Ancient God in the Modern World

After Allen made the eye of the spirit, he went back into the room and made a link to the divine mark that he gave to the Plague Master.

There are two ways for the followers of the divine spirit to receive a divine mark. The first one is the same as what Allen did, through the bestowment from the divine spirit. The second is through faithfulness, if an individual is faithful enough, a seed of faithfulness will germinate within their soul. That seed will then turn into a divine mark.

As Allen connected to the divine mark, he saw that it contains lots of divine energy. The difference between the divine energy in the divine mark and the divine energy that Allen stored is vast. Allen is constantly using divine energy to sustain his existence and to alter his body. While the divine energy that the divine mark gathers is only used to alter the body of the Plague Master and for the growth of the divine mark itself.

Allen grinned when he saw it. If he gets the divine energy from the divine mark, he will have a huge increase in strength.

Meanwhile, the Plague Master is holding a bottle of beer. Drinking beer and getting himself drunk had been his hobby. 

Every night he would drink beer to sleep. Because if he did not get drunk, the images of the people that he killed will give him nightmares in his sleep.

This night was like the other nights, but he noticed that the intensity of his nightmares in the previous week was decreasing. He was not sure if it was because of becoming Allen's follower or maybe perhaps the people that he had killed pardoned him. 

But the latter seemed to be impossible. He was sure that the people that he killed would not forgive him. They will hate him for killing them.

While he was drinking, he noticed that he was not getting drunk. Instead, everything around him becomes clearer. Then, he can feel that his spiritual energy was increasing at a speed that can be seen by the naked eye.

He was shocked. He was sure that this is not because of the beer. He looked into his inner body and found out that the divine mark was releasing light particles that were nourishing his soul. His soul was becoming strong at a rapid pace. He can feel that his perception is becoming sharper and his understanding of his ability is becoming deeper.

After a while, he noticed that the light particles that the divine mark was emitting were gathering at the chest of his inner body into a point. Then, the point was getting bigger every second and after a few minutes, it was already as big as a thumb and was shaped like a seed.

The Plague Master was confused. But when he saw the divine mark, he felt affectionate to it. The divine mark felt like a close relative to him.

Then, the divine mark shook and released more light particles as it began moving towards the seed. This time the number of light particles is greater.

The divine mark moved closer to the seed then it merged with it. After the process was done, the divine mark became silent and no longer moved.

Then a familiar voice sounded in his mind.

"How are you, Plague?"

"I am fine, my lord. Never been better," the Plague Master answered reverently.

For some reason, when he heard Allen's voice, he felt very zealous. His voice sounded lofty and mighty.

"Plague, you now have the qualification to know my origins."

The Plague Master was enlightened. What the divine mark did seemed to be Allen's requirement for him to have qualifications to know it.

"Would you like to know about it?" Allen asked.

"If my Lord will tell me," the Plague Master said with a reverent voice. He felt an extreme closeness with Allen.

"I am the Divine Spirit of Life and Death. I have the authority over life and death. In the past, I ruled supreme. But I went into a divine slumber and woke up into this world."

"Plague, I want you to accompany me to rule supreme in this world. You will be my right hand. Together we will bring the lost souls in my light," Allen said in an imposing voice.

"My lord, I will be with you!" the Plague Master said with a fervent expression. He was filled with praise and admiration.

"Good!"

Allen's comment pumped up the Plague Master. He wanted to hear more of it. That simple word gave him so much motivation. He had determined his purpose in life. All he wanted to do now was to serve his lord no matter the cost.

"Plague, I need you to do something. There is a lost soul, I want you to bring him to the light. Follow the eye of the spirit, it will bring you there," Allen said then one of the eyes of the spirits appeared before him.

The Plague Master was confused when saw the eye of the spirit, it looked like a firefly but he felt an extreme closeness with it.

The eye of spirit showed Jeremy who was lying weakly in the wilderness. He was filled with injuries and looked no better than a corpse.

The Plague Master did not waste any second. He immediately got in his hovercar and followed the eye of the spirit.

After two hours, he arrived at where Jeremy was.

The camp was not too far away from the base. It was two hours drive from the base and an hour drive if it was through a hovercar.

The Plague Master walked out of his hovercar. He was anxious. He did not know what to do, Jeremy is no better than a corpse. He did not know how to contact Allen but he realized that Allen was speaking to his mind, he wondered if Allen could hear him if he called into him.

"My lord, the Divine Spirit of Life and Death, how should I save him?" he asked with a hopeful expression.