21st Century Necromancer

Yu Chen had another reason he hadn't told Hiromi Jounouchi about, one that made him unwilling to become divine. It was that deities had a Divine Duty, which was a part of the world's rules. By taking this part of the rules for themselves and turning it into their authority, they also bound themselves to the rules of the world.

If Yu Chen had not known about the existence of the Multiverse, being tied to one world as a deity wouldn't have been much of a problem. However, having witnessed the vast and boundless Multiverse, to still be constrained by a single world would seem too reckless and unwise.

The taste of freedom is so fragrant that even the supreme glory and the temptation of immortality of a deity cannot make me submit.

He strongly agreed with this maxim recorded in the "Multiverse Universal Necromancy Spell Compendium." This is also why, throughout history, even though some Necromancers achieved Divine Enthronement, they chose to turn their Necromantic Space into a Divine Kingdom, or simply underwent Divine Enthronement in their own Necromantic Space.

No one wanted to bind themselves to a world and become a prisoner of it.
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Being a god looks wonderful, possessing supreme glory and majesty, holding the highest authority of a world. Within the scope that the divine might covers, a god has omnipotent power and immortal life. However, gods are still prisoners bound by the shackles of rules.

Upon Becoming Divine, one cannot appear in the mortal world again, as the world cannot endure the might of a deity. Similarly, a deity cannot leave the world where they have achieved Divine Enthronement because to become divine means to merge oneself with the world's rules. In taking the rules for their Divine Duty, they also turn themselves into a part of the rules.

Therefore, deities can only reside within their Divine Kingdom, neither inside nor outside the world. They can only curl up within their Divine Kingdom that clings to the edge of the world, turning their Divine Kingdom into a prison, constraining themselves.

If their faith prospers, gods might be able to send down incarnations to walk the earth. However, that's merely akin to an inmate being let out for air. Once they leave their own world, they lose the blessing of the rules upon them and tumble back to the mortal realm, becoming ordinary.

Although they still possess power far beyond the mortal, they are no longer divine beings with immortality and greatness.

Which deity would wish to be cast down to the mortal realm again? Even if imprisoned, they are still deities reigning on high!

But for Yu Chen, he didn't wish to become such a "prisoner." Even using his own Necromantic Space for Divine Enthronement, without being constrained by the world, he didn't much like the idea.

In the "Multiverse Universal Necromancy Spell Compendium," there had long been Necromancers who, by other means, attained power to rival the gods, and even roamed the Multiverse, gaining might far stronger than that of deities.

Why shouldn't he learn from these sages instead of confining himself to a tiny corner of the vast Multiverse?

Of course, these matters were still far off for Yu Chen, who hadn't even stepped into Legendary-rank and didn't have the luxury of discussing Divine Enthronement. Even gathering faith in preparation for it was still too premature for him.

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After watching the movie with Hiromi Jounouchi, the two of them didn't do anything else but prepared to go home together.

Nighttime Tokyo remains noisy, one of Asia's largest supercities, a thoroughgoing city that never sleeps. Although it was late, the neon lights on the streets of Tokyo still bloomed with their colorful glow, illuminating the streets while also concealing the hidden darkness.

For instance, the situation that Yu Chen and Hiromi Jounouchi were encountering now was one such darkness under Tokyo's night sky.

"Hand over the money, or we won't be polite!" A gang with heads dyed in all colors of the rainbow, clad in commando outfits, surrounded Yu Chen and Hiromi Jounouchi, looking ready to rob them.

"Who are you people?" Facing the delinquent biker gang bold enough to try robbing him, Yu Chen's expression was somewhat amused and slightly bizarre.

This group of delinquents seemed to be around a dozen in number, all looking fairly young, having just graduated from high school, the age when one should go to college. And at a glance, it was evident that these guys were no more than ordinary people.

Ordinary people daring to rob transcendents? To target him, a Necromancer, a professional of high risk, this couldn't help but bring a smile to Yu Chen's face.

If it really came to a fight, Yu Chen needed only a thought to subdue this group of delinquents, or even to eliminate them altogether, but there didn't seem to be any need for that. At least, Yu Chen didn't sense any malice from them—just a group of delinquents wanting some money to spend, so there was no need for killing.

"We are from the Tokyo Gale Society, buddy, and you're out of luck," the ringleader of the delinquents approached Yu Chen, taking off his sunglasses with an air of certainty, "We usually hang out in Yokohama but came to Ginza to have fun tonight. My boys here want to experience the company of the Ginza Night Club hostesses, but the wallet's light. You look like you've got money, right?

How about lending us some to spend? Don't worry, I never go too far with bad deeds, I'll leave you enough to get home by subway.

Of course, if you don't cooperate, then my boys here might have to rough you up. It might be unfortunate if those pretty ladies working there get their faces damaged by accident, and surely you'd feel bad too, right? Don't you guys think so?"

"Yeah, hahaha!" As the gang leader spoke, his underlings joined in the boisterous laughter, as if Yu Chen was already their prey, a duck cooked and unable to fly away.

However, things certainly weren't going to unfold as they had imagined. Yu Chen shook his head with an odd look and turned to Hiromi Jounouchi, who was nonchalantly clinging to his arm without a hint of anxiety, and asked, "Hiromi, what do you want to do?"

"I want to go for a late-night snack, so hurry up and handle this, Mr. Yu Chen," Hiromi Jounouchi answered casually, lacking any concern for the gang of delinquents.

Not to mention that Yu Chen was a transcendent far beyond the imagination of these ordinary delinquents, even Hiromi herself, during her high school days, could have taken on more than a dozen. Though she's older now and hasn't fought anyone in years, she still wouldn't bat an eye at three or five delinquents.

Even if Yu Chen chose not to use his transcendent power, she would have no concerns about defending herself.

Hearing Hiromi Jounouchi's response, Yu Chen could only smile and look back at the delinquent leader, saying with a tinge of regret, "I'm afraid I'm going to have to apologize, I've got to take my girlfriend out for a late-night snack, so I can't lend you any money."

"Damn it, refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit! Attack!" Upon hearing Yu Chen's dismissive response, the delinquent leader roared in discontent, and took a swing at Yu Chen himself.

However, his punch was simply caught by Yu Chen, who flashed a smile at the gang member, then looked over his shoulder to Hiromi Jounouchi, who was now standing with her back against him, and said, "Hiromi, want to make it a competition to see who finishes the fight first?"

"Underestimating me? I used to be able to fight eight guys by myself in high school," Hiromi Jounouchi confidently said to Yu Chen, blocking a punch from another delinquent.