I Am an Evil God

Episode 2-I can’t be good.

Faith in Lemfra quickly spread throughout the village.

The village chief, who saw Lemfra in a dream, approached other villagers and spread their faith in Lemfra to the villagers, and since the villagers also had a miraculous experience of changing their bodies, faith in Lemfra spread throughout the village. There was no reason not to be strong.

Lempra took over the entire village with a single shot, but it was still lacking.

He was placed in the position of a god, but he had to have divine power in order to properly exercise his power over the villagers.

The divine power given by the lump of light appeared in Shephid’s dream and was used up to give an oracle, so there was nothing Lemfra could do anymore.

Just like the words of the light that faith is power, every time the residents believed in Lemfra, the divine power was gathered, but the amount was quite small, so it was concluded that it would have to wait at least a year before the next oracle was granted. .

‘The next time I give an oracle, I’ll have to order me to pray.’

I wanted to give an oracle right away, but I didn’t have the divine power.

It seems that the village was built in the middle of the forest, and everywhere you went, there was a dense forest, and except for a few side roads that seemed to be used frequently by the residents, the terrain was entirely forested.

‘It’s not a good terrain.’

Although he was not well versed in human civilization, he did know that in order for a civilization to prosper greatly, there must be a river nearby.

As a result of my observations, villagers drank rain from the sky and stagnant water around them when they were thirsty, and they got their food by hunting or gathering in the surrounding forest.

I could see a small field in the corner of the village, but it was wild plants that hadn’t been properly weighed yet, and the field itself didn’t look that big, so it didn’t look like it could be the main food.

In order to obtain divine power, they had to nurture those who believed in them.

Food is an essential factor for population growth, and I have heard somewhere that civilization develops as surplus food is produced, so solving the food problem was essential.

After obtaining the divine power, Lemp, determined to solve the problem first, went beyond the village.

As he looked around the dense forest, he realized one thing, and the only place he could go was the places where the residents had set foot once.

If you tried to go beyond that range, you couldn’t move as if a strong wall was blocking you.

It seemed like he could break through if he used divine power, but using divine power to scout the surroundings was too inefficient, so he gave up and returned to the village.

And I spent time watching the villagers.

Calculating from the slowly gathering divine power, the time required for the next oracle to be granted is at least half a year.

It was an absurd time.

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“Ah!”

A thorn stuck in the hand of a boy who was carrying a tree.

His older sister approached the boy as he put down the tree he was holding and was touching his hand, as if it had a fairly large thorn in it.

“Are you okay?”

“It hurts a little bit.”

The girl came up to the boy and pulled out the thorn.

“If you say ‘Ho’, Lemfra’s grace will dwell in it and you will feel less pain.”

“Really?”

“Yes, Lemfra is always looking out for us.”

There was really nothing Lemfra could do, but her hand felt less sore when her older sister said so confidently.

“I don’t think it really hurts.”

“Then let’s go back now.”

The boy carried a tree and followed his sister.

And Lemfra was watching the scene as it was.

Maybe it’s because he’s bonded with the villagers for half a year? There was a soft smile on his face that didn’t go well with him.

‘Your trust in me is very commendable.’

Half a year has already passed since Lemfra came from this world as a god.

He was the first to change his body shape and did nothing except give an oracle to Shepid, but his status in the village was gradually increasing.

Until now, I accepted everything that I thought was just the providence of nature as the grace given by Lemfra, and mistakenly thought that it was Lemfra’s grace that it didn’t hurt if I blew on the wound. There was.

Thanks to that, in addition to giving an oracle to Shepid, enough divine power was gathered to increase the level of intelligence of the land.

As soon as Lemfra judged that enough divine power had been gathered, he turned to Shephid.

“Whoops!”

As soon as Shephid realized that Lemfra had entered his dream, he let out an inexplicable scream and knelt on the floor before smashing his head into the ground.

Lempra approached the village chief, who was staring at the ground in a low posture.

His body, which is still expressed in black smoke, had great charisma.

“Raise your head.”

Shepid lifted his head and looked up at Lemfra.

At first, the black smoke was frightening, but now that they recognized that this person was a god watching over them, it was a very holy figure.

“I am always grateful for Lemfra’s grace.”

Did your faith fill up after seeing the black smoke?

Shephid’s tears dripped down his cheeks, and he said what he had always wanted to say.

Seeing him so moved, he could have said a warm word, but Lemfra didn’t have that.

“Yes, I should live grateful for my grace. But that’s what I mean.”

Something red began to rise from the black smoke.

“I came down to you personally, but you don’t seem to take me seriously.”

God was angry.

Shepid stiffened at the sight of Lemfra, who quietly spread his red flag and spoke.

Even if he didn’t speak, even if his expression didn’t show on his face like a human, he could tell that he was angry just by looking at the changed atmosphere of Lemfra.

“Originally, I came here to give you a big prize, but since I don’t like what you’ve done, I’m going to give you a small miracle and leave. If you want to receive a prize, show yourself worthy of it.”

“I’m sorry… Mr. Lempra!”

“I hate those who only talk. Sins must be repaid with actions, but anyone can mumble only with words. When you wake up in the morning, there will be changes in the fields in the village. Let me go.”

Lemfra disappeared and Shepid awoke.

It was only because they disappeared quickly to save the divine power, but since God suddenly disappeared in a situation where he was angry with them, Shepid had no choice but to think that they were firmly stamped by Lemfra.

Of course, Lempra wasn’t angry at all.

Didn’t they smile warmly at the brother and sister who believed in themselves and walked away carrying the tree?

He just pretended to be angry.

It was not enough to be grateful to himself in his daily life.

Through the data of the past half year, I realized that even if you believe in yourself equally, the one who thinks of you more earns more divine power.

It was necessary to take measures to remind myself periodically.

Because of this, he scared the village chief and told him to treat himself more seriously.

Not only that.

The god Lemfra must be recognized as an absolute being by the residents.

You shouldn’t look easy, you should always show a fearful side.

It was enough to gently insert a benevolent figure in the midst of fear.

It’s because the impact of being nice to someone who normally behaves badly sometimes has a much bigger impact than being nice all the time.

Lempra must never be good.

Lempra is an omnipotent creator god.

It was strange that such a god could not do anything for the followers who believed in him.

Because of this, I had to come up with a reason why Lemfra didn’t do much for the followers.

It’s not that Lem Phra couldn’t satisfy his followers because of his lack of ability, but because of his lack of trust in the followers, he had to show Lem Phra doing nothing.

This was the only way to play an almighty god.

If God is good and omnipotent, he can destroy all evil in this world.

But destroying all evil was impossible for him.

If you play a good and omnipotent god, it won’t be long before a generation has passed, and you will be exposed soon.

Therefore, he had no choice but to play a god who is omnipotent but not good.

Rather than thinking that God does not help you because you do not have the ability, you can receive stronger faith as a god by making people think that God has the ability but does not help you because they do not intend to help you.

That’s why Lempra could never be good.

That was the basic requirement for an omnipotent creator god.