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Screw that bitch! I hate her so much! She always acts like she's better than us!

All the damn time!

The worst is that she is more powerful than me by far. Her Moon Keep is actually one of the overlords in that continent.

There isn't any official ranking either, so it's hard to know precisely. But one thing I was told is that there are three ranks of gods:

-Low-tier gods

-Mid-tier gods

-High-tier gods

That bitch used to be extremely strong, but now she's a low-tier god just like me. But even then I can't challenge her at all. Even between the same ranks, there are differences in power. I'd be at the bottom and her at the peak.

Not that we can fight directly in the first place. We are in a peace period after all. Well, there are ways, but it requires both participants to wish for it.

There is a duel used to settle grudges or to help one party commit suicide. Note that the second option is extremely risky. The suicidal can always decide to kill the opponent when it starts.

If I had to say, my main weakness is my limited repertoire of techniques.

At first, I simply wanted to stop the famine in my village. When I left to join the temple that was my only goal. Before I knew it, one thing led to another and I became a goddess.

I thought it was going to be fun and amazing.

Not at all!

Sure, I am somewhat immortal and all-powerful compared to anyone in the other realms. But I can't even access these in the first place!

I'm also not very skilled at these games. The wars that we are pretty much forced to join.

I know there are many gods that remain neutral, but all of them are powerful ones. Or simply the ones that never relied on faith power in the first place. These latter ones usually don't have anyone to care about.

I really envy those guys. They can do whatever they want, whenever. No stress whatsoever!

Now I have a big problem. This is actually my first war.

I am what they call a Newbie Deity. Apparently, it is a term that a stronger god made popular. Sometimes I'll hear rumors, but it feels like we live in different universes.

I try to access the White Space as much as possible in order to learn, but I only meet the weirdest and weakest people. This is such a pain.

Well, recently I got lucky. Just when I was brooding there, I happened to chance upon a mysterious god. One I had never seen before.

We talked a bit and I opened up to him. Told him how I wanted to protect my followers but didn't know how. I told him about how everyone I knew seemed unreliable or were straight-up my enemies.

He took pity on me. He explained that there was no power that was given for free, that if I wanted to gain something I had to give something else up. For many becoming powerful took time.

Of course, I knew that but that was exactly my problem!

My specialty, growing produce, can strengthen one over a long period of time. This is how I became powerful myself, well that and prayers. But I do not have the time to wait for this process to happen.

The more I looked for a solution the more despair I felt. That is when he offered to help.

At first, I was suspicious of course. But then he said that he would teach me for a price. That I would have to help him in the future. That I wouldn't be able to ask any question about the task either.

It clearly felt like signing a deal with the devil, but I didn't have a choice. I would rather pay a cost later than sit on my ass doing nothing while watching my followers get slaughtered.

What he taught me replaced the gradual power accumulation with sacrifices in order to speed up the whole process.

Somehow, he managed to create a tailor-made technique that would fit with my divinity. This is something extremely hard to manage. After all, while it is possible to learn any technique, it is hard to share those with the mortal world.

The exception being if it is something related to your source of divinity. In such a case one is allowed to share more knowledge. No one I know understands why exactly.

I was very thankful, but he didn't claim the credit. He simply told me to remember our deal.

I knew he had to be at least a mid-tier deity given what he had just done. The more I thought about it the more I felt I couldn't bring him any benefice.

Maybe he was simply playing the long game. Lending a helping hand now in case I ever become a mid-tier deity myself maybe.

Thus I hardened my heart. I would use this evil and repulsive technique. All the while I regretted not diversifying my abilities back in the earth realm before my ascension.

Now it is already too late for any of that.

My divinity is settled as the Abundance goddess.

Honestly, I do not care about performing well in this war. But I won't let them down.

That is why I have sent oracles to the man in charge of my sect. It did hurt my power reserves a bit, but it isn't that bad.

I did send the oracle in many parts to lighten the burden. One would think it would be more expensive but no. The shorter and clearer a message is and the more costly it is.

That is why it is extremely difficult to micromanage what is happening in the earth realm.

Simply getting information can be hard. It all depends on what your followers see and hear, but most importantly what leaves a big impression on them.

Anyway, I make sure my followers get everything ready. Then I finally send the last piece of information.

Now the rest will be up to them.

They may be shocked in the beginning but they'll understand, exactly as I did.

Be safe, all of you! I truly love you guys!