《God of Mischief》 Prolouge The Great war. A war of gods from all over the universe with multiple factions fighting for supremacy. Many get killed, many factions are wiped out, but the war never ends. Although many gods are erased from existence, the amount of gods doesn¡¯t change since when one is killed, another takes his space, as such the war will never end until all gods are united in one flag. There are thousands of factions, and the number of gods is in the tens of thousands, but there are 16 leading factions that occupy different spots of the galaxy and have hundreds to a thousand gods in them. The genuine version of this novel can be found on another site. Support the author by reading it there.Most factions have the form of a confederation or democracy, but there are smaller factions where older gods are select as leaders In some part of the universe... Hi, my name is Orlus. I am a god of mischief, very proud of it, and i am very, very screwed right now. My faction, the Confederation of Raz, a medium sized faction with around a hundred gods, was wiped out by an enemy faction, I am the only survived. I was wounded very very badly, this is going to take thousands of years to heal if I don¡¯t get any healing from a god. Now I¡¯d love to join another faction and get healed, but I am surrounded by enemies, and trust me, they absolutely hate me. So I¡¯ll have to let it heal naturally and that is going to be very boring. There seems to be a planet with a primitive civilization nearby, I¡¯ll play around with the natives there until I heal. Chapter one The world of Garsia. A world with only one continent, that has multiple sentient races that roam it. It covers over 50% of the world, while the rest is filled with water. There are also many islands, big and small. The continent is mostly flat plains, with the exception being the enormous mountain range that splits the continent in half. The only way to walk through the area is the opening in its center, one which is large enough for an army, an area which the natives have named The Blood plains because of the many battles that happen in it. The technology level is around the middle ages, with the exception that magic is very undeveloped. Although there are countries that have good levels of magic, they are very isolated. Other less developed countries usually reserve magic for their nobility and the higher ranked military positions. The countries in the two sides of the continent fight each other, because of the differences in the ideologies of the nations and religion. The east of the continent believes in the god of nature Izra, and dislike slavery, while the west believes in the god of war Aran, and slavery is a big part of their culture. The two sides of the continent have been in a stalemate because of their in-fighting and it hasn¡¯t changed for hundreds of years. For the last decade it has been relatively peaceful, but everything was put to chaos, because of one mischievous god. ***** Orlus POV. Currently I am in the capital city of Ernesia, a random country in the west continent, andI have to say, it is extremely boring. I have disguised myself as the dominant race in this city, which seems to be called human, and am on my way to the castle, I figured i should play a demon and ¡°bewitch¡± the leader to declare a war, but first I¡¯ll stop by an information guild, figured I should know more about this world. *** Entering the building, I see a counter with a female human. Walking to her i knock her unconscious and start reading her memory, the I heal her and make all the people around, which have started panicking forgetI was ever here. Looking through the memories, I see that the receptionist was a huge slut, and also that the king and the crown heir have been assassinated a week ago by the second prince, which was then killed by the third prince, which was killed by the first princess, which was made a slave with mind magic by the prime minister, who took the throne. Human kingdoms seem very fun. Anyway I¡¯ll go to the castle now. *** Prime minister (King) Gran POV Going to the balcony, I look out and see the city. This is all mine now, the kings family has been killed, I made slaves of his wife and the princesses whichhe left. I made the first one my ¡° wife ¡° , as suchI have legal claim of the throne. Taking the throne was very easy. First i convinced the stupid second prince to murder his brother and father, which he accepted immediately, since he is a really greedy bastard. After that everything was done on it¡¯s own. Since the third prince had a strong sense of justice, and was the army general, he marched the army to the castle and challenged the second prince to a duel. Seeing no way out, he accepted and was decapitated almost as soon as the duel started. ThenI just had to send word to the first princess that the now king third prince was planning to marry her to a foreign kingdom, she acted on her own, killing him and planning to be queen. The first princess was very weak to mind magic, which i am very good at, so i made her my slave.If you discover this tale on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation. My thinking was interrupted by a tap to the shoulder. Retreating backwards I see a naked man. How did he get here? How did I not notice his presence? Why can¡¯tI sense any form of power from the man, but my instincts are telling me curl up in a ball and hope he doesn¡¯t notice me? Why is he naked?? Barely managing to open my trembling mouth,I talk ¡° Who... Who are you ¡° *** Orlus POV Smiling, I say ¡° Hello Gran. My name is Orlus, god of mischief. I just arrived in this world and I noticed it is very boring, so I¡¯m gonna make it more fun, for me anyways. Now it would be boring to just make you a slave, so I¡¯ll give you a chance. Revealing my full presence to him, I make it so he can¡¯t faint or die from it. Then I notice, the guy pissed his pants. What a fun guy. Barely suppressing a laugh, I tell him the conditions. ¡° I¡¯ll give you power and make you my champion in this world, I¡¯ll bless your armies and curse your foes. You just have to follow my commands, and make this world fun. Also make the religion worship me. If you disagree, or any of the condition I gave you aren¡¯t fulfilled, I¡¯ll just choose someone else. Now what do you say? ¡° Iwill makeyou my one of my champions even if you disagree though... I¡¯ll choose other people as my champions too... Who should i actually? Another king? Or maybe some random naive orphan with a sense of justice and make him go against the world? Or the pope of another religion, and make him fight against mine, believing his god blessed him to fight the evil heretics. A slave revolution would be fun too, but then the sides would become unfair... Hmmm, I¡¯ll give some amphibian race technology and weapons and make them attack the eastern continent. *** Prime Minister (King) Gran POV This guy, is very powerful. I almost fainted when he released his presence. ActuallyImight have even died from shock, but i think he made it so I can¡¯t, he seems to have given me a clear mind too. Now he is making me sign a devils contract, reason being that ifI change my religion, I¡¯ll make the world my enemy, although it seemsI have no choice. Anyways, a god huh. God of mischief too. If what he is speaking is true, then he is doing this because it would be fun, he is probably going to introduce a lot of variables in the game, like other kings, maybe even commoners and watch us laughing while we fight. To him, this is just another of the many, many games he is going to play while being in this world, isn¡¯t it. Well, there doesn¡¯t seem to be another choice ¡° I... I accept, your Holiness Orlus. ¡° ¡° Good. Also end your sentences with nyan untilI tell you to stop, and I¡¯ll notice when you do. As for the religion, make the holy words eye am stewped, I¡¯ll come check how it turned out later. Also which city has the most slaves in any foreign country? ¡° What strange holy words, probably means something in another language though. Also, slaves? Why? ¡° It is Sundra nyan, a city of the empire of Dranas nyan. Why do you ask your holiness Orlus nyan? ¡° ¡° I¡¯m planning to make the slaves revolt for the fun of it. Anyways here¡¯s your blessing ¡° Power runs through me and before i can comprehend what his Holiness said, i lose consciousness. I also notice he is still naked. *** Orlus POV Sundra huh. I have a map soI see it is a mining city of a country near the so called Blood Plains. Starting a revolt here could engulf the entire continent in war. How fun. Now for slaves. It seems that they burn a rune in the slaves back which makes them obey every order, refusal means pain, attacking your owner means death. For the stronger slaves it seems they put multiple runes. Since these runes are rather primitiveI could easily make a counter and give it to the slaves. I¡¯ll also give them a stronger slave device so they can make slaves of their owners and enemies. Hmmm, I¡¯ll give the stronger slave devices to some far away nations too. Anyways, let¡¯s go to Sundra. *** Slave 00042 I¡¯ve been a slave for over 30 years. I¡¯ve had many different owners and worked in many different places. But this mine, this damned mine is the worst of them all. Clank, clank, clank, clank. The pickaxes sound has been engraved in my mind. Everyday here is hell. Food is low, we have to fight over food. Air is heavy, many die from suffocation. But the worst is the disease. It kills and kills and kills and never stops. I consider myself a man with strong willpower. Lasted over 25 years in other places without losing any part of myself. But in the 5 years I¡¯ve been here, I¡¯ve almost lost my mind and become a mindless tool which only follows orders. If only, if onlyI could get out of this hellhole, destroy the runes on my back and kill my owners, but, that is only a dream that shall never be fulfilled. *** Clank, clank, clank, clank, clank, clank, clank, clank, clank. ¡° Hello ¡° Clank, clank, clank, clank. ¡° Look at me ¡° Clank, clank, clank, clank, clank, clank, clank. ¡° LOOK AT ME! ¡° Dazed, i look at the naked man to my right, he released a terrifying amount of pressure directed at me. Using all my willpower, i manage to stay awake, I believe he helped too with a spell. I open my mouth ¡° Who are you? ¡° ¡° What incredible willpower, for a mortal anyways. Who am I? Your salvation. I am the god of... truth, Urlus... Anyways, as i said before, I am your salvation, I shall help you, and you, in exchange for freedom and power, shall lead a revolt of slaves against all the countries who use them. I shall bless you all, give you tools to free yourself, weapons to fight, and a slave device to make your previous owners and all who fight against you, just mindless tools. Do you accept it ... name? ¡° My, salvation? I might have gone crazy already, but this seems like my last chance at freedom. Fight he says? Free ourselves? Me, the leader? If what he says is true, then I shall gladly accept. ¡° Your holiness, I accept, please grant me your blessing. As for my name, it is slave 00042 ¡° ¡° Wonderful, as i made you my champion, i shall grant you a name. You shall be... Gabriel. Lead the slaves to freedom. ¡° Gabriel? Yes, I shall be reborn as Gabriel, leader of the slaves revoult. I look at the god before me, and Iprostrate ¡° Your holiness, I, your loyal servant Gabriel, give you my word thatI shall destroy all slavery and devote myself to you and fulfill your every command ¡° ¡° Err, yes, good, do that. I shall grant you my blessing as my champion. I hope you make work on that promise. Ah right, make the slaves devoted to me, and your holy words shall be... eye am stewped, someone else has those holy words too, but don¡¯t fight them unless the attack you. Until we see again, goodbye ¡° That goodbye is the last thing i see before i lose consciousness. Eye am Stewped huh, I shall treasure it Your Holiness. *** Orlus POV Phew, that was hard. Although with how devoted he seems to be, i can imagine him screaming eye am stewped on the top of his lungs while going to battle. Although I should thinksomething better for the next champion, I need to find a sentient amphibian species to wreak havoc in the east, then a pope, then a hero, although I¡¯ll find some others too or it¡¯ll get boring really quickly. Right now I am in a bar, watching the revolution and the war, and some drunken idiots fighting ¡° PUNCH HIM IN THE FACE! YEAH! BREAK HIS ARMS! MAKE HIM TEATHLESS! NICE! " I should give this drunk a little power up, he seems like a fun guy. Chapter two Now who should I to next...Hmmm.... I¡¯ll go to Izra¡¯s pope, then after all that is done I¡¯ll go meet the amphibian race and make them attack the eastern continent. After that I¡¯ll summon some random person from another world here... No one will notice it since I¡¯m just summoning a random human... Well I¡¯ll think about it later, now I¡¯ll go to Suna, where the pope is supposed to be. *** I just arrived at Suna, and right away I see a huge church, bigger than most palaces that i have seen in this world. I know this because I¡¯ve been creating some chaos in some kingdoms, not major ones... Just a little chaos... Anyways I finally found the pope. Everything is set, now how should I do this? Should i make him piss his pants? No... I¡¯ll go with a standard -TREMBLE IN FEAR MORTAL FOR I AM HERE-. No wait Izra is a god of nature... Whatever. *** Pope Ran POV Knocking is heard and a priest enters, ¡°Your holiness Pope Ran, news have arrived that there are a lot of disturbances in the western continent¡± ¡° Hmmm, is that so ¡° taking the report from his hands and sending him away, I start reading ¡° Ho, this is very interesting ¡° It seems the western continent has been having some trouble, it might escalate into even bigger trouble for them. Now the question is, what should we do about this? If we attack now, we can strike while they are fighting two threats at once, but if we attack later we could make the slaves our allies. Although it seems the slaves are spreading a new religion, god of truth Urlus is it now... I¡¯ll discuss with the council later. My thinking is interrupted when a bright light flashes, and suddenly I am down prostrating on the floor. I look up and see a naked man shining in divine radiance that has mixtures of green in it. I lover my head and start to prostrate willingly. It seems my god has descended. ¡° Rise pope, I¡¯m here to give my warnings ¡° My god starts talking and I lower my head even lower. Warnings his radiance says? ¡° Warnings your divine holiness? ¡° ¡° Yes, warnings my child. It is an era of turmoil. Millions shall die and nature shall be ruined, if we don¡¯t do something that is, although the heretics of the west are facing trouble, we shall face it too. ¡° If it is as his holiness says, then we must prepare ourselves! ¡°That is very troubling, your radiance. I shall go prepare the men to defend the eastern continent. ¡° ¡° Do not worry, as a hero shall arrive. I do not know what kind of hero he will be, but he shall have my highest blessings ¡° A hero? We are saved then, although if he has the highest blessing, we should control him. ¡° How should we prepare this hero? And if he is as unpredictable as you say, should we control him? I¡¯d feel much safer if he was brainwashed.¡± ¡° Prepare him with your best weapons and armor, instruct him and give him the highest education in military matters, as for controlling him... You will, but do not go any further than that, no threats, no brainwashing. He shall be my hero, not my slave ¡° If his holiness says so, then I accept. ¡° When shall this hero arrive? ¡° ¡° He shall arrive when we need him the most, surrounded by our enemies, and it shall be soon ¡° How worrisome. Although something has been bothering me for a while¡° Your divine grace, if I may, why are you naked? ¡° He freezes for a second, then answers ¡° It is because I am one with nature... I do not need clothes. ¡° ¡° Then should the priests and I get naked too? ¡° ¡° Yes, but not in public, the people might worry, but since you are mortal you also need to hum this poem¡± He stops for a second, and starts reciting it ¡°You put your right foot in You take your right foot out You put your right foot in And you shake it all about You do the hokey pokey And you turn yourself around That''s what it''s all about. Anyways, I did what I came here to do. Goodbye¡± After leaving our new holy lyrics on my hands, a light envelops the room and his shining radiance disappears. *** Olrus POV I¡¯ll keep an eye out for the pope, maybe they¡¯ll sing it against the amphibians too. Which is where I am at currently,at the amphibian capital city. Entering what seems to be a council of twelve people, which are luckily gathered here, saves me the trouble of gathering them. What are they talking about anyways? ¡° Our food supply is running low¡± says random old guy number one. ¡° What do you suggest we should do? ¡° says the middle guy, he seems to be the most important. ¡° We should attack the deeper parts of the ocean, or the surface people ¡° says old guy number one again. Nods of acknowledgment run throughout the room. Well this is gonna make it even easier. All right lets do what I was gonna do before with the pope... *** Merran the leader of the council POV What a mess. The council is split in two sides, the ones that want to war with the surface people, and the ones that want to war with the people in the deeper oceans. They are forgetting that we ca only last minutes in the lower ocean because of the high pressure, and that we can only last for a day in the surface. Arsit is stirring them up too, this is not the time for quarreling, we are in danger. Suddenly, before I was about to quieten them up, a terrifying shout is heard, letting you think that the ocean would be split in half. I¡¯m surprised no one fainted. Unauthorized use of content: if you find this story on Amazon, report the violation.¡° TREMBLE IN FEAR MORTALS, FOR I AM HERE ¡° says the being, no... The god. ¡° I have heard you desperate pleas, and as I am your god, your salvation and hope, I have come to answer them. Be thankful!¡± Looking up, not daring to look at his eyes, I saw the divine being, with his head high, not even glancing at us pitiful mortals. ¡° It seems your people have forgotten the great me, Arlus, the god of the ocean. It is forgivable since i haven¡¯t shown myself in centuries. Now, tell me your situation mortal.¡± the godly being says, looking at me. I hurry and start speaking, not speaking a single lie. ¡° Our people are running out of food, so our only choice is to attack and steal it. We can attack the lower depths of the ocean, where food is plenty. But our bodies do not allow as to, as the pressure would kill us in minutes. Or we can attack the surface, where we can only last a day without the air moisture.¡± It seems that got Arlus thinking, because he hasn¡¯t spoken for a couple of seconds. ¡° Be happy mortal, as I have found a solution for your sorry selves. I shall grant you a device that lets you stay in the surface for 3 weeks. But for this you shall fulfill my wishes. You shall obey me, make your people worship me, and shall scream my holy words when you are battling the surface people. I shall also grant you minor blessings, and if you do well, bigger ones. You shall also war them until, you exhaust them and take all the riches of their coasts.I shall also grant you minor blessings, and if you do well, bigger ones. Understood? ¡° What a deal. I glance at the other council members and i see all of them furiously nodding, obviously happy for the deal. Although something seems very fishy. My senses are telling me that this Arlus is a very dubious person, and is only acting proud and arrogant. It tells me I shall regret this by the next time I meet him again, and they have never wronged me once. But it seems I have no choice than to accept. Prostrating, I try and act as small as possible ¡°Your greatness radiance glorifies us with his words. I¡¯m extremely happy to accept this deal.¡± ¡°Good, now goodbye mortals, may we meet again¡± he says with a smile that screams -This is going to be fun- to me. It really is dubious. *** Orlus POV That was fun. Well anyways I should start the summoning ritual. This is gonna take a couple of days to make it as secure and accurate as possible since I¡¯m not that amazing at magic. Don¡¯t want other gods to find me. Now that I think about it, shouldn¡¯t I make the hero suspect the pope, then maybe betray them and join another side? That¡¯s much better. I¡¯m still going with the plan of making a naive orphan with a sense justice the hero of Aran. Although I should make him stick with them for a long time, and not change sides and go with the slaves or the others. *** Gabriel (former slave 00042) POV A day after his greatness left, we have the mine under control. I have also sent multiple agents in many slave centers. As his holiness told me, I shall free the oppressed slaves, and instead enslave the former strong. The slave owners and the nobility. I shall make a realm for us former slaves where no one shall be able to touch us again. ¡°Champion of the god of truth Urlus, we former slaves, thank you for freeing us and taking revenge for us.¡± A giant group of all the former slaves that were in the mine is gathered before me. I suppose it is the time for my speech. ¡°I accept your thanks, but if you may listen to me. The western continent will not accept our revolution. They will come after us with armies and try to slaughter us. Will we yield to them?¡±Stopping and looking at the crowd, most are frightened. Some have seen to taken a new resolve . ¡° And I say NO. Let us build a nation for ourselves. Free all slaves of the west and take them as citizens. As that is the goal that my god has given to us. To fight, to break free from the chains that have been set on us. We shall make a republic and slaughter all our enemies with the blessings that our god, Urlus has given to us. Will you fight with me, or run away as cowards living under someone again?¡± So i stop, and look at my people. Most are cheering, although some are frowning. Well they shall be weeded out in time. Then i turn around at the selected leaders, and as I can see, all of them are happy, and dripping with blood lust towards the kingdom. Good, they shall be great servants for our god, and great additions for our armies. *** 2 days have passed, and I have finally gotten a message from a scout that the kingdom is preparing an army of 40.000 troops. They seem to have underestimated us, and only gather two thirds of their army and have left behind any allies they might have. Then i look at our troops. Filled to the brim with weapons and armor, in addition to our blessing, we have 50.000 troops that are ready for combat in addition to the ones from multiple other cities, we have well over 100.000 combat ready slaves, removing most women, the wounded, the old and children, and the invalids. We have had several very small scale battles, where we gave our enemies the wrong idea about us, although they seem to have still sent a lot of troops. Led by the crown prince and the generals no less. It does not matter though, as we shall crush them all, and take control of the kingdom. We will have the commoners on our side as well, as we are fighting for a republic, where they will not become serfs and servants for arrogant nobles anymore. Then i look at the statue of our god. Although made out of wood, we have one in city. I prostrate, and start praying to his holiness, Urlus. ¡°May you grant us your blessings in the upcoming war, to destroy my the enemies of my people, so I can complete the task you gave me, eye am stewped, may you bless us all. *** 5 days later Our armies are standing in front of each other. The armies of the kingdom are clearly better equipped than ours, they also have cavalry and mages, the kingdoms army is well fed, while ours is a little malnourished, because of our massive troop count, but due to us looting captured cities, no one has starved. Since we have the blessings of our god and faith in his glory, all have stayed on his path, as such we stand here today. As the order to charge is given, our armies march into each other. 40000 troops, of which 200 are mages and 5000 cavalry, clash into our troops of 124000 infantry. The battle goes well, and by his blessing, we encircle them. charging with all our forces, we crush any hope they might have. First go the mages, then the knights. Charging straight through enemy camp, as the enemies lines have been breached, we slaughter them. Our losses are many, but we shall prevail. In the center i see the generals and the crown prince. Charging straight in their direction, I kill the mages and guards blocking my way, and finally arrive to him. He screams and gets his sword, but before he can do anything, I decapitate him. It is a shame I can¡¯t make him into a slave, but we are in the middle of a battlefield. I look around and see, the battle is won. *** It is a great victory. We lost many troops, but they are trivial in front of this victory. We have managed to slaughter all the enemies, except the few fleeing ones. And killed most of their generals, all the mages the kingdom has, and most importantly, the crown prince. The king has only on son and no other relatives, as such he will be furious, and call for his allies and remaining troops. But it shall be late by then, as we will have captured all towns and castles, and freed all slaves, we shall destroy them all at once after we consolidate our troops. And so we begin marching again, towards our new homes, towards our new realm, towards our safe haven, towards the new republic that his holiness, wanted me to build. Chapter three King Gran POV When I woke up, I noticed I have become much more powerful. My magic power was strengthened and my mind magic has advanced by several levels. With this much I could make a army of children fight better and harder than wild beasts. Now that I remember it, did he say a slave revolt? If it gets to a massive scale, and I ally with them, conquering the entire continent would be much easier. But anyways, I¡¯m supposed to make it fun for him eh... The armies were ready for war since three days ago, I was only waiting for a cause. But I guess there is no need for that anymore. Calling the council, I tell them their new assignments. Of course I mix in some mind magic. ¡° My council, prepare for war nyan. We shall attack the county of Zenza on behalf of his divine holiness Orlus nyan. Gather the troops and the generals, I shall lead them myself nyan.¡± Murmurs echo throughout the room, and most look at me as if I¡¯ve gone crazy ¡°Your highness, we do not have a cause, and god Orlus? What is this heretical speech!¡± Mixing mind magic in my speech, I tell them ¡° That was an order, not a request nyan. Orlus is the god of mischief, the one who gave me his blessings to destroy the heretics of this world nyan.¡± Dazed, my now brainwashed dolls, look at me with hollow eyes. ¡°Yes your majesty!¡± *** A day has passed, and all the nobles and my army, have been converted to fanatical worshipers. I look down from my palace at my army. We have the strongest armies of all the nations in the vicinity. 120.000 infantry, 20000 cavalry and 1000 mages, all of them blessed with minor blessing from Orlus, fully equipped and fed, plus my mind magic influencing them with morale and aggressiveness, with this army we will crush and occupy all our surroundings countries within weeks, no one shall stand in my way. Activating voice amplification magic, I start the speech. ¡°My warriors, our god has spoken to me, and given his orders nyan. We will go to war and destroy all of the heretics in this continent nyan. The army shall march, first to Zenzra, then to the entire west continent nyan! Deus lo vult nyan. Our god has willed it, and we shall obey nyan. EYE AM STEWPED nyan!!!¡± Looking at my army, everyone is singing our gods creed, I still find those words strange. Considering Orlus is a god of mischief, they probably have a stupid meaning. Also when is he gonna make me stop saying nyan, it¡¯s humiliating... ¡°EYE AM STEWPED! EYE AM STEWPED! EYE AM STEWPED! EYE AM STEWPED!...¡± Well, with all that done, I give the order to march. *** A week has passed. We have gotten message from the leader of the slave revolt, and their new kingdoms leader. No, it¡¯s a republic?Gabriel huh... He apparently is the champion of the god of truth, Urlus... Orlus isn¡¯t very creative I see...Anyways, they seem to have conquered the kingdom of Dranas and it¡¯s allies, three kingdoms in total. For some random lowly slaves, that is very amazing. Anyways, Orlus seems to have told Gabriel to stay either neutral or friendly towards us, unless we attack them. They have also requested we give them our slaves, and also offered us an alliance. All our slaves huh... We do not need them anyways and an alliance with the slave revolt would make keeping our new lands easier. **** Another week have passed, and we have conquered the entire southern western continent. We are now a super power that cannot be ignored. 11 total kingdoms have been conquered. We lost many troops, but with my mind magic, out total size has become much larger. For now my empire shall rest and establish our rule in the new lands. It is not going to be long before we are attacked by a coalition anyways. Our allies control a part of the eastern continent, and are connected to us by border. We do not have access to the blood plains yet though, But that is better, because the two continents will fight each other and the other threats and tire out, then we will swoop in and take everything. The pope of Izra has send words to us. He seems to be hostile but does not want immediate conflict, although it is inevitable. Since they have to deal with their amphibian threat, they request a non aggression treaty with us and the republic. Me and Gabriel the Messiah, as the former slaves call him, are meeting to discuss this. *** Gabriel POV We won. Our deaths were many, but we and our brothers in arms beat the alliance, and created our new home. Now we are establishing our rule in the new lands, and rebuilding from the ruins of the war. In front of me are the kings of the three nations, and most nobles. We have brainwashed them, and they are awaiting execution. But I must not get exited, as it is far from over. Our brothers and sisters are still enslaved in other parts of the continent. I have sent a deal to the leader of the empire of Resetia. They seem to worship Orlus, a god of mischief. Although he is far from our glorious holy radiance, the god of truth Urlus, from their similar names and his won words, I believe they are brothers, or at least allies, so I will not consider them heretics and be friendly to them. As such I will try to establish an alliance with the empire, but for that they must give us our enslaved brethren. The empire seems to be in war with many nations, but they seem to be winning extraordinarily well. So i believe they do not need our help. But I must say, two countries divide us from the blood plains. Even if the worshipers of Izra do not enslave people, they are still heretics, as such we shall destroy them, but that is for later.Love this novel? Read it on Royal Road to ensure the author gets credit. *** A week has passed, and I got word from the empire that they have won the war, and the south in now under their rule. I saw their armies in action, and they are quite terrifying. It is reassuring to have such strong allies. There is also word that the pope of Izra requests a non aggression treaty with us, and the emperor asks for a meeting with me for us to discuss this and to finalize our alliance. It shall be held in three days. *** King Gran POV Entering the hall, I see Gabriel and his guards. He seems to have strong mental resistance, but I would not try to control him anyways, as Orlus might be displeased, I¡¯d take his fun after all. They are quite strong allies as well, in this world filled with enemies. I sit down, and the meeting begins. ¡°Hello Gabriel, champion of Urlus nyan.¡± ¡°Good to meet you, champion of Orlus. We have come here to finalize our alliance, and to discuss the issue about the pope.¡± ¡°I believe we should accept their offer nyan. Conflict is inevitable, but we can wait for them to get weakened from the war with the amphibians and the western continent nyan. We have our own troubles after all nyan, rather than fight an someone that is yet to be hostile with us, we should destroy the remaining countries of the west nyan. They have already formed a coalition against us after all nyan.¡± ¡°I agree with you, but I believe we must somehow incite infighting in the eastern continent. Even if they get weakened by the amphibians, they will still be strong, and if the western continent falls, they will have time to rebuild. I would rather not face them in the Blood plains.¡± That is so, and knowing Orlus, he might help them a little. We have no way of knowing if the amphibians are even attacking the east was on their own accord after all. He might grant a hero to the western continent to trouble us too. ¡°Well, now that that is over, we should go on our own countries and consolidate and wait until we are attacked, then we crush them all, goodbye nyan.¡± ¡°Goodbye, hopefully something unexpected doesn¡¯t happen and we meet on the battlefield, fighting our enemies together, Eye am stewped.¡± ¡°Eye am stewped nyan.¡± *** Pope Ran POV The situation is very bad. The amphibians have already conquered two kingdoms, and raided most of our coasts. Many of our armies have been crushed as well and because of their innate strength, ours are outmatched. The monsters seem to be very focused on food, and they even eat the dead. Although we can win, it would leave us undefended against the west. This situation is hopeless. Speaking of the west, they seem to have trouble as well. The republic and the empire huh... They are vile heretics, but I had no choice but to send a request for a non aggression treaty, which they thankfully accepted. I am sure they have their own problems as well. But when the conflict is over, whatever side wins, will surely come at us at the chance of crushing us. Prostrating at the statue of our god, and reciting our holy lyrics and doing the holy dance, I begin praying. ¡°You put your right foot in You take your right foot out You put your right foot in And you shake it all about You do the hokey pokey And you turn yourself around That''s what it''s all about. Please god Izra, answer my prayers and give us our new hero. The situation is hopeless, we are surrounded by enemies and waiting for our doom.¡± My praying is interrupted when my god descends to answer them. I prostrate and wait for him to talk. ¡°Pope Ran, you seem to be well.¡± ¡°Yes, your divine grace, but the realm is not. We need our hero as quickly as possible.¡± ¡°And rest well, as he will arrive soon. I have the summoning ritual ready and waiting. Do the holy dance one more time, then get dressed and call the priests. You shall receive the hero soon.¡± It seems that our god does not wish for us to greet the hero naked. He will probably be confused. I perform the holy dance on more time in front of our god, then he disappears. I go to my room and get dressed, then call the priests and we wait on the building with the summoning ritual. *** Orlus POV I am on the floor laughing. I barely contained myself when he was performing it, but had to teleport immediately after. The old man was doing the hokey pokey so well it was as if he born to do it. Well anyways, I get dressed, and make an illusion of a never ending white room and place myself in the center. Then i adjust the settings of the summoner. I will take a native from a mediocre world with an average technology level and no magic at all. Hmmm... I found a perfect world, the natives seem to call it Earth. What a stupid name, they couldn¡¯t name it something better huh. The country shall be... England i guess. As for the hero, I¡¯ll choose someone as average as possible. *** David Williams POV My name is David Williams. I am average high school student. Average grades, average looks, average house, average family. Although i like books and novels, especially Asian ones, there is nothing else special about me. Right now I am heading home from school. I live with my parents and little sister. After I get home, I¡¯ll eat some average dinner, and play with my average computer, and sleep on my average bed, wake up and go to my average school again. This is a normal average day as any other. Looking at the street, I see a girl talking on the phone, in the middle of it. There is a truck going at her. Should I save her? Nope. Stupid people are responsible for their own mistakes. Walking away, I find that the truck owner hit a car, which is now in the air, coming at me. How nice, I¡¯m gonna die. Before the car can hit me though, I find myself in a white room with a goddess in the center...No it¡¯s a man. He¡¯s dressed with some, wait... he¡¯s naked... Looking at the man, i find that he is a very beautiful...no he¡¯s kinda normal...Although I thought that I got summoned like those Japanese main characters, I guess i just died then. I guess I¡¯ll talk then first. ¡°Hello, Mr.naked. Did i die? Is this Heaven?¡± ¡°My name is Izra, the god of nature. You were summoned here in the world of Garsia, to fight the monsters and heretics that are attacking the eastern continent. You will be shortly sent at the summoning place below at the church. But I must warn you, do not trust the pope. You will be controlled, and maybe even brain washed to do his bidding. I will grant you my highest blessing and hope you will be well. Goodbye for now, we shall see each other again much later.¡± Before I can say anything else, I find myself in a large room, with an old man and several priests in front of me. The room is filled with strange symbols, I guess this is the summoning place. So I was really summoned huh... So I¡¯m gonna be very powerful, fight the evil church and the monsters, and get a harem along the way huh... I¡¯ll take that over my average life any day. What did the god mean that well see again later though? Eh, whatever. I¡¯ll go with the flow for now. *** Pope Ran POV Thanks to my god, be are now saved. The hero was a little strange, but I guess it is a difference between our world and theirs. He told us about it and it seemed to be a world where the technology is much more advanced, and the nations were quite different from ours. There seemed to be only one dominant sentient race. Although there was no magic. It is quite strange indeed. The hero though, we should try to control him, but as my god decreed, we shall not control him by force, only steer him in the right direction. After the thinking is done, I start praying in front of our statue to express my thanks, and sing and dance the holy lyrics. ¡°You put your right foot in You take your right foot out You put your right foot in And you shake it all about You do the hokey pokey And you turn yourself around That''s what it''s all about.¡± I hear a laughter somewhere, but I do not mind it and continue. Chapter four The eastern continent is split between 46 countries. There are 4 major kingdoms, one for each side of the continent. The strongest is undoubtedly Izya holy state, where the Pope stays, and where the leaders of the countries gather when there is a continent wide emergency, or war against the west has started. During times of peace between the two halves of the continent, some countries fight for more lands, although if the war becomes too massive, the pope will intervene, as he does not want them to be weakens, since the west might attack and catch them unaware. The 4 major countries are The Izra holy state, located near the blood plains, and is somewhere where most races, except the most aggressive ones, and ones that are considered evil by nature are allowed to stay. Then the Radash empire, a country where the elves and fairies take residence in. It is located in the most eastern part of the continent, and is highly isolationist, except in times of war. In the south we have the Reisa kingdom. A kingdom mostly ruled by beast people, and in the north we have the Sanrid alliance, where non-dominant races are allied with each other. The Izra holy state is ruled by the pope, which is elected when the current pope dies, or when the pope has been ruling for more than 100 years. He is elected by the cardinals. They each vote for who shall be the next Pope. They vote for the most devoted and loyal candidates. When war with the west is held, the pope calls all leaders of the nations for a meeting. Refusing makes you a traitor, and you are attacked to check if the country has been contaminated by heretics. When all leaders agree, the holy alliance of Izra is formed, and the armies are gathered in front of the blood plains, where they meet with the enemy armies. It is done this way, as if a formal place for a battle isn¡¯t formed, undead can rise.As undead are an enemy of both churches, they try to avoid forming them. The races that reside in the eastern continent are: The humans, although much less in number compared to the human dominated western continent. The elves, they are big worshipers of the god of nature Izra, and anything that ruins nature is stopped immediately. The fairies, much more magical in nature than their elven compatriots, they usually form the mages in the armies, while the elves form the warriors. The orcs, although very few in number, they are a core part of the Sanrid alliance. They fight fiercely against the west, as they wish to fight the orc ¡®traitors¡¯ in the western continent. The dwarves. Very few in number since they mostly worship the god of war Aran, and mostly stay in the mountain range in the middle of the continent. The beast people. Separated in many different clans in both sides of the continent, the clans fight each other to form a unified beast people country. Although more races exist, they are very few, or do not stay at all in the eastern continent. As for halves, in the eastern continent they are frowned upon, but not discriminated. But in the western continent, they are outright enslaved. *** Merran POV The war was going well. We fixed our food problem, and took many holdings in the coasts of the surface people. We destroyed 3 surface people kingdoms, and ruined most cities in the entire coast. Our armies were crushing them and we were begging to think that we would win and take all of the coast. And it all ended after three weeks. A human named David crushed our armies with his magic. He was apparently a chosen of the god if Izra. He and his three female companions crushed everything we fought for, and chased us out of the land. Although all would work out if Arlus were to bless a random guy, and make him fight the hero, he hasn¡¯t showed stupid face since. Speaking of Arlus, his religion has spread on our population like a disease. Whenever I go, all I hear is the worshiping of him. Idiots, the only thing he brought us is a decrease in population, so the food is no longer a problem. We took the idea from the surface people and made some farms of sea weed too. Is Arlus even his name? I heard from someone that the surface people in the west have started to worship two new gods. Orlus the god of mischief, and Urlus the god of truth. Are they three different gods, or is it the same one. If it is, Orlus is probably the first one, and he is very creative at making names... Although the most bizarre part is what the surface people do before battle. Imagine 20000 surface people singing and dancing some strange song like their lives depend on it. They started doing it at around the middle of the war.Love this novel? Read it on Royal Road to ensure the author gets credit. Anyways right now we are preparing a huge army, ready to march in and try to kill the hero and retake the captured lands. We killed every surface anywhere near the coast. Anyways, hopefully Arlus shows up and gives a hero or two, or at least help us in some way. *** David Williams POV Killing the last of the strange monsters, I look around and see my companions finishing up too. When I first arrived in this world, the first thing I was taught was magic and swordplay. Magic came incredibly easy to me, probably because of the blessings the naked god gave me. As for swordplay, I absolutely sucked. Anyways, the magic in this world is amazing, and the possibilities seem endless. Thanks to the blessing, I was considered incredibly OP. So OP in fact, that a week after, I was sent solo against around a hundred dish monsters. I call them murlock. When I killed my first murlock, I was very scared, and almost vomited. Although reassuring myself that these are monsters that kill and eat people, I stopped myself. Thankfully, the gore was minimal, as I burned them alive with my flame magic. After my first battle, I was roaming around, and saw a village attacked by the murlocks. After seeing the remains of the villagers, I was enraged and killed them all. The only survivor was an elven girl, and boy was she beautiful. Apparently, she seemed very proficient at the sword, and survived by locking herself in a room, and killing all the murlocks that attacked her with a wooden stick she found. She seemed to have body reinforcement magic too. After talking to her, I saw that she was a tsundere. A big one too. First harem member get, I guess. As for the other two, the first one is a beast kin girl of the wolf tribe. I saved her from some bandits, and as gratitude, she pledged her eternal loyalty to me. I was stunned at first, but it seemed to be a wolfen tribe custom. Second harem member get. In a cliche way too. As for the last one, she is a fairy. Although I say fairy, she is as big as a normal person, and the only difference is her wings. I got to know her from a battle. She apparently is a genius for her race, and seeing me better than her at magic, a human, destroyed her pride. She made herself my apprentice, although I told her that there was nothing to teach her, she insisted. Later someone told me that fairies are attracted to people stronger than themselves. Third harem member get. As for the church, they haven¡¯t tried anything yet. The god warned me though, so I will keep a lookout. Also the churches holy dance and song is.. Disturbing to say the least. One time I walked in on a priest, and he naked and all, was dancing and singing it. The orc priest had quite an amazing package... Their armies sing and dance it too. Watching an army leave the capital while doing that, and the population doing it too, is quite an amazing sight. *** Zran POV I am an orphan. My father is who knows where, and my mother died while birthing me. Living as an orphan is quite bad. I have to scavenge for food, even eating rats sometimes. The people treat you as scum, and someone that isn¡¯t supposed to even be alive. I am quite lucky in fact, as I haven¡¯t been enslaved, although they probably thought I was more trouble than I was worth. Slaves huh. It would be nice if there were no slaves. Looking to a seemingly happy family from afar, I sigh. Why can¡¯t I be like them. If i was a little stronger, I might have a better life. I live in the country of Zefaria, a place where the strong rule. I heard news about two new religions and countries, they apparently don¡¯t enslave, and all people are given a chance. I am 15 years old. In one week i become 16 and I can join the army. I probably will die, but at least I¡¯ll die fighting, and not starving in this shitty country. How good would it be if a genie would come and grant me three wishes, no, even if it was a devil I would do it. Heh, who am I kidding. *** A girl was being attacked by some guy. I could intervene, but I¡¯d probably die. Whatever, I have lost all hope when my volunteer request was denied. Walking to them, I punch they guy in the face. A week punch, but he losses his balance and I continue attacking. 16 years as an orphan have taught me a little how to fight. Although after several seconds, he gets up, gets a dagger, and stabs me. Whatever, I gave up long ago. *** I am in a white room. And before me, a very terrifying being is there. A god maybe? I died so this is the afterlife? ¡°Hello Zran¡± He speaks, looking at my very soul. ¡°H..Hello¡± ¡°I am Aran, the god of war. I saw that my religion is in quite a bit of trouble, and I summoned you here. Be my hero and lead them to glory, destroy the heretics.¡± So god is in front of me. I was never religious, but I still kneel. A hero huh, if god chose me, I¡¯ll accept even if i think I¡¯m not fit. ¡°I accept your holiness.¡± ¡°Excellent. I shall grant you enormous physical strength and inner magic manipulation. Although as a warning, be wary of Izras hero. He is a mage. I am sure that you will be able to bear him, but you will need determination of a thousand men. Now goodbye, and let us see again later.¡± He says with a creepy smile. *** Orlus POV I appear before the pope of Aran. Renun is his name I believe. ¡°My loyal servant, I have appeared with good news.¡± He is stunned, but kneels. ¡°Your divine grace!¡± ¡°A hero shall come in a few hours. His name is Zran I have blessed him with physical strength and inner magic manipulation like none seen before. Make him a warrior and let him destroy the heretics and vile believers of Izra. Goodbye¡± Teleporting away, I go to an imperial school, and look at the prince of Radash, Granut. I have made him make plans to capture the throne and start a war to create chaos in the eastern continent. With this, the board of the game has been set. Now I wait, and see the world burn in chaos. It took a bit of preparation, but this will be very, very fun.