In A Parallel World With Random Skills, I Reluctantly Become A Mafia Boss?

Chapter 3: Skill

It was what could be thought of as an unstoppable force. 

All preparations were meaningless in front of the will of the strong.

These were the profound thoughts of Lezer, a being who thought of himself as strong, only to find himself as helpless as an ant. In front of overwhelming adversity, they are nothing but dust waiting to be returned to the earth itself.

As if taking this as a signal of surrender or acceptance, it came..

A bright glint in the sky was seen by countless people around the world, before a ray of various colors and flames was shot out from up above. 

There was no escape, no time to run, nor did they have the means to teleport. They were sitting ducks. As the laser from the heavens kissed the earth, a moment of silence reverberated.

In the next, a giant cloud of fire, explosions, dust, and smoke, rose up to the sky, covering a part of the once green grass. A loud, booming sound that could have broken the eardrums of any person within its range came just after the impact, like a magnifying glass in line with the rays of the sun, all things in its lens disappeared without a trace.

The last thoughts of one who was at the very center of this disaster, was a wish that their only master would be safe.

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"Hmm? What's this?"

It was the middle of the afternoon when I posed that question towards a strange object in my hand.

The small, glittering object caught my attention when I woke up earlier. 

It looked like a small, dark ring, with golden symbols adorned on it. It had a dark purple glow on the gem embedded in the middle.

Right after I woke up, I checked the surroundings for any danger and was relieved to find that there were no enemies in sight. Though at the place where the self-proclaimed god of darkness died, a cool ring was found under some black soil. 

Since I thought that it was like a rare drop from a boss, I had no reason not to take it. Also, it looked really cool.

I might have based my judgement entirely on the latter though. But it's fine, there was no one here except me anyway.

When I put it on, I could feel that I was connected to it somehow. Suddenly I felt my head hurting. But that only lasted for a few seconds before I felt a relaxing sensation. I was really surprised at how a ray of light suddenly pierced through the roof, melting my cage in an instant. But for some reason, the light avoided me, and only me.

It seemed as if I used my entire life's luck on that skill. Who knew I would destroy everything around me without warning? Though it wasn't me that did it, the skill did. So I must not get conceited. In the first place, I was only aiming for a skill that could get me out of that predicament though.