Chapter 173: The Gods have Extreme Tastes (2/2)
Given the special nature of the God of Games’ birth, Xi Wei imagined that the Marsh Drake was a god ‘given birth’ just like the former God of Games.
However, he soon refuted that hunch.
Because no god could be born in the mortal realm.
No matter how many individuals would worship a mortal creature it would only ever be an idol and not a god, because the mortal realm… or more precisely, any planes aside from the realm did not have the condition to develop ‘divinity’!
And in this world, divinity—the three-in-one element of Divine Fury, Divine Grace, and Divine Order was the only aspect that absorbs divine energy and converts it into divine power! (Even the divine power that Xi Wei used Rotten Bones to store wasn’t divine energy)!
“From the strength of that divine attribute, the Marsh Drake is neither a chosen one nor a saint, let alone divine kin…”
A being that stays completely invulnerable from the negative side of Rule of Skill, its divine attribute standing head and shoulders above those mentioned existences…
Aside from being an actual god that had descended upon the mortal realm, Xi Wei could only think of a single possibility.
It’s a creature with divine attribute because it was born between a god who projected themselves upon the mortal realm with a mortal creature. In other words, a demigod!
That would be wrong, however—judging from how the Marsh Drake lived, abomination might be more appropriate…
“So, it’s not a god’s reptile pet, but the child of some dumb*ss god who banged a reptile?” In his divine kingdom, Xi Wei could not help putting on his colored glasses[1] as he studied the battered Marsh Drake anew, clicking his tongue in wonder. “What god could have such extreme tastes?”
However, considering that most gods weren’t humanoids, and that there were some evil gods with outlandish appearance aside from beast form gods like Aslan, the Marsh Drake was quite beautiful in comparison… maybe?
Who knows? Maybe after some time, Xi Wei’s believers would stumble upon some little lions that embodied the Justice divine attribute in the mortal realm…
But even as Xi Wei sinisterly guessed away about Aslan’s tastes, he suddenly sensed another god approaching his divine kingdom.
After careful sensing of the other’s divine attribute, Xi Wei realized that it actually was Aslan the Great Lion, and suddenly felt uncomfortable with the awkwardness of being caught when bad-mouthing someone.
That said, he shouldn’t be locking Aslan out, and in the end had to open a gap to let the Great Lion into his divine kingdom.
Even as he watched Aslan’s solemn and majestic lion face, Xi Wei promptly began to consider if he should whirl three-hundred-and-sixty degrees to apologize.
However, Aslan spoke before he could.
“Something terrible has happened!”
[1] Putting on ‘colored glasses’ (有色眼镜) means to hold a prejudiced viewpoint.