I.. Am God?

As they marched, the people walked with them, be it men, women, old people, young ones, and even the domesticated animals of the residents.

A while later, they finally arrived in front of the Chief's residence. In front, his mother, Shimei, smiled with tears of happiness running down her eyes, a look of pride could be seen within them.

His father made his way towards his mother's side and looked at him with a smile on his face.

When he reached in front of them, he removed the crown from the top of his head and gave it to his incredulous mother and father. What he did next, which shocked all of the people, was that he immediately knelt and kowtowed towards them three times.

"My son, you are already the ruler of this land. Such gestures are not needed for you." Mein lowered himself and picked him up.

"Your father is right, Pu." His mother added, "As the Emperor of this land, you carry the pride and being of this domain. You must not lower yourself to anyone."

"No, mother and father." Pu shook his head as he properly stood up, "The Emperor is the servant and representative of the people. Although I sit higher than them, it is only to see them all and hear their pleas and not to trample and to be greater than them."

He then continued with respect and dignity and said to them, "Before I became the Emperor, I was your son. The Imperial Title is but a title whilst being your son always and always will be my stature." He then turned around to the people and proclaimed, "To be filial to one's origin is to be filial to Him. To be respectful to the populace is to be respectful to His Grace. It is one of the doctrines of The Sun God, a doctrine so pure and simple that we must abide by it to achieve basic civility and benevolent morality."

He then turned around to his parents and looked at the crown in their hand and said, "But still, I removed the crown bestowed by the Sun God to show that his rule is still of the highest of high. It is not me who rules the people, but only and only the Sun God. The crown was bestowed by Him and therefore the Crown represents Him. Whoever wears the crown represents His will."

"Therefore, it is a strict rule that anyone who wears this Crown must follow His doctrine and not defy any of His wishes for defying Him is tantamount to disrespecting Him. Lowering the position of this crown to a mortal is tantamount to Him lowering himself towards the Law of Mortality."

He knelt with one knee as he lowered his head, "To wear the Crown, one must enact its beginning. Therefore it must be worn higher than everyone."

Knowing what to do, Mein raised the Crown and declared, "Behold, the Emperor, Son of the Sun God who shall live and reign this world forever and for eternity! Blessed are those who are present before his presence."

As he said these words, the rays of the sun shone brightly in the sky, and runes made of the World's Laws imposing the spoken words turned into written golden scriptures in the sky.

Those scriptures radiated a power so great that it blessed the lands fertile and holy. The people were enlightened by the words and scriptures that their Sun God wanted to bestow upon them.

"Glory to The Sun God and Glory to His Name!"

"Glory to The Sun God and Glory to His Name!"

"He who is named Diell!"

"He who is named Diell!"

Wearing the Sun Crown, Pu turned around and looked at his subjects situated below the flight of stairs and spoke, "On this day forth, a new society shall rise within the Plains! A society that will be remembered for thousands of generations and thousands to come! I, the Emperor bestowed by God, shall bring forth this society!"

He then raised his spear high above and declared, "Hail the Kingdom of Brann!"

"Hail the Kingdom of Brann!"

"Hail! Hail!"

As cheers and applause enveloped the Plains, it now entered its new age; The Age of Expansion.

After the declaration of a new Kingdom, Emperor Pu enacted laws and acts that were dictated by their Sun God. From societal reforms to military reforms, he fixed all the systems that do not work and cause harm to the people. He also established the Sun God Temple, spreading the faith throughout the populace.

After the Boar Tide, the already few people were reduced to a little less than ninety. Pu had to make do with that population to strengthen the land.

He separated the society in two groups — Men and Women — and separated those two groups once more into different sub-groups relating to agriculture, industry, and military.

After the sortation, the Kingdom of Brann gained a group of 20 people serving as the kingdom's military power, 10 people stationed atop the mounds as lookouts, 20 people in the general work within the settlement, 20 in agriculture, and the remaining stayed as researchers to further develop Brann's technology.

With the populace now organized, Pu then encouraged everyone to procreate and further boost the population. He invested in people's marriages and ceremonial activities, and even involved the Temple by blessing the couples' in their "endeavor".

Under this program, he even married Elena Yatherkhan, daughter of the dominant military man who was formally subdued by him after the Tide. To strengthen the ties between the two clans, Pu personally made his way towards the Yatherkhan residence and proposed.

Through that, coupled with the authority bestowed by the Sun God, he even got more authority through the Yatherkhan's influence.

Now, the development of the kingdom was in full swing, and it might continue to flourish as the First Emperor rules the land.

High above the sky, a man cloaked with the glory of the Sun was smiling as he looked at the people below who sincerely worshiped him. He was happy because his plan worked. Of course, the man was the Crowned Prince, Alexander, himself.

Looking at his body and spirit, he felt an immense difference from before. He was shocked because of how great the change was even though the faith just came from the prayers of that of less than a hundred people. He imagined that in the future, Brann would develop together with his Temple and would amass at least a thousand followers.

Thinking of how massive the faith he would receive at that time, Alexander felt his blood boil with anticipation for the future. He couldn't wait for all of it to unfold.

As for now, he would help his followers to strengthen themselves, and prepare them for any dangers that might come in the future.

Suddenly, he felt a powerful and vigorous aura of faith coming towards him. With his eyes narrowed, he gazed at the figure flying towards him. Clenching his spear, he awaited the figure's arrival.

"Greetings, New God of the Sun." When the figure stopped in front of him, he finally got to see who it was.

It was a woman covered only with weeds and vines snaking all around her perfectly curvaceous body. Her skin was as beautiful as a bouquet of endless flowers, whilst her long and wavy vermilion red hair cascaded down endlessly, giving life to all those below her.

Her glowing jade green eyes gazed at Alexander neither in a subservient nor provoking way. "Nymph." Alexander spoke in a flat tone.

The nymph narrowed her eyes, offended by how this new god addressed her. Still, she waved her displeasure away, "I should introduce myself." She said to him.

"I am Yælena, Goddess of Life for the Kul M'agat People. I sensed that you once entered my territory before." She introduced herself plainly.

"I am Alexander, God of the–"

"God of the Sun. Yes, I know that." Yælena said impatiently, which made Alexander narrow his eyes even more.

Not even letting him talk, Yælena continued to speak without restraint, "It seems that you had found yourself your own followers. Then we should draft our borders now, considering you almost considered our followers to become under you."

"Borders?" Alexander imitated whilst his eyebrows were wrinkled with displeasure, "Why would we need borders? The control of Faith is only for those who can truly wield it. As gods, we shouldn't need borders just to control our subjects from defecting to another."

"Oh, how barbaric your way is." This time, seeing that the negotiation could already be considered basically gone, the nymph finally did not hide her disapproval any longer. "Gods should be more civilized than their believers. To even think of such barbarian thoughts. You aren't fit to be a god." She spat mockingly..

"What a pity that you even thought that, nymph." Alexander laughed sarcastically, looking down at the woman with sheer disgust. All this time, Alexander was already brimming with dissatisfaction with how the nymph was talking to him.