Chapter 27

"Wherever there are gods and people, I will appear. I am the witch who bestows all calamities and a glimmer of hope—also the mother of the Godslayer, Pandora! You can call me Mommy, oh!"

"No!"

Su Mo immediately refused.

No sane person would recognize a teenage girl as their mother!

"Eh? Why is that…"

Pandora drooped her head in disappointment, but she wasn't surprised by the response.

Perhaps, being rejected is the norm!

At this moment, a somewhat familiar voice rang out.

"The witch who grants children all power, so that's why you haven't returned to the myths yet. It's your ritual?"

It was the voice of Veleslana.

After failing in battle and being killed, he should have returned to the myths.

However, before that, he was trapped by Pandora's dark sacrificial ritual.

Only then did he recall Su Mo's declaration to usurp his authority, and he understood his situation.

"Yes, War God-sama, you were defeated by this child, oh!"

Pandora had a proud smile on her face, seemingly very happy with Su Mo's achievements.

"Defeated…"

Veleslana's voice was silent for a moment, and then he burst out laughing.

"Hahahaha! Indeed, I was defeated, a crushing defeat that left me speechless! I simply can't forget it!"

The War God of the Fire Worship Sect acknowledged his defeat with a heroic spirit.

"In that case, please bestow blessings and hatred upon this child!"

"The seventh Godslayer—possessing the fate of the youngest Demon King, please offer sacred words to this child!"

Pandora said with a smile.

Although the Godslayer reincarnation ritual is mandatory, it's useless even if Veleslana refuses.

But as fellow gods, and since he wasn't the Steel Hero God she hated, Pandora naturally wouldn't be too rude.

"Sacred words, so that means authority…"

Hearing this, Veleslana's tone was somewhat puzzled.

"The loser contributing their assets to the victor is a matter of course, but with his strength, does he really need authority?"

Veleslana naturally had a fresh memory of Su Mo's power.

He had deeply remembered this name.

Although Su Mo had initially proposed to defeat him and usurp his authority.

However, after witnessing the power of the giant of light that surpassed the gods.

Veleslana had some doubts—could his power really help him?

The authority of the gods is indeed powerful, but compared to that giant of light, it's not even in the same league.

For such a strong person, could his authority really be of use?

In this world, this was probably the first time.

There was a Disobedient God beginning to doubt whether his authority was worthy of the Godslayer who killed him.

This War God and God of Victory of the Fire Worship Sect, who was doubting his life, was truly astonishing in battle.

If his previous enemy, Mekal, knew about this, he would probably feel like doubting his life too!

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038 Trial Rewards, Authority Modification

At this moment, Su Mo interjected.

"Of course, I need it!"

Don't think it's easy for him to fight Veleslana, although it's indeed not difficult.

However, under the overwhelming power of Ultraman Tiga, the other party still managed to hold on for nearly a minute.

Su Mo suspected that if this War God wasn't too warlike and unwilling to retreat, the two sides might have fought for longer.

If the other party had been determined to escape, he might not have been able to take him down quickly.

From this, it can also be seen that the flexibility and practicality of the gods' authority does have considerable value.

Moreover, if handled properly, Su Mo felt that the gods' authority might be able to further enhance Ultraman Tiga's strength.

For example, the incarnation of the sun [White Horse], if combined with Ultraman Tiga.

Maybe he could create a Tiga Corona Mode.

Whether it's strong or not is another matter.

It would definitely be cool!

"Speaking of which, you should still owe me a reward, right?"

Mentioning authority, Su Mo suddenly thought of this matter.

"Reward… are you talking about the one for passing the trial?"

Veleslana naturally hadn't forgotten about this.

When he initially gave the trial to humans, he had promised Su Mo that if he could kill the divine beast boar, he would give him a reward.

Although Su Mo had rejected it at the time because he wanted to defeat Veleslana in his complete state.

However, in the subsequent battle, Su Mo had used a chop to kill the divine beast boar.

This naturally counted as completing the trial.

According to reason, as a god, he should give a reward.

But—

"All I have is authority, which I will give you later. Even if I wanted to pay a reward, it seems like I don't have anything to offer."

Veleslana looked around himself and suddenly felt like he was very poor.

Apart from authority, there was nothing else.

But the authority itself would have been obtained by the other party anyway due to the Godslayer reincarnation ritual.

No matter how you look at it, he didn't have anything that could be used as a reward.

"Oh my, the dignified War God of the Fire Worship Sect wouldn't go back on his word to humans, would he!"

Hearing the conversation between the two, Pandora joined in at the right time.

"Giving trials to humans but not providing corresponding rewards, if this kind of thing is known by Mekal, the God-King, he might say some unpleasant things, oh!"

As the mother of the Godslayer, Pandora naturally stood on Su Mo's side and wanted to seek benefits for Su Mo.

Veleslana could see Pandora's thoughts.

However, he also understood that what Pandora said was indeed the truth.

If he went back on his word to humans, then the dignity of the gods would be gone.

If Mekal looked down on him because of this, it would be his own fault.

However, he really didn't have anything to give.

For a time, the War God-sama seemed a little embarrassed.

At this time, Su Mo, who already had a plan in mind, spoke.

"It doesn't matter if you really can't find a reward. I have something I need your help with."

Hearing this, Veleslana breathed a sigh of relief.

"Speak without hesitation!"

Although he could see that Su Mo was deliberately saying this, that from the beginning he hadn't planned to ask for a reward, but was preparing to have him help.

But from another perspective, this also gave him a way out.

Veleslana was a warrior who served the covenant and Mithra of the Solar Body, so he naturally wouldn't allow himself to break his trust with humans.

Su Mo was doing this, and he should thank the other party.

"Don't worry, it's not something difficult."

Seeing Veleslana agree, a smile appeared on Su Mo's face.

"It's about authority. I hope you can help modify it."

Generally speaking, what kind of authority a Godslayer can obtain from killing a god is related to their own will.

Often, Godslayers will automatically obtain the authority that is more compatible with them.

But, if the Disobedient God only has one authority, then there's no choice.

Veleslana belonged to this situation.

He only had one authority, so there was no room for choice.

But coincidentally, Su Mo didn't have a good impression of the [Ten Incarnations].

In the original work, Kusanagi Godou had used these ten incarnations to defeat many gods and Godslayers.

In terms of its upper limit, this authority is indeed not bad.

But speaking of the lower limit, it's frighteningly low.

The reason is that there are too many restrictions on the use of these authorities.

[Boar] can only be effective against large targets, [Bull] can only deal with enemies with great power, [Goat] requires the life force of companions, [Camel] can only be used in close combat, [Phoenix] will severely burden the heart, and must be used against high-speed attacks, and there is a time limit…

In addition to the restrictions of each of these incarnations, these ten incarnations have another fatal weakness—they can only be used once a day.

This series of restrictions instantly made this authority a dispensable item.

Even at the end of the grand finale, these restrictions still hadn't been completely lifted.

And for Su Mo.

What he needed was not this kind of high upper limit and low lower limit authority.

After all, in terms of its upper limit, these incarnations combined are not as good as Ultraman Tiga.

What Su Mo needed was a relatively stable and powerful authority.

In addition, there are indeed many things among these incarnations that are useless to him.

He can achieve the divine speed of [Phoenix] through light element transformation;

The brute force of [Bull] is not as good as Ultraman Tiga, and according to the upgrade rules of the DanMachi world, he will have a lot of room for improvement in his physical fitness in the future;

The close combat enhancement of [Camel] is also beaten by Ultraman Tiga;

The lightning of [Goat] needs to be in sync with companions, which is too restrictive;

The resurrection of [Ram] sounds good, but it must be used when near death, and it's still a Original Place resurrection without BUFF bonus.

"So, I don't want these incarnations."

Su Mo said.

"If possible, I hope to abandon these incarnations and remove the restrictions of the other incarnations."

Compared to these incarnations that are either dispensable or that he has alternative abilities for, Su Mo hoped to obtain an authority that could be used flexibly and without restrictions.

Improving his strength in his normal state was his goal for this trip.

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PS: The official name of Kusanagi Godou's authority in the original work is not [Ten Incarnations], but for the sake of easy distinction, it will be called that here.

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