Both the Demon King and Leo said at the same time, "Let the battle begin!" As the Demon King told his forces to descend, Leo first enabled his system, and the system sent a message: "New update: accept download." Leo said, "Yes," as the system stated, "First, synchronize," then it stated, "Download." The system then announced, "During download time, all abilities associated with the system will be locked."
Leo smirked as he created a barrier. Then humanoid beings noticed the barrier and said, "Our master is back!" Leo instantly shifted into his forbidden continent as he returned to his meditating body. He opened his eyes and said, "This body is a bit rusty." The humanoid beings all kneeled and bowed their heads, saying, "Welcome back, Master."
Leo replied, "It's good to be back. Now, let me rewrite this body to hold my powers." He began to change his body structure to be exactly like his previous body. Meanwhile, as the robots started to prepare for battle, Leo had just finished rewriting his body when the system notified him, "Update complete. Install." Leo said, "Yes," as the system then stated, "Please wait—installation in progress," and began counting down from one hundred. When it said, "Installation complete," the system interface changed; it transformed into a godly interface and materialized into a human form.
Leo asked, "Wait—all this while, you are a girl?"
The system replied, "I don't have a gender, but during the installation I delved into your past memories and saw a girl you love so much but never got together with because of the traumatizing event that took place. You didn't tell her how you felt about her, so I decided to use her form to assist you."
A rush of Leo's past memories filled him; he felt nostalgia and couldn't control himself. He hugged the system and cried, "Thank you for giving me a second chance." The system consoled him. After he calmed down, he asked, "What should I name you?"
The system replied, "Since your love was Karuya, name me Karuya."
"Well, Karuya it is," he said. "Let's go beat up some assholes!"
As they went to his throne, Leo addressed the God of Tech: "Well, it's been so long. I think you're stronger than me by far, but no matter what, I will still be your bro. And of course, who is the girl? Is she your girlfriend?" Karuya coughed as Leo continued, "Believe it or not, she is actually the system that was bestowed upon me. What the system can do… Hmmm, well, I'm surprised. But anyway, let me show you your gifts."
Over time, we developed some special robots that were blessed by other gods—you could say they are the gods' disciples, as they inherit fifty percent of the gods' powers. We were able to develop five of them, and these five are all you will ever need. "So, meet the disciples of the gods," Leo announced as they all emerged; each carried its god's personality. The God of Tech introduced them to Leo: "The one in the center is their leader—he is one of the primordial god disciples: Pangu, the Creator God. The one with that calm, chilling vibe is the Egyptian god Anubis's disciple, and the girl next to Pangu's disciple is Nyx, one of the Greek primordial gods of darkness. The other two are the disciples of Hades and Nezha. This will be your assault team—test them out and decide for yourself."
Leo smirked wildly as the God of Tech added, "Oh, make sure to show us a live transmission of your battle. I want to see how my creations are faring against absolute power."
"No worries," Leo said as he changed their dimension into an arena. "All of you, come at me!" he shouted.
As Pangu instructed them, "Remember: use the synchronization attack!" they all rushed at Leo. Pangu and Anubis clashed with Leo while he used his fingers to hold them off as the other three targeted him from different positions. "Wow, really? You think that will work on me? Sorry—I've faced worse," Leo remarked as he threw an air punch that landed a devastating blow.
"We have a war to face. Is this how you're going to be defeated—with that weakness? Heck, even the demons will mop the floor with you!" one of the disciples shouted.
"Yes, you're right—time to go all out!" they responded, unleashing their full powers.
The Pangu disciple materialized his yin-yang axe and said, "This is the axe that split the heavens!" The Anubis disciple materialized his iron rod, proclaiming, "This is the weapon that stopped Seth dead in his tracks!" The Nyx disciple materialized her hair daggers and arranged them en masse, while the Hades disciple used his twin chaos chained blades of the underworld, saying, "These blades were used to stop the titans!" Meanwhile, the Nezha disciple materialized his fire spear and used his fire wheels.
Leo smiled menacingly and shouted, "Finally, come at me!"
The Pangu disciple rushed toward Leo with his yin-yang axe, Anubis rushed with his iron rod, and the Nyx disciple attacked from behind, while both Hades and Nezha rushed to his sides. Leo chuckled as he materialized extra arms, delivering a devastating blow to Nyx—sending her flying and causing her to faint—while another arm delivered a strong uppercut to Nezha, sending him flying high. Yet another arm caught Hades's weapon, and using his chains, Leo wrapped them around his hand to deliver a knockout punch to Hades, who then fainted.
Leo then unleashed his aura to make both Pangu and Anubis kneel and said, "That will be all for now." Somehow, Nezha stood. As he rushed toward Leo, Nezha declared, "I won't be embarrassed like this!" Both Anubis and Pangu sighed in disappointment as Leo grabbed Nezha and gave him a flick on the forehead that knocked him out. "Well, let's go—get ready!" Leo said as he carried Nyx, Hades, and Nezha out of the dimension.
The God of Tech smiled and asked, "How's the test?"
"I think I can work with them, but Nezha... he has his master's characteristics too much," Leo replied. Just then, Nezha shouted, "I'll defeat you, Leo! I won't allow it!"
"See what I mean?" Leo said. "No need for that—we can just manage him." Then Leo asked, "Which names do you want to give them?"
Leo added, "Hmm, I won't name them. You, master gods of the disciples, come and name your disciples."
The gods stepped out from a portal and said, "Hmm, so these are our disciples, Demos. You've really outdone yourself and surprised us—they even have our personalities." Demos smiled and said, "I'm just doing my job."
Then, while the gods were thinking of a name, one of them added, "Let me show you the next surprise—this is something we all created especially for you. It is a special type of armor."
Karuya appeared and said, "Wow, that was done well!"
Leo asked, "Where were you all this while?"
She answered, "I was doing some research." In Leo's memories, his past self watched it like a movie as she was seen holding popcorn and a soda. "Anyway," Karuya continued, "that's not important."
Leo inquired, "So, which armor is mine?"
Demos replied, "Your armor isn't here; it's stored in a vault."
Leo said, "This will be interesting." He reached there, expecting an armor showcase, but was dumbfounded to see only a ring. He and Karuya both exclaimed, "What the fuck is that?"
Demos said, "Put the ring on your finger, and when you want the armor to materialize, just think of it—this one is specially optimized for your powers."
Leo wore the ring and asked, "What about the disciples' armor?"
Demos answered, "Their armor will surface when a name is given to them. And oh, that reminds me—let's go see which crappy names those gods will come up with for their disciples."
As they went to see, Nezha suggested "Tezha" for his disciple; Nyx proposed "Lyx" for her disciples; Anubis came up with "Vahubis"; Hades suggested "Nades"; and finally, Pangu proposed "Tangu." Leo and Demos remarked, "These are all crappy names, but I will respect your decision." As the names were confirmed, the disciples' armor began to manifest—each piece displaying a symbol that its god specialized in.
Suddenly, a humanoid robot ran into the throne room and said, "Sorry to disturb you, Master—the enemies are entering the orbit."
"Relax, my barrier will hold them off for a while," Leo replied.
The scene then shifted to a grim palace in a dark dimension. As we entered the castle, we saw a man with a wild appearance—looking like a werewolf—chained in a cylindrical chain in the throne room. As the man opened his eyes, a terrible darkness swept across the universe—even into the god realm. The gods who knew of him said, "No way—it's him! He's awakening!"