Chapter 66: Tenth Level - Boss (4)
“Is a transcendent different from them?”
I compared them to the spirits and the exalted beings who had taken their places here. The ghost denied it in response to my question.
[A transcendent, yes. But the type is different. Why do you think they expend energy when they do something meaningful? It's because they have transcended from being mortal.]
“From being mortal?”
[Yes.]
The ghost whispered softly.
[Aren't there a few beings in your world who were once human but became gods?]
“There are indeed.”
The likes of Hercules, who became a god, Buddha, and so on, definitely existed, even if they were stories from mythology.
[Those are the transcendent beings gathered here. Lakiratas. Balthasar. Oman. Levynenoff. They were all once mortal.]
“All the transcendent beings here?”
[Yeah. All of them, without exception. They seem to like this place because they've been through trials and ascended. They were once human, or beasts, beings with lifespans. The areas they're in charge of are related to their lives, but that's a long story, so I'll skip it.]