Chapter 77 - Level 46 - Sword of Damocles (1/2)

Darkness all around me, with the only valid source of light being a giant thermonuclear reactor, humanity calls Sun. Where was I? Space, obviously. In the asteroid belt of the Solar System to be precise.

What am I doing here? Well, that's a good question.

I am looking for an asteroid that'll fit the profile.

Why would I need an asteroid for? To explain the Shanghai disaster. Actually, to give a possible explanation to the majority of Earth's population.

From tomorrow onwards, the world will believe that Shanghai became a really ”unfortunate victim” of a meteor crashing in the middle of the city. Then a few pseudo-scientific works and public speeches made by ”respectable” physicians later, everyone will remember this day as a constant reminder about the dangers of the space.

However, people with high enough authority will be quick to understand that it's all an utter bullshit. Unfortunately for them, that's exactly what I am aiming for. This will serve as a showcase of my power. Planetary flexing. A letter, with a proper detailed description of what awaits a country, in case it opposes me, will magically appear before the rulers of all major nations of the first and second worlds. That includes both muggles' and wizards' representatives.

This will be a show of force for everyone in the world. Nobody messes with the Temple and leaves unscathed. But there is a second purpose that somewhat coincides with the first one.

For the past year, the whole world found out about the benefits of the Temple of Miracles. Even though only a chosen few get access to the temple, humanity's headcount is over 5 billion at the moment. So altogether, there are at least 10 million ”lucky” people, most of whom are people wielding some sort of power or are close to attaining it.

The problem here is that after attaining power, they start thinking they became powerful enough to ignore Temple's orders. They are too dumb to understand that the place capable of making your most hidden dėsɨrės real, can also turn your life into hell.

And that's where this disaster comes into scope. I won't track every living person, who dared to mess with me. I am too lazy for that. Instead, I would be tracking them by cities. If people of that city cause my ire, the city gets to be deleted. Or country. It depends on the population, I guess. Next goes a light hint that Shanghai was one such city. And done.

This hopefully will produce enough motivation to not anger me. It will also be a great reminder for them, that a Sword of Damocles is constantly hovering over their necks.