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This happened over and over again. The battle lasted for hours. The tree father wasted a lot of divine energy that he gained from the multiple planes. The expenditure caused him to wince with heartache.
His heartache eased up because none of the Origin gods died. All of them were sealed so his divine energy didn't go to waste. The 99 golden balls returned to him with their content. They are bigger in size and heavier too.
"This is nice." He said in appreciation.
"This is very nice," Helios agreed.
The two of them chuckled evilly to themselves as if laughing at an inside joke.
The death stars disappeared as he willed them to do. The pyramids returned to their dormant state and all but one apparition disappeared. His consumption of divine energy fell. He turned his attention to the fruit of his labor.
He has 99 of the devices before him. Each one has a complete Origin god sealed within it. None of the Origin gods died before he could use the seal on them. It is not by chance. He planned not to let any one of them go right from the start of the fight.
It is too risky to let even one of them escape for many reasons. For one, information about him would be leaked. That is very bad when fighting people who have immortality. The escapee might return with more helpers and with a better strategy after learning from the previous mistake.
It is also very important that news of his power is not spread to the other groups of origin gods that have invaded the plane. This is because the previous gods of the plane are not the only forces targeting the Zargoth plane.
The other Origin gods stayed back to wait and see how the conflict between the previous gods and the god-king would turn out. They are waiting to take advantage of the fight if the opportunity appears. That is why he wanted to make sure that the group of Origin gods was related to the hidden spies.
"I don't want disturbance but I hope more Origin gods barge into your kingdom."
"I agree. We have a lot but more Origin gods will be welcomed."
"The conversion of divine energy into raw materials seems highly efficient."
"We have Soverick to thank for that."
They have more Origin gods than they planned for but they are looking forward to more attacks. The other groups will surely fear him when none of the Origin gods that attacked him return. Fortunately fearing him doesn't mean that they won't attack him again.
Their immortality will give them the courage to attempt an invasion again. They may prepare better because of their fear oof him. But the lack of information will make their plans lacking.
That's how to deal with Origin gods. You either seal them or kill them in a way that will prevent the transfer of information when they resurrect. The second option is the go-to option because sealing is too difficult when they can commit suicide. So the other groups of Origin gods will not consider that he sealed the Origin gods.
It is not carelessness. The choice to ignore that possibility is a decision made based on the fact that no god or celestial has or can seal an Origin god. His enemies are not the first sage. Even the first sage cannot plan for the unexpected. Sealing is part of the expected outcome but it is unprecedented for it to be done by a god.
They won't be safe even if they plan for sealing because his sealing is different. No origin god has access to cosmic energy and divine power of order to create such a powerful seal. So no matter what they plan, they will always come up short.
"We have a lot of work to do," The tree father said in anticipation.
His divine power surged like a tide. It undid the damage that the Origin gods had done to the landscape around the border and restored it back to its previous condition. With the absence of the death stars and the glowing pyramids, it is as if nothing ever happened here.
Then the tree father disappeared with the seals. Helios said in anticipation, "It seems the second generation of our alternative power system will be a success."
"Yes. We have the raw materials for it. But how do we go about it? Should we go according to Soverick's schematics or should we create one more suited for giants of order?"
Helios said after thinking about it, "Let's go for the one suited for the giants of order. It is costly but nothing good comes cheap."
"Besides, we can afford it."
That made them laugh because they were not the ones who would pay for the cost of the procedure.
"Yes we can afford to use cosmic energy and our raw materials are immortal. They can't go to waste so we can also afford failure."
The thought of the pain that the Origin gods would go through filled them with joy as they began working on the power system that would render the demorgorg system completely obsolete. The raw materials will be Origin gods instead of demons. They are using Soverick's newly created weapon system as the basis.
This weapon system was created a few thousand years ago before Soverick was betrayed by his plane. It has come a long way since its first initial testing with Ghaster. Helios and the tree father have improved on it.
The ability to seal entities is just a side effect of the artifact. Soverick added that part to ensure that the sealed Origin god wouldn't be able to communicate with the outside world and call for helpers.
The major function of the artifact is to transform what it sealed into a weapon. This artifact that Soverick created has the potential to surpass Origin artifacts in that it can have the power of a full origin god instead of being a part of an Origin god. So it can be useful to Origin gods far more than top-grade artifacts but below world fragments in power.