1 PROLOG

"Hey, where am I? Why is everything bright? What a glare!!"

The young man was confused. His last memory was when he crashed a plane with thousands of tons of bombs into the enemy base. He must have died. Inside, he wondered, is this heaven? or hell?

During his lifetime, he hardly believed in a God-like existence. Let alone heaven or hell. Well, in a world that is almost completely hedonistic and materialistic, his beliefs are common. Well, that doesn't mean he has bad views about religion or God.

But he was curious, where exactly is he? Is this the so-called line between life or death? While he was wondering, suddenly a light appeared in front of him.

"Welcome to my palace, young man." a man suddenly appeared in front of him. His body is tall. His black hair was combed to the side, and his authority was very strong. The young man couldn't even move, he was mesmerized by her extraordinary aura, but he didn't want to give up. He kept his head up and looked at the figure.

"Heh, it's interesting that usually those who meet me will at least lower their heads and kneel down. Yet you even dared to look me in the face and stand tall. Amazing as expected of a person who dares to barge into the enemy base huh."

The young man was astonished by the figure before him, knowing that his actions were unmistakable. Is he a real god? While he was thinking, the young man dared to speak.

"Are you a god? Lord? To be honest even now I can't move my body at all, could it be because of your aura?" The figure in front of him nodded.

"Well you're right, I'm a god or something. My name is Hades, I'm a god who was shifted to the lower realms. Well why I was shifted to the lower realms doesn't matter. Well now I will explain all the questions that are on your mind, so listen carefully- fine, boy Thomas."

The young man named Thomas heard all the explanations of the god named Hades. The place where he was standing now was Hades' palace. He is a God who symbolizes darkness. And the darkness doesn't mean evil. There are about 12 sacred gods in the god realm, and Hades is the 13th. He was considered an irregularity and was fought by the other 12 gods. Long story short, after the war ended, he went to the underworld and decided to stay away from the war in the god realm.

He is the only God who has access to the world where Thomas lives so that Hades can witness what is happening in Thomas' world, including the war that is raging. After seeing the poor soul of Thomas, he led the poor soul to his palace. That means the present Thomas is a soul, not a body.

"Well seeing your poor soul, I led you here. And the rest you can guess is the same as the light novels you read and the anime you watched in the pre-war period." Hades ended his explanation.

"Then you intend to reincarnate me into another world, then?" Hades nodded.

"That's right, how? would you like it?" Thomas thought for a moment, then shook his head.

"Hades-sama, do you know why I chose death? In my previous life I had 15 lovers. They all got along and were very kind to me that's why I swear to protect them even if my life is at stake. But you see no, one by one from they died they all died on the battlefield. When that happened, I felt that my raison d'etre had disappeared. To me life had no value at all that's why I chose to end my life. Hoping the war was over and no one else would feel lost. Of course I hoped in my heart, even though I didn't believe in divine entities, to meet them in the realm of the dead. So I thought I'd turn down your offer. Thank you Hades-sama but I can't accept your blessing."

Hearing Thomas' explanation, Hades laughed. He didn't expect Thomas's answer. But after all, he was a god, an entity beyond the reach of humans. He didn't need to hear Thomas' answer to that.

"Well, Thomas, even though you say that..." suddenly a golden light shone on Thomas' soul. Suddenly a large amount of power possessed him.

"Maybe in your next life you will meet many tests. Whether it's sadness, pain, loss, happiness or whatever. All of that will make a human remain a human, so live as a real human being. So that's all from me, I I have given you some of my strength so take it easy. Bye boy, live as best you can."

Thomas, who felt his body heavy began to lose consciousness. In his mind, he said that living a second time as a real human was not a bad thing at all. It might be very good before falling into unconsciousness, and he thanked Hades for the opportunity he gave.

Instantly Thomas fell into unconsciousness.