1 Twilight of the Gods
"Sigh...." A woman sat languidly on her throne as she kicked her feet aimlessly. She was the Goddess of Love, and not without reason; everything about her was flawless, her face, body, hair, and eyes commanded the attention of anyone who was privileged enough to lay eyes on her.
At the moment however no light seemed to enter her beautiful irises and the look of boredom that plagued her face revealed her inner feelings.
A man sat on a throne not far from hers, only one word could really encapsulate the feeling he gave off, dangerous. He was the God of War, yet even he just looked tired and bored of everything at this moment.
"I know what you mean Ambrosia, its been a million years since the universe allowed us to achieve Godhood, since then We have done everything we could ever possibly want to do, and more. It's just not fun anymore." The man said his elbows perched on his knees as he brooded over his woes.
The other Gods made their presences known as well some agreeing with what was said while others remaining silent.
"I know some of you may be feeling that way and I get it but that's not exactly how I feel." Ambrosia, Goddess of Love replied looking at the assembled Gods.
"I represent the concept of love in this universe. Most of all I love the system that allowed this all to be. You all remember the beginning right? The system gathered us from various corners of the universe and gave us purpose and direction. It also stated that it was on us to improve and increase the level of our universe!
But what do we have to show for it? The system has never once spoken to us since that moment! We have been stuck at a level two universe for the past million years, despite all we have created and destroyed we have accomplished nothing.
That is the real reason you are bored Xerxes, not because you think you have lived a fulfilling life but because you know you have failed at your one true purpose." Ambrosia's speech shocked everyone present and Xerxes bowed his head an uncomfortable look on his face.
"We were only ever a hundred strong back when we obtained Godhood, what more could we have done with so few of us?" One God spoke up after an uncomfortable silence.
"It's not about the numbers, Our universe level isn't high enough to support more Gods. So, if it's not quantity....
Ambrosia snapped her fingers and the thrones disappeared the God'd watched as on as they suddenly appeared before a massive tree that's branches stretched out over the cosmos that the God's oversaw.
"Yggdrasil.... Home of the universe system and the very foundation of all our power." Ambrosia looked at the tree with a feverish glint in her eyes.
"And.... what was given.... can be returned." She pressed her hand against the tree and suddenly a vast bright light shone from her body and seemed to be drawn into the bark of the tree, Vein like lines of light spread on the surface of the tree until finally the last drop seemed to leave the Goddesses body. She slumped back from the tree as she gasped and held her arms in sadness.
"I am mortal again... My power is gone." She said to the other Gods.
They all stared at her in horror, no one would have ever dreamed to give up their power that they had held for so long as easily as that.
No one moved, they all seemed to collectively hold their breath as the tree pulsed vibrantly.
-Universe System Activating-
Suddenly a voice range from the tree
-Final Requirement for Universe Level Up Achieved-
-Relinquished Godhood becoming catalyst for Universe level up.-
-Level Three Universe Available-
-Do you wish to proceed?-
The question hung in the air like a hammer waiting to drop. Two flashing balls of light suddenly appeared in front of Ambrosia, one green and one red. She suddenly realized that the system was offering her the choice of whether to continue with the upgrade or decline.
"Ambrosia, wait maybe we should talk about THIIIIII!!!!" One God moved closer to Ambrosia but before any could react she had quickly grasped the green ball and rings of light appeared around each and every god.
-Twilight of the Gods Activated. Every old god will be transported to the Realm of the Gods, never to return.-
Suddenly the rings of light glowed and every figure besides Ambrosia suddenly vanished.
The former Goddess of Love found herself all alone in front of Yggdrasil.
"System? Why wasn't I taken with the rest of them?" She asked.
-When you relinquished your power you stopped being a God, also you have been selected to be the High God of the newly selected Gods of this universe. It will be your duty to lead and guide them while also gaining strength yourself.-
-Restoring Godhood-
Suddenly Ambrosia was imbued with power once again rising back to her former strength and majesty. The only difference now was that she didn't feel like she had reached the apex of her strength like before. It felt like a whole new realm of possibilities had opened up for her.
She liked this feeling.
"What do we do now?" She inquired.
-Once upgrade has been completed new gods will be selected and sent to trial world.-
"How many Gods can the new universe accommodate?" Ambrosia hoped that that the number would be much bigger than the paltry hundred of before.
-The Universe is now qualified to hold five thousand divine beings and creatures.-
"Oh?" Ambrosia raised an eyebrow at the number, then she licked her lips. "This is going to be fun"
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I woke up to another fine day. Of course every day is fine when you have a sweet life. Sweet job, sweet girlfriend, pretty much everything a normal guy could ask for.
Damn, I wish my life wasn't so fucking normal.
It's so normal that I'm not allowed to go outside the box on stuff I can do. Can't really have kinks without scaring half the family or my girlfriend. Can't be overly obsessed with cool stuff that I like. It's just a lot of can'ts and not a whole lot of cans.
I'm also sure that tons of people feel just like me.
Anyway I get out of the shower and come back to my bedroom where my girlfriend is just rolling out of bed.
Words cannot fully describe to you how lucky of a guy I am. This woman is one of the most beautiful things I have ever laid eyes on. toned legs, a perfect squeezable ass, modest boobs (You can't have everything am I right?) and a ridiculously gorgeous face with bright blue eyes. Her tan skin gives her a radiant hue that draws peoples gazes wherever we are.
To really hit the point home I have to tell you that she is a social media influencer, you know... one of those chicks who posts half naked photos of themselves to "spread positivity and joy in the world" before you say anything just know that its basically acting, she plays a character on social media and she has enough followers to where she gets paid to advertise stuff as well. Not a bad gig.
So basically my girlfriend is paid to be hot.
It's hard to complain when life is this good, but something is missing. My mind wanders a lot and sometimes I wonder about what else is out there.
Sometimes I want to explore the limits of sexuality, I imagine the millions of dudes jerking it to my hot girlfriend and wonder what it would be like to watch her with ano....
What the hell am I thinking of this early in the morning.
"Hey babe, sleep well?" she walks by me and gives me a little pat on the butt heading to the bathroom.
"Heh after that amazing sex? you betcha" I reply and turn to wrap my arms around my scantily clad lover. We pause in this idyllic setting and I am once again reminded of how good things are. Why ask for change when I have a raging hard-on pressed up against the lower back of an incredible woman?
She giggles when she feels my hot thing against her. "Clearly haven't worn you out though" she teases swaying her ass back and forth on me.
One thing about the two of us is that we are built like sex gods. Physique wise we both workout daily to maintain her slim yet shapely build and my more muscular, cut body. We spent 4 hours last night just going at it, which despite what erotica would lead you to believe is a long ass time to be using muscles, especially on a weekday. We were blessed to find each other because of our abnormal libidos.
"Babe, something on your mind?" she asks, and I realize that I have once again been spacing out for a noticeable moment.
"Sorry Alexandra, I've just been out of my head recently." I respond loosening my hold on her.
She takes the opportunity to spin and look me in the eyes. "You know if there is anything wrong you can always tell me. I love you and that will never change no matter what." she reassures me softly.
How did I ever get so lucky, to be with someone who is determined to stand by me no matter what.
I steel myself to put on a determined face and once again promise her the world but as I do a voice rings out from no where in particular.
-Two God candidates detected in vicinity, commencing planetary extraction-
Suddenly two rings of light appear at out feet, one for me and one for Alexandra.
"Oliver, what's happening?" Alexandra asks visibly startled.
Before I can reply with words of reassurance the light rings flash and we disappear from our old lives forever.
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The next thing I know I am standing in a huge circular room underneath a canopy dome of what looks like tree branches. The dome stands so high up above me that I cannot get a good look. A marble floor adorns the room and a massive fountain stands in the middle of this room. Massive columns also adorn the room. It makes me feel like I am in one of those giant museums made in the old roman architecture style.
My first instinct is to grab a hold of Alexandra since I was just holding her but as I do I realize my hand has dropped a little lower than it was and I tightly grab her ass.
"Aaaahh" she can't help but let out that small moan of pleasure despite the shock that we have just been put through.
That moment is quickly shattered as I look around and realize that we are surrounded by people with more teleporting in every moment. Alexandra realizes this fact too. "Oh shit" she squeals as she realizes that she is wearing nothing but underwear.
You would think a social media girl wouldn't mind but I guess since she isn't in charge of the situation it's pretty embarrassing.
Anyway I take my shirt off and hand it to her and it just manages to cover the important parts of her body, but just barely, and in a way that almost seems more lewd than before. I feel the hot gazes of men on my girlfriends body and I'm slightly flustered by the attention she is receiving.
Why does this turn me on?
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"Oh my, we seemed to have brought two people who were in the middle of something." Ambrosia laughs lightly from her viewing post high in the air above the room. She saw the small interaction that occurred between the two lovers and not a single reaction or reason behind them escaped her eyes. She had the intuition of the goddess of love after all.
"Still two people so intimately connected were both chosen by the system to become Gods, I don't even want to imagine what the odds of that are." She muses to herself.
"I wonder what their aspects will be....
This just gets more and more exciting!" She declares still keeping an eye on the couple below.
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People are now appearing in droves, and it's not just humans either. I'm shocked as I start recognizing creatures from fantasy novels and things that should be impossible to find on earth. Elves, Dwarves, a Phoenix, I even see a few "monster" type beings with even more appearing every second. Everyone looks startled but strangely enough nobody panics or freaks out, it is almost like some mysterious force is keeping us calm despite the fact that nobody has any idea what the hell is going on.
I hold onto Alexandra and she clutches me tightly as well. At least we have each other because it seems as if everyone else was brought here alone.
Soon the crowd grows to several hundred but in a room this big it still seems like a small crowd. The predominant noise in the room would have to be the big fountain despite small conversations breaking out after people learned that we all could all understand one another.
Apparently we all speak the same language but as I say words out loud I become aware that it is not my native tongue but it's almost as if my brain is wired to do an auto translate both when I hear and speak with nothing being lost in translation.
A creature walks up to the pair of us and I'm dumbfounded to realize that this creature is a humanoid tiger. I think some fantasy genres describe them as beastmen, anyway it's fascinating to meet a tiger so I greet him casually.
"Hello, my name is Oliver and this is Alexandra." I politely introduce ourselves.
"My name is T'sar, you seem surprised to see one of the WereTiger tribe" he spoke directly and without guile.
"Err well yes, I think it's safe to assume that we are no longer on Earth, you see where we am from we only have humans. So you could say its kind of a first for us yes." I admit. " Do you have any idea what is going on?" I inquire to see if he has any knowledge of our circumstance.
"I am afraid not, where I come from this kind of situation is not unheard of, we have been summoned but for what reason I have no idea." His tail swishes languidly clearly far more comfortable with his circumstances than we are. "You say you come from a place with only humans? Sounds boring." his gaze shifts to Alexandra and he takes in her still partially exposed state. "Though maybe not if this is the way you humans dress." He seems amused.
Alexandra goes redder than she already is at the moment and shies behind me a little. I would give her more clothes if I had them but I was already without a shirt and really wanted my pants. These situations usually required pants.
T'sar's gaze made me realize that despite my impressive physique this Weretiger in front of me was several orders more muscular and looked exactly like what his animal counterpart on earth embodied, an apex predator. I suddenly felt a rush of heat to my loins at the thought of him and Alexandra together.
What is wrong with me today? I wanted to share my girlfriend with a furry? and I can even still have these weird-ass thoughts in my current situation.
Suddenly my gaze shifts. "Well whatever the plan is for us I think it's about to start. T'sar and Alexandra follow my gaze as I look up in the sky where an insanely attractive woman is floating toward us from an unoccupied part of the room.
I have seen most of what earth has to offer, not to mention the fact that my girlfriend is a 10/10 but somehow the woman before us is still so far off that scale that it would be wrong to compare. She was like everything I ever found attractive about people all lumped into one person. Her skin was perfect and without flaw. Her legs were long, her ass was perfectly shaped, her tits were just the right size, big but not overly massive and they had this gravity defying quality to them that almost made me drool. Her face defied the heavens and her long golden hair radiated light itself.
I could not have found a better example of what a Goddess should look like than this woman before me.
She enraptured the gazes of both men and women alike as everyone's souls were almost robbed from their bodies when they noticed her. She looked around the room and her gaze soon found its way to Alexandra and my direction, she smiled slightly as she looked toward us.
Then she perched herself languidly on the highest rung of the fountain and the water parted around her form to make way for her body. her legs hung down and kissed the falling water around her.
-All five thousand God candidates have been assembled-
The same voice that announced our leaving once again rung out. At this point all the conversation died as everyone continued to stare at the woman.
"You all have been selected by the universe to become its stewards. We are entering a new era and it requires those specially chosen to boldly step forward and claim the mantle that has been prepared for each of you." The woman announced in a loud voice to the thousand people in the crowd.
"You are all going to become Gods, each powerful in your own rights and you will have the ability to grow into that power as you learn and lend your strength to the universe." She pointed upwards at the dome. "Above, rests some of the branches of Yggdrasil the great tree that is the foundation of all life and power in this universe. Soon you will drink from the water of this fountain which has soaked in the roots of the great tree since time immemorial. It will plant the seed of power within you and hopefully with time that seed will germinate and you will achieve Godhood." the woman continued her explanation as she rattled off one amazing thing after another.
"My name is Ambrosia, I am the High Goddess of Love, I am the only God remaining from the previous pantheon, the rest have ascended leaving me in charge of this universe along with the all powerful Universe system which brought you here." Ambrosia patiently explained.
"The universe grows as time goes on, it is a constantly changing space that holds numerous planets, realms, starfields, and galaxies. We have just achieved a level three universe that has a capacity of five thousand Gods to embody certain aspects of the universe. Like I said before my aspect is Love, I embody the pure emotion of love that is one of the driving forces behind all interaction.
But that is enough explanation, to put it simply you will drink the water, learn your aspect, receive your system, and be placed in a trial realm to allow you to grow into your power." She clapped her hands and suddenly numbers appeared on the back of each of our hands.
Alexandra was 132, I was 17, and I also looked over at T'sar and saw that he got 1.
"The numbers were given at random and will determine the order at which you all will come and drink the water of the fountain. When you drink you will feel a rush of power and the category your aspect falls under will appear, soon followed by the aspect that your Godhood will assume. Your aspect is determined by the Universe System. Do not ask, I don't know how it works but it will also bestow upon you a system to help your growth." Ambrosia clapped her hands again to get everyone's attention as some were still looking at their hands.
"Let's begin." She said simply and her gaze immediately fell on T'sar as the number in his hand emitted a red light.
T'sar strode over to the fountain and a leaf appeared on the surface of the water, its shape cupped to be able to hold water. T'sar took this leaf and dipped it into the fountain before bringing it to his mouth and deeply drinking the water inside.
He stopped for a moment, his eyes closed as he seemed to be feeling something inside him. A screen appeared in front of everyone but behind the fountain and text suddenly appeared.
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Category : War
Aspect : War
T'sar, God of War
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Ambrosia frowned a little at this information before she resumed her impassive face and explained.
"You have been chosen to embody the aspect of war, it is also the name of the overarching category, this doesn't mean that you are the boss of everyone in the war category. It just means you embody the aspect. Previously we only had one hundred Gods and so far fewer aspects, most of us were overarching principles, I was love, we had war, the sky, the sun, etc. I was looking forward to seeing some far more specialized aspects but I can't believe we led with plain old war.... How boring. But I guess it does suit you." She took another look at T'sar and he bowed deeply clearly not offended by her words and quite comfortable with his new title.
T'sar stepped back and the person with the number two on their hand stepped forward. As the person approached the fountain I got a good look at her, She seemed like a normal human, albeit a beautiful one. she had long dark hair and her figure was incredible as well.
She dipped her leaf into the fountain and drank the water. Soon her info appeared on the screen as well.
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Category : Species
Aspect : Black Dragons
Hildee, Black Dragon Goddess
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"teehee guess you can't hide your species from the Universe System like you can others huh?" Ambrosia teased the girl a little as well all learned that this girl who seemed like a normal human had been a black dragon all along and was now the God that embodied them.
"But thats more like it! I would have been sad if you got something generic like farming or something. Well done Hildee." Ambrosia congratulated the girl and she stepped back into the crowd.
Just like this the process continued with people receiving their various aspects, some very specific like the God of Fantasy Novels, and some a little more broad like the God of Alcohol. Since I was number 17 it quickly became my turn and I stepped forward, for the first time since arriving I let go of Alexandra's hand after shooting her a reassuring glance. She watched me as I approached the fountain and I also saw that Ambrosia leaned forward excited as well. It seems that smile she gave us earlier was not without reason.
I saw a leaf appear in the fountain and like the others I drew water with it and put it to my mouth. Pure clean water entered my mouth, more pure than I had ever felt before and I immediately felt my body assimilate this pure energy effortlessly. It felt like something I had been missing my whole life was suddenly restored. I looked up at the screen expectantly.
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Category : Love
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As this appeared Ambrosia couldn't hold herself back as she finally exclaimed "Finally!" I knew she was the Goddess of Love so it made sense that she had a personal bias. I waited patiently for the rest of the words.
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Category : Love
Aspect : Netorase
Oliver, God of Netorase
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I looked up at the screen with these words.
Ambrosia spoke softly almost under her breath and blushed a little.
"Oh my...." Those words were only loud enough for me to hear.
Wait, what the fuck!?
