GUARDIAN OF THE END

A wave of oppression immediately weighed down on Jason. His body slowly sunk to the ground before being pressured by the power of Julian's divinity.

[ I know the person that divinity belongs to… ] Hestia said in a hateful voice. [ I hate that person so much. ]

Jason, however, wasn't paying any attention to her words. The oppression weighing him down was too much for someone of his caliber.

"This world is cruel and only those with divine powers come out at the top. Even though you have a divinity and a guardian, both of them will be useless inside this room. On the other hand, my divinity is enhanced up to hundred percent of its original potential."

'Why do villains keep giving explanations for things they do?' Jason wondered despite the pain before succumbing to it once again.

"Don't worry, you will be saying things soon enough." Julian said with a smile.

He stood up from the bed and summoned a piece of paper in front of him. Jason recognized it as a contract, making him sweat a bit.

It didn't take a genius to figure out where this was going.

"Now I just need a drop of your blood and you will be under my contract…" Julian muttered before heading forward.

He lifted Jason's right hand and pricked it using magic. Black blood started flowing out of Jason's hand, making Julian raise his eyebrows.

"I forgot that your mother is actually a noble demon. Goddamn kid, you have one heck of a bloodline running inside you. I should definitely marry you off to one of my daughters, maybe the third one…"

'Is he talking about Mila?' Jason thought with a frown.

The slight amount of pain from the pricking had managed to give him clarity for a few minutes. Unfortunately, he still couldn't think of a way to get out his current situation.

'Hestia, you said you knew the owner of this divinity. Mind explaining how I can get rid of this?' Jason questioned his guardian.

[ I am afraid that you can't break free from this, unless you are on a higher position in the hierarchy when compared with Julian. ] Hestia replied honestly.

'In simpler terms, I will get bonded into life long slavery contract…' Jason thought with a mental sigh.

Unconsciously, he remembered the moment in the Kamizel forest when Hecate was trying to form a contract with him.

The current condition was much similar to that except for the fact that Julian didn't need Jason's consent to form a contract with him.

The king had simply taken his blood and used it to form a contract irrespective of Jason's opinions.

'Wait… contract!'

Jason suddenly remembered some words that a god had told him a long time ago.

"Make sure you upheld the promises you make Jason. However, do pay those back who try to take advantage of your kindness."

These were the words told to him by Sancus before the god of oaths had offered him his divinity.

'If I remember correctly, I can't be forced into a contract.' Jason lifted his head slowly and peered directly into the eyes of the king.

Simultaneously, the purple floating inside his dream world started radiating a divine energy.

This divine energy circulated through Jason's body and charged him from the inside. Slowly, the pressure on his body started to decrease.

Julian did notice this but he didn't care anymore. He simply smeared Jason's blood on the contract and grinned.

"Starting from today onwards, you are under a contract that will force you to obey my every command." Julian said happily.

However, his happiness was short-lived. The contract in his hands immediately caught fire and burned into ash.

Julian blinked in confusion before giving Jason an incredulous look. The latter slowly stood up from the ground and brushed the dust of his clothes.

The purple pen immediately burst out of his body and hovered in front of him like a protection shield.

"A divinity…" Julian immediately recognized the object as a divinity.

Though he had no idea what it was, he could tell that the divinity was on the same level as his own divinity. This made Jason the holder of two divinities, including one that could rival Julian's own divinity.

Unfortunately, what the king didn't know was that Jason's original divinity far outshone his divinity, not to mention the golden ring that was still unactivated.

"Who did you call a slave?" Jason asked with narrowed eyes.

Even though he knew that he couldn't win in a fight against Julian, he still decided to put a strong face forward.

This was also due to the fact that he could currently sense two powerful figures approaching the palace.

"Whose divinity is that?" Julian asked in a calm voice despite knowing that Risa and Issac were about to come and fight him to take their grandson back.

"Its the divinity of a god who oversees contracts." Jason winked. "Also, my grandparents are about to whoop your ass."

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At one of the many places present inside the divine temple…

"So it finally activated huh," Sancus muttered while overseeing the events unfolding below him.

As a god, he could tell when his divinity was activated or was being used by someone else. Most of the divinities he had given out during Jason's batch had been activated, except his which activated at the last position.

'You are currently stuck in a weird position. However, I have to admit that you definitely took my words seriously.' Sancus smiled.

The god of oaths and promises knew that Jason had held onto his promises so far. Not only that but he remembered to stand up against those who were trying to force him into a contract.

'If Hestia hadn't interfered during the scene in Kamizel forest, things would be much different right now. But I guess everything might happen for a reason or can simply be a string of coincidences.'

Sancus sighed before cutting the connection from Duphia. Despite being a god, there were many questions that he still didn't know the answers to.

But what he did knew was the fact that promises and oaths weren't something to be taken lightly.

After all, his divinity was also called 'awakened promise' because once it was activated, it would hold on to the user's biggest promises until he or she died…

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AN: Another chapter(bonus chapter) coming soon. Huge shout out to Cabell_Hall for providing huge support to the novel!