Golden Apples of Idun were peerless treasures of Asgard, and I was pretty happy that I got my hands on one of those.

"Thank you very much. Perhaps you have saplings or trees that could be planted in the Underworld?"

I asked with hope.

If she had tree saplings or even an entire tree that could be planted, that would be heaven-sent. I could grow these apples and use them to strengthen my subordinates.

"I managed to get only some saplings that could be planted. Fortunately, I also took the growing method for them. While I could probably not raise them as effectively as Idun, as she is an expert in that, I could yield some results."

Said Hela, to my surprise. This was better than I had expected.

"So, what is our plan for combat?"

She questioned me.

While she was aware that she was Intermediate Divinity Stage God, she was aware the moment Odin banished her; she would drop to the pinnacle of the Ultimate-Class. She was probably also testing me in a certain way.

"While I am tempted to fight them to death and send some gift to Odin, that is not possible right now for me, but not for you. I will lay several magic formations around here, and you will act as bait for Vidal and Royal Guard and lure them to the formation. I will tie the activation moment for the moment when Odin banishes you. When he banishes you, you will be teleported out, and the entire space will explode, taking as many of them as possible. We could try to kill Vidal and slaughter Royal Guards if they are severely injured afterward."

I explained to Hela.

I wanted to kill them for a simple reason. Their Divine Sparks were priceless, and I could use that Divine Power to strengthen my body with special magic spells.

"Killing Vidal? You sure are ambitious."

Chuckled Hela slightly.

"His body and Divine Spark are priceless treasures. Among Royal Guards, there should be additional Lesser Gods, so their Divine Sparks are there too for me to take. With some time, I could use them to increase my strength, and you too."

For my plan to become a reality, I needed Hela to work for me.

"And how do you expect your magic formation to kill Pinnacle Intermediate God? His physique is terrifying; to wound him, you lack firepower. Additionally, how will you deal with his soul escaping?"

She asked me.

Gods were really problematic beings.

Divine Path was one of the oldest ones and strongest ones in the entire Astral Boundary in the long-forgotten ages until new paths like that of Warlock and Arcane emerged among humans, and then various races imitated it to create their own power systems.

Gods fundamentally could be divided into two basic categories. Innate Gods created one. They didn't need faith to ascend to godhood and could do it naturally, mainly due to their racial pre-dispositions for such a thing.

Faith Gods created the second.

They created all Gods of Divine Path, as Innate Gods were incredibly rare across the Astral Boundary. To ascend as a God, you need worshippers to supply you with faith.

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Faith Gods were especially problematic to deal with. Even if you kill them and destroy their physical body, they could reform given enough time if they had enough worshippers. You could make it harder by the destruction of their Divine Spark, as that would basically destroy their godhood. If that happened, God would need a hundred thousand years minimally to recuperate if he had several million worshippers at least.

While Innate Gods didn't have such miraculous abilities, they, on the other hand, weren't so dependent on the Faith Power of their worshippers. Faith was like a two-handed weapon. On the one side, it could quickly raise the power of God; on the other, you are closely tied to your worshippers.

If, for example, someone slaughtered all worshippers of Lesser God, then such God would suffer terrible backslash and injuries. And fall into the Demigod stage, which was something between High-Class and Ultimate-Class in terms of Devil Power ranking.

"Simple, you will power up those magic formations with your full power. I have some Divine Crystals so that you can charge it with power equivalent to the three Pinnacle Intermediate Gods. Then you just need to attack Vidal and Royal Guards to enter formation, and I will do the rest. Afterward, you are teleported, and I and your subordinates will take care of the rest. Regarding Vidal's soul, after his Divine Spark is taken and used in ritual by me, the only option for him to revive would be to use an enormous amount of materials and Faith Power to construct a new Divine Spark, and only then his body. That alone would take tens of thousands of years, as resources in Dimensional Gap are scarce."

I explained my plan.

So essential Asgard would be losing one Pinnacle Intermediate God for good.

Dimensional Gap is a poor place. In the Astral Boundary, even an ordinary Lesser God or Moonlight Warlock would be far richer than Greater God here.

"Hmm... that could work, but I want half of those Divine Sparks. When Odin banishes me, and I lose my Divinity, I want to become Innate God."

Said Hela with a confident voice.

Aesir and Vanir had the ability to become Innate Gods, but due to lack of resources, nobody chose that Path, as even in the Astral Boundary, it would take an enormous amount of precious resources to achieve.

"No problem. Just try to play along and play for time."

I said to her.

If I obtain those resources, I could quickly raise the strength of my physique to the later stages of the Ultimate-Class, which would, in turn, tremendously increase my combat prowess. While I am not a close-range fighter, I will utilize every advantage I have.

And having a strong physical body was one of them. When you have a strong physical body, it will also affect the speed of healing and even the regeneration of energy reserves.