Reincarnated as a World

Chapter 97 An Unprecedented Offer

Ch.97 An Unprecedented Offer

“What is your offer?” Gaia said quietly.

Eridel smiled inwardly, pleased that she wasn’t turning short-sighted enough to say something like ‘I’ll keep the secrets of my galaxy no matter what’ or something like that.

Zealousness was a real thing. On the off chance that she was some kind of hero who had a penchant to save ‘Galaxies’ or at the very least her own World, his plans would collapse like sand, and he would have to use force. A slim chance but not impossible due to her now mortal soul that didn’t quite let her grasp the bigger picture like it used to.

Fortunately, that didn’t come to pass.

“You know what gods are, yes?” Eridel suddenly said out of the blue.

“...Yes. What of it?” Gaia replied, letting Eridel hear the confusion in her voice for the first time. A harmless and appropriate emotion for this moment.

“Tell me what you know about the gods.” Eridel said with a slightly tense expression, making the situation look more serious than it actually was. The colourless World around them only added to this effect.

“Why-”

“Just tell me.” Eridel said with a slight steel in his voice, using a bit of brute force to make her more reactive. He couldn’t tell if it worked, but she began talking and that’s all he wanted.

“..The gods.” Gaia said after a 10 second pause. No doubt confused about the whole situation. “Beings who have managed to gain Faith Energy from genuine believers, and were able to turn the energy into Divine Energy when offered the god contract from the World’s consciousness... They have dominion over a single Law in the World and also have a divine territory, personal pocket realm that comes with many benefits. On top of that, the more believers they get, the more powerful they become, this is the result of them converting the gathered Faith Energy into Divine Energy. They are very powerful individuals. However... they are unable to leave the World and they must forever protect it.”

Gaia’s eyes narrowed and Eridel wasn’t able to tell if it was from anger or focus.

‘She’s quite good’ Eridel thought as he inwardly smirked. However on the outside, he once again had a serious expression.

“gods that can leave their own worlds truly exist, each possessing untold power that you couldn’t even imagine.” The truth. “And I can make you such a being.” A lie depending on how you looked at it. “What do you say?” Eridel said as he gazed into the ex-Immortal’s eyes.

There was a moment of silence as the 2 quietly stared at each other before Gaia finally spoke.

“...All of this in exchange for the map of this Galaxy?”

‘...Tch.’

Eridel’s face finally took on a cold expression. The way she said it, others might have thought that she was on the brink of agreeing, but he knew that she wasn’t one bit closer than she was before.

As a matter of fact, she was indirectly calling him a scammer.

“Gaia, I do not have infinite patience so do not test my anger.” Eridel said with frost in his voice. It was looking like he had finally lost a bit of control... But then all of a sudden he sighed.

“I would have thought that as someone seeking revenge you would have accepted my offer by now. What a pity.”