Chapter 31 (1/2)

“Holy crap!”

Vremya turned his head. The stinky dog was staring at her screen, her eyes bulging. Vremya looked at the stinky dog for a while longer before turning back to his display. The stinky dog couldn’t control her emotions very well, so her exclamation wasn’t a surprise for him. She probably saw the money in her bank account or something. It wouldn’t be the first time she was stunned by the amount.

“Hey! Old man! You can’t just stare at me and then look away!” Karta slapped her paw against Vremya’s thigh, but it was stopped by an invisible barrier. “What if it was something important?”

Vremya snorted. “The last three times I asked you what you were crying out about, you showed me these weird videos of dogs riding skateboards and doing tricks. I told you I don’t want to see those anymore!”

“Those dogs are impressive, okay?” Karta growled. “You don’t understand how hard life is without thumbs sometimes.”

“You’re a god,” Vremya said. “Just grow some.”

“That’d ruin my whole aesthetic!” Karta snarled and snapped her jaws shut. She snorted. “This isn’t a dog video, alright? Look! Mazokhizm completed a seventh godly avatar run!”

Vremya furrowed his brow and turned his head to look at Karta’s screen. “The god of masochism? Let me Poiskle the meaning of that word….” Vremya swiped through his display, and when he got the result, his face turned blank. He stared at Karta. “So, he’s one of those personality gods, eh? What’s so impressive about a godly avatar run?”

“You remember that time I told you to reach the peak as a lower lifeform?”

“Nope.”

Karta narrowed her eyes. “That time where you said you’d call me Master if you died?”

“Nope.”

“You’re shameless, old man,” Karta said and rolled her eyes. “Anyway, Mazokhizm’s done it seven times now. He holds the record for the most godly avatars created.”

“I could do that easily,” Vremya said, waving his hand. Mazokhizm wasn’t even a primordial god. If a personality god could do it, then a primordial god could do it.

“For the record, the second highest number of godly avatars created is held by Istoriya,” Karta said, raising an eyebrow at Vremya, seeing if he’d react. “He’s made four.”

Vremya inhaled through his nose, creating a whistling sound. “A primordial god lost to a personality god?” His brow furrowed. “That’s not right. What’s the purpose of a godly avatar?” If it was useful, surely more primordial gods would create them. “Does Kosmos have any?”

“Kosmos is a little similar to you,” Karta said with a smirk. “Her avatar got killed, so she went down there and obliterated the dimension. After her hundred thousand years of isolation, the rest of the gods begged her not to try anymore because they missed using her portals while she was gone. Instead, they pay her tributes in the form of golems.”

“How can you call her similar to me?” Vremya asked. “I only killed those who killed me. I didn’t obliterate the dimension.” He shook his head. “So, is the godly avatar only good for combat?”

“It’s basically a clone of yourself,” Karta said. “Godly avatars are as strong as gods.”