Chapter 97 - Ki, The Lesser Minor Deity Of Curse

Half an hour had passed, and the lifeless vessel was still being enshrouded by the energy of life, trying to ensnare its being into sentience.

MF fondled some prototype bio-artifact's schematic, as she experimented with her 'faith of death' to see what effect it had on inanimate objects.

The bits of perpetual creation divinity did enhance the result from her dark seed of creation.

Curious, she then applied some 'faith of perpetual creation' to the hard working life energy of her awakening clone.

"Waiting until dawn dissecting the essence of life does put a smile on my face." MF threw her gaze into the dark area of the cave, as if someone was there from the beginning. "I wonder if I can put my hand on a 'lesser deity' too. Are you sure you still want to hide there?"

"Gyekh!"

The halo's 'minor overseer' had revealed a weird kind of camouflage from the moment MF tested her newfound divinity. A true deity or pseudo deity could actually sense the other deities if their sense were strong enough.

When a deity was acknowledged in the perception of another deity, they could analyze each others' portfolio from the symbols of divinity in their soul. MF might have found this information just recently and she won't want to show her back to a strong deity.

"Is there something that I can help you with? 'Lesser Minor Deity of Curse'?"

A young blonde girl in an ancient runic dress manifested in MF's vision. Red pupils and dark sclera. She produced an unknown harmful agent akin to a virus from her body constantly, slowly rising and disintegrating in the air as if her whole body was composed of these wicked substances.

"H-how did you know my identity!?" Her face was shocked, more or less terrified and more proud, as if someone had finally remembered her as someone important. "Ehem, this deity's name is Ki! The 8th member of Lunatic Runagate! And I humbly want to recruit you to our Evil Circle for shall we create an endless chaos upon this god-forsaken land!"

"That is ironic, coming out from a literal deity." MF snickered.

This was the first time for MF to hear something edgy as 'Evil Circle'. The Ouroboros' interest was never this piqued. The idea of an organization of the lower pantheon among a group of Neamh's deities felt rather surreal as it never had been inscribed in any codex or scrolls she read before.

MF's 'Minor Overseer' ability could see through the 'faith' this deity had collected. It was lower than what MF had expected, sitting at around 488 bits of 'faith of curse'. Either she was a young deity herself or a naive old timer who lived carefreely without any ambition—or a dumb lass who don't know how gathering faith works.

'Poor girl. My little frankenstein might take a while to open her eyes, might as well play around with this cinnamon roll.'

Despite the difference in height, Ki looked up to the tall pseudo angel-deity with enthusiasm, too much even. MF could imagine a smoke coming out from her nose like a bull.

"Senior Ki, as a representative, would you kindly present the benefits to this junior of joining your profound Evil Circle?" MF posed dramatically, preaching her words like how a naive junior would.

"Oooh! Oooh! Senior! I like the sound of it!" A smoke then gushed out from her nose. "Ehem! Lunatic Runagates is an elder evil circle established a few hundred years ago. As for the benefits, we can guide you and let you grow with the 'glyphs' we cultivated!

"The seniors there were also kind! In fact, I'm actually a vibrant greenhorn myself even till this day and the elder in the council gave me this important mission to recruit any newborn deities in my cryptic mountainous domain! Wait…"

The lesser minor deity began to panic.

"W-why is this land different than my domain!? I swear I only took a nap for ten days!"

The poor deity of curse rushed outside. MF followed suit, taking an interest in what was going on.

She was faster than MF thought, MF then found her weeping herself, lying on the ground as she held onto her legs.

"Uuuhhhuuuuu, my shrine…."

'Ah, so this mountainous area was formerly her domain. People rarely come here, no wonder her faith is so low. Heck, I don't even know if there is any shrine around here.'

MF rubbed her back, letting her vent out all of the sadness.

"Ughuuuuu, I-I built t-that shrine m-myself! It is gone now hueeeee!"

"There, there."

Ki suddenly stopped her wailing as she noticed the rich land that was no in her liking. She looked around and found out that most of the heavenly land's residents were the followers of the smiling person that is consoling her.

She then stood and stepped back, numerous balls of curses were formed as the malevolent substances from her increased drastically.

"You stole my domain! I'll curse you!"

"Try me." MF squinted, widening her smile.

"Fuck you!"

And so Ki cursed.

The angry lesser minor deity of curse combined all of the floating dark balls into one giant manifestation of hatred. She then hurled it with all her might.

MF took a full brunt of the dangerous substances. Some of it spilled on the flourishing flowers and grass, taking their essence of life as the plants wilted.

The heavenly radiance from Anvriel's vessel negated most of the curses, reviving all of the fallen nature that made contact with the vengeful substances in the process.

The residents of Domeniul Ceresc could only watch from afar as their deity was engulfed with feracious dark energy. Some of them were shivering in fear and the rest believed in their savior, determined to go full commando to avenge their goddess if she was to fall from her grace. Their devotion were already ingrained within their souls.

"Curse you! Curse you! Curse you!" shouted Ki as she cursed.

The otherworldly virus permeated every inch of MF's physical body. Except for the gauntlet, her halo, and the crystals on her right back hand. Corroding everything on a cellular level slowly, the pain would be tremendous if an average mortal was the one who got hit by this ball of destruction.

'.... This is underwhelming.'