I WAS RIGHT, TOM IS THE GOD OF FIRE

"HOW.. WHERE DID YOU GET THEM!" The consciousness screamed in shock as he saw the weapons James took out.

"Well... this.. um.." James stammered as he tried to think of something to say but he couldn't find anything to say.

"If you don't want to say, it's okay, everyone has their secrets but be careful, this aren't something that you can control at the moment, even demon titans would kill for them" The system said when he saw that James was unwilling to tell him.

"Why didn't you tell me this system, so that's why the demons were so surprised and scared when they saw it" James asked the system as he suddenly understood why the demons were so scared of the dagger.

[I TOLD YOU THAT THE ITEMS I PROVIDE YOU ARE ALWAYS SUPERIOR]

"Yes you did but this is too OP, so are there higher grade of equipment after the RANK SSS, we will talk about this another time but still, 2 of the 10 great artifacts are currently in my possession, how am I am to weild them with my current power?" James asked with surprise.

[I SUPPRESSED ITS FULL POWER BUT AS YOU GROW STRONGER, YOU WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO ACCESS MORE OF ITS POWER ]

"So where was I, yes the fifth was the demon chains, the sixth was the hammer of doom which belonged to the God of war, the seventh was the scythe of death belonging to to God of death, the eighth was the ring of flames owned by the God of fire, the ninth was the bracket of space owned by the God of space and the tenth is the ice staff owned by the ice God" The consciousness continued which made James snap out of his sea of thought.

"What happened to the God of fire and how strong was he?" James asked because that question just came to his mind.

"The God of fire, he.. he belonged to the Phoenix race and apparently he had the strongest phoenix bloodline in the history of the Phoenix clan, he was so talented that the demons deemed him a threat and destroyed his home planet but luckily he managed to escape but that event scarred him and turned him into a dark phoenix" The consciousness paused as if remembering something painful.

"When you met him, he was almost consumed by his anger but luckily you managed to save him in time and then he became your first disciple, by that time, you were a demigod so you weren't afraid of the demons, you trained him to become the most powerful phoenix and when you died, he took over the baton after becoming a God and massacred demons like they were ants" The consciousness paused again.

"When the demons realized that he would become an even bigger threat than you, they sent 5 demon titans after him but he managed to escape but not without suffering life-threatening injuries and because he had the purest phoenix bloodline, he was able to survive his injuries through rebirth by enveloping himself in flames but before all this he led your other disciples in the war against the titans, many lives were lost in that war" The consciousness paused and revealed a pained expression before quickly changing it.

"Could it be him, if he is then that explains a lot of things, system what do you think?" James said to himself in deep thought then asked the system.

[I AM 80% SURE OF IT BUT SOMETHING ABOUT THIS SEEMS SUSPICIOUS ESPECIALLY THE CONSCIOUSNESS, I CANT SENSE ITS POWER BUT I DID SENSE A HINT OF KILLING INTENT WHEN YOU TOOK OUT THE 2 GREAT ARTIFACTS BUT IT WAS SO FAINT THAT I DOUBT IF IT WAS EVER THERE]

"Are you sure of this, from the time I have known you, I have come to realize that whatever you say is to be taken seriously so I wont let my guard down" James said to the system as he gazed at the consciousness with concealed suspicion.

"I forgot that the consciousness has all the memories of the original God of lightening so it felt all the pain that he also felt" James thought when he saw the pained expression on the consciousness face.

"I am sorry for the waste of time, I know that you are in a hurry to save the guardian beast so I won't waste your time, what you need to do now is to send a message to all your disciples to inform them of your presence then you will receive the inheritance and save the guardian beast because at your current level, you couldn't last long against 5 demon commanders, take this, it is the last item you will need" The consciousness said before handing James a ball of lightening which James collected and placed in his dimension space which again caused the consciousness to reveal a look of shock but he didn't ask any questions.

"I have so many questions to ask you but due to the fact that we have limited time, I will limit them, firstly, who created this place, secondly, how long will the barrier last, thirdly, what are the uses of the items, lastly, what is this medallion used for and how did the demons get here in the first place" James asked five questions at the same time.

"Okay, I will try to answer all your questions, firstly, the God of space and the God of lightening created this place, secondly, the barrier?, how did you find out about the barrier, looks like many mysteries surrounding you so I won't pry in your matters but I will give you a word of advice, the more you know, the more danger you will face" The consciousness said to James in a deep voice as he stared at him until James was forced to look away.

"The barrier will last a few days before it is broken but don't worry, you already made a plan for this with the items I gave you and that answers your third question, the medallion is also one of the items needed for your backup plan and the demons got here with the bracelet of space which allows the user to directly pass through space so if that is all, walk through this door and you shall appear in the location of the communications room" The consciousness said to James as he waved his hands and a door appeared.

"Wait before I go, who were my disciples?" James asked the consciousness as he was about to step through the door.

"You had 5 disciples, the first disciple was the God of fire, the second was the God of war, the third was the God of space, the forth was the God of time and the last was the God of death" The consciousness explained slowly to James but he could sense the impatience in his voice even though he tried so hard to conceal it.

After his question was answered , he stepped through the door and appeared in a huge room with 5 crystals with different colors on a platform.

The room looked like a rulers room, the walls were made with a kind of crystal that radiated light and made one feel comfortable when close to it and when they were all collected at one place, the effect was amazing.

"This is where communications room, those crystals are the means of communication, all you need to do is to release a part of your lightening energy into each crystals and the crystals will do the rest" The consciousness said to James as he appeared out of nowhere and frightened James.

"Could you not do that again" James said to the consciousness after getting frightened then walked to the first crystal which was brown in color and placed his hand on it and released part of the lightening in his body.

When James placed his hand and released the lightening, he felt like he had been sucked through space because he felt like he was moving at light speed and he could see flashing lights around him, he closed his eyes because he felt dizzy seeing all those flashing lights.

He suddenly felt like he had stooped so he opened his eyes and found himself looking at a statue of a giant man holding a hammer which was placed on the ground, that was until the statue or so he thought opened his eyes and stared at him.

"Master.. you are back" The giant man said softly to James as tears slowly formed at the corner of his eyes.

"Haa.. " James said in shock as he took his hands off the crystal while panting for breath.

"Is everything okay?" The consciousness asked James with concern but James caught a hint of ridicule in his expression but it disappeared before he could confirm if it was real.

"Yeah everything is fine, I just saw a giant with a hammer calling me his master so everything is fine, who was that?" James said to the consciousness sarcastically then asked him a question.

"That was your 2nd disciple, the God of war, did you say he had a hammer with him" The consciousness answered him like he hadn't heard the sarcasm in his voice and also asked him a question.

"The God of war, that must be why the crystal is brown, it represents earth or strength, that hammer must be the hammer of doom" James said to himself without answering the consciousness question but even as he tried to lower his voice, he was still heard.

"Let's see who I will see next" James said as he walked towards the second crystal which was coloured silver and placed his hand on it then immediately he experienced the same thing but this time he was ready so he closed his eyes on time.

When he opened his eyes, he found himself in a kind of dimension and before him was a silver haired handsome man sitting crossed-legged but as if sensing his presence, he opened his eyes and when he saw James, he displayed a look of surprise.

"Master, you are back" The silvered haired man said to James as he walked towards him but before he could reach him, he disappeared.

"That must have been the God of space" James said as he remembered that the dimension felt like it was there but also not there and there was only one person who could do that, the God of space.

James stepped forward and placed his hand on the third crystal which was black in color and the same thing happened, this time he appeared in a desolate environment that radiated death, it was as if all the light had been consumed by infinite darkness because everywhere was filled with darkness but he could see the faint outline of a black cloaked figure who radiated an extreme intent of death.

"Master, you are back" The black cloaked figure said to James as all the intent that he previously felt cleared.

"That must have been the God of death" James said as he released his grip on the crystal due to fatigue.

James rested for sometime then walked towards the next crystal which had a white color and placed his hand on it, the same thing happened but this time he appeared in another dimension that sometimes caused glitches to appear.

"Master, you are back" A figure appeared out of nowhere, it had the shape of a man but it was covered in white light like an angel.

"The God of time, why didn't I see his face" James asked the consciousness.

"The only people who have ever seen his face are you and the other disciples, he controls time but time is something which shouldn't be tampered with so he almost never shows himself but whenever he does, unimaginable things happen" The consciousness said to James with a grin as if laughing at his ignorance.

"So now the God of fire" James said with expectation as he stared at the last crystal and he could hear the consciousness let out a tense sign.

James walked towards it but hesistated as he was about to place his hand on the crystal but eventually did.

"What the... I was right, Tom is the God of fire " James said in surprise because he found himself in his dimension space standing right in front of Tom.