHING! I can actually hear the grass under me growing. I can hear animals that are burrowed deep underground. I can hear a bee, tens of kilometers away. I can actually hear the conversations of people going about their day in Creshent, which is quite far from where I currently am.

I look straight down at my feet. This is totally unreal. I can literally see cities and people holding conversations on the other side of the planet! I turn toward the Labyrinth and peer into its floors. I see the final floor, the four Archangels I faced before, the endless souls scurrying about, various classes of angels and divine beings inhabiting the golden city. I can see... I can see...

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"Wow..." I say in a whisper as my vision focuses on the face of God himself.

I stand there just staring at a face no mortal has ever seen, well, at least not outside of the stories of legend told in the numerous religious scriptures around the world. This is the creator of everything, the Alpha and the Omega, the one who has my answers. I am definitely going to have to pay this guy a visit, hopefully soon.

Suddenly the face I'm looking at looks directly at me, and blows, as though he was blowing away a pesky gnat. I'm suddenly thrust out of that realm, and I'm blown back where I land flat on my ass.

"Sonuvabitch!" I shout, shocked that I was actually caught looking into the face of The Creator.

It doesn't shock me in the least bit that He knew I was looking at Him. Suddenly there is a golden glow from above me accompanied by the cliche angelic music I have heard before, as an angelic figure slowly emerges. It's one of the Archangels I faced the other day. I recognize it as the Archangel Uriel. Again, the beautiful voice rings out.

"You were warned to not trespass in our realm. You even dared look upon the face of The Father. He could have blown you out of existence, but unfortunately for you, he left that task to me."

"Hey! I didn't trespass anywhere! I just looked! I never left the forest!" I reply in protest.

One thing I have noticed since Uriel arrived in the forest, is the presence of this Angel does not have the same effect on me as it did the last time I faced him and his brethren. Even his voice which previously caused me to fall to my knees in penitence, crying, is having no effect on me. Now, I'm just annoyed at the accusation as though I was talking to a normal person.

"It matters not. Your presence was detected. You will now face divine judgement!"

The Archangel draws the sword at his side, which bursts into a blue divine flame. The sky-blue wings of the Archangel explode in waves of divine energy, forming a beautiful halo of blue light surrounding the angel. I have to admit he looks really cool.

A wicked smile forms on my face as I'm no longer intimidated by the power of the Archangel. As I stand now, my power far eclipses that of this angel, even with the massive level gap between us. A moment ago, I was just worrying about how I could possibly grow strong enough to challenge these Archangels, and now with the acquisition of my final tail, my new title and class provided an astronomical boost to my stats.

"Bring it on you overgrown Glow-Stick!" i shout out, taunting the Archangel.

Ready to face the divine creature in front of me, my Muramasa appears at my side, my hand going to the handle of the blade in preparation for battle.

The Archangel instantly appears in front of me and slashes at me with the blue flaming sword, the divine energy slashing through me. Rather, what he thinks was me.

I let out a laugh seeing a divine being falling for my Utsusemi skill. This angel is dead, and it doesn't even know it. It was dead as soon as it appeared here! Apparently, the Creator didn't feel the need to warn this idiot of my newly acquired power. Sucks to be him!

"Iaijutsu- Mugyourikuren!"

I launch forward and slash the Archangel 6 times, the skill no longer automatic as it once was, as I have learned to have full control over where I strike. 6 bright points of light instantly appearing on various points on its body, the majority on lethal points. My smile turning even more wicked knowing the angel's fate is literally in my hands.

"What... what have you done?!" The angel screams out in a panic. Even in a panic, his voice is beautiful. Too bad this voice will no longer be heard.

"Tell your Father I'm coming to see Him soon!" I say as I snap my fingers.

The Archangel bursts into several pieces, golden fluid erupting from the wounds. His head, body parts, and sky-blue feathers fall all over the forest floor. The golden blood of the angel begins covering the mossy ground. Any plants the golden blood touch instantly begin growing, the mana rich blood having provided a massive boost of life energy.

I stand over the dead angel as I sheathe my sword. I turn my gaze toward the Labyrinth, once again trespassing in the domain I am forbidden to be. I cast my gaze on the other three Archangels and they immediately turn toward me as they sense my presence. Time for me to be the intimidator.

The dead angel on the floor erupts into a massive ball of light and speeds off toward the direction of the Labyrinth. The faces of the remaining three Archangels take on a look of shock as they sense the soul of their fallen brother returning to its heavenly home. I issue a warning to the remaining Archangels.

"If you come for me, you will share the same fate as Uriel. Don't worry, we will see each other soon, this time on my terms."

I sever my vision and communication off, returning to the forest. I stare at the spot where the angel fell. There is no sign that a divine creature once fell here, other than grass and shrubs that have grown abnormally in comparison to the surrounding flora.

I continue my walk toward my old home, contemplating my new divine power. I'm no longer human, am I? I have gained the power of divinity itself. Does this mean I'm actually a God myself?! The Kitsune I faced on the second floor was pretty much a God, as she didn't actually die when I killed her. I'm far beyond what the Kitsune was back then, so why couldn't I be considered a God?!

I spend the rest of the walk in quiet contemplation. My new abilities allow me to see my old home from a long way off, so I know I'm headed in the correct direction. I can see that the house no longer looks anything like what I remembered.

I am actually nervous to return there. It's the place where this nightmare began, the place where I lost my family, where I lost my freedom, where I lost everything. But I need this. I need to come to terms with this trauma that I never got the chance to resolve. The only mourning I was actually able to do is what I did alone in the dark dusty confines of my closet cell in the Bandit encampment. Yes, I got my revenge on the monsters that caused that trauma, and that helped tremendously, but this is my real closure. I have to make peace with what happened so I can finally move on to whatever comes next for me. A showdown with The Creator of everything perhaps?

The forest eventually makes way to what remains of the back yard to my home. With nobody present to tend the yard and garden, the forest has begun the process of retaking the land. Trees are sprouting all over what used to be the grassy yard where I used to chase bunnies. The garden my mother used to tend daily is now overgrown with vegetables and fruits still growing, but now growing wild and all over the place.

Given another few years and the forest will completely retake the land and if you were walking through the forest, you could walk within a few meters of the ruins of my home and not even know it was there.