LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 1829: Strange Things.
Chapter 1829: Strange Things.
The gods were surprised when Smite spoke up. But they weren't willing to capitulate so easily. If there is something worse than 9 Crowns getting a domain, it is 9 Crowns allying with Smite and also getting a domain.
A god king asked Smite, "Didn't you manage to pass? Didn't many people also manage to get domain quest this past month? I think we can find a way in the absence of Gemmis's help."
Smite shook his head and replied, "That's different."
The god kings began to argue. It was mostly Smite against the other god kings about allowing the reward for the top ranking to be passed and for domain quests to be given by Gemmis.
As if Smite's stance was not strange enough, 9 Crowns didn't join this argument. The fearsome Orc God king was silently contemplating why Smite would be in support of him growing stronger.
Legion-2 offered, "At this point, it is clear that he is not going to monopolize the ancient titans. I doubt he will be getting significant benefits at all. So his goal must be related to the domains themselves."
Legion-3 added, "If that is so, then we can't stop him. After all, our goal is also domains. It seems he wants more people to become domain gods. Things can only become clear after more people acquire domains."
Legion–1 smiled and said, "We can also try to kill him. Unfortunately, he can fly. Let us see if Divine Hold is stronger than the flying power of domain gods or not."
Meanwhile, the god kings continued to argue. Smite made a lot of good points, but the gods were not moved or tempted.
They might have been tempted if there wasn't the threat of the ancient titans looming over them. But since the ancient titans are coming for them, they are determined to make sure that if they don't get domains, 9 Crowns won't get them either.
Gemmis called the divine council to order and moved on, "Many gods have proposed that we ban the intentional creation of divine calamities. This is an important proposal because the previous creation of divine calamities had far-reaching consequences. Not only did they make the ancient titans wake up earlier and more powerful than normal. Their deaths will also cause the subsequent ancient titans to be stronger."
"So the intentional creation of divine calamities can be seen as a sabotaging of Gemmis and a matter of deadly consequences. Something has to be done about it, or we will die faster than the previous gods. The last era of gods had the common sense not to create divine calamities, and they were still wiped out. We have already embarked on a worse trajectory, but it is not too late to do something about it."
"So let us vote to ban this despicable act."
Legion-1 had to ruminate about this vote for a long time. They agree with Gemmis that things could get out of control at the rate they were creating divine calamities. If they have another success like the previous 100 per month for the next year, it is expected that the next time the ancient titans awaken, they will be too strong to resist.
So it is a good idea to ban the intentional creation of divine calamities. But banning them also means that they will lose the only way they have found to acquire Domains.
Legion-1 thought to himself, "I think this is the time to restrain our greed. Creating divine calamities is too dangerous. We might lose access to God's Domain completely because of it." Legion-9 agreed. He said, "Besides, it is not as if we gained anything from killing 10 divine calamities. Divine calamities are not a sure way to get domains, but they are sure ways to make ancient titans stronger."
So 9 Crowns voted no. The majority of the gods voted against it too. It didn't show on Smite's face, but he was unhappy with the development. Not only did he not gain anything from the ancient titans, his scheme also hasn't borne any fruit.
The god kings dispersed after Gemmis announced the end of the session. Their subordinate gods were waiting for news of what they had voted on.
They were especially concerned about the threat of the ancient titans, so many of them were glad that they got to vote to increase the donation of divinity to Gemmis.
There was indeed some complaining about the expensive donation requirements, but those that complained only did it in God's Domain. They didn't do it anywhere in the void universe, as a world god might be listening.
Despite this dissatisfaction, the gods were a lot more confident about their survival after donating 10,000 divinity. Some gods with a lot of divine energy, like Legion, were even looking forward to the arrival of the ancient titans.
Legion even announced a solemn day of prayer to their mortals. That day will be in the next 10 days when the ancient titans will enter the attacking range of Gemmis. On that day, every believer is to go to their closest church and pray.
Legion didn't need to do this to secure their place as first because not only do they have the highest Authority, they have nine times the storage of divine energy too.
Other gods might be able to double the amount of divine energy they have available to themselves during that period of time, but at most it will only add another portion of divine energy to Legion.
It will increase the amount of divine energy from nine times to ten times. All that fuse will only give them a 11.11% increase, but they wanted to be sure that they would take first place, so they went through with it.
Besides, the extra divine energy won't go to waste. They will be rewarded based on their contribution percentage, so it is a good idea to increase their contribution of divine energy. It is case of the more the merrier.