GREED: ALL FOR WHAT?

The GodSlayer is a very tall white tower with a large crystal sphere at the top. It is in the shape of a cylinder and it also has 10 cylindrical crystal spokes connected horizontally at its base which end in their own smaller spheres. The spokes are not in physical contact with the tower. There is a thin space between the spokes and the tower so the spokes are being held with force instead of a physical attachment. Their connection with the tower makes them capable of rotating around the tower in parallel to the ground.

The GodSlayer was constructed and kept in the mortal realm. The grand gods wanted to keep it hidden so they didn't bring it to the divine plane so that the Celestial Supreme wouldn't discover it. That didn't work out so well and the gods need the GodSlayer now so they brought it up to the divine plane to prepare and use it.

The Celestial Supreme and the god of knowledge are tuning the machine for action right now. They are also loading it with divinity. They are putting items with divinity into a hatch at the base. The items with divinity will speed up its loading time. The attack can be made ready quickly but the gods aren't willing to sacrifice too much for something that might not work. They donated the mandatory minimum and nothing more.

They have placed all their hopes on the GodSlayer. It is a fine machine that can be fired at any target in any part of the plane be it the mortal realm or the divine plane. It is a weapon that can help them bypass the suppression of the mortal realm to deal the demon king a deadly blow.

The god of knowledge was talking to the Celestial Supreme about the GodSlayer before Stelios arrived.

The god of knowledge said to him, "The machine has not been optimized for Authority. It can activate with it and load an attack empowered with it but it cannot fuse the power of the Authorities into one. So it will be more like two bullets within one shot instead of just one large bullet."

It cannot fuse two Authorities with a power of 10 into 20. Instead, it will damage twice with 10. The disadvantage is that if 10 is not enough to damage or overcome the defense of the target then two of the attack probably won't work for entities of their level. Quality is more important than quantity in an attack. The advantage is that since the attack is undodgeable, it will damage the target twice.

The Celestial Supreme replied, "We don't have a choice. We are running out of time and from what I just sensed, the liberation army has been wiped out."

It was then that Stelios joined in. He ignored everything and rushed straight for them.

"What's the problem?" The Celestial Supreme frowned and asked.

Stelios answered, "We have to hurry. I don't know what that demon king is up to but we don't have time. All the gods that participated in that battle could die anytime now."

The Celestial Supreme, the god of knowledge, and the gods that heard what he said were taken aback. Stelios's claim is pretty serious. It is life and death serious.

Stelios continued talking. "He marked us somehow. I tried resisting the mark and had to endure his attack."

"There's no mark. What nonsense are you talking about?" Harkam asked incredulously.

"I know that he tried to mark me but I resisted so the mark is not on me. I don't know where it should be but it should be somewhere on you. Check everywhere. Check your Godhood too."

No one believes him. They looked at him with the suspicion that he is trying to pull a prank on them and they weren't willing to fall for his tricks.

"Check everything." The Celestial Supreme ordered everyone.

The gods began checking reluctantly. The idea that the mark could be on their Godhood reduces Stelios' credibility that they could be marked but there's no harm in checking. They will check if only to prove Stelios wrong. He could be joking but it will be a lousy joke in these strenuous times. It is a joke that they will not let him outlive. They plan to mock him about it for a very long time

They checked their divine bodies all over and found nothing. Then they checked their Godhood and found something. There was a small black scythe on their bright multicolored Godhood.

Their mouths hung open in shock. They were really marked. They were marked and they didn't even know when.

Harkam said as if complaining, "But we only used vessels."

The Godhood of a god is the center of their existence. It is the foundation of their power. It is the spark of their god fire. Their divine bodies are like a vessel that surrounds their Godhood. The divine body is like the soul body of transcendents. It is made from the fusion of the soul and the body except divine bodies have divinity added to the mix. This means that there are three barriers that have to be overcome for something to reach the Godhood.

For anything to bypass their divine bodies, it must be able to combat the three components of the divine bodies. It has to bypass their body, soul, and the resistance of their divinity. Even if there's such a thing, the god fire should burn it away.

How a mark got to the core of their being without them knowing is beyond them. He didn't mark their body or soul but their Godhood. If that is placed aside, then they still have to explain how he managed to mark them at all. They were using vessels not their avatars. Damage to their vessels shouldn't affect them at all.

"Could it... Could it be that... That time that we had a premonition... Premonition of death?" The god of power and might asked.

Her fear made her question come out in a stutter.