Ancient God in the Modern World

"General Flaviens, we met again." A hooded man said as he saw General Flaviens walking towards him.

"Indeed," General Flaviens said while he was looking at the hooded man with the usual smile that he wore.

"What does a lofty general, like you, want from a member of the Dark Coalition, like me?"

"Sly Shadow, I want you to kill someone." General Flaviens said straightforwardly.

"Interesting," Sly Shadow commented. "Who might that be?"

"The person who won the token with two slots."

"Hehe, is the military trying to sabotage the Warbringer Auction House?" Sly Shadow smiled in amazement.

The balance of powers has never been broken for a couple of centuries, now. They gave way for each of the factions and drew a bottom line not to cause an unnecessary fight.

Although there are fights, it does not escalate to the point where it could not be irreconciled.

But, still, the hatred of the factions between each other continues to stack and grow. And, who knows, perhaps one day, this hatred would erupt and cause massive chaos.

"Hehe," General chuckled but he did not reply, which disappointed Sly Shadow.

"How much?"

"200,000C worth of C grade ores." General Flaviens answered.

"How about the token?"

"You can have it."

It is a bad idea for him to get the token that Allen has. It is solid evidence that would point to him. And, giving it to the Dark Coalition is the best choice.

"Okay, deal," Sly Shadow agreed with a wide smile.

General Flaviens gave him a metallic orb and said, "contact me through this."

After that, he turned around and began leaving.

"General, how about we have a small chat for a while?"

When he heard it, he stopped and faced Sly Shadow with a gloomy expression.

"Try that again, and I will kill you."

Just now, General Flaviens felt Sly Shadow's spiritual strength coursing towards him, which signified that he was using his ability on him.

"Hehe, my bad."

General Flaviens' anger did not scare him. Instead, he grew more amused.

With that, General Flaviens left. But, this time Sly Shadow did not interrupt his departure.

After General Flaviens was no longer within their field of view, another hooded man came out from the thin air.

"Your Mind Alteration did not work?" The man asked.

"It seems," Sly Shadow replied. But he did not explain the reason, or rather, because he did not know the reason.

Sly Shadow's ability is called the Mind Alteration. He could sense everyone's mental fluctuations. And using it, he could alter one's thoughts in his favor.

After that, they both disappeared into thin air.

…

Meanwhile, Allen was on his way to his shrine while he was mounted on Stripes' back.

"Hmm, this place is decent. Stripes, let's rest for a while," Allen said.

After that, Allen got off of Stripes' back and took out a table and a set of chairs. Then, he placed two teacups atop the table.

"Come, join us," Allen said all of a sudden.

Stripes looked at him confused. He could not understand why Allen said that if they were not alone.

"You seem to be shy, hehe."

Allen, then, punched towards the direction of one of the trees in the surrounding and made the wind surge and roar along with an invisible, yet familiar energy.

*Boom*

The tree was blasted into smithereens as the invisible energy hit it.

Meanwhile, the explosion revealed an old man behind the tree. But the old man did not seem to be affected.

Allen's punch is nothing but a gentle breeze in the park. He covered himself with his spiritual energy.

But, strangely, his spiritual energy did not seem to be working as Allen saw from others. The old man's spiritual energy which is supposed to be gentle and soft is fierce, instead.

"Am I this senile now? Even a kid could spot me following him," the old man whispered with a dejected tone.

The old man called Allen a kid, but little did he know that Allen is perhaps a million times older than him.

*Smirk*

Allen smirked before asking, "you've been following me for a while now. What do you want?"

In truth, Allen had already sensed the old man for a while now. But, he neglected it since the old man did not seem to have any malicious intentions.

"Hehe, I would like to buy one slot from you."

"Please, sit." Allen gestured for the man to sit. Then, he added as he looked at Stripes, "how do you know I am alone?"

"Rest assured, beasts do not need slots as long as they have a master."

"That's good. But, can I ask?"

"Yes, what is it?" The old man asked.

"Are you alone? Or, are you with THEM?"

The moment that Allen said the word 'them', he snapped his fingers and released a wave of divine energy.

Then, the space appeared to be distorted before revealing a pair of hooded figures appeared in the thin air. They were the same figures who General Flaviens talked to.

The man with Sly Shadow had his eyes widened as his ability was countered by the 'kid'.

"Sly Shadow, what are you doing here? Oh, if you want to buy the slot from this young man, I'll be the one buying it," the old man said as he saw Sly Shadow.

"Hehe, old man, how about you help us? We'll give you one slot," Sly Shadow said as he used his ability.

"Sly Shadow, your Mind Alteration might work on others but not on me," the old man said as he sensed the Sly Shadow's ability on him.

Sly Shadow always uses his ability along with words that would make his target contemplate. But, for some reason, the members of The Divine Judo are not affected by his ability as much as the others.

"You're indeed right, old man Darwin. But, what is a general from The Divine Judo doing here?"

The Divine Judo is a faction that is mainly composed of non-ability user Martial Artists. They were based somewhere in Base 400.

"The same goes for you, a member of the Dark Coalition. What are you doing here?"

"Hehe, enough talk," Sly shadow said.. Then, he began attacking.