"I can see you are all hungry. Let's continue our talk over a banquet." Is the next statement Rox made after granting Etit a [Knight] title.
Then, "Au, Eu, follow me. The rest of you can come wait for us outside." He asked the most beautiful face and the most voluptuous body around to follow him.
When they got outside, he pulled a dining table big enough to accommodate twenty-six people out of his spacial ring, together with twenty-six chairs. The chairs he placed at the furthest ends were bigger and had unique designs. Then he pulled a large cloth with intricate designs and passed it to Eu and Au, telling them to cover the table with it.
Initially, Rox didn't want to bring a dining table. He only brought it because his mother said this; "My love, why don't you want to pick any of the dining tables. You know, you have more than enough space in your second spacial ring and we've prepared more than enough meals for you that sharing some wouldn't be a problem. When you make new friends you can share a meal with them to deepen your bonds." After this, he picked one of the biggest tables around.
He didn't think bringing it would be useful and he only picked one for that reason but it seems it has found its use.
After they were done setting the table, Rox took Au and Eu into his second tent. He has now moved his automatic cooking machine into the second tent.
He previously instructed the machine to prepare rice with rabbit stew for them and it was done. He asked Au and Eu to pick the rice and rabbit stew up and go serve them on the table.
When they were done, he pulled plates and baskets out of his spacial ring. Then he started placing all kinds of fruits in the baskets.
In no time, the scene had turned into a picturesque banquet. One worthy of the gods. At least, so did Rox's subordinates think.
The surface of the table was thirteen meters in length and two meters in breadth. Rox sat at one of the ends and Zairitz sat on the other. The rest of the subordinates also sat near Zairitz.
Before they started digging into the banquet, they all prayed to Rox thanking him for the meal while thinking he was a god. This effectively gave Rox the title [God].
The title [God] grants Rox divine power based on how many believers he has and how many times they pray to him. Divine Beings and up can generate their own divine power without the need for believers' prayers though. Gaining the [God] title is very hard even for beings in the spiritual realm but as a Seed, Rox gained it far too easily. As it stands, he is too weak to actually understand what a prayer entails but if the believer's emotions are high enough, then maybe he'll be able to hear them. After consulting with Ansah, he realized if he chooses an oracle he can more easily communicate with the oracle but he can only choose a fervent believer as his oracle. Very powerful gods can force the oracle title on any weak being though.
Rox's hair turned golden because of the surprise. On planet Soyzy, it was frowned upon for a noble to show their emotions since it can affect serious talks but after Rox realized his hair glow had a positive effect on his subordinates, he decided he would let it show. Especially, the more colourful ones.
Since they couldn't start eating if Rox doesn't start eating because of their culture, Eu came to Rox and asked; "My Lord, what and how may I serve you?". She asked him this way because she had no clue how to serve the next Supreme God and she most definitely was new to all the food items on the table. She could recognize them as fruits, probably vegetables and a dish but that was all.
"There is no need for you to serve me. You should all rather watch how I serve myself and learn.". Rox stood up and with his plate in hand, he went to the middle where the large bowl of rice sat and fetched some. He then fetched stew from the stew bowl which was by the rice bowl's side spreading it on the side of his rice. Then he added three pieces of rabbit meat to it and went back to his seat.
Eu copied him but instead of taking three pieces of meat, she picked two and went to give the plate to Zairitz.
Zairitz initially wanted to do it herself since Rox served himself but after Rox told her to allow her handmaiden to do her work, she accepted the meal Eu served her.
Rox confirmed with Ansah if the foreign foods wouldn't poison his subordinates and he was told it may have been able to poison them if they didn't become his subordinates but as Lower Divine Xerxi and a Higher Divine Xerxi, their tolerance is quite high.
As they were eating, Rox told them about how he plans to infiltrate the nation. He made Zairitz his oracle after deliberating between making her his oracle or just giving her a terminal.
After Zairitz was named his oracle, he had to sacrifice some of his own experience to let her keep her level after her system tier was increased to tier nine by the Seed System.
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It turns out that compared to when he grants a higher tier system to his subordinates using the [Ruler's Reach] skill, he needed to sacrifice less experience.
Since Zairitz was just a level five, he didn't lose much.
He told Zairitz to go back to the Sairitz territory and find out if her family is okay. She can pray to him and inform him of anything that happens.
He made sure to let the others know that they could all pray to him as many times as they wanted every Mini Cycle. If he needs to inform them of anything, he would pass it through Zairitz since she is his oracle. This was to let him get more divine power since a god talking to their oracles consumes a lot of divine power.
He told the special corps members, except Au to infiltrate the First Noble's side and send any important information to Zairitz so that she can inform him.
They are to inform the higher-ups that they encountered Rox and Rox killed Au as a scapegoat. That way they can leave Au behind so that she will teach Rox about Planet Ko.
Also, the fact that Au's level has been suppressed is one of the reasons he gave to his subordinates to keep Au around since it will raise questions and suspicions.
If Zairitz goes and all of her family members have been killed or captured she is supposed to immediately return. If they survived, she is supposed to bring them to Rox.
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While they were feasting, Rox poured for himself a glass of a colourless drink and as he was drinking, memories of his past life came flooding in.
After Yaw Owusu Ansah's parents died and he lost his caretaker, Owusu's family wanted to get rid of him but fortunately, his friend, Junior's parents interceded for him.
After a lot of back and forth, it was decided that Owusu would keep his parents' property. No one was allowed to join him in the house since his family members thought the Oforis (Junior's family) were only helping him because they wanted to take his property in the end.
His previous caretaker squandered most of the money left behind by his parents. After, selling all the other assets of his parents' they were able to get enough to take care of him for three years.
The judge ruled that The Oforis would hold onto the money and take care of Owusu for the first three years since Owusu was adamant that his folks hated him.
It was possible to put the money into an investment but with all that was going on, it was unwise. The family members wouldn't allow the outsiders to gain any money from Owusu and the probability of losing the money was high.
Thus, in the end, Owusu was left to live in a big house alone as a six-year-old child. The judge couldn't go too much to either side or else there would be resentment and the family members may do something irreversible. If not physically, they could probably attack spiritually using curses and similar stuff.
This was so because people in the society are superstitious and now that Rox is aware of the existence of The Existence he has gotten indirect proof that those things weren't just superstitions.
Rox couldn't take care of the house so it started deteriorating soon.
Sometimes Junior's parents would hire someone to go weed around the house and clean it but that was out of their own pocket so it wasn't that often.
Theft and hooligans weren't a problem since the house was in an estate but that didn't make Owusu's life any easier.
He kept on going to school and since his allowance was limited, he was vigilant and made sure to stay reserved. Emmanuel's parents would give him some gifts every now and then. Especially when he goes to help out at the Oforis' house.
There is a celebration in Ghanaian schools called Our Day by the locals. It is similar to prom in the West. On the last day of the third term of the school year, the children will take to school food and drinks prepared by their parents for them. Going to school without any not only mean you are poor but you will also be mocked by your peers since this is an event celebrated by basic schoolers and kids at the nursery school.
At first, Junior's parents would prepare for the both of them but since it was costly they had to buy cheaper items for them or they would make Junior's clearly better and ask him to share.
In time, Owusu decided he would drink Sprite on Our Days while his colleagues were having expensive drinks and champagne. Sprite is colourless so even if he drinks it all, he can just pour cold water in it and pretend he still has more.
Because of this, Sprite became his favourite drink and remained his favourite until his death.
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When they were about to finish feasting, Rox told his subordinates he would be sparring with them next to check how they used their skills and their way of fighting.
Zairitz was excluded since she was yet to learn how to fight.
It was established that not many people have the [Appraisal] skill and even fewer if any had [Advanced Appraisal]. As long as they avoid those who can appraise them, their increase in strength will go unnoticed.
Even if those with [Basic Appraisal] saw them, the best they can find is their race and level.
When they were done eating, Rox told them they could take with them all that was left of the feast which was a lot, with them when they are leaving.
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Etit Zairitz's stats after becoming an oracle are;
Name: Etit Zairitz.
Race: Supreme Guardian Oracle Xerxi.
Level: 5.
Health Points(HP) = 17100.
Mana Points (MP) = 4032.
Strength (ST) = 1620.
Speed (S) = 28.8.
Durability (D) = 432.
Stamina (E) = 5220.
Skills; [Delle Noble Etiquette], [Basic Leadership], [Delle General Etiquette], [Divine Conduit].
Resistances: [Poison Resistance], [Fear Resistance], [Intimidation Resistance].
Titles; [Favoured One], [Second-Class Noble Princess], [Rox's Divine Oracle].
Except for [Divine Conduit], Etit's skills are self-explanatory showing exactly what she has been learning so far and the fact that she has yet to learn any combat skills.
Her [Divine Conduit] skill allows her to easily communicate with her God. It also allows her to borrow divine power from her God at the cost of high amounts of stamina and it can also serve as a catalyst that will help her God descend through her body by temporarily taking over her body.
She is currently too weak so trying to borrow divine power or letting her God descend through her body would break her.
Her [Favoured One] title is an upgrade from her [Sairitz Household's Favorite]. The title makes her more endearing to allies and neutral parties. Even enemies may fall for her title if they don't keep their guard up. Her princess title only shows her status in society and makes those below her in rank act appropriately in front of her.