The Goddess Department's Frenzy
The rumors about the Goddess Department war were not limited to this. They kept growing more elaborate by the day.
“If one receives the vitality of such a mighty Main God, one might even reach the Main God realm that normally requires eons of training to attain.”
“And if one is lucky, one could literally become the companion of a Main God who wields absolute power, not just the current Sly Raccoon Main God.”
There was even evidence to support it. In the audience chamber, below the seats of the Highest Gods, the figure of the Goddess of Beauty and Love could be seen with her face veiled in mesh. She had suddenly risen from the lowest rank to the lower rank. When a massive amount of divine power of light flowed in through a saintess from the Middle World and caused her abrupt promotion, the entire Divine Realm had fallen into chaos.
“All the saintesses are being held hostage by the God of War, right?”
“Of course it must have been the God of War.”
“Just how much vitality does he have left that he would give it to someone else’s saintess?”
“As expected of the infamous sex god of the Three Realms.”
Though they criticized him, the gods who staked their lives on securing divine power immediately contacted their own saintesses and caused an uproar as they ordered them to seduce the God of War. However, his Survival Magic Tower was blocked by dimensional barriers, making even simple communication impossible unless one was a Main God, so the matter ended in absurdity.
Yet even after healing Granzoa and bestowing vitality upon a saintess, he had still reached Main God level.
“It seems he didn’t just give his vitality to Lady Granzoa, but to the saintess of Beauty and Love as well.”
“Recovering vitality isn’t supposed to be easy. How can he scatter it around like that?”
“The Sun God’s vitality recovers quickly, doesn’t it?”
“My husband is also a Sun God, but he isn’t that virile.”
“Then he must have a very special method of vitality recovery.”
“Even after expending that much, he still possesses nearly two billion in divine power.”
“Officially, he holds the highest rank excluding the Main God of the Divine Realm.”
The thirteen pairs of golden wings belonging to the War Main God shone brilliantly in the eyes of the high-ranking goddesses. His majesty was such that no god other than a Main God with twenty billion divine power could dare compare.
‘If a god transfers divine power to someone who is not their companion, their own divine power drops immediately.’
‘Divine power expended by transferring it to another requires a recovery period of at least a thousand years.’
The War Main God had done something unimaginable to gods for whom divine power was everything. And he had done it for a human saintess, no less. That was why all the high-ranking goddesses were so excited.
“Whether they have companions or not, every goddess has lost her mind.”
“Well, even if one gathers believers for eons, advancing is difficult. To rise an entire stage in a single moment? It’s impossible.”
“And all because of the vitality absorbed through a saintess.”
“That must be why everyone is dressed so extravagantly.”
Every goddess had shown up to the meeting wearing the most glamorous attire possible, fully adorned. Anyone watching might have mistaken it for a ball. The goddesses without companions had maximized their exposure to seduce him, and even those with companions were no less bold.
‘The divine power is so potent that a saintess who received his vitality could raise her own god by an entire stage.’
‘With a Main God’s divine power, even the highest of Highest Gods could hope to break through their stalled growth.’
‘Above all, he is generous enough to share his divine power with a saintess if she pleases him.’
‘If seduced properly, one might raise their divinity even without becoming his companion.’
This was why even goddesses with companions had lost their minds.
On the other hand, the newly ascended Main God who had become the center of all this attention found the chaos anything but welcome. He truly loathed the sight of the Main God of the Divine Realm and the God of Knowledge chatting casually about him right before his eyes.
“Hoooooh—! What an incredible turnout. To gather this many during a meeting is truly remarkable!”
“There isn’t a single goddess absent. This is an unprecedented event.”
“Isn’t it all thanks to the War Main God? I was quite popular back when I was a young god too.”
“Weren’t there no goddesses back then? And didn’t you, Main God of the Divine Realm, follow the Goddess of the Earth and Agriculture around, begging her to marry you?”
“Ahem—! Aren’t those your daughters over there? My, my—! Their outfits are quite bold. Or rather, quite beautiful.”
“What—!? That can’t be. My children are so modest and chaste… Wait, those girls!”
Beside the God of Knowledge sat his companion, along with his daughters wearing dresses that revealed far more than they covered.
“Hey! Has that woman gone mad? How could she come to a meeting dressed like that? And she even brought the children? What is she thinking!”
“That much is rather tasteful. Goodness, is it already summer? Everyone’s attire is quite refreshing. Thanks to the War Main God, we’re getting quite the eye candy. Heh heh—!”
“……”
For the War Main God, who despised the Goddess Department, this was utterly maddening. Moreover, this was an important meeting convened to explain the war plan against the Substitute Gods, the greatest threat to the Divine Realm.
Yet every time the surrounding goddesses looked at him, they flashed seductive glances while subtly exposing their breasts and hips. It made his insides boil. To make matters worse, even the highest-ranking goddesses of the Goddess Department seated right in front of him kept sending him heated stares.
‘Every time the Sly Raccoon Main God looks at me with envious eyes and makes a comment, I feel like throwing up. And watching the normally cold God of Knowledge get angry at his scantily dressed daughters and companion is giving me a headache.’
The God of Knowledge glared at the War Main God with wary eyes. It was not the look one gave a potential son-in-law, but the gaze reserved for a complete sexual predator targeting his daughters.
‘Damn it! It’s all because of those sex god rumors.’
The face of the God of Knowledge, who had been glaring at the War God, suddenly turned deathly pale.
“D…darling! That’s ridiculous—! If I oppose it, you’ll ask him yourself? That is absolutely not—! If you knew what kind of god the War Main God is… U-understood. I shall do as you say.”
Thud—!
Forgetting that this was a formal meeting, the God of Knowledge suddenly shouted as he shot to his feet, then collapsed back into his chair. From then on, the way he looked at the War Main God changed to the eyes of one staring at a mortal enemy. Then, after receiving some message from his companion through sheer will, he shook his head for a long time before finally speaking.
“D…Dimensional God. If you have time, would you not come visit my temple once?”
“……”
It was not an invitation born of genuine desire, but one forced out of utter despair.
“Even after becoming a Main God, connections remain important. I will actively support you as an ally. A-and… our daughters would very much like to meet you in person…”
The God of Knowledge was clearly restless, terrified that the War Main God might meet his family separately and lay hands on his wife and daughters.
‘I can guess the situation without hearing the details. Those daughters visible over there are Upper Gods, but only at the lower end. For daughters of the primordial gods of war, that divine power is quite low.’
Children of gods are born one rank below their parents’ divinity, but the daughters of the God of Knowledge fell far short. ‘It seems the problem stems from his companion being among the lowest of Highest Gods. I can imagine what kind of humiliation she must have suffered after giving birth to daughters. And since those daughters are children of one of the few highest male gods besides Main Gods, the contempt they must have endured is beyond imagination.’
Since their rank was far too low to become the companion of a Main God, it appeared they intended to raise their divinity by receiving his vitality and divine power.
‘Who does he take me for, some idiot who hands out divine power and vitality unconditionally?’
Although the War Main God was connected to the Sun of the Origin and the moon, generating infinite vitality, he had no intention of acting as a divine power and vitality dispenser. Still, rejecting the request of the God of Knowledge, whose cooperation would be crucial moving forward, was difficult.
“I shall meet them together with you present.”
“Yes—! Of course that’s how it should be. As expected, the rumors that the War Main God is a lecher—no, a sex god—were false. How courteous he is!”
“Naturally, the rumors about the War Main God cannot be trusted. Though he did immediately build a harem, human women cannot be counted among his concubines.”
The Main God of the Divine Realm naturally took his side while deliberately mentioning the harem. Hearing the God of Knowledge casually call him a lecher and sex god nearly snapped the War Main God’s sanity.
Crack—!
‘This is the limit. The hostages he took to survive the threat of the divine race have become members of the sex god’s harem. What kind of madman creates a harem of a hundred thousand at once? Forcing me to feed a hundred thousand people—isn’t that all your Divine Realm’s fault? As expected, I should change my goal from simply destroying the Sly Raccoon Main God to completely annihilating the entire Divine Realm. I’ll end this once and for all.’
However, the reactions of the highest-ranking goddesses gathered around him were strange. They were not looking at him as if he were some shameless lecher. Instead, their gazes grew increasingly sticky and seductive. The reason seemed to be gratitude for helping Granzoa.
“Thank you for helping Granzoa, who had fallen to a Lower God due to karma of falsehood.”
“We were all moved by your generous treatment.”
“We have made preparations, so please let us know whenever you wish.”
‘Preparations? What preparations?’
Tap—! Tap—!
Something touched the War Main God’s foot and brushed against his knee. When he looked down, he saw a pure white, slender goddess’s bare foot, freed from its shoe and stocking, sliding up his ankle. It was the leg of the golden-haired goddess wearing a mesh veil seated directly before him. While her upper body remained completely still, only her bare leg moved, caressing the War Main God’s foot.
“I am Granraha. I thank you for helping my daughter. I will pay any price you desire.”
‘Daughter? Granraha, Granzoa’s mother? What price is she talking about?’
The moment the War Main God froze at the sudden situation, the leg slowly climbed higher, reaching his thigh.
“I do not possess treasures a Main God would desire. But I shall give you what you want most.”
Realizing she meant to offer sexual compensation, the War Main God ground his teeth inwardly.
‘These bastards! Who asked for payment? Is this entire Divine Realm insane? A few months ago they tried to kill me, and now they’re all trying to seduce me like this?’
Granraha, who had identified herself as Granzoa’s mother, continued to slowly caress the War Main God’s thigh with her bare foot. Her movements were not skilled. The slight trembling of her bare foot suggested she had almost no experience doing this.
‘This is her first time. Yet she shows no outward sign while caressing me. This woman is no ordinary person.’
The problem was that none of the surrounding gods, not even the Main God of the Divine Realm, seemed to notice Granraha’s actions.
‘Perfect bodily control? This is no ordinary skill. Even with my Main God status, I cannot accurately gauge her divine rank. Does that mean she is a Main God-level powerhouse greater than Granzoa? Such a powerful goddess has been quietly standing behind the Goddess Department all this time?’
It made no sense that among this many high-ranking goddesses there would be no other Main God-level goddess. Since he had never seen any information about Granraha, there must be some circumstances involved.
Sliiiide!
The War Main God grabbed Granraha’s bare leg as it climbed toward his thigh and pushed it down. He felt her body stiffen at the rejection. Then he stood up and announced the start of the meeting.
“I will now explain the strategy against the Substitute Gods.”
Whoosh—!
As his thirteen pairs of golden wings spread to their maximum and radiated overwhelming divine power throughout the meeting hall, silence fell.
“The objective of this operation is the destruction of the planetary fortress, the stronghold of the Substitute Gods! The strategic name is ‘Clear Field Lightning Strike’, and the tactical name is ‘One Rider Against a Thousand’. I will take questions after the full explanation is complete.”