Abudabi stared at me concerned while the others yipped in joy around me. My laughter made them happy. Abudabi wasn't the only one noticing that it was more hysterical than joyful. Maron came out.

“Are you okay?”

“Never the better.” I dismissed her concern.

She exchanged a glance with Abudabi and they both came to me. Maron took me in her arms and Abudabi laid down on my stomach licking my face. I accepted their comfort. I needed it more than I thought possible.

I luxuriated in the feeling of safety for a little while before I decided to put an end to everything.

“Skill list.” I closed my eyes, raised my finger and pointed twice at the list. Two skills were highlighted: gardening and twisted temptation.

I shrugged at the randomness of it.

“Sweetie, if you do this you're going to regret it later.” Maron tried to stop me. “You could at least chose a fighting skill.”

“Don't care. Put my godly powers into these 2 skills.” I shrugged at Maron's death glare and proceeded to ignore her.

A light shone down on me. Little sparks fell down and entered my skin. I felt stronger than I had been before. Several windows popped up in front of me.

*ding*

You have gained a new skill!

Gods call [active] lvl 1 0%

You can teleport to your followers.

The higher the skill the closer you can teleport.

You have gained a new skill!

Prayers faith [active] lvl 1 0%

The prayers of your followers give you a boost in your abilities.

The boost depend on the prayer and faith of the follower.

Duration: 20 seconds.

You have gained a new skill!

Godly aura [passive] Beginner lvl 1 0%

Everyone in a mile radius will know that you are a god. In your presence,

your followers:

+100 fighting spirit

+10% Health and mana regen

Others:

- 100 fighting spirit

-10% Health and mana regen

Due to your racial specification, you can choose to use it with your human form or your true form.

“True form.”

You gained a new skill!

Godly voice [passive] lvl1 0%

Your voice holds power.

Effects on mortals:

-200 fighting spirit

Stunned for 10 seconds

Due to similarity with “cry of the damned”, do you wish to fuse the two skills?

I didn't know that it was possible but I was curious. “Yes.”

Fusion skill created!

Voice of the damned [Passive] lvl 1 0%

Your voice is a mix of all emotions.

Effects on enemies:

Stunned for 10 seconds per word

- 300 fighting spirit

Effects on followers:

+200 fighting spirit

Mana and Health regen +10%

Stunned for 10 seconds

Due to your racial specification, you can choose to use it with your human form or your true form.

“True form.”

Due to the infusion of godly power, gardening mastery has evolved into nature mastery.

Nature mastery [Active] Beginner lvl 1 0%

You can manipulate nature. The higher the skill the more you can do.

Plant growth + 200%

Due to the infusion of godly power, Twisted temptation has evolved into God Rules.

God Rules [active] Beginner level 1 0%

You create your rules to achieve your goals. The higher the skill the more you can do.

At beginner level, only illusions can be created.

The higher the level, the more detail you can have in your illusions.

I smiled tiredly at those notifications. I cuddled with my pets for a few minutes more before I got up and went outside. The fight was still going on. Sevarin and the others were able to dismember a few demons and stop their general advancement.

From the door where I stood, I saw that the limbs were slowly but surely getting back together. Sevarin hadn't noticed yet. I gave a cold smile as my temple throbbed. I squinted my eyes at the heavy smoke that floated on the battlefield.

I changed to my true form. I screamed as loud as I could activating voice of the damned. Everyone and everything around me stopped.

I slowly went down the stairs. My gaze was fixed on the demons right in front of me. They shuddered. They tried to get up. I smiled. Sevarin and his men's eyes shone as they looked at me. My charm stats that was in the negative when I was human went back to the positive. For them, I wasn't ugly anymore. I was rather gorgeous but I didn't care.

“God rules.”

I closed my eyes and imagined what I needed. A black sky, a blood red sun, cold air lapping at the skin. I opened my eyes again.

“Do you want to die today?” My voice was soft. The demons' scared eyes took on everything around them. A smile blossomed on my face. They shook scared of what I would do to them. I stayed silent a couple of minutes, then I advanced. For each step I took, everyone took a step back. It was a pleasant sight as usually I was the one being led around.

In the middle of the street, I stopped.

“I am God.” My aura expanded to encompass the whole town. Everyone screamed. The demons ran and the others fell prostrate on the ground. They knelt as they repeated over and over the same name again.

“MorningStar. MorningStar...” I didn't spare them a glance and check my status to see if I had enough faith, to heal my pets.

Status[quart=Character name,Alignment]Everheart,Neutral[/quart][quart=Level,Profession]7 (80%),None[/quart][quart=Title,Race]Acolyte of Althasia, Minor God,MARA[/quart][quart=Fame,Infamy]471,0[/quart][quart=Health,Mana]50500,54900[/quart][quart=Strength,Agility]58,59[/quart][quart=Fear,Sadism]295,200[/quart][quart=Wisdom,Intellect]60,62[/quart]Faith11600[quart=Willpower,Charm]53, 30[/quart][quart=Vitality,Affinity to Nature]10,10%[/quart][quart=Leadership,Luck]100,100[/quart][quart=Attack,Defense]50,50[/quart]Magic resistance100

My smile widened as I saw that my faith had reached the expected number after saving my followers.

“Supreme healing.” I cast the skill on my pets. A golden light enveloped them but then, another trouble appeared. How was I supposed to know if they were really healed or not? The disease only appeared in the status when it reached the last stage. They didn't even start to show the first symptoms.

The only solution I had was to wait for the incubation time to pass. Basically, I had 2 weeks to kill time. Not good. I was ready to log out and never come back. I changed back into human form. Godly aura and voice of the damned deactivated.

When the godly presence vanished, I found myself standing in front of Sevarin and his warriors. I stared dumbly at them. I didn't know what I should do or say. Did a “Hello, I'm your god! F*ck you.” be nice enough to express what I felt for them?

They stared at me waiting for me to say something that wouldn't come. I just turned my back on them and was ready to get back in the Cathedral when I noticed that the townspeople were coming out of the building. They stayed at the entrance staring at me. With the amount of staring people were doing, I felt like an animal in the zoo. Trapped and reluctant to stay there.

Everyone was silent. It was getting on my nerve. Before I could break this deadlock, a faint whistle ble . I checked around for its origin but I didn't see anything. I concentrated on the sound. It was like it came from above. I raised my eyes to the sky. Several watermelon-size balls were falling. I raised my hand to point at them. Their gazes followed were I pointed.

“Bombs!” Someone shouted. I watched with a detached gaze as people ran around me. They flee from every direction possible. Sevarin and his group stayed where they were. They knelt down in front of me, joined their hands together and prayed. I was going to let them die but curiosity got the better of me. I really wanted to know how strong Prayers Faith was. I activated it and waited.

Not long after, a notification popped up in front of me.

*Ding*

You have 3890 points available due to the prayers of your followers. You can invest them in any of your stats.

Duration: 20 seconds.

I invested everything into my mana pool.

“Wind blades. Wind wall.” I launched several wind blades at the bombs. They exploded. Before any fragments fell on our head, a wall of wind blew and threw them away.

I was surprised at how convenient all the skills I gained were. I didn't have the time to appreciate them though. A second volley of bombs were falling from the sky. Prayers faith had ran out. I didn't know what I should do. Would it work if they prayed again? I waited. Nothing happened. It looked like there was a cool-down. I should probably run but my curiosity was still going strong. Since I became a God, my true form was visible to others. Was I also touchable?

I raised my arms like I was welcoming the bombs. To my disappointment, they fell away from me. Behind, the Cathedral stood proudly. Everything else was annihilated as craters appeared where the bombs fell.

Many townspeople died. Part of the Cathedral fell. The only ones who didn't receive any damages were the people that had knelt in front of me. It wasn't intentional but those who stayed standing received some injuries. I walked to them and cast a healing spell on a few people. Their eyes were full of gratitude and owe.

“Why?” A voice came to the right. A woman was crying, still injured. I went to heal her but she refused. “Why didn't you save my family? You are a god. You could have done it.”

“I am not your god. Why don't you ask the one you, pray why she didn't help you?” It was a solid argument if I said so. The woman though wasn't convinced. She kept on asking the same question over and over.

My interest in her words had fanned. I healed her without her permission and went to help the others. After my good deed of the year was done, I turned to Sevarin and the others.

“Leave. Don't come back here. Only your grave is waiting for you.” Voice of the damned wasn't activated but my words had a great impact on them. In less than 2 minutes, all of Sevarin's warriors left. Some townspeople left with them but a few stayed behind.

I regretted that my true form wasn't invisible anymore. Finally, I logged out of this game, or so I thought.

Previous/ Next

A.N: The second part will be out next week.