He first sought to test the waters.
His Faith points were now over 360.
He used 1 Faith point to manifest raw mana directly into Veridia.
But as soon as it formed, it vanished into the cosmos, dissipating without a trace.
-What? Is this not enough?- Sunny then used 5 Faith points.
But the outcome was still the same���the mana dissipated too quickly.
Sunny lost his cool for a moment, then calmly began to think of a better plan.
-Mana, if released similar to air, just vanishes,- Sunny mused, pondering the nature of mana stones he’d briefly seen.
-What if it was solid?-
He started again, using just 1 Faith point.
This time, instead of raw mana, Sunny manifested 10,000 mana stones.
To his immense satisfaction, they didn’t vanish.
Instead, they began to levitate gently in the sky of Veridia, a glittering constellation of condensed magic, slowly settling onto the land.
-Hah! Finally!- Sunny sighed as his experiments were finally coming to an end.
Sunny made many caves all around Veridia and filled each of them with 20,000 or 30,000 or 40,000 mana stones.
He resolved that each time he accumulated a substantial amount of Faith, he would directly manifest more mana stones, continuously seeding his world with magic.
After a full Godly hour (approximately 416 days on Veridia), there were now over 500 caves scattered across the vast continent, each brimming with these shimmering mana stones.
These mana stones constantly released mana into the air, slowly but steadily saturating Veridia’s atmosphere.
This mana didn’t simply vanish; it was absorbed through breathing and directly through the bodies of humans and other animals.
Plants, rooted deeply into the mana-rich soil, absorbed the energy directly through their roots, arguably gaining the most significant benefit.
Veridia’s flora began to evolve frantically.
Many new herbs with distinct functions started to grow, some developing potent toxic traits, others possessing beneficial properties that could dramatically increase strength or accelerate healing.
Slowly, the inherent strength of every animal and human on Veridia began to rise.
The increase in strength, however, was not uniform; it was directly related to an individual’s talent.
The higher the talent, the more pronounced the rise in physical strength and vitality.
-These mana stones are enough for now, but as the population increases, I’ll need even more,- Sunny grimaced, realizing that a substantial portion of all his future Faith points would now be dedicated to manifesting these crucial mana sources.
-This can’t go on. I need Faith for solving misfortunes too,- Sunny pondered, the long-term implications of this strategy weighing on him.
-Hah! How stupid of me to think changing a type of world is easy,- Sunny said aloud, acknowledging the monumental task.
-In worlds with mana, how does mana actually form?- Sunny questioned himself.
From various fantasy novels he had devoured back on the Blue Planet, he knew the answer: -mana veins- or -spirit veins.-
But he had never seen one, and simply knowing the concept wasn’t enough to manifest it perfectly.
-Should I consult someone from a mana world?- Sunny pondered, a novel idea for the reclusive God.
Chapter 17: Ch 17 : The Merchant God and the Elves
Chapter 17 - Ch 17 : The Merchant God and the Elves
-Can’t I help many other Gods manifest anything, and ask for Faith points in return?- Sunny pondered, a novel and highly ambitious idea sparking in his divine mind.
-If the price and margin are balanced, this will be a very profitable business,- Sunny mused aloud, already envisioning a colossal influx of Faith.
He saw an endless ledger, tallying divine currency.
-Every minute counts,- Sunny exclaimed, a sudden burst of urgency driving him.
He promptly opened the God Chat panel, his fingers hovering over the virtual keyboard.
Cosmos: -My fellow Gods, I, God Cosmos, have started a service that you all will surely love.
From now on, you can directly PM me regarding any request for a non-living thing that you wish for me to manifest.
You just need to provide me with its design and usage.
The prices will be given according to the production cost.-
The cosmic silence that usually preceded major announcements was shattered by an immediate, cacophonous burst of chatter.
-Oh my God, the bigshot is truly magnanimous! Sharing his talent with us like this!- typed one God, awe dripping from every virtual letter.
-He is clearly a profiteer! He will take a huge chunk of Faith points as his service fee. We don’t even know what the production cost is!- clarified another God, their skepticism cutting through the praise.
-Taking a share is just part of a business. We can’t do what God Cosmos can. It is natural for him to gain his profits,- another God, perhaps one struggling with their own world’s development, defended Cosmos, sparking an immediate and heated debate in the God Chat.
-A service? What audacity! Is our divine power to be commodified?- scoffed a traditionalist God.
-Rubbish! If it saves me years of trial and error on my world, it’s worth every point!- retorted a pragmatic God.
-Perhaps this ‘Manifestation’ title isn’t as grand as it sounds. Maybe he can only make trivial things,- whispered a subtly envious voice.
-Don’t be a fool! The System gave him a unique title! There’s no ‘trivial’ about that!- another argued.
But Sunny was utterly oblivious to the divine squabble, his attention already consumed by the sheer volume of inbound communication.
He already had more than 1,000 private messages flooding his inbox, requests pouring in from across the vast divine network.
Sunny’s underlying goal was not that simple; he didn’t only want to hoard a large amount of Faith from his customers.
His primary objective, hidden beneath the veneer of commerce, was to acquire knowledge���the invaluable, diverse knowledge possessed by all these Gods.
He knew many Gods would undoubtedly ask him to manifest complex blueprints: nuclear weapons, advanced weaponry schematics, and countless other technological devices from their own highly evolved worlds.
On the other hand, the requests from those overseeing magic-infused worlds could prove even more fruitful.
They might ask for a perfect copy of a revolutionary medicine discovered in their realm, or perhaps even the precise structure of a heaven-defying elixir.
Now, Sunny was not just thinking through his heart, which was still utterly fascinated by the raw spectacle of magic.
He was thinking with his mind, his strategic intellect honed by years of solitude and meticulous planning.
He understood, with absolute clarity, that if magic and technology could both be evolved together in his world, or, even better, if they could be intricately combined, the potential for Veridia would become limitless.
He envisioned fantastical creations: mana cannons that fired bolts of pure arcane energy, spaceships powered not by mundane combustion but by harnessed mana stones, automated cities built with magical precision.
Because, in the grand scheme of things, his primitive humans, no matter how physically powerful, would not be able to spread their influence or territory across the cosmos faster than technologically advanced, or magically-fueled, spaceships.
His vision for Veridia was not merely a strong planet, but a dominant force in the universe, a beacon of combined might.
Sunny began to go through these requests one by one, methodically sorting through the torrent of private messages.
As he had half-expected, the very first legitimate order was for a weapon.
However, it was neither a nuclear warhead nor any form of advanced weaponry.
This particular God, whose world was evidently still in its nascent stages of development, simply asked for a single basic bow and a hundred arrows.
-I guess at this time, no God will be needing a nuclear weapon or any advanced weapon,- Sunny mused, a faint smile touching his lips.