The blue planet.

'He's around 100 KJ? The essence in him is minimal. If I get him right, I can end it fast.' Lazro thought looking at Hugo's back.

"Haha, now, here is enough. how about you show me that move huh?"

The man laughed and held the small black weapon Lazaro couldn' make heads or tails of.

'What kind of weapon is that? There's no essence in it, maybe a pop-out blade?' Lazaro tilted his head with doubt, but ignored it, as he felt nothing on it.'

He laughed "Where's the fire rock? I need it to show you."

"Ah, trying to trick me, boy? I know what you did was extract essence, and any living being has Essence, you don't need that rock, here extract it from this leaf."

Hugo ignored the plight since the skill was valuable

Lazaro smiled and took the leaf in hands. As he brought the leaf near his, time slowed down, 'My weight is around forty-five kilo right now, I have no essence in me, and my senses are less than bad regulated."

He started the process of extraction and decided to do it the safest way.

Slowly, the leaf went dry and a green halo surrounded his fingers. The guard stared mesmerized.

"Do you want to hold it? Make your inner essence gently coat the tip of your fingers, so I can deliver it to you." Lazaro said.

"Oh, can I?" without thinking twice he extended his hands with the gun ready, Lazaro approached with the green essence and a cheap smile, "Here"

The man was thrilled with it, The moment the men's guard went down Lazaro lounged with a knee to the men's chest. But it was grabbed.

"What t-" Hugo was surprised.

Lazaro lunged in with ruthless golden eyes, he used the weight of the fall to recklessly throw his upper body down.

Thrown with force on the chest, the suited man fell with a grunt, Lazaro's put all his weight behind the bony knee and pressed it down on the enemy's neck, Hugo strugglingly pointed the weapon up, and pulled the trigger.

Seeing as there as no essence, even if a blade popped out, it'd do nothing to him. thought Lazaro

But when he looked down the black barrel and heard the click, animalistic instincts kick in, although a bit late.

PAH!

The resounding noise echoed and the fiery project scraped his temple, opening a finger-sized wound from his cheek to the scalp.

He was seeing double. Astounded into a ringing daze and his muscles loosened. Hugo managed to pull himself slightly to the side, one more rough movement and he'd be free.

Lazaro felt his situation was not good and raged, the feeling of despise for falling in a tough situation like that with a man who didn't even qualify as enemy disgusted him, he looked down and saw two necks, without a second thought he plunged his teeth between them.

Twuck.

The blood gushed into his mouth, unshaken by the taste he shook his head wildly tearing the neck apart. His enemy stopped moving gradually. Lazaro looked down sternly.

'To be pushed this far..I'm in a deplorable state. well, it was partly because of my ignorance, to neglect a weapon just because I felt no threat from it, my fallen generals would laugh at me.'

He took the gun from the ground and pointed into the place he heard rushed steps coming from.

The tall Boris appeared through the thick trees and shocked bt the sight

"Hugo!? How the hell did you kill him!?"

Pah!

Lazaro imitated Hugo and shot, but a tree was hit instead of Boris. The distance was around six meters, but his vision was fucked up. So he used his hearing.

Boris hurriedly reached for the holster.

PAH!

"AHH!" HIs shoulder gushed blood and he fell.

PAH! PAH! PAH!

One of the leg, another on the belly, but the third was in the chest, finishing his struggle.

Lazaro fell on his back and looked a the now blue sky. His wrist dislocated because he did not expect the recoil and held it wrong. He had to change hands for the second shots onwards.

'Quite the interesting tool. You could control a small village in my plane.' He took a deep breath and got up.

Leaning into the trees he slowly reached the clearing.

A group of terrified people stared at him. A little girl cried, a young woman screeched in fear and rage, but when he pulled the two pistols silence prevailed. 'they're terrified of this thing.'

With his stare, he found Larissa who gave him a lap pillow and the boar who woke up. Without thinking he threw one weapon each and fell down to rest.

****

"Why give the guns away? that was your leverage!"

"You should be worried about yourself, little Becca. Although I didn't want it, those two saved my life, and I repaid them by giving the guns if they can live from now depends on them. I have no cares anymore. And that means; your time's up."

Hyera laughed, "Call me dumb all you want, but I can see it."

"Hm?"

Lazaro tilted his head

"You're curious, you don't want to admit it to yourself, but you are fascinated by this world, I don't know if it was that boar-like boy, or the auburn-haired girl or, maybe the gun? I don't know which one did it, but you're attracted to them."

Hyera waited for fo his answer with a smile, trying to hide the anxiety within her. Should he decide to die in the hope of meeting his wife again she'd probably be forced to die with him.

The seconds were long and she grew more and more restless.

"Killing a god will earn you a reap of bad karma, a lot of people depend on gods. killing one is the same as killing the parents of a five-year-old child, and heavens work justly. those that are responsible will be charged. So, if you kill me, you won't ever be reunited with your Lin-"

"Don't mention her." He stated, his eyes were stern and his tone flat. No cheap smile on his face. It wasn't menacing, but it exuded pressure.

"As mortal as she was, no god could compare to her." His eyes bore down on her, and even in her ethereal form she felt the pressure, she sighed and tried another tactic.

"If that enemy did not come, you wouldn't die, you'd still be there, messing around. Why die now!? Give this world a chance, it isn't your fault they died, you shouldn't punish yourself!"

She clenched her teeth."But if that can't move you, then please, just sent me on my way, as I said before, I'll do it on my own."

"So willful." He said. He eyes still stern.

"What!? Willful!? we don't have a death grudge I tried a deal with you and I failed, once I'm out of your body you can just go about your way!"

Remembering an especially deplorable being, his eyes went even colder.

"My way was to die beside my wife's grave. Even if I would not meet her again, I wanted to die there, but some chubby fucker you planted found me and chose me as a possible 'champion' for whatever game you'll play. And when you didn't get what you want, you think you can just leave? You speak of what deserve death penalty as if your standards are equal to anyone else's, if you studied my life, you know damn well the amount of petty reasons there is to kill someone."

They looked at each other, both enraged by their reasons, Hyera sighed.

"Fine, it's true, I've been self-centered, and didn't put mortal matters in my eyes. But, you're a hypocrite. The only reason you're keeping this nonsense of killing me is that you're prejudiced against divinities.'

He didn't refuse, but also did not agree.

She clenched her teeth.

"How about this, I know you grew interested in this world, so why not see a little more of it? get these people back, learn about their ways. The kingdom you wanted to build, they live like that, only, in way more organized and civilized manner."

He looked skeptical.

She laughed, "See for yourself."

Energy extended from her hand and landed on his mind.

skyscrapers, people laughing and drinking at every corner, cars, computers, sports, different houses, streets, no misery or hunger nor shackling religious practices. Of course, he did not know what each of these things was, he only understood that people were having a good time there. He was blown away by the images of it.

Contrary to his homeworld, the use of essence was little, yet they had the quality of life that put his kingdom to nothing. Envy and jealously blossomed on his chest.

He lived his whole life to build a kingdom that barely resembled the place he was in, yet, the people here had it already. He wanted to understand how they did it, he wanted to experience his dream in it, He wanted to build one like this one for his people. These through raced through his mind.

Seeing his state, Hyera softly whispered things about the world they landed in, she seduced him with the pleasures of that world and even mentioned he could grow strong and reform the kingdom he sent to safety.

He stopped her with a simple, absent-minded question.

"This world, how is it called?"

"The small blue planet, Earth." She answered with a smile.