The Terrifying Divine System!

"Once you accept this power, you will no longer be human. And this power will burn away your life. Can you still accept that?"

Hearing Isaac's words, the tiger-striped youth fell silent for a moment. He turned to look at his companions beside him, took a deep breath, then silently stepped forward. His emerald-green eyes fixed on Isaac as he said sincerely, "As long as I can gain the power to protect my family and friends, I don't care! But before that, I want to ask one thing of you."

"Go ahead."

"If one day, because of this power, I betray the ideals I hold now, and you are still in this world, I hope you can kill me!" The tiger-striped youth looked at Isaac with resolute eyes.

He had no choice. He had seen too many people who joined the Order to save humanity, only to fall completely in the end. He did not know whether those powers were inherently evil or whether those predecessors had changed.

In any case, he did not dare gamble on it.

So he wanted to entrust Isaac with this matter.

Of course, this was also a gamble.

A gamble that Isaac was a good person.

Hearing this, Isaac raised his brows. He said nothing, merely nodded, then gestured for him to reach out and take down the longsword.

Having received Isaac's promise, the tiger-striped youth finally had no more reservations. He did not turn back to look at his family and companions. Instead, he resolutely reached for the fiercely burning longsword!

He grasped the hilt!

In an instant, golden divine light burst freely from the longsword. Vague, indistinct hymns rang out as one hazy ritual magic circle after another emerged within the sword. Golden energy, like liquid, rapidly spread from the youth's right hand gripping the sword throughout his entire body!

In an instant, the golden light faded. A youth holding a longsword and clad in golden-red knight armor appeared before everyone, leaving his companions dumbfounded!

Only Isaac looked at the youth with a smile and said, "Tell me your name."

"Blade of Blazing Sun, Mephisto! Greetings, my lord!" After completely merging with the Virtual Divine Spark, Mephisto not only gained immense power, but also learned much information from it. He understood even more deeply just how powerful Isaac truly was.

Thus, though Mephisto had obtained power capable of scorching the heavens and boiling the seas, he did not become arrogant. Instead, he grew even more humble. He immediately planted the longsword in the ground and dropped to one knee before Isaac.

After all, if he was not humble, Isaac would have to pick out a tombstone for him...

Well, perhaps there would not even be a tombstone...

"Mephisto?" Hearing that familiar name, Isaac's expression turned slightly strange. That name did not sound like the name of any good god. What a shame—he should have given him a demon-type Virtual Divine Spark. Such a waste of that name.

The strange thought lingered in his mind for only an instant before Isaac cast it aside. The fingertip of the Demonic Claw floating behind his head gave a light flick, and a sheet of parchment flew before Mephisto.

"This is the base I selected for you. Lead your people there, build a city, gather your kin, develop followers, just like the other cities."

"By your command!" Mephisto placed his right hand over his chest and replied respectfully.

Isaac nodded. Then he and the Demonic Claw turned into a breeze and dissipated. He still needed to find someone else to merge with the [God of Strife], so he was rather busy.

After confirming that Isaac had left, Mephisto slowly rose and turned to face his companions. After a moment, he said excitedly, "Brothers, our hope has arrived!"

As he spoke, perhaps to give his companions confidence, or perhaps to test his own power, Mephisto waved his hand. A streak of golden light shot forth and instantly melted another enormous boulder in the cavern!

It turned into a pool of scorching lava!

Mephisto's companions had never seen anything like this. After a brief daze, they cheered and rushed toward him, excitedly circling him as they babbled all at once, tears streaming down their faces as they spoke.

Mephisto did not stop them. He merely stood quietly in place, listening to his companions' "nonsense." Though their tears evaporated before they could fall under the power of the blazing sun, his reddened eyes showed that his own heart was far from calm...

After the commotion, once everyone had vented their excitement on Mephisto, their minds gradually calmed down. Only then did they recall what Isaac had said—"At the same time, you can also grant this power to your companions"!

Could they possess such transcendent power, power like that of a god, too?

Everyone looked at Mephisto expectantly.

Though they said nothing, they had basically grown up together and knew each other extremely well. Thus, he knew exactly what they were thinking.

Mephisto took a deep breath, then said with a grave expression, "The Divine Lord was right. I truly can grant you transcendent power! Power far stronger than those hateful monsters and cultists!"

Then, before anyone could cheer, Mephisto gravely pressed both hands downward, suppressing their excitement as he spoke the inevitable "but."

"But! This power comes at a cost! Humans cannot possess transcendent power, so if you want this power, you can no longer be human! And you must spend your entire lives fighting for humanity's survival!"

After hearing Mephisto's words, the heavy expressions on everyone's faces eased somewhat. They had thought it would be some huge matter, but that was all?

It was only their identity as humans. So what if they stopped being human? Living in such a harsh environment, their bottom line was actually very low. As long as they could survive and protect their families, many things made little difference to them. After hearing Mephisto's words, the heavy expressions on everyone's faces eased somewhat. They had thought it would be some huge matter, but that was all?

Though they did not care much about the "expensive" cost Mephisto spoke of, everyone remained calm. There was no other reason—Mephisto still held some prestige, and after gaining such formidable power, that prestige naturally rose with the tide.

So no one would refute him at this moment.

Of course, they did not know that the cost was far more than merely no longer being human. Beyond that, they would also need to fight for humanity's continued existence for the rest of their lives!

It sounded no different from their current situation, but there was one thing they needed to know: as followers of a god, as long as their god did not die, the followers would not die either!

The only difference was how much divine power it took to resurrect them.

After decades, or even centuries, that would become a curse...

Of course, by then, they would have no complaints at all, because a god's will was the will of their followers!

And this point...

Mephisto himself did not understand it very clearly yet. After all, he had only just become a god and had no experience...