"Hmm—believing in absolute survival of the fittest, huh."
Xia Wei walked up to Esdeath and slowly crouched down, reaching out to pinch her chin. Esdeath wore an expression that said, 'I won't resist, do whatever you want.'
Esdeath believed in the absolute survival of the fittest, which is jungle socialism, thinking that only the strong can decide their own destiny, while the weak can only be dominated by the strong.
Actually, there's nothing wrong with that.
He himself was, in some ways, a jungle socialist; the reality was indeed cold: only the strong could set the rules, and the weak survived within the strong's rules.
He decreed that the weak within the Gods should fight for all things good, and those who triumphed under this rule would become heroes.
"You have as many sins as good deeds. If your sins ever outweigh your good deeds, I will purge you."
Xia Wei played with Esdeath's face. In his eyes, the black and white aura on Esdeath's body intertwined.
The black aura belonged to the enemies she had killed, the Northern Barbarians, while the white aura belonged to the Imperial residents of the Northern Province she protected, as well as some people from the Imperial Capital.
Esdeath was indeed bloodthirsty, even more so than Saya Takagi. She was a born killer, yet Esdeath treated her own people very well. However, she only distinguished between her own people and enemies, completely disregarding good and evil. Even if you were an utterly wicked person, as long as you were one of her own, she would treat you well.
"Sins? Good deeds? What are you talking about?" Esdeath frowned. Was he saying she had killed too many and saved too many?
She had indeed killed many enemies, so many that she herself had never counted. As for saving people? She hadn't intended to save anyone; it was just that after she defeated her enemies, those enemies' enemies were grateful to her.
An enemy's enemy is naturally a friend. She didn't care about the spoils of war she gained from her enemies, so there was no harm in giving them away.
As for the residents of the Imperial Capital, they hadn't provoked her, and they weren't enemies, so she naturally had no interest in killing them.
"What a dangerous woman, but very safe for me." Xia Wei released Esdeath's chin and pondered for a moment.
Esdeath was dangerous to the weak. Even if you were stronger than her now and subdued her, she would instantly turn on her master when she became stronger than you.
But for the strong, Esdeath was a very useful tool. You could do whatever you wanted to her, and she would have no complaints; she would only feel that it was natural for her, as the weak, to be bullied by the strong.
"You should be fortunate, Esdeath. At least I have no reason to kill you right now, and I hope I won't in the future." Xia Wei sighed, looking at the very submissive Esdeath, and a Blessing seed appeared in his hand.
"Take it."
A divine aura emanated from the Blessing. Esdeath was in disbelief, then she started to laugh.
"Hehehe, so that's how it is. So you are a God. No wonder you subdued me without even moving a finger."
Esdeath accepted it instantly, reaching out and grasping the Blessing without hesitation.
She didn't know what it was, but it definitely wasn't poison.
A strong person who wanted to kill her would just directly crush her, not use such insidious methods. This, at most, was something to control her.
However, she was wrong again.
"This is—.—a candidate God—so strong, so strong! This thing!"
Esdeath felt the seed of light directly enter her heart. The dormant power in her body was restored, and a continuous stream of power filled her limbs and bones.
This power appeared out of nowhere.
Buzz—·
An aura similar to Xia Wei's, but billions of times weaker and thinner, emanated from Esdeath.
"Huh??" Xia Wei's eyes widened slightly. He looked in disbelief at Esdeath, who was kneeling before him, clutching her chest and enduring the awakening of her potential.
The stronger one was before receiving the Blessing, the stronger the potential unleashed by the Blessing would be, even directly enhancing existing abilities.
At this moment, Esdeath was enduring the pain of her abilities increasing.
"This—you truly are this world's favored one." Xia Wei was relieved.
How could Tatsumi's level of potential be considered that of a protagonist? Not at all.
The world will of this world had already become Alaya and fallen into slumber; there couldn't possibly be a protagonist.
If there truly was a protagonist, it would only be the strongest one.
Esdeath Lv. 1
Strength: i0
Durability: i0
Dexterity: i0
Agility: i0
Magic: i0
[Development Ability]: "Divinity · Ice i-Door"
[Skills]:
'God of Ice'
·Gradually gains all ice-related potential during growth.
·Gradually comprehends ice-related rules during growth.
·Continuously transforms one's own will into divine will during growth.
'Might Makes Right'
·All abilities are super-enhanced against all enemies subjectively deemed weaker than oneself.
·Suppresses all enemies subjectively deemed weaker than oneself, reducing their total abilities by up to half.
·When facing multiple enemies weaker than oneself, each basic ability gains +1000.
'Slaughter Asura'
·Each act of slaughter increases one's killing intent.
·The more slaughter, the faster the killing intent increases.
·Upon reaching a certain level of killing intent, gains "Divinity · Slaughter".
·After gaining "Divinity · Slaughter", each act of slaughter increases divinity.
[Magic]:
'Divine Realm Freeze'
·Permafrost Magic.
·Free Chant Magic.
·Imbues Ice Divinity when using magic.
·Chance to imbue Ice Rules to magic.
Chant: "I, God of Eternal Freeze, wield the eternal power of ice! Eternal ice, freeze all things!
By my cold heart, by my cold soul,
By my cold power, by my cold hand, all things visible, all things tangible, all things movable, all living things, shall be frozen, until eternal hell!"
"Did a true seed of God, the moment she understood what the Blessing was, immediately believe she was absolutely a God—." Xia Wei was speechless. Such firm, self-centered belief. Wasn't this belief a bit too exaggerated? The beliefs of orthodox protagonists shouting about justice and friendship were still several levels below Esdeath's belief.
At Lv.1, she directly gained such a broken-level development ability, and it wasn't granted by a skill; she inherently possessed it.
Divinity, oh divinity, this is related to rules. The higher the divinity, the more rules one can control. After divinity reaches its peak and can no longer be improved, one directly embodies the rules; one is the rule itself.
Being the rule itself is the essence of a main God after Godhood Lv.10, the main rule of a great universe itself.
He knew Esdeath's potential was high, but he didn't expect it to be so high as to directly manifest divinity.
"God of Ice, hehe, not bad at all." Esdeath looked again at the God, who seemed surprised by her high talent.
Having gained basic knowledge about the Gods, she now had a clear understanding of her own strength.
Her strength reached the level of an ordinary familiar's Lv.6, and she was still at Lv.1.
And the man before her, who could suppress her with a single thought, was a true God. Gods above must also have ranks, just like familiars.
And this God before her was the supreme God of the Gods; he possessed the power of an entire pantheon. Even if she became a true God later, she would absolutely be crushed without him moving a single finger.
"Master, you are too strong. If I hadn't surrendered just now and chosen to resist, you really would have killed me without hesitation, wouldn't you?"