GUARDIAN OF THE END

A clapping sound resounded throughout the clearing as the clone unleashed its ultimate attack.

Thunder dropped directly from the dark sky, which had been clear moments ago, and combined together with his divine energy.

They covered his hands in the form of boxing gloves which allowed him to destroy things easily. Shockingly, all this happened in under three seconds.

'Rest in peace.' Jason thought silently before thrusting his hands forward.

A long rod made from dark element immediately came in contact with the clone's backside and destroyed his armor.

Before it could understand what was happening, the rod came in contact with his body and…

No sound of pain escaped the clone's mouth yet its body came crashing down. Jason thought he had won but unfortunately, he had made the assumption a bit too early.

The clone attempted a last ditch attack and brought his hands hard on Jason's body. The charged thunder made his movement appear like a blur and make contact with Jason's head.

Though the latter managed to step aside at the last movement, the attack still hit his left shoulder.

"Ugh!" A harsh cry escaped Jason's mouth.

A cracking sound entered his ears, followed by sharp pain shooting throughout his shoulder. Jason could tell that his shoulder had just suffered a major blow and was likely cracked by the attack.

"Damn it…" Jason clutched his shoulder and knelt on the ground.

The clone on the other hand turned into a cube and sank down in the ground, leaving only one cube above the ground.

It was the fourth cube which hadn't mutated into a clone.

"That was good. You defeated the clones at your power level," The voice congratulated. "You have officially completed the trial but there is still one thing that I can show you. Do you want to see the last level of thunder you can achieve if you go all out right now?"

"Will I have to fight it?"

"Obviously but I know you won't win. You have officially completed what I wanted to see so I can let you see it without needing to defeat it. What do you say?"

Jason remained silent for a few seconds before nodding. Since he already knew that he had completed the trial, he just wanted to wait and see the version of himself that would be at its peak power.

"As you wish. It might hurt like hell but you will be fine once you wake up in the real world. Good luck for the future!" The voice announced.

The last cube finally started reacting. Its body expanded until it looked like an exact copy of Jason.

However, the clone's hair almost reached its shoulders while two horns were protruding from the top of its head. Its eyes were glowing a powerful shade of purple and sparks of…

"Golden lightning…" Jason's jaw dropped slightly when he saw the golden lightning around the clone's body.

Somehow, he could tell that the golden sparks was lightning instead of thunder.

[ It is lightning. Golden lightning or thunder is also referred to as divine wrath since its used by a lot of gods to attack those on different realms. Also, when gods descend to a world, they appear on that particular realm with a bright flash of lightning. ]

'I never thought I would hear an origin story of a type of lightning…'

Jason focused back on the clone and the lightning taking the shape of a lightning bolt. The clone stood on its spot and simply raised its right hand towards Jason.

Jason had barely moved a muscle to change his spot when he felt something passing right through his chest.

A bitter taste spread throughout his mouth followed by his body being paralyzed. His body slowly crashed to the ground while the clone simply stared at the sky.

'When did he even launch that attack?'

[ I don't know… I couldn't record it. ]

[ It was at a level mortal eyes couldn't capture. Your eyes simply are not fast enough to notice what happened right now. ] Hestia explained calmly. [ The clone had simply thrown the lightning bolt and its now passing right through your heart. ]

'So that's the amount of power I will have if I really go all out.' Jason observed. 'Its scary…'

[ I don't when the time will come but you will definitely use this power in the future. I will be waiting for that time. ]

'Really?'

[ You need more than one person to remain sane during such times. I will make sure you don't end up hurting the wrong person. What do you say about that, system? ]

[ I agree. If you ever lose control like that, we will be there to save you. ]

Jason had no words to speak as he simply closed his eyes, a small smile appearing on his face.

_{𝑓r𝘦𝘦𝘄eb𝒏𝙤vel.c𝙤𝙢}

'Thank you both.'

His body turned into particles of light and was swept away by the wind. The clone reverted back to its cube form and hit the ground with a thud.

The previous three cubes which had sunk inside the ground resurfaced and appeared right beside the fourth cube.

Together, the four cubes merged into one big cube before turning into the outline of a man. His face wasn't clearly visible yet his voice was recognizable.

"Another interesting person after so long." The man smiled. "I wonder what lord Aiden would think of him if they met."

The man looked at the sky of his domain before sighing. This wasn't his real body and was only a small amount of his consciousness that had been left inside his ring.

It was left there to make sure he would be able to help the future sins of greed in controlling their powers. 𝘧𝓇e𝗲𝓌𝙚𝙗no𝘷𝒆𝙡.𝐜𝚘ｍ

"He already went through gluttony as well. I wonder if the current sins are going to make him undergo all the seven challenges. It would be fun to see someone completing them after so long…"

The man closed his eyes and reminded himself that such matters were useless for him.

After all, his only job was to stay inside the ring for as long as his services were required