NOVPUBWhen I woke up my body felt heavy and at the same time I felt like I was fine, it was like I could breathe better now and I didn’t know I was breathing hard before, that was the kind of feeling.
"You are incorrigible, how can you attract so much trouble?" (Elizabeth)
"Elizabeth? What are you doing here?" (I)
"I came to check on you." (Elizabeth)
It has been 2 days since the journey to the location of my next mission begins, during this time I have been feeling the differences in my condition since meeting Callidora, today was simply the best of these events with me waking up feeling the best yet. 𝓃𝓸𝓋𝓅𝓾𝒷.𝒸ℴ𝓂
The awkwardness and pain in my body is not much of a problem, it happens because of my daily training sessions with Natasha.
"What did I do this time." (I)
"Natasha told me about her encounter with Inferno, you should not trust this creature, its antiquity dates back to the beginning of existence and it has never been trustworthy." (Elizabeth)
"I don’t trust Callidora and I don’t even know how she got to me in the first place, but whatever she did to me this time is working." (I)
"You idiot, what she did was narrow your few options to one, follow what she wants, but always keep in mind that the only benefits she cares about are her own." (Elizabeth)
"I know that she is very clear with her reasons." (I)
I know better than anyone that Callidora can’t be trusted, she was actually ready to do something to me when she was stopped in that dream, now that I think about it, that voice must have belonged to Niryna.
Callidora is someone completely selfish, but she is not evil, in fact, I don’t even know if she understands the concept of good and evil, for her all that exists are what she wants and the rest.
"(With a mind like that I can at least ensure that I still have use for it and thus maintain my safety.)" (I)
"Don’t worry about me, I have everything under control, what I should do is very clear in my mind." (I)
"Your mind doesn’t know anything, I’ve been trying to teach you things calmly, but somehow you jump into the river before I can teach you where the bridge is." (Elizabeth)
"..." (I)
"I was out this time to sort out a few things, not the least of which is this." (Elizabeth)
As she spoke, she approached me, sitting on the edge of the bed before placing a finger on my forehead, then I felt a current of Aura enter my mind full of information, this limitless Aura was well known to me, belonging to the Goddess Selene, my mother.
It only took me a few minutes to organize this information and finally start to understand what it means.
"That could have been a big help earlier." (I)
"You shouldn’t even be able to do this, even now it’s still something you can only do with a lot of effort and the help of a Familiar." (Elizabeth)
"Have you ever done this?" (I)
"No, I still don’t have a complete Essence, I didn’t want to condense one in the past and for now I still need to wait a little longer before doing that." (Elizabeth)
"Then the other Demigods..." (I)
"Condensing a complete Essence is not easy, transforming that Essence into a true Deity is even worse." (Elizabeth)
"I had already heard of Heralds, but few Gods have one, at least it was like that in the past, our Mother said that in recent years everyone has been trying to create some." (Elizabeth)
"The requirements seem to be many..." (I)
• Requirements to be a Divine Herald:
1. Not having Essence.
2. Not having a Divine lineage.
3. Not having Blessing from another God.
4. Have a compatible Authority.
5. Possess absolute Faith towards God.
6. Have a strong connection with God.
7. Accept with body, mind and soul the supreme Blessing of God.
8. Be able to resist the integration of God’s supreme Blessing.
9. Each individual can only receive the supreme Blessing of 1 Essence to awaken as a Herald of that Essence.
The requirements as well as the understanding of those requirements appeared in my mind as did the reason for the Heralds to exist.
They are beings like emissaries, if it were in my old world, it would be the difference between Angels and Archangels.
Divine Heralds could be related to Archangels while Divine Servants could be related to Angels, Divine Beasts are the same as Familiars, which is why all my Familiars became Divine Beasts.
Angels = Divine Servants
Archangels = Divine Herald
I can understand why I have something to relate to, but I should have known that there would be some kind of hierarchy to the Gods in their own religion, I just saw the hierarchy between the different Gods without really delving into these things due to always rejecting becoming a God, but at this moment this refusal is more like a childish tantrum about something inevitable.
"Heralds are blessed with the power of Essence and thus are able to use some Divine Power, but this kind of power does not come easily and for free." (Elizabeth)
"I know, your Souls and bodies suffer from reconstruction just to be recipients of this type of power, if it fails it will not only be death, your Souls will be destroyed and the Essence or Divinity will break into fragments of Divinity needing to be condensed again into a complete Essence before returning to being a true Deity." (I)
"It appears that you have already integrated our Mother’s information into her knowledge." (Elizabeth)
"You are right in everything you say, creating a Herald is a risk for both the individual who must meet various requirements, and a risk for the God who must grant the Blessing using purely his Essence on the individual." (Elizabeth)
I can understand why the Gods fear using these types of things, they are the beings above all else and normally they only need to fear each other, there is no need to get hurt with something so risky.
"I know in your head you must be thinking that the Gods fear creating Divine Heralds, but you are wrong." (Elizabeth)
"If that’s not it, then why didn’t you even know something like that? Why doesn’t almost any God have a Herald?" (I)
"You idiot, I’m not talking about any power, this is the power of the Gods, once marked as a Divine Herald there is no reincarnation or individual, they become the extension of the God they serve linked to him for eternity and disappearing if the God dies or the Godhead is broken." (Elizabeth)
"Many Gods do not want to impose such burdens on those who place their faith in them, even the most selfish of Gods will not want to take so many risks just to have someone strong by their side." (Elizabeth)
"Someone who meets these requirements can be considered a valuable talent, it would be better to guide such individuals to become Demigods and have the chance to become Lesser Gods, even though it is a long way and may have many chances of failure, no one loses with these flaws." (Elizabeth)
True, if a Demigod or Mortal trying to become a Demigod dies, all that will happen will be their Souls being sent to reincarnation and the Gods do not suffer at all, if it works out they get a Demigod and in the future maybe even a Minor God, Even if it fails, no one is irreparably injured.
"Wait a minute! Why did our mother send this information to me? You don’t want me to..." (I)
"Exactly what you’re thinking, you need to create Heralds, you need 7 of them in total, one for each Essence you have and before you become a Minor God." (Elizabeth)
"..." (I)
I didn’t know what to say, I just kept looking at my sister trying to see if she was serious or not, I know my situation better than anyone, the variables, and requirements just to try to create a Herald are many, the chances of it working they are too low, if I fail just once one of my Essences will break and in my current situation it would be the same as triggering the time bomb that I have become, with 7 chances of going wrong it will be safer to throw myself into a Sun than trying something like this.
"Don’t look at me like that, I know the risks better than you and I was very against this whole idea, but our mother is confident in you, she believes that your great adaptability will help you a lot." (Elizabeth)
"Even though it’s Goddess Selene’s advice, why would I try something so risky? I’ll just not do it..." (I)
"I also thought so and used this same argument, but our Mother said that you have no choice, you have too many Essences within you to resist the process of Divine Ascension, your family members are a good support, but they are not enough, the Heralds will serve to lessen the burden on you." (Elizabeth)
"It makes no sense!" (I)
"Damn it!!" (I)
"Didn’t I need to be a God to even try to create a Divine Herald?" (I)
"If you are using your Divine Incarnation and work together with one of your Familiars, the chances will be better since they share these Essences with you." (Elizabeth)
"Damn it!!!" (I)
Sigh
"(Why did I have to start this stupid plan of gathering Essences!? I’m an IDIOT!!!)" (I)
