Chapter 969: Gods Like Extravagant Titles
"...Unfortunately, this is not something I require either," Hela spoke with a smile, a smile that was almost faltering. People around interpreted this smile as if she were shocked by what she had just heard.
Something that clearly shocked them as well, so they didn't think much about the girl's expression. After all, they were too busy looking at the miniature spaceship on the table that seemed to come out of a science fiction movie.
And imagine their surprise when they saw that the entire ship was a divine artifact! They could understand a tower or something similar; after all, it was a building, a building that could be enchanted and, with some powers, could be shrunk. The god-kings gathered here knew that the Gremory, one of the demons of the 72 pillars, had this kind of power, so it wasn't unprecedented, but...
A damn spaceship!? A spaceship on top of that!? A ship with the power to annihilate a planet!? What is this? Did they switch from fantasy to sci-fi and not realize it!?
First of all, why is this man's faction so competent!? Who is inventing these technologies out of nowhere!?
There were so many unknowns that frankly were driving everyone here crazy. And you know what the worst part is? They can't do anything about it if Victor himself doesn't want to say anything.
'Kali... This woman who keeps visiting this man should have at least found out something, but she just keeps meditating and not caring about anything.' Indra complained internally when he remembered Kali, who seemed to be quite intimate in Victor's inner circle, but this woman was utterly useless.
The information Kali told Shiva, and later was told to Indra, was utterly useless because the woman herself just kept meditating and not trying to get any information.
Not to mention, he couldn't demand anything from Kali, or the woman would kill her with just her breath; the only reason she told Shiva anything was because he asked politely, and since they were friends, she told him.
All the information she gave was something like Victor's family was very kind, and she was learning a lot, and just that nothing very relevant was said; she also couldn't say anything because Victor doesn't leave loose ends.
Violet narrowed her eyes slightly as her violet draconic eyes gleamed with a dangerous light that honestly sent a shiver down Hela's spine.
Even though she knew the plan and was clearly following the plan, it was still uncomfortable to receive this look from Violet. Those violet eyes reminded her a lot of the man beside her now.
"I see... You're quite a demanding customer, huh," Violet gracefully picked up the ship from the table, and the next moment, the ship disappeared. "You didn't even accept the greatest masterpiece made by our faction, which was a gift for me..."
Hela shuddered at those words. This time, she was acting completely as if she had offended Violet, who 'kindly' offered so many incredible 'items' for the Norse pantheon.
An attitude that was not surprising to everyone present here, considering the items offered in exchange for the lands of the Norse pantheon.
Honestly, the other gods, even the heavenly father, wanted to offer something, but... They stocked up on it, and the reason for this is because the things Violet was offering were much more valuable than anything they had!
By the primordial chaos, Indra and the Celtic God King would have sold anything in their pantheon for that tower alone! Their wives included in this offer, because they clearly knew that these damn women would accept this deal with a 'reluctant' smile, it's not like they would be happy to be sold to the most handsome man in existence or anything, right? They would certainly hate that scenario.
"I think what you want is something more specific like resources... Hmm."
"Darling, can I use that?"
"Go ahead. You have control over anything you desire."
"Very well." Violet nodded, and the next moment another item appeared in Violet's hand, this time it wasn't a tower, or even a spaceship, but a simple green seed. A seed that contained a lot of vitality.
"This here is a seed from the World Tree."
"What-..."
"Impossible."
This time, no one could stay silent.
Even The owner of Limbo himself reacted to these words.
"This seed contains an enormous amount of positive and negative energy... It's true..." The heavenly father swallowed hard.
"That... That... How do you have that, Victor?" Shiva couldn't help but ask.
Listening to the words of the two highest-ranked gods after Victor, a chain reaction spread. Pure disbelief was seen on everyone's face.
Discreetly, they looked at The owner of Limbo to gauge his reaction. After all, the seed in Victor's hand was something that was directly interfering with the domain of the primordial The World Tree.
When they saw The owner of Limbo's shocked face immediately changing to a very serious one, they confirmed that the words spoken by Victor's wife were indeed true.
That was a seed from the World Tree, something capable of terraforming an entire planet!
It was at that moment that something clicked in everyone's minds.
A tower capable of making competent soldiers in a short period of time, a tower that gave life and death experience to these soldiers without needing to spend much time or resources. A self-sustaining continental spaceship. And the seed of the World Tree... Victor... This man... No, this monster, already had enough military power to terraform other planets!
While they were here fighting with swords and shields, he was already creating ships and exploring space! This was ridiculous!
After this revelation, all the gods who were plotting and forming hidden alliances out of fear of Victor suddenly became even more terrified. All because of a single simple reason.
The force known as Victor Elderblood was simply an unstoppable force of nature, and they could not stop his progress or even try to understand it. They could only accept it.
Within this sector, Victor had become an absolute existence now. And for that status to change or be shaken, they would have to enter a higher-level sector, where there were various beings that had technologies, powers, and influences like Victor now.
Perhaps then, they could have a chance to gain something and not just wish they had what the neighbor had.
"I am married to two World Trees," Victor responded with those simple words as if explaining everything.
Words that left everyone catatonic for several seconds [again], their ears ringing as if they were under the effect of a flashbang.
"... You... Are married to TWO World Trees?" The heavenly father asked.
"Yes...? What's the problem?" Victor looked confused.
"Problem...? There are no problems; in fact, the problem never existed... Problems... nope, none here! What was the problem again?" The heavenly father kept repeating these words for several minutes, as he seemed completely broken in the head.
'Firstly, that's not the problem! I want to know how is that even possible!?' He shouted internally. Never in all his existence had he heard such nonsense, and to make matters worse, he couldn't even tell if it was nonsense or not because, from what he knew of Victor, he wouldn't lie about his wife.
He looked at that seed in Violet's hand and thought: 'Don't tell me that's your daughter or something?' His thoughts were going to places he never thought he would even consider in his existence.
I mean, someone has to understand his side. After all, the true forms of the World Tree are... Well, a tree. How do you do 'that' with a tree? Is that even possible?
Naive heavenly father, he would be surprised at the gods' creativity in committing lewd acts, Zeus himself being a perfect example, transforming into rain and impregnating a woman.
In defense of the heavenly father, he never needed to think about this. After all, his status as the strongest deity in his pantheon was unalterable, and he needed to focus more on his creations and problems of his own pantheon.
And it's not like he was utterly unaware of it. His genuine curiosity stems from the fact that World Trees cannot have something like children, right? Unlike normal beings, they didn't have a reproductive process. After all, they were created to sustain a planet, not to make children.
The owner of Limbo, who was observing everything, just looked serious as he did his best not to laugh. 'That seed is nothing more and nothing less than Victor's negative energy taking form. It's not a true seed of the World Tree... Firstly, there is no such thing as the seed of the World Tree. When my friend wants to start life on a new planet, he directly puts his essence there which gives birth to his daughters.'
As an old being who has been around since the beginning of time, he immediately understood Victor's intentions, and because of that, he had a very serious face, doing his best not to laugh. His plan was so cunning and sneaky that it surprised him. And the reactions of the gods were very hilarious.
"By your shock, I don't need to explain what this does, right? So, do you want it?"
"... Unfortunately, I don't want it," Hela spoke with great difficulty as if she was afraid of offending Violet.
The gods around felt like pulling their hair!
Woman!? What in the world do you want!?
They were frustrated with Hela for refusing such incredible items and, at the same time, envious of her for being offered so many 'good' things. If they were in her shoes, they might as well have gotten their hands on some of those items.
Hela, seeing the looks of the gods, felt unjustified. 'I want to accept too, okay? But I can't!'
Violet took the seed and made it disappear, causing a sigh from all the present gods. Honestly, they weren't sure they could contain their greed, and for a moment, they almost forgot the consequences of their actions when trying to follow their greed.
"You're a very difficult customer, Hela," Violet narrowed her eyes slightly dangerously but then set aside those feelings: "But I can't do anything. Unfortunately, our faction doesn't have any more high-value items to exchange for the lands of a pantheon." She sighed disappointedly.
"Seniors, I leave the negotiation to you now," she said as she leaned back in her chair, becoming part of the elegant background.
The other gods glanced at each other and, for a moment, didn't know what to do.
Negotiation? What negotiation? Where and when? For starters, did they really have high-value items to be exchanged for an entire pantheon?
If it was before Violet presented these absurd items, they could think of something and try to 'trick' the goddess Hela with not very significant items, but... All of that was thrown out the window when the empress presented her items, thus establishing a very high standard for the items.
Therefore, unless they threw the most precious items of their pantheon, it was impossible to meet this absurd goal.
Violet and Victor smiled slightly when they saw the expressions of the gods, a smile that was alike. They could see from afar the reasoning of the gods, something they had orchestrated to make this whole charade happen.
This whole meeting had several hidden objectives, and most of them were fulfilled with Hela and Violet's small negotiation. The first one was undoubtedly to show the power of their faction. A gesture that said, look at us! In less than two months, we created this!
Literally, they put the nuclear weapons on the table and said, I am unstoppable.
The second objective was also clear, they wanted to present their new title as God Emperor of Victor and Violet as his empress, indicating that their faction was moving towards evolution and that Violet had the authority to speak for him if necessary.
Although they didn't introduce themselves as God Emperor, they knew that when this meeting ended, he would be called that. After all, the title of 'chaos' seems to be something they unconsciously avoid therefore such a title will only be imposed on Victor himself as the chaos god dragon.
And they will call him God Emperor because of the way his faction is growing.
The third was, of course, to steal the pantheons; how to do that? Inflating prices from the beginning and establishing a standard to make them take out their most valuable items that will be bought to receive useless land, which, despite having some divine materials, were just standard materials that existed in all pantheons.
All the rare material that only existed in the Norse pantheon was completely taken from there.
Oh, but despite having this deception, the authority obtained as God King of the Norse pantheon and Ruler of the Norse underworld was real; this was not a lie, but... Such authorities mean nothing to Victor or Hela currently.
Victor already had these things, and Hela didn't want to go through that trouble, and she just wanted to be free now.
This was effectively a strategy to kill three birds with one stone, all the while with the bonus that Victor was greatly enjoying seeing everyone's expressions.
Before the bids started, Shiva looked at Victor and asked, "You're really not going to fight for this, Victor?"
"The decisions of my wife are my decisions. If she decided not to insist on the matter, I won't insist either," Victor spoke cordially.
Amaterasu and Haruna pouted secretly when they heard these words. They knew the plan, but that didn't mean they weren't jealous!
Shiva nodded and looked at Violet. "Lady Violet... Could you kindly inform us why you backed off?"
"Hmm... My reasons are not for you to know, but since you asked so kindly, and my husband likes you a lot, I will satisfy your curiosity."
"The answer to your question is: We don't need more lands. As you know, we have two entire pantheons to use, the Greek pantheon and the Egyptian pantheon. All I wanted from this transaction was the authority received from being the owner of the dimension and the Ruler. But since Lady Hela refused my generous offers, I have no reason or mood to continue offering anything."
"After all, the authority I would gain from this place would only be a bonus. It's not something that would change much."
The gods squirmed internally at Violet's words, the reason being that she treated the authority of the Ruler and the ruler of an entire pantheon as something she could buy at the mall. It was just something pretty that she desired, and she tried to negotiate a price with the saleswoman, but since the saleswoman was stingy and refused several very good offers, she had no mood to continue and gave up.
The authority didn't matter much to her, and she just wanted it because she wanted it. It was the same feeling as seeing something beautiful and impulsively buying it. That was the importance Violet placed on an entire pantheon.
When the gods felt this, they were internally outraged, but at the same time, they understood that this woman was Victor's empress, one of the most influential beings. She was the same woman who casually withdrew outrageous items as if they were nothing.
Which in a few words meant... She was filthy rich with resources that no one else had, and because of that, her senses were completely broken. She treated an entire dimension that could give life to an entire pantheon of gods as if she were going to buy something in the market.
It was absurd, a train of thought that was strange even for the gods... But it was understandable... Considering who her husband was and what kind of absurdities he could do.
At this moment, the title of the leader of the richest faction was added to Victor's long list of titles.
These gods really liked extravagant titles, didn't they?
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