Chapter 56: Emergency! (1/2)

Alex was sitting with Hermes, and the latter stated, ”Your cult has grown immensely in the territories surrounding Olympus, but you are practically still unknown in all of Hellenia.”

”I'm building up the foundation for any future expansions, and hopefully, when I get enough Faith Energy, I can travel to all of the expanses of Olympus.” Alex was carefree these days, and expanding his realm of influence was no longer a pressing matter.

When he thought of the gains he's already made, he remembered he needed to show something to Hermes.

The other day, he tested the elusive third power 'Incarnation' and was astonished at its effects.

”Hermes, look at this.”

With Hermes' attention on him, Alex activated Incarnation.

He diverted all of his Faith Energy from all ponds and concentrated the waterfall onto the purple pond, that represented Hermes.

Suddenly, his appearance began to change.

His frame turned shorter and his eyes became a purple color.

Most surprisingly, a pair of large wings unfolded from his back. Overall, he now looked like a parody version of Hermes.

”What the- ALEXEI-BOY” Hermes seemed extremely dumbfounded.

However, Alex flew away using his wings.

'Flying is so fun...' Alex looked down on the tiny dot that was Hermes' mansion as he speedily flew.

Incarnation allowed him to temporarily wield a larger portion of the powers of a single god using Faith Energy. The disadvantage was obvious that he could no longer use any other powers.

It was still extremely useful nonetheless, especially if he needed to cast stronger blessings or curses from a single deity.

As he was having fun, Hermes instantly appeared next to him, and his pair of wings was also unfolded.

”You think you're so funny, huh?” Hermes looked mad.

”Hermes, I need to go.” Alex looked worried.

When Hermes just came by, he perceived that the blessed piece of paper had some text on it.

It said, ”Lord, we have an emergency.”

This was a message from Theoserfos, who never used the paper before. It was good that he was currently incarnating Hermes since he could navigate at a much faster speed.

Hermes didn't seem too keen on letting him escape until he saw the look on his face, ”You look like you need help.”

”I-I'll manage. Thank you, Hermes.” Alex didn't want to rely on his friends any longer, and he would try to resolve whatever came his way today on his own.

He flew over the mountains as fast as he could and in a very short time, was able to see Olep.

He observed the city, searching for the church headquarters.

They recently found vacant property on Olep, and Alex commissioned for a small temple to be built on it.

When he saw the building in question, he reduced his altitude and found an empty spot to land on.

Wings would be too conspicuous, so he removed Incarnation, and his appearance returned to normal.

He ran through the streets and was soon in front of his temple. It was small, but it was clean and constructed of pristine white marble.

Alex entered.

The interior was more spacious than the exterior made it seem like and looked like a modern-day church.

There were rows of seats and a path in the middle that led to an altar and a pedestal.

There were currently many small children inside, and Alex presumed they were probably learning how to read and write.

Theoserfos was on the pedestal and seemed to be teaching about letters, but his shaky hands and the sweat traversing down his face didn't escape Alex.

When the man saw him, an expression of relief emerged on his face and he ran towards him, kowtowing and indicating to the other kids to follow suit.