The Rise Of A Porter

After leaving his elite summons and Dani's constructs on Alfheim, Arnold made his way back to earth. However, it wasn't because he missed his home or anything. He just wanted to meet up with his family and do some other work... like having Devon figure out the mystery hidden within the Elven blood. 

If the gods were interested in it so much, then there had to be a way for Arnold to harness that strength for himself. And Devon being the expert in these things, could help him do exactly just that. 

In the meantime, the dungeons had started popping up once again on Earth. The industry which had been suffering a lul, was now back in full force. In Arnold's absence, the other guilds were given an opportunity to exploit the dungeons and their resources to the extreme. 

Arnold had no interest in dungeons or anything even remotely close to them. But there was one thing he still needed from the dungeon. The beast crystals. Since the war with the gods was inevitable, Arnold wanted to make himself and his summons as strong as he could and the beast crystals were a shortcut to that. 

If the guilds wanted to own dungeons, then they could. However, they needed to pay up in beast crystals after clearing the dungeons. That way, Arnold did not have to spend his forces to clear the dungeon and gain beast crystals either way.

As for the Syndicate in America, Nina told them what happened with Nicole and Johnny. But they only knew a believable version of what happened as Nina doubted the rest of them would believe her if she told her about the existence of gods and other shenanigans.

So on Devon's advice, she told them that Arnold, Johnny and Nicole were clearing a dungeon and Johnny betrayed them and escaped with no one being able to trace him down. The news came as a shock to everyone as most of them knew how close those two were. Johnny betraying Nicole was like hell freezing over. 

Some of them even went as far as blaming Arnold saying things like he might have killed both of them and was using Johnny as a scapegoat. Of course, none of them had enough courage to say those things in front of anyone who personally knew Arnold. 

Arnold, on the other hand, could not care less about what anyone thought about him. The status of the humans had been reduced to even worse than insects in front of him. If he wanted to, he could kill everyone in the entire world and wouldn't even bat an eye. 

In fact, doing so might actually force the gods into some action. But Arnold decided to keep this wild thought to himself. After leaving the elves he had brought over in Devon's care, he headed back inside to interrogate the warriors. 

Information was the key that could turn the tide of any war. Sadly, Arnold did not have much information regarding who were his enemies and how were they planning to take care of him. Thankfully, he had found more gods to interrogate, or so he thought...

"Fck this!" Arnold cursed loudly as he walked out of the room his summons now referred to as the torture chamber, "Days wasted and those fools don't know shit!"

He had tortured them in every way he possibly could have. But in the end, he had to accept the fact that these idiots did not know a thing about what the rest of the gods planning. But it wasn't all a waste. Even though they didn't know much, they made one thing clear, Olympus wasn't the only thing he had to worry about. 

Almost all of the gods were now against him and according to what the fools told him, they were busy forming up a plan to end him. Which again wasn't good news. He was not afraid of fighting them head-on, but he knew he wasn't ready yet. 

In other words, if the gods decide to attack him right now, he might not have any other choice but to retreat and try to kill them one after another. But he doubted the gods would allow him to do something like that so easily. 

"Whether they do it or not, it doesn't matter," Arnold mumbled to himself before heading towards the forge, "I will kill them all."

"Master!" Dani immediately bowed her head as soon as she saw Arnold, "You should-"

"I'll take a look later Dani." Arnold brushed her off before taking out his amour and placing it on the anvil, "I have things to do now."

Without saying another word, he took the hammer opened his inventory to get something out... 

"Are those-"

"Heimdall's eyes," Arnold replied and began thinking of the best place to place the eyes on. 

The visor was not an option as that would force him to redesign the entire helmet from scratch. In the end, he decided to add them to his shoulders plates. One of either side. With a vision in his head, he started hammering away. The process roughly took a couple of hours to finish, but in the end, he managed to make his vision come true. 

Even though it had been a while since Dani became one of his summons, she had never seen her master, work with such a focus. Once he grabbed the hammer, he didn't stop before he was done. Not even for a second and the reward for his effort was a new ability associated with his armour. 

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[Truth Seeker]: This passive ability allows the user to see whether a being's words are true or not. 

Destroyer Class Sync Ability: The effectiveness and range of the [Third eye] increased by 20%. Destroying entire civilizations would now provide an additional 5% Primal Power Manifestation and an additional 10% universal influence.

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"Perfect," Arnold mumbled and placed the armour back inside his inventory before turning towards Dani, "So, what did you want to show me?"

"I-It's nothing major, master. Just a few enhancements that I have done to your automaton designs."

"Talos would be back here in some time. You can ask him about the changes. Is there anything else?"

"No, master."

"Then, I'll be on my way."