This blue light cluster was actually connected to Earth?!
“So it really is...”
Iluvia’s heart was filled with a mix of pleasant surprise and complex emotions.
Though She had just told Herself earlier that She needed to sever Her ties with Earth, contacting Earth once more left Her hesitating.
“Forget it, forget it. Maybe my fellow countrymen back on Earth can give me some inspiration to solve my current predicament.”
Iluvia shook Her head, taking back Her previous words.
“Sigh, the main problem right now is still the number of believers—in other words, the population. If I had enough people under my command, rebuilding human civilization would be much easier...”
Saying this, Iluvia felt a wave of helplessness.
“There’s no helping it. Where on earth am I going to find a bunch of people who obey my every command—”
“Wait! Maybe there really is a way!”
Iluvia stopped mid-thought, an excited expression surfacing on Her face.
Her gaze turned to the blue light cluster representing Earth.
“If the plane of Aenoria doesn't have enough people obedient to me to rebuild human civilization, what about Earth?”
“Earth has billions of people!”
“Although it's impossible for me to trick... ahem, pull everyone over, I'm sure I can dupe quite a large number of them.”
“At least tens of thousands, right?”
“If I get them all to work for me... then... hehehe~”
Thinking up to this point, a slightly sly, scheming expression appeared on Iluvia’s face.
Hehehe~ (ಡωδ)
Earth's players: “Dame! Don't come any closer!”
Well~ well~ You guys can do it~
ദ്ദി˶＞ᴗo)✧
(An affirmation from Lady Iluvia, the Goddess of Light.)
“Ahem...”
Feeling that She was being a little wicked, Iluvia coughed twice in an attempt to cover it up.
Could this be a side effect of inheriting the legacy of the Goddess of Light?
Mmm... In any case, this definitely isn't how I used to be.
Or so Iluvia thought to Herself.
Ending Her fantasy time, She was troubled by another problem.
“However... how am I supposed to bring them to the continent of Aenoria?”
“Sigh, if only there were a way to let them enter as if they were stepping into a game world.”
Iluvia looked frustrated. Having finally come up with this idea, She was now stuck on the problem of how to manifest them.
Just as She was lost in thought and raised Her hand to press Her forehead...
Her hand paused mid-motion, and a flash of inspiration struck Her mind.
“Wait a minute.”
Iluvia thought of Her Life Divine Authority.
“Life!”
“That’s right! I have the authority of Life. Can't I just create physical bodies for the people of Earth to descend into as players?!”
The bystander sees clearer than the player; She had been overcomplicating things!
Realization suddenly dawned upon Iluvia, and the path ahead instantly cleared up.
The Life Divine Authority was one of the key divine authorities used by the previous Goddess of Light to create the primal angels.
Therefore, in theory, the Life Divine Authority possessed the capability to create both physical bodies and souls.
However, creating a soul consumed far more energy than creating a physical body.
But why bother creating new souls when readymade ones were available? By only creating bodies, the consumption was not only low, but it also fit Her current dilemma of lacking divine power. The cost-effectiveness was through the roof!
“Still, I can't actually pull physical souls from Earth directly into this world. I wonder if that method would work...”
Thinking up to this point, a new idea sparked in Iluvia’s mind.
Earth’s technology, especially in virtual reality, had achieved major breakthroughs.
Virtual reality games had long swept across the entire world.
Iluvia vaguely recalled that back when She was still on Earth, several famous game companies in the Dragon Country had already released a wide variety of virtual reality games.
In that case, She could try to establish a network channel connected to Earth’s internet, connect to the consciousness of Earth’s humans through this channel, and then allow Earth’s players to descend into the created bodies!
Furthermore, letting only the players’ consciousness descend had one massive advantage: death would be a non-issue. After all, their souls would still remain safely on Earth; even if their bodies in this world died, it wouldn't affect their main bodies on Earth.
Based on this, the players would possess the trait of immortality! That meant they would truly become the Fourth Cataclysm!
“With them, rebuilding human civilization will be so much easier.”
“Mmm... I can also have them gather believers for me while they're at it.”
“They’re literally the perfect tools!”
The more Iluvia spoke, the more excited She became, mentally giving Herself a pat on the back for Her own brilliance.
However, doing this meant She needed to develop a game—of course, constructed with divine power rather than writing code.
No sooner said than done. Iluvia felt bursting with motivation and filled with energy.
“Hmm, as for the game’s name... let's call it Glorious Era. After all, the main objective is to restore human civilization and reforge the glory of angels.”
Once the game name was settled, the next step was the game system. She didn't bother creating a new system from scratch; the continent of Aenoria already possessed a well-developed power system, so She could just adopt it directly.
“As for the players' bodies...”
“I can't just sculpt angel bodies for them directly, right?”
“Yeah... I definitely can't do that, and Half-Angels won't work either.”
“The cost for that would be an astronomical figure.”
“Besides...”
“A Level 1 angel... emmmm... no matter how you think about it, that's impossible.”
“For their bodies, I'll just use human bodies containing a trace of angel bloodline.”
“As for their talent...”
“The average level of humans on the continent of Aenoria will do.”
“If they want to upgrade their body's talent, which is bloodline concentration, I can just set up a redemption system later.”
“If their talent is too high, the cost to resurrect them would be immense for me. Plus, in the early Apprentice Rank and Bronze Rank stages, high talent isn't really that useful anyway, so there's no need to waste divine power on that.”
“For now, I'll create two hundred bodies first to see how the first wave of players reacts. Besides, two hundred people isn't too many, and with Lilith and the others helping, it'll be convenient to manage.”
Rate on N.U.
