My Soul card is a Reaper

"What do you mean?" Azzy didn't understand what the Reaper wanted to do with the divine spark. Does using it will make him a breakthrough or something? Or will he receive some kind of new power?

The Reaper explained, "The divine spark of a true god contains the very essence of divinity. Because of your Sage core, you were already considered a half-divine being. And now, if we merge it with your Sage core, you could practically turn into a true divine being, meaning the divinity will even pass to your descendants."

"Eh? But, won't this aggravate the Death God?" asked Azzy in wonder. He didn't know that the Reaper had plans for fooling a god and forming unnecessary enmity.

The Reaper replied in a nonchalant tone as if he wasn't bothered by the consequences, "Don't worry about it. We can use the reward however we can. Furthermore, he isn't an ally, Azrael. Don't go by his angelic features and easygoing attitude. His soul is more corrupt than you can imagine. Anyway, let's stop talking about him. Let's proceed."

"Okay, what should I do?" Azzy didn't question the Reaper too much and just went with the flow, although a bit reluctantly for losing an opportunity to visit the realm of angels sooner. He understands that the Reaper is doing it for his sake and he can even see the benefits, but still, Azzy's heart wasn't completely in this act.

The Reaper then told him to just close his eyes and meditate. The former took control of the divine spark floating in Azzy's mindscape and guided it to Azzy's second core, where the natural energy is sitting still.

Upon contact with the foreign object, the natural energy in his core suddenly stirred. It started going out of control.

Azzy started feeling pain in his head as if thousands of needles were pricking him at the same time. He couldn't help but groan out loud, but the Reaper advised him to bear it and try to concentrate on something else. Azzy was strictly told not to move from the spot.

As Azzy was following his Arcana's instructions, the latter became busy merging the divine spark with the core.

Soon, the divine spark released threads of energy in all of its directions.

Meanwhile, on the outside, the earth started shaking in the ten-kilometer range around Azzy. The wind was blowing really strongly. And then, the dark clouds filled the sky before rumblings of thunder started hearing. The tribal people living in the small villages within the area couldn't help but come out of their houses and kneel to pray for their god to stop being angry at them.

This phenomenon continued to occur for the next 14-15 minutes but Azzy firmly sat like a rock, looking as if nothing affected him. However, in reality, he was feeling an unimaginable pain. It made him remember the pain his body expressed during the time he broke through tier-9 of the divine physique.

Eventually, the process is completed with a translucent sky blue-colored core transformed into gold in color. The changes could also be felt by Azzy, but unfortunately, he wasn't the only one though.

Far away from the planet of Gaia, in the Celestial Realm, several deities sensed the same thing, the birth of a new divine being. And one of them was quite mad at this development.

In the realm of Death, there was a floating island above the river of lava. On the tiny island lies a simple throne. No beautiful palaces or handmaidens, like was seen elsewhere in the celestial realm.

There was a simple throne and the butterfly-winged young-looking man was seen sitting on top of it. His expression looked very cold. His hand swiftly moved.

Thanatos grabbed the hand of his throne in anger, almost cracking it in the process. 

Eventually, a peal of laughter escaped from his mouth, "Good, very good, human. I don't know how you managed such a feat but you will face the consequences. You played with the God of Death. Now, let the Death play with you."

*snap*

Back on the planet of Gaia, Azzy was shrouded in a layer of divine energy as he absorbed natural energy from the surroundings to test it. Nothing much has changed except for the fact that his natural energy attacks have divinity in them.

Azzy was dissatisfied with the result. As he protested, the Reaper calmly told him that this would help him to go beyond the realms of a demigod. Azzy thought it might be true and threw the matter away at the back of his head, preparing himself to return home.

A few weeks later;

Emerald Academy, Emerald City;

In the staff room meeting, the principal was addressing the teachers about the upcoming exams.

"Teacher Gary, originally, you were supposed to be in charge of theoretical combat exams, but due to Teacher Snivy's request of leave and recommending your name, you can choose either theoretical combat subject or practical combat subject. The remaining one will be handled by our Vice Principal Aaron."

Azzy thought for a bit and answered, "If I were to be given a choice, then, I would take practical combat as I will have more freedom to construct the exam in the way I want."

"Fair enough," The Principal agreed with him right and looked to the side. Aaron nodded in understanding. 

Once the staff meeting was gone and everyone was dismissed, Azzy gestured something to Aaron, and both of them were seen leaving the academy together in silence.

As this is a common occurrence for the students with several rumors flying around, no one felt anything amiss.

Once they exited the premises of the academy, Aaron opened his mouth, "Which one, this time?"

Azzy glanced at him from the corner of his eyes and answered, "Zebra and Gorilla."

"Two of them?" Aaron was slightly taken aback. 

Azzy nodded as he commented, "I guess we are lucky."

"Or it might be a trap set for us," replied Aaron right away.

Azzy shrugged his shoulders, "not that it would matter anyway.

"I guess so…" Aaron let out a smile as he raised his head to look at the sky, "So much has changed, huh…"

After Azzy handed over Aaron's adopted father, the latter fulfilled his promise of joining WAMO's Zero squad as his subordinate and revealing all the confidential information on Arc Company.

With that info, under Commander Kruger's orders, Azzy launched a secret operation while working with a few selected individuals. 

He captured every spy working at information desks, members of Special Forces, the Research and Development division, and high-level officials of several other divisions within the organization and governments across the supercontinent.

After that, a formal arrest was issued on the directors. A couple of them were caught and the rest of them managed to escape. For the past few weeks, Azzy has been working on capturing them one after another.

Apart from his mission, another interesting thing that has happened in his life is the mysterious disappearance of the spaceships.

The spaceships of the Arcturian Empire were supposed to arrive long ago. At first, their speed was delayed after they entered the asteroid belt located about 400 million kilometers away from the planet.

And when they were only 50 million kilometers away with nothing to stop them, they just disappeared out of nowhere. Even Dr. Mac's satellites with powerful sensors couldn't find anything.

The matter is still being investigated by the World Space Agency, under WAMO's jurisdiction. However, nothing has been found so far except for the fact that space distortion occurred before their disappearance. For now, they can only assume that the invaders changed plans at the last minute.

As a result, Azzy was able to completely concentrate on his work. He diligently worked harder at WAMO to complete missions and gain merits for later use while continuing to teach the tenth-grade students at Emerald Academy.

Back to the present, after capturing two more directors and gaining two more merit points from the organization, Azzy focused on the upcoming graduation exams for the tenth-grade students.

Usually, he only had to create a tournament using a format of his choice. However, Azzy wanted to try something different. He wanted to create something like a realistic environment for the students.

After thinking of various ideas, he ended up deciding on one. "There are still two weeks for the examinations to start. And if I request the principal to place the practical combat at last, I will get another ten days of time. I hope it will be enough."