Middle Realm
World Forest, Abondened Cave
"You... You said, he was a juvenile god? Thats another term used to refer to lesser gods (deities) isn't it? He is supposed to be around my level, but... why do I feel like I'm small compared to him? Even back when I was at full power?
"And, since when do lesser gods know how to give out such higher ranked blessings? To someone who isn't his follower even. Is he that desperate or doesn't he know how to use divine power efficiently?" Lulu questioned herself as her eyes brimmed with curiosity.
As a fellow god, or a former one, she knew what it felt like to start off as a god. And also the importance of believers, and advertisement. Thus, she was not as wary as Night.
But according to her, a god shouldn't be that extravagant. Unless they were above a hundred years old or were royalty even among the gods. The young god could either be an old god in a younger appearance, or a child of a god king of another pantheon.
No wonder his might was greater than hers even at her peak. When Night and the others heard this, they looked at her in surprise and Noelle asked, "Big sister, is this blessing really that great of a deal?"
"Yes. In comparison, if a lesser god has probably thousands of units of divine power, or in mortal terms, a qaudrillion to qaudrillions of units of mana. Casting such a divine protection would cost a qaudrillions of units of mana... permanently at that.
"In other words, for a god who is close to becoming a greater god, they would need a fifth of their divine power to cast such a blessing. And they would never recover all that divine power again." Lulu said seriously as she looked at her sisters.
For a lesser god, a thousand units of divine power was their complete reserve. Imagine wasting it all on a stranger.
"But, he mentioned that he was a juvenile god, meaning a young god. Even as a royalty, he would still have at most one thousand to two thousand units of divine power at the moment." She continued her lecture as she saw that they understood her words.
Noelle couldn't help but open her mouth widely as she realized that Enigma might have went through a lot to bless her. She felt thankfully and couldn't help but feel sweetness in her heart.
But Night was different, she might be shy but she wasn't stupid. "For him to go through such lengths, what is his aim exactly? For a god, why would he waste almost his reserves of power on a stranger little elf like Noelle?
"Big sister, isn't it suspicious? He could be after something else, like, our bodies for example. We are, after all elves, a beautiful and... delicate... specie." She finally closed her mouth as the image of Enigma drifted in her head.
Now that she thought about it...
"Uhm, Night, are you okay?" Neon, one of the four sisters couldn't help but check the temperature of her sister, sternly. Something was wrong, maybe her sister was still groggy?
"Yes, Night. You should take some time to rest if you still feel sick." Nuu also checked the pulse, not sure why, of Night. Her actions were a bit strange, but to her, Night's condition was worse.
"Yeah, Night, did you see my god? Do you still have the confidence to flaunt our race's charm infront of him?" Noelle smugly looked at Night and also commented with pride.
Night didn't blame them at all. She was acting strange, the god, no great lord's charm was so high that she doubted even their High Divine Queen could compare to him.
It was strange how their thoughts were clear and not on his beauty when they were around him, but now, she realised that he might have done something to alter their sense of perception of his beauty when around him.
"...."
Lulu didn't understand why they were like this, they just started treating Night as if she was crazy all of a sudden after she said that the god might be after their beauty. What was wrong with that?
She asked herself internally as she didn't see anything wrong with those words. Yes, elves were beautiful. Even other gods desired them for their appearance and beauty.
What's wrong with a juvenile god being interested in one of their own as well. Plus, all the girls here were more beautiful compared to other elves.
"E–Either way, whatever great lord Enigma wants, it might not be a bad thing for us right? We should just be thankful and pray to him right?" Night blushed and desperately tried to change the topic.
Luckily for her, the other girls weren't heartless and played along with her. They changed the topic and continued with the job they were doing before starting the conversation.
Carving.
Yes, they were carving the stature of Enigma onto a tree that grew within the cave. Though compared to the real deal, it paled in comparison in terms charm. But it was still no less compared to the other elven gods.
This wasn't the only thing they were going to do, this cave was naturally large, and due to the war between the elves and the beast folk, many elves became homeless and some, wanderers.
If they could 'save' them and invite them into the cave, they could increase the number of people within this small group of theirs and also increase the number of believers for their lord.
He did mention that he wanted believers, well not really, but he did seem like he didn't mind having more believers.
Plus, elves were a peaceful race and also ate less food, they were also organized and well behaved. Not much problems will come in increasing the number of elves into the cave.
With how large it was, it could take in a thousand elves at most. And with how large this region was, just the World Forest region alone had billions of elves. And for this part of the forest, probably hundreds of thousands of elves stayed nearby.
If you're wondering why they didn't go out and associate with other elves, they had their own reasons for that. One that cannot be explained for the time being. But that reason didn't stop them from letting others come to them.
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Middle Realm
World Forest
'Hmm, I've thought about it. Since Pixies are mystical creatures, how about I let them evolve through the [The Miracle], I'm not sure what type of effect it would have, but its bound to not be bad right?'
Evolution was an advance subject in this world, it was something considered natural. A part of nature, nobody had power over the attribute of evolution, this was because evolution demanded quite a lot of laws as well. And was a Principle itself.
For example, evolving humans. From their primary or beginning stage of being 'wild' and simple, they managed to become one of the top ten smartest races of this world.
If one thinks about it, the evolution in the concept of the brain part, how would a person tinker with the brain of another being? At this rate, to do that, you either have to kill the experiment or use external objects such as machinery, bio-chips for example.
This type of evolution is considered artificial then, or a mutation at most. Even training is considered a mutation of sorts, instead of an evolutionary process, as one puts their body under stress in order to get it accustomed to that stress.
There is close to 0% that their children will inherit the strength or their muscles, just because the father has them. Unless the child trains as well, he might not be as strong or as buff as his father at all.
In other words, it didn't evolve, it just mutated to be able to handle more weight and gain better prowess. Evolution though, occurs along the genetic level, works on genetics and DNA instead.
In other words, once a person evolves, they change from inside-out. And their descendents will also inherit this change 100%, either that or the new generation becomes even stronger or weaker than the parent generation.
And Enigma was no different. But for him, he had Governance over a different type of evolution. It was so unique in the form that he forces things to evolve under the concept of using his own advanced genes as a base.
Like full-fledged Gods.
For example, as a god, if he gave his bloodline to others as well as any other form of genetic Inheritance, then use faith power, not faith points, as an intermediary between the genetic material and the prototype individual, he could change them as a whole.
He wasn't sure of it himself, which was why he wanted to try something with the Pixies first. His consciousness was now within the small island and the Pixies were standing orderly in front of him.