A new chapter is up.
Come in, get comfortable, and let’s see what kind of trouble waits this time ❤️ ✦ At the same time, inside his mind, Nolan could feel what was happening to him.
The instant Hestia was thrown backward, he had tried to stand, but a powerful force had pulled him into unconsciousness.
It felt as if his entire self had been pulled into a mindscape.
He stood in an endless mental sea.
Before him, a great door stood silently in place.
This was the World Gate Nolan had obtained.
A door that allowed him to cross into other worlds.
In the language of novels, it was a fairly classic kind of portal power.
But now the door was flashing with immense energy, sending waves through the sea around it.
In Nolan’s vision, the divine blood that belonged to Hestia was trying to pry open that door.
‘I forgot about that.’ Nolan searched his memories and understood what was happening in front of him.
‘A god’s contract helps the lives of the Lower World open their own possibilities.’ ‘In modern terms, my potential has been unlocked.’ ‘But the divine contract isn’t only opening my own potential.
The thing that was never originally mine is being awakened too.’ ‘Only…
it seems…’ The World Gate was powerful.
How could a door that crossed dimensions and worlds be some low-grade thing?
Now that the door belonged to him, and Nolan had not rejected the divine contract’s attempt to awaken him, the contract naturally tried to break through the World Gate’s potential as well.
‘I used to hear people say that a weak power-up is worse than no power-up at all.’ ‘Now I understand.’ ‘This divine contract is trying to give me an even stronger edge.’ ‘Impressive.’ Nolan watched everything unfold.
The World Gate seemed to respond.
Light began extending from around the door.
A new special ability appeared.
[Spatial Storage] ‘This ability…’ Nolan’s mental self paused.
This was what he got after awakening it?
‘It’s fine.
Better than nothing.’ ‘Besides, Spatial Storage was developed to ridiculous extremes in my old world.’ It was a simple ability.
But it fit the potential awakened from the World Gate.
A storage space.
At a glance, it seemed ordinary.
For people from an ancient world, or for fighters who used cold weapons, it would mostly be a way to store or throw objects.
For a modern person, however, Spatial Storage could become terrifying.
With the right supply line behind him, Nolan could open his storage and release drones, aircraft, and heavy weapons in waves, turning the area around him into a close-range firepower zone.
Looked at that way, the ability was frighteningly powerful.
It could help cure his fear of not having enough firepower.
Then two more abilities floated up.
[Spatial Attribute Resistance] [Time Attribute Resistance] ‘Resistances?’ He had not expected the World Gate to give him two resistances.
Three gifts from the World Gate’s awakened potential.
Then the divine blood Hestia’s contract had carried turned into another stream of energy and rushed into the mental sea.
[Hearthfire Charm Resistance] [Magic: Healing Flame] Inside the room, the light gradually began to fade.
“It’s disappearing.” Hestia watched as her divine blood finally landed on Nolan’s back.
The blood seemed to activate.
What appeared was different from the usual adventurer Status of this world.
A completely new panel appeared.
There were no numbers.
No ordinary attributes.
Only mechanics engraved across it.
[Status] Magic: Healing Flame Skills: Hearthfire Charm Resistance; Time Attribute Resistance; Spatial Attribute Resistance The values were unknown, but the mechanics were absurd.
“This…” Hestia looked at the panel, and her eyes flashed with wild joy.
“We’re rich.” She shouted in excitement.
At first glance, these did not look like direct combat abilities, but their potential for development was terrifying.
Time Attribute Resistance and Spatial Attribute Resistance meant that when Nolan faced opponents who could manipulate time or space, he could ignore part of their power and damage.
Those abilities had frightening room to grow.
As for Hearthfire Charm Resistance, that was probably there to keep certain shameless goddesses of beauty from luring him away.
That skill had arrived at exactly the right time.
Then there was the magic.
“Healing Flame.” “It converts his own magic power into healing fire, allowing him to repair or regenerate parts of the body.” Hephaestus sucked in a sharp breath.
Repairing or regenerating parts of the body.
More importantly, the ability could be used on others, and its effect depended on the strength of his magic power.
What the hell.
Was he even human?
“Hestia, give this child to me.” “I don’t want the god-made hero anymore.” Hephaestus felt that this child’s abilities were already far beyond anything reasonable.
At that moment, she was sick with envy.
What god-made hero?
That was suddenly not so appealing.
She wanted this child.
“Go away, go away, go away.” Hestia had not expected Hephaestus to be watching from the side.
With a god’s eyes, of course she could read the information on that mechanics panel.
What did she mean, she wanted this child too?
“No.
This child is mine.” Hestia was already guarding him like treasure.
How could she possibly let go of such an outstanding child?
Even if he was not her usual romantic type, handing him over would hurt a hundred times more than being killed.
“Uu.” Their argument had not ended when Nolan began showing signs of waking.
“Is he awake?” Hestia and Hephaestus noticed that Nolan really was coming around.
Anxiety appeared on both of their faces.
After all, waking up now was not necessarily good.
Outside, a crowd of gods was already closing in.
“What happened?” Nolan had heard Hestia and Hephaestus talking just before he woke.
“What are you two arguing about now?” “Didn’t we already settle this?” If he remembered correctly, they had already agreed.
From beginning to end, he had chosen Hestia, not Hephaestus.
“Did you hear that?
Nolan still chose me.” Hestia heard that even after waking, Nolan still chose her.
Of course she smiled with excitement.
She hugged his head and rubbed her cheek against him again and again, as if she wanted to cling to him forever.
Nothing could have sounded better.
When Hephaestus saw that Nolan still chose Hestia even after waking, envy twisted hard in her chest.
Still, she had to admit that if he could choose Hestia as firmly as ever even in this situation, his goodwill toward her was extremely high.
But now was not the time to focus on that.
“Hestia, what are we going to do next?” “You caused a scene this big just by making a contract.
The ones outside are not going to sit quietly.” Hephaestus knew the situation was not good.
The gods outside were watching closely.
If this went badly, they really might rush in to steal him.
Never assume the gods have limits or shame.
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Stay close, because things are only getting more interesting.