NOVPUBCallidora has always been a difficult person. Talking to her means being subject to her mood swings and willful will, but even so, she deviates so much from an important subject involving the creation of universes just to talk about alcoholic beverages.
At least now I have a better understanding of things. Sometimes I saw in notifications that the system or Callidora were blocking others from reaching me. That in itself shows that I am standing out a lot.
The Anomalous Dragons are already a problem on their own. If more enemies of that level joined forces against me, it would be truly terrible.
The image of that great Anomalous Dragon that fought Akatosh crossed my mind. If there were more of those Dragons or more enemies of that type, it would be truly terrifying.
"(Unfortunately, it seems like I won’t be able to get anything out of her. I also didn’t expect the system to speak that way...)" (me)
"Let’s focus at least this once." (me)
"Back to what we were talking about, what’s going on with other Gods joining their Divine Realms with me?" (me)
"What a stupid question... the Gods of this universe are so old, yet they spread such obvious lies..." (Callidora)
"Lies? What are you talking about?" (me)
Callidora stood up from the table and walked away a little, growing to a colossal size and spreading her arms wide as her voice seemed to echo right next to my ear.
"In this universe, you have the concept of Territory, don’t you?" (Callidora)
"Yes, but what does that have to do with..." (me)
"Just shut up and listen." (Callidora)
"Territory is just something formed with Authority and it already has 4 levels to form." (Callidora)
"Area... Border... Imaginary Realm... Ruler..." (Callidora)
"The first three levels are mere illusions to confuse and trap enemies, having an effect of at most slightly increasing some of the user’s abilities." (Callidora)
"Only the fourth level can be considered a true Territory where illusion becomes reality, the rest is just childish play." (Callidora)
Hearing her talk about a power that I fought so hard to learn and that has helped me so many times in the past, makes me so angry that I would like to slap her, but if I do that I would no longer be able to sleep at night in peace.
"But didn’t they say there was a 5th level? Vanessa taught me..." (Niryna)
"She taught me wrong, after something that happened in the past, most of the Gods of this universe had to go through Rebirth, their memories not exactly what they once were, only the so-called great Gods had any idea of what they were doing." (Callidora)
"The so-called 5th level of the Territory or Divine Realm, belongs to something completely different with its own categories." (Callidora)
"Only those who reach Divinity or have one foot in it can step into a Divine Realm on their own and in this category there is no such thing as a level." (Callidora)
"The Gods of this universe lied by placing the Divine Realm as just another level of the Territory, so they can hide the truth." (Callidora)
"Why would they do that? What is different about this knowledge?" (me)
"Yes, there are so many Gods here, I don’t think this is something that can be hidden forever." (Niryna)
I was really confused, Gods don’t usually lie, they manipulate the truth to some extent, but at least to me they have never lied before, I think?
"What did they want to avoid with such a lie?" (me)
"War, like the one happening now, most other Universes do something similar or have their own rules about it." (Callidora)
"The categories of Divine Realms are also different, they are not something that can be easily changed and have nothing to do with power." (Callidora)
"They are called ’Sacred Palace’, ’Divine Temple’ and ’Pantheon’." (Callidora)
"All Gods can open a simple Divine Realm, a place where they can fight similar to Territories." (Callidora)
"The ’Sacred Palace’ is the Divine Realm that most Gods have, they can open these Divine Realms where their Faith converges and Divine Power is stored, a true Palace for their Divinity." (Callidora)
"A ’Divine Temple’ is more special, few Gods have this kind of ability, in this Universe some have this ability, but only 3 use this Divine Realm of which you know all." (Callidora)
"The Fairy Goddess who created this before she was Reborn and didn’t know of this truth until recently, the Spirit God who was one of the ones who hid this truth... and the Light God who somehow managed to change his ’Sacred Palace’ to become a ’Divine Temple’." (Callidora)
"Wait! You mean...?" (me)
"The Fairy World and the Spirit World..." (me)
"Yes, they are ’Divine Temples’ where Gods can expand and control certain aspects of Nature, they can also integrate individuals into their Divine Realm by having Subordinate Gods enter under their command as they wish." (Callidora)
"This type of Divine Realm creates a world of its own and interconnects the Deities as well as Authorities of those within it. It cannot be moved or closed, there can only be one, and it is impossible to open a second one for the same God or those who have joined as Subordinate Gods of it." (Callidora)
"Usually Gods associated with Nature have this ability more easily or can acquire it with some effort." (Callidora)
"..." (me)
"Do you understand now?" (Callidora)
Now I began to see things differently. Following this logic, it was easier to understand how the Fairy World and the Spirit World could exist. They said it was a permanent Divine Kingdom. Now I understand why the Spirit Kings and Fairy Queens create Spirit Temples or Fairy Temples. They are Temples connected to the main Divine Temple, branches of the same principle, sectors of the same company.
"Wait! You said Baldr also has one of these?" (me)
"Of course, you idiot. Why do you think he started a war? He wants to steal Divinities to create Subordinate Gods in his Divine Temple. Where do you think his Children come from? Children that no one has ever seen before." (Callidora)
"With a Divine Temple, it is much easier to ascend a Subordinate God or create a Child with their Divinity already." (Callidora)
"..." (me)
"This is crazy." (me)
"One of the reasons he is going after you is the large number of Divinities and Essences you have collected so far, he wants to steal you." (Callidora)
Suddenly I begin to understand the reason why his touches are so focused on me when he is at war with several Gods, this bastard had his eye on this.
The Gods wanted to avoid a war, now I understand, there has always been a Division between Gods and Demonic Gods, it is no surprise that most of the Great Gods are neutral without participating in either side, these are Gods who hid the truth to prevent an open war.
"(Akatosh knew everything, he even started telling me about it at that moment...)" (me)
I look at Callidora who was smiling at me, she noticed the change in my expression, she really was trying to lead me by the nose until now, she just jumped in front to talk about it before another God came for me.
"So now this truth must be spreading, that’s why you’re talking about it now." (me)
"You’re trying to gain my trust with something I would find out soon." (me)
"Yes, but it doesn’t change the fact that I’m telling the truth." (Callidora)
"So what I heard about Pantheon earlier from Akatosh was true?" (me)
"I don’t know what he said, but a Pantheon is formed by a Main God whose principles are capable of guiding others through their Divine Kingdom. Other Gods merge their Divine Kingdoms with this Pantheon, expanding the scope of this guidance. There are several Gods who follow a complementary principle, forming a cohesive group. This strengthens their Essences immensely." (Callidora)
"The only Gods who have this ability in this universe are the God of Beasts, the Dragon God, the Goddess Selene, and you." (Callidora)
"For some reason, only Selene chooses not to use her Pantheon effectively, you idiot." (Callidora)
"As for you, your Pantheon is almost alive, making it difficult for you to control, which is why several Gods linked to you were dragged without resistance. This is the power of Chaos." (Callidora)
"So you want me to add Niryna to my Pantheon." (me)
"Yes, that way she’ll be connected to Tarzor and will be able to travel between universes with you." (Callidora)
"But she doesn’t have a Divine Realm to merge with my Pantheon, does she?" (me)
"Actually I do, I’m using it to create some custom Demons like the Game Characters, it’s also connected to my mother..." (Niryna)
"Cough cough!!!" (Callidora)
"..." (Niryna)
"..." (me)
"Seriously? Are you going to put on this show in front of me as if you hadn’t arranged it before?" (me)
"I told you he would notice..." (Niryna)
"You’re no fun." (Callidora)
Niryna has always been terrible at faking anything, she has difficulty showing fused emotions, her expression is very sincere with her emotions and that’s why I realized that they had already arranged this part of the conversation before.
"I possess an Infernal Divine Realm, it is linked to my mother, but does not belong to her, it only possesses her aspects to punish those who have committed evil." (Niryna)
"Unfortunately, I cannot decide what that evil is..." (Niryna)
"To put it simply, at the moment she does not punish anyone, she cannot take advantage of the Divine Temple that I helped her create, so I will use you to complement her failure while teaching her what she lacks, nothing better than learning by example." (Callidora)
"Then why didn’t you try using yourself as an example?" (me)
"I tried, but she found it too extreme and unfair and cruel... all that weak nonsense, so I thought she would use you and your new Divine Laws as an example first." (Callidora)
"In a few thousand years I can try again with her with a more mature mind." (Callidora)
"..." (me)
"That’s the truth, I swear... at least my part I’m sure is true, but hers..." (Niryna)
"(It doesn’t seem like a lie...)" (me)
"(Speaking of Hell, I need to see about the one imprisoned in Hell who knows Baldr’s secret.)" (me)
While I was finishing my conversation with the two, I was about to say something to Callidora when Tarzor moved, causing a wave of reality energy to flow throughout the Star Path, he was waking up.
