"Very well."
Soren's voice sounded, and his golden eyes stared at Ugly Monkey before him, then he waved a hand as the radiance of divinity descended.
Powerful divine power poured into Ugly Monkey's body.
Soren divided a portion of the divinity within his own body and bestowed it upon Ugly Monkey, and even temporarily granted him a portion of the power of the [Shadow] portfolio.
--"Favored Soul!"
Soren was creating a true Favored Soul, or perhaps there was another name for this level of Favored Soul--[Chosen].
Chosen ones were beings who could rival Avatars; they could channel the power of deities and possessed divinity themselves. Aside from being unable to ascend to godhood, their other abilities were very similar to those of deities. There was only one way for a Chosen one to become a deity, and that was to be promoted by the deity they worshipped to become a subordinate deity.
Under normal circumstances, no deity would easily create a Chosen one.
This was because the cost of creating a Chosen one was not small, meaning that a portion of their own divinity would be permanently reduced.
Chosen ones possessed powerful strength, and they were also channels for deities, able to directly become avatars of true gods descending when necessary. If this mission had not been so extremely important and dangerous, Soren would at most have created a Favored Soul, rather than directly creating a Chosen one.
Vast divine power surged into Ugly Monkey's body.
The golden radiance of divinity also surfaced in his eyes. From now on, his status within the Shadow Church was second only to the High Priest and the Holy Spirit Cleric Milan.
Even.
He could channel power even greater than the Holy Spirit Cleric, and could use a portion of the abilities of the