Side Story 33: The Pantheon of Light.

Side Story 33: The Pantheon of Light.

Ahhhhhhh, its done! Its finally done! Im finally done.

We turn back time. To the moment when the Origin Gods finished the System upgrade, only having to review and implement it now into the Divine System.

In the realm of the light and clouds, Aurena let out a deep sigh as she rested on her chair, exhausted after finishing her part of the job. After sipping from her tea and taking a bite of a biscuit, she returned to her administrator window.

Jeez those three.

Sisters. Ilsaphone, Vivachel, and Kronnaz Aurenas stepsister born from the union between her father Marsven and her stepmother Edna. Despite being over 2500 years old, to the six Origin Gods, these three half-Edjurls were still children to them. And to Aurena, they were her lovable younger sisters.

It did wound Aurena that her public relationship with her father and sisters couldnt be fully acknowledged given the state of their two religions. Aurena had tried to resolve this issue within her own Church, but due to her followers inability to fully understand her words and seeing her more as merciful and gracious, the truth was never really acknowledged.

In contrast, her father Marsven works with a more lax control over his followers. To not worry what they think of him, as they would naturally flock towards him for power and comfort in faith.

He had always advised Aurena not to mind the opinions of her followers, and as such, isnt interested in the misunderstanding. To him, it only mattered that his family and he knew the truth.

Disregarding whatever his daughters thought on the matter.

Alright, time to handle some tasks.

Free time for Aurena was her returning to her ordinary work. The time of a god might be limitless, but managing and maintaining an entire planet demanded commitment. And for that, Aurena spoke with her angels and aides.

Angels, creations made from a gods mana using the System as a link for its foundation. Due to this, angels were artificial constructs by nature, similar to the parallel minds from the skill [Parallel Thought]. Aides, on the other hand, were actual mortals turned into a gods attendants, helping them where angels couldnt

In the case of a subordinate god, these aides consisted of their followers when they were still alive. More specifically, in Kargryxmors case, many of his aides were dragonkins. For example, Nordoramsul, Melloxtressas father, was currently working for the God of Dragons in his divine realm.

For an Origin God, though, those attendants were their subordinate gods.

The Goddess of Equality and Fairness, Andira. Unlike Istari and Kargryxmor, she was not someone Aurena could act freely around due to the formers intense faith and loyalty to the image of the Goddess of Light. Still, this subordinate goddess was a diligent one, something Aurena appreciated very much, to the point she considered Andira her secretary.

She opened the documents in her administrator window, reading through everything that happened while she isolated herself to update the Divine System with the other Origin Gods. Meanwhile, there was only silence inside the gods chat window as she did so.

It was very similar to a company meeting between the executives and their CEO. Whenever Aurena had a question, she would ask her aides for an answer and they would answer, otherwise, everybody remained silent. It was Aurenas preferred way to work, something everybody had learned over the years they had aided her.

Hmm, the demonkins still havent launched another large-scale attack? Only small guerilla movements and such, disregarding whatever we havent found out yet. What are they planning?

On the other hand, the Empire seemed to be ready to attack them in retaliation. That was obvious. It was the only outcome, and the demonkins probably planned that. Meaning, there might be another war soon Meaning conscription from their vassals.

Aurena frowned. Although she had isolated herself from all sorts of work during the System update, she still took her time to monitor and keep up with Hestias life. She was her ace in the hole, after all. As such, she had Kargryxmor relay everything he learned to her, as she was far too busy to constantly look through Hestias eyes.

As such, she knew how Hestia had allied up with the Kingdom of Artorias and was confident she would somehow do the same with the Republic of Estralia. Due to Artorias being a vassal of the Folschreck Empire, this war would mean Artorias was required to contribute to the war effort by sending resources and men over. This would be normal.

However, Aurena knew Hestias identity as a dragon princess and as her Champion wouldnt stay incognito for long. The demonkins will learn about it, and when they do, they will target her with what they could to bring her down. In this case, it was to cripple Artorias and Estralia. With the Prince of Envy disguising himself as the pope of her Church, this would be a guarantee.

The only thing Aurena could do was to warn Hestia about this and encourage her growth with Kargyxmors help. She had to become stronger. She had to be ready and take down the Prince of Envy as soon as possible, then the possibility to make a change in the Folschreck Empire would open.

Her mother could take down the prince easily, but

It would mean Hestia would be isolated from the mainland of Altrust for four years thanks to her deal with Melloxtressa. In that time, the demonkins could rebuild and anoint a new Prince of Envy, just as they already replaced the previous Prince of Lust. Without Hestia to lead her Church into a brighter future, the cracks underneath its foundation would simply worsen even further without a pope. The ramifications could break everything.

Slow and steady. If we rushed this, it could all backfire.

Haaaaa, Aurena sighed, massaging her temples at this nuisance.

Kargrxymor had promised her the dragons would remain the worlds protectors after his apotheosis, but time thought little of it. As the ancients were replaced by the old, and the old by the young, the Dragon Empire, Kargryx, had changed under the rule of Kargryxmors son, Eltharion.

Hestia truly was their only hope left to convince her father and rally the dragons to the defense of the world. With the demonkins wishing to bring the rule of the Edjurl gods to Peolynca, the dragons were the contingency plan should the Edjurl gods arrival were to ever happen. The last thing Aurena wanted was for Goddess Plesia and her father, God Marsven, to fight against them.

The last thing our home needs is a battle between gods. We need to keep them out of our world!

As Aurena thought about how to proceed with the dragons, a message suddenly appeared in the chat, unprompted by her.N0v3lRealm was the platform where this chapter was initially revealed on N0v3l.B1n.

Aurena took a moment as she read the owner of the chat before shaking her head in exasperation.

It was Erithia, Goddess of Nobility and Wealth, and the twin sister of Andira. While Andira was the more reserved of the two, Erithia was the sort of person who would proudly boast about her accomplishments and her allegiance with the Goddess. Zealotry and unwavering trust, those were the words to best describe her.

However, despite this personality of hers, Erithia from her experience as a noble lady was a capable human resource manager and commander, far superior in this field compared to her twin sister. She was not shy to grant Divine Quests to the Pantheons Saints and Champions, believing guiding them through Quests was the best way for the human race to develop. The truth of such a belief was arguable, but what wasnt was how she taught the blessed to act like proper heroes, making her one of the reasons for the Church of Aurenas continued growth.

Aurena remembered. She would do her best to keep herself in touch with her patron race, the humans. Although, Erithia thought Aurena wouldnt have the time to remember something trivial like this, the fact of the matter was that Aurena very much appreciated how an order of knights was founded for her.

The Knights of Aurena were the direct replacement of the Hands of Heaven, but were now under the control of the Church of Aurena. On the other hand, the Hands of Heaven were now the imperial guards of the Holy Emperor of Light. Outside of praying to Yeostar and Erithia when they entered battle, the imperial knights had little resemblance to the old order. They were no longer required to be fully faithful to Aurena.

Aurena knew this, so she wondered what Erithia had in mind.

But they might misunderstand us was the greatest concern for all the gods who heard this plan.

It was hard for gods to properly guide mortals due to their divine presence being far too oppressive. The voice of a god could destroy the souls of humans. Even using System messages had a similar problem. Also, due to Plesias rules to never directly interfere with mortal issues and events, they also werent able to direct everything in their favor.

That wouldnt be guiding, that would be ruling and manipulation. Gods werent rulers, they were guides.

At least, that was what the Origin Gods believed.

That would rule Hestia out completely, Aurena thought.

The subordinate gods began throwing out the names of candidates, going through numerous saints and champions, arguing who was the most suitable for the task. Meanwhile, Aurena listened to them, forming a plan in her head on how to execute this idea.

But in the middle of this discussion, the God of Knighthood, Bravery, and Loyalty finally spoke up, interrupting the discussion.

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