The Goddess Department's Pursuit
The War Goddess rose spiritedly, donning the helmet of her full-body armor as she spoke. “Dimensional Magic God—no, Dimensional and War God—have you given up on mercenary work? Those troublesome creatures keep appearing at the Demon Realm’s boundary. Those parasites keep dying and regenerating, causing endless chaos.”
“If it’s hunting aberrant gods at the Demon Realm’s boundary, I’ll naturally accept. Provided the compensation is adequate.”
“I’ll have to calculate the cost of hiring a Main God. Until next time, then.”
As the War Goddess led the demon race away, the War God folded the carpet and stored it in space. He could feel the Main God of the Divine Realm staring at him in surprise.
“So you’ve done mercenary work as well?”
“There are those who occasionally offer commissions. Tasks too difficult for subordinates yet too bothersome for the Main God himself to handle personally. Once you become a Creator God, I’ll accept formal requests under the name ‘Dimensional Magic God.’”
“Hah! The rumor that a Main God-level expert with Dimensional Authority was working as a mercenary has been circulating throughout the Main Divine Realm. So it was you.”
“Now that I’ve become a Main God, mercenary work will be difficult, but I can’t ignore past connections.”
“Exactly! Connections are precious, after all. I’ll be counting on you from now on.”
“I am the War God at present. If it concerns the Divine Realm, there’s no need to ask.”
“That’s right! You’re trustworthy! If only my son could follow even half your example, I’d have no more wishes.”
The Main God of the Divine Realm laughed heartily while patting the War God’s shoulder with a pleased expression. The God of Knowledge sighed deeply as he watched. He pulled out his calculator and began tapping away, apparently calculating an additional raise for the War God’s salary.
“No additional compensation is necessary. Simply ensure my work proceeds smoothly.”
The compensation for a Main God—especially one powerful enough to work as a mercenary—was enough to give the God of Knowledge a headache. Upon hearing that the War God wanted nothing more, he immediately brightened.
“Of course! The Divine Realm’s budget is tight these days. Don’t worry about the work. If anyone dares interfere with the War God’s duties, I won’t stand for it!”
The words were the same as those born from an eternal master-servant relationship. ‘In any case, wealth and vitality no longer hold meaning for me.’
His most proud magic, ‘I Am the One and Only Special Existence in This World,’ allowed him to produce any specific material infinitely within the limits permitted by his divinity. The vitality he needed overflowed endlessly thanks to the Moon of the Origin and the Sun of the Origin. ‘A little more convenience is better than receiving slightly more vitality. It’s preferable to receive conveniences and privileges while handling requests from demon gods and Creator Gods.’
If he, the Dimensional and War God, faced interference from other Main Gods or demon gods, things would become considerably troublesome. Being obstructed in spatial or dimensional travel would be extremely annoying. ‘It’s extremely rare for a Main God-level expert to accept mercenary work. Things will become even more convenient now.’
The War God thought that since the divine and demon races would devote their full strength to defending the boundary, he could rest again. Since he would likely remain in the Divine Realm for some time, he would need to renovate his personal temple a bit more.
“Granraha! We need to talk. What exactly are you thinking?”
“I’m busy moving my temple! I have to move the maidservants too, so later!”
“You little—! Are you seriously planning to seduce the Dimensional and War God? He’s your daughter’s superior god!”
“He said he’d release her soon, didn’t he? And I’m prepared to accept that much.”
“What? How far have the talks gone?”
“Are you really planning to go all the way? What about the Divine Realm? What about receiving a star and returning as an independent Main God?”
“Are you planning to become a Southern Main God again and manage a star together? After all that hardship?”
“There’s no law saying the Main God of the Divine Realm can only have one star, is there? If you have the ability, several are possible. Besides, I’m not necessarily thinking of marriage.”
“You tell me the whole story right now! How much have you figured out in the past six months?”
“I’ll see you later. Make sure to organize the divine power transfer list properly before sending it.”
“Granraha! Don’t you dare cut the communication!”
Beep—!
Granraha severed the rampaging Goddess’s transmission and walked past her nearly organized, cramped personal temple with a complicated expression. ‘This desolate sight is just like the Divine Realm I left behind, gritting my teeth.’
When the Divine Realm she had built over eons collapsed due to her husband’s infidelity, no one had known her misery and resentment.
“It seems she’s caught on, but it’s already too late. I can’t let young Granzoa experience the same thing I did. Becoming a Lower God means nothing to that child. Moreover, with the Dimensional God’s help, she’ll return in an instant.”
Since the former War God, the legitimate heir of the Main God of the Divine Realm, was a male and such a failure, Granzoa had the highest probability of becoming the Main God of this Divine Realm. ‘A subordinate Divine Realm for the successor can be given after becoming a Creator God.’
One Main God Star for a successor was no great burden for a Creator God. That was why the Main God of the Divine Realm was making such a fuss about handing over duties to another Main God once qualified and becoming a Creator God first.
‘As long as we hold out, no male Main God can come here. Granzoa is from this place and already has our support. However, she alone cannot become the Main God of this Divine Realm, and even with my help, it will be difficult.’
An independent Divine Realm on a Main God Star was far too vast, even with the support of the goddesses. ‘It would be easy if the Dimensional and War God gave his full support. But Granraha has no chance of capturing that indifferent Dimensional and War God.’
In Granraha’s eyes, the War God showed only respect and reverence toward any beautiful woman as a strong individual—he was not someone capable of harboring affection or desire. ‘I don’t know who spread the rumor that he’s a lustful god, but they were completely wrong. He’s a perfect ascetic who trains endlessly to become stronger.’
In her view, his relationship with Granzoa was merely a political alliance formed for the sake of increasing divine power. ‘Gods who have become spiritual beings sharing vitality for the sake of increasing divine power cannot be called a true physical relationship. If one demands marriage or makes such requests in that situation, such a being will never comply.’
Even in the Divine Realm where she had been Goddess King, such beings preferred struggle over compromise. ‘Coercion won’t work. So it’s better to gradually accumulate debts, even if through physical relations.’
Granraha believed that while Granzoa, one of the highest-ranking Upper Gods, could not capture him, she herself—as a goddess—could earn his respect and interest as a strong individual. ‘I’ve already confirmed his feelings of reverence toward me, who was once Goddess King. If I support and assist him well, he will naturally become my daughter’s greatest patron.’
He was predicted to become the most reliable ally, unshaken by emotions or circumstances.
“If one can simultaneously operate the divine power of the sun and the infinite vitality of the moon, that’s already the domain of a Creator God. For Granzoa, who will become the Main God of this place, it’s no time to be picky about methods.”
She was Hera, the former great Queen of the Sky, resolved as a mother for her daughter’s future. What concerned her was that the goddesses were not the type to remain idle.
‘They’re beings powerful enough to become Goddess Kings and possess strong ambitions for authority. They wouldn’t hesitate to use methods far more extreme than mine to make a Main God close to becoming a Creator God their ally.’
She predicted that even if they had no interest in this Divine Realm, when the time came to obtain a star and create their own Divine Realm, they would do anything to secure the full support of a Main God of that caliber.
“Surely they won’t do what I did. After all, they’re goddesses who gnashed their teeth at male gods.”
Granraha shook her head slightly, feeling somewhat uneasy.
The War God’s return journey, having unnecessarily consumed magic power, was as quiet as ever. Only the occasional Upper Angel rushing over to greet him broke the silence. ‘Did she say she applied to be my exclusive attendant? Well, she’ll handle it herself.’
The War God, feeling somewhat tired, reduced his thoughts and accepted the greetings. Then his eyes caught sight of a new temple that had been erected right beside his own.
‘Hm? Did someone move in?’
Moving a personal temple next to the War God’s during wartime was somewhat unusual, but it wasn’t his concern.
“No goddesses came to visit, did they?”
“No. Since Granraha-nim requested to be notified immediately upon her arrival, I contacted her just now.”
“Granraha?”
“She is one of the highest-ranking goddesses. The one who visited previously and left.”
He recalled the respectable goddess who had managed her Divine Realm excellently while enduring her husband’s philandering. ‘The Queen of the Sky Hera’s name here is Granraha. I must be forgetting things because I’m so tired.’
The War God nodded and quietly opened the door to his temple again, only to find it still looked far too cramped. ‘I’ve expanded and decorated it somewhat, but without the sky and forest visible, it feels terribly stifling. This isn’t my base, but I simply can’t stand it.’
He already missed the vast forests of the Great Forest and the endless blue sky. And he possessed the Dimensional Authority and creative power to make that longing a reality at any time.
“Dimensional Net!”
He summoned his thirteen pairs of wings once more, enveloping his temple. ‘I can’t expand the outside, but the inside can be expanded as much as I want.’ Above all, if he blocked the Main God of the Divine Realm’s power with his own dimensional divine power, he could expand it freely.
“Spatial Expansion! Divine Realm Reset!”
“Configure a small Divine Realm based on the Main God of the Divine Realm’s Divine Realm.”
Fwoooosh—!
He could see the interior of his personal temple expanding endlessly within his perception. ‘The temple walls appear at the edge of the world, and the ceiling becomes the sky.’
The difference in divine power between the Main God of the Divine Realm and himself was about one-tenth here in the Divine Realm. Therefore, he could expand it to the scale of one-tenth the size of the Survival Magic Tower.
He extracted a portion of Adamantium from the void, connected it to the entrance of this Divine Realm, and chanted.
“I Am the One and Only Special Existence in This World.”
Fwoooosh—!
He imagined the most splendid and massive temple that could exist in the Divine Realm. As the magic of creation manifested, the Adamantium at the entrance began to undulate and expand on its own, and a temple more magnificent than the Main God Temple began to form.
Rumble—!
The silver light of Adamantium emitted a soft glow, and a grand personal temple spanning over ten kilometers in every direction revealed itself.
“So this is the most splendid and massive personal temple in the Divine Realm.”
It was a grand temple based on Adamantium, covered not only in jewels and gold but also in gems that enhanced divine power. Since he had used the hardest Adamantium as the base material to ensure it could be used for a long time, the fundamental splendor was extraordinary. ‘Is it a bit extravagant? Well, since it’s spacious, it doesn’t matter.’
He copied portions of the Sun of the Origin and the infinite moon and floated them in the temple’s sky.
Whiiir—!
As the miniature sun and moon once again illuminated the interior of the temple, he finally felt like he could breathe. Thud—!
Meanwhile, the Upper Angel who had been watching from behind collapsed on the spot. He lightly lifted the Upper Angel with his will and seated her in a small building he had separately created near the entrance. The small house connected to the entrance was, ironically, the personal temple he had given to the War God—though it looked like a doghouse because it was so small.
Tap— Tap—
His footsteps echoed through the long silver corridor. ‘The Sun of the Origin and the infinite moon are rapidly recovering my divine power and vitality. The thirteen pairs of light wings I consumed through the star battle and Dimensional Net are growing back, covering his back.’
‘My divine power and magic power seem to be recovering faster than expected. However, perfect defensive preparations will take at least two months. I need to get sufficient rest during that time.’
He sat in the Chair of Glory at the center of the Egg of the Gods, where divine power gathered and sunlight and moonlight poured down, and quietly closed his eyes.
Meanwhile, the goddesses had finally decided to move personally.
“It would be best to meet the War God directly and confirm!”
“Granraha. We can’t even contact her at all—!”
“She’s already almost finished moving her temple. And she’s issued a summons order to the goddesses under her command.”
“What on earth is she doing? There’s a limit to suddenly changing attitudes like this!”
The goddesses had been in the middle of a meeting at the Main God Temple when Granraha became unreachable, so they stormed out of the conference room and were heading toward the Dimensional and War God’s temple. ‘No matter how much we talk, since we haven’t confirmed it directly, it’s only speculation.’
Unable to bear the frustration, they ultimately decided to verify the level with their own eyes.
But when they arrived, Granraha’s grand temple had already been moved there, and the goddesses under her command were diligently carrying luggage.
“Granraha isn’t even visible? What exactly is she doing right now?”
“For now, she’s nearby, right? The Main God Temple of the ‘Dimensional and War God,’ that is.”
“I’ll measure exactly how great he is. Whether he’s worth Granraha going this far.”
When they saw the modest building that was a universal temple before their eyes, they hesitated for a moment before opening the door. They knew he had returned from the boundary, but coming without contact weighed on their minds.
‘Though he’s from the Middle World human race, in terms of ability, he’s already a superior Main God.’
‘He’s a powerful Main God capable of standing against that monster of a Main God of the Divine Realm with two billion innate divine power.’