"Kill a god?!" Zell replied, shocked at the request. "Why would you want me to kill a god?!"
"Oh, calm down." Steve said. "It's not like you aren't capable. My sister has all the power you need to kill this lower god."
"Lower god?" Zell asked.
[Not all gods are created equal.] Anna said. [You have the gods of creation and destruction, consider them the main two, for everything must be created and everything is eventually destroyed. Then you have the mid-level gods, such as myself and Steve. Any god that is over a force of nature or fabric of the universe. Then you have gods that just meddle in behaviors, gods of lust, envy, war, love, and so forth. These gods are considered lower, and there are a lot more of them. Their scope of power is limited. A lower god might also be of just a particular place. Regardless there are many of them so don't fret over killing one or a dozen.]
Steve noticed Zell just standing there with an intense expression as if he were listening. "It's rude you know to just talk to my sister in your head and not clue us in on the conversation." Steve said.
"She was just explaining what a lower god was." Zell said. "She told me there was no issue in killing them."
"Yes, exactly! They are no better than spirits." Steve replied.
"But doesn't it upset you to kill your own kind?" Zell asked.
"They are not my kind, and I am insulted that you feel that they are." Steve said. "We were made by mother's loving hand, but these lower gods are created from the combined thoughts and dreams of mortals. Simply enough mortals believing in something is enough to make one of these gods exist."
"So, mortals make gods?" Zell asked.
"Do they not teach mortals anything?!" Steve said, outraged.
"About the divine?" Zell asked. "We know nothing."
"Explains a lot actually." Steve sighed. "So, are you going to do me the favor or not?"
"What god do you need dead?" Zell asked reluctantly, figuring it was his only way home.
"His name is Xamus." Steve explained. "He is a lower god of peace. He has corrupted my village with his wild ideals and now they no longer try to grow their strength. When the challenger tribe gets put here it will not be an entertaining fight at all. I need them to be powerful. I need a good show, a great war. I need the drama of not knowing who will win. The drama of watching families be torn apart by war, by family members dying."
"So, he is ruining your entertainment?" Zell sighed. "And you want him to die for it?"
"Exactly." Steve said. "I would have killed him myself, but I just so loathe leaving my humble dwelling. He is near here, just travel due West and you will find his house. I will be watching, be sure to put on a good show."
"Fine." Zell said as he turned to Kaitlyn. "Let's go." They left the house of Steve and made their way West to the house of Xamus.
[There is irony here.] Anna said. [A mortal obsessed with peace being forced to kill a god of peace.]
[You have to do what you have to do.] Zell replied. [Sometimes the only thing that matters is the result.]
"I can't believe we are going to kill a god." Kaitlyn said. "I guess you just never know how the day is going to turn out. I will be Kaitlyn the god slayer."
They walked for an hour and came across a house built of fallen trees. In front of the house sat a man next to a fire. He was an older man with long white hair and a long white beard. "Oh visitors!" The man jumped up in excitement. "You don't look like the people from the village, tell me how did you end up in the realm of the gods?"
"Xamus, I presume?" Zell asked.
"And you know my name as well, that is very curious. Very curious indeed." Xamus replied. "You came from the direction of the god of space and time, so I can gather why you are here."
"So, you know?" Zell said.
"Well, you don't spoil another god's fun and not expect repercussions" Xamus replied. "I just thought his laziness would protect me, or that he would simply send one of his weak mortal servants. I did not expect you."
"It's the only way he will send me home." Zell explained. "So, I am sorry, but I need you to die."
"Fool!" Xamus yelled. "You think you have the power to face a god?! I sense some power in you, but do you think you can best me? A mere mortal versus a god?!"
Zell just let out a sigh and turned to Kaitlyn. "I need you to run as fast as you can away." Zell told her. Without a second thought she did as instructed and started to run back to the hut of time and space. "Okay, I think I will go with one percent of my power." Zell said.
"Cocky mortal, aren't you?" Xamus said. "You should fight me at full strength."
"No, even one percent is overkill." Zell said. [Set limited to one percent.] A massive blast of air pressure erupted from Zell's body as his level increased from 800,000 to 8,000,000,000. Trees were uprooted, the house was ripped apart and scattered into the wind. The grass and foliage upon the ground was ripped up along with the top layer of soil. Because of Zell being the vessel of a goddess of lightning, bolts of lightning shot forth from his body, striking the distance tree line. The sky darkened with pitch black clouds and a heavy wind began to stir.
The initial black sent Xamus flying back several yards. He landed harshly on his backside and slid in the dirt. He was in complete shock at the display of power and feared for this life. "Please don't kill me! Please!"
Seeing the god's cries for help, Zell paused contemplating his next move.