Ancient God in the Modern World

"Bastard! You're telling me that you got most of your team killed only to get nothing in return?"

The leader of the assassins that infiltrated the Plague River church is being berated by his boss for failing the mission. But everything he heard enters his left ear and exits from the other. 

Although he was somewhat angry with his boss, he did dare not retort and could only resort to not taking his boss' words to heart. After all his boss was a general, one flick of a hand and would be dead for sure.

*sigh*

He gave out a long sigh of disappointment. But after thinking for a while, he calmed himself as this already happened once. He hired four assassins when he heard that the Azure Blazing Faction that his son founded was destroyed and his son was captured. He was furious at that time but his duty kept him from going to Base 355.

"Never mind, I'll visit them myself. I just need to fix my schedule in Base 300," He said, then he waved his hand as an indication for the man to leave.

"Oh, and, Orson, I want you to keep an eye on them," he added.

Orson cursed inwardly. He thought that if he aborted the mission, he would no longer be tied to the Plague River Church. But it turned out that General Brend did not want to pardon him.

"Yes, General Bren," in the end he could only reply 'politely.'

General Bren was one of the generals of Base 300. His real name was Brenden Hardy. He was the Father of Arthur Hardy as well as the backer of the Azure Blazing Faction.

The Azure Blazing Faction is a business-related faction that his son founded on his command. It was General Bren's money maker.

The Azure Blazing Faction is a manufacturer of some techs useful in battles and could also be used in assassination.

"General Bren, the Plague Priest is no longer in the Plague River Church. But, I think The Plague River Church has another leader."

After Orson left, a gorgeous lady entered and took her turn to report to General Bren.

"Roxane, are certain?" General Bren asked.

"Yes, well, why would another preacher be in the Plague River Church if the Plague Priest did not leave?" Roxane answered 

"Well, you've got a point there!"

Roxane, then, sat coquettishly on the chair close to General Bren's office desk and asked, "how is the information that I gave you?"

"It is very good, you've got almost every detail of the building, but the only problem is, for some reason, they, somewhat, detected our men," General Bren shook his head as he was rather regretful that the mission was a failure.

"Well, I gave you all I know based on the renovation that they asked for. If they added something, then, that is beyond my knowledge."

If the Plague Priest was here, he would surely recognize Roxane. She was the renovator that the Plague Priest met in an expensive restaurant. And, it seemed that she was one of General Bren's subordinates, or rather, she was the one who sold the information that she got regarding the Plague River Church.

Roxane stayed there for a while and made small talk with General Bren.

...

Meanwhile, the man that was along with Orson as they 'survived' the Plague River Church was at the hospital and was staring at a middle-aged lady that was laying on the hospital bed with lots of apparatus attached to her.

The truth is he did not want to accept the mission, but he needs a fair amount of money because his mother needs treatment. Her sickness is rather common but it was close to being incurable. 

The meteor that landed on earth and awakened the abilities of the humans did not just bring blessing, it also brought illnesses and all of which are related to the soul.

This sickness is called the Dark Flame. All of which were infected by the Dark Flame will have a dark smoke-like something that slowly corrodes their soul. And humans are yet to find a cure for the Dark Flame.

Despite having high technological advancements as well as 'formidable' abilities the soul is still complicated for the human race. 

Their only in-depth study regarding the soul is the inner body and the martial arts reinforced with spiritual energy and there is no more further than that.

"Tommie, you came," Tommie's mom said with a weak voice.

"Mom, I'll always be here for you," Tommie responded with a voice full of care.

Tommie was now getting rather desperate. Their hospital bills are getting larger but all the hospital could do was to somewhat delay the Dark Flame from, totally, corroding the soul of his mother.

He fears that as his mother's soul was corroded, his mother would become a different person just like most of those that were infected by the Dark Flame. 

When their soul was fully corroded, they would become no different than a beast. They will attack everyone close to them, which would give the military no choice but to eradicate them.

…

At the same time, Elioenai was laying on the bed bedridden with his eyes shut. His usage of divine energy gave him backlash that made him lay on the bed for perhaps a week or half a month.

The alteration of his body is yet to be completed which usually means that they are usually unable to use divine energy. Just like Allen, he was unable to do as he pleases with the divine energy that he has.

He was the only divine spirit that has great limitations when it comes to the usage of divine energy. Aside from the fact that he was lacking divine energy, his mortal body is yet to be fully altered.

Supposedly a divine spirit would have a divine body on their awakening, but Allen did not awaken using the usual way. Instead, he possessed a mortal for an early awakening. But he did not regret any of it as he treated it as a good way to comprehend his authority.

"How long am I asleep," Elioenai asked as he opened his eyes.

"You've been asleep for one week, now, Young Preacher," Dexter replied with gleaming eyes. He knew what Elioenai did and he was amazed by it.

Despite not having the strength of a colonel, he was able to defeat not just one but four.

"How's everybody?" Elioenai asked with concern as he tried to stand.

"Preacher, please, your body is not yet strong enough. And, don't worry, everyone is fine…," Dexter told Elioenai what happened after he lost his consciousness as he prevented him from getting up.

"That's good then.. You need to have more faith to do what I did," Elioenai Said as he noticed Dexter's gleaming eyes.