Villain Retirement

877 Chapter 877: God Of...

"You… can't leave!"

Big Teeth's small legs were trembling, and yet he remained standing resolutely with the gates behind him. It was clear to see no matter what angle you looked at Big Teeth that he was extremely frightened, beyond terrified.

And yet he only closed his eyes as he blocked Riley and Miss Peponvondosovich's access to the outside as if literally refusing to see his fears.

"What powder did you sniff now, Kurdi!?" Miss Peponvondosovich quickly pointed at Kurdi. And seeing as the two were almost the same size, Riley could not help but question if the two were truly gods at all. But then again, Miss Peponvondosovich was able to crack Riley's telekinetic barrier, and she wasn't even trying when she did so,

"I will leave when I want to live."

"Then leave!" Big Teeth opened his eyes and looked at Miss Peponvondosovich, "You're not the one I'm asking not to leave!"

"What do you—" Miss Peponvondosovich glanced at Riley, "Why are you not letting the Newbie leave? We're supposed to travel together, you god of pests!"

"He can't leave," Big Teeth continued to shake his head; still refusing to meet Riley's eyes.

"...What?" Miss Peponvondosovich's rabbit-like ears bent to the side, "Why?"

"He just can't!" Big Teeth shook his head several times.

"Why do you want him to leave!?"

"I want him to!" Big Teeth suddenly pointed at Riley, "But Grea ordered me not to let him out! Someone like him is bound to cause trouble in this city!"

"What did I even miss while I was out of it?" Miss Peponvondosovich could really only look back and forth between Riley and Big Teeth.

"You don't know!?" Big Teeth transferred the aim of his finger to Miss Peponvondosovich, "You are going around with him and you don't know!?"

"I feel like everyone is overreacting here."

"He is only 26 years old!"

"26… thousand?" Miss Peponvondosovich's eyes widened as she turned to look at Riley, "You're only 26 thousand years old!?"

"No, Miss Peponvondosovich," Riley quickly shook his head.

"Oh, then what—"

"Just 26 years old, not a thousand."

"..." Miss Peponvondosovich then once again began looking back and forth between Riley and Big Teeth; her already widened eyes, widening even further, "T…T… Twenty-six?"

"Hm," Riley nodded, "Judging from all of your reactions, there is a problem with me being that young."

"Of course, there is!" Miss Peponvondosovich raised her voice to the point of screaming as she and Big Teeth were now both pointing at Riley, "You, you are the problem!"

"...But I have not done anything I would consider as problematic yet, Miss Peponvondosovich," Riley squinted his eyes, "I do not see why everyone is so aloof."

"Let me explain it to you then, since I've been explaining everything to you anyway," Miss Peponvondosovich took in a small gulp as she started to calm down a little, "Previously, the youngest god we have ever had was 24,000 years old — the youngest by far. She was followed by a 41,000-year-old god…

…and both of them were insane due to their young age."

"Hm."

"They caused all sorts of trouble for everyone that a Higher God had to get involved," Miss Peponvondosovich let out a very long and deep sigh as she closed her eyes, "I do not want to tell you all the details since it would take too long, but the 51,000-year-old one had to be… put down. I still remember it like it was yesterday. It almost became a war. And I am telling you…

…a war between us gods? Not pretty."

"Hm," Riley nodded, "You do not have to worry, Miss Peponvondosovich…

…I was already insane before I was sent here."

"That's not what we want to hear!" Big Teeth almost roared, causing Riley to close his eyes as Big Teeth's teeth were too bright, "All the Cities have agreed that if a god less than 70,000 years old were to transcend and be sent to here's domain, they are to be locked up for a hundred thousand years or at least when they start to calm down!"

"Do I not look calm, Big Teeth?" Riley blinked a couple of times as he started checking himself.

"Y—You plucked Grea's Grass as soon as you got here!"

"Because I wanted to see why it was the way it is, Big Teeth," Riley sighed, "I am calm."

"I still can't let you leave, it's the law!" Big Teeth stretched his arm to the side as he firmly blocked the gate with his small frame.

"I would probably try not to leave since I do not want to break the law here, Big Teeth. But…" Riley sighed as he took a step forward, "I was told by Aulus that there are no rules here."

"Enough!"

And before Riley could even take several steps forward, Grea suddenly descended from above and blocked his path. Her arms were no longer exposed, and were instead covered by a thick layer of armor—no. If anything, Grea now looked like some sort of war machine.

Riley initially thought Grea would be from an era without any sort of technology since she literally looked like a marble statue with four arms and she was more than billions of years old, but her armor looked almost of similar aesthetic to King's.

"You shall not pass, Newborn," Grea stretched her four arms to different directions, summoning lances seemingly made of light in each hand, "At least not until you prove yourself to be stable enough to be let free."

"And how would I prove that, Grea?" Riley tilted his head to the side.

"By fighting me!" And with those words, Grea tapped the hilt of her four lances on the marbled ground. And as she did so, the marbled ground suddenly shifted; all the infrastructures and even the gates themselves were pushed and moved far away, very far away.

Is this the Territory Miss Peponvondosovich was talking about?

"Eep!" Not only Big Teeth, but Miss Peponvondosovich almost squealed as they both quickly rushed to get away as far as possible from Riley and Grea.

"Hear me, my name is Grea…" Grea then let out a roar that reverberated throughout the entire city, "...The God of Grass!"

"Grass…?" Riley could really only blink a couple of times in confusion. She plants grass, and therefore she is a god of grass? Is that how it works here?

"Why are you the god of grass, Grea?"

"It is rude to not introduce yourself!" Grea did not answer him and just pointed one of her lances at Riley.

"Oh, then…" Riley took in a small but very deep breath as his feet very slowly hovered from the marbled ground, "I am Riley…

…the God of Nothing."

"..." Grea really only squinted as she heard Riley's words. But after a few seconds, she also took a deep breath… before disappearing from her spot. And surprisingly, the marbled ground was not damaged at all as she ran toward Riley at an insane speed.

The sound of a watery pulse echoed in the air as Riley activated Tempo's abilities, and even then, Grea was moving at a considerable speed. Not as fast as Queen Vania, however.

Grea seemed more intimidating, however, as she might as well be a cosmic bull that was heading straight toward him. Riley tried tripping Grea with a small telekinetic barrier, but it did not even slow her down as flames began emitting from her lances.

And soon, she was right in front of Riley.

Riley stretched his hand toward Grea and was about to blast her away, but Grea suddenly moved to the side even faster than she was already going and plunged two of her lances straight toward Riley.

A louder pulse echoed in the air as Riley disappeared from his spot and appeared beside Grea, kicking her on the back and causing her to stumble very slightly. And with the distance he gained, he quickly grabbed the grass in one of his many pockets and let it float in the air.

And then, with a whistle, the grass started vibrating in the air before shooting straight toward one of Grea's arms. The grass, however, only managed to dig through the armor Grea was wearing for a quarter of an inch.

"..." Grea turned to look at the grass stuck on her armor, before the lances in her hands faded away and her stance became relaxed. And seeing as Grea put away her weapons, Riley's feet also returned to the ground — he was going to call the grass back, but Grea suddenly grabbed it mid-air and started chewing it,

"You pass, Riley Ross," Grea then said before spitting out the grass, "You could have easily pierced my skin if you aimed at my neck, but you did not."

"I was not trying to kill you, Grea."

"And that is why you passed," Grea knocked all of her fists together, instantly removing the bulky armor she was wearing, "You were able to show restraint even when provoked."

"You did not provoke me, Grea," Riley shook his head, "And I prefer killing people unprovoked."

"Pft. Haha!" Grea then suddenly burst out in laughter as her Territory became smaller, "I like you, kid. You're just a baby and yet you are already this strong. You are about to make waves in this plane that no one has ever seen before — I bet those Higher Gods are about to join us sooner or later… Kurdi!"

"Y… Yes!?" Kurdi suddenly appeared from a puff of smoke next to the gates.

"Open the gates and let the baby out…

…He won't be our problem."