Chapter 8: Still in the new land...
Disclaimer: I still don't own Black & White, the good folks at Lionhead do. Suing me will get you a ball of lint, if that.
As the finishing touch was put on her temple, Rekka felt the powers she was born with return.
"Ah. Good. If I want to get somewhere quickly, I can fly again." she thought to herself as she sat on the cliff overlooking the future location of the farm fields.
"Senka never did learn to do his business in the fields. The farmers would've loved the free fertilizer."
She looked toward the snowy mountains off in the distance, noticing the big temple with the blue beam of light coming out of the top.
"That must be Lethys' realm. Khazar's realm has the temple with the yellow beam of light. Mine's the one with the red beam of light. Just how big is my portion of the land, how many villages are there and how many are "neutral"? Right. The only way to figure that out is to tranform and fly."
She transformed into her true form and flew over the land, taking mental notes of how many village there are in total, how many are neutral, and how many belong to her. She was mildly disappointed when she found out that her village was the only one she actually "owned".
As she was flying, Lethys flew at her, glowing angrily.
"This is my land!" he shouted at her.
Looking down, she noticed that she was flying over the territory bordered in blue.
"Oops. Sorry," she muttered as she flew back to her single village and landed in her human form.
She was formulating a plan as she whistled for Senka.
"What is it, mistress?" the Tiger's deep voice rumbled in her mind.
"Senka, we need worshippers, and to get them, we need to impress a village. Preferably one close by. If I'm going to help Khazar fight Lethys, I'll need not only more power, but also to extend my influence in Lethys' direction. I noticed that my powers ceased to be effective after being in his territory for just a few seconds," she said, then noticed the village nearby. It appeared to be low on food and wood.
"Hmm...those people need food and wood. So, if we go over there and create those items for them, they'll start believing in me and eventually we'll win them over to my side. That's what we'll do!" she exclaimed excitedly.
"Or you could kill the people in that village until they start following you out of fear," Evil said, flying in front of the goddess. Good looked over at the demon disapprovingly.
"That's not very nice," he chided.
Evil shrugged.
"That's kinda the point," he said, then the two "advisors" disappeared.
"I'm going to win that village over with kindness. Kill too many of those people, and I won't have enough power to fight Lethys. They are starving and they need wood, so that's what I'll provide for them. I'll have to use our spare food and wood one-shot miracles until the Village Center is completed."
She walked over to one of the food miracles and picked it up, handing it to the Tiger.
"Here. Khazar said that you'd eventually figure out how to cast it by just handing it to you. Things will go faster if you could help with the miracles, Senka."
"I think I've figured out this miracle. Let me try it on the people we want to win over." the Tiger said telepathically.
Senka walked over to the neutral village and made the sign for "food" in the air, and the Village Store's food compartment had some food in it.
"I did it, mistress." the Tiger proudly said in her mind, then noticed the villagers pointing at him.
"I think they believe that you exist, mistress. They've noticed me."
"Heh...try some of your dance moves on them, Senka. The villagers in the previous land really loved your dancing." the goddess telepathically said as she walked toward the other village, pushing her hair behind her ears to keep it out of her face.
When she arrived at the village, people stared at her, immediately noticing her long, dark grey hair, red eyes, and golden armor with matching sword.
The Village Elder walked up to her.
"Who are you?" he asked, curious as to what she would say.
"I am Rekka, Goddess of War, and I mean your people no harm. This creature is Senka, my Tiger, and he also means your people no harm. If you follow my path, your village shall never be without food or anything else that you need. If you follow my path, your villagers and their descendants will be protected for eternity. If you turn to Lethys, then your people will know nothing but suffering at his hands. The choice is yours," she said, trying to speak as formally as she knew how to be as she transformed into her true form, and floated over the village.
"Either way, I shall keep fighting for you. My war is with Lethys, not you mortals," she said, her voice becoming the booming voice one would expect from a deity.
The Village Elder thought about his options for a few seconds, then nodded.
"I shall have my builders go to your temple and build our worship site, Holy One," he said, bowing. The villagers standing around him also bowed as divine fireworks emanated from the Village Center.
"Okay. I now have two villages. Now what do I do? They really need a seminar on how to be a god in the Void. Powerful gods have so many people who's lives are in their hands. There's an Indian village beyond this one. I suppose that's my next objective." she thought as she landed, back in her human form.
To be continued...
A/N: Finally managed to cut through my writer's block enough to work on this fic. Now, I just need the inspiration to work on my other fics.
As for Senka casting the miracle the way he did. I know that the creatures simply cast the miracles. I just though that it would be cool if they cast the miracles using the symbols like you do in the game.
Anyway, and, as usual praise/constructive criticism will be appreciated...flames will be used to heat my room and the flamer will be fed to Senka.
Until next chapter...