Chapter 40

[Brother! It seems difficult to contain lightning in this hammer here, any tips or tricks?]

[…I don’t know.]

[Hahaha! As expected of my brother! Truly amazing!!]

*

Before and after gaining divinity, the difference was noticeable, starting from the appearance.

Belva said that a pitch-black monster with its mouth wide open was engraved on my back.

Similar to the red eye pattern on Belva’s shoulder, who was a Watcher.

It seems to be a mark of divinity.

It doesn’t stay drawn all the time; it appears when using divine power.

The duration is about a day.

Other than that, nothing much had changed.

I was worried about turning into a monster, but thankfully, that didn’t happen.

Internally… it’s hard to explain. There were too many changes to detail.

First, divine power felt entirely different from magic power and dimensional power.

If the latter two are public goods, divine power felt like a product made exclusively for me.

It didn’t mix with anything.

Moreover, there was no limit to the total amount I could hold, allowing me to accumulate divine power indefinitely.

Wait.

“Accumulate” might not be the right word.

Unlike other powers, divine power doesn’t just pile up…

It’s hard to explain.

It’s more like interacting with each other.

Constantly influencing and being influenced, making me more aware of who I am.

As time passes and divinity grows, nothing will be able to affect me.

I somewhat understand why gods in myths seem like psychopaths.

“Could your personality get any worse?”

“Yes.”

I grabbed Belva’s lips and shook them up and down.

Belva, in pain, fell down, teary-eyed, shouting something at me, but I ignored it.

Anyway, divinity is both a change and a constant.

A process of becoming unshakable while endlessly changing.

It’s a constant shout.

To me. And to the entire world.

That I exist here. Who I am.

The desires stirred by divinity are never small.

There’s an impulse guiding me every moment.

An instinct to resemble divinity.

Controlling and mastering this is impossible.

Because divinity is me.

However, the Sealing Orb helped.

It calmed down the means that were moving uncontrollably to achieve the goal of strength.

I still remember.

The moment I swallowed the giants, the rush of ecstasy that filled me.

I’m not denying that.

But it’s not a feeling I want to experience by sacrificing my own.

There are plenty of opportunities.

There might still be hidden monsters, and giants might swarm again someday.

Or perhaps I’ll find a way to move to another dimension.

I closed my eyes and slowly exhaled.

Let’s wait.

No rush.

There’s still much to do, so no need to hurry.

*

“Becoming a god is just…”

I ignored Belva’s muttering.

I wanted to make a window, but baking sand doesn’t instantly turn it into glass.

It works in Minecraft though.

Life is truly a failed game.

I bought the “How to Make Glass” from the Ogre again.

The Ogre looked slightly shocked seeing the giants’ corpses and the sea of blood filling the area.

But being a pro, he completed the transaction smoothly.

Though his hand seemed to tremble a bit when handing it to me, anyway.

“Then…”

“Yes, go ahead.”

After the Ogre left, I struggled alone for a while.

“Sodium carbonate… need to burn seaweed… use the Leblanc process…”

This is driving me crazy.

I don’t understand even after looking.

The only Leblanc I know is a game character.

Should I have just bought the glass?

With regret, I temporarily gave up on making glass and decided to build some small annexes instead.

The divine power scattered around is gradually condensing.

As if trying to give birth to something.

Adding more people to this already bustling place would be a headache.

It’s better to set up a branch family in advance.

The annex construction, surprisingly, ended very quickly.

Partly because I’ve built before and got the hang of it, and everyone’s skills have improved, changing the way they move.

So when I asked who would live separately, there was only one candidate.

Zeus’s white, slender arm awkwardly raised alone.

“Is no one going?”

I kind of expected this.

The demon trio is always out and about, hardly staying home, and Miho never leaves my side.

Can you act spoiled even after growing up?

Considering the special environment, Miho was overly dependent.

“Will you be okay?”

“Yes. I’m fine. I like personal space.”

The annex will probably be a place for the newly born children, but sending Zeus there is a bit worrying.

Zeus is the youngest here, after all.

He might struggle to take care of himself.

Thinking about all this, I nodded.

It’s bothersome to think about these things.

“Then, you take care of educating the kids… and if anything happens, let me know.”

“Understood.”

“Alright.”

I noticed a faint glimmer of expectation in Zeus’s eyes.

He’s pretending not to care, but deep down, he’s pleased.

I couldn’t help but chuckle.

*Hummm-*

Then, a strange sound started coming from over there.

It seemed like a new invader had been sent after a long time.

*Hmm…*

I’m not really interested anymore.

I don’t see any reason to deal with them one by one.

After making my decision, I summoned my Divine Power.

At the bottom of the darkening rift, something opened its mouth.

The moment something tried to emerge, it was swallowed whole by the rift along with the crack.

A faint scream and the sound of crushing echoed softly.

Then, silence returned.

I continued the conversation as if nothing had happened.

*

Finally!

A massive wave of Divine Power was felt from the plains of dead giants.

Fearing potential danger, I left the kids behind and went alone to observe quietly.

“Ooh…”

Flesh and blood intertwined, with Divine Power settling in.

The moment all these elements came together to form a single life.

It was an incomprehensible complexity.

Such creative aspects don’t suit me.

Still, I couldn’t help but admire it.

Truly remarkable.

How much time had passed? Something emerged from the dazzling Radiance.

As Belva had predicted, it was a female figure, but that wasn’t the important part.

What mattered was the name.

A white-haired girl approached me cautiously.

Before I could say anything, the girl spoke in runes.

“Great. Devourer.”

Then, she suddenly knelt.

“God of all monsters.”

One of the girl’s eyes was closed.

The open eye was a colorless gray.

Wait, why am I the God of monsters?

What a strange title.

It’s even a bit embarrassing.

I’ve never been called something like that before, so it felt odd.

I approached the girl.

“Your name?”

“……”

The girl remained silent.

She can speak but doesn’t know her name?

Guess I’ll have to name her.

I’m not good at this.

I sighed and crouched down to her eye level.

Slowly, I raised my hand and placed it over her closed eye.

There was an innate seal there.

Using Divine Power, I broke the seal and gently lifted her eyelid.

“Ugh…”

The girl trembled slightly in pain as her eye fully opened.

Light spilled out, illuminating me.

I couldn’t help but marvel.

The girl’s sealed eye was a brilliant green.

Inside, various runes floated around.

A powerful Magic Power was also emanating.

Runes and magic.

Only one name came to mind.

“How about… Sanzang?”

“…Odin. I remember now. That is my name.”

She sounded a bit urgent.

Maybe it’s just my imagination?

Anyway, if she wants to name herself, who am I to stop her?

Odin, huh?

A much more famous god than I expected.

I kept examining Odin, who was still kneeling.

What can I say?

She looks like a middle schooler.

If this were Earth, she’d be the type to sit in the back of the classroom reading books, then sneak off to the library during breaks.

But her grades would probably be average.

She gives off that awkward bookish girl vibe.

“……”

As I looked her over, Odin seemed uncomfortable, staring at the ground.

Is she worried I might kill her?

No need to worry about that.

I’m not so bored as to kill kids now.

Smiling, I reached out my hand to Odin.

Odin took it without hesitation.

That’s when it happened.

“Huh.”

Behind Odin, dozens of new life forms emerged.

Each one carried Divine Power, tiny gods.

…This is a bit overwhelming.

“What should we do?”

“What else? We’ve got work to do.”

I didn’t expect them to pop out all at once.

As Belva approached with concern, I let out a long sigh.

“Let’s take them with us.”

Looks like we’ll need to build more annexes.