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Chapter 177: Naming Ceremony. Part 1

Chapter 177: Naming Ceremony. Part 1

Besides the name, the gods and demigod’s appearance is also an important matter. Outside the mortal realm, a god or a demigod can’t hide their true appearance so they are forced to change it to their real form.

Therefore, they need to turn their form or leave the mortal vessels. The rule is absolute. Since Viktor had his mortal body, he had to create one divine body before he entered the underworld gate.

Adonis looked at Viktor right before jumping into the endless red gate and said, "Master, aren’t you going to change your form? It’s been a while since I’ve seen your real appearance."

"I will."

"You look heavenly in your real form, master. Even my beauty surrender in front of yours"

’So he’s well aware of how he looks. But he is wrong. If he lifts that magic seal from his face, even the gods will cry for him. I am nothing like his actual form. As expected of the descendants of the guardian of lust. He’s as handsome as ever.’

After hearing what Adonis just said, Mors asked, "What do you mean by his real appearance? That isn’t how Viktor looks?"

"No, I’m just borrowing this body. My real body died so many years ago at the hands of the heavenly guardians. It was actually our ’Mother’ who ordered them to kill the weak and dangerous guardians inside the guardian realm. I was just an unlucky fella"

Welis then laughed and said, "The goddess of light is the first person to give birth to millions of children. Only two of them inherited her genes and became demigods. But she just played with her kids and killed them as she wished. That’s why she was stripped from her status. But her pettiness made her marry the god of water and climbed back to her original post as a noble."

Viktor chuckled and said, "Don’t badmouth our "Mother", Welis. Anyway, let’s just jump inside instead of chattering. The gate will close soon if we don’t jump now."

Viktor looked above for the last time to gaze upon the earthly stars. He then mumbled, ’Thank you for erasing my loneliness at night. I shall walk ahead to reach my destination now. Please watch over me. Goodbye earth, my dear birthplace .’

The five of them jumped inside the red long path underground and vanished.

The gate to the underworld closed.

...

Somewhere outside the realm of gods, a person received a prayer from someone after 10 years. It was the same person who had always appreciated how beautiful the stars were from his birth. This time, that person had prayed to watch over him because he was looking forward to his long journey. He bid goodbye to the lower realm stars and went below that realm.

So the unknown god smiled and said, "My dear child, I have watched you for so long. You’re an amazing child who has a strong determination. Strong willpower."

The unknown god looked at him through the nearest star and again said, "I am surprised that you have achieved your divine Qi. O, an innocent child of a miserable goddess, I shall watch over you more closely from now on. I hope you don’t disappoint me."

A small lizard-like creature crawled out of his sleeve and said, "Ssssiiii. Master. Is that a prayer from the white-haired boy?"

The unknown god held onto his black cap to prevent it from flying away because of the strong wind. He then fixed his dark cape around his body and replied, "This is the first time he asked for a favour along with his appreciation. He’s going to the underworld with his companions so he asked me to watch over him."

The small creature on his shoulder replied, "Ssiiii, master. That white-haired boy can do anything if he wants to. So why did he even bother to pray to such a god that barely shows any interest in ruling a territory? That boy is hopeless if he becomes your follower. My master is a broke and adventure junkie who loves to interfere where he shouldn’t have."

The unknown god pinched its head and complained, "You sure got a big mouth, Kiki. Now just shut up and go inside your home. I need to search for that path again."

He then lit a small star to make his pitch black surrounding enlightened. He then looked at the dark void’s gigantic dark figure.

"This view has never failed to disappoint me. Hello, you huge black monster who’s currently eating away the universal existence instead of creating it. Or should I call you, ’Void’?"

The void didn’t show any sign of listening to his chatting. It just kept eating the matters around it and kept expanding.

The unknown god sighed and covered his face with dark silk fabric. He then started to walk towards the void, the end of existence to search for the unknown.

...

At the entrance of the underworld realm.

Viktor and the others reached the underworld after falling straight for 2 hours. They were all looking forward to seeing the underworld but when they saw the face of the naming god, all of them except Viktor and Ifrit became a little uneasy. Also, all of them were surprised to see Viktor with a different look. His eyes were the same but his look, his height and even his voice changed.

He looks almost like ’Viktor Harvort’ with white hair so he assumed that his body was made for his reincarnation. After chattering for some minutes, the five of them saw a huge person approaching them.

The name god raised his arms and said, "Welcome my dear children. I am Name, the god of names. I was waiting for you to arrive. Oh, I’m seeing an old face here. Hello dear Ifrit. How are you, my child?"

Ifrit ran close to him and held his huge long hands. "It’s been a while, Name. How are you today?"

"My child has grown up. I am very proud of you. It looks like you’ve made some friends on your journey."

Viktor bowed in front of him and said, "Hello, the merciful god of names. We are here to attain our naming ceremony. Please take care of us for a few days."

Adonis also showed him some respect because he saw his master bowing in front of him. He then said, "Please take care of us."

"Oh, a demon child with a human appearance. You are a rare child with so much potential. I have high hopes for you. Please follow me so that you don’t get lost."

Viktor and the others started to follow him from behind. The underworld sky is a block sky so there wasn’t much light. Instead of a sky, there was a ceiling that looked like a cave with hanging solid spears. The light inside the underworld was slightly red so it resembled hell a little.

But the air and the aura were cold and comfortable so it didn’t bother them much. The only thing that bothered them was the face of Name.

It was so scary that some of them even hesitated to follow him.

Viktor then looked at the white-coloured temple and asked, "Name, don’t you feel lonely in that enormous temple?"

Name then replied, "I don’t feel lonely, my child. My purpose is to name children. I do not hold any grudge against any of them so I often have visitors. There are also some children living inside the temple to accompany me."

"Oh, sorry for asking something foolish. My apologies."

"My dear child. You don’t have to apologise for being curious. Come here, hold my hands."

Viktor looked at the dark-looking hands with trypophobia triggering holes being pointed at his. ’Ah, why ...’

He couldn’t refuse so he kept his usual smile in check and held one of his long fingers by closing his eyes. He still wasn’t free from his trypophobia after he became a demigod.

Name then guided them inside the temple and told the other temple maidens to show them the resting area. Since gods and demigods don’t sleep, they weren’t offered a room with a bed.

But Welis was the only mortal person so she was taken away from the resting wing and given a different room. Also, they didn’t give her single-coloured clothes because she wasn’t a demigod or a god. She was listed as a servant of Adonis, a demigod.

There was no reason for her to attain the ceremony.

Viktor changed his clothes to temple clothes and looked in the mirror. "This looks too appealing. Adonis, don’t you think it’s wired? This is revealing too much of my chest and legs skin."

He then looked behind and saw Adonis taking photos of him. "Hey-_-. Stop that."

"Master, you look like a roman god."

"I am not a god-_-. I’m a demigod. And can you please put away your phone and wear your clothes? Why are you even taking pictures of me when you’re naked?"

Viktor then looked at Mors and Ifrit who were playing ’towel butt slap’ fully naked with the clothes that they were offered to wear.

He was left speechless.