Things have been tense recently. The war on the main plane had escalated. The gods were losing, and they were losing hard. They were losing so much that people were coming to kick them when they are down. That's how to know when you are at your lowest.
The enemies the gods had made across their history of divine wars and people with various slights and grievances ca in droves. These people couldn't do anything significant to the gods before, but things have changed now. A single straw can break a cal's back in the right amount, a lesser amount if that cal is sickly and weakened. These loathers that ca to join in the fiasco that is the war are the straws. The gods were already finding it difficult to deal with the blocks of stone that is burdening them, but instead of getting assistance, they got retribution.
So had even made it a ga to hunt down clerics, paladins, clergyn, and anything related to the divine. The heads of priests award high points while the head of the pope is awarded the highest. It is an act of complete sacrilege and blasphemy, sothing that will usually be t with swift wrath of the entire pantheon but there is nothing he could do about that now.
He had been monitoring that origin god's movent since their last encounter so that they can deploy their resistance where it will actually matter. The good news is that no new Origin gods have co to join the war against them. The bad news is that the Origin god was beginning to get restless without anything to do down there. Chances that the restless trouble maker will make his way here in no ti are rising. Ode had to be prepared for such an eventuality. He couldn't on good luck because when bad things happen, they co in waves. So he had tried to put so things in place to deal with that unpleasant eventuality.
The pantheon had pooled their wealth and tried to employ an origin god powerhouse of their own but most had refused for many reasons. They didn't want to go against the racial council of an entire plane, it would only end badly if they dared. They were also discouraged by the fact that the battlefield will be on a fragile plane. It is too much of a risk to fight in such a precarious situation. One wrong move and they are screwed. The ones that agreed only promised to send clones to fight in the plane while they will only go all out in the divine plane.
Ode didn't want origin gods duking it out in the divine plane, that is practically a recipe for disaster. He wanted them to stall the origin god trouble maker from coming here, not to entertain him. He could only accept even with the express statent by the origin gods that they were not fighting to help them win. So even though the pantheon spent fortunes to hire Origin gods, the ones they succeeded in hiring didn't believe they will win. They were only going to stall so powerhouses and they were going to leave if they see that the gods could win, by even the smallest chance. Their excuse is that they didn't want to aggravate the racial council too much. If they interfered a little, they will get a warning, at most a fine. But things will be very bad for them if they actually have a significant impact on the war.
All in all, it was an unfavorable arrangent. It is a good thing he wasn't counting on them to bring the gods out of this slump they are in. He had been putting most of his effort into cultivating more celestial gods. His announcent to reinstate battles for progress had gone well. But things started going south when so gods started to complain that the battles were unfair and one-sided. They were disgruntled because grand gods that are weak in battle are paired with strong ones. It had led to so refusing to do battle and basically rebellion. The battle going on in the divine plane right now is because a grand god refused to honor what he called a "Ploy to get rid of the weak ones".
They are right of course. That's exactly what he is doing. He is trying to create a strong force of celestials and he had the opportunity to determine who gets to fight who. There is no way he would allow the weak grand gods to beco weak celestial gods. Over his dead body, which is sothing he is trying to avoid.
Not all grand gods are strong, for example, the sinner that is the god of food and cooking. That domain is only good for cooking and eating. What use is that in a war for the very survival of the way of the gods? Maybe he will be able to cook a fine al that will make the armies of the main plane reconsider their opinion of the gods.
That brings us to this group of death row grand gods, the new grand gods. They aren't the first batch and will probably not be the last. Their ascension is due to a lot of factors. Most of them are replacents for the grand gods that died at the border confrontation. The unprecedented deaths created a large void in the divine ranks. Others beca gods because so grand gods chose to fall either due to them giving up or their unwillingness to partake in the unfair challenges.
More and more gods are ascending at the mont but he called grand gods here not because of any special treatnt or good intentions. This batch of new grand gods will serve as fodder to create more celestials. They just ascended, so they are at their weakest. They don't even have the full strength of grand gods nor do they have the wealth or influence of one. They will be better put to use as fertilizer for other stronger, more capable gods. It will also be much easier to carry out. Unlike other grand gods that have accumulated their strength and forces for years, these can't put up much resistance. They can only co here, eat his good food, be resentful about it, and then be sacrificed for the good of the gods.
"We have eaten your food. What is your plan for us?" Kroft asked impatiently.
"I will be honest with you even though you were not honest with about the fish. I'll be the bigger god. It is a pity that you beca gods. As you might have suspected, a lot of gods died. We are at war with the racial council of the Virut plane. They don't want us anymore. They want to put an end to us. So a lot of gods died. You are not the first batch. We are at war and we need to pool all our resources together. We plan to create more celestial gods. You lucky few are going to be useful for that plan. I must thank you for bringing the scattered Godhood back to us."
"Lucky my ass. You must be joking. How can you treat us like this?" Kroft scread. He wasn't done yet. As much as he hated to do so, he used his family card. "You don't know who I am on the main plane. My father is Kroft Ghastorix of the Ghastorix family. I am his one and only son. You can't treat like this or you will experience the full wrath of my very wealthy and influential father."
He was joined by the other panicked grand gods. But Ode didn't even flinch no matter how much they cursed or threatened him.
"I have heard about Kroft Ghastorix. But if he is your father, why are you a god? Lying to won't change my mind. I still won't care even if you are speaking the truth. I'm that desperate."
Kroft felt imnse regret. He thought his life had changed for the better but it was all a lie. Kroft. He shouldn't have beco a god when he found that Godhood. He had disregarded the reason for the availability of Godhood when he found it because he thought the consequences of becoming a god couldn't be worse than his current life.
The things he saw in his short ti as a god made him suspect that the gods were at war. He didn't think things would be so bad that their opponent would be the racial council. He had thought that maybe the demons had renewed their assault on the gods. A war with the demons goes back and forth, push and pull, it was normal. A war with the racial council ans certain defeat.
Kroft didn't know much about the history of Virut plane, but he knows enough to predict the outco of a clash with the racial council. It is futility in itself to go against the racial council.
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