24 Dark by Default 1 (2/2)
”Oh, It's more like a gamble. But, here, you won't be using money or tokens as collateral, it's your fate that is in stake, along with the fate of the entire humankind.”
”Eh...What do you mean by fate?”
”Exactly as it is. ”
”So you mean...”
”Yes. Now allow me to explain to you a bit further. The gamble is named ”Warfare of Fates” and it has been ongoing for a millionth plus eons already, starting when your very first ancestors transgressed the commandment of the Highest. This year, however, is deemed to be a little different. The Magistrates took a different course to advance the unmoved progress of the game.”The goddess explained.
Is it just me? Or somewhat I feel that this ”different course” a very troublesome one.
”So what is the purpose of the game you ask? Simple and obvious. To decide if whether humanity deserves mercy from the omnipotent or to just let all of you receive your final judgment or something. In other words, the Divine realm has been in the endeavor to decide whether to destroy or save you and in the same game, a deity must choose whom to side with. Damnation and Chaos or Salvation and Mirage... In your beautiful classmate's case, both she and that Phantomized Security Guard sided with the faction who is in favor of humanity's obliteration from the face of the earth. ”
”So that's how it is. And... How is the victor decided? And what will the winner get besides playing a cameo in deciding humanity's ultimatum? Don't tell me that we're gonna be exploited in the whole game without a due reward? ”
”The answer is quite simple actually and you're right, there's more than one reward. The last participant to be left will be deemed the official winner and, as a reward, he can make ANY wish under the highest authority there is.”
”What kind of wish?”
”Not much, but it could be anything. Whether it be Immortality, a right to bear the title of a deity, infinite power, and heck, it could even be a Harem situation!”
”Hmmm. The last one was quite dubious. Well, I don't have any other choice, don't I? So, here's one last question to seal off the deal...Well, it's not a question really but more like clarification as you did not give me any specifics. What did you choose? ”
”Choose what?”
”I mean, in what team have you sided? I believe you would also side with those in favor of damnation right?”
”Oh no. I did not choose anything”
”Say what?”
”If I were to name myself, I'm just a spectator maybe?”
”Why?”
”It's troublesome actually. Fighting that bunch of eccentrics. And also, it's not injected in the rules that we are required to choose in haste. The others, however, except me and three other unknown deities, became so enthusiastic about the idea of going against each other to see who's argument is fit decided to take part in the battle the moment the agenda was presented. You see Deus outside? That in consequent deity have been in the war for almost as long as I can remember, serving as the deity of the Reingnsworths for almost a generations now.”
”What? And is it true or is it just me, that you already served as a deity for someone before? If he has been serving for that long of a time, then I think that you could have also served another family before me?”
”Nope. That is impossible, I was just a spirit when this conflict started, although it was unofficial by then. As you are already informed I was late in joining the ranks of the deities, hereby making me partly a novice in this warfare. That goes on without saying that you are my first Herrscher. The first-ever. Got that?”
”I- I still don't get it.”