Irredeemable

[Kill him already!] Anna commanded.

"Can you help me get back home?" Zell asked Xamus.

"No, I don't have that kind of power." Xamus replied.

"Then I am sorry." Zell said. "I have to get home no matter what, the world is depending on me."

The realization that Zell was not going to show him mercy sank into Xamus. In a last-ditch effort, he mustered all his strength and charged at Zell screaming.

With a sad look in his eyes Zell said, "sorry." As a massive bolt of lightning struck Xamus. When the light of the bolt cleared only bone and ash remained.

[That was an impressive use of my power.] Anna said. [You are getting a grasp on it so quickly.]

[I feel like it's a part of me.] Zell replied. [I feel the power as just another part of myself.]

[No doubt it is your superior stats that allowed for this.] Anna explained. [A normal person would not have a mastery of new power so easily.]

[Set limited to 0.01%] Zell said.

Kaitlyn returned, sensing the conflict was over. She walked over to Zell's side, who was still looking at the pile of ash before him. "Are you okay?" Kaitlyn asked.

"That was the first time I killed someone for my own personal goals." Zell said. "Even if I was told to do it, murder is still wrong."

"You didn't have a choice." Kaitlyn said. "The whole world is depending on you returning."

"But was there no other way?" Zell asked. "I have all this power and yet I still follow the orders of another like an obedient dog. My whole life I have always followed orders, even my past life. Why do I still act this way? The power of the cosmos is at my fingertips, why do I still blindly follow orders."

[Because Steve can still kill you.] Anna replied. [You did nothing wrong so get over it. Like I explained before lesser gods are simply the manifestation of mortal thoughts, they are not even real. Killing that was no different than killing an imaginary friend.]

With a big sigh Zell let his frustrations out. He then turned to Kaitlyn and said, "let's go." The two of them left the area and headed back to the hut of time and space. They entered as they did before and found themselves at a beach, a massive ocean in the background. Steve was laying out on a towel wearing nothing more than a speedo, while his maids catered to him wearing small bikinis. Not wasting any more time Zell got straight to the point. "I killed Xamus." He said.

"I saw." Steve replied, picking up half of a coconut and drinking juice from a straw. "I wouldn't call it a glorious battle, it looked like an elephant stepping on an ant. There was no drama, no stakes, it was boring."

"Are you going to keep your end of the deal or not?" Zell said.

"Careful boy." Steve said. "If I didn't know any better, I would think you wanted to go live inside a black hole. Or perhaps you would like to live the rest of your days as an old help fool."

Zell remained silent but the rage that Steve's words caused burned inside his chest.

"Nothing to say?" Steve asked. "Good, the filthy mortal knows his place."

Zell clenched his fists tightly, thinking about the life he just took, and the verbal abuse he had taken from so many others.

"You failed me." Steve said. "Sure, you killed the fool who toyed with my fun. However, I asked you to make it entertaining and as I said it was horribly boring. I am afraid I have no alternative than to find you a new task to earn your way home."

Kaitlyn could see Zell struggling to keep his emotions in check and decided it would be best if she made her exit now, at least that's what her instincts were telling her to do. "Excuse me!" She said, "I will be back, I have to go use the bathroom." She quickly exited back through the door in which they entered.

"Mortals and their bladder issues." Steve laughed. "I swear I do not understand why mother made you all. Oh, I remember, for our entertainment. Something you have failed to do. Tell me why I should even bother helping a mortal such as yourself that cannot even do the one task they were created for. You failed at such a simple task, entertaining the gods should be such a primal instinct, yet you couldn't do it."

Zell's rage was reaching a boiling point. Blood began to drip from his hands, his fist clenched so tightly.

"Fear not, I have figured out a way for your redemption." Steve said. "I want you to go to the village and find new inventive ways to murder them all. I want to see fights and hopelessness; I want to see the drama of their heartbreak as they realize their god has forsaken them. I want to drink their despair as you massacre their children for sport, yes this will truly be divine entertainment."

"Mortals are just toys to you aren't they Steve?" Zell said, trying to hold back his anger. "You think because you have power you have the right to hurt others; to make them suffer for your twisted entertainment? You honestly as a god have nothing better to do than to cause misery on those who are weaker than you? You honestly believe another's suffering is entertainment? You find joy in the death of friends and family? Of mothers and fathers ripped from their children? Of children torn from everything they love?"

"Yes, now you are getting it!" Steve replied excitedly. "Now go out there and make it happen, entertain me."

"You are a fucking monster." Zell said, finally letting his anger show through. "I will have no part in any of your massacres, or your foolish games. Set Limited to 100%!" Zell yelled out.