The Manifestation of the Holy Name (4-in-1)

"Since that is the case, what do you intend to do, Your Excellency?"

Roy asked at once.

"I wish to make an agreement with Your Excellency."

"What agreement?"

"I will offer up my Divine Position in exchange for myself and my people not being destroyed, humiliated, or harassed..."

Fatis replied.

This was, in essence, a tactful way of saying surrender.

A Divine Position was much like a worldly imperial or royal title. It could be bestowed through coronation and relinquished through abdication.

Raising a divine throne was the "final ceremony" of the Path to Godhood.

Naturally, there were also ways to strip away a godhead and divine office, reducing the being to a "demon god."

Roy had encountered similar things before.

The Stonecarver's Nation, Fertile Garden...

Both had once belonged to other deities, but after their gods died and their nations fell, they had been occupied by wizards.

For a moment, Roy was tempted.

Fatis had yet to establish a divine kingdom and become a true god, but he had been born from heaven and earth, a naturally nurtured Innate Deity.

His godhead, divine office, and divinity all possessed tremendous potential.

They were the most fundamental source essence of a world—the Mandate of Heaven within the Mandate of Heaven.

They were connected to the godhead. If Fatis were willing to offer them up, they would condense into a relatively complete godhead core.

It would be comparable to the godhead of a true god, and absolutely could not be compared to the fragments Roy had obtained in the past.

However, the next moment, Fatis continued.

"But I can give it to Your Excellency, and I can likewise give it to the mages.

If Your Excellency cannot provide the subsequent guarantees, I will not hand it over."

Wasn't this still just bargaining?