Blessing

In the world called Aeternum, there were a plethora of gods and goddesses looking over the mortal world from high up in the heavens.

All these higher beings were divided based on the amount of divinities they held within themselves. These divinities came from the faith of their believers in the mortal world.

In the heavens of Aeternum, it was a tradition to bestow blessings to the mortals at their birth.

The Gods chose the mortals who were attuned to their divinity.

The mortals who received such blessings were not that many, but not rare either.

The greater the divinity of the gods, the stronger the powers obtained through their blessings.

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A man sitting on one of the thrones in the heavens frowned, he closed his eyes for a moment as if trying to sense something.

After a while his eyes opened wide and shock was visible on his features.

"STELLA!"

The moment he called her name a beautiful young woman with an exquisite face, golden armor, and pure white wings that extended from her back appeared before the man on the throne.

Finding her in front of him he ordered – " A high apostle has appeared among mortals. I want you to find him." 

"Yes, my lord." – the angel replied respectfully.

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In the goblin den, the old goblin took Sam away from the silver-haired goblin's room and placed him with the other goblin children.

Sam was shocked by watching the scene where the goblin toddlers were playing with each other and laughing while chasing each other.

Sam noticed that he could look at the goblin toddlers in the eye while he was standing. Soon he gasped and thought –

"I can stand on my own now. and I am as tall as these goblin toddlers."

Sam did not get the chance to be amazed by his growth when the same older goblin who carried him here in this large clearing within the den shouted-

QUIET YOU BRATS! 

All the goblin toddlers were startled and looked in the older goblin's direction. Satisfied by the result. A smug look appeared on the old goblin's face.

"Tomorrow is the day you'll all be going for your first hunt in the woods. Make sure you bring as much food as you can for the den." He continued.

"Today we'll hold a feast for you all, but don't get used to this treatment as this will be the last time anyone will provide you with anything for free. After the feast is over come back here and get some rest you'll be needing that. Now follow me!"

The grumpy old goblin started walking towards one of the pathways available on the far left. All the goblin toddlers followed him. 

After walking a few more meters Sam smelled a strong odor. And he noticed the grumpy old goblin stopped walking. All the toddlers rushed to go past the older goblin and see what was before them.

In front of them, there was a huge dead boar who was lying in the pool of its own blood. And Sam who never came in contact with such gore felt nauseous.

"Don't hold back brats, eat to your heart's content, and don't forget to be grateful as this one was hunted by one of the warriors of our den." said The older goblin while pushing one of the goblin toddlers towards the dead boar. 

To Sam's horror, the goblin toddler jumped on the dead boar without hesitation and started devouring it. The rest of the goblins followed the first one and started surrounding the boar and started their first big meal.

Sam was hesitating when suddenly his instincts took over, he wanted to stop his legs from moving but he couldn't and just like the other goblins he started biting on the body of the boar, and to his surprise, he was easily able to bite into its flesh.

Sam devoured the flesh until his stomach was full and later he fell unconscious. Before losing consciousness he heard the older goblin muttering –

" All of them fell asleep after eating their fill. These stinky brats can't sleep in our storage, guess I'll have to request the warriors to move them away. How troublesome…"