[Year 21 X month]

I estimated that the exploration of people from other continents would be a century away, the estimation is quite generous. From the sea monsters, beasts, disasters, troubled waters? It might take longer, the technology to negate damage from the sea monsters would need to be equivalent to warships back on Earth to cross.

But those were made of metals. And with human ingenuity or racial by now. I'm pretty sure a bit of war would put that idea to fruition. So by that happens, the entire Continent shall be united or my people will be the ones to suffer.

Becoming a minor god has its uses, for one, thinking, or rather calculating, is instant If I still have a ‘head’. Also, some ambiguous info that came from the abyss became clear.

It didn't even take a minute for me to decide that this dragon would kill the child. Should I intervene? Should I turn a blind eye? One thing in my mind, I'm a god. I'm going to act like it.

***

Before the dragon's throat released all those flames his mouth suddenly shot and an oppressive feeling bore upon him.

The dragon looked at the god that disturbed his actions and couldn't help but be irritated.

This pest—

But before he could continue and make another move against the god that disturbed him, an invasive feeling destroyed his eyes, and the next thing he knew he was gone.

***

To kill a threat one must aim for the head, a certain god of thunder would know that. My Subject Domain which is Particles became more potent as my connection with reality became prominent as I raised my status.

I could lift objects as a whole when I was a lesser god, now that I am a minor god I could rip apart objects and meld them back together.

Crushing the dragon's head was easy enough. Though my reserves of SE sank, it rapidly rose as the soul of the deity which is the dragon got absorbed by me.

I will check my gains later, glancing at the Drakins they were confused, the mother of the child who puked when the dragon's oppressive aura befell the place is comforting the child.

I couldn't help but look around in worry, would they accept my blessing? Or would their fear settle in and be forced to take it?

Anyway, I had to take the chance. So I gave them a blessing and a quest. Also, I created an Aiden, close to the image of the Drakins to have a certain familiarity. They can be the messengers if I successfully bring them into my followers.

I named her Allie, she acts as the overseer and is tasked with monitoring their talents and giving appropriate blessings in my name. There will be a time when I will hear the story of development from these people through her.

Now that I finished with the Drakins I went somewhere else, I have a curiosity to satiate, are other sapient races in this continent under an oppressive deity? So far I have encountered tribes that are oppressed by their deity twice.

Stolen novel; please report.

Once or twice is a coincidence but surely, a third is not.

This time I went to the elves, they were dark-skinned some were lighter than others but ultimately brown. I found a hunting group and to my surprise they have dogs. Hunting dogs. Dogs aren't natural on Earth they were bred to exist.

So to see dogs exist on this continent is quite a surprise. After all, you’ll need wolves for them to exist.

“Miriel, the monsters have decreased in numbers lately, haven't they?”

“I think so too.”

I watched their interactions, eager to see what elves were doing and capable of. The only time I ever heard of elves is in the trilogy Lord of the Rings.

“Josie, there are some tracks of Deers here.”

A third voice chimed in. The one Miriel talked to turned her head and walked up to them, the third person pointing at a footprint covered by debris.

“It's recent.”

“It is.”

“We should get going, I don't know if there are monsters here.”

The trio whistled and their dogs went back to their sides, it seemed that the dogs were trained as well. I couldn't help but be in awe, they're a mix of a Belgian malinois and a bloodhound.

The Trio continued their hunt, getting deeper into the forest. I scoured the surroundings and it seemed that they were getting closer to the monster territory. I wonder what they’re aiming for. Isn't it the deer?

“Kimi! There! There it is!”

I have seen it from far away and what Josie pointed at was a [Omniarc Karn] a monster the size of a bull, its stature similar to that of a rhino and it has three horns, its body bluish and grey. It noticed the trio as steam started coming out of its nose.

The trio seemed prepared and aimed their arrows, I could tell that they brought close-quarter weapons, but it seemed that they preferred to use conventional tactics to engage the monster, perhaps hit and run.

The monster seems to hate the idea of being hit by arrows, as it starts charging towards the trio. The Karn was hundreds of metres away, it surprised me when it dashed and covered that distance by a second.

I could tell that the trio seemed panicked as they didn't prepare that much for this, I sighed. I wanted to know if there is a deity who has a firm grasp on the Elves, but it seems that I might incur another hatred from a deity. Well fuck it, I have a goal to achieve here and I can't be considerate of a deity unless they're kind, this is the only time I’ll be considerate.

Blessing the trio [Sharpshooter F], the reactions were intense. Their eyes widened and aimed their bows, I created the sharpshooter with the intention of intense accuracy and precision passive, with an active of hitting their intended target once.

The information on how to use the skill seems to have been processed fast, as Kimi aimed for the eyes of the Karn and it shrieked. Huffing steam out of its nose it was in pain. They were delighted, but the fight wasn't over yet. The dogs on standby were waiting for their turn, and Josie didn't give the signal yet.

She used her skill to aim at the Karn’s nose, and it slumped the moment the arrow went inside its nose. It halted but the momentum it carried made it drag itself till it was dangerously close to the trio of elves.

“A blessing! We have a blessing!” Kimi Cheered.

“The gods have not abandoned us!” Josie cheered

Gods? I couldn't help but be more intrigued. I watched as they bled and butchered the Karn with skill and dragged the meat along with some organs that I found odd. Once the butchered pieces were carried they fed their dogs, cute.

They all went home, excited about the news they brought. Their houses were wooden huts above tall and large trees, I can see the practicality of this architecture, considering there are monster trails beneath the trees in the house these elves made.

The trio brought the meat they had hunted and shared it with the village, their populace bigger than Foreline village, with the addition of the orcs and the years I wasn't there Foreline’s populace grew up to a thousand, but the elves easily outnumbered them by another thousand.

This village is just one of many and thanks to my ascension I could easily sense a thousand souls from a mile away. It was a community full of busybodies. Different roles were scattered from [Dog Trainers] to [Archers] and more.

The elves also… seem to have their birth rate in decline. Most of the elves I could see are over 500 years old, any elves below that are small in number. Well, I don't see any problems in their community, but I still want to learn why the young elves were so excited that a god blessed them.

At first, I went to one of the tree houses where the trio went, though I did not expect a scolding.

“You stupid child of mine! You hunted an Omniarc?! And to take our hunting dogs as well! Are you trying to get yourselves killed?!”

“M-mother! But we’re fine!”

“Fine because a god took notice of you! What do you think would happen if the generous god wasn't there!?”

I watched a scolding of a lifetime, didn't know the elves would have parenting similar to Asian parenting, that ear pinch looks nasty. Anyway, I checked the location of the elves, and it seems to be far from the others, they’re in a secluded part of the forest in a line of mountain ridges, above the Demon Forest. The only reason they're far away because of the number of mountains.

So far, I have checked the Drakins and the Elves, time to check the Lycanthropes, but before I do, I created an Aiden, as with the Drakins, I made it on the image of the Elves, his name would be Alexander.