"I thought I told you to hide," Druk growled, approaching the two in pure anger.
"You're going to become a God?" Lassadol approached Druk with widened eyes. The trip to Aftermath was already insane, but now, a mortal was going to undergo ascendance? It was a monumental event.
Mortals were restricted from entering the godly realm, and only some had ever visited due to their connections to a God. Mortals were restricted from undergoing ascendance, too, as most of them failed horribly.
Also, one needed a considerable amount of divinity to transcend.
Although Gods possessed divinity, the amount one needed to ascend was equivalent to the entire reserve of a God. Sparing it would result in the said God becoming a Fallen God or a mortal.
It was basically an equivalent exchange that managed the hierarchy and prevented the birth of too many Gods.
There was one person who tried to achieve transcendence, despite being a human…