A translucent board appeared between the god and Sei.

It displayed various blessings—Gifts, but many were grayed out.

"Here is a list of the blessings you can get with your soul strength. As I said before, there are no blessings that directly affect your combat power. Now, choose one."

Although he was told to choose one, he didn't know which to choose.

Even so, Sei was a boy living in modern Japan. He knew what kind of blessings he needed, at least from games and light novels.

"Is there a blessing that lets you know your opponent's strength?"

"Identification types? There are a few."

The displayed blessings rearranged, bringing several blessings to the forefront.

Identify. Ability identification. Item identification. Monster identification. Skill identification. Omni-Identify. Thought reading. Etcetera.

"Umm, what's the difference between these?"

"Mmph, ability identification is for identifying the abilities of living things, item identification is for identifying the performance of items. Both of them are combined into identification. However, identification can be deceived or hidden. Thought reading and Omni-Identify don't have to worry about that. With Omni-Identify, you can reveal the abilities of anyone other than a god."

"Then I'll choose this one first."

Choosing Omni-Identify caused the blessings that had been glowing to gray out. There must be a limit to how many blessings could be chosen.

"Alright then, is there an item box?"

"A treasure storage? There are various performance levels."

Treasure warehouse. Infinite storage. Time-space storage.

"Umm, is there a treasure storage that's like a folder on a computer?"

"Mmph, then I'll adjust Infinite Storage to be like a folder. By the way, the time inside is almost stopped, so living things generally won't be able to survive within it."

"Generally?"

"Even corpses have some forms of living cells. Things on that level would be able to be stored."

With that, many more blessings were grayed out. There were still countless blessings left though.

"Is there a blessing that lets you steal skills and make them your own?"

"There is not. Skills are basically the result of training and meeting conditions. They don't exist just so that you can use them. In addition, skills that directly affect combat power are not allowed."

There was a blessing called Sealing, which temporarily prevented the opponent from using their skills, but the conditions were strict.

Most importantly, this was something that would be advantageous in battle.

"Then, how about teleportation?"

"Impossible. You don't have enough points. You'd be able to get short-distance teleportation, but it is directly related to combat power."

Guess I won't be able to sneak up on my opponent and assassinate them with teleportation.

 

*

 

Their conversation continued for a while with various suggestions and ideas cropping up.

Sei was risking his life, so the god was doing this seriously. They spent several hours choosing blessings.

Although there were blessings like Sneak Attack, Sei couldn't choose them. He couldn't choose any blessings that directly affected his combat power.

"Let's see… what about something having to do with mapping?"

"A map? Well, you have enough points for that, but…"

"Could you add a little function to this map?"

The god frowned at Sei's proposed function to the map, but it was possible.

"However… you don't have enough points…"

"Please use your godly powers to make it work."

Sei bowed and his faith flowed into the god.

"Mmph, I should be able to manage it somehow or another…"

A tiny piece of the god's power left the god and was added to Sei's soul.

It went better than expected.

What Sei had asked for was an upgrade for the map and a connection to Omni-Identify.

In other words, it was a map that could identify people and items that were on the map.

This was actually a magic that could be reproduced at a high difficulty, but neither Sei nor the god knew about it.

Because, after all, there was no such magic on Earth.

"Alright, there are no points left for blessings, but what should we do with this leftover points?"

They could use the leftover points to increase his physical and mental abilities, but that would be directly related to his combat power.

"Oh, by the way"

Sei suddenly thought of something. In light novels, it was usually taken care of from the start, but it was also the most important thing.

"Will I be able to understand the language of the other world?"

The god stopped moving.

"Ah, I forgot…"

According to the god, the official languages of the other world were the Continent Common Language, English, and Japanese.

He said that the reason English and Japanese were there was because there had been contact with another Earth in the past.

The translation function for the Continent Common Language didn't require many points, so he was able to get it with the remaining points.

"The Common Language should work in most places, but it might not work in places like Dwarf and Elf villages, so be careful."

"Alright, I understand."

The god then gave him what looked to be an ordinary white stone.

"This is a Return Stone. By placing it on your forehead and wishing to return to Earth, you can return to Earth."

If Sei placed it on his forehead and thought of returning to Earth, he could return to Earth.

"Alright, let's send you off then."

The god opened his arms and the starry sky changed.

 

*

 

There was a flash of light, and Sei found himself in a different world. The sky was blue like Earth's.

As Sei sat down, five goddesses surrounded him.

… Were they really goddesses?

The silver-haired and aqua-haired goddesses were wearing white clothes and each held a staff. Their beauty and the aura of authority that they exuded even without doing anything made it clear that these two were goddesses.

The golden-haired girl standing behind him seemed to be a goddess of war, given that she was wearing golden armor and carrying a golden greatsword on her back.

However, the red-haired goddess was different.

The girl wore a short dress, her face was dirty, and her legs and shoulders were exposed. If this was Earth, she would look like a homeless child from the slums.

Last but not least was the one wearing a jumpsuit.

The sleeves were worn around her waist, and her upper body was bare. She was wearing a tank top that had been pulled down from the sleeves. In her hand was a hammer.

The heck was this?

"Umm…"

Sei, who was about to ask a question, was interrupted by a goddess's sigh.

"This one's weak."

The words of the silver-haired goddess were shocking.

"Nothing can be done. If we give him the same power as the heroes, it would be a complete waste."

The aqua-haired goddess spoke and the silver-haired goddess sighed again.

"Well, they always manage to get by with our help."

When the red-haired girl spoke, the golden-haired girl nodded.

"His talent is lacking, but he has potential."

The black-haired goddess spoke and it seemed that their plan had been decided.

"We'll have to give him a lot of power."

The aqua-haired goddess thought aloud.

"No, we have to make sure he doesn't die first. If we send back 36 people at once, we'll have to use a lot of our power. We have to make him work hard."

The silver-haired goddess spoke and the other goddesses nodded.

"Anyway… even if blessings that directly affect combat power are out of the question…"

The silver-haired goddess seemed to still have something to say.

"Omni-Identify… this isn't a God's Eye or Dragon's Eye? What is he going to do with that? This can be completely replaced by the magic of God's Eye."

"No, it's incorrect to think that way."

The black-haired goddess spoke up in his defense.

"Normal people don't have god eyes or dragon eyes. Even if he could get it with magic, it would take him decades. It's wrong to compare them to gods and dragons. And God's Eye is a magic, so you need magic power and there's a time lag."

The black-haired goddess seemed to be the most normal one in this group.

"It is the same with Infinite Storage as well, you can learn Time-Space Magic, but…"

The aqua-haired goddess also seemed to have something to say.

"I keep saying to not compare humans to us. Even if he learned Time-Space Magic, it would take him decades to learn something comparable. And this is Infinite Storage. It's better than Time-Space Storage because it doesn't depend on magic power."

The aqua-haired goddess nodded in agreement.

"What about his map? What's that about?"

The red-haired girl spoke and the black-haired goddess fell silent.

The goddesses all tilted their heads. It was a reaction they didn't show from the first two blessings.

"Even if it's just a map, once combined with Omni-Identify, it's like… he won't be possible to ambush."

Once the black-haired girl spoke, the other goddesses showed interest.

"By combining the map with Omni-Identify, you can predict the abilities of the humans and you won't be ambushed by monsters. And if you combine it with magic like a magic arrow, you can attack from outside the enemy's field of vision."

The last blessing that Sei had been holding back on was the most highly rated by the goddesses.

"Ah, I see. It's a good choice overall. Well done."

The black-haired goddess stroked Sei's head with her rough hand.

"I suppose it must be true if Riana says so. We have almost no experience fighting humans."

With the words of the aqua-haired goddess, Sei was convinced that the black-haired goddess was the closest to being a human.

"Still though, his combat power is too low to fight the heroes. And now the Demon God has also resurrected."

The silver-haired goddess sighed.

This goddess sighs a whole lot.

"There's nothing we can do about it. We'll have to give him our blessings."

She looked toward the reliable black-haired goddess with eyes that were almost full of worship.

"Then how about we give him our blessings?"

The aqua-haired goddess spoke and the other goddesses nodded their assent.