(Brendan POV)
Turns out I did not hear it incorrectly, Elaria did claim the domain of 'Work' for herself.
I mean, I'm not one to talk when I'm the God of Brews so it isn't that weird I guess?
I could see that almost all of us took inspiration from Master and wanted to incorporate the concept of 'Origin' in our Domains somehow.
As the God of Brews, I am also able to control how things start to a certain extent. It's the same concept as brewing up a storm for example.
As for Senior Sister Diao Chan, she's also able to control the 'start' of things as her Domain includes the Aspiration of things which includes the concept of the beginning of life as the act of drawing breath also falls under her Domain.
For Sister Elaria, her domain of Work encompasses anything that is done through labour so it's roughly similar to Sister Tsuki's Creation Domain except Sister Elaria's focuses on artificially created things while Sister Tsuki's focuses on natural things.
If I had to say, Senior Sister Kiyomi was the only one with a Domain that leaned more towards Master's stalker instead of Master. Perhaps she was just trying to mirror Senior Sister Manami?
Regardless, this meant that all of us have finally ascended to reach Godhood. We just need to grow stronger than even those Supreme Gods to ensure our place beside Master would never be taken away. Especially since Master's stalker has mellowed out somewhat so there wasn't really anyone we really need to watch out for but you can never be too sure.
With that done, we returned to my other Senior Sisters to report on our success.
"We're back, bitches!" Elaria cried out as soon as we appeared at where they were.
Muon clapped her hands together, "Congratulations on your ascensions!"
Honestly, if I did not know that Master had called her over to help us and promised her benefits for doing so, I would have been especially suspicious of her with how supportive she had been with us. But now I believe she was actually genuinely happy for us.
Lilith nodded at us, "Hmph, I suppose I'll admit that you do have some skills. But now you three will need to play catch up with the rest and I'm not going easy on you either! Now hurry up and go get your followers! The rest of you as well! You're not even remotely done yet so hurry up! Time is ticking away!"
All of us quickly dispersed to find more targets to convert.
For myself, I decided to just stick with what I was familiar with so I went towards a forest that had a river running through it.
I was assuming that there should be some form of intelligent life around here if food, water and shelter was present so I tried to search for signs of that around.
Sure enough, I found not just one but two separate groups of people living within that area of the forest.
Upon closer inspection, I found them to be people with bestial features with one leaning more towards canine while the other was more feline. Unsurprisingly, the two sides seem to be hostile towards each other too.
And as though it was a joke fate was playing on me, I arrived here just as the two sides were gathered in a clearing ready to fight to the death for the possession of this forest.
As much as I wouldn't have cared if they ended up killing each other, I realised that I could use this situation to my advantage by securing the worship of both sides in one go.
Just as the shouting was intensifying and they were getting ready to charge, I appeared above the clearing in an explosion of water, causing everyone to look up at me.
I decided to take a page out of Senior Sister Manami's books and blasted them back with a wave of water.
There were a few screams and some were already scurrying away to hide in the bushes, though their curiosity still compelled them to stay and watch.
I lowered myself to the clearing and spoke to both sides with as much disdain as I could, "I am Brendan, God of Brews and this forest belongs to neither of you. You have been living in my forest and thriving off on the fruits of my labour and yet now you think you can lay waste to it in your quest to domination? I've been generous enough to not require any worship but to think all of you would resort to something like this!"
To put even more fear into them, I brewed up a storm that formed overhead, adding in the lightning and thunder to make me look even more imposing.
"If you will not live and worship me together, then both of you can get out of my forests!"
More screams came from both sides and even more of them leapt into the bushes to hide.
One of the beastman from the canine side stepped forward and fell to his knees, making begging noises in his own language.
Thanks to my Divine nature, I was able to understand what he was saying.
"Please, mighty God Brendan! My people have lived in this forest for generations! If we were to leave, we will most definitely perish!"
Another beastman from the feline side also fell to his knees, "We apologise for our misconduct, mighty God Brendan!! Please allow us to repent!"
"Please quench your anger, mighty Brendan!"
"We will worship you for life, O God Brendan!"
"God Brendan!"
Huh… That was easy.
I stopped the storm and everyone who had been hiding in the forest quickly came out and joined their people in prostrating themselves to me.
I'm not going to lie, I feel really awkward seeing them kneel to me but I managed to keep my face neutral.
… Wait a minute… If I'm feeling awkward about this from just seeing these guys kneel to me… What about Master?
I am, of course, aware of my tendency to undersell myself and I might also have some confidence problems as Master had pointed out.
Yet, I know for a fact that Master was the most magnanimous being in existence and His love extends to everyone in existence.
So if I was already feeling this awkward watching this small group of people worshipping me… How would Master feel if He knew how big the Church we made for Him was?
Perhaps… Maybe we should stop this?
…
Nah, that's not even a choice. Master deserves to be worshipped and praised! Anyone who refuses to see Master's light shall be purged!
That's why, these people shall be introduced to Master's light as well! Any of them who reject it will die!
Now come! Let me teach you about Master's benevolence and Divinity!
