Adri and Peter spent another day on the planet, just informing people of what had transpired and taking some of the survivors into the temple underneath to show them what lurked down there and to remove any of the spiders who had possibly remained. The people at first were afraid of the two, but as they saw in person and video what the council had been doing to them, they were outraged. The "harvest" festival had been going on for decades, workers disappearing so that the crops would be well fed was just an accepted part of living there. To see what had happened was beyond insulting to the populace. They aggressively were rooting out those who had been involved and discovered more nests to destroy. Their new belief in the power of the Fire God was complete. It wasn't very surprising to the Champions the god herself showed up with a ship to get them to their next destination, after all they had more than she expected.
"I love the smell of new worshippers." The Fire God seemed more upbeat, then again the last time they saw her, she was staring down at gigantic spider.
"I'm just glad you approve we were not kind."
"Kindness is not what I'm the god of my dear, and these scum aligned with spiders, what awful people do that? Besides who doesn't love the crushing none believers. I recall before all that Red War madness this is what my followers used to do, forgot how much I missed it." The Fire God was enjoying herself. Peter and Adri at least like they had satisfied her.
"Well at least they are dead, so that's one problem down." Peter hope the next problem was less creepy and crawly.
"These ones are dead, but this is the opening salvo, for too long have I let the spider god off the hook, now I know why I created you, I hope this didn't whet your appetite for destruction." Both Peter and Adri visibly slumped their shoulders. "Oh buck up it'll get easier, well sort of, I need you to split up, make it harder for that disgusting slime to get you both at the same time, don't look at me like that you've got my power this should be way easier, you now know what you have to do!" Peter and Adri did not think it made it easier, but she was their god and had resurrected them, its not like they could tell her no.
"Well it can't be worse than picking crops." Peter got moving toward the ship and Adri followed afterward.
"Yeah what's fighting legions of spiders versus some simple manual labor." Peter laughed and knew that would be the last laughter he'd have for quite some time.
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