At this moment, in the four corners of the mortal world, four consciousnesses were slowly taking shape.
A mysterious translucent blue screen appeared in the silent darkness of these four individuals' minds and, in a clear ringing sound, a robotic voice echoed inside their heads: "Initializing: Power and Divinity Recovery System" — the words appeared on the screen next to the thing's lines — "Hello, little deities! My name is Vez, and I'm the system responsible for guiding you through your arduous journey of recovering powers and divinities!"
"You, like the four seasons that govern this world, have broken some rules and — as a result of these transgressions — have been transported to the mortal world!" — the robotic voice of the Vez System showed a strange excitement — "The Gods responsible for your demotion have come to a common agreement regarding the withdrawal of a large part of your powers and divinities, in order to punish you for your rebellion as beings of lesser significance ^-^".
The happy face infuriated the four individuals who, still trapped inside their dark consciences, could only listen to Vez talking non-stop.
"As you may have noticed, you are currently unconscious and paralyzed, trapped in capsules specially formulated by the other Gods to contain and disperse your powers and divinities the moment you break free!" — The System showed a list on the translucent blue screen, with a total of four tasks not yet completed:
Total power recovered [0%/100%]
Total divinity recovered [0%/100%]
World corruption dispelled [0%/100%]
Heirs of the deities saved [0%/100%]
"In this list I've put together your four main goals: overall, you need to ascend to the position of minor gods again, while saving the mortal world, gathering and protecting the Gods' favorites, and eradicating all that disturbs order ^-^" — The guys who were just listening, without being able to object, became quite irritated by Vez's carefree cheerfulness — "And, of course, you'll only be accepted back onto the higher plane if you manage to fulfill all the above requirements."
"But don't worry! I, the Vez System, have been specially created to help you: I'll assign you important missions and offer you tempting rewards, all to make your lives easier!" — Vez paused a little awkwardly, perhaps expecting to receive a shower of thanks from the four beings he was communicating with — "Well, for a moment I forgot that you can't talk yet ^-^" — He let out an embarrassed robotic laugh.
"Ah, yes! I've just remembered: you'll be separated for a while, the Gods think you need to learn to manage without each other's help or something, since you were practically inseparable while you were rebelling and getting up to all that mischief." — The System paused as it opened another translucent blue screen, this one with the words "Emergency Mission!" flashing red at the top. — "Your memories of that time will probably also be affected by the loss of your deities, but everything will be fine as long as you get them back!"
"Anyway, I'll stop stalling because it looks like you're trying really hard to escape!" — The translucent blue screen began to fill as Vez explained the current situation — "It seems that the ripples of power caused by you are attracting many E.G.O. agents, your emergency mission is to wake up and escape quickly! Good luck, little deities ^-^"
At the end of his speech, the writings on the virtual board were completed:
!Emergency Mission!
Successful awakening and escape from
E.G.O. agents.
Rewards: 2% power and 1% divinity.
Failure will result in death.