Greedy God

Chapter 1700:

Grid has pondered over the weakness of Greed against Absolutes for quite some time now even though Braham had finished tempering it with Disintegrate and even tempered another mass of Greed with his new magic Penance, a weaker version of Punishment which is less costly on him but no less threatening to the Absolutes, since the inspiration came from Mental Image of Dragons. But the most prominent issue still remained, Greed wasn't fast enough to make a difference in a fight against angels or gods. Even after contemplating a solution for days, Grid was unable to think of a proper solution, that's when Braham came up with a possible answer. Since Greed was linked to Grid's Divinity, raising his Divinity might be the way to finally strengthen Greed to the desired level. The current methods Grid had to increase his Divinity were, facing transcendents absolutes, gaining more faith or increasing the level of Overgeared World System. But the establishment of Overgeared System had stopped the Angels or Gods from descending, so only transcendents that might be hostile to him he could face right now on Surface were the myth predators, Gale of Great Forest Childless Specter, and other option was to join the Hell Expedition, which might attract Baal's attention and Grid wasn't strong enough to face Baal in Hell. Gaining faith was the safest way but it wasn't consistent, so Grid went with the third way, by leveling up the Overgeared World System. Grid sought to make more Human Gods join him.

–Timeskip, few months–

Over the last few months Grid had managed to make 4 more Human Gods, including Ruby, join him.

[Overgeared World System has risen to level 2]

[Currently recruited Gods are: Goddess of Earth Garion, God of Hunting Devirion, Goddess Ruby, Red God Juander, Armored God Chensler, Mountain God of Grenier]

"The former emperor Juander and his most loyal soldier Chensler had gained Deity by people's faith when they protected small settlements from monsters and demons during the InMa war. But the biggest reward came when he visited the Grenier Mountains. The Mountain King had been so impressed with the growth of the only person he considered a friend. He wanted to help Grid and observe his growth closely by being beside him, but leaving the Grenier would lower his status considerably, so the establishment of the Overgeared World System was a way for him to fulfill his wish, he gladly acknowledged Grid's potential and accepted Overgeared God as his lord, since it allowed him to be able to go anywhere in Grid's World. The recruitment of Mountain King led to the whole Grenier being added to Overgeared World.

[Overgeared World System, Level 2

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[Your level has risen considerably…]

[Deity stat has risen by 15 points…]

[Your divinity has been strengthened…]

[The level of Sanctuary of Gold has risen due to the increase in divine deity.]

[Sanctuary of Gold has reached level 5]

[Sanctuary of Gold, Level 5

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✸ Since your mental image has been strengthened you can now replace the steel with stronger metal of your choice.]

[What metal would you like to replace steel with?]

As soon as this message arrived in Grid's vision, Greed started resonating as if telling Grid to include it in his mental image. Of course, he wasn't going to select anything else.

So he answered with one word, "Greed".

[Strengthening Sanctuary of Gold with Greed.]

[By being part of both the mental image and the divinity of it's master, Greed is manifesting the greed of Overgeared God.]

[Greed is trying to absorb the 9th Heart of the Red Phoenix…]

[Attempt failed as Greed's level is not sufficient.]

[Greed is trying to absorb the Shell of Black Turtle…]

[Attempt failed as Greed's level is not sufficient.]

[Greed is trying to assimilate Fighting Energy…]

[Greed is strengthened by assimilating Fighting Energy.]

[Greed is trying to assimilate Infinite Sword Energy…]

[Greed is strengthened by assimilating Infinite Sword Energy.]

[The rate of Proliferation has increased, Greed will be tripled in every 10 days.]

[Every item containing Greed will be 10% more effective against Transcendents, Angels, Demons, Gods Dragons. The effect can be stacked as a set effect.]

[Due to the effects of assimilation, Fighting Energy and Infinite Sword Energy have been enhanced.]

[The limit to Attack Power Speed has been broken by the effect of Fighting Energy.]

[The coefficient of Strength, Stamina Agility has been increased by the effect of Fighting Energy.]

[Greed is trying to absorb the 9th Heart of the Red Phoenix…]

[Attempt failed as Greed's level is still not sufficient. Further attempts have been stopped till the level rises.]

[Greed is trying to absorb the Shell of Black Turtle…]

[Attempt failed as Greed's level is still not sufficient. Further attempts have been stopped till the level rises.]

When the notification windows finally stopped, Grid felt like he might faint. The upgrades in Greed in turn ended up breaking his limits once again. The massive rise in Greed's level was still large enough to make the broken limiters feel like a side reward.

'The Dragon items don't feel like pinnacle of items now.', Grid realized that he might just be able to actualize the phrase in the description of his class "Creator of all things, Ruler of all things." with this new Greed.

He had avoided using Greed in the production of Dragon items due to the fact that Greed might dilute the power of Dragon materials, but with the new traits Greed had, it could enhance the traits of both itself and the Dragon materials.

Greed was finally at a level where it could actually be considered to Overgeared God's Divinity.

The end.