All Chapters of War God: Revenge of Trash Ex-Son-in-Law: Chapter 1
- Chapter 10
10 chapters
CHAPTER 1
Thunder roared violently, shaking the massive glass windows of the luxurious Miller family residence in Alpine, New Jersey. Inside the warm living room, Raymond knelt on the cold marble floor. His rough hands gripped a mop cloth tightly. He had just finished wiping the last stretch of the floor when a maroon folder landed right in front of his knees, splashing dirty water onto his faded jeans.“Sign it. Stop wasting our time,” the voice came coldly from the lips of Chloe, the woman who had been his wife for the past three years.Chloe stood with her arms crossed over her chest. Her gaze toward Raymond was filled with disgust, as though he were nothing more than a pile of trash staining her home.Raymond slowly looked up, his messy hair covering part of his weary eyes. “Divorce... papers? But, Chloe, what did I do wrong? I’ve done everything you asked of me. I took care of this house without ever complaining.”“And that’s your biggest problem, Raymond!” his mother-in-law, Evelyn, cut i
CHAPTER 2
The steady beeping of the heart monitor filled the silence of the hospital ward. Raymond lay flat on his back, staring blankly at the white ceiling. At the corner of his eyes, the golden glow of translucent text still flickered faintly.[ Synchronization of the God of War Soul Core: 7% ][ Warning: Mortal body suffering from chronic malnutrition. Recovery process slowed. ]Raymond let out a long breath. The ancient memories awakened last night had only surfaced by a fraction, yet the pain caused by betrayal in this mortal world felt far more real than the thousands of years of his past history. Just as he lowered both feet from the edge of the bed, the ward door slid open without a knock.Chloe Miller walked in. A neatly tailored maroon blazer wrapped around her body. Her expression looked exhausted, but her eyes immediately sharpened the moment she saw Raymond already sitting upright.“Incredible. The doctor said you were hit by a sports car, yet not a single bone in your body was br
CHAPTER 3
Raymond stepped out of the main lobby of Bellevue Hospital. He was only wearing a plain black T-shirt and faded jeans—the only clothes left inside his old backpack. Around him, people hurried past, indifferent to the figure of the young man who had just risen from the brink of death.The man stopped near the East 26th Street bus stop. He glanced at the bluish bruise on his left wrist from last night’s collision. The cheap watch Chloe gave me is already destroyed, he thought as he curled his lips into a bitter smile filled with irony.Suddenly, a pitch-black sedan with tinted windows slowed down and stopped right in front of him. The driver’s door opened quickly. A sturdy middle-aged man stepped out with swift movements. The man wore a black suit without any rank insignia, yet the aura of firmness could not be hidden from the lines on his face filled with old scars.He was Yudha Negara. In this mortal world, he was known as a three-star Pentagon general. However, within the ancient mem
Chapter 4
The roar of the black Cadillac’s engine slowly faded as Yudha parked the vehicle in a hidden area just a few blocks away from Manhattan’s business district. Raymond continued staring out the window, observing the bustling city that moved on without caring about the fate of the people inside it.“Raymond,” Yudha called, quickly adjusting to a modern way of speaking according to the God of War’s orders. “There’s one important thing you need to know about what happened that night. Altar Logistics intelligence has just hacked the entire encrypted communication network belonging to the Miller family and Julian Vance.”Raymond did not immediately turn around. He merely gave a signal by tapping his finger against his knee, indicating for Yudha to continue.Yudha turned around from the driver’s seat and handed over a military-grade digital tablet displaying chat transcripts and voice recordings. “Those cheating photos at the motel in Queens... they were completely fabricated digital manipulat
Chapter 5
The Manhattan afternoon sun was beginning to lean westward, casting long shadows from the skyscrapers onto the gray asphalt. Raymond walked along Fifth Avenue, ignoring the growling in his stomach after not eating anything since leaving the hospital. In his hand, a paper folder containing a daily job application form appeared slightly crumpled at the edges.The system at the corner of his vision flickered softly.[ Synchronization of the God of War Soul Core: 8% ][ Body Status: Mortal Energy Level Low. Nutritional Intake Recommended. ]Raymond let out a short breath. Becoming a mortal human with only a small percentage of his power restored was proving to be rather troublesome. However, he had no intention of asking Yudha for financial help regarding personal matters such as food or a place to stay. To him, rebuilding this mortal body from zero was part of restoring the foundation of his strength.His footsteps stopped in front of a daily labor agency office for the Brooklyn port and
CHAPTER 6
Raymond’s footsteps struck the gray Manhattan sidewalk with a steady rhythm, leaving behind the noisy laughter inside the labor agency office. Behind him, Chloe still stood frozen at the doorway, staring at his back with restrained anger. The evening rain began to fall lightly, soaking the striped flannel shirt wrapped around his sturdy body.Every breath Raymond took felt heavy. Inside his chest, there was a surge of blazing energy demanding to be released. As someone who had once annihilated ranks of demonic armored troops on the Altar Battlefield, being insulted repeatedly by a mortal woman made the veins on his temples throb tensely. His right hand clenched so tightly that his knuckles turned pale, producing faint crack sounds amid the noise of the streets.One snap of my fingers. I only need one snap to shatter that arrogant woman’s mouth along with that suffocating building, Raymond thought, his eyes glowing with a dense golden light through the curtain of rain that was beginnin
CHAPTER 7
The night rain on the outskirts of Queens slowly subsided into a cold drizzle. Natalie Sterling still stood frozen near the damp brick wall, staring at the two burly men now groaning in pain on the wet asphalt. Her beautiful eyes shifted toward the young man standing before her. Raymond stood calmly beneath the dim streetlights, slightly adjusting the collar of his damp flannel shirt as though the brutal fight earlier had merely been a minor inconvenience.Natalie’s breathing still carried traces of panic, causing the chest beneath her cream-colored wool coat to rise and fall rapidly. She stepped forward carefully, ignoring the broken heel of her shoe.“W-wait,” Natalie called out, her voice trembling slightly from the cold and shock. “Thank you for helping me. If you hadn’t been here, I don’t know what would have happened to my soul tonight.”Raymond slowly turned around, looking at the woman before him with a flat and empty gaze. “It’s nothing. I just happened to pass by.”Natalie h
CHAPTER 8
The crystal chandelier inside Julian Vance’s private office on the top floor of the Vance Corporation tower shimmered luxuriously, reflecting the shadows of two people caught in tension. Chloe Miller paced back and forth across the gray velvet carpet, her fingers adorned with diamond rings gripping her phone so tightly that her knuckles turned white. Her face, usually filled with arrogance, now looked pale, with her makeup slightly smudged from the anxiety that had plagued her all day.“Julian, how could this happen?!” Chloe’s voice rose, a hysterical tone she could no longer hide. “Two of our main textile raw material containers from the Port of Boston were detained by federal quarantine authorities without any clear reason! Three Wall Street banks also suddenly made it difficult to extend Miller Group’s short-term debt tenor this morning! If those supplies don’t reach the factory within forty-eight hours, our production will collapse, and our family’s stocks will plummet before tomo
Chapter 9
The aroma of coffee blended with cinnamon filled the air the moment Raymond pushed open the glass door of Blueberry Lane Café. The private café in the corner of Queens had been deliberately emptied. Near the window still dotted with traces of rainwater, a woman sat with her back perfectly straight. Natalie Sterling. Her cream wool coat from last night had been replaced with a sharply tailored black blazer set that emphasized her cold professional aura.Raymond walked in casually, deliberately wearing a faded cheap cotton shirt and slightly dusty boots. It perfectly matched the identity of “Raymond Smith” prepared by Yudha.The moment Raymond pulled out the chair in front of her, Natalie’s hand, which had been flipping through the documents, suddenly froze. Her beautiful eyes widened.“You?” Natalie frowned, staring sharply at the man who had beaten three burly thugs barehanded last night. “The man from the alley last night?”Raymond sat down and folded his arms on top of the table wit
Chapter 10
The official dark blue marriage certificate slid across the leather dashboard of the Lincoln Navigator. Natalie Sterling stared at the black ink signature of the name “Raymond Smith” beside her own with an unreadable expression. There was a cold sense of relief in her eyes, but there was no warmth of marriage there. This was purely a business transaction to secure Sterling Group.“This marriage certificate will remain in my possession,” Natalie said without turning toward Raymond, who was sitting in the passenger seat. Her voice was flat, cutting through the silence of the soundproof cabin. “Tonight, Elena will pick you up in Queens. We have to attend an important business banquet at the Grand Istana Manhattan Hotel to announce your new status to the public, while simultaneously shutting down my uncle’s and cousin’s moves.”Raymond merely rested his head against the seat, staring out the fogged-up window. “A business banquet?”“A major partnership between Miller Group and Vance Corpor