Chapter 704: Sometimes, ignorance is not a bliss
Well...I said descended, but honestly, it wasn’t the real Goddess.
To be exact, it was the Goddess borrowing the vessel inside the statue. After all, no matter how weak they had become, a deity was still a deity. Their raw presence would be too much for us mortals.
Just think of this; even when Natha or I, who were mortals, exerted our mana outside, people weaker than us would get pressured, just like the church members who had to step back when I came closer earlier. Some might even pass out from it.
But, no matter how strong a mortal was, they were still limited by their physical vessel. I would never be able to defeat D’Ara, a demigod, even if I became the strongest druid in the world. Even then, D’Ara would never be able to beat the Demon God on her own, which was why she could only help us by hiding us if anything went wrong.
Now, if the apex of the power hierarchy descended in its true form into the physical world, well...people would probably die from soul explosion. I wouldn’t, but losing consciousness was a possibility.
That was why the Demon God used the King, and Mother used the High Priestess. All these times, I could only talk to them in a made-up spiritual place so my soul wouldn’t get crushed by their sheer existence.
So...yeah, that wasn’t the ’real’ Goddess, but still her nonetheless. For the devotees and the church members, however, there was no difference.
The Goddess had descended. They could feel it in their worshipping bone. Even the true heretic like the Pope could feel it. I could too, just from the mere reason that this body used to be a priest and practiced divine art.
Soon, shouts of reverence came from the poor pawns and the devotees still in Plaza.
"The...The Goddess!"
"Oh! Oooh! Ahh...it’s the Goddess! The Goddess has come to bless us!