The Earth After Rebirth

Kiro decided to leave the conversation. They were debating about a lot of different possibilities, but he was on his phone, before he could forgot he needed to do what Philip asked.

The girls didn't have a hard time accepting the news. They could see and feel how the others were, ontop of that, Hiro had recorded everything the system had explained to them. Making it easy to be believable even though the story sounded bogus.

"So the world of Asgard is like a failsafe world, since we humans aren't trustworthy? I'd like a word with these gods." Saanvi commented seriously.

"He's dying, you know?" Kiro said taking his eyes off his phone for a second. "Chronos, with all the meddling he did, it ended up killing him. He doesn't have a lot of time left."

"But he's a god?" Isla was utterly confused.

"Yes. And even gods have rules they cannot break but he gave his life for us. We better do him proud." He told them seriously.

He immediately went back to his phone, he was in the middle of writing and buttering his father's company products. But the room was now buried deep in silence.

What he said made the people within it feel bad for the dying god. They felt guilt, a being they've never even met, a being they never even knew existed, had been doing something so big behind the scenes ensuring their survival.

"I didn't mean it in a depressing way, he's way too cool about this whole dying thing. I just wanted you guys to know the sacrifices that brought us here."

"Wouldn't that make you Kiro an old ass man?" Ishaan laughed.

"Maybe if he was reincarnated or something. But the god simply turned back the time with his memories intact. If you think about it, we went back too, we just don't remember." Hiro surmised logically.

Ishaan gave him a dirty look, he hadn't thought about it like that. This made him feel like the idiot in the group.

"I guess Ishaan is the dumbest one amongst us." Felix snorted.

For the first time since seemingly forever, they laughed, genuinely, at the expense of Ishaan. Seeing his friends a little joyous, Ishaan didn't mind much, he joined in instead.

After a while they were chatting amongst themselves again, leaving Kiro to his devices. He was never good with words, he was still scratching his head about what to write. He had to be very careful, which is why he couldn't think of anything.

"Shit!" He audibly exclaimed.

Everyone looked at him expectedly, he could feel their piercing stares at the back of his neck. He let out a heavy breath out.

"It's not anything you guys should worry about, I'm supposed to be posting about the product my father created but I can't think of a clever way."
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"You can promise those who buy the pod that they stand a chance to win a true blood potion?" Hiro suggested.

Kiro looked at him for a long time, "now, how is it that you weren't even in the top 10 of our class? You're a genius. But first, we should let them know what the potion is and it's effects."

Hiro turned into a kind of red blush. He wasn't a dumb kid, but this happened to him always. When there wasn't any pressure to do good, he excelled.

"We have Aeron and Viktor as our guinea pigs. Us too, let's get to work." Kiro said as if they'd already agreed to help him.

Nobody uttered a single complaint, as they helped him compile various videos showing their power and strength. They intended to showoff the power first, then dangle the potion in front of the whole of Asgard.

They luckily had footage fighting a harbinger, a creature only ever seen by a very few, apart from guardians. Thanks to the appearance of the general during the guild wars, some have witnessed it.

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The next day, video was talked about by various news channels and online forums. It showed the guardians fighting, with Isaac and Ursa cut out of the video.

Kiro didn't want his advertisement to include the kid of an enemy company and his side piece. The fight changed every 7 seconds, transitioning to another fight.

At the very end, Kiro's avatar would appear saying: "Only your true blood awakening can make you that strong. Order a pod from Waynworth Enterprise or buy it starting on Saturday and stand a chance to win a true blood potion to test your limits on a new pod."

He felt bad using something so precious to bait buyers. But if he could use the situation to further elevate his family then that's what he would do.

They needed more guardians anyway, he was going to be the one choosing the lucky winners. So he didn't think there was much exploitation happening.

[Popular player on Asgard Online, Kiro, recently came out with new information. Revealing the secrets to his power and those closest to him. They've been hogging this power since the beginning, but now that they need something from the public, it is revealed. What are your thoughts viewers?]

Viewer 1: It's only natural. Nothing is for free in this world, if he came out with this information claiming it was free, I would've been more skeptical.

Viewer 2: I disagree. This Kiro pretended to sympathise with the poor because he was one of them at one point, but now that he's up there with the rich. He's doing as the rich do.

Viewer 3: I don't want to lie, you sound very jealous.

Viewer 1: He does. I've done some research on the Waynworth Enterprise. They employ the poor, mostly from the lower district and they're paid properly, not overworked. This is a company we should be supporting.

Viewer 4: Always looking for handouts. This company isn't going to last long before it comes crashing down, the most successful companies in our country do well because they're cutthroat.

Viewer 1: You mean by exploiting workers?

Viewer 3: Too truth. Slavery and exploitation, no wonder they're so rich, they don't consider the people who actually make their companies work.

Of course these viewers were so brave to call out the rich because they were promised anonymity.