The wind carried whispers over the shattered towers of Valrath, once a beacon of divine learning—now desecrated, its streets thick with blood and fog. Liam stood at the outskirts with his army camped behind him, his golden aura pulsing like a second sun. His staff hummed, already attuned to the Divine Spire at the city's heart—its corrupted signal calling him like a poisoned prayer.
Quest Active: City of SpiresObjective 1: Purge the corrupted Blood Sanctuaries (0/5)Objective 2: Reclaim the Divine SpireReward: +30,000 Faith Points, +2 Divine Skill UnlocksWarning: Multiple Tier-4 Cult Entities detected within the city.
[Liam Carson – God System Status]
Level: 41
Strength: 182
Speed: 174
Endurance: 188
Divine Power: 237
Willpower: 210
Charisma: 195
Faith Points: 91,300
Followers: 3,409
Angels: 13
Demons: 5
Bound Angels: 3
Titles: The First Divine, Flame of Vengeance, Architect of Ruin
Active Skills:
Heaven's Judgement (AOE Smite)
Divine Reconstruction (Rebuild holy structures)
Soulbind (Link spirit of followers to empower them)
Unlocked Traits:
Creator's Will (Your creations resist corruption)
Wrathborn Aura (Chance to terrify enemies upon arrival)
The party stood at the western gate, long ago sealed by the high priests of the old faith. Black roots twisted through its stone, breathing with unnatural heat. Liam stepped forward, raising his hand, and divine fire spiraled from his palm.
System Notice: Foreign Seal Detected – Tier-4 Demonic WardingOverride Attempt Initiated…Faith Cost: 3,000Seal Broken. Access Granted.
The gate crumbled inward with a metallic groan, revealing a city covered in haze and crimson runes, where shadows crawled unnaturally and buildings bled from their rooftops.
Seraphina drew her sword, her wings unfurled. "This place reeks of layered corruption. We're not facing mortals anymore."
"I'm counting on it," Liam murmured.
The first sanctuary had once been a temple garden. Now, iron trees rose from the ground, each bearing a hanging child or twisted beast. In the center, a demonic priestess—half woman, half spider—chanted to a blood-drenched altar.
Enemy Detected: Ara'Sylth, Voice of the Red WebTier: 4HP: 41,000Skills: Blood Web, Soul Snare, Charm of Madness
Liam didn't wait.
Skill Activated: Heaven's JudgementAOE Divine Damage | Range: 60m | Faith Cost: 7,500
Lightning lanced from the heavens, shattering trees, vaporizing beasts, and knocking the priestess into a burning crater. His angels descended in formation, wings blazing gold and red. Seraphina and Kael charged into the wreckage with Liam at the front.
The battle was brutal.
Ara'Sylth's webs tore through a Bound Angel, severing half his face before Liam intervened—grabbing the threads mid-air and incinerating them with his bare hands.
"You want blood?" Liam growled. "I was baptized in it."
With a snarl, he drove his staff into her abdomen and detonated divine fire.
Enemy Slain: Ara'Sylth+9,000 Faith PointsSanctuary 1 Cleansed+1 Bound Angel Slot UnlockedDivine Fear spread through Valrath. Enemies now aware of your arrival.
In the ruins, a child emerged—face gaunt, eyes entirely black. Liam approached, staff lowered.
"Who are you?"
The boy blinked slowly. "They called me Voidkin. But… you're louder than the void."
System Alert: Potential Divine Fragment DetectedThis child has a soul scarred by demonic experimentation. Possible bond candidate.
Liam knelt. "Do you want to be free?"
The boy nodded.
Faith Cost: 5,000New Bound Angel Created: Lio, the Hollow FlameUnique Trait: Anti-Magic Presence | Passive Fear AuraLio is unstable but deeply loyal.
Seraphina watched from behind. "You keep saving them. Even now."
"I have to," Liam whispered. "Because no one saved me."
Each sanctuary became a testament to divine wrath.
The Hall of Screams was reduced to melted stone after Liam absorbed a soul battery and reversed its torment, freeing hundreds of trapped spirits.
The Mirror Crypts, a place where worshippers were cursed to relive their deaths, were sealed in a time loop by Liam's new skill: Temporal Shackling.
The Pit of Crawling Names—a maze of cursed names whispered into followers' minds—was cleansed by the chorus of his angels singing divine hymns until the very rock cracked.
With each purge, Liam felt his control deepen—but so did the corruption crawling at the edge of his spirit.
+25,000 Faith Points AccumulatedSystem Warning: Exposure to prolonged demonic domains accelerating Divine CorruptionCurrent Corruption: 8%At 25%, new "Wrath Path" abilities may manifest. Risk of losing moral alignment.
The last sanctuary was the largest: a cathedral inverted into a pit, where holy statues had been mutilated and crucified upside down. Within, seven cult prophets chanted in unison, their mouths sewn shut, their voices escaping through their eyes.
Enemies Detected: Cult Choir – Synchronous Hive EntityHP Pool (Combined): 112,000Linked mind – damage sharedImmune to normal fear and light
"This is no longer war," Kael whispered. "This is unmaking."
Liam closed his eyes.
Then opened them with burning clarity.
"I am the unmaker."
Divine Power Unleashed
New Skill Unlocked: Divine ShatterUnleashes raw divine will to disintegrate corrupted constructs and minds.Faith Cost: 12,000 | Cooldown: 1 Hour
The prophets exploded in sync as Liam stepped into the cathedral, the air tearing around him as reality itself bent to his presence. The floor cracked. The sky above the cathedral opened in a beam of white-red fury.
His voice thundered: "There are no saints in this place. Only my silence."
When the light faded, nothing remained but ash.
Final Sanctuary Cleansed+30,000 Faith PointsQuest Update: Proceed to the Divine Spire
The Spire
At the city's heart stood the Divine Spire—a tower carved from celestial stone, now overtaken by thorns and obsidian. Liam approached, hand raised.
But this time, the system didn't guide him.
It resisted.
System Lock: Spire Control Already ClaimedIntrusion Detected: Foreign Divine Signature (Unregistered Entity)Warning: Another "god" is present.
Seraphina stepped beside him. "It can't be. You're the only one with a system."
"Not anymore," Liam whispered.
A voice echoed from the tower's peak. Soft. Female. Cold.
"You ascended through rage. I was born through sacrifice. And now, we will see which god the world needs more."
The sky above Valrath turned blood-red.