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chapter-985

Chapter 985 Path of Divinity

"Become a god?" Mio asked with mild surprise as Hades nodded his head.

"Yup. I’m offering you a chance to become a god. I’m not sure what kind of divinity you’ll develop but the path to becoming a god is hard. There is a chance of death but with me as your guarantor, you’ll have one chance where there is no risk of you dying for good." Hades smiled as Mio furrowed her brows before nodding.

"If this can help Shiro in the long run then so be it."

Hearing this, Hades grinned.

"Perfect. Let me explain to you what a ’god’ exactly is in the definition of the system rather than the biblical god. You see, when the system classes you as a ’god’ per say, it means that you’ve reached a certain amount of power within a single concept. That is your divinity. Children of gods are born innately with a divinity that branches from their parents but there is a problem with that. You see, the children of gods are not able to truly get a divinity they want. They’re born with it and they don’t get to choose.

"The ’normal’ way to become a god is to first reach level 1000 where you touch the threshold of Demi God. It is at this stage that you begin cultivating your divinity and the levels become irrelevant. There is no level 1001. The cap is 1000 and beyond that is the quality of your divinity along with the faith that you receive.

"We Greek gods already have a rich history so we passively gain faith through the stories that you mortals have told. For new generations like you, you’ll need to create temples, perform miracles and so on which Shiro has done amazingly so far.

"But that is the long road. While it’s the most common, it takes a while for you to be truly powerful against other gods." Hades sat down and crossed his legs.

"Hence why my proposition is for you to ascend the path of divinity in the Hall of Divine."

"Hall of Divine?"

"Yes. You can call that a hub area for gods. We see detestable faces there every day so we don’t like to visit much. Funnily enough, Shiro already has her own little area there. It’s small but the killing intent most can sense is pretty astounding. Normally, the path of divinity is what most gods use to refine their divinity to the next level. I want you to go there without a divinity and forcefully refine it to the next stage. With my power, the moment there is danger I can drag you out. But that is a one off. Once you complete the path of divinity, you’ll be raised to Demi God status and to reach god status, you’ll need to cultivate like everyone else but it should be easy enough."

"Surely it can’t be that easy. If it was, plenty of gods would have tried to make more Demi Gods." Mio furrowed her brows.

"Yes but there is a high chance of failure. Since you have no inherent divine energy and no feeling of what divinity feels like, refining it is quite difficult. Plus, the person who sends you in there, in this case me, will suffer two backlashes. First is the system backlash since I am sending you to the hall of divine to attend this test. The second is divinity backlash since I’m using a portal of my divinity to help you bluff your way into the test. Most gods are a little selfish so they don’t risk their hard earned divinity for a low chance of a Demi God. At this stage, individual power is important so if the god weakens themselves, their records will be affected.

"Temples being destroyed, stories being forgotten and so on." Hades explained with a smile.

"Wouldn’t that put a target on you?" Mio asked.

"Oh of course. But that’s only if they find out it’s me. So when you do this, try not to give them any clues and say my name ok?" Hades chuckled as Mio nodded.

"Perfect. In that case then I’ll start the preparations. Time flows a bit differently in the path of divinity so I’m wishing that your mind can tolerate the passage of time. Mortals who only live for a split instance in the grand scheme of things find it hard to comprehend such a long passage of time after all." Hades chuckled as he stood up.

Taking a deep breath, Mio thought back to Shiro’s figure in the med bay and closed her eyes.

"I’m ready." Mio said as she opened her eyes. For Shiro who had endured an unknown amount of pain, this was nothing.

Smiling at her determination, Hades’ opened a portal as the two of them disappeared from the reaper realm.