I Hate Systems

"I\'m the Main Character."

"Keuk!" Compass Carburettor winced in strain when the size of his domain shrunk rapidly. It was apparent that all his attacks only caused more annoyances for Arnark.

He truly wasn\'t in the least affected until now.

"Schemes are good, but only when you have the power to take advantage of them are they valuable." Arnark said as he began to walk towards the latter while his domain continued to occupy more and more area.

"The amount of faith you have amassed is a frightening sum, almost equal to a hundred top class Deities. But, even if you amass ten times the current amount, nothing will change." He spoke as he continued to walk forward.

"Tch!" Compass Carburettor grunted as shadowy tentacles crashed into the God King\'s domain, intending to widen the area of his domain but failed. No matter how much his shadow tentacles slammed into the expanding God King\'s domain, they were like mere strings of hair hitting a dozen-kilometre tall mountain.

There was zero effect.

From half the area of the field to a tenth, it dropped to a hundredth, and now, he barely had an area of fifty square metres to himself.

Arnark stood at the edge of the God King\'s domain, smiling as he took a step forward, forcing the God of Humanity\'s Domain to recede by another step, "You can never win against me, Compass."

"My believers are all Deities. My faith is divine, in comparison to your mortal faith." Arnark let out a casual grin, "Unless you possess divine faith, none of your attacks can ever hope to even scratch me."

Soon, he was only arm\'s length away from Compass Carburettor, grinning upon staring at the strained expression of the other party, "My, oh my, you are struggling now? What happened to your initial nonchalance?"

"So pitiful, huh?" He slowly extended his hand and patted Compass Carburettor on the shoulder, "If you have any other tricks, use them."

"For a confrontation I\'ve been expecting for so long, this is pretty anticlimactic." He then spoke with a tone suffused with disdain, "You made a mistake from the very beginning."

"It might seem like your choice is genius incarnate, but the moment you represented humanity, you lost." He snorted, "Your growth was staggering, but that was it."

"You should have taken a path similar to mine. Otherwise, all your epicness is wasted." He gently slapped Compass Carburettor\'s face, "Oh well, I guess it\'s due to a lack of experience. Anyway,"

He grinned, "I\'ll give you a second chance."

"Become my subordinate."

Upon seeing Compass Carburettor\'s glare, Arnark casually brushed off the countless shadowy tentacles attacking him, vaporising them as he slightly increased the power behind his finger, tapping the opponent.

Boom!

A sound akin to a thunderclap resounded as the figure of Compass Carburettor was sent flying through the sky. He crashed into the barrier, causing blood to splatter out of his body, alarming the Saints spectating.

"Ah…dammit…" He muttered weakly, indignation oozing out of his every breath as his figure slammed into the ground, forming a minor crater, one that was gradually filled with his blood.

His domain was no more as the entirety of the plains was now Arnark\'s domain. It was a clear show of the God of Humanity\'s defeat.

"It…ended that quickly?" The God of Rain was shocked, feeling disbelief, "H-H-How is it possible? He\'s supposed to be on par with the God King in terms of strength. Then how? Why did he go down?"

She recalled her short conversation with Pnolli, recalling the opponent\'s statement, "He was so confident back then. Was it just bravado?"

"No," She grunted, finding it hard to face reality, "He\'s the creator of this world. The other five too are pillars that shaped this world, but the God of Humanity is the primary creator."

"So, how could it be that this is the extent of his strength?" The God of Rain was unable to rein in her anxiety.

After all, if the God King represented the divine beasts, then the God of Humanity represented the human Deities. The latter\'s defeat signalled the end of humanity as a whole.

\'No, it\'s because of that!\' She thought, recalling Arnark\'s statement, \'Divine Faith! That\'s the difference!\'

"Right, all the divine beasts serve the God King. That\'s why he\'s unmatched, all thanks to his divine faith." She shouted, "Then that means…"

Her eyes lit up as she slapped the potted plant nearby, "You know the domains of the human Deities, right?"

"Y-Yes!" The potted plant shivered in fear, almost turning into dust from her gaze, "P-Please don\'t stare at me, Your Lordship."

"I can\'t handle Your Lordship\'s divine gaze."

The God of Rain closed her eye for a moment, calming down as she opened them, staring at her Spirits that had rushed into her sanctum, "Make a trip, everyone!"

She stared at the potted plant, "Send them to the domains of these Deities respectively."

Based on the auras of the Saints converged around the plains, the God of Rain targeted the strongest ones first, sending a Spirit to the respective domains.

…

"Why did you come here, Spirit of the God of Rain?" The God of Desert stared at the entity before it that resembled an ant before its massive stature.

"Your Lordship, God of Desert, I come here bearing an urgent message." The Spirit of the God of Rain then turned silent as suddenly, his eyes lit up as his figure hovered in the sky on the same eye level as the God of Desert.

Until now, the God of Desert\'s expression was of a Deity staring down at an ant, but now, it was respectful, for it was seeing an equal, "Please speak,"

"God of Rain."

"Since time is of essence, I\'ll keep it short." The God of Rain\'s voice resounded from the Spirit, "Pray to the God of Humanity."

"We were once humans too."

"Why should I do it though?" The God of Desert tilted his head, "You should know by now, since you\'ve been a Deity long enough."

"We have no past as a human."

"…" The God of Rain stared at him in silence.

The God of Desert continued, "I tried to look back on it numerous times, but my time as a human and the legend I created back then…"

"Simply doesn\'t exist. It never happened."