Part 1

Mt Revils was one of the more dangerous places on the Seinban Mountain range which surrounded the Kingdom of Kallamore. Legend had it that the place had been cursed due to the sealing ritual of a disastrous god of calamity. And yet, there was also a legend about it being a place where blessings of gods could be randomly attained.

Realistically speaking, these legends were based on more on fiction than fact. However, certain miracles were known to occur on the mountain.

For example, it was actually one of the rare areas of intersecting ley lines. This meant that there was a massive amount of mana resting below its surface which could amplify certain abilities and strength the power of religion structures.

Another miracle of note was that it was on this very mountain that two Divine Saints, the ones who were known as the Proxies of God, conducted a battle of game breaking proportions which caused a massive influx of holy power in the area. Shortly afterwards, one Divine Saints was defeated, barely managing to cling to the realm of the living as a shadow of his previous self.

Shortly after that, an incident occurred where coincidence piled upon coincidence with a healthy dose of luck allowed for another miracle in which an amateur achieved the impossible and obtained victory against an undefeatable opponent thus ascending into the ranks of the Divine tier.

Presently, about 8 hours after this miracle had occurred and the sun was now in the process of rising. A paladin armed with a sword and shield wearing white armour with gold plated lines rode his horse up this mountain.

He was Vin Hearstone, the leader of the local church of Freya situated in this region of the Kallamore Kingdom. A group of 20 members of the local church of Freya trailed behind him. The entire group was on horseback.

“Are you sure this is the place?”

“Yep, the massive influx of holy power occurred somewhere around here.”

Naturally, the one who asked this question was Vin, the one who answered him was the man riding next to him, garbed simple white priests clothes.

He was a man assigned to the local Church of Freya but yet was a direct subordinate of someone high ranked than Vin. Despite this somewhat suspicious position, that man had never tried to unnecessarily usurp Vin’s authority so any suspicion on his political motives were unfounded.

His name was Lexus Dinsan, a man who Vin had known for many years but ultimately knew little of what he was thinking about. That wasn’t the only mystery about Lexus. Whether it was fighting off hordes of undead or taking part in a hunt against boss monsters, not once did Vin didn’t ever remember seeing Lexus break a sweat. The only thing that ever pushed Lexus to his limit was probably the endless pile of documents that his superior shoved onto him to correct.

The reason for this group’s exposition into Mt Revils was to investigate the massive influx of holy power that several members of the church had sensed quite a while ago.

In actual fact, the initial objective of the group was to investigate the Church of Freya in the nearby town of Naidiriv, having received news of suspicious behaviour in the town. Due to the church teleport gate in Naidiriv being blocked for some unknown reason, the group had been forced to travel between the towns on horseback.

On the trip there, several of the members on the church were able to feel the large influx of holy power and a slight tremor, after much debate, the group decided to have a slight detour and to investigate the source of the disturbance. The ones who felt the abnormality were the priests and by overlapping the directions in which the influx was felt, the group was able to narrow down the epicentre of the disruption to their current location.

As the group ascended the mountain, they suddenly found signs of a fight. Things like scratched trees, broken weapons, blood stains and equipment, corpses etc were in plain sight.

An investigation of several of the corpses showed that the majority of the slain were in the soldiers from either Tellap or Naidiriv. However, some of them were members of the local Church of Freya, people that Vin would readily call his comrades.

Angered by this sight, the church cautiously advanced further up the mountain, determined to capture and pass judgement on the culprit.

As they came to a clearing near the peak of the mountain, the group suddenly found themselves surrounded by a small army of about 1000 soldiers.

The group quickly formed a defensive formation with the paladins standing shields ready in a circle around the priests. Were these the perpetrators?

Unfazed by all this, Lexus suddenly shouted out:

“We are the local members of the Holy Order of Freya here to investigate a disturbance in the holy force! State your affiliations!”

The soldiers hesitated sightly upon hearing this until someone stepped forward and replied:

“We are the combined defence army of Naidiriv and Tellap! If you truly are the Church of Freya we mean you no harm! But if you are another imposter then we will show you no mercy! Now can anyone confirm that they are who they say they are?”

Glares of suspicion were exchanged between the two parties. The Church of Freya was suspicious because according to their information the defence army was supposed to be about 3 times the current size of this force. On the other hand, the soldiers seemed to have their own reasons for being wary about members of the church.

Then calls of confirmation ran out throughout the army. Seeing the familiar faces of friends and acquaintances, both sides relaxed, having confirmed that they were not each other’s enemies.

Thus the Church of Freya mingled in with the soldiers questioning them about the massive influx of holy power and about what happened to them.

By the time that Vin had gotten the gist of what happened to the army another hour had passed. Apparently, the 3000 strong defence army was led into a trap by a single person who, with the help of demonic spirits, wiped out about 2000 soldiers in less than 1 hour. After a fierce battle, the army was ultimately able to kill the culprit. However, due to their now low numbers and the fact that it was still night time, the army decided to camp in their current location and retreat back to town when the sun came up.

Vin found this report hard to swallow but the ones who gave him this report were not ones to lie. The other members of the church of Freya were also doubtful. Only Lexus seemed unfazed, as he had deduced the true meaning behind the story. Vin didn’t bother asking him about it though. Getting information out of Lexus was sometimes harder than getting him to clean up his own messes.

“Lexus!”

Vin turned and saw that it was a familiar looking dark haired youth who had called out to the group, no specifically to Lexus. As he glanced over, he suddenly became aware of an indescribable pressure surrounding the boy.

It was not an uncomfortable feeling, rather, it was the sense of respect and majesty you get when you meet the pope or the king. The feeling you get in the presence of something that by far transcended your own existence.

A rush of emotions rushed through Vin, so powerful that he almost kneeled down. Half of him seemed to want to pay his respects to this youth while the other half wanted him to run away as fast as he could.

Vin saw that this notion was reflected in the faces of the other members of the church of Freya as well. Some of the members with lower faith stats actually did kneel down while some with lower fighting spirit backed away a few steps.

“W Who is he?”

In a hushed voiced, Vin directed the question to the nearby Lexus who was looking bemused.

“One of our unofficial trainees. Come to think of it, I did give him a quest to reinforce Naidiriv. I guess I’ll go and listen to what he has to say.”

Leaving that line, Lexus led the boy to a location further away , leaving Vin, and the rest of the church in confounded by what had just occurred.

Part 2

9 hours previously. (In-game time)

After his miraculous victory against Seirph, the Divine Saint of Embinyu, Godou found himself filled with a sense of empty loss. After extracting his revenge, he couldn’t seem to find within himself the motivation to continue.

Thus, it came as a pleasant surprise for Godou when the telepathic question resounded in his mind in a familiar voice.

[Godou, I know I told you to survive until I could recollect myself but… How exactly did a disaster on this scale occur in the 10 minutes I was gone?]

Startled, he had jumped and looked around, searching for the source of the voice of the friend he thought he had lost. A dark haired youth wearing a toga over his clothes and a white cloak similar to his own, Godou didn’t see such a person anywhere around him.

[Over here!]

It was then that he realised that the voice had come from his hand. More accurately, it was coming from the object he had been clasping on tightly at that moment.

The pendants that Ferrex had given him before his “death”.

No more accurately, it was a pendent. At some point in time, the two pendants had merged into a single pendant with the emblem of an owl. A metal ring similar to the one Ferrex always wore had appeared incorporated around the emblem.

Relieved that Ferrex was alright, Godou found himself bombarded with a series of questions about what had happened. After he had answered Ferrex to the best of his ability, it was his turn to query about Ferrex’s current situation. Ferrex’s explanation was complicated and went something along the lines of:

[Before my body was destroyed I cast an enchantment on myself in as a contingency. By using my dying body as a sacrifice, I was able to transfer my soul into a new vessel which I created from the high quality materials in my pendants and my ring before giving them to you for safekeeping. Right now, I am in a frozen state where I can no longer move, cast spells or level up. To put it simply, my current form is that of an ego so to speak.]

After explaining that, Ferrex had proceeded to launch an attack of relentless nagging on Godou.

[The process of the spell I used to do this takes about 10 minutes before I can regain lucid thoughts. That’s why I told you to survive! I already weakened Seirph considerably for 5 minutes but there was still no way that he could be completely beaten in that time period. All you had to do was avoid him for the 5 minutes that he had couldn’t use spells and somehow survive the rest of the time I needed to recollect myself until I could advise you on how to get out of the situation. But instead… why is it that I see a scene like something that came out of a disaster zone?]

Being the member of a religious order, it seemed that the destruction of such a sacred object such as the Lost Temple of Lou had caused mental trauma to Ferrex. Now that his head had cooled down somewhat, Godou also felt like he had seriously overdone it. Nevertheless, he unsuccessfully tried to defend himself.

“Well, in the end I managed to survive and get rid of Seirph in the end didn’t I? I mean, who knows what sorts of damage a troublesome guy like that would have caused unchecked.”

[… I think that you’re a more dangerous existence than him now! Even a Divine Saint like him would have consideration for their surroundings! But you… that last ploy of yours caused several landslides across the mountain you know… think about how the people living on and around the mountain feel! A And the temple…]

Ferrex seemed a bit lost for words before giving Godou a suggestion in a serious voice.

[If anyone from a religious order, no if anyone at all asks about how it was destroyed, blame it all on the Church of Embinyu. Actually, scratch that! Deny the existence of such a building. If the temple was lost then it’s probably regarded as a myth by now and it’s better to pretend it didn’t exist in the first place. My position as a Divine Saint as enough to placate Lou from cursing you and spreading the information but you will most definitely get hunted down if someone finds out. It was a good thing you were wearing your cloak hood up so no one could identify your appearance…]

Thus this tearful/nagging reunion continued on for some time. Afterwards, Godou collected the items that Seirph had dropped: a ring that similar to the one that Ferrex had worn and a pair of plain scandals. He tried to use his identification skill on them but after failing multiple times to identify them, he gave up and just placed them in his inventory.

After seeing that the other soldiers in the army had decided to camp in the field and with his guilt gnawing at him every time he saw the devastated battlefield, Godou logged out. Almost like he was trying to escape the reality of his actions.

Thus after spending 2 hours or so offline, Godou logged back in and saw that the army was crowding around a certain group of people. He asked Ferrex what this was all about but apparently, Ferrex was placed in a frozen mental state whenever Godou logged out so he didn’t know what the commotion was about either.

Curious, Godou moved closer to the commotion and saw several members of the Church of Freya who weren’t there originally. After listening in to their conversations, it seemed clear that these church members curious about what had happened to the army.

“Could these guys have come to investigate Seirph or something?”

Seeing Godou about to approach on of the church members, Ferrex gave him a reminder.

[Be careful about how much information you reveal to them. Remember information on the Divine Saints is kept confidential from most people. The only exceptions are the Divine Saint and Saint Knights themselves, the higher ups of the church and the rare individuals like you who find out by accident. Do not mention anything about Divine Saints to anyone but Lexus.]

“Okay. Wait why Lexus? I thought you said this information as confidential.”

[Lexus is an exception.]

Ferrex’s reply was short and crisp compared to his previously long explanations. Then again, Ferrex had originally been someone who didn’t talk much Godou realised. It had just been because of the in-depth explanations he had been forced to give recently that made him seem talkative.

Godou tried to call over one of the church members. However, for some reason the priest had ran away before he could speak, looking terrified. Bewildered, Godou looked around for someone else he could ask when he saw a familiar face.

“Speak of the devil. Isn’t that Lexus right there? Lexus!”

A tall figure wearing priest robes but carried no staff, it indeed was the man responsible for providing the duo with their initial training. Lexus looked over as Godou called at him. He seemed taken aback for a few moments but then hid his thoughts behind a bemused expression before walking off and gesturing Godou to follow him.

Without a reason not to, Godou followed him to a location far enough to prevent anybody from eavesdropping on the conversation.

He noted that it seemed strangely quiet, it was as if he could no longer hear the sounds of conversation from outside, but thought nothing further of it.

Part 3

“Hello Godou… You seemed to have changed quite a bit since I last met you.”

Although, it was delivered in a calm voice, Lexus’s starting statement showed that he had quite a bit of wariness around Godou for some reason. Unsure of how to respond, Godou returned the greeting in a slightly formal tone.

“It’s nice to meet you again Lexus. What is the Church of Freya doing here?”

“I was about to ask you the same thing. But before we get to that point, what happened to Ferrex?”

[I’m right here.]

Ferrex’s telepathic voice resounded in both of their minds. Hearing that, Lexus went “Where?” before quickly identifying the source of the voice as the owl pendant that Godou was now wearing and going “Ah so that must be it” as if he had worked out what had happened.

Noticing Godou staring at him, Lexus cleared his throat and said:

“Okay this is all a deduction right now but, Godou do you have knowledge about the Divine Saints?”

[Yeah. I told him.]

“Then going on with that line of thought, I’m guessing that you two joined the Defence Army because of the reinforce Naidiriv request I give you.”

“Yes. We did.”

“But on the way you were side tracked into fighting some powerful entity which led you into a trap. Other soldiers have reported having to fight demonic spirits so the entity has to be related to demons or a demonic cult in some way. Then in the face of such a crisis, Ferrex’s mental lock on his Heaven’s Calling series must have broken allowing him to fight with his abilities as a Divine Saint. Hmm but to cause such a massive holy influx in the area when there are no undead to produce Soul Power from… that must mean that the enemy was either a Divine Saint with a hoard of Scared Energy or a powerful necromancer. However there are no signs of necromancy being used so it must have been the former.”

Such terrifying deductive ability. Godou reminded himself that once again, Lexus was not someone to be underestimated.

[Apparently he was from the Order of Embinyu.]

“So then Ferrex must have fought the other Divine Saint and lost but managed to survive by turning into an ego. Judging from the fact that I can’t sense any Sacred Energy I’m guessing you used your thump card? So was the end result mutual defeat? What I really can’t account for is how Godou ended in his current state.”

Feeling sweat trickling down his back, Godou gave a vague answer hoping to prevent Lexus noticing the ruins of the Lost Temple of Lou.

“Ah… about that, after Ferrex kicked it, I sort of… well killed the Divine Saint in revenge and this sort of thing happened to me.”

“Really now… How did you do it?”

[Before I turned this way, I managed to weaken the Divine Saint but I believe the Godou made it through mostly with his own abilities. He really can’t be classified as normal no matter how you look at him.]

“T That was just luck and I had help from a lot of other people.”

Yes! Question avoided. As expected of his fellow perpetrator for causing damage. Admittedly, Ferrex had been trying his best to keep the damage from happening. Godou felt strangely miffed by Ferrex’s description of him for some reason though.

“Having luck is considered a skill in itself. That being said I still don’t believe that you could beat a weakened Divine Saint with luck alone at the time. Thus, part of the reason must have been from skill. Maybe Mark was right about you… Godou, I do believe that you have a knack for causing destruction as well. After all, a Divine Saint would know not to destroy a building capable of emitting a holy aura even in a ruined state.”

Lexus ended his deductions while gesturing the ruined lost Temple of Lou with his eyes. Crap! So he saw through it after all.

Trying to escape the awkward pressure that had suddenly been pressed on him, Godou changed the subject asking:

“So why is the Church of Freya here, Lexus?”

“Hmm… well this group is here as the main party to investigate the strange happenings in Naidiriv when we felt the massive influx in holy power that was caused by your fight and decided to investigate. I’m actually here to run a different errand but came along because of the common destination. Speaking of which, that quest I gave you has more or less been solved.”

Ding!

Quest Complete!

As requested you have joined Naidiriv as reinforcements while also being able to solve the puzzle of the missing members of the Church of Freya. Due to the unforseen involvement of the Divine Saint of Embinyu, the quality of the rewards for this quest will be raised to the equivalent of an “S” rank quest.

Since the Order of Freya wants to go to Naidiriv to investigate for any other problems caused by the Divine Saint of Embinyu, you are now relieved of your duty to guard Naidiriv.

+ 135000 Public Service Points to the Order of Freya

Able to obtain a title (Optional)

Other rewards are negotiable with LexusDivine Control Mastery Level Up!

“For having avenged the lives lost from the Order of Freya and for having wiped out the most powerful member of an evil cult, Godou, the Order of Freya is forever in your debt. Thus, I believe that I can arrange with my superior a position for you that reflects your accomplishments.”

A new title is available for you. Would you like to accept this title?

Godou was uncomfortable with the praises and respect Lexus had just shown him. After all, Lexus was older than him and all Godou had done was let his blood rush to his head and go wild. Without noticing (or maybe he had noticed and was secretly enjoying) Godou’s discomfort, Lexus continued:

“However, it seems with your victory over the Divine Saint you have ascended to a realm where it would be impudent to make you a member of the church. In other words, you are now someone like Ferrex. A powerful person we would have on our side rather than against us. Thus, you will gain the same title as him. I will not let you refuse.”

You have gained a new title: Benefactor of the Order of Freya

Grants unlimited access to all of the Order of Freya’s facilities and services including the teleport gate system and the armoury.

The Order of Freya must listen to and consider your demands.

You cannot refuse quests from the Order of Freya, however, in return, you can receive the aid of the Order of Freya free of charge.

Godou was taken aback by the benefits of the title. Just who was Lexus’s superior to be able to authorise such rewards? Rather timidly, he asked:

“Is it really necessary to give me all this?”

And received the response:

“Why of course. Others would question it if we did anything otherwise.”

[Just accept the fact that you’re not ordinary already.]

Seeing Godou’s confusion, Lexus suddenly added:

“Don’t tell me you haven’t noticed how differently people with the faith stat have been interacting with you since you beat the Divine Saint.”

Godou had indeed noticed a change in the way priests and such had spoken to him. But then again, there were other religious members like Lexus and Ferrex who could still speak with him normally so he hadn’t thought much about it.

“So it was all subconscious then huh…”

“What?”

Godou was really starting to become confused about where the conversation was headed. Seeing this, both Lexus and Ferrex started to explain to him in turn.

“You know, currently you are emitting out a divine aura which makes people with a low faith stat either want to fear or worship you. Your current class and race seems pretty abnormal right now yet it also seems like it has room to grow. Maybe there’s a further class advancement for you as well… though the conditions to unlock it must be pretty severe…”

As Lexus started muttering off topic to himself, Ferrex took over.

[The aura Lexus is taking about refers to your affinities. For example, a fire mage would have a slight aura of fire while a priest would have a holy aura or an aura of light. Then again there are also different types of auras for the warrior classes and some species like dragons have their own types of auras as well so it’s really too complicated to be divided into just elemental affinities.]

“But wouldn’t churches have divine auras then or something?”

[Nope. No matter how powerful a supporter of a God or Goddess becomes, they will never exceed the realms of a holy aura. What you have is something which is only seen when a god manifests to speak to its supporters.]

Was he really that amazing? Godou didn’t feel any different from before.

[Your class is that of an Overlord. That is a term that rings in my memory. I’m pretty sure that was something written about them in one of the old books in the church library.]

Having regained track of the conversation, Lexus suddenly joined in again.

“This book that you’re talking about was over 500 years old so I don’t know how accurate it is. But now that you mention it, I do recall it saying something about devil lords of chaos capable of killing saints. Well this is coming purely from my speculation again and there are holes in this theory but since you say that this change occurred after you killed the Divine Saint wouldn’t it be logical to assume that killing the Divine Saint was the reason why you gained this class. If you look at it this way, Divine Saints are alternately called the Proxies of God. If this new class of yours is the same as in legend, then wouldn’t be too farfetched to say that you have become a Saint killing, no a Godslaying Devil yourself.”

…

You’re kidding me right? Even when playing a fantasy game everyone has special powers I still manage to become an abnormal monster. Godou really wished the world would stop fucking with him.

Depressed, Godou lost track of the conversation for a few minutes. When he started listening in again, Lexus was giving an in-depth report on the current situation of the monster army approaching the towns.

“… the monster army has already moved in too deep for a force of this size to be able to push them back without the Kallamore Knights so we have to expect a siege. Naidiriv and Tellap are the only large settlements in this area with walls and they are about 100 kilometres apart so all the farmers and villagers nearby are evacuating to them.

However because the towns are so close together the monster force has to siege both cities simultaneously to ensure that one doesn’t send reinforcements and attack them from behind. Either that or they have to capture one of the cities on the same day that they arrive there which is pretty hard to do. Our current location, Mt Revils, is about 70 kilometres apart from both towns so it will take about half a day to get there on foot? No probably a bit slower because we have to climb down the mountain

This is quite a bad situation for the Church of Freya as well since most of our members have been just been called to the Plains of Despair. There’s only 15 official members of the church left In Tellap, the rest are here and are going to investigate the situation in Naidirv in more detail. On a side note, there are about 30 ungraduated trainees in Tellap as well…”

It was at this moment that a paladin from the Church of Freya walked over to join them. After bowing down to Godou for some reason, the paladin addressed his fellow member of the Church of Freya.

“The soldiers in the army want to get a move along soon. We have decided to guide them back to town. So what will you do Lexus?”

“Ah Vin, apparently the person I was supposed to pass my message onto as one of the foreigners who died. I’m going to have to wait here until she resurrects so that I can complete my duty.”

As the paladin left shortly afterwards, Lexus spoke saying:

“Since the distance from here to both towns is the same, you will have to decide which town you want to protect.”

Godou took a moment to respond.

“I think I’ll go back to Tellap town.”

In comparison to his short time in Naidirv, Godou had spent 4 weeks in Tellap had had befriended many of its residents during his stay. Because he had more emotional ties to Tellap, he decided it would become the place he would fight for.

Lexus smiled as if he had already predicted Godou response and simply said:

“Okay. Well as I said before, I’m going to have to stay here for a while so I guess this will be good bye for now.”

[Hey why don’t you get Lexus to identify your drops before you go?]

Suddenly reminded of the issue of his unidentified drop items from Seirph, Godou called over to Lexus who identified them and returned them saying:

“You sure pick up some interesting things.”

Before starting to walk off.

Part 4

As Lexus started to walk away back into the mass of soldiers, Godou decided it was time to raise the question at was bothering him.

“Are you really okay about your current state Ferrex?”

Godou was concerned about that issue. Not matter how fine Ferrex claimed to be, destroying your body and becoming something else was not an easy decision to make. However, continuing to make a brave front to this question was Ferrex’s choice.

[What are you talking about? If I’m in this state then I don’t have to worry about eating or keeping fit. I don’t have to worry about paying taxes when I buy things or paying debts now either.]

“…”

[What?]

“I’ve noticed this before but you really sound like an old geezer at times.”

[S Shut up.]

Godou tried to start a conversation again but failed since Ferrex was now sulking and didn’t want to respond. Maybe the mental trauma of seeing the Lost Temple of Lou destroyed, losing his body and being called an old man as too much for him to handle. Godou decided to leave him alone at the moment. Instead, he looked at the items that Lexus had just identified for him.

Divine Ring of Embinyu

A substitute staff in the form of a magic ring made by a master spellsmith in the ancient past who used techniques which have now become lost over the passage of time. This ring was custom made with the best materials to channel the vast divine powers of the Divine Saints. Traditionally this ring was given to the current Divine Saint of Embinyu when they awaken as a Divine Saint.

Durability: 80/100

Restrictions: Divine Saint of Embinyu

Bonuses:

+ 100 Intelligence

+ 100 Wisdom

+ 10% Magic Resistance

The following information is available due to the completion of the Basic Education:

This ring increases the power of magic spells. The effects of this ring do not stack if a staff is equipped.Sealed Winged Sandals

Magic sandals believed to have been made by a master spellsmith who used techniques which have now become lost over the passage of time. These sandals are hold a massive amount of power but having been lost in a state of neglect over the centuries, its power is severely lessened. These scandals can only be repaired by a master blacksmith.

Durability: 59/100

Restrictions:

Level 400

High tier church related class

Bonuses:

+ 50 Agility

+ 100 Luck

+ 10% Magic Resistance

You are immune from fall damage

Your footsteps make no sound

Wow. No matter how he looked at it, these items were well beyond his ability to equip right now.

“Status Window”

Godou opened his status window for the first time since defeating Seirph and saw that it was now vastly different from the last time he checked.

Character Name:GodouAlignment:ChaosLevel:136Class:OverlordRace:Breaker of the Divine DecreeTitle:Benefactor of the Order of FreyaFame:245062Notoriety:14950Health:4457Mana:2144Strength:77+83Agility:78+73Wisdom:75+70Intellect:75+70Leadership:9+70Luck:266+70Vitality :93 +70Perseverance:117+ 70Sustenance:104 +70Fighting Spirit497 + 70Honour13+70Divinity100 +70Attack:94Defence48Magical Resistance:44%Unallocated Stat Points:595Class Bonuses

+ 20 to all stats

+ 200 Health

+ 200 Mana

+ 20% Magic Resistance

+ able to use magic

+ there is no penalty when the skills and spells you use fail

+ can equip all armours and weapons regardless of restrictions on class, level and stats.

+ immune to from the effects of most heals, buffs, curses, potions and poisons

+ harder to improve intimacy with members of religions. Church members may fear or worship you

+ penalty upon death is doubled

+ half of the experience gained will go to your Divine Control Mastery.

Other Bonuses

Recognised by Church of Freya

+ 50 to all stats due to titles

+ 10% Magic Resistance due to titles

+ 13 Strength

+ 3 Agility

+ 5% Magic Resistance

His magic resistance had jumped exponentially, he race and class had changed and he had a new stat called Divinity as well. He seemed to also have gained stat bonuses due to titles as well. He also had 595 unallocated stat points.

Godou wondered where he should place them. His current physical abilities were more or less fine for him.

Sighing, Godou opened the information windows for these new changes.

Titles:The Amateur who did the Impossible

+ 20 to all stats

+ 10% Magic resistanceThe Destructive Saviour

+ 30 to all stats

Grants access to skill: Collateral DamageBenefactor of the Order of Freya

Grants unlimited access to all of the Order of Freya’s facilities and services including the teleport gate system and the armoury.

The Order of Freya must listen to and consider your demands.

You cannot refuse quests from the Order of Freya, however, in return, you can receive the aid of the Order of Freya free of charge.

“Divinity Stat information”

Divinity

You have obtained the transcended might to perform acts close to miracles. The power of your divine abilities is dependent on this stat. As this stat grows, the overall power of your other stats and abilities increase. Directly affects your total mana, mana regeneration and magic resistance. You can distribute level up bonus points for this stat. In the case of some classes, a Divine Aura will be emitted from you.

Well that more or less explained the divine aura Lexus and Ferrex had been going on about. Since Godou had started checking out the changes that had occurred to him, he figured he should go all the way and check his skills as well.

“Skill list”

Cooking Mastery Beginner 1 (17%)Identification Beginner 1 (3%)Handicraft Beginner 1 (3%)Mana Weapon Creation Beginner 3 (2%)Sword Mastery Beginner 4 (1%)Throwing Weapon Mastery Beginner 2 (68%)Overpowering Will Beginner 1 (13%)Rallying Call Beginner 1 (5%)Survival Instinct Beginner 1 (10%)Might of the Ruler Beginner 1 (4%)Heretic Decree: Unknown (? %)Divine Control Mastery Beginner 5 (56%)Collateral Damage Beginner 1 (0%)

“Recently Learnt Skill information”

Overpowering Will (Passive) Beginner Level 1

Your determination to do the impossible allows your battle spirit to overcome your limits. You can temporarily exceed your physical limitations in battle and ignore the effects of your opponent(s) fighting spirit and MORALE. Your fighting spirit will continually rise in battle. Stamina consumption and hunger will increase for the next few days afterwards due to pushing your body beyond its limit. Activates automatically depending on your mental state.Rallying Call Beginner Level 1

Empowers your words allowing you to motivate and invigorate your allies. The effects depend on your ability to manipulate your audience.

Restrictions: Can only be used when nearby allies are in a state of declining MORALE or DESPAIR.

Cost: 20 ManaSurvival Instinct (Passive) Beginner Level 1

It is said that a cornered beast is many times more dangerous than a normal one. An adrenaline rush surges through your body causing your ability to deal damage to increase as your condition worsens. As this skill grows your ability to perceive danger will sharpen. Activates automatically depending on your mental state.Might of Ruler Beginner Level 1

You have denied the power of higher beings. Inflict psychological pressure on your opponents

Shatters illusions and dispels magic/buffs. Fighting spirit increases proportional to the power of the strongest opponent present. This skill activates automatically depending on your actions.Heretic Decree: Unknown

A Heretical Divine Decree that has yet to take form as a useable skill. It will transform into something useful according to your desires during a time of crisis.Divine Control Mastery Beginner Level 5

Directly related to the potency of your divine powers. The experience you gain from killing weaker enemies is severely lessened while experience you gain from fighting stronger enemies is amplified. All experience gained through completing quests will go to your Divine Control Mastery instead.

+ 100 DivinityCollateral Damage Beginner Level 1

Increases the power of attacks with multiple targets and increases the damage caused by splash damage.

Has a 1% chance to follow up an AOE attack with a copy of the original attack. Activates automatically (this effect is not optional).

+ 10% size of AOE

+ 5% splash damage

Godou took a while to digest this information and then sighed with exasperation. Why was it that nearly all the new skills had activation requirements of some kind?

Though now that he had read his class bonuses which said “can equip all armours and weapons regardless of restrictions on class, level and stats” he now knew that it was indeed possible for him to use the equipment he had gotten from Seirph.

Without further ado, he equipped the ring and replaced his now battered leather boots with the more comfortable scandals.

Ding!

Having been stimulated by your Divine Aura, some of the divine essence in the Sealed Winged Scandals has taken form in the shape of a useable skill. Would you like to learn this skill?

The heck? Such a thing could happen. Unsure of what to do next, Godou just went with the flow.

“Sure.”

You have learnt a new skill: Divine Wind DecreeHaving been stimulated by your Divine Aura, the nature of the Sealed Winged Scandals has been changed.

So I somehow managed to gain another new skill huh.

Godou scanned the scandals information again.

Scandals of the Messenger God: Talaria

Magic sandals made by a godly spellsmith who used techniques which are likely to be never unravelled. These sandals are believed to be created as part of a set of God Armour but due to the rest of the set having been lost over time its power is severely lessened. Having been stimulated by a divine aura, some of this power has been retained. These scandals will repair themselves gradually in the presence of a divine aura.

Durability: 60/100

Restrictions:

Level 700

High tier church related class

Bonuses:

+ 50 Agility

+ 100 Luck

+ 500 Mana

+ 10% Magic Resistance

You are immune from fall damage

Your footsteps make no sound

Your jumping ability has been greatly enhanced.

Your comprehension of the skill Divine Wind Decree has been raised to the maximum possible level. (Skill proficiency can still be gained normally.)

For some reason I think I’ve suddenly become overpowered again.

Trying to escape the horde of negative thoughts about to overwhelm him, Godou looked that the information on the new skill.

Divine Wind Decree (Comprehension 100%)

An Overlord’s Divine Decree which grants access to powers transcending mortal bounds.

Cost: 1000 Mana

Max duration: 3 hours

Overall Cool down: 24 hours

Divine Wind Decree grants access to the following skills when active:

Teleport

Body of Wind

Storm Summoning Ritual [Locked]

This skill cannot be used in conjunction with other Divine Abilities.

The following information is available due to the completion of the Basic Training:

The amount of power you can access is directly related to your Divinity, your comprehension of the skill and your overall Divine Control Mastery.

The description of the skill felt strangely familiar for some reason. Since the skill didn’t have any restrictions on activation, he decided to test it out.

“Divine Wind Decree”

The Divine Wind Decree has been successfully activated. Due to your high level of skill comprehension, an activation incantation is not required. Divine Wind Decree will go on cooldown if you run out of mana.

+ 8% to all stats

The following skills are available:

Teleport Advanced Level 10

Body of Wind Advanced Level 10

Storm Summoning Ritual [Locked]

Godou noticed an empty bar appearing under his Health, Mana and Stamina. He tried to open up an information window on the new bar and received the following information:

Divine Tolerance Gauge

This gauge appears each time you activate a Divine Decree and is representation of the stress caused by the use of your divine powers. The capacity of the gauge is equal to on your Divinity. The rate at which the gauge fills up is dependent on your actions. The bar will deplete slowly over time. When the gauge is completely filled, all Divine Decrees will go on cool down and penalties may be applied.

He opened the skill information window for all the skills he could access using Divine Wind Decree.

Teleport

Move instantly to a location within your line of sight or to a person/place that you have physically encountered.

Cost: 20 Mana

Cool Down: 1 MinuteBody of Wind

Cover yourself in an aura of divine wind to greatly enhance your speed and explosive power. Will cause an increasing strain on your divine tolerance the longer it is used. Can only be used once each time Divine Wind Decree is active.

Cost: 1000 Mana per second

Max current duration: 15 secondsStorm Summoning Ritual [Locked]

This skill requires a Divinity Stat of at least 1000 to be used. Would you like to see more details?

Godou looked around. The soldiers in the army were starting to file back down the mountain under the guidance of the Church of Freya. Some of them took out teleport scrolls to travel back to the town immediately.

Godou walked around and found an empty area of space for him to test out his new skills. Teleport sounded straight forward to use and he couldn’t even use the third skill yet so Godou decided to try out the second skill first.

“Body of Wind”

Body of Wind has successfully activated. Your speed and explosive power has been greatly enhanced. A divine aura of wind is being emitted from you.

As he muttered the skill name, his surroundings were blown into a situation of chaos. Strong winds blew around him, uprooting trees, blowing dust in the air. It was like being in the eye of a typhoon.

The wind gathered and covered him completely, transforming him into a storm the shape of a human.

Godou tried to take a step forward, in the corner of his vision he saw his Divine Tolerance Gauge rapidly filling up.

Boom!

Feeling himself being unexpectedly propelled forwards with incredible force, Godou was blown about 100 metres away from his starting position. A line of destruction could be seen between his starting and end points like the path of a hurricane.

You have used up all your mana. Due to your class attributes, there is no mana rebound. Divine Wind Decree has gone on cool down. Due to high skill comprehension, no penalty has been incurred.

This inhumanly large step of his had also caused him to step off the mountain.

In other words, he was now in free fall.

From the top of a mountain.

“Aaahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!”

[Such amazing explosive power… the moment I take my eyes of you, this sort of unparalleled destruction happens.]

“H How can you be so calm in this situation!!!!”

[I am now classified as an item. I won’t die from falling off a mountain…]

“Y You- ”

Godou watched helplessly as the ground rapidly approached him while listening to Ferrex’s heartless(?) words. He braced himself for the impact of the fall.

But it didn’t come.

[Plus don’t you have fall damage immunity now?]

Godou landed on the ground as if he had only jumped off a low height. Belatedly he remembered the fall damage immunity bonus he had from his new equipment.

“P Please say that sooner! Thank god I equipped those scandals on before I tried out that skill. Seriously, this is the sort of skill you should never use inside a city.”

[…]

Despite being active for no longer than a few seconds, Godou’s Body of Wind skill had caused all sorts of damage and also caused the Divine Wind Decree to go on cool down. It seemed that this was the limit that Godou could test out his new skill with his current level of divinity.

Pushing that thought away, Godou brought out the bigger concerns he had to think about.

The most important being the question: Where the hell was he now?

Looking around after having accidently “jumped” of the top of the mountain, Godou found himself in the middle of an unfamiliar forest near the side of the mountain.

“Lexus said that Mt Revils was half a day’s walk from Tellap so I guess I would eventually get there if I travel in the direction of the town then.”

[Ah… I think you jumped off the wrong side of the mountain though… to get back to Tellap now you’ll have to go around the mountain which should take you an extra day or two.]

“…”

[…]

“Considering that I think it would be better to just camp here and wait for Divine Wind Decree’s cool down to wear off and teleport directly into town.”

[…]

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Word Count: 7,830 Words

Next Release: (Should be) next week

I am back. So far summer has been bad for my motivation.

As you can see, Godou is getting some very… original… powers cough…

If you think I missed out on any details please tell me.

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