"I need a force to fight for me."
"Am I not enough?"
"Where are your believers?"
"Uh..."
"Where is your power?"
"Enough!"
Even among deities, there were differences.
Spider Queen Lolth had woven plots to provoke battles between gods time and again, then stepped in at the end to reap the rewards. She dared treat elves like livestock to be harvested, and her name was feared across countless Plane.
As for Cat and Midnight Maiden? Her Divine Name alone told you she had picked up some feeble Divine Power no other god wanted. She was a disgrace to the gods. A Legendary adventuring party might even be able to beat her.
"Ha! Even if you're the Spider Queen, you can't insult me like that!"
"What, can you beat me?"
"I could breed you and make you give birth to hundreds of Little Spiders!"
"You're asking for death!"
The two deities' surging emotions sent a small tremor through Subspace.
After a long while, Cat and Midnight Maiden spoke, sounding a little bored. "Why didn't you leave with those humans?"
"I still have something to do."
"What?"
"I don't know either."
Annan had a headache. Every night, he had to sit in the mist listening to inexplicable prayers, and he couldn't even make out where they came from.
He slumped bonelessly against the Alchemy Table. "When is this going to end—"
The Skeleton King stroked his Scepter with thick-boned fingers. "Perhaps once your friend subdues the Divinity, he'll be able to hear the prayers in full."
"I guess that's all I can do..."
Annan could only tell himself not to rush. Rushing wouldn't help.
"Here. Take this."
A bottle of Potion appeared in the Skeleton King's hand. "It can temporarily strengthen your soul and help you absorb the Divinity and hear