Ancient God in the Modern World

*burst*

After clashing for a while, Allen burst almost all of his divine energy into the demonic cloud as he had decided to finish their clash and what he did was a success.

The demonic cloud was cleared but his divine energy was nearly depleted. His connection to the world's aura of life resumed, and he was collecting divine energy from it again.

Aside from the divine energy, Allen also felt another form of energy coursing towards him. It was the very same energy that was generated during his clash with the evil seed, the natural energy.

Allen, then, closed his eyes and focused on absorbing the natural energy within the surroundings.

He nodded inwardly as he somewhat understood that the natural energy would appear wherever a demon was killed.

Allen continued to absorb the natural energy in the surroundings. But little did he know, he was not the only one absorbing the natural energy.

The beasts that left a while ago came back and began absorbing the natural energy from the surroundings. Aside from the beasts, some of the humans also came. Some are with the purpose to fish after the storm while some want to find the source of this event.

Aside from that, a mission from the military was also sent by the A.I. to everyone in Base 300.

But still, some did not dare to venture out and remained in their flats. They did not care about the rewards that the military will give to them. They were prioritizing their lives. After all, they only have one life. They knew that if they died, they would not be able to enjoy those rewards.

Meanwhile, Allen absorbed almost half of the natural energy that was scattered in the surroundings. While the beasts and humans alike absorbed ten percent and the rest went back to nature. But the natural energy was not enough to fix the damage that Allen's divine formation caused. But still, it was better than nothing.

At least the place is no longer as barren as before. A few more days and grass would begin growing and after a year, this place might be a forest again.

The natural energy that Allen absorbed was converted into divine energy, which awakened some more of his memory. This memory could be insignificant but it was worth mentioning.

Allen remembered that in the past, the reason that there were gaps between divine spirits was because of the natural energy.

Some of the powerful Divine Spirits kill the weaker Divine Spirits to harvest natural energy then convert it into divine energy.

Previously, the reason why Allen did not know the existence of natural energy was because he had 'forgotten' about it.

The natural energy that he absorbed was converted into twice the divine energy that he had stored in his inner world before the clash, which gave him an increase in strength.

Allen could now 'somewhat' defend against a general. And a few more and he would surely be able to dominate them.

After that, Allen remembered that Thomas and Drew were still not safe. Using his divine mark that they bore, Allen located them.

He, then, augmented his body with divine energy. After that, Allen dashed speedily towards their location.

The hovercraft was flying above while its speed continued to increase as it was crashing. Allen, using his advantage as a divine, predicted the trajectory of the hovercraft. And, when it was within his reach, Allen used some of his divine energy to reach for his followers and bring them safely to the ground.

Meanwhile, Thomas and Drew were still in the shadowy space. Thomas was doing his best to persevere even though his spiritual energy was already depleted.

Drew looked at him in worry but there was nothing he could do to help. But in the next second, both Drew and Thomas felt a familiar sacred aura that they revered with all their hearts.

This meant only one thing, their Lord was about to save them. At the same time, they were glad that their Lord won his clash with the demonic cloud.

After a while, they disappeared from the shadowy space and arrived at the ground. Thomas and Drew could not help but kneel in joy while their tears of joy fell from their eyes.

Although they had persevered against the subordinate of the general, they were not sure if they could persevere in the crash.

"Are you, both, okay?" Allen asked them in concern.

His concern towards them was not only for show. He truly cared for them for they were akin to one of his limbs as they both bore his divine mark.

"Yes, my Lord," both of them answered at the same time.

Both Thomas and Drew we're touched. They could not help their heart but thump wildly in joy.

But in the next second, Allen felt that he was being stared at. He focused his full attention and pinpointed its source.

Then, he looked up as he sensed that it was from the sun. For some reason, Allen could feel a pair of eyes in the sun. But it was illogical for humans to be in the sun.

On second thought, it could be that the human that was staring at him was simply adjacent to the sun.

Allen injected his divine energy into his eyes and focused his vision on the sun. But as he expected, there was nothing in the air adjacent to the sun.

...

Meanwhile, somewhere in the world, in an underground gloomy chamber with a size equal to an arena, an old man was seated on a jet-black throne and was staring at the chains that were producing a sound of metals hitting each other as they moved.

The man was wearing a dark robe and exuded sacredness, as well as a gloomy aura.

At the same time, the chains felt gloomy, and also, at the same time, they felt sacred. If anyone of Allen's bearers were here, they would know for sure that the chains were made of divine energy.

Then, a middle-aged man appeared in front of the old man that was on the throne and greeted him.

"Good day uncle, I have news for you."

The old man, then, looked at the middle-aged man in a bored manner and asked.

"What is it, Apollo?"

"I found another entity like us."

The old man was stunned by what he said and asked again. But this time it was not in a bored manner but of excitement, instead.

"Where?"

The middle-aged man smiled but he did not answer.. Instead, he sat on the floor and admired the moving chains along with the old man.