"Drowner of the Deep Sea, Grave King—these gods of death really are generous to me."
As he looked at the bracelet, he thought this to himself. He even wanted to thank in person the god who had just lain in the same coffin as him, but unfortunately, it seemed there would be no chance to offer his thanks now. The adventure in Gravestone Wasteland was over, and Shade had no intention of going back.
Although "evil gods" were generally considered evil, at least this time, They had truly provided immense help. Come to think of it, the greatest gain from this adventure in Gravestone Wasteland had been learning the gods' secret and obtaining this drop of divinity.
With Little Mia standing on his shoulder, Shade looked again at the half-submerged moon in the distance and sighed:
"The gods of death are so generous. Where, then, are the gods of the Moon's lineage?"
"She" smiled gently:
God of Black Night, God of Mist.
The former was the ruler of Eternal Night City. At the end of that adventure, He had pursued Shade and Fiona, nearly preventing them from escaping. The latter was the Saint in Gravel Gold Sand Sea, barefoot, brown-skinned, and dressed as a Dancer. God of Mist had helped Shade quite a lot. During the Love Lake incident, it had likely also been the lingering power of that god that awakened Shade.
Yet neither of those gods had given Shade any divinity.
God of Vampires.
That god also possessed the power of the Red Moon and was, like Grave King, an evil god. Shade had obtained divinity from Him before, but more precisely, that drop of divinity had been the "prize" Shade won after fighting that god on Sikar Mountain, not something the other party had given him.
And