Be A Hero (1)

Valhalla, Asgard (Supreme Heaven)

Brunhilde's Private Room

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"So the conclusion is ... because of some error in your [System], my big brother was trapped in the human body and you even lost the control of [System] as a moderator?"

The atmosphere in the room became tense. Lodur with his stressed face, Brunhilde was sweating coldly, and Gunnr was sitting quietly on one of the sofas while eating an apple candy that Lodur had given him earlier.

"Y-Yes ... it's like that," Brunhilde replied shakily.

Brunhilde thinks that negotiating with God Lodur was scary, but it is better than having to negotiate with a strict Goddess like Themis.

On the other side, Lodur let out a long sigh with a depressed look on his face. He then ruffled his hair and rubbed his face roughly.

How would Odin do such a foolish thing — Lodur cursed Odin's stupidity?

"That idiot ..." Lodur cursed Odin for his foolishness.

Lodur was known as the God of Life and Birth who was in charge of managing the birth of human souls on the tree of life, Yggdrasil. He is also known as the God of a Thousand Faces. It's because he had an innate power that could duplicate any figure along with 99% of their powers.

That was the reason why Brunhilde asked Lodur's help to pretend to be the God King by using his duplication power.

Lodur was silent for a long time until he finally spoke again, "We are lucky today because only Themis came and not Amitiel, her troublesome valkyrie."

Hearing Lodur's words made Brunhilde bow her head even deeper while clenching her fist. She also couldn't imagine Themis coming with Amitiel.

It was the same as a nightmare — thought Brunhilde.

"So, what's your next plan? I can't keep pretending to be my brother. After all, sooner or later the Heavenly Judge will start to get suspicious," said Lodur.

Brunhilde gasped, but still dared not raise her face. She tightened her fists as she bit her lower lip until it bled.

"I-I will take responsibility for fixing the [System] as soon as possible."

"..."

"S-So, I beg you, Lord Lodur ..."

"..."

"Please, give me your mercy."

Lodur, who heard Brunhilde's words, then took a deep breath and he asked, "How long?"

"Huh?"

"How long will it take you to fix it?"

Lodur's words were like a breath of fresh air to Brunhilde. She unconsciously raised her face and looked at Lodur with sparkling eyes.

"T-Thank you, I-I promise to fix it overnight!"

***

August 30th 2023

Detroit, Michigan (United States of America)

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"W-What the hell is this?"

Kai froze, staring at the computer screen in front of him. From his left eye, Kai could see the hundreds of thousands of dollars that entered his account in less than an hour from winning every game on an online gambling site.

"T-This is absolutely amazing! How did you do it? Is this some sort of hacking into the site's data or something? I don't ever remember having any sort of skill like this before!" Kai bombarded Odin with a lot of questions quickly.

Meanwhile, Odin grinned widely and sneered, "Hacking? I don't know what that means, but it's definitely what's called the God's power."

"No! I'm sure you did something to the site!" said a still incredulous Kai.

"I don't even know what you mean by site," Odin snorted with a mocking face.

"..."

"Just to you know, this is purely my innate powet as a God. I get the position of God King in Heaven because of my [Authority]," Odin replied arrogantly.

Odin smiled proudly without taking his eyes off the computer screen. His right eye turned purple and lit up and his right hand did not leave the computer processor.

"A-Are you kidding me?" said Kai with a dismissive tone but a hint of doubt.

For a moment, Kai was silent and subconsciously began to doubt the theories he had been believing. He also just thought of something. Let's say, he formed an alter ego within himself, but it was impossible that he would lose most of his body control.

However, Kai still denied it and thought that he had some sort of neurological dysfunction and mental problem. Maybe after this he needs to go to the hospital after this — Kai thought.

"B-But, I guess it's not surprising either, considering you're my alter ego. So this must be some kind of hidden talent of mine that I don't know about, Hahaha," Kai said with an awkward laugh at the end of his words.

Odin who heard that rolled his right eye and chose not to respond. He was already tired of dealing with some of the weird theories that Kai always said to deny the existence of him as Gods and Heavens.

"So, where's the money you're talking about?" asked Odin to change the topic.

"Right in front of you."

Hearing Kai's answer, Odin furrowed his brow as he stared at the 350,000$ on the computer screen.

"You mean this number?" asked Odin as he pointed at the number on the screen.

"Yeah ... but you have to make a disbursement first. I'll do it after this," said Kai.

"..."

"And I think that's enough, so don't do it again or you'll bankrupt the site," Kai said, immediately stopping Odin when he saw him about to grab the processor again.

"Anyway, we should —"

SMASH!

CRUNCH!

Kai instantly stopped his sentence when he heard a noise outside the booth. Kai suddenly had a bad feeling.

"What was that noise?" asked Odin curiously.

Meanwhile, Kai immediately took the mouse and accessed the main CCTV. Kai did have access to several CCTVs there, since he had been a part-time worker at this internet cafe before.

As soon as Kai managed to access one of the CCTVs, he was immediately surprised to see a group of armed people pointing sharp weapons and firearms at the employees and some visitors outside the booth.

"T-This... robbery," Kai said and a second later the CCTV camera he was using to monitor it was destroyed.

"Boss, looks like there are still some people inside."

"Quickly check every place here and prevent them from calling the police!"

Both Odin and Kai immediately froze when they heard the voices of the robbwr out there. And not long after, suddenly all the lights went out and so did the computer screen which turned black.

Just yesterday they escaped trouble, why was there new trouble now? How chaotic life on earth is, have these Earth Vanirs done their job well? — thought Odin who blamed the performance of the Demi-Gods on Earth who seemed like they paid for nothing.

DING!

[The main mission has arrived!]

[Chapter 2: Be A Hero]