Ascension: Quasi-divinity

Anse sank his awareness into his mind and gazed at the floating D20, then suddenly remembered Sehanine's warning.

"Sacos, go check the Crystal Temple again. Make sure it has completely merged into the Horley sigil. Leave nothing that could cause trouble later."

"Yes," Sacos replied.

You could never be too careful with others. Besides, Sacos's abilities had been limited before. He might not have been able to bring the Crystal Temple fully under his control.

If Sehanine had laid a trap, Anse could be in serious trouble.

The Seldarine were a group of first elves. It was entirely possible that they would scheme against Anse for their own interests and those of their people.

Most elven deities were chaotic good, followed by chaotic neutral. Their minds never quite worked like those of ordinary people. A sudden flash of inspiration might lead them to some idiotic plan they considered brilliant.

They really are good, but that doesn't mean they're reliable, Anse grumbled inwardly.

Let's pick an adventure trait first.

He settled his mind, summoned the D20, and touched its symbol with his consciousness. Fragments of memory surfaced in his mind one after another: encountering Vecna, battling ancient dragons, slaughtering high-ranking demons, the Spirit Network World, the real game, the mass extinction of dinosaurs, slaying a divine avatar...

Soon, his own memories finished replaying, and scenes of the Adventure Group members fighting flashed past in succession.

Compared with before, everyone had clearly been slacking off. Most of the Adventure Group's members were no longer working as hard, wasting their energy on the Federation's everyday affairs.

Sigh. In the end, I'm carrying everything alone.

But he also knew that the only reason he could leave everything to others was that they were helping him keep the Federation running.

Someone had to do those