Chapter 100: Receiving Terra's Godhead
Chapter 100: Receiving Terra's Godhead
After becoming the World God of Terra, Linsley fully realized the enormous responsibility he now bore as the World God. It wasn't just a title, but a weight pressing on him with the duty to protect Terra from its greatest threat.
No matter what, he knew he had to defeat the Outer God and free Terra from its enslavement, even if it meant facing insurmountable odds.
Becoming the World God had also granted him near-omniscience within Terra's boundaries. He could sense everything, every detail, down to the innermost workings of the Outer God Association.
What the World Will had previously been able to see, he could now see with even greater clarity.
Although Linsley couldn't control the Outer God's lackeys, even though they resided in Terra, that limitation didn't stop him from peering into every corner of the Outer God Association's headquarters and all of its branches.
He could observe everything: whether it was an Outer God lackey engaging in vile acts with a sex slave or participating in their depraved orgies. He could see it all, as long as they existed within Terra.
The feeling of seeing through the inhabitants of the world was fundamentally different from the divine perception that came with being a god.
Though his divine perception stretched farther in terms of sheer range, the World God's perception provided a much deeper understanding of Terra itself, including its history and everything connected to its inhabitants. It allowed him to look through their lives as though reading a book.
By merely glancing at an Outer God lackey, Linsley could instantly gather detailed information about their past and what they had done since existing in Terra.
For example, one of the Outer God lackeys was originally a murderer who had killed several people. When the Outer God invaded Terra, that criminal didn't hesitate to swear allegiance to the invading force.
There were many more Outer God lackeys whose stories followed similar paths as that criminal.
As for the Outer God lackeys who hadn't committed major crimes before the invasion but still pledged themselves to the Outer God, they were often wealthy individuals who didn't want to provoke the Outer God's wrath, like the richest man in the world, or people who were desperate and saw no other option but to serve the Outer God to solve the pressing issues in their lives.
Others, on the other hand, had been coerced, or perhaps even polluted, by the presence of other Outer God lackeys, which corrupted them and slowly transformed them into lackeys themselves.
In any case, Linsley didn't care much about saving them, as those who had become Outer God lackeys were likely beyond redemption. Even if he had the power to save them, he would have to seriously consider whether it was worth the effort to purify them and revert them back to human form.
After all, those Outer God lackeys had committed heinous crimes.
If they were reverted to normal and allowed to walk free, who could explain that to the families of those who had been murdered or brutally tortured by them? Could anyone justify forgiveness in the face of so much suffering?
Linsley could offer some salvation to the Witches and Dark Mechas, though. They had once been on the side of the resistance, fighting to protect Terra. If not for the corruption of the Outer God, they would never have fallen onto such a dark path.
'It seems I have far too many things to deal with,' Linsley thought, frustration growing within him. 'But in the end, what I truly lack is enough power. If I were powerful enough to kill the Outer God with a snap of my fingers, all of this could be resolved so easily.'
He sighed deeply, realizing that even though he had become the World God of Terra, the threat posed by the Outer God was still immense.
It wasn't something that allowed him to take things easy. He couldn't afford to rest or relax—not until the Outer God was destroyed and Terra was free once again.
While Linsley was sighing over how weak he felt, the World Will appeared in front of him, taking out a golden icosahedron.
The golden icosahedron radiated the divinity of the earth and the power of an Upper True God at the Initial Stage. It was none other than the godhead of the Goddess of Earth, the former World God of Terra.
"As agreed upon by Flora and you, here is the godhead of the Goddess of Earth. You will undoubtedly become an Upper True God at the Initial Stage after absorbing the divine power contained within it."
"Even if the two of us can't defeat the Outer God, we can at least delay it."
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Hearing the World Will's words, Linsley nodded and took Terra's godhead from the World Will.
Unlike the World Will, which had somewhat given up on defeating the Outer God due to the vast power difference, Linsley knew there was still hope to counterattack—through the god simulator.
Over the past week, he had delayed progressing in the god simulation because he had been focused on establishing the Avatar Syndicate and strengthening the combat power of the Resistance. Furthermore, he had also done that to farm for Median True God shattered godhead fragments since if he progressed in the god simulation, he wouldn't be able to continuously farm them.
Moreover, with the Avatar Syndicate now supporting the Resistance, the Outer God Association wouldn't be able to cause much trouble unless the Outer God's main body awakened.
Even if the Outer God's clone broke free from the World Will's seal, Linsley wouldn't have to intervene. The seven Ascendence Avatar Masters in the Avatar Syndicate were far from weak.
Even though not all the Ascendence Avatar Masters had reached the Peak Stage—some were only at the Late Stage—their combined strength, along with the fact that the Outer God wasn't particularly strong in same-power-level confrontations, meant that Terra was safe, even without Linsley's constant protection.
Soon after, Linsley bid farewell to the World Will and left its dimension.
Upon returning to the villa, he found Seraphina and Flora waiting for him.
He smiled and announced, "I am now the World God of Terra. I'll protect this world for as long as I live."