Chapter Five: Interlude I
Time: Unknown,
Location: Netherworld (Realm of Pandora)
"Tell me Aima, what was the real reason the Divine Usurpation Ritual created, what is the real cause behind the creation of godslayers."
"Don't you know already? It's to protect humanity from the tyranny of gods. Godslayers are kings who rules and protects humanity."
"Please, Aima! tell me the truth.I am fed up all this games. I have been throgh enough mind games!"
The lilac haired goddess bit her lips. This was the moment she was dreading for. Honestly her children are all proud and headstrong like Epimetheus. They tend to act before thinking. So occasionally when one or two like him showed up with vicious intellect she didn't know what to do with them. She was used to dealing with fools and hated playing mind games with her own children. She sighed, when she was this close….. It seems he won't return without knowing this secret.
" You know, perfection of gods was the greatest lie told to humanity. The word perfection itself was a lie that humanity and gods sought to achieve but failed regardless of how much they tried."
She paused before she started again
" Gods sought humanities worship and faith to ascend further to achieve the state called perfection. However, they failed regardless of how much they tried. So we decided to try an experiment. The experiment where someone of lesser status climbed the existential hierarchy by taking in within themselves the concepts, powers and essences of others"
She paused again
"The gods themselves couldn't be the participants of the experiments considering their core is sustained and created through myth and gods even though rather fluid in nature won't change that easily unless their myth itself changes nor can they take myriads of essence of conflicting nature. The mother earth goddeses can't usurp the essence of steel, the god of sun, life healing and rejuvenation can't contain the essence of death"
A pregnant pause.
"Rarely would you find a god who presides over good virtues yet capable of containing the essence of evil. No, we needed some being whose nature is far fluid, tangible and malleable yet have the metaphysical infinite elasticity known as potential. In other words, infinite evolutionary capacity"
By this point things were clear more or less.
"Humanity regardless of the fragility and feeble strength actually contains such nature. Thus, they were perfect candidates. Thus, the black art of epimetheus was created. However, the envy, depravity and rage of gods were boundless as were their tyranny. They would not let beings they considered inferior to them climb the hierarchy to join them in ranks. They even created the Crown Prince to cull their numbers. Not a single godslayer lived a life long enough to contain enough mystery, divinity and authorities to reach the peak of the hierarchy and join the rank of the gods while still alive."
" However, Ravana proved that it was possible to reach godhood in the same way as gods namely throgh apotheosis the legend and mythical veneration. He was the first to ascend. A out of the concern phenomenon, a variable that nobody took into consideration. However even though godslayers could become gods in the same way as heretic gods, it took away the fluid and elastic nature called infinite potential from them. Basically, they exited my system the moment they died permanently and entered the realm of immortality through post deification due to the myth they have created through their actions"
"To me the definition of a perfect god is someone who is ever changing, ever adapting, ever moving. A perfect god is someone who is always in motion. Whose domains, strength and power are not finite nor does it have any boundary. On the contrary gods are rather slothful when it comes to change."
"You were one of my most preceptive children. That vicious, inhuman and remarkable intellect is truly what made the king of Judah bestow his blood unto you. Seeing the nature of your teacher and her means of ascension you were able to land at the correct conclusion"
" The Divine Authority Usurpation Ritual was created with a single purpose in mind. The creation of Perfect ever evolving gods of infinite potential. That's the dream Prometheus saw. The dream to create perfect gods out of humanity, his most beloved race. "
She gazed it his wide molten gold eyes
"For a godslayer who has killed enough that is their final destination. And that's where you are heading. Of the hundred steps of godhood, you have crossed ninety-eight steps"
She looked at his solemn face.
"Isn't this what you sought at your previous life. Ascension while alive. Tell me *********** are you happy"
Author notes:
Well, I decided to add a minor twist considering this is an alternate universe. Honestly with so many references to ascension it should have been evident.
In previous chapter a guest review had a bombastic outburst about tempting murphy. The thing is he is a teenager with enough power to destroy the world and gods while still in his emo phase. So naturally he became a bit overconfident and decided that there couldn't be any possible threat barring gods that can endanger him. Even though he has the memories and perspective of an adult magus, he at his current age can't sympathise with such memories and still find it difficult to admit them as his own previous life.
Knowledge doesn't translate to wisdom and wisdom builds with time.
He considers himself a different person completely than the persons he were in previous life thus he finds it difficult to put himself or think from their perspective.
Short interlude peace out.