Ancient God in the Modern World

The core of the fighting techniques was the faith energy, which was innately produced by the seed of faithfulness.

At first, he assumed that the seed of faithfulness was only a symbol of their faith but now he understood its significance.

It could help them in almost all ways. They only need to learn how to use it.

He closed his eyes for a while and tried the fighting technique.

He gathered faith energy into his legs and leaped backward to dodge the sword of the youth.

*gasp*

The crowd gasped as they noticed that the way Thomas leaped does not seem to be normal. It was faster to a certain degree as his legs seemed to contain more power.

Thomas, too, was stunned. He has not yet used the faith energy, all he did was to augment his legs using it.

Thomas used his expertise and distanced himself from the youth while trying to comprehend the fighting techniques.

With every dodge, Thomas was learning. Most of the time, he will lose his focus in the fight and would be injured. But those injuries fasten his compression.

Moreover, he did not have to worry about them because the divine mark would leak divine energy to heal his injuries.

The fight goes on and by now, if it was not because of the divine mark, Thomas' body would have been full of injuries.

After a few moments, Thomas punched the air in the youth's direction.

The eyes of the spectators widened as they saw the youth vomit blood despite not being hit.

Thomas used one of the basic fighting techniques that Allen gave him. Supposedly, this should be used in swords, spears, or shields, but he did not have any of those with him. Thus, he experimented and tried it with his fist.

The fight went on but the crowd was no longer cheering nor making noise as they were anxious for Thomas' win. Thomas's win would mean their loss.

Many of the spectators betted most of their saving while the others betted all.

*whooooosshhhhhh*

Thomas siphoned the faith energy from the seed of faithfulness as he had decided to end the match but in the next moment, Thomas heard Allen's voice.

"Spare him, I am interested in him."

Allan saw something within the youth. The youth's ability is sealing type. He was able to seal his surroundings.

Moreover, the youth's seal is not just a simple seal. It was also able to augment the reality preventing the abilities of the ability users to work.

If not for the faith energy and the divine energy, Thomas would have been already dead.

As he heard Allen's command, Thomas silently nodded and punched the youth one last time. Also, at the same time, the divine mark released divine energy to make the youth fall asleep.

After that, Thomas took him using his ability, which stunned not only the crowd but also Drew and Elioenai.

The crowd was awakened by the announcer, "you have won, young man. Do you wish to continue?"

The announcer nor the spectators did not question why he took the body of the youth or if he killed him. They assumed that either way, the youth would be dead.

Thomas shook his head indicating that he no longer wanted to fight. He got off the stage and went to Elioenai and Drew's side.

The two of them were wearing wide smiles as they saw Thomas, but they were confused why Thomas took the youth's body.

As if Thomas understood their concerns, he said, "the Lord was interested in him."

Both Drew and Elioenai nodded. They dare not question the decisions of their Lord. In their heart, Allen's word was absolute. If he said something, then, they must follow it.

Meanwhile, the spectators of ring number nine were staring at them. They were having their thoughts with them.

Thomas, Drew, and Elioenai were cubs for them as they did not even reach the strength of a captai .

Drew and Elioenai led Thomas into the counter which confused Thomas. But the next moment, he was dumbfounded as the two of them received money from the counter.

Drew and Elioenai betted on him.

"How much?" Thomas asked.

"1:10," Elioenai replied with a wide grin. "We won a total of 2 000 C."

Thomas regretted not betting until himself. But on the other hand, he should not be greedy because the price that he got from defeating the youth was big enough to outmatch the 'mere' 2 000 C that Drew and Elioenai won.

Thomas won a total of 10 000 C. Each win in the ring will be equivalent to 500 C for fighters below colonels. While those at the captain will receive 1 000 C each win. And 10 000C for the colonels.

Thomas got a total of 5 000 C which made him feel 'rich.'

They walked out of the arena with eyes following them.

Some of the spectators that lost their bet decided to ask 'refund' their money from them.

But in the next moment, the three disappeared into Thomas' shadow.

"F***!"

They cursed as they remembered Thomas' ability. Thomas was able to hide in the shadows.

Meanwhile, after traveling for many hours, Thomas, Drew, and Elioenai finally reach the periphery of the camp.

When they got out of the shadowy space, they were created by a phantom bat.

"Follow me, the Lord wanted to meet you," the bat said with a plain emotionless tone.

…

Meanwhile, when Allen was spectating the 'live show,' he saw something else from the youth. His sealing ability seemed to be special and he wanted to study.

An ability that was able to augment reality seemed to be suspicious for him.

He suspects that there is something more within the youth. Thus, he took the opportunity of the youth's defeat to command Thomas to take the youth to him.

Allen went into the beast and laid on a tiger-type beast. The fur of the beast made him comfortable.

When the other beast saw it, they also made their way to join the 'cuddles.'