Episode 1: Invitation

"Were the shipments delivered on time yesterday?" I inquired.

"Yes, sir. The deal went smoothly than that woman's skin." responded my man.

This is my daily life since I graduated Chemical Engineering, focusing in manufacturing narcotics all over the country.

My influence has been recognized by the police authorities as one of the most notorious. The last time I checked my bounty was like billions or trillions, I can't seem to remember.

I then ordered my men to leave the room, which only leaves me and a woman beside.

"So, what brings you here?" I asked. "

"B....Brendan, I...I can't pay my debt..... C...Can we do the usual "payment"?" requested the woman.

The usual payment that she mentioned is about having sex with me.

To be frank, she is young, more like around 24 years old. Poor woman, if only she hadn't encountered such business transactions like this.

Sorry, it is not my fault right now. She fell right into the debt trap, and it's just right for her to suffer the consequences.

"You know, I love your body. I mean, getting to see you makes me so horny already." I said.

"T...Then...!

"BUT! MONEY IS MONEY! HOW DARE YOU CONSUME THE PRODUCTS THAT YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO SELL?!" I shouted.

Yes, money is everything. It is the current circle of life. Money doesn't bring happiness? For ****'s sake, money is the only thing that I live for right now. I can buy everything that I want. Women, electronics, mansions, cars, and more.

Well, I should be merciful to this lamb.

"Since I am in a good mood, I'll give you a last chance."

"T...Thanks, Brendan! I owe you my life!" answered the woman.

She looked so pathetic, grazing upon my shirts forcibly stripping me. Was she that high on drugs?

"B...Brendan... L...Let me suck your c**k!!

P...Please!" insisted the woman.

"Take your time, bitch." I replied.

For the record, I already had sex with this woman for six times already. This was the seventh and I started to feel so bored with this.

"Hey bitch, if you did not make me c*m after 10 minutes, I'm going to shoot you in the head." I threatened.

Haha! She rapidly sucked my thing like there's no tomorrow, which made her tired so she stopped for a while.

"B...Brendan! M...My hole wants to be penetrated already. L...Let me sit on your thighs!" requested the woman.

"Do as you please. Remember, 8 minutes remaining."

She actually sitted on my lap though as soon as my di*k entered her vagina, one of my man barged in my room.

"BOSS! BOSS! There's a big problem!" shouted my man.

"What the hell!? You're interrupting my fun!"

"T...The SWAT Team! They stormed the place!" he replied.

That was unexpected. Everyone wasn't ready because we were so carefree, neither I.

"Hurry and pack in the cash you can bring! We're leaving the place, go straight to the helipad!" I ordered.

"B...Brendan....w...where are you going... we're not finished...." said the woman.

"Sorry, but you'll have to die here.

"Huh?" reacted the woman the moment I pointed the pistol on her head.

"I don't want any whistleblowers, woman. You have to die here. Sorry."

"N....No!!!! Please don't!!!! I...I love you, so please!!!!" shouted the woman in desperation.

She was so high, hallucinating things like that.

I hated extreme noises since I was a kid, that's why....

I SHOT HER IN THE MOUTH INSTEAD, THREE TIMES.

"Goodbye, thanks for your service." I said as I left the room.

That was nothing, for like I already killed numerous people back then. I didn't want any obstacles standing in my way.

Five of my elite men joined me to the helipad. The others have guarded the whole place.

Damn, I felt the bloodshed all over the vicinity.

As we entered the helipad, we were surrounded by several SWAT members. They have accessed the helipad before we did.

"What do we do, boss?" one of my men asked.

"We'll charge in, but don't forget to take cover." I suggested. "You have that thing with you, right? Lend me that one, I'm going to blast the helicopters while you guys take care of the pests."

The plan commenced and rifle shots were exchanged with no mercy. I waited for an opening to launch the RPG towards the SWAT helicopter which then exploded after I fired.

"Boss! Ernie and Wilson are down! What do we do?!" asked one of my men.

Ah, Ernie and Wilson. Two of my elite guards were down. What do you think is the method that I've done?

"Leave 'em be. Let's escape this place." I answered.

"B..But...!" rebutted one of my men.

"Leave them or die with them. Choose!" I responded.

I valued money over my men. They can be replaced quickly by someone who's pathetic beforehand.

They had no choice but to leave Ernie and Wilson behind. The SWAT team suffered a lot of casualities already, meaning a chance for us to make a run for it.

I was one step on riding the helicopter where I felt something penetrated the back of my head. That was the moment a bullet pierced through my skull.

The least thing I saw is that my men's head were dripping with blood. One thing I'm sure from that moment is that I WAS DEAD.

I sure thought was, but for some reason, I suddenly woke up in a dark, ominous space.

The surrounding was all black, I couldn't see a thing. The first thing that came up to my mind was that I am dead and this is hell, an eternal darkness.

"Oh, finally you're awake." said by someone around.

That was a woman's voice. As soon after she spoke, candles have suddenly lightened up a passageway, more like aligned which led to a throne. This is where the woman was sitting.

"Welcome to the purgatory, young man." said the woman as she spreads her wings.

A....A goddess! I...I never thought these creatures were real.

"I....I am supposed to be dead, right?" I asked.

"A...Am I going to be judged here?"

"You sure know the stuff even though you are a sinful man." she replied. "You might even have completed the Seven Deadly Sins, you know."

W...Why did I feel so honored when she said that? I guess evilness was really running through my veins.

"Send me to Hell already, woman. I have accepted my fate since I was living." I uttered. "I don't want you to have a hard time."

"HAHAHA! You're funny, boy!" laughed the goddess.

"Hey, are you really a goddess? Or just a phony?"

"Hey, hey. That was rude, y'know." she answered.

She looked entertained! I was super pissed at her this moment.

"Damn, ridiculing as person such as me!"

"Hoho, looking furious, aren't we?" taunted the goddess. "I love that eyes, such ferocity. Why don't we have a deal, young man?"

"What deal? Just send me to Hell, that's my route in the end anyway."

I was initially adamant in hearing her out, but the next line she stated picked my interest to the highest.

"You sure you don't want to hear me out, even if it means to have a chance to go to the heavens?" persuaded the goddess.

H...How could I not listen to her offer if the possible rewards is going to the paradise?!

I....I knew I do not deserve to go there but for the last time, let me be selfish. Hehe.

"Spill the offer, I'll listen." I insisted.

"I'll reincarnate you in another world and for three years, survive." said the goddess. "Pretty practical, right?"

In paper, it definitely looked uncomplicated. Welp, she wasn't done talking.

"C'mon, I was expecting something more challenging than that." I boasted. "What kind of world are you going to send me?"

"Glad you asked." answered the goddess.

"S...So, will you reveal the facts?"

"A world full of malice and injustice. A dimension bomabrded with bloodshed imperialism. A society which has been divided by race for more than thousands of years." revealed the goddess. "Yes, it is a DYSTOPIA! You have to fix everything in there in order to pass the deal."

Honestly, I felt excitement rather than uneasiness. I love challenges, to be honest.

"If I didn't agree to that, what's the other way?"

"I'll revive you back to the Earth and you can spend five more years in your ravish life there. Though upon death, you'll suffer even more hell." replied the goddess. "If you failed the first offer, then you'll go straight to Hell." she added.

It meant that I only have one chance to go to the heavens, and the other two are obvious pitfalls.

Crap, I want to go to heaven but I also wanna go back to my paradise on Earth. Ugh~

"So, what's your choice, Brendan Park?" asked the goddess. "Are you going to choose the easy path or live in an unknown world that has been different to all?"

I'm dead anyway, so I might as well took the risk.

"I'll take the dystopian world. Make sure that the deal is legitimate, hmm?!"

"Don't worry, I'm a not bogus goddess or what, so chill out." answered the goddess.

She spoke just like a modern person. Was she a human before?

This deity in front of me opened a bright, chained gate which maybe the passageway through the dystopia. I was expecting a dark, creepy one but this was alright.

"Oh one more thing, if you die during your tenure, you'll go straight to Hell." added the goddess.

"We've been talking for like ten minutes already and you haven't even introduced yourself. What's your name?" I asked.

"Minerva, better remember that until you die." said Minerva. "By the way, if you ever talked about this and your origin to anyone in that world, they will die a painful death after two days." she added.

I didn't worry about that fact. I was thinking that I do not intend to make friends or comrades in that dystopia.

"Good luck on your adventure, Brendan Park. Till we see each other again." waved Minerva.

For a second I was looking at her and she was saying something though I couldn't figure what was that which sounded like "Isekai", but suddenly it felt like I was teleported immediately in a soil.

"W....What the hell is this...?" I reacted.

I just landed in this somewhat weird world and the first thing that I witnessed was that everything was grotesque around me.

Decapitated heads, disemboweled bodies, severed limbs and arms, even eyes were gushed out of the skull. Not only that, severed horses were also in there. I was in an open grass field near a huge wall which might be described as a kingdom's boundary from outside. The sky was overcast, to the point it did rain soon.

I killed several people before but this has to be insane. I just shot bodies but I didn't mutilate any of them severely. I couldn't stomach the stench of their innards so I inadvertedly puked right on it.

The sooner I regained my self-awareness, approximately 50 meters from my position was a tall, muscular, disfigured guy who carried a big chainsaw was about to spot me.

"Shit, he must be a monster." I whispered.

His hearing was so sensitive, he even heard my whisper. It prompted him to roar and charge right at me.

One thing has been sure that I did, and that was to.... RUN!!

T...That dude's appearance was terrifying, more like he's a failed experiment of someone. What in the world has been going on in a place like this?!

Anyway, my initial stint was a disaster. A monster chasing you all the way, that has to be horrific!

I was close on approaching a forest but then from my vision, several creatures like him were there waiting to slaughter me.

No one was visibly alive in the vicinity, meaning I had to escape on my own. A felt an emotion that I haven't experienced since I was a kid.

DESPAIR.

Such situation would make someone think that, "Oh well, guess I'm going to die here." and those were exactly my thoughts.

The scenario got even worse when I slipped to the ground because of the blood splattered all the way. The monster was right in my back already.

My heart was beating crazily fast, I felt like my arteries were going to burst. It raised the chainsaw and started to roar like a beast. The sound was incredibly petrifying.

As soon as it was to impale my back with his weapon, I heard someone not that far chanting something loud.

"Light, exterminate!" chanted by someone.

Several rays of sharp lights struck the disfigured monster and affected it superbly.

That moment, the overwhelming despair has been countered by a pinch of hope.

"Mister, are you all right?" asked my savior.

"Y....Yes. No worries."

"Come on, we should hurry before the other monsters devour us. With my magic power remaining, it should merely blinded him for a while. " insisted the dude who saved me.

He lent me his arms and boy oh boy, his outfit was like what you'd see in a prince. Though, he looked so worn out. He might had gone from the battefield before getting here.

And my first hour in this world, had been somehow safe.

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