The Worst Possible Start (I Went to Buy Lottery Tickets Today and Played a Matryoshka Game)

"Well done."

Standing before the stone coffin, Duanmu Huai still looked battered and bruised, yet spirited. Although Savage Wrath had beaten him badly, he had more or less earned it all back this time. Moreover, after Duanmu Huai shattered Savage Wrath's form, the Divine Office concerning war had completely fallen into his hands.

From now on, he could grow stronger the more he fought, and fight harder the stronger he became, just like the God of Destruction. As long as it was a battle, regardless of who he was fighting, he could draw strength from the act of "struggle."

However, just like the God of Destruction, Duanmu Huai had restricted this Divine Office to only affect humanity's enemies. As for internal human conflicts, he neither bothered with them nor cared about them.

Although a broader Divine Office could absorb more divine power, it was also a double-edged sword. Why was Savage Wrath always so faithfully treacherous? Because it treated everyone it fought the same way. Whether they were enemy troops or allies, even internal conflicts, as long as it was a battle, it would please this God of Rage. Duanmu Huai had no desire for the Inquisition to become a bunch of crazed, faithfully treacherous backstabbers who attacked their allies, so he restricted the divine power to only take effect when fighting humanity's enemies.

Of course, just as the more tightly focused a flashlight's beam was, the brighter it became, the divine power produced this way was also much stronger than ordinary divine power.

However, there was still a problem. By giving up the other Divine Offices within the domain of struggle and focusing solely on humanity's enemies, Duanmu Huai was allowing other gods to acquire those Divine Offices and divine power with ease. But that was not something he