The path to becoming a True God? What does he mean? Spreading faith? But if I don't go to the Main Plane, how can I become a True God, no matter how much faith I gather? Still, I seem to have heard of Gods who became True Gods without going to the Main Plane... Kotel's eyes flickered. He said quietly,
"I didn't expect to find someone with the same goal as me. Tell me everything you've discovered. Perhaps we can work together. Otherwise, I wouldn't mind adding a Mermaid to my collection."
Even though his Class Level was higher than the Mermaid's, he still tried to mislead her with his words.
"I don't want to be your enemy. There's nothing in it for me."
The Mermaid rose, her tail resting on swells of seawater that lifted her to Kotel's height. "This Plane is called Hades. It has a special mechanism."
"When you kill someone here, you can take their place and assume their identity."
"Kill a farmer, and you become that farmer. Kill a noble, and you become that noble. Kill a king, and you become that king. And if you kill a God?"
"Then I become a God!" Kotel said gravely, his mind racing.
Everyone knew that becoming a True God required recognition from the world, but rumors had long circulated on the Main Plane that this was not the only path.
Some Gods were born as True Gods, and among them, some had been born on the Outer Planes.
He had never imagined this world held another path.
Kill a God. Take their place.
"This world has a God?"
Kotel's breathing grew heavy, but he quickly reined in his emotions. "Even if there are Gods, so what? How could a Legendary Professional slay a God?"
Godslaying. It was