GREED: ALL FOR WHAT?-Chapter 1843: Patron And Heavenly God.

The outcome was disappointing, but it was a step in the right direction. They continued to increase the amount of divine crystals while trying to achieve the lowest quality.

They were eventually able to achieve a transmutation of 100 divine crystals into a +1 Strength divine sword at the cost of 100 divine energy. Next, they were able to convert 1,000 divine crystals into a +1 Strength divine sword for the low cost of 10 units of divine energy.

They couldn't reduce the cost of divine energy no matter how much they increased the amount of divine crystals after that. They needed to spend at least 10 units of divine energy for the transmutation. What they got with the increase in divine crystals was an increase in the power of the divine weapon.

They have a long way to go, as they have to test for divinity and soul gold too. Those are just materials. They still have to test for the quality of divine weapons too. It will cost them time and divine energy.

The good news is that unlike forging with their altar, they can't fail to produce the divine weapon they want. As long as they have enough divine energy, then anything can be transformed into anything else. They just have to make it efficient, or they won't be able to make what they want with the divine energy they have.

In the meantime, they checked to see what they needed to evolve next.

-Evolve to Patron God.

-Requirements: Level: 100 Domain God, 10,000,000 Authority, and A Nation.

Their angel explained it to them. It said, "A patron god must have a nation named after them. That requires a large amount of believers and a large area of land named after the god."

Legion-9 asked, "Do we have enough land for a nation?"

The angel replied, "There is no particular minimum size for a nation. Nations can be small or large. But they must contain 10 million believers, and the land these believers occupy must not be disputed by any other god or people. It must be a sovereign nation."

Legion-2 shook his head and said, "That's a tough order. You will need your neighbors to be at peace with you or unable to contest your claim. It will be difficult to achieve, and I doubt many gods will be able to achieve it."

The angel agreed. "It is difficult. But so is becoming a domain god. There is a limited amount of domains in God's Domain. If everyone gets the smallest unit at 0.001%, only 100,000 gods can gain access to that domain."

"According to the information I have acquired, there are more than 20 domains, so there is a chance that 2 million gods out of 4 million can become domain gods. But less than 1 million will eventually become domain gods because domain gods can accumulate domains, which will rob others of their chance."

"Plus, half of the domains will never be found. They are hidden in difficult-to-reach and dangerous places. The scarcity of domains only gets worse when you factor in the amount of domains that will be taken out of God's Domain which will remove them from the circulation."

"So the competition has already begun. But gods have to continue to become Patron gods so that they can wield domains of two types. After all, not every god is like you with a Divine Matrix. They can't fuse with different types of domains like you."

"Barring any special circumstance, they only wield more domains when they evolve. So a fire god won't be able to become a god of forge until they evolve three times and become a heavenly god. Only then can they fuse three types of domains."

Legion–1 asked their angel, "How many domains can we use?"

His angel replied, "You can use a maximum of 9 domains."

Legion-3 asked, "So we must evolve to use more domains. That's going to take a while."

Their angel shook its head and said, "That is in the case of other gods. You can't use more than 9 even if you evolve because you have already reached the limit of this world. The normal maximum amount of domains a god can use is 4. You have already doubled that limit and more, so you can't have more domains."

That information was enlightening to them. But there was something else they wanted to ask. So Legion-9 asked, "Speaking of heavenly gods. Was Kutneri telling the truth about his divine kingdom? Do gods in this world even have divine kingdoms?"

Their angel right, "Yes, he was. The next level after Patron God is Heavenly God. As a Patron God, one has been acknowledged in the mortal realm. But as a Heavenly God, one needs to be acknowledged in the divine realm. For that they need a divine kingdom."

"It is something to look forward to because once you become a Heavenly God, you won't need soul harvesting to acquire souls anymore. The souls of your believers will automatically come to your divine kingdom, and you can turn them into angels. You will even be able to build an angel army for yourself."

What the angel said reminded them of the soul-harvesting divine ability that has been their major source of souls. They use it during wars to harvest the souls of the mortals that their believers kill.

They especially like how they can use it to steal from other gods. But other gods can also use it to steal from them as long as their believers kill theirs. However, it seems a divine kingdom will be able to prevent other gods from stealing from them.

They thought to themselves in anticipation, "It is high time we get insurance against soul harvesting. We will have our interests protected while we harvest the souls of the mortals of our enemies slain in battle."

They are planning and scheming for the future even though they don't know if they will continue to participate in God's domain anymore.