70 A new sport? (1/2)

It has been a month since Warden's awakening. We have settled in and took over the government of the multiverse as much as we could.

Though it didn't work out all that well. The Council is still hiding somewhere. They know the multiverse far better than us. After all we were confined to our worlds by our occupation as gods while the Council could travel around as they pleased.

I would really like to know why they aren't taking action. It has to be obvious to them by now that we avoided their trap.

With Warden's help we were able to clean the city of anything dangerous too. So the safety rules are a little more loose by now. We still don't let civilians come here and I doubt that we will do so for a long time.

On the other hand Warden is helping us with governing the multiverse. I wouldn't know what to do otherwise. But Warden can keep track of almost everything.

We are of the opinion that the Council's approach wasn't all too bad, so we set some rules for ourselves and the other gods.

Rule number one: Do what you want as long as you don't break the rules.

Rule number two: Don't mess too much with mortals.

Rule number three: Don't mess with the other gods.

Rule number four: Report everyone who breaks the rules to the city in the middle of all things.

Rule number five: Report new gods and tell them of the rules.

By now we had some cases in which we had to stop gods on a rampage. But it was manageable. We just show up with one of our fortresses and gently inform them of their errors.

The really problematic cases are either thrown into a void zone to repent for a few years or mind wiped. Of course we use the last option just for the really insane guys.

By now we have the Ragnarok permanently stationed above the city to guard the black hole. The guardian still keeps watch over our homeworld and the Nomad is used for missions throughout the multiverse.

I am currently inside my office in the city and reading reports. Celes is here too and helps me. Travelling back and forth between the city and our world isn't that hard with the help of the pathways.

”We could really use an official name for this city and our world. It's inconvenient to call them city and world all the time.” I muse to myself.

”How about Chimera?” Celes throws a suggestion at me. ”Seria played around with our worlds ecosystem so much, it's a big mesh of ideas and people. Our biology is fucked up too. It's a fitting name.”

~The correct name for this city is Asheim. Which means home of the ascended.~

Warden gives an explanation.

”It doesn't sound too bad. I will recommend the names to the ministry. If it's about our world, I guess the population needs a word in it.” The names don't really matter to me.

”Do you have the new reports ready Warden.” -Celes

~Oh, I am sorry. I forgot them. I will do it now....     Done. On your console.~

I irk my eyebrows. ”Warden? What took so much of your almost infinite calculation power, that you couldn't finish a few reports? That took you less than two seconds.”

~I had all of my abilities concentrated on two strange individuals within Asheim. I conversed with them for quite a while now. But I am unable to understand their behaviour. They are completely irrational at one moment and the next they sound very sane.~

~I also don't understand why their bodies are so different from the other gods. I already understand that your group is made up by many different races. Though those two are not matching the pattern.~

~After a few scans of their bodies, I am not smarter than before.~

I rub my temples. ”Are you talking about Aengus and Seria?”

~Exactly. You know them?~

”They are our children and you misunderstood the racial traits of our bodies. We all belong to the same race.” Celes explains.

~Children?~

Omg. Do we have to explain the flower and the bees to Warden? You are a godlike supercomputer with a crystal core and you don't know such basic stuff?

”If a man and a woman.....”

~I know that! I was just shocked that an ascended being would have children. The Ascended Ones never had children because their children's souls would always belong to a mortal. It's pretty depressing if your child dies after a few years and you go on for eternity.~

Yeah. That's the problem of ascendancy. Any beings lifespan is influenced by their mana pool. A being with a limited mana pool has a limited lifespan. There are mortal beings who live very long like elves. Their mana pool is large enough to believe that they are almost immortal. They die of accidents and illness more likely than of old age. But compared to a god who has almost unlimited access to mana it's still nothing.

~Though they just tested their courage and jumped off the central tower of Asheim. They shouldn't have survived that if they were mortals.~

”They did WHAT!?” Celes jumps up and runs out of the room.

~I said that they are acting really irrational at times. But if they are children, that explains their irrationality.~

I really feel a headache forming. ”Warden. You remember when Celes explained about our homeworld and how it came to be? First of all, we are a little different from other gods. Our bodies and minds are closer to mortal beings than those of the gods who ascended the normal way. Secondly our world is within a void zone and filled with the latent souls of gods, so it's no problem for us to have children. They will always be reincarnated gods like Seria and Aengus.”

~Oh. That makes a totally different society possible. I already asked myself why you were so different from the other ascended beings. So they prefer to follow you because their old personality isn't dominant.~

”Exactly. Though I don't know how long it will stay like that.”

~Probably forever if nothing really dramatic happens. Your society already survived the shock of becoming gods after a long period of being mortal. If it didn't break due to this, it's unlikely that another event can shake it enough.~