Grand Lust Sovereign

Julien was powerless in the current situation.

Up against gods, he could do nothing.

However, his bad luck did not flare up this time.

The angel god calmed down after a few seconds and turned to him.

"What do you seek?"

"What can you give?"

His question did not make sense to Julien. What did he mean by what he seeked?

Julien seeked a lot of things. Which one was this god interested in knowing? Or rather, could he fulfill any of them? For this reason, he bluntly questioned him back, making him turn silent.

"…it seems there has been a misunderstanding here."

The god said and stepped closer to Julien.

A strong pressure made his knees bend.

"I may be a fragment, but I am still the God of Honor and Glory."

The pressure alone was enough to make Julien understand that he was under a true god’s will. He could die if the god chose to kill him.

"I understand." Julien spoke and tried to ease the tension. "But haven’t you fallen from grace? Can you still fulfill requests of your devotees?"

"Yes." The angel god replied. "I just can’t go back to Eden as I am now a Fallen, and not an angel anymore."

"Do your devotees know you fell from grace and can they still worship you?" Julien asked, curious.

"They don’t know whether I have fallen or not. And they can worship me as I’m not dead." The fallen angel god replied.

"Last question. Why are you split into fragments? Aren’t you powerful?"

The fragment of the God of Honor and Glory turned around. It stared at the skies and continued, "A fallen angel is coveted by many demons. The angel gods don’t help a fallen, and the chances of getting corrupted or pulled to the absolute dark side is dangerously high. I did not fall this low. I may have fallen, but I wanted to keep my glory eternal. Thus…"

The fallen angel turned itself into multiple fragments and disappeared.

Almost all of its fragments were scattered in the Tower while a bit had gone outside it, into real worlds.

These fragments had a will of their own, but if all were destroyed, the god would die completely.

"If such is the case, doesn’t it mean you are weak right now? Doesn’t it mean that you won’t be able to fulfill the request I make to you now?" Julien hit where it hurt.

The god shook his head. "If it’s something small, my fragment has enough power to fulfill it. However, if it’s something unthinkable, I would need to assimilate all fragments so I can revive and complete the task."

"I see." Julien got the gist of it. "Then, can you give me a way to balance the power of a demon god? There’s a resurrection spell obtained from a demon god and…"

Julien explained the matter of him going berserk after resurrection. He needed a cure for that immediately.

The fragment thought about it and said, "The demon god you must be referring to must be the God of Eternal Slaughter. He’s one of those rare evil gods that possesses these capabilities. To have power balancing that…"

The short answer to Julien’s request was a no. The fragment could not grant him that.

"Why did you set up this trial?" Julien wondered and asked.

Since he couldn’t get what he wanted, he may as well get the answers.

"To pass my legacy to the honored one." The fragment replied without hesitation.

"Then, pass that to me." Julien said it right away, trying to test the waters.

The fragment went silent.

It turned around and said, "If you inherit my legacy, you will be forced to walk on the same path as I did. It will be restrictive in future and you may meet a similar end as me. The legacy I’ve created now is incomplete."

When this god fell from grace, he felt done with his path and created a legacy for the future generation. They could take up on it and become the next God of Honor and Glory, but they would have to be very strict about it or suffer a similar fate like this angel.

Julien understood that. He was anyway not planning to be this god’s inheritor.

"Okay. Then I’ll stick to getting the effect that’ll negate the slaughter god’s powers."

"For that…"

"Yes, I know. I’ll try and assimilate all your fragments so you can give me that blessing." Julien interrupted and said.

"…"

The angel god was silent.

The silence was too loud for Julien. He couldn’t ignore it and asked, "What is it? Do you dislike my offer?"

"No. It’s just that…" The angel god sighed visibly and looked at the skies. "…I have been granting blessings to mortals all my life. I never needed anything in return or expected anyone’s help. This trial as well… it was meant to reward the one worthy. However…"

The angel god was being helped by Julien, a mortal. He had never been on such a receiving end.

Add to that, this trial was meant to give something, not to have him find answers to the questions he never asked and have a second chance at life.

Julien sighed when he heard that.

Such an important trial, such a mighty being… but it was a pity that he gained nothing from this.

At least, as of this moment.

In the future he might gain something, but as of now, he gained nothing except for more responsibilities.

His bad luck did not get him killed this time.

It simply robbed him off a great opportunity and opened the doors for future trouble.

Gathering the fragments of such a mighty god was not going to be easy. And this guy had himself stated that all of his fragments weren’t in the Tower, which increased the difficulty further.

The angel god and Julien contemplated their decisions for a while.

"…so… what have you thought?" Julien asked.

The fallen angel shook his head. "Nothing. I’ll let you make the decision as it is one that will affect your future."

Julien nodded. "Then come with me. I’ll gather your fragments. Once you’re fully revived, you can grant my wish."

"It would be shameful of me to only grant a small wish such as this." The angel said.

"It’s alright. We’ll see what you can do once you’re fully resurrected." Julien said and dropped the conversation.

The fallen angel took a deep breath as he felt melancholic.

Years of dormancy would finally break. He would be back in the Tower and be able to break to the final rank!

He was really excited, and anticipated his return. It was just that… he hoped that Julien wouldn’t land himself in any trouble for associating himself with him.

Eventually, the fallen angel god decided to go with Julien.

His fragment turned into a pitch black feather earring. Julien wore it on his left ear.

This feather wasn’t the angel god. It wasn’t alive, so Julien wouldn’t need to worry about his privacy.

The real entity was dormant and had to be resurrected.

This feather would pull him towards other fragments, and as Julien would accumulate more of them, the pull towards the remaining fragments would only get stronger. The situation would snowball, and the god would finally be revived.

Julien had no hopes. He simply was doing his best and going with the flow.

The less expectations one has, the happier they would be.

Julien just wanted to be happy.

When the angel god was gone, Julien was pulled out of the puddle dimension.

In the real world, he saw Jackie and Amelia standing in front of a broken statue, gazing at it with visible confusion.

"What’s happening…" Julien was even more confused.

"Master!?!" The two gasped in shock when they saw him.

"Master!" Amelia cried out and ran towards him, feeling his aura.

She checked Julien to see if he was hurt anywhere, then hugged him and asked, "Where did you go? I was so worried…"

Julien rubbed her back and said, "It was sudden, I couldn’t help it. I’m sorry…"

Julien explained the things that had transpired to Amelia and Jackie.

When they understood the matter, they were quite shocked.

"So that’s why the statue stopped moving!" Jackie exclaimed.

"What statue?" Julien asked.

"There… that statue…" Jackie pointed at the broken structure in the middle of the hall.

"Huh? That one… isn’t that the angel god’s statue?" Julien remembered it. "How was it moving?"

Jackie explained what had happened a while ago, and this surprised Julien further.

"But that shouldn’t be possible. The real god was with me. The statue shouldn’t be moving…"

Did this god leave a will or something in this statue? How was it moving?

Now this was something worth looking into.

Perhaps, there were treasures and this trial wasn’t as useless as he thought it to be?

"Jackie, search that statue. Maybe we’ll find something useful in it."

"Yes, Master." Jackie nodded and went to work.

Julien crossed his fingers and checked into the pile of broken stone for something useful, hoping his bad luck did not flare up at this moment and let him have nothing.