A Highest Rank in Another World!

After some time with dark vision, everything became clear again and I started to see some houses and buildings. From the structure of the buildings and the mansion in the middle of town, I could tell exactly where this place was.

"Did you bring me to my old city?" Yes, it was the city where my house was, I didn't visit this place much, but I kept my house here just to have somewhere to go back to.

Normally I would just sleep at an inn in another city during my travels.

"Yes, we came back a few months before his death."

"A few months... Hmm, if I remember correctly, we stopped by. We even stayed at my house for a while, but why is that?"

I was being flown alongside the goddess over my old city, it was a little uncomfortable feeling. Having never used flight magic before, I'm really not used to any of this.

"Didn't I tell you I was going to show you the past? We are here for it."

"But why go back so far? Did something important happen here?"

"His death has been in the works for a long time. Your friends took a long time to make that decision, they almost made Hades very angry about it."

"Decision? And who would Hades be?" It can't be that Hades, right?

"I'll explain to you later, come on, it'll be quick." After saying that, I started to fly alongside the goddess. To tell the truth, she was carrying me with her magic, I just stood there and let her carry me.

Flying over the city, I could see many people walking the streets, everyone was living normally. Isadora, not caring about being seen, lowered us to the ground and we stopped in the middle of the street.

As soon as we landed, a carriage came towards us. As it was so close, I protected my body, but the impact never came. The carriage that was going to hit me passed me.

I crossed the carriage with my body.

"Because you're so scared, nothing can touch you but me." Saying that Isadora placed her hand on my face and caressed it a little. I wasn't embarrassed, I actually felt very calm when her hand touched me.

Everyone around us was ignoring us too, so it's indeed all just an illusion.

"So this is all an illusion?"

"Yes, I can't freely go back in time, so I made this reconstruction of your old world to show you a few things. These people are just following exactly a script of how it happened, nothing will be changed and we can't interfere in anything, understand?"

"I think I understand, but then? What will we do now?"

"Wait a minute, they're almost here." Isadora started walking and I followed right behind her. I tried to approach a man and touch him, but my hand went through his body like I was a ghost.

It felt strange and different, but I didn't dislike it.

"They? Do you mean my friends?"

"Yes, you are correct. Do you remember what happened in town while you were here?"

"I remember briefly staying home alone, my friends said they were going out drinking or something, that's all."

"And that's exactly what happened, look at this." After she finished her sentence, my friends appeared walking and smiling. I wasn't there, just the four of them walking together.

Amadeus, Cristian, Aldseph and Vinbar.

The four were there in front of me and then they passed me. They hadn't seen me.

Again seeing them I started to feel a little shaken, but I pushed all the negative thoughts out of my mind and looked at Isabela.

"Are you okay?"

"I'm better now, I was just a little sad to see them."

"Know something, they didn't do that because they wanted to see you dead, I hope that calms you down a bit." Isabela smiled at me.

"They didn't want me dead, so why?"

"Something much bigger forced them to do that to you, and I apologize in advance for that." Isabela looked a little sad.

Something bigger happened... I confess I started to get a little nervous about what that would be.

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Following the three of them for a while, we came to a very familiar bar. It was a place I frequented often when I was still living in the city, in fact, I still visit it when I'm around.

The four entered and chose a table to sit on. There wasn't a lot of movement, so the place was a little quieter than usual.

"So, you want to just show me them having a few beers? I've seen this many times before." I was getting a little impatient, or maybe I was just wanting to get this over with so I wouldn't see what would happen.

Isabela looked at me and smiled.

"Wait just another 3 minutes."

1 minute passed...

2 minutes passed...

And when it passes exactly three minutes, someone entered the bar. He was a man who looked a little old, but he had an exceptional body for the age he appeared to be.

He was tall, certainly approaching seven feet tall, or maybe he was even more than seven feet tall.

His hair was long and a little gray, his beard was also gray and well-groomed. The man wore an eye-catching outfit that was very reminiscent of a nobleman for the quality of the fabric and the care they put into making it.

It was a very nice outfit.

But his clothes were a little tight and his big muscles were evident.

When he entered, everyone stared at him with admiration, perhaps for his beauty or for the appearance that reminded him of a nobleman. But everyone was looking at him as if they were looking at the most important and beautiful person they had ever seen in their lives.

Including my companions.

"This guy has a little intimidating aura, doesn't he?" Even though it was just an illusion, I could feel how powerful this guy was.

"Surely, this is the Hades I told you about before, don't you remember?"

"So this guy is Hades? He looks very powerful, is he an S-RANK adventurer or something?" I wanted to believe he was an adventurer.

"No, he's a god."

"What?" So it was really him.

"Hades is a god. I think we can say he is the god of the Underworld." I know, but why is he here?

"I know this guy is the God of the Underworld, but why is he here?"

"Wait a little longer, I still have a lot to explain."

"Shit, why is a god involved in all this?" As I watched Hades approach my teammates' table, I started to get uneasy about what might happen. But since I already knew the future, I didn't need to be restless.

With just one conversation.

With just a short conversation Hades had practically convinced all my friends to kill me. This God knew who I was and wanted me dead.

Seeing this, I had begun to think that I was an important person or something, because not only was one Goddess watching me but another God want my death.

When Hades left the bar, my companions seemed to have returned to ''normal''. It was like they had been woken up from a little trance, making me realize how easily a God can control a human.

"Wait, wait, wait... Why is a God trying to kill me? And why does he need to use my friends for this? I can't understand it." If he's a god, he could easily just kill me whenever he wanted.

"A God cannot simply step in and take a human's life."

"But didn't they kill me? Then this..."

"But they can use other people to take someone's life, does it make sense to you now? He was also watching you and used the people closest to you to end your life."

"Coward..."

"You are expecting a lot from a God like him. In fact, all Gods acted the same way, all used a dirty way to take the life of the human they wanted."

"Human they wanted, what do you mean? Was Hades lusting after my soul or something?"

"You are right again. That's right, he was wanting your spirit and his experience, but I had to interfere with that a bit."

"So before meeting you, I originally had to have met Hades?"

"Something like. I confess it took a lot of work to steal your soul from him, now he hates me, you know?" Isabela pouted looking a little upset, but soon after started smiling again.

"What would have happened if you hadn't stolen my soul from him? Would I be suffering now or something?" Just thinking about what a "God of the Underworld" can do makes me want to shiver.

"None of that, maybe you would be the same way as you are now, but in a world, a little worse managed.. But I'll explain to you later what's really going on."