"How are the preparations for the last round of the competition going? I hope you all are not planning to do anything foolish to anger me."

Lady Olivia was a beautiful lady. She was so beautiful that she was easily able to turn heads whenever she walked past a place. 

But her beauty was a poisonous one. Hidden beneath her rosy exterior was a thorn-like interior that did not spare anyone from her fury. She was someone who could eat you alive and not even feel guilty afterward.

Those who knew of her real temper decided to keep their distance from her. 

Meanwhile, the unfortunate souls who did not know who she was could only admire her beauty and her status.

After all, she was from the guild alliance, an accomplished guild leader, and one of the people grandmasters cherished.

"Lady Olivia, the preparations are ready. We will announce the start of the final round tomorrow. But are you sure we should be doing this? The grandmaster is…"

"What about that old man? Do you think I am afraid of someone like him? How dare you underestimate me like this?"

Lady Olivia's good mood soured when she was questioned by the rude servant. In her anger, she tilted the table in front of her. Food flew everywhere and it did not spare that servant either.

But Lady Olivia was less than concerned. The well-being of these lowly humans did not matter to someone great like her.

Once more, the servants tensed up. They knew that Lady Olivia was not in a good mood and someone would suffer therefore. But despite knowing this, they turned their face away from the abuse taking place in front of them.

"I-I am sorry, my lady. I did not mean to question your words or authority. Kindly spare me and give me another chance."

The servant instantly begged on his knees. He looked scared but hopeful at the same time. He felt as if he would be able to receive Lady Olivia's mercy this time.

But when he looked up, Lady Olivia had a nasty expression on her usually calm face.

"You think you deserve mercy from me? How dare a lowly person like you tell me what to do. Just thinking about this makes my skin crawl."

Lady Olivia waved her hand and the servant could only let out a mute scream before he was crushed to death. 

Once one servant died, no one else tried to come out and correct Lady Olivia. Her temper was legendary and she did not hesitate to kill. She was poisonous rose after all. 

"Any message from the grandmaster? Did he send me anything to ask about what I am doing?"

Lady Olivia asked once she turned her attention away. Grandmaster was one person who could scare Lady Olivia. But she was sure she finally had an edge over him. 

"Unfortunately, we have not received any contact info from the grandmaster. I am afraid that we will not be able to answer any of your questions."

Lady Olivia was pissed off. She did not like this lack of contact from the grandmaster.

"Everyone, get out of here right now. I do not want to see your face."

Everyone ran away from her. They did not want to encounter Lady Olivia's infamous temper. 

Lady Olivia watched them all run away. Once they were gone, she turned toward her benefactor, the one who had asked her to do all this. 

"You said that he would pay attention to me if I did all this? I thought you said that you were a god. Did you lie?"

Lady Olivia asked about the empty room. For a solid minute, there was no reply to her curses. But then there was finally a response. The space around her rippled and it did not take long for a beautiful figure to emerge from the rift.

"I did not lie to you. The one you seek is looking at you. He will be here soon so you should prepare yourself."

Lady Olivia's eyes said that she did not believe this god. But she had no evidence that he was lying to her either.

So as much as she did not want to believe him, Lady Olivia had no choice but to throw her lot with this divine being.

"I will choose to trust you this time. But this will be the last time I do so. So do not disappoint me next time."

Lady Olivia did not know what happened. One second, she was standing calmly, the next second her face was taken hostage, and the entity in front of her had her face in his grasp.

"You are a daring human, willing to tell me what to do and what not to do. But unfortunately for you, you are getting annoyed very fast. If you want to live, then show some tact."

Lady Olivia felt her breath become short and she gasped for breath. 

Oxygen was not reaching her lungs even when she took in gulps of air. Her body was not performing up to her standards.

Just as soon as her body had been taken hostage, Lady Olivia was let go. She gasped when she looked up at the man in front of her.

The man, no, the god did not seem concerned about what he just did. His eyes were as cold and lifeless as Lady Olivia had ever seen before.

"I-I will not be beaten by you. We both might have agreed to cooperate but that does not mean you get the right to boss me around like this."

Lady Olivia clutched her side desperately as she held herself up. She was hurt but unwilling to bow in front of this god.

The gid was not even stunned by Lady Olivia's guts. From the first time he had met Olivia, she had been like this - stubborn and selfish. That was why the god had chosen her as his vessel and decided to bestow his divine powers on her.

"You are a cruel child and one that takes after my own heart. Fine, I will give you another chance to capture your man. But this will be the last chance you ever get so make use of it carefully."

Lady Olivia coughed as she cleared her throat. She felt better now that she could breathe freely once more.

She also looked at this god with annoyed eyes.

"Don't act as if you are doing this for my benefit. You are interested in that bastard of a participant as well. That black-haired and blue eye one. That's why you stayed to monitor this competition."

That blank white face showed no expression on it. But Lady Olivia had a feeling that this god would be smiling if he could express emotions.

"Maybe you are right, maybe you are not. Who knows what kind of interest I will develop next."

Lady Olivia wanted to call bullshit on this. But she was aware of how much she could push this god.

And as much as she wanted to say that she could curse this god out, that was not the truth. This god might look like he was in a good mood, but he was getting annoyed with her.

"Anyway, I would not worry about the last round. Someone else would swipe this place clean before that. I hope you are ready."

"Who would dare to…"

Lady Olivia started to ask this question when her castle shook. The amount of power one needed to do this was not small. But Lady Olivia was not able to figure out who would want to hurt her this openly. (Or who had the guts to do this.)

"L-Lady Olivia, Master Shinzou is out there. We told him that you were not in the mood to accompany him and that agitated him. I am sorry."

The servant who came to deliver this news to Olivia was shaking. He was sure that today would be his last day.

His lady did not hold her temper back and she also was not forgiving.

But just when he was busy counting his minutes down, a miracle happened. Instead of killing him, Lady Olivia sighed and waved for him to leave.

"If it is Master Shinzou, then there was nothing you all could have done. Invite him inside and make him comfortable. I will come down shortly."

The servant was surprised. No, he was shocked at what he heard.

But he decided to follow Lady Olivia's words and invite Master Shinzou inside.

To have two of the masters of the alliance under the same building was nerve-wracking for these servants, but they had to endure all this pressure if they wanted to live.

After all, no one knew what would happen next. And they also did not know why Master Shinzou had come here for.

Would today be their last day? Or the start of something new? That was the question everyone had on their mind for the time being.