Way of the Knights

Chapter 902: Poor and Naive Finn

As it turns out, being a Godling was awesome…

Finn spent at least a whole week by now, learning everything he needs to know about his new self and his discoveries were too shocking for him.

Let’s start with the basics…

Obviously, a God’s physiology is vastly different from that of a human. From birth, they were destined to possess incredible strength that surpasses even that of a God Beasts. They also possess high intellect from birth and they grow up very fast. Their lifespans, at minimum, would be 100,000 years and if they harnessed their true potential, there’s no limit on how long they can extend this.

Essentially, they were just built differently. They cannot be compared to humans, it’s just down right unfair.

Gods doesn’t have a fixed ‘gender’, they can be males, females, both or neither, it truly depends on their whim – which means they can change their genders on the fly. If they feel like being a woman today, they could just switch. If they get bored and wanted to be a man? Switch! The process was quite easy, every god knows how to do it from birth.

Of course, switching genders has an effect to their reproductive capabilities but it isn’t so much that it becomes a problem. For example:

A God that prefers to be neither in terms of gender, still have the capabilities to impregnate or become pregnant with a child. Their preference doesn’t impact this system too much.

Finn actually tried this himself and to his surprise, it came naturally to him. He just decided to look like a bombastic female God and lo, there it was, his body switched to it. The smoothness of the process made him feel weird but that’s just because of the remaining dregs of human consciousness. With time, this will fade and this will no longer bother him.

Apart from that, another thing that sets God apart from humans is their so called ‘Godhood’, the very essence of their Race.

A God has a God Seed in their chest. Typically, they appear in the form of a gaping back hole in their chest. It looks frightening at first but this is the core of a God’s existence.

The God Seed is the source of a God’s strength. If this was destroyed, a God dies, that being said, destroying a God Seed is very difficult to do since its looks are deceiving.

If a God wants to tap in their true potential, they need to nurture their God Seed. To do this, they must hunt for resources to act as nourishment to them. This is why they roam around the vast Outer Worlds to search for them.

Similar to humans, Gods also have a hierarchy which is decided through strength. The list goes like;

Infant God/Godling, Young God, God Officer, Elder God, Saint God, God King, God Emperor and Supreme God.

Each rank is obviously much stronger than the previous one. That being said, it is difficult to climb the ladder.

See, the societal structure of the Gods are a bit strict, or lax, depending on one’s point of view.

Do not expect people to help you become stronger. This is something that you must do yourself. Other than that, its fair.

Strength brings many privileges but also heavier responsibilities, even Gods aren’t immune to this rule. And honestly, Finn is not surprised at the very least.

He found this reasonable, especially after know that there’s, apparently, millions of Gods in the Paradise Realm – the name of the Gods’ home. With that many people, it makes sense that a structure must be followed so that it won’t collapse.

So far, Finn still hasn’t discovered what kind of power he possesses. The reason behind this is because he’s still getting used to his new body. It isn’t wise for him to practice God Arts just yet.

What made Finn very satisfied though, is the fact that he could feel himself getting stronger every passing day.

At first he thought that he’s just hallucinating things. He thought that this was just the relief he’s experiencing for having a new body that is leagues above what he had before even back in his youth but to his surprise, no, he’s not hallucinating.

Skroll repeatedly reminded him that he’s special and right now, he’s starting to believe that he really is special.

He said that Finn will continue to grow stronger as time passed by. Its not endless since this sensation will stop the moment he completely adjusted but since he’s a special case, this will go on for quite sometime.

Skroll guessed that he can grow like this up until he reached the God Officer rank, that in itself is a great news since God Officers are considered as proper adults in the Gods’ Society. Meaning that he can look for jobs to sustain himself.

And with this powerful body of his, getting a job shouldn’t be difficult at all! Finn can permanently say goodbye to his reputation of being ‘useless’!.

Additionally, Skroll advised that when he reached the Young God stage, he can start his proper training in God Arts. Since that isn’t the limit of his growth, he can forge a strongest foundation which also means that he’ll be a lot stronger compared to the regular Gods.

Everything was just going too great for Finn!

And that’s precisely why he’s feeling a little uncertain…

Deep down, he still feels that this was wrong. He feels like he’s being lured into a false sense of security and a false sense of reality. He still doubted if he truly deserve all the good things happening to him.

Yet…

As days passed, the whispers on the back of his head were fading. Turning fainter and fainter…some of them were already gone.

Finn was having such a blast living his new life filled with goodness and brightness that the shadows of doubt and uncertainty were fading altogether.

He’s become so complacent that he didn’t even notice that his memories were fading.

Finn can no longer remember most of his memories back when he’s still a human. His memories of the Outer World was fading as well…

He can no longer remember the faces of his friends and deceased family. He’s even starting to forget their names.

A new identity was being forged for him. It’s being done so in a very discrete manner that he couldn’t notice.

What if he realizes that he was being used as a chess piece? Moreover, what if he realizes that the one who’s manipulating him, was someone he thought of as his close ally?

At this point, Finn already knew most of gods that live close to him. There’s this grumpy one called Grimm, there’s this funny one called Max, a snob one called Liz, and a very energetic one called Trask.

There’s also Jim, Ebony, May, Winnie, Quinn, Marcel and so on…

But his favorite out of all of them…will always be Skroll…

Skroll is just one of a kind in his opinion. At the very beginning, he welcomed him and showed him the ropes. He was there for him every step of the way and he looked at him with so much focus that Finn felt seen.

He felt acknowledged and cared about. This is what made him so enamored by Skroll even with this little time they’ve spent together.

Skroll introduced him to a whole new world of possibilities. He held his hand and supported him in every turn. It’s safe to say that at this point, Finn can’t be bothered to look for anybody else anymore. There’s only Skroll in his sights and he’s determined to have him.

Unfortunately…this is exactly what they wanted to happen.

“Got him wrapped around your damn fingers…well fucking done, Skroll.” Grimm huffed as Skroll walked past him.

Skroll just elicited a small chuckle and said: “Well, what can I say? I’m just too damn good at my job.”

“Yeah, yeah. Whatever.” Grimm snorted as he started walking beside him. “Come with me, we’ve got a hit.”

“Oh, my. As expected of the great General Grimm.” Skroll seductively coiled his arms around Grimm but the latter just pushed him away.

“Don’t you fucking touch me again.” Grimm uttered coldly.

“Ooh, scary.” Skroll coquettishly laughed, “My, I love it when you play hard to get. Makes the chase so damn fun.”

“Hmph…”

“You treat me like this but then…” Skroll leaned in and whispered to Grimm’s ears, “…you let the sweetest moans ever when you’re under me. Oh, just the thought of it makes me so damn aroused.”

“Enough of you games, Skroll.” Grimm just glared at him but the latter just laughed away.

“Man, you’re much more fun compared to Finn. I’m already starting to get bored of him.” Skroll stretched his arms and placed them behind his head as he followed Grimm.

Grimm didn’t say a word, he just lead Skroll to his office.

When they entered there, they approached a weird looking apparatus on the corner. It has a screen that displayed lines of undecipherable words but nothing to difficult for the two of them to understand.action

Looking at the rows of data at the screen, Skroll’s eyes gleamed in excitement as he muttered:

“Divine Realm, huh.”