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Chapter 183: Helsia. The beginning.

Chapter 183: Helsia. The beginning.

Between the land of mortals and the realm of guardians, there are four realms situated. The realm right above the mortal realm is called ’Helsia’, the land of lower demigods or gods who rule over the mortals who passed their judgement with a drop of luck.

They are called the lowest heaven civilians and they don’t get enough treatment compared to the realm of gods. So most of the Helsia people are cunning and greedy and they are always looking above, hoping for a newborn demigod or god to come and take them with him to the upper realm.

It’s technically a realm filled with dangerous people who don’t care even if they find a new god better than they serve. They are two-faced snakes and are always ready to send you on a second trip to the afterlife if something goes wrong or doesn’t go as planned.

That’s the place where Viktor and the others were heading to.

The teleportation magic circle appeared in the middle of the vineyard at nighttime. The vineyard was empty at that time so nobody noticed their arrival.

Usually, newborn gods or demigods come to Helsia through the sky gates which makes the immortals mark their target. But since Viktor and the others came through a teleportation spell, nobody noticed their arrival.

They were already told beforehand that three new demigods will arrive in Helsia. Viktor, who knew about this matter, intentionally teleported outside the capital of Helsia.

He arrived in the countryside where thousands of miles of vineyards were situated.

They were practically in the heaven of blue grapes, the raw materials for creating the best wine that gods love.

Viktor then looked above and saw the levels of realms above them. There were also small stars floating in the middle of them, making them look like fairies were playing around.

The night wasn’t black, it was purple with a blue aura floating all over the sky between the swarm of small twinkling stars.

The smell of the vineyard went into Viktor’s nose.

’What a strange world...’ He muttered and then again looked at the juicy grapes hanging on the vine fence.

’I should have one.’

He plunks one grape off the vine and put it inside his mouth after wiping its skin on his shirt. ’This is the sweetest grape that I’ve ever eaten.’

Adonis then said, "Master, where are we?"

"This? This is Helsia, the lowest heaven realm. This is the place where we have to stay until we reach the 3rd stage. Or else, we can’t go above."

"That is going to take so many years, master. Where do you plan to stay?" Adonis asked them, and a rough blow of air went past them. The sweet smell of grapes made everyone feel so comfortable.

Of course, it was heaven. It doesn’t matter even if it was the lowest one. It was still a heaven where mortals rest in peace forever with their loved ones.

Viktor then looked at the purple horizon and said, "The nearest village is about a million miles away. It’s the territory of the demigod of grapes. He has only a handful of followers who help him to deliver goods to the upper realms."

At that moment, Ifrit started to puke green liquid out. The magic spell Viktor used on him had finally worked so all the junk was coming out of his body.

He was finally free from Name’s manipulation spells.

Ifrit coughed a little and said, "I feel like my head is about to explode. Just, what kind of monster Name is? I used to serve him? Me? The great lord of hell?"

Viktor slapped on his head and said, "Come back to reality, you punk! Just what kind of junk that bastard has fed you? Look at that parasite slime."

"I don’t want to see. But thank you for saving me. I don’t wish to see his disgusting face ever again!!"

Welis laughed and said, "You boys are saying that Name’s face is disgusting? You should’ve seen the maidens’ faces. I fainted after seeing one of their faces."

Everyone looked at Welis out of curiosity. Viktor then asked, "I saw you walking around that child wearing a white dress. Were you helping out?"

"Yes, I was bored so I asked if I could help her a bit. When lunchtime came, she raised her mask to eat it and that’s when our eyes met."

Mors then asked, "Was she beautiful?"

"Beautiful? Fix your mouth, Mors. Her face was upside down. Her mouth was slit open and it was on her forehead. It was the darkest face with red eyes in the middle of her face. The small countless holes looked like some larva is about to crawl out. With that face, she ate a huge apple in one bite. I don’t think she was anywhere near being a proper ’being’. It must be the effect of Name’s manipulation spells."

Viktor then swallowed all the grapes he had shovelled inside his mouth while listening to her and said, "Ahem! It’s a good thing that I didn’t see that. I might lose my appetite if that thing appeared before me."

Adonis then stopped everyone from talking and said, "Master!! We need to head to the nearest village now! It’s already late!"

"Adonis, you don’t need to worry about being late in Helsia. We can travel between hundreds of miles by teleportation here too."

"But we don’t know what our destination looks like. How are we supposed to visualise it when we use the teleportation spell?"

"Easy, we just say the name of that village. Magic in Helsia works a little differently." Viktor then cast another teleportation spell below them and they vanished in a matter of seconds.

The village of blue grapes is known as the richest village of Helsia. It’s also the smallest territory in Helsia, ruled by the demigod of grapes known as Tali Atara. An ancient demigod who is crazy about grapes and would do anything to harvest the best quality grapes. His village’s name was also Grape and he had more than 400 immortal followers. They all work for Tali in exchange for a rare grape called Golden Grape. It’s a fruit that Tali harvests deep inside his palace. If a person eats the golden grape, they won’t feel hungry for one hundred years without eating any food. It’s also famous in the upper realms so Tali have more connection than the other demigods.

His territory is the richest in Helsia after all.

However, Tali’s followers are not very loyal to him. They are also looking for spouses to take them to the upper realm because of their greed. That’s why Tali gives out one or two golden grapes to keep them chained and make them work for him. He even feeds them some kind of drug made from golden grapes to make them stay under his protection on their own.

That’s the village where Viktor and the others are headed to.

In the village, approximately at 3 am.

They appeared in the middle of the town in secret. Since Tali was on 1st stage divine Qi, he was no match for any of them. Even so, Viktor cast an illusion barrier around them and started to look around.

The premises of the village were paved with blue transparent glass with golden glitter. It was so well-polished that Viktor could even see his reflection on it. He looked below to inspect the surface and mumbled, ’I can barely see any footsteps imprinted on it. Nobody has ever walked on this platform in their life. I feel deja vu about this village. Something isn’t okay.’

He then tapped on Adonis’ back and whispered, "Adonis, let’s leave and take shelter somewhere else."

All of them agreed to him and they immediately moved outside the village and took shelter inside the jungle beside it. The jungle was deep, dark and filled with dungeons where monsters lived.

But Viktor felt relieved.

He then looked at the village light from afar and thought, ’I can read Tali’s record easily. He’s the lord of this territory without any doubt. But the problem is his followers. I can’t believe how many spies are living around him. Even some of them are double or triple spies. They are all working for the demigod who lives next to this territory and secretly plotting to kill Tali. The demigod who lives next to this territory is not happy about this success. Since territorial wars between demigods are allowed, he’s plotting to kill him after figuring out his weakness by sending lots of spies.

His main objective is to take over this territory and turn his vineyard into a flower field.’

Viktor smiled and muttered, ’I see, the flower demigod isn’t happy to see him grow such tasty grapes. What a childish war.’

Viktor then looked at the endless field of vineyards and then looked above after his eyes reached the horizon. The only thing that caught his eye was the realm floating in the endless sky. The land of the upper realm had spread through the entire sky, making it work like a roof for Helsia.

Viktor again mumbled, ’What a strange heaven it is...’