Chapter 538: Evil Gods and Eldritch Horrors Part Two

Chapter 538: Evil Gods and Eldritch Horrors Part Two

As the world burned around him, Yotu ran.

It was an act so beneath him that he couldnt escape the shame of it, each time his feet pounded against the dirt beneath him was a reminder of how close hed come, only to fail in the end and be trapped in such a pathetic state. A god, bound to the body of a mortal, spending the last little bit of life he had being hunted down by his brethren, all for the crime of wanting just a little more.

How could he help it though? The other gods hed been born with might have seen it as a betrayal, but the nature of the world around him couldnt help but be an affront to all he was. Perhaps in the wider universe that passing void gods had told them about thered been others like him, gods of death who could tolerate worlds filled with life, but he couldnt.

In his eyes, the natural order had always been for life to fail in the end, letting him rule over anything that had the strength to hold its soul in the land after that fact as his numbers grew, leaving him as the reigning god of that world, but the actions of the others, his fellow gods and the mortals they so loved, seemed designed to keep him from that birthright.nove(l)bi(n.)com

Despite standing equal with the other three of the Disneti and despite sharing in the worship their people gave them all, the mortals beneath them did not give death the respect it deserved.

Priests of light and death affinities brought restless souls to peace while healers did their best to prolong and save lives, keeping him from his claim of faith, the one they worshiped the most whenever a mortal felt their end coming. As millennia wore on, how could he do anything other than rebel?

And it had gone so well at first too! Hed tricked and trapped the other three, leaving their voices quiet to the world and letting him act unimpeded, finding those among the population who hated life as much as he, whispering in their ears his dream of an empty world and selecting the best of them to act as his vessel before using the faith hed gained unimpeded to make it happen, bringing plague and despair to any lush land, rotting the woods and slowly killing the world as those hed recruited chose to slaughter, building up violent deaths that would ensure so many wouldnt get the peace they desired and making their spirits linger, acting as permanent pockets of faith for him to indulge in.

Even with all of his power, he hadnt been fast by mortal standards as a thousand years of suffering graced the people of his world, but by that of a god, he felt quite quick. He lived on his own time scale and enjoyed watching the chaos unfold below as his power grew.

Not just ghosts to plunder; the people feared him, giving a different sort of faith to power him. A faith that all hope was lost, that hed always be there to make them suffer and that nobody would save them. A faith he believed as well until it all started to go wrong.

For all of his power, there were always going to be those who resisted, those who struggled till the end, but theyd never been worth worrying about. Why mourn the loss of a follower when their soul simply joined his legion? Why worry about a ghost passing beyond when so much of the life in the world clung on afterward, the very suffering hed inflicted on them creating a hate or despair so great that their souls couldnt rest, only for those same souls to keep powering him? Why worry about the final struggles of a doomed people?

When he looked back, that was the point hed lost. Hed grown too comfortable in his victory, letting a variable grow beyond control.

Despite all of the suffering, despite all of the horrors hed caused, Yotu was still his brother. Theyd grow together on a world before the life of the place had become so complex, before their natures were solidified and before they were even truly gods. He existed in his earliest memories and that weakness led to a choice as the gods power finally moved.

I am a fool, The god despaired as the world began to shake beneath Yotus feet. Our people deserve their justice but even after all of this, I still cant kill you, brother, but I cant let you free either.

So what? Yotu laughed, unable to keep a bit of thrill from touching his voice. Youll imprison me as I did to you? You soft-hearted idiot, the others wont let you and even if they would, should I ever escape then Ill do this all over again.

Perhaps he should have begged for the mercy it seemed like his brother wanted to give, but Yotu wouldnt do that. Even with all hed done, he had some of his dignity as a god. Better to meet his end and truly accept his nature than to plead for his life.

Despite expectations though, Feelex shook his head as the shaking world began to split, pulling Yotu in, not to the dirt, but a lower level of reality.

I dont have it in me to kill you but youre too dangerous to be allowed to stay, even if we were to cage you. No, this here is really for the best.

Yotus earlier laughter turned into a mad cackling as he understood what was going on, the evil god filling with joy as he understood what was happening.

Oh brother, you really will live to regret this!

Perhaps, but I dont think so. Suffer through it all Yotu, you have eternity for that.

Still the god cackled as he sunk deeper down, feeling plans form in the last seconds hed have. His brother was worse than a merciful fool, he was an idiot to boot. A mortal had risen to godhood just to stop him and if hed been the one to find Yotu then it was clear how things would have ended.

Instead, one of the world's gods had chosen to simply hide him away, not only freeing him from punishment, but potentially even giving him a new source of power for the second he escaped.

As the god of death sunk to the infinite hells, the fractured dimension where mortal souls across the universe were sent to suffer, he knew that all hed have to do was wait to be freed before finding his way back there to claim his world and his revenge, the joy he felt at the future before him only stopping once he was fully trapped and everything he was shattered.