60 Unfettered Divinity (1/2)
Time unfroze and the world seemed to exhale around me. It took a conscious effort for me to keep standing, but even as the sensations of thousands of little creatures beginning to worship me I was able to stay on my feet. Raiz continued to speak.
”Cosecha, the god I worship and who literally created me, is an entity unlike any that has ever existed. It will possess the powers of all of the higher beings that once existed.” The dryad explained. As she spoke there was a rapturous expression on her face, one that expressed her immense pride and loyalty to her creator, to me. My allies looked at her in confusion and shock.
”Could we... meet this god of yours? This... 'Cosecha'?” Farrane asked, a dubious expression on her face as she spoke. I could tell that she didn't actually believe Raiz, and I suspected Raiz did as well. The dryad fell silent in response to her question. And though I didn't say anything, I wasn't silent.
”If I use 'Unfettered divinity' here, would the elves automatically know that Cosecha and I are the same entity, even if I say... use my 'image manifestation' power to create an illusion depicting Cosecha?” I asked the system, ready for it to tell me that that wouldn't work, but also hoping that it would.
[Actually... that would work. Alternatively, you could create an avatar...] The system suggested, to which I transmitted the energy of shaking my head to communicate that I was rejecting that idea.
”Creating an avatar isn't something I feel comfortable doing at this moment. And especially not for something this low-consequence.” I replied, refusing to do something as powerful as splitting myself for something as relatively simple as convincing a few elves that I was a real god. But I was eager to attempt to convince the elves of the existence of Cosecha.
Raiz was still silent. She was carefully considering how to advance through this delicate situation. I was pretty excited to be able tell her exactly how we'd navigate this situation, together. And so I quickly composed a mental message to send her.
”Tell them that Cosecha is on its way.” I told her, simply. When I did, I saw her eyes flick towards me, an unspoken question in them. I just grinned, and she gave me a confused look before finally nodding and doing as I commanded. She turned towards our elven companions and smiled.
”My master is coming. It was just informing me that it is on its way. Please, ready yourselves. It is very fast.” She said, politely and while doing her best to suppress her own shock. I grinned and envisioned my alternate form before activated my ability to manifest images.
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Raiz was the first to react to the image I manifested. In fairness, I manifested it behind the elves and I, just to mess with the elves. Raiz's eyes suddenly went noticeably wide, which provoked a reaction from Calorron. The elf gave her a relaxed look and asked her a quick question.
”It's right behind us isn't it?” He asked, his tone indicating that he was amused by my antics. She nodded, speechlessly, and Farrane quickly turned around to stare at the fabricated and manifested image of Cosecha, in all of its omnielemental glory.
The unreal illusion I had created stood a good distance behind us, but due to its size and distinct features was easy to see. Calorron turned as well and looked at the eerie entity who was looking at us ominously. I silently used my mental abilities to tie our minds together, the elves and my own and waited for a second to see how the two scouts would react to my other form.
Neither of them opened their mouths to speak. Instead, they took a step back, carefully adding a bit of distance from the deity, but plainly aware of the dryad and the three two-beings behind them. Their faces were stoic masks. And they remained impressively still, even when I activated both ”Religious fervor” and ”Unfettered divinity”.
The first of my activated powers, one I was growing increasingly familiar with, manifested as a subtle field of blue light tinting the area around us. The second of my powers manifested in an unusual way: the area where Farrane and Calorron were standing was suddenly bathed in beautiful, radiant light. It illuminated them and cast their features in a soft, golden glow.