The Goddess Department's War
The sight of the gods of the Divine Realm descending into the Middle World amid thunderous war cries filled the air. Ooh—! Uuh—! Every single Highest God had descended, and even those below the rank of Upper God had come down to reorganize their divine nations.
Originally, I planned to deploy only my own Transcendents. But now that I have become the Main God of the Divine Realm, that won’t do. The one who tied the first knot must be the one to untie it, or the same problem will keep repeating.
He ordered his Perfect Subordinate Gods and the primordial Battle Gods to have the higher gods of the demigods personally execute them, while merely providing support and assistance, then sent the full force downward.
I cannot move from here because I must temporarily suspend the divine power restriction in the Middle World. However, the full might of the Divine Realm without the ninety percent power reduction is not something demigods can handle. And if my hundred Transcendents—who display the greatest power in the Middle World—are added to the fray, it becomes even more decisive.
The divine power of the demigods executed by the goddesses—who had revealed their original nature as Battle Gods among the higher gods—began rising one by one.
As expected, the demigods are dying without even being able to resist.
The demigods could not possibly stand against the parallel divine power connection of every god in the Divine Realm who had descended with their full strength.
Indeed, without the ninety percent divine power restriction of the Middle World, demigods could never be a match for the Divine Realm. If I temporarily block the power restriction in the Middle World using my Dimensional Authority, it ends just like this.
Of course, adjusting the entire Main God Star with Dimensional Authority consumed an enormous amount of divine power and authority.
Even with my titles, activating it would be difficult if I weren’t sitting in this glorious seat of the Highest Main God, where the full support of the Divine Realm is concentrated. And it would be even harder without the assistance of the goddesses who possess such immense authority in the position of Divine Realm Administrator.
As if sensing his gaze, the administrator goddesses gave him slight, knowing smiles. The battle goddesses avoided his eyes, but there was no hostility—only goodwill.
Fortunately, they seem to like the clothes I gave them. They’re still wearing them.
The atmosphere of rebellion within the Divine Realm had almost completely vanished. The vast conference room at the round table was empty except for him—who maintained the dimensional barrier—and the Main God of Divine Realm Administration, since everyone else had joined the battle. Yet it felt strangely reassuring.
The demigods are being killed in the blink of an eye.
One hundred demigods continued to die, their circles dropping and their divine power flowing back into the Divine Realm.
The Transcendents with the ‘Good’ attribute had already been killed once, ascended to Upper God rank, and chosen complete subordination to their higher gods.
They didn’t participate directly, but they couldn’t have been unaware of the other Absolute Beings’ negotiations with the Demon Realm. Their silence itself is a crime.
Even if the demigods tried to resist, it was meaningless when tens of thousands of gods had descended and formed a parallel divine power connection.
That aside, gathering the demigods’ divine power showed just how large their planned rebellion had been.
Excluding the ten ‘Good’-attribute Transcendents, every demigod has been killed repeatedly, dropping below 7th Circle, and over 100 billion in divine power has been collected by the Divine Realm. Some of the Middle World Transcendents who plotted the rebellion had nearly 1.5 billion—practically Main God level.
The demigods had secretly siphoned off vitality and divine power for a long time without sending it to their higher gods.
The Highest Upper Goddesses, even more enraged by the display of divine power exceeding that of higher gods, tore the demigods apart using the parallel divine power connection and support.
The demigods’ forces were larger than expected. If I had only mobilized my Perfect Subordinate Gods, we might have suffered losses.
Now that the entire Divine Realm had been mobilized, even if variables arose, there would be no problem. No variable or powerhouse could reach a transcendent level capable of stopping the great army of the divine race performing parallel divine power sharing.
In less than ten minutes, the demigods were completely annihilated. They continued to die, falling to mortal status, and finally even their souls entered mortality and were sent to the Four Realms—he witnessed it all directly.
The demigods must now begin as ordinary mortals, just like any other living being. I wonder how long it will take for those who betrayed the gods to wait their turn for reincarnation in the Four Realms.
With their priority constantly pushed back, it would take an eternity to reincarnate again. Although service to the Divine Realm was their greatest duty and shackle, they had received immortality and eternal youth from their higher gods, only to betray them. This was the price.
With the annihilation of the demigods who were also subordinate gods, the divinity of the Highest Upper Goddesses dropped, turning them into Highest Lower Gods. But that much had to be accepted. After all, with the support of the Highest Divine Realm, they maintained their status as Highest Lower Gods. Otherwise, they might have become false gods or even fallen further.
The gods who had finished整理 the demigods moved to their own divine nations and began reorganizing the popes and high priests using the full power of their authorities and divine words.
There’s no way humans could resist the majesty of gods who descended with their full power. It’s over.
All that remained was to return the now-masterless divine power to the Divine Realm. Lightly, he seized the recovered divine power and prepared to send it back to the round table to be returned to the Divine Realm.
I expected at most 90 billion, but it’s 120 billion. For a punishment that wasn’t even a real war, this is quite the windfall.
The Divine Realm, now supported by eight battle goddesses possessing authority surpassing Intermediate Main Gods, four administrator goddesses, the planetary Highest Goddesses, and his own backing, was showing rapid growth and maturation.
If I had handled everything myself, it would have been faster, but there wouldn’t have been this level of meticulous and efficient maturation.
It was truly admirable management ability, worthy of the administrator goddesses. Returning this divine power to the Divine Realm would accelerate the maturation even further.
But then the battle maiden goddess began to speak with a conflicted expression.
“It would be good if you returned the divine power recovered from the demigods to their original higher gods.”
At those words, the conference room at the round table fell into complete silence. An ominous chill flowed between the Dimensional Lord and the goddesses.
The administrator goddesses’ mouths fell open in shock as they stared at the full-power divine deployment radiating from the Dimensional Lord.
That battle maiden goddess had been grumbling earlier—she’s trying to cause an incident.
The Dimensional Lord, who had removed all emotion and cared only for the improvement of his own divine power and the development of the Divine Realm, found her words completely at odds with his nature. To suggest returning the recovered divine power from sinful demigods to their higher gods without first explaining how it would benefit the Divine Realm was taking the exact opposite stance.
Moreover, he had not disciplined the demigods alone; he had received help because his own power was insufficient, so there was almost no justification. The administrator goddesses tried to intervene with some mediating words, but the Dimensional Lord’s divine power slowly began to freeze over with killing intent.
A terrifying output of divine power that threatened even the Highest Main Gods began encroaching upon the goddesses’ authorities.
They thought they should make her stop speaking immediately, but since her own subordinate gods were among them, she continued.
“Considering the past achievements of the Highest Upper Goddesses, you should give them another chance.”
“……”
There was no reply from the Dimensional Lord. Only the intensity of his divine power and battle spirit continued to rise.
Even in this dangerous atmosphere, the maiden goddess seemed slightly daunted but persisted with her argument.
“Since it is the divine power of their own subordinate gods, the higher gods can absorb it with the greatest efficiency.”
“……”
The administrator goddesses lowered their heads in despair. They had confirmed that the Dimensional Lord’s divine power had completely transformed into killing intent and battle spirit.
It’s too late to stop her now.
The Dimensional Lord’s emotionless voice rang out.
“Their past achievements have already been canceled out by the sin of allowing the demigods to plot rebellion and threaten the Divine Realm without punishment.”
“B-but weren’t all past mistakes forgiven?”
“If we distribute the recovered divine power from the demigods, each would receive more than 1 billion. The merit of subjugating the demigods is low because it was not accomplished by their own power alone—they received help from other gods. Although they fell from Highest Upper to Highest Lower after losing their demigods, receiving this divine power would make them Highest Gods again. Have they accumulated enough merit to deserve such a reward? My Divine Realm does not recognize the merit of simply maintaining the status quo without major incidents. The price of maintaining the status quo is merely retaining one’s position, and only until a more capable individual appears.”
“But without the Highest Goddesses, the Divine Realm’s output will drop. So you must give them another chance.”
“Mercy in giving second chances applies only to powerful beings of Main God level or higher who have the potential to create and develop a Divine Realm. To those below that, it is merely carried out according to necessity and circumstances. Beings with the potential of Highest Upper level without Main God authority can be created as many as needed simply by granting them divine power. Returning the recovered divine power to those who achieved the greatest merit this time is the fair system of rewards and punishments. That is what you should have suggested. Furthermore, the Main God of Divine Realm Administration is the core of the Highest Divine Realm and its greatest military asset. For such a being to put forward personal thoughts and emotions toward subordinate gods, forgetting the distinction between public and private matters, and shaking the most important fair execution of rewards and punishments in organizational management—this carries a completely different weight from lower gods freely expressing their personal opinions. I judge this as a threat to the Divine Realm and will dispose of it immediately.”
“Eh—? N-no way…?”
Eventually, the extreme situation unfolded.
The Dimensional Lord’s divine power began moving with frenzied convulsions. Although its power was only at the level of an Intermediate Main God due to maintaining the dimensional barrier that released the power restriction across the entire Middle World, its output was overwhelming.
The circle of divine power expanded its domain, engulfing the entire Divine Realm and radiating authority. An unbearably cold voice flowed from the Dimensional Lord’s lips.
“You who are lost in personal emotions and selfish thoughts, threatening the Divine Realm—! Are you saying that because they are your subordinate gods, their merit is irrelevant and I should still raise their divine power? Do you understand how much such behavior disrupts the order of the Divine Realm? And you still call yourself the Main God of Administration of the Highest Divine Realm?”
While seated in the glorious position of the Highest Main God, the circle of divine power began spitting out countless spears.
“If you intend to continue your emotional arguments, then die as you are—!”
“Wait—! Kyaaaaaah—!”