Book 18, Highgod – Chapter 11, A Pleasant Surprise

Odin’s sudden self-detonation caused the eighty-two Deities to be shocked. They all waited nervously.

Suddenly…

Linley turned to look towards them. The eighty-two Deities immediately said, “Lord Linley, we completely obeyed your orders. Please spare us.” “What we did in the past, we did at the orders of Lord Odin. We had no choice.”

They were all begging for mercy.

“Father, you cannot spare them!” Taylor’s frantic shout came from behind.

“Hrm?” Linley turned to look.

Reynolds, by Taylor’s side, said in an equally frantic voice, “Third Bro, these eighty-two absolutely cannot be spared. When those Saints were killed, it wasn’t Odin who personally did the deed; it was these ‘claws’ of his. George was killed by this group of people as well, and Dixie was killed by them as well!”

“It was them.” Delia couldn’t help but turn and look, her eyes filled with hatred.

What sort of status did Odin have? How could he possibly lower himself to kill Saints? All of these vicious acts had most likely been carried out by these ‘claws’ of his.

The eighty-two began to panic. “Lord Linley, we can’t be blamed. It was Lord Odin’s orders.”

Linley swept them with a cold look. One of the Deities, terrified, actually began to flee while frantically calling out through divine...