The Goddess Department's War
The sharp ring of metal echoed as the War God of Dimensions passed through the temple gates, which were crafted entirely from luminous stone. An upper-tier angel rushed forward and bowed deeply. He returned the gesture with a light nod and continued on, stepping through the doors of his personal sanctuary.
For a temple granted to a supreme deity, it was honestly too small. It was little more than a slightly enlarged version of the communal housing he had seen in the Otherworld. It’s even smaller than my Survival Magic Tower. That says everything.
Still, it wasn’t exactly shabby treatment. Even the Main God of the Divine Realm has something only a little more ornate and spacious. The architecture and functions prioritize extreme frugality, practicality, and equality.
The one saving grace was that recovery of divine power and vitality was noticeably faster than in a standard temple. Of course, as the War God of Dimensions, comparing it to the magic tower he had personally modified in the Great Forest only made him click his tongue in dissatisfaction. I really hate this. It’s too cramped.
No matter how splendid it was, the only thing filling his field of vision was walls instead of open seas or forests. The claustrophobia was inevitable. Still, he couldn’t perform large-scale renovations on a temporary residence. The best he could do was use Dimensional Authority to expand the interior space and reinforce the defenses with dimensional barriers.
“I am the one and only special existence in this world.”
"I am the one and only special existence in this world."
⟨ 10-Circle Ultimate Magic: Dimensional Expansion ⟩
Wooooooong—!
Paaaaaaaang—!
Ten circles spun behind him from within his robe, manifesting the greatest magic of the tenth circle. The cramped temple expanded to ten times its original size, revealing an extreme level of opulence. Because this is a temple of the Divine Realm, the potential is no joke.
Everywhere he looked, unknown jewels and mysterious ornaments embedded in the walls glittered with dazzling brilliance. Is this the most beautiful building one can create in the Divine Realm?
Even to the War God of Dimensions, the sparkle and luxury were no laughing matter.
“Hik—!”
The upper-tier angel who had followed him let out a startled gasp, completely stunned by the sudden transformation of the temple. She looked around frantically, her eyes sparkling at the sight of jewels that gleamed and shimmered no matter where she turned. Even an upper-tier angel has a craving for jewels?
At this rate, she looked ready to pry them out of the walls. I don’t mind, but I hate noise.
He manipulated the distracted angel’s hands, forcing her palms open. When her hands suddenly moved on their own, she shot him a suspicious glance—only for her eyes to widen dramatically.
Clatter—!
Jewels embedded throughout the building poured down like a waterfall into the angel’s hands.
“Ah—!”
The overwhelmingly radiant and beautiful light left her dazed. As both palms filled with jewels, pure ecstasy washed over her face. These divine power jewels slightly enhance and stabilize divine power. They are treasures of incredible value. One of them would require me to work for a hundred years to obtain.
Dozens of such jewels—something an upper-tier angel could only earn after a hundred years of service to the divine race—now overflowed in her hands.
Suddenly, the thirteen pairs of wings of light belonging to the new War God of Dimensions looked impossibly sacred to her.
“Do you need more? If not, I have a request.”
At his words, she looked at him with the resolve to do anything. There were rumors he was a lecher, but even if he demanded she serve him here and now, she felt she would comply. It isn’t uncommon for an upper-tier angel to serve a high god, and if it is the will of a main god, she herself could ascend to lower godhood.
Her hand unconsciously moved toward the ties of her robe—only to freeze at his next words.
“Prepare a meal and a bath. Also, inform any visiting goddesses that I am resting and ask them to return another time. Simply collect their contact information.”
“…Understood, my lord.”
Realizing he only intended to give her work, the upper-tier angel bowed with clear disappointment and withdrew.
Thinking back, an enormous number of goddesses had visited over the past six months, yet most encounters had ended with nothing more than tea and conversation. Even from a woman’s perspective, those incredibly beautiful goddesses had openly tried to seduce him, but he remained courteous to the end. He rejected them in a way that left no hard feelings.
Above all, everyone had no choice but to give up because he was in the middle of moving stars for the upcoming war. Lately the number of visiting goddesses has decreased, but the proportion of supreme-tier and higher goddesses keeps increasing.
Only goddesses of a rank so high that even an upper-tier angel dared not look directly at them came to visit. And yet he showed no reaction whatsoever. It was enough to make one wonder if the lecher rumors were true after all.
“Haaaaah—!”
When even the upper-tier angel had been ready to disrobe, the War God of Dimensions let out a genuine sigh. Even while pushing forward strategies to win the promotion war against the Substitute Gods, this is what happens? Bad rumors spread to the ends of the heavens in an instant, while good rumors swirl around the mouth and vanish. That’s exactly my situation.
For six months, countless goddesses had approached him, yet he had politely explained the situation and sent them away. But instead of the lecher rumors disappearing, a new one had spread—that his standards for women were so high that none could catch his eye.
Now goddesses confident in their beauty and divinity are flocking here in competition. The truly absurd part is that even married goddesses with partners are pretending otherwise and coming to see me. If I’m not careful, I’ll end up fighting endless duels with their husbands.
The War God of Dimensions leaned his tired body against the sofa in the center of the living area and ate the meal the upper-tier angel had brought. Because he sealed the space with dimensional barriers that prevented anyone from entering while he rested, the temple was blissfully quiet.
After finishing his meal, he sipped water while staring into empty space and asked,
“Setting aside the single goddesses… why do the ones with partners keep coming?”
A brief silence filled the temple. Yet the Dimensional and War God simply waited quietly for an answer, staring at one particular spot.
A moment later, a woman’s voice rang out.
“It’s because of their daughters.”
A clear, feminine voice echoed from the empty space.
“When you truly performed divine power transfer for the daughters of the God of Knowledge, their half-doubt turned into certainty. Sending their daughters alone wouldn’t draw a main god’s attention since they are only upper gods, so the mothers decided to come themselves. They are willing to sacrifice their own bodies if it means giving their daughters vitality.”
“The male gods are all at war. This is quite immoral.”
“The male gods cannot refuse this situation either. Divine power is akin to proof of status for gods who live eternally. Even that rigid God of Knowledge ultimately could not reject his partner’s request to have his daughters receive your vitality. The higher the rank of a god, the more coldly they understand the merciless gap between divine power and divinity.”
“I understand, but I cannot accept it.”
“The Divine Realm and Demon Realm are ultimately the same. Only the packaging differs. At their core, both are hierarchical structures designed for evolution and advancement. Trying to understand them with human thinking will only cause errors.”
“Ah, is that so? Still, I have no desire to accept it at all.”
When a mocking tone slipped from the War God of Dimensions’s mouth, he felt a warm hand press against his cheek.
“If beings who live eternally are assigned their rank from the moment of birth, and no matter how hard everyone tries the gap can never be closed, how would they behave? They would use any means necessary. If someone appeared who could instantly raise a permanently fixed rank, then something like chastity would mean nothing.”
“I am aware.”
The difference between knowledge gained from books and experience gained firsthand was enormous, so the shock was equally severe.
“The fact that the main gods of other planetary divine realms keep hundreds of goddesses as concubines is not only to satisfy their own desires. It is also the wish of goddesses who want to evolve faster. The fastest way for a goddess to raise her divine power and divinity is through essence exchange with a higher-ranking male god. There is no helping it.”
“Do the male gods simply stay silent?”
“The other male gods cannot complain either. Goddesses born between a main god and a high-ranking goddess are at minimum supreme-tier from birth. Unless forced, they have no reason to object. The more bloodlines a main god creates, the stronger and more beautiful the goddesses his subordinates can take as wives. This Divine Realm and its main god are the strange ones. We are not the abnormal ones.”
“Are you saying the Main God of the Divine Realm is the only sane one?”
“By human standards, yes! By divine standards, he is an irresponsible god who has neglected his duty as main god—to produce stronger deities—because of his love for his wives. From the perspective of goddesses who focus on love, it is a delicate situation that makes criticism difficult.”
“Haaa—! Just tell me what the goddesses here have decided about me.”
“You figured that out too? You are easy to talk to, yet you make things so difficult.”
The space resonated as a delicate figure materialized.
Wooooong—!
Splendid golden hair swayed. A noble and refined face appeared, followed by a radiant, naked body. The goddess’s bare form—her nipples and intimate area barely covered by golden ornaments—shone like the white temple illuminated by the glow of countless jewels.
Her breasts and hips, curved as elegantly as Granzoa’s, formed a perfect golden ratio as if a master sculptor had poured all his skill into every delicate line. Beneath the soft layer of fat, intricate muscles supported them perfectly.
The War God of Dimensions tensed for a brief moment as the goddess’s body—more supple and elastic than any woman’s—appeared naked before him. At a glance, her strength was obvious. She had trained her reflexes to match his own.
Even I, now a main god, cannot easily see through her stealth authority. That bodily elasticity belongs to an assassin. In other words, she is a main god-level assassin. One mistake and I die.
She sat proudly on the sofa as if leaning against it, openly displaying her naked body to the War God of Dimensions. What stood out were the circular golden ornaments attached to her breasts and lower abdomen.
Those circular decorations adorned with coin-shaped jewels have extremely fine writing on them—words from the divine language of the Otherworld! That’s…!
As a high-ranking sage, he instantly deciphered the meaning of the Otherworld divine script. An unprecedented sense of crisis engulfed his entire body. He stared indifferently at the beautiful naked form she displayed as if showing off her body, then leaned back against the sofa.
“Please sit. I have no desire to die yet.”
“I went through all this effort to dress up after so long, and this is how you react?”
The naked goddess looked disappointed that her trump card had failed and sat down right beside him on the sofa. Her brilliant golden hair swayed, momentarily filling his vision. Yet despite her words, her noble expression remained completely unshaken.
“I thought no goddess could match me in beauty, but this is quite unpleasant.”
“Get rid of that ‘I’ll kill you if you touch me’ intent.”
“Hmm? There should be no killing intent leaking out.”
“It is my ‘Combat Foresight’ authority. It has judged the current situation as a combat and crisis scenario.”
“Oh ho ho—! What an interesting authority. Then did you also use it to detect me?”
“Something like that.”
In truth, it was thanks to Dimensional Authority, which surpassed any other ability in spatial awareness. However, there was no need to reveal everything to a high-ranking goddess from the hostile Goddess Department.
“I know of Combat Foresight. But it shouldn’t be this powerful, should it?”
“I simply have a bit more combat experience than most.”
The War God of Dimensions took a light sip of tea and offered some to the goddess sitting beside him. She accepted the cup with a strange expression and spoke.
“I am truly grateful that you helped Granzoa. However, I cannot forgive a lecherous god who speaks of greater causes while laying hands on human women who have no place in the Divine Realm. That is why I have been hiding, waiting for the chance to kill you.”
“And?”
He had noticed her hiding the moment he first entered the new temple. Since he had already anticipated this, his response was indifferent.
“If you had toyed with the goddesses who came without restraint, you would be dead. The authority of this form of mine is the same as the spear you possess—‘Lord Slayer.’”
Thud—!
The War God of Dimensions felt his heart drop. Can a goddess of light from the Divine Realm—not even a demon god—possibly possess the ‘Lord Slayer’ authority?
The information he had gained upon becoming a main god and raising his rank contained no record of such an authority. It is possible. Since the Spear of Lord Slayer exists, such an authority can exist as well. The question is how she obtained it.
The Spear of Lord Slayer had been obtained by killing a main god’s successor and claiming the authority. A goddess of light could obtain it by killing a main god. The reason it remained unknown was simple.
“Every main god who witnessed my Lord Slayer authority has been annihilated. Naturally, there could be no records.”
The goddess of assassination, who had willingly revealed her identity, seemed to read his thoughts. She answered with an endlessly pure smile. Her golden eyes and smile did not match her words at all.
“Why are you revealing your authority to me? Even with the Lord Slayer authority, you cannot annihilate me. Moreover, now that I know about it, its effectiveness has dropped even further.”
The War God of Dimensions primarily used dark magic, with Dimensional Authority and main god powers as support. Now that he knew her authority, creating countermeasures would be simple. The fact that she revealed such a disadvantageous truth meant she had another purpose.
“The difference in divine power is too great, so killing the current Main God of the Divine Realm is difficult. The newly ascended War God of Dimensions is a little strange. The War God of Dimensions famous for being a lecher—according to rumors I wanted to kill him immediately, but his behavior is nothing like the stories.”
The goddess of assassination leaned against the sofa and slowly lifted both legs.
Slide—!
Her bare legs, so perfectly elastic they seemed to defy gravity and showed not a single bit of sagging, gradually revealed themselves. She turned her body toward him, sending a seductive gaze as she moved her hips slightly. A clear birdsong rang out.
Chirring! Chirrring!
When the golden ornament on her lower abdomen vibrated, it produced the sound of birdsong. Her legs moved with exquisite precision in time with the birdsong, emitting a fatally seductive fragrance.
This obscene sight combined with her noble face and golden hair created an indescribable allure.
“My former partner loved this appearance of mine to the point of madness. You may ravish me as you wish. It is the price for helping my daughter Granzoa. I swear on the River Styx that I will do nothing to you.”
“……”
When the new War God of Dimensions silently reached out toward her, a strange light flickered in the eyes of the goddess of assassination. Yet she continued to sway her breasts, making the golden ornaments on her nipples chime like bells, quietly watching as his hand approached.
Deep within her pupils, an eerie light began to swirl. It was hidden, ferocious killing intent.
But the War God of Dimensions recited the words inscribed in the finest script on the golden ornament as if chanting a spell.
“I seal myself with unbearable jealousy and rage. I shall never forgive the reckless womanizer. Goddess Hera.”