Chapter 143: Helping Sora, Shiro, Kanade, and Amou Open the Path to Godhood.
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The first people Seito thought of were Sora, Shiro, Kirukiru Amou, and Kanade Tachibana.
After all, in the real world, they were the only four who knew he already possessed divine power. Giving these four Divine Orbs to them was the most logical choice.
"I'll explain everything to Haruno tomorrow morning," Seito muttered to himself. Since she was his woman, it was only right she knew. Once she was in the loop, he could easily farm another orb for her tomorrow.
With that settled, he opened the Executive private channel.
[Sei: Sora, Shiro, Kanade, Amou —meet me at these coordinates. Coordinates.JPG]
Though puzzled, the four moved out immediately. An hour later, they arrived at the base of a massive tree where Seito sat cross-legged. They took their seats around him.
"What's up, Seito?" Sora asked curiously.
"Take a look at these," Seito said with a smirk, producing the four Divine Orbs.
The moment their eyes fell on the items, they froze.
Divine Orbs?
Divine Breath?
Path to Godhood?!
Their eyes widened in collective shock. The sheer weight of what they were looking at was staggering.
"You... I..." Sora looked at Seito, his usual eloquence failing him. He was completely incoherent, which made Seito chuckle.
"Bro, take a breath. Don't get too worked up."
Sora took a deep, shaky breath to steady his nerves. "How can I not be worked up?"
In the anime world, Sora was always the calm, tactical genius because he lived in a world where games were everything. His brain was his greatest weapon. But here, in God's Domain, power was the ultimate currency—and now, the chance to become a god was being handed to him, with the added bonus that this power manifested in the real world.
The three girls were equally stunned, their minds buzzing as they tried to process the information.
"Go ahead, use them," Seito said, handing the orbs over.
They accepted them with trembling hands and immediately began absorbing the divine essence. Ten seconds later, they slowly opened their eyes.
"How strange... I feel a new surge of energy inside me," Amou said, clenching her fist.
"Divine Power? It's completely overwritten my Mana bar," Sora noted, staring at his updated character panel. "It seems Divine Power is the true foundation of a god."
"Oni-sama, the prefixes on our base stats have changed too~" Shiro added with a small smile. Sora nodded in agreement.
"How do we obtain a Godhead?" Kanade asked, looking at the empty "Godhead" slot on her status screen.
"I don't know yet," Seito shook his head.
"We'll have to figure that out as we go."
"The requirements for upgrading to Divine Artifacts are pretty brutal, though," Sora sighed, looking at his gear. "My set effects aren't as convenient as your 'Spatial Devour' for farming materials."
The others checked their own gear. By now, everyone in the inner circle had full sets of Gold-tier equipment thanks to their hoard of materials and the "Loot God" luck within their party. However, upgrading to Artifact-tier required massive amounts of Red-tier materials, which they had mostly exhausted.
"Let's log off and see if the power has manifested in reality," Seito suggested.
Everyone agreed instantly.
Seito's Bedroom.
Seito pulled off his gaming helmet and looked at the two girls beside him. When he saw that their casual clothes had been replaced by their in-game combat gear, a smile tugged at his lips. The manifestation was successful.
Kanade and Amou removed their helmets and, sensing the change, instinctively tested their powers. A pair of pure white wings erupted from Kanade's back, lifting her into the air, while Amou 's fists glowed with a menacing black light.
"It actually worked!" Amou's lips curled into a confident smirk. This feeling of raw power was worlds away from the limitations of a normal human body.
"It feels... good~" Kanade added softly.
Watching them, Seito was reminded of his own excitement when he first brought his powers back.
"Don't get too carried away yet. Let's go check on Sora and Shiro," Seito interrupted. He used Spatial Displacement, taking the girls with him to the apartment next door.
The Blank's Apartment.
The trio appeared in the living room to find the siblings already experimenting. Sora's longsword was wreathed in flames, while Shiro was inspecting a set of high-tech mechanical armor she had manifested.
"Seito! This is incredible!" Sora shouted, his eyes wide. "I feel great! That chronic exhaustion from pulling all-nighters is completely gone!"
"Mmhmm~ very comfortable~" Shiro chimed in.
Seito laughed. The siblings' messed-up sleep schedules had finally met their match in divine regeneration.
"Alright, everyone, listen up for a second," Seito said, his tone turning serious. The room went quiet as all eyes fell on him.
"The fact that we have these powers must stay a secret. As long as no one catches us, we never speak of it to outsiders. If word gets out, our peaceful daily lives are over."
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