I woke up in a hazy and clouded place. It’s all white and blank there.

That’s when I noticed I was naked.

Not in the sense of being naked like when I was alive. I was naked in my soul.

It’s a weird feeling, but it’s like being naked to the square.

Even if my body was just a small floating bulb of light.

So I quickly thought of how to get some clothes for my immaterial body, and the knowledge just flowed into my head.

There were many ways to do that, but the one which pleased me the most was just using my divine powers to *wish* for appropriate clothing.

And like this I became clothed, even if my outside form of a blob of brightness didn’t change in the least.

Next, obviously, I started having doubts.

What just happened?

Where am I?

What about me being a god?

How this works?

Answers were as follows:

1 - I just received the benefit of the Divine Skill [Omniscience]. It grants every and all knowledge I may desire to have and effectively look for in my head or in the space around me.

So I don’t know everything about the universe, but everything I look around me thinking “can something around give me a clue as how to solve this?”.

That’s how I learned the methods to clothe my soul.

2 - I am in my own demi-plan. It is the “Hell of Hells”. The “mount olimpus” of my Hellish kingdom.

Currently it has no inhabitants, no souls or buildings. It’s just an empty space. Here I can create a unified hell for myself or many smaller hell domains if another Evil God is ever assigned to this planet.

I may be the King of All Evil, but I don’t need to be the only one to punish the evil dead.

3 - I am a god. The King of the Evil Gods. That makes me, technically, a subordinate of the King of All Gods. However, the King of All Gods of this planet seems to be deep in sleep. So there are no problems.

4 - I’m the King of Evil Gods, the Supreme Lord of All Hells, the Ultimate God of Doom. In this world.

That means I rule over every instance of evil and mischief that happens here.

My powers are [Omniscience], [Omnipotence] and [Omnipresence].

I’m fucking powerful.

However, I’m not All Powerful.

Not only am I under the supervision of the King of All Gods of this world, which have limited powers to limit or interfere with me according to his judgement, I’m also under the absolute rules the Fantasy Pantheon have settled for this Universe.

Meaning:

1 - Everyone has a connection to the “Information System” which makes them like MMO characters. Including the gods. I can obscure this power from mortals, as well as do a lot of stuff, but I cannot take it away forever.

2 - Gods have to be mighty and seek worship from the mortals or they become Forgotten Gods of Old, becoming part of old prophecies and basically slumbering in deep sleep, like the King of All Gods have.

3 - Good deeds accumulate good karma points and bad deeds accumulate bad karma points. Mortals and immortals are judged based on this. Good karma points can guarantee someone access to heaven and luck if they are mortals, while bad karma points will throw them in hell and give them bad luck. The gods will work differently. Good gods will be able to build their own helms and summon minions with good karma points gathered from things they and their followers do by themselves, without using the system’s powers, while bad karma points are gathered only by their followers doing bad things and can be used to punish anyone. Evil gods like me will be able to use evil points collected by themselves or their followers and minions to build their helms and to summon minions, while good karma points work on the other way. I cannot use them except to grant good benefits to those who worship me. Then, Neutral gods can use both karma points to build their helms, summon minions and affect their followers. Unfair! But they are also affected by the karma points and can become either good gods or evil gods if they accumulate too many of those.

4 - I cannot give a definitive end to the world. If I destroy the world, then I need to rebuild it. If it is build, I need to destroy it. If there’s happiness someone needs to bring in some drama. If there’s too much drama, someone needs to bring in some happiness. Things need to be always been told as if it was a story. If I try to use my powers to end all of the universe, for example, it won’t work. But if I end the world and start a new world by using my powers, then I’m allowed to do it - given that other gods don’t interfere with it.

5 - Gods can interfere with each other’s powers. Not only the King of Gods can take away most of my [Omnipotence] and some of my [Omniscience], if I do something the other gods don’t like they can expend their Karma Points to stop it. I, of course, can then expend karma points to go against them. If I try to do something, they can stop me with a single karma point. But then I can use two karma points to go against them. And so on. It doesn’t matter if it’s good karma points or bad karma points.

6 - Omniscience work as stated before. Omnipotence lets me do anything as long as it doesn’t breaks the laws of the Fantasy Pantheon. And Omnipresence means my Divine Aura is infinite, being spread all around the universe and being everywhere and anywhere. That doesn’t mean my consciousness is everywhere, but my presence is. And with this presence I can collect karma points and use them to affect my followers.

7 - My divine presence can be stopped by other gods, but they must spend karma points to do so. Also, it can never be entirely taken away. I can be stopped from granting good things to my followers, but both good and bad karma points can always be collected.

And that would be it.

This is the basic ways in which this world work.

Nice.

I wonder what should I do now?

…

Omniscience doesn’t answer.

What would an experienced god do now?

[Answer] : He would use [Omniscience] to know if other gods are interfering with his Divine Presence and then know about possible friends and enemies.

From this data he would then come to act.

Let’s see…

I can see a little bit of interference.

But it’s really little.

Like, only a few places.

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Is this an enemy or something?

[Answer]: Those are churches and other places guarded by the other gods and consecrated to them. This much interference is to be expected and shows goodwill towards your presence.

Can they know I’m here?

[Answer]: All gods receive knowledge of a new gods’ arrival and his post in the world’s hierarchy once he arrives. It’s an automatic setting which can only be interfered with if the person uses 500 million karma points prior to being sent to the new world.

How much is a karma point worth?

[Answer]: Karma points are worth different measurements. The relation table is huge. Like how five billion ants lives saved are worth a single good karma point. And how saving a human life is worth also a karma point. But then taking a human life is worth another karma point, but a bad karma point. Rape and Consented Love Making are worth each one-tenth of a karma point. Rape is worth a tenth of a bad karma point, while Consented Love Making is worth a tenth of a good karma point.

So, I will just collect all of the karma from people who do bad things and then use it to make hell for them?

[Answer]: You will only collect karma from your followers.

Well, that’s a fucking load of bullcrap. How can I get followers being an evil god if rapists and murderers don’t care about worshiping evil gods, preferring to appeal to the goodness of good gods instead?

I mean, no one wants to come to hell!

[Answer]: The souls of the dead which live in your Helm are considered your followers, even If they do not worship you. Those will give you karma points depending on what they do to one another. Souls, followers, sacrifices and karma points can be traded between gods in the God’s Collective Helm.

Sacrifices? God’s Collective Helm?

[Answer]: Sacrifices are any items offered to a god. The soul energy of those items will be transferred to the god, and its Divine Presence will be maximized in the sacrifice. Gods can take the soul energy of all sacrifices they receive, and use it for themselves. Gods can transfer powers to a sacrifice with less power transference loss. The God’s Collective Helm is a small helm dedicated only to gods and those they allow to go there. They can gather there for trade or other business.

Wait, what is this soul energy thing?

[Answer]: Soul energy is the energy of the soul which resides on things which don’t go to Divine Helms once they die. Animals, plants, rocks and other objects do not go to soul helms after death. They become pure energy and remain on earth.

And what is the use of me getting some of it?

[Answer]: Once a god gets soul energy, it will replenish the god’s Divine Energy Meter.

Woah, Divine what?

[Answer]: Divine Energy Meter. All gods possess a limited amount of energy they can use for [Omnipotence]. It’s like MP.

Do I have HP as well?

[Answer]: You are immortal unless special conditions are met. You cannot lose points on your Divine Health Meter.

But other gods can?

[Answer]: In this universe there are gods which can be killed by losing all of their Divine Health Energy.

How much Soul Energy and Divine Health Energy I have?

[Answer]: Soul Energy: 100 ; Divine Health Energy: N/A

How much can I do with 100 soul energy? How much is it worth?

[Answer]: Another big table of relations of things with energy. It seems I can do only the basics with this much. Get myself a mortal body to possess, do some a few hundred fireball spells and stuff like that. Nothing big. 100 Soul Energy would be equivalent of 100 ceremonies of sacrifice of animal carcasses like deer skulls and stuff Evil-God Worshipping cults would usually do.

Well, that’s pretty shitty.

What should I do now? Go meet the other gods at the Collective Helm?

No answer.

Is it wise to go meet the other gods at the Collective Helm? Are they even there?

[Answer]: They are there. Interference. You cannot see their faces or properties. It is wise to go meet them, as they do not show animosity to you and there is no risk.

Uhm. Wise because?

[Answer]: Chance of trade, establishing relations and mutually beneficial contracts.

Can I even do trade? How much stuff do I have?

[Answer]: 0 followers. 0 souls. 100 Energy. 100 Good Karma Points. 100 Bad Karma Points.

How am I called? How will they see me?

[Answer]: Interference. Cannot see how they will see you. You are called .

Level?

What does that mean?

[Answer]: All beings possess levels. Levels can be acquired with experience and increase power.

How can levels increase my powers if I’m a god already?

[Answer]: Levels shall reduce the needed amount of Soul Energy to make use of [Omnipotence], henceforth making me more powerful.

Then, how much can I become stronger?

[Answer]: At level 999 you will cease expending energy for any kind of use of Omnipotence.

Is this max level?

[Answer]: Interference. Interference denied by the Pantheon Rules, rule 1. It is not possible to remove access of individuals to the System Stream. [Omniscience] allows for individuals to know basic elements of the System without needing to access.

[Answer] : There is no max level.

Someone tried to stop me from knowing this? Who?

[Answer]: Interference.

Shit.

Should I still go to the… oh, wait.

Is it wise to go to the god’s meeting even after this?

[Answer]: Yes.

Why?!

One of them tried to mess with me!

[Answer]: This doesn’t change the balance between pros and cons.

And those would be?

[Answer]: Interference. Pros: Chance of trade, establishing relations and mutually beneficial contracts. Cons: Being openly shown hostility. Revealing yourself and becoming emotionally frail.

Nice. Just nice.

Is this even normal?

…

Oh, this is a rhetorical question. So no answers. Better this way.

Fuck this.

Damn guys.

But I am curious to know them.

Okay, let’s go there.