Chapter 200 (2/2)

”The brownies knew that the gnomes would never agree to shelter them in their city during the impending time without mana, and that they would all die, so an agreement was made between me, the royal family, and the brownies as a whole . The brownies would sacrifice all but one of themselves, to give me the power to rescue the city, and in return, the royal family would provide shelter to the one remaining brownie, until the savior arrived to restore the city to the surface . ”

”Except the brownie has now killed the royal family, and the barrier hasn't fallen with the return to the surface,” said Joseph .

”During the past tens of hundreds of years, I have been asleep, like most of the G.o.ds, and have been unaware of what was going on . It wasn't until you started us waking up, that I was able to check up on things, and see what was happening . ”

”And now, you wish to request another favor?” guessed Joseph, knowing that was why the G.o.d had gone to so much trouble to meet with him . Otherwise he would have just shared the information with the system, and been done with him .

”I'm not sure what kind of reward I can provide to you, because I don't have the power to remove the barrier . I am next to nothing right now, until my people learn of me enough to start praying to me . I fear that someone will recognize my weakness, and try to capitalize on it . ”

”If I take the barrier down, while you are still so weak, anyone could come in and take over this city, effectively destroying your chances of returning to power . I think I will leave it in place for now . As for your people learning of you, go out there and tell them . Surely you can do small miracles to impress them?” asked Joseph .

”No, see you've placed me in a bit of a quandary . If I go out there, after you've been seen, they will a.s.sume that you are the one who has returned them to the surface, not me . Anything that I do to impress them, will pale in comparison . I don't quite know what to do . ”

Joseph thought about that for a moment, the irony of the situation not lost on him, of a G.o.d asking him for advice .

Shaking his head, he turned to the G.o.d, ”What of the brownie?”

”I promised her safety until the city was returned to the surface and the barrier went down . Until the barrier goes down, I can't have you killing her . She needs to be let out of the city, so she can go hide in the forest and reproduce . ”

Joseph blinked a couple of times . ”How can she reproduce? Does she store sperm inside of her to make more babies?”

The G.o.d chuckled . ”No, brownies infect plants and the seeds grow new ones . She has enough seeds from every brownie that was sacrificed, to completely bring back the entire race . They are part plant in nature . ”

”Ah,” said Joseph with a shake to his head . That was… confusing .

”You are a G.o.d, I recommend you think back on what made you a G.o.d in the beginning, and repeat those actions . These people followed you for a reason, so remind them of that reason . Tell them that I only came because you wanted me to . You don't have to tell them that I was given a reward for raising the city . ”

The G.o.d laughed and scratched his head, ”About that…”

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