TURN OF TIDES

The Assassin leader left the tower gates with a grin look on his face after discarding Morin at the gates of babel. After some time Morin became aware of his surroundings and thought of anything that could ensure his survival. However Morin was wounded and had no mana within him, he had no chance against defeating the monsters inside the tower with his current state and he was also on the verge of a mental breakdown.

Spirit energy or Magical power is a source of power common to Gods ands Monsters that came into existence at the beginning of Cataclysm that defies human logic itself . Humans, Gods, Monsters and living things had the ability to wield energy and transform it into something else after its existence on Earth. Additionally for an energy user known as a Mancer, energy is equivalent to their life force.

"Where did everything go wrong? Did all this happened because of me joining in that shady organization or is it the fault of those self-proclaimed gods and Monsters?....

*Arghh* - breathe heavily

I won't accept this meaningless death, I'm an A-Rank hero who worked harder than anyone else to reach the top, I'll live on and take revenge. My journey has just started, I'll never give up, even if it's in the depths of hell.... *cough*...I'll definitely slaughter every single one who is responsible for what happened to me..."

In the end Morin decided to challenge the tower with his frail body. Morin crawled his way through to entrance of the tower leaving behind a trail of blood stains behind. Finally, he entered to the tower through the portal gate which lead to the tower in hope of gaining the skills of a hunter in order to seek revenge against his former organization.

During the chaotic days....

The Tower of Babel or Heavenly Tower, a tall tower piercing through the skies which could be seen from any part of the world. It was located in the western regions of the Earth and was also the place which suffered most from the monsters compared to the rest of the world. The humans abandoned the wastelands of Western regions and lived in the Eastern regions where heroes were active. Additionally, many monsters were imprisoned in the tower but new monsters from the void could appear at any time, so the Eastern region was surrounded by a thick wall that protected the humanity from the new monsters that appear through Void Gates. Thus, 7 utopian cities lead by a pantheon of Gods came into existence and humans began worshipping them as true gods by building statues and temples. However some humans felt inferior, weak and unfair compared to the heroes with the Gods blessings.

A daring lone man ventured himself to the tower, he came in contact with an existence surpassing the powers of Gods and gained superhuman abilities after following its commands. He claims himself a Hunter and publicized the existence of a being surpassing the gods was residing in the tower to the whole world. Humanity was overjoyed, humans who thought that they were forsaken by Gods for not granting them any blessings began to challenge the tower in hope of obtaining immeasurable strength.

However things didn't go as planned, many humans lost their lives in pursuit of power and many more gained strength. The leading superpowers of Hunters and Heroes decided to restrict the entry to the tower. Academies were built to prevent more tragedies, they provided all kinds of knowledge about the tower to the future hunters. Moreover to avoid further disputes between all parties, a non-aggression pact between hunters and heroes was signed with its contents unknown. Thus, the abandoned Western regions became a residual area for the Hunters.

At present...

A bright light flashed, Morin's vision became unclear and blurry after entering the tower gates. A few seconds passed and he saw a weird translucent status window with his information on it.

Name - Morin Noarr

Class - Archer

Rank - N/A

Level - N/A

Skills - N/A

Divinity - Nightfall of NYX

Element - Necro (Dark)

Achievements - Fallen Hero

(note : Grace<Blessing<Divinity)

After some time, he realized that he could control this intangible status window with his thoughts and it had no other functions other than displaying his information in real-time. He remembered that the status window is an exclusive privilege for the hunters connected to the Akashic Records by the Heavenly Tower.

Suddenly the status window began malfunctioning and all its contents became buggy. Morin heard a strange mechanical voice,

"THE HUNTER CANDIDATE MORIN NOARR WILL BE TELEPORTED TO THE LOWER FLOORS... IN... 3...2....1....." *swoosh*

"whattt thee?...."

Morin got himself teleported for the second time but unlike before, this time it was faster and more precised with less side effects. He was trapped in an enormous dark room and surprisingly all his injuries were healed.

He looked forward, right and left... The moment he turned back, a massive serpent resembling a dragon with crimson eyes was seen. It was lying around with enormous chains restricting its movement. The creature stared at Morin for some time and spoke arrogantly,

"H-Human...This isn't a trial given by the tower by any means but instead I've summoned you in front me in my dying state is to make a deal."

Morin was surprised, speechless and afraid at the time same time. A talking serpent and a miraculous phenomenon that even healed his almost crippled body.

" T-Thank you for healing me...I don't know who you are but you saved my life, so I'm in your debt. I'll help you in any way I can..." Morin said calmly and the two of them started exchanging words.

"phew"

"I have exhausted all my remaining mana to summon you here by interfering the laws of tower. I'll vanish within in a few minutes so listen to my request human...."

"I go by many names...You may remember me as Leviathan the sin of Envy. I called upon you because you've done an impossible feat, slaying a fake God and acquiring Divinity."

Morin froze all of a sudden after hearing Leviathan's words as if it saw everything that happened and glared at Leviathan as he remembered something he shouldn't have.

"H-Human since you killed a God on your own, do you think you'll lead a normal life? Acquiring Divinity means you can become a God itself. Many will try to kill you to get the divinity from you. However you've been saved by that Frog's contractor and was dragged to the the tower by him . I can smell his stench on you.."

"H-Hold onnn.. He saved my life, how? That bastard beat me so hard. What is a frog's Contractor... ?"

"Don't interrupt when I speak human..." an intangible force grasped Morin's neck not allowing him to utter any words.

"I'm one of the 7 princes of Hell, together with another 6 evil bastards and the frog is one of them, Beelzebub. That bastard dare pity me, handing me over an incompetent but talented contractee." Morin couldn't understand if Leviathan is cursing or bragging.

"The human named Morin, do you seek power? I'll grant you? All you need to do is make a soul contract between us. I'll make your every wish true."

Morin approached Leviathan slowly.

"Haha Haha... You already knew I had killed a False God and yet you dare to make me your slave? A soul contact, you think I'll make a contract with a lizard that can't even free himself from some pathetic chains...."

"Impudent human... You dare to disagree to my proposal... Then die!"

"swoosh"

The furious leviathan used its Dragon's Breath, a hydro cannon attack that could even pierce tungsten like it was nothing. Surprisingly Morin didn't dodge nor counter its attack but rather he waved his hand horizontally and said,

"Nightfall! Sword Grave..."

snap!

The entire room became pitch black and it became quiet all of a sudden, a barrier appeared covering the entire room after Morin used his skill . A few moments later the barrier dissappeared, however leviathan was struck with hundreds of pitch black swords and Morin was bleeding himself while lying on the floor.

"Impressive! You managed to kill my illusion... No wonder you were able to kill a God yourself. Unfortunately it's already too late, my mana is running thin and my existence will be seized to exist in a few moments. I'll leave my little one in your care, name him yourself later. Hmmm... I almost forgot about that... As my farewell gift I'll grant you my remaining powers and turn back the time. Become stronger with other sins and find the cause for the everything."

Farewell Human! As it is time....

Leviathan casted a time magic spell, slowly became translucent and dissappeared without a trace...