GREED: ALL FOR WHAT?

The great god muttered, "This is not right."

He should be glad since faith means more divinity and divine energy but he feels bewildered because he can't figure out why he is receiving so much faith. There's nothing special going on in the plane but a lot of his believers are praying fervently in their homes.

The believers are praying so desperately that it is causing a spike in faith. This current spike is as if more than half of his believers have become fanatics. To be exact, it is as if 51% of his believers have reached the highest level of faith possible.

His believers are so faithful that they are willing to give their all to him including their souls. This kind of dedication and devotion roused his godhood. He had to pay attention. So he stopped messing around to pay attention to the prayers of his believers. It is something he doesn't do often. He did now and his face changed when he saw the content of their prayers.

"This is bad."

All these believers are praying and they are demanding the same thing. They want to dedicate themselves completely to their god. They want to become one with him. It is a good thing since it has increased the amount of faith he is receiving. However, they have only one request in exchange for their dedication. They want him to come down to them.

"Come down our lord. We want to become one with one. Come down and grace us with your presence. Come down and accept our worship. Come down for us to dedicate ourselves to you. Come…"

Their prayers were ringing over and over again in his mind. Millions of believers want the same thing. They want him to come down. They want it so bad that they are combusting their souls to see it happen. It has created a strong force that is pulling him down towards the main plane.

The great god of fire roared in resistance, "What nonsense is this? I won't allow this."

He refused to fulfill the request of his devout believers. They don't want him to show up with an avatar. They want his godhood to come down to the plane. To go down to the plane is to fall. No god in their right mind will do so unless they are desperate.

His resistance prevented him from falling. His believers are not in a good condition though. They began to die en masse. Their devotion is so great that they are not willing to give up their request for him to come down so their souls left their bodies. If they can't join with their god on earth, then they will be with him in heaven.

The pulling force of the believers reduced drastically due to the resistance of the great god of fire. The death of his believers granted him that reprieve.

He sighed in relief. "I should tell Father what is going on. He should know something about this freak event."

This is something he has never encountered or heard about. It is strange so he can't keep it to himself. He doubts the effects of this event can be hidden. After all, more than half of his believers just died. So gods are bound to ask him about it.

He decided to tell his father who made him into a god. His father is stronger and more experienced than him so he should be able to get some help from his father.

He was flying in his divine kingdom on his way out when he was suddenly yanked downwards. He fell from the sky of his divine kingdom to the bottom of it. He didn't fall gracefully. His face smashed into the ground painfully. He looked within himself and found the thing that yanked him. It is a translucent tentacle around his godhood.

"What kind of sorcery is this?" He questioned in fear.

He is very afraid right now. He should be. And his fear should rise in direct proportion to the amount of tentacles that are attaching themselves to his godhood. So he is doing well by becoming more and more scared when more translucent tentacles appear around his godhood.

These tentacles appeared as more and more souls of his devout believers died and came to him. He is their god and they are devoted to him. They will come to his divine kingdom when they die. It is their right as believers.

They will come directly to his godhood first. This is because he is their beacon to the afterlife. He will then decide what to do with them. If by chance they are bringing something along with their souls, then that thing, whatever it is, will also come directly to his godhood.

If that thing can withstand the all-burning power of the god fire around his godhood by using the souls of his believers as protection, then that thing can actually touch his godhood.

If that thing can get enough of a grip on his godhood such as at least 51% of its surface area, then that thing can pull his godhood. And finally, if that thing can maintain its strength despite the constant burning of the god fire, then it should be able to pull him to the floor of his divine plane.

It just so happened that these tentacles have an invisible flame capable of burning laws and resisting the god fire. So it was able to pull the god of flames to the ground of his divine kingdom and might be able to do more.

The god of fire didn't think too much about his condition. He contacted his father immediately. "Help me, father. Help me" He screamed over the communication line.

A lot of weird things have been happening and his fear has reached its peak. He can wait to try and see if he can go to his father for help. But things are too urgent for that so he would rather disregard his divine prestige and scream to his father for help like some helpless child.