GREED: ALL FOR WHAT?

Chapter 305 Who Is The Father?

?"Is my father a god? Am I the son of a god? Where is this divine energy coming from?"

His mother can't be a god because he would have sensed it. The divine energy is external not internal since it has to come from somewhere and it isn't from his mother. It could also have come from a completely unrelated god.

He was confused but not for long. The divine energy ignored him and began to unravel the fragments of order in his body. The ordered army of the law of order finally met its match. It was like a lever easily prying open floorboards. He got to work as soon as he saw the opportunity. The unraveling made it easy for him to tamper with the law of order and slot in the law of fire and light. Those two laws are also in perfect synchronization with the divine energy so the process went well.

Origin energy helps transcendents to manipulate laws. Divine energy helps gods to usurp laws. The law of order can resist changes from Legion-4, he is only one person. But divine energy is the energy acquired from the belief of many. In a way, it is the manifestation of the corporation of a group of people with a common belief. To the law of order, divine energy is brute forcing it to change. Legion-4 is taking advantage of that to exert the changes he wants.

"This cannot end well." He thought to himself. "One problem at a time."

The way help came when he needed it is strange, to say the least. The most suspicious part is that the help came from a god. He understands that no help is free. Most help comes with hidden strings attached. Help from a god must have trouble attached to it just like a deal from a demon. It does not bode well for him.

But what can he do about it? Refuse the help? No, he won't do that. He just has to make sure he won't regret it and the best way to make that happen is to make his helper regret it. If Someone is going to regret this exchange of assistance, then it won't be him. That's called being progressive.

Out in the world, the sun god is feeling unprecedented happiness. His infusion of divine energy allowed him to acquire more information about his investment.

'So the child's body is resisting the chain of order and it is what is causing the discomfort in the woman. What a lucky encounter.'

Stelios felt like laughing but he can't because he has to maintain the image of a stately god. He has pinpointed the problem and it proved his conjecture right. The giants of Order are aware of the problem that plagues their race. They only find out when they become transcendents but it is too late for anything to be done then. It's not like anything can be done about the chains of order even before then.

The chains of Order are what they call the manifestation of the law of order that makes them immune to magic and also prevents them from interacting with other laws. One will need at least the power of transcendence to interact and resist the law of order, but it becomes too late when one finally acquires that power. The soul will become entrapped just like the body and become unable to resist the chains of order.

Even if someone actually gets a method to interact with the law fragments, the only way it can be changed is when someone becomes a titan of law. Law fragments make up bloodlines and divine abilities and the only way to cast off the shackles of a divine ability is to replace it with another divine ability but that can only be done by a titan of law.

Titans of law who chose another path different from their divine ability will replace their innate divine ability. But the giants of orders can't do that if they can't even become lords of law. But here is an unborn child resisting the chain of order.

"Does the child have another divine ability or did something interfere with the chains of order?"

Stelios is trying to figure out why a child like this came to be. There are several ideas that are coming to him but he doesn't know because this case is unprecedented.

'Maybe it isn't unprecedented.' he wondered.

A lot of sick mothers and children have been ignored by the gods. It's not like the gods pay attention to everything, every time. Gods have a life outside of being the go-to help provider. So it is highly likely that situations like this happen frequently but no one has noticed.

If this mother had not come before his statue to pray which allowed him to sense the Origin energy from her, he wouldn't have stumbled upon this rare opportunity.

'The unique thing about this child is that it has something to do with Origin energy and that is enough for me. This child has to make it.' he thought to himself earnestly.

His happiness increased when he sensed the chains of Order being broken and resolved. Then it peaked when the unborn child began to resonate with his divine energy.

'This is too good to be true. So I can mark him in place of the chains of order. He really is my son now. This will make everything easier.'

He could feel a resonation of power between the unborn child and his domain. Fire and light were being imprinted unto the child in place of the chains of order. How could this child not be his son? Now, the gods will not have anything against him or suspect anything when he claims the child is his.

He completed the healing and double-checked that the fetus is doing alright like a concerned parent. Then he called for the bishop in charge of this church.

"This woman has been burdened with a divine mission. She is carrying my avatar here on earth. He is my son. She is to receive the best service possible. Then you will bring my son to the headquarters of the church as soon as he is born."

He ordered the bishop and the clergymen before he withdrew his presence.

The bishop became ecstatic for receiving such an important mission from his god. He moved to execute the order to the letter. Hillo began to receive utmost pampering. She was being waited on hand and foot. If she craved something, it was acquired immediately.

Stelios went to the headquarters to inform the pope to make preparations. The headquarters is in another city and it is the safest place that Stelios can keep his son in the mortal realm. He has to make sure that no evil befalls his son and no harm comes to him. So he will keep his son right under his nose where he can monitor him closely.

The pope received the divine order and started making preparations to receive the son of God. Soldiers from various churches made their way to the city where Hillo is to protect her and escort the son of God to the capital of the church when he is born.

News spread far and wide about the son of the sun god that is about to be born. Stelios had considered claiming that Hillo was a virgin that got pregnant without carnal entanglement. It will account for the inevitable differences between father and son, but it would be difficult to pull off.

First, there is the problem that is the husband and the people that knew about their marriage. Killing Karak won't solve the problem unless he can coerce Karak to claim she was pregnant before marriage and that he has never touched her.

Even that wouldn't work unless he kills everyone that knows about them. Giants of order have good memories and long lifespans. No one is going to forget the truth easily. Stelios would just be creating problems for himself if he claims that. It is better and much simpler to say that their unborn child a product of a sexual encounter with Hillo.

It is a lie of course. He didn't have any sexual encounters with Hillo. But it is more believable than some virgin birth. Even the power of a god cannot sell such bogus as a virgin birth. Gods create avatars every time and have sex with mortals a lot. This type of divine conception creates demigods.

The creation of demigods isn't a new occurrence, only rare. Hence it is more believable. A virgin birth will signify sacredness but why go so far when there is a more plausible alternative? Only when a demigod isn't common will someone need to come up with something so outlandish.

So he decided to go with the more believable lie that he had sex with her while pretending to be her husband. It is what he told everyone and they believe him because he is a god. A god can't lie. It is blasphemy to think or say otherwise. Even Karak and Hillo believe it. Stelios has become the father of the unborn child and that is it.