The goddess carefully took a sip of the tea with her thin, pale pink lips and sighed in satisfaction. She seemed to be enjoying the tea's scent.

[I'll get straight to the point. This is all your fault.]

"That sounds like a load of bullshit, but let's hear what you have to say."

Lee Shin-Woo gently opened his eyes and glared at her. She pushed her red hair to one side and shrugged.

[It's true. At first, I could only influence to some degree the world [1], or as you understand it, the surface and the underground. And I've been dividing that limited influence to summon the heroes, give them power, and develop them. Do you understand me thus far?]

"So why is your influence on the world limited in the first place? Gods are absolute beings, aren't they?"

He'd asked something similar before, and he was ignored back then. But he believed the goddess would acknowledge him now.

Bemused, the goddess nodded and responded.

[Yeah, I guess it's time for you to know... When someone with a high level, presence, or magic moves, that's enough to shake the world. The changes of one’s karma may affect other people's karma as well.]

"Of course. That's how this world works after all."

This was especially true for this world; Lee Shin-Woo had observed...