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blueteller · 6 months
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Who are the gods that have been introduced in tcf? What do you think are their power levels and their stance in the story and towards cale?, what do you think about their personalities? (Sorry couldn't keep up with them and i need to know more abo
An excellent question! As of now, there are 11 known or semi-known gods in the TCF pantheon. Let's count them down:
1. God of Death
We don't know his name, but we know him the most out of all of the gods. There's quite a bit to go over here.
First of all, we know that he's a male with white hair, dark skin and pitch black eyes (also, "great complexion" according to Cale lol).
Secondly, he wasn't originally "supposed" to become a god. In other words he wasn't a "Tribulator", or "Single Lifer", which are humans who don't reincarnate after death, due to being born with the potential to ascend. He became a god through sacrifice, somehow. According to the God of Despair – who is notably a liar, so his account is probably not entirely accurate – God of Death killed his "friend" in order to achieve godhood. Presumably that friend was a Single Lifer, and thus had enough Karma to elevate the God of Death to his current status. The World Tree from Nameless 1 (aka. the TCF world) knows this, which is why she warned Cale not to trust the God of Death. (More on the topic God of Despair and God of Death's friend later.)
Third thing we know about him, the God of Death is responsible for transporting – or attempting to transport – at least 3 Choi family members to Nameless 1: Choi Jung Gun, aka. Nelan Barrow, Choi Han, and Choi Jung Soo. Those three were Single Lifers, and thus, have the potential to become divine beings after death. However, Choi Jung Gun refused and became a Wanderer (and beats up the God of Death with a broom on occasion lol). Same happened with Choi Jung Soo, who died before he could get transported to another dimension, but became a Wanderer anyway. Choi Han is still alive, so he isn't one yet.
Also, he currently has no Saints – at least not at Nameless 1. Cage and Cale were his preferred candidates, but they both refused the offer. Which is how we know that the Saint position has to be accepted in order for it to happen.
The God of Death's power is stronger – or at the very least, a natural opponent – of the power of the Sun God, unlike darkness attribute and dead mana. Thus, when Alberu faced the risk of his Dark Elf heritage being exposed by Saint Jack, Cale requested Cage to bless the bracelet Mary created for him with the power of the God of Death, for additional protection. Another instance of this was in the tower in the Empire where a "heretic" – aka. a real Saint – was once imprisoned. The corrupted priests put the God of Death's divine item, a book, into a wall in that tower to suppress her powers, which was said to be very effective.
The God of Death is capable of striking powerful deals with people on the verge of death. For example, the deal with the original Cale Henituse to regress back in time and transmigrate into Kim Rok Soo's body. He is also able to grant deals through sacrifice of one's lifespan, like Choi Han sacrificing the time he would outlive Raon Miru to go help Cale in the Sealed God's Test, or that time when Choi Jung Gun sacrificed his lifespan to create the Sword of Disasters and Dragon Blood Drinking Crown. The God of Death also has the Vow of Death, which can be used to track the people who made it with their lives on the line. The "thread" connecting the vow-makers break if one of them dies, or their soul gets transported into another dimension all of a sudden – as it happened when Cale was put through Sealed God's Test. Not to mention the God of Death has limited precognition, by knowing the place and date of a potential death (which he uses to warn Cale about his potential death on the 8th of November in the Sealed God's Test).
The God of Death's divine items are the book mentioned earlier, which he could use to communicate with Cale and the new prison of the Sealed God, and the mirror, which basically functions as a tablet and means of transport between different dimensions. It requires "invitations" from outside forces, however.
Among people working for the God of Death, there is Choi Jung Gun, who clearly isn't too happy about it considering the broom incident. There was also Lee Soo Hyuk, although that deal expired once he got properly reincarnated as Sui Khan with all his memories from his past life. And of course Choi Jung Soo, who seems to be under similar Wanderer contract as his uncle, although that has not been discussed in depth yet.
Now, the God of Death's personality. First of all, he's obviously an introvert. He does not like socializing at all. However, he does like to bother Cage and Cale for attention because he likes them. He often acts very childish. Certainly very low emotional intelligence (I am never forgetting when he basically wrote Cale a letter saying: "Hi, I'm a huge fan of your work, your best friends' deaths are your fault by the way, also you're gonna die on your next birthday – good luck lol"). But he is intelligent where it comes to strategy. Cale's transmigrations seems to be entirely his idea. He certainly felt bad about his curse accidently affecting him by proxy, but was unable to undo it before the transmigration.
While the God of Death certainly has good intentions – meaning he's trying to prevent people from dying – the way he does thing is certainly in the morally gray area. He often does not ask for permission – like kidnapping teenage Chois and putting them in mortal danger. He also basically never apologizes. I'd put him in a True Neutral alignment, as I doubt he qualifies to be in the "chaotic neutral" category.
On his relationships, we know that he loves Cage (who is apparently the reincarnation of the Glutton Priestess) and Cale (whom he had been observing since early childhood). He also gets along with Super Rock and Cheapskate (the Gods, not the Ancient Power versions of them). He has a working relationship with Angelina the Sun God, and the God of War as well. He also fears the God of Balance – for a good reason – but wishes to see her face, so he probably doesn't really respect her as much as he fears her.
Also, he's passively suicidal. He wishes he could die enough that he explored all the options, as he discussed it with Angelina. He did not find a way for a god to die, despite being the God of Death himself. Thus it's safe to say he has low self-esteem and is probably heavily depressed.
Lastly, he hates the Hunters with a passion. It's safe to say he was not one of them when he was still alive.
2. Sun God(dess); aka. Angelina
Her name and gender were revealed at nearly the end of Part 1. Angelina's backstory, as told by the World Tree to Cale, is that she was a Tribulator who met an evil Dark Elf when she was still alive. After achieving godhood, she declared that he would erase all darkness, aka. darkness attribute and dead mana races. Thus, her Church became heavily racist as result.
She let it go overtime however, eventually deeply regretting her attitude, as the God of Death described her going from "bold and radiant" to "sulking in shadows". Just like the God of Death, she became disillusioned and depressed enogh to consult him on possible ways of gods commiting suicide. Her full regret was shown in how she let Alberu trade his family's curse for a way to contact Cale in the Sealed God's Test, by possessing a Dark Tiger monster. Also, she hired Choi Jung Gun to steal Taerang (Ahn Roh Man's AI shape changing Spear) from Earth 3 so that Alberu could use it against the Lion Dragon.
Her Saints are Jack and Hannah – or at the very least intended Saints. Angelina split the power between the two of them, Jack getting the power to heal, and Hannah the light attribute and sword skills at Swordmaster level. However, while Jack embraced his powers and the position of a Saint, Hannah refused them. So it's possible that only Jack is a Saint, now...? Not 100% sure how that works.
Her powers include "purifying" – aka. destroying – dead mana, however it is unable to heal people poisoned by it. Thus the reason why Jack was unable to touch his sister after she absorbed dead mana with the help of necromancer Mary. However, later on Angelina somehow changed how her powers worked for dark attribute and Jack was able to touch his Hannah again, as well as Alberu. I'm not 100% sure why or how that happened. Presumably part of Angelina's "redemption arc".
Angelina's divine item was called "Condemnation of the Sun". Unlike the intimidating name, its original form was a small cracked mirror which Cale found under a trash can. Jack was able to extract the true for of the divine item from it in a time of need, which was a white sword. Hannah used it to defeat Bell Tower Master, Lich Bernard.
Due to both Jack and Hannah being blond, as well as both Crossman and Mogoru Empire royal families claiming that the Sun God's blessing was connected to golden hair and golden eyes, it's easy to assume that Angelina was a golden blond herself. However, as we had not gotten her physical description yet, it is merely speculation at this point.
...She also has a warehouse with wine, which is apparently pretty good, according to the God of Death. Makes me wonder if she's not an alcoholic... I mean with her depression, it would make sense. (I wonder what she uses to make the alcohol tho, lol)
3. God of War
A lot of things are undertain about this god. We don't even know this god's gender yet, much less their appearance personality. We can make some guesses based on what little we know, however.
First of all, the Saint of this god is Deputy Priestess of the demon worshippers in Endable Kingdom, Cotton. Cotton was heavily undercover as a Saintess. She was able to create "shelters" for Eruhaben and the others while Cale was trapped in a black orb by the Sealed God's Test. From this, we can conclude that despite the title, the God of War's power are not actually connected to the violence of war at all; quite the opposite. It seems like this god is more concerned with preventing bloodshed and espionage work connected to ending war early. Perhaps that is a new development, like with Angelina, or perhaps it was that way since the beginning.
Secondly, there is information which is not 100% confirmed to be about the God of War, but is heavily implied to be. The God of War's Saintess used to be the Water of Judgement, Cale's Water Ancient Power's original owner. She was a slave, before one god freed her and had her working for them instead. Water of Judgement was much displeased with this, and with the help of Cale's other Ancient Powers, eventually escaped to the Eastern Continent and renamed herself Sky Eating Water. This all took place in the north, in the area where the Paerun Kingdom later came to be. The same god was responsible for creating a river for the frozen land, but because the locals decided to hoard the water for themselves by turning the river into a lake, and tried to control and/or rejected Sky Eating Water, the god became furious with them. They left a divine item in the shape of a watering can, which Cale found in an old farming shed.
It all has yet to become revelant to the story, but it's quite an interesting bit of backstory nonetheless. (Like I said, it's not 100% sure it's all about the God of War, but it's the only one who fits.
4. Sealed God; God of Despair
The first member of the Hunters who managed to become a god. Whether by accident or otherwise, this person – who we only know is male – managed to kill a Single Lifer, and with the power of their Karma, ascended despite not being born a Tribulator.
Thus, the Hunters became obesssed with creating more gods by killing as many people and creatures as possible for the power of Karma. Also including entire Worlds, as Worlds are sentient beings with a ton of Karma themselves.
Apparently, gods can become stronger through getting Karma even after achieving godhood. Because the God of Despair continued hunting and killing Sinle Lifers. He said that he killed 10, and was about to kill the 11th when he "got caught". We can assume that whatever happened then was either directly or indirectly caused by the – living and mortal at the time – God of Death, who was friends with the 11th Single Lifer target. Perhaps God of Death unwittingly took his friend's Karma through a mercy kill, causing his ascension. Whatever actually happened at the time, it ended with the God of Despair getting "arrested" – presumably by one or more of the Old Gods – and sealed away in his own temple statue as punishment. The seal wasn't perfect, however. The Hunters had methods to summon the Sealed God's Temple in different dimensions for it to harvest despair, in the hope of releasing the God of Despair once more. Cale eventually managed to use Embrace on the Sealed God and sealed him away for good in the God of Death's divine item.
Cale described the statue of the Sealed God as looking serene and beautiful – before turning furious and demonic – so if it depicted the God of Despair accurately, it's quite possible that he was once very good looking.
The God of Despair has an extremely merciless, evil personality. He describes himself as the personification of malice and wickedness. He controls Unranked Monsters and is worshipped by the demonic race. He makes very cruel tests for people which are nearly impossible to succeed at, but he is still limited and has to follow certain rules. ....that doesn't stop him from being an a**hole about it tho, as it showed when he "rewarded" Cale's success in his Test by gving him the whole 10 minutes for saying goodbye. What a bastard.
God of Despair is a liar, a manipulator, who does not hesitate to do whatever he needs to get what he wants. He used the White Star as his pawn and did not hesitate to try replacing him with Cale Henituse the first chance he got. He also got completely abandoned by the Hunters once Cale sealed him away. So it's easy to guess that despite all his self-importance of being "the first Hunter to become a God", he isn't actually the leader of the Hunters – not the King, nor the King's Successor.
In the end, the Sealed God is just as much of a puppet in the game of the Hunter as the White Star himself. Poetic.
5. God of Protection; Super Rock
Due to some of the original owners of Cale's Ancient Powers ascending after their deaths, the Super Rock inside Cale's Earth Attribute and the God of Protection are essentially two different people. However, since we know things about Super Rock the Ancient Power, we automatically know some things about the God of Protection, too.
First of all, he likes Cale and wishes for him to succeed. He left Cale a necklace with a pebble, presumably with a purpose to use later on. Secondly, he's still rivals/best friends with Cheapskate, aka. God of Purifying Fire. The live together in an area which seems like a burned mountain. ....Makes sense to me, lol.
God of Protection is said to be quite powerful – powerful enough to face the God of Balance, who is one of the Old Gods. How his powers currently function is unclear, but we can use our imagination and assume that it has to do with both Earth and Protection.
I don't recall any physical descriptions of him in the novel. We know he faced the Ancient White Star in battle and was known as the Guardian of the Land of Boulders – future Forest of Darkness area – so he must have had the body of a powerful fighter.
Also, according to Choi Jung Gun's journal, he was quite grumpy when he first met him. From the way he acts with Cale as an Ancient Powers, his personality falls into the "harsh but worried grandpa" category.
6. God of Purifying Fire; Fire of Destruction aka. Cheapskate
Just like with the God of Protection, aka. Super Rock, we know things about him via Cale's Ancient Power. But we also got a physical description, thanks to the Pope of the Fire of Purification Church! His hair was burning red, just like Cale's (probably a bit more orange than blood red tho, which is more of a Thames characteristic color).
Cheapskate is certainly someone who was very greedy for money in life. It is unclear if he got over it after his ascension, but it's doubtful. He achieved godhood after setting the northern half of the Western Continent on fire all at once, to get rid of dead mana and black magic golems, giving even the World Tree quite the scare.
His powers involve Purifying Fire, which unlike Angelina's power are able to purify without harming those with the Darkness Attribute. His divine item is a stove which emits purifying smoke, to heal living jiangshi from dead mana in their hearts in Part 2. Cale is allowed to keep this divine item until his own death.
When Cheapskate appears before Cale, he shows up as a cute puppy, wagging his tale for validation. He is generous (unlike the God of Death, in Cale's eyes) and seems to like Cale a lot, just like the God of Protection. Possibly because Cale has their Ancient Powers, but more likely because they see themselves in Cale and thus appreciate him and his efforts.
Unlike the God of Protection, who faces the God of Balance head on in a fight, God of the Purifying Fire seems to be quite scared of her due to the whole hiding-as-a-puppy thing.
7. Blue Wolf
This one is the lest certain of all the deities, but I decided to mention them as the God of Death spoke about them in the journal, as well as told Cale to seek them out when they head out to Aipotu, aka. the World of Dragons which has been taken over by the Hunters. Apparently this deity wil help Lock, and it's possible their deal with help explain why Wolf People are considerd a race "abandoned by the gods" (they can't use potions for example) despite not having a Darkness Attribute.
Basically, I'm pretty sure this guy is a Wolf God of some sort and their whole deal will be explored later on.
8. God of Balance
One of the 4 "Old Gods", meaning gods who did not manage to find any replacements for a very, VERY long time, and as the result are some of the oldest gods running around.
This does NOT mean that they are the "first" gods of their kind, however, as all gods can – and wil – retire one day, and thus the position is passed down sooner or later. It simply means they are especially picky with their successor, for one reason or another.
The God of Balance is a woman who wears heels (presumably for the intimidation factor) and likes to approach from behind, making the other person frozen in place and unable to turn around to look at her. (Which is why the God of Death tried to encourage Cale to try to get a peek on ther misterious face.) She is capable of inflicting pain even upon the God of Death, who is notably powerful. She is a very harsh person who has strict rules and is extremely displeased when people try to go against them. She wrote an entire rulebook, in fact, as Central Plains once mentions to Cale looking it over to see if certain things are allowed.
She is clearly obsessed with order and control, as her biggest opponents are the God of Chaos – her natural opposite – and Hope, who defies both Balance and Chaos.
She wants to press Cale into becoming a god under her in order to keep her under control. Cale definitely does not like that, and thus it's impossible it's actually going to happen.
9. God of Hope
Officially Cale's favorite god, as it's the only one who respects his slacker life dream and sincerely wishes him luck with it.
Hope met Cale only once, but was quite revealing about their personality during the meeting (even though we did not get any physical description nor gender reveal yet). First, they did not want to become a god, but felt obligated to as someone was needed for the role at the time. Secondly, they consider the lust for power "repulsive". Lastly, their power comes from people being inspired and hoping, thus while not always powerful, Hope can on occassion become more powerful than Balance.
Hope and Balance are clashing forces, because Hope goes againt and beyond the order of Balance to achieve the impossible.
...out of all the possible roles, if Cale actually becomes a god himself in the future, I'm betting him becoming the next Hope is the most likely outcome. However, Hope kind of made me think that Cale's perfect ending will be avoiding exactly that fate. So perhaps, Cale will avoid becoming a god in the first place with their help.
10. God of Chaos
Only mentioned as the opposing force of Balance. Nothing more is known just yet. One of the 4 Old Gods.
11. Unnamed 4th Ancient God
The last of the 4 Old Gods. Nothing is known about them yet beyond the fact that they exist. However, as @crazystorygirl pointed out, it might actually be the God of Fate, as they were mentioned in the God of Death's journal among Hope and Balance, so that would make the most sense. Fate would also fit thematically with Hope, Balance and Chaos, which are all themes showing up frequently in TCF.
...Phew! That was much longer than I expected. I hope it helps you!
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murasaki-cha · 2 years
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God of Balance: Do not interfere anymore and break the balance child
God of Death already on his way to spill some tea to Cale: Ok boomer
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we-stan-cale · 17 days
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Since I've talked about almost all the other important parts during my reread, I didn't want to forget the sealed god's test.
It's just... So good I'm not even sure where to start. Like, this is a moment where Cale really shines.
Cale. Rok Soo, which we're told means 'to always grow green, even in winter'.
And we see that in this test.
The sealed god throws him into one of the worst moments of his life, expressly to make him despair.
Instead, Cale takes that moment and uses it to rewrite the past, and erase all his regrets.
This is where we really get to see what post-apocalyptic Korea was like. And over and over again we learn how badly things went then, even as Cale makes sure it doesn't happen like that again.
We also see some of his years of experience, and maturity. Especially with how he handles Park Jin Tae, who was a bully and a tyrant - and also died in Cale's first life, fighting to save everyone in the shelter.
You can see what we've seen all along. Cale doesn't judge leaders by the petty stuff. He judges them on how well they take care of their people.
This is also where Cale, Choi Han, and Alberu really become an amazing trio.
Choi Han, who bargains a large chunk of his life away (just the time he'd be alone, as he ties the length of his life to Raons) in order to join Cale in his test.
And Alberu, who the Sun God helps possess a monster called the Dark Tiger when his real body is sleeping.
Those three are so tight knit now, it's beautiful. Real ride or die friends.
Especially when you remember where they all started.
It's also, as always, a time where you have to pay attention to the subtleties. This is Cale's past, and he's focused on making sure everyone survives... But Choi Han and especially Alberu can see the desperation, the struggle, and the near starvation of all the survivors. Alberu has a couple of moments when he's out of the test and giving updates to their friends, and you see him struggling. Because Cale asked him not to overly stress them (the kids especially) and basically say it's fine... And Alberu's like 'how can I tell them that?!?'
And then, naturally, there's Choi Jung Soo and Lee Soo Hyuk.
Younger versions, and not the ones Cale knew. But still, we get to learn more about his earlier found family.
We also see things going on back at home. Since his physical body is still there, his friends have to rescue him.
And we see how they're able to perform, even without Cale to call the shots.
We especially see how well Raon has grown, as he makes important decisions on how to find the monster statues.
Even more importantly, we have this at the end.
– Do you really think that this moment is the end of despair? Cale looked down at the rose gold lights burning in his hands. He opened his mouth to speak. ‘Is this moment the end of despair? No. Absolutely not.’ “This is just the beginning of the despair in this world.” It was just the beginning. Despair would reveal itself in many different forms in this world from now on. “But people have hope now.” After about a year since the world had turned into a mess… The people who had always lost, struggled, and barely managed to survive will be victorious for the first time. They would destroy this despair known as an unranked monster. The sealed god who had been silent for a moment asked as if he was sneering at Cale. – Do you have hope as well? It seemed to be implying that Cale was someone who could not have hope. That was how it sounded to Cale. Cale slowly shook his head. “No.” He did not have hope. However… “I have certainty.” Cale needed something more certain than hope. Finally, he had gotten it. “This place will draw a different future than my past. I’m certain of it.” He was certain that more people would survive than in his past. He was certain that they would have better lives. That was not speculation. Although it was a future that was yet to come, Cale believed it to be the truth. In fact, Cale wanted to be the one to finish the first step toward that certainty. The burning rose gold thunderbolts moved away from Cale’s hands. He started to speak again. “This is the first time I’m saying this to a god.” Toward the silent sealed god… To the god who had tried to give him despair… Cale said the following. “Thanks.” He really meant it. “My memories didn’t end in despair thanks to you.”
It's not that he defeated despair. That despair will no longer exist.
But there's hope, and he is certain that the future will be better.
And even more so - he is grateful that he had this chance to change his memories.
He took this thing that was supposed to break him, and used it to fix himself instead.
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nerdpoe · 16 days
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Cale, when he was being placed back into his body after the GoD test, found himself in a weird empty place.
The only thing in it is a pedestal, and on that pedestal is an intricate, golden pocketwatch.
It's open, and has far too many hands. He can see the gears inside it, and even though none of the seventeen hands are moving, the gears are. If he looks closer at the gears, he can start to see...something.
It looked like space. Like a galaxy, hidden in between the gears.
He pokes around it for a bit, but nothing happens. It just sits there, looking shiny and expensive.
He had no idea what this thing was, but...it was probably worth a lot. If it wasn't, the kids would like it.
He reaches out, grabs it, and wakes up in his body, surrounded by shields and people telling him not to move.
Except the next time he tries to use Instant, time freezes all around him; and his body has no ill effects. In fact, he can feel not only his time, but every single version of himself at all points in time.
The drawback comes after he stops using the power; every orifice that can bleed, does, and he faints from blood loss so intense that his regeneration Power can't keep up.
He calls a meeting with Jack and Cage later, to find out what the fuck happened.
She takes one look at him and dives for the bar. Jack takes a longer look and joins her.
"You crazy bastard," Cage says between swigs, refusing to look at Cale.
"How did you steal a god's power?" Jack asks, voice high pitched as he shakily pours himself a glass of wine.
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zharaely · 2 months
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There are two types of people.
There is White Star, who took 1,000 years of planning to try and achieve godhood but still miraculously fails.
And there is Cale Henituse, whose only dream is to be a slacker but is being offered godhood at every turn.
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I just love how all the characters in Lcf, including the whole Fandom, always collectively disses Choi Han mercilessly for his terrible acting skills!! 🤣🤣
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mae-i-scribble · 2 months
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Every time I do a little reread of the TCF manhwa and my faborite novel bits I fall in love with Cale and Raon just a little bit more. Their relationship has always been the most emotional core of TCF to me even when Cale definitely has very emotionally charged relationships with other characters. How can I not think so when I read the entire "Raon, don't be like me." and "If Raon had to chose between saving the world and one human he would always choose Cale. He could never forget the arms of the person who carried him out of that cave." Hell even the scene around the 250's when Raon escapes the first growth phase and curls up right next to Cale the same place he sleeps every night and even roiling in pain Cale tries to pat his head. Sobs into my little hands im love them I love them so much
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crazydaymycrazyway · 2 months
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Cale, after completely destroying his enemies: Some people are like clouds. When they disappear it's truly a beautiful day
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Cale is pretty shameless.
If he was told by the GoD that he could get 1 billion gallons if he kissed one of his companions, he wouldn’t blush. No. He would start bartering.
“Only a billion gallons? The Crown Prince has offered me more for less. You’re a god, live up to the name. 30 billion for a kiss on the cheek. I’ll even do a knuckle kiss for 20 billion if you feel cheap.”
The Sun God pitches in. “50 billion gallons for a kiss on the lips.”
Cale turns it down immediately. “You think my first kiss is only worth 50 billion gallons? You must think you’re funny. You couldn’t afford my first kiss with your whole religion.”
The GoD interrupts. “85 billion gallons and a heavenly item.”
He clicks his tongue, do they think he’s stupid? “A heavenly item would only draw more attention to me. I want to be a slacker. Use your head.”
Both gods curse. They can’t let him become a slacker, it would ruin everything.
After a minute of thinking, the GoD and the Sun God come to a conclusion. They’re going to cut their losses and take what they can get. “Okay, we’ll buy a kiss on the cheek for 30 billion gallons.”
Cale makes eye contact with them. “50 billion.”
The gods cry out in indignation, but Cale refuses to budge on this.
With a look of defeat, they split the cost and tell him to pick someone to kiss on the cheek.
He chooses Raon. The dragon is very happy with the sudden display of affection, and the gods curse the name Cale Henituse.
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wanderershu · 10 months
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Reminder that what mattered to Alver the most upon the revelation of the sun god's curse was the fact that all he wanted was Cale's reassurance. The reassurance that despite anything, he will always believe that Alver deserves to be the king.
He had faith that Cale would stand by him no matter what and if he didn't, then Alver would have lost the ability to trust anyone again in that manner.
And once he got the reassurance he wanted, Once he realised that it really didn't matter to Cale, he laughed out loud feeling relieved and emotional that the brief misunderstanding he felt towards the other man was nothing but a mere misunderstanding.
That Cale will stand by him no matter what.
Cale saying that he deserves to be the king, that no one else is suited to be the king of the Roan Kingdom other than Alver...
That scene is so precious to me. It is one of the most impactful moments which shows just how much Cale's opinions matter to Alver.
And how much Cale believes in his hyung-nim.
(They drive me crazy.)
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mirktea · 4 months
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it’s been months but im still stuck on this.
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blueteller · 11 days
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Cale... Cale.
Are you about to learn to manifest Lovecraftian eldritch horror spooky eyes Cale??
...He's about to manifest Lovecraftian eldritch horror spooky eyes.
Cale what are you doing
Cale I thought you didn't want to become a god why are you becoming Cthulhu
...Cale? Cale???
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murasaki-cha · 2 years
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TCF side story 6 discussion (it’s honestly just me freaking out)
MASSIVE SPOILERS FOR THE SIDE STORY BELOW! If you haven’t read it yet, go read it and than come here again and freak out with me
Right off the bat
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Ok after getting that out of my system, there is so much to talk about! This chapter dropped bomb after bomb!
Super Rock becoming the God of Protection! Didn’t see that one coming tbh. I wonder if he knows about the conversations ancient power him and Cale have. That would be hilarious.
And was the red head with him Fire of Destruction? I think it’s him. God of Death even called him cheapskate. It’s definitely him.
God of Death stalking observing Kim Rok Soo and Cage since birth doesn’t even phase me. He’s always lovingly annoyed those two
I wonder why the Chois had so many single lifers? GoD even wrote that fact on his journals. It’s weird.
Sun Goddess atoning by staying in the shadows, didn’t expect that. Tho things would have been resolved faster if you, you know, SEND AN ORACLE SAYING YOU HAVE NOTHING AGAINST THE DARK ATTRIBUTE ANYMORE!! LITERALLY COULD HAVE SOLVED SO MUCH SHIT ANGELINA!! Come on girl! Tho I’m curious why does she want to reincarnate. What’s that gonna do?
TELL👏🏻US👏🏻GOD OF DEATH’S👏🏻PAST👏🏻
Why did he kill his friend if he didn’t want to become a god? Why did he search for death so helplessly? Why does he hate hunters so much? Why does he mess with the Chois? What’s his reason for meddling so much? WHAT’S HIS NAME!?
Choi Jung Gun beating the shit out of God of Death with a broom in the Sun Goddess warehouse was not something I would have ever imagined but I’m not surprised tbh🤣
God of Death being scared of Lee Soo Hyuk to the point that he doubted if he was really a human was amazing. I agree Lee Soo Hyuk is freakishly scary dude.
THE WOLF KING?!?!?!
So many gods were introduced! But why did we get nothing on the God of War? I WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THEM DUDE!!
Cale and Choi Han being candidates to meet the God of Hope! *whispers* The chances of Cale reaching godhood just keep increasing
Choi Jung Soo throwing a dinner party to commemorate the occasion of ‘Cale Henituse who entered the fiery pit on his own like usual.’ WHEEZE🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Jung Soo you little shit why do you do your bro dirty like this🤣🤣🤣🤣
FUCK GOD OF BALANCE!! FUCK HIM!! FUCK YOU MOTHERFUCKER!!
Fuck no! You hear me! FUCK! NO!
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“His yellow eyes shone” I would like to know, did God of Death’s eyes shine yellow here, or did God of Balance’s? Because previously God of Death was described to have black eyes but if his eyes change color that would be dope as fuck.
“When the God of Death thought about it, he was sure that something that would seriously irritate that god would happen in the future” You know what that’s code for. Demons. God of Death could also be talking about the hunters but the reason why I believe it’s about the demonic race is that he didn’t show much of a reaction while thinking about “them” while a few minutes ago just the mere random thought about hunters agitated him so much it affected his space.
God of Death being seriously scared of Choi Jung Gun, Choi Jung Soo, Lee Soo Hyuk and Cale is honestly hilarious. Like You’re a divine being, one of the most powerful beings in existence and one of the things you fear the most are 4 men in their twenties🤣
Anyway! With all that being said, this chapter gave so much information about the gods and I’m so grateful for that. I thought we would have to wait until like the middle of part two to learn more about them. We’ll definitely get more of the demonic race in part two. I wonder what job Lee Soo Hyuk does for the God of Death? And is God of Death ok in the end considering God of Balance came back? Is God of Balance going to be one of the bad guys in part 2?
So much new information and so many questions! But by the looks of it part 2 is gonna be awesome. Can’t wait for July!!
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we-stan-cale · 29 days
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You know what else is amazing?
When the sealed god sent Cale to the moment he was most likely to despair...
And Cale took that as a chance to erase his regrets.
We saw that he has a rough relationship with the leader of his group of survivors.
And this could have been a moment for revenge, or for Cale to somehow turn the tables and lord it over Park Jin Tae.
And instead Cale decided he was going to save the guy too.
Oh sure, we also learned Cale felt that Park Jin Tae ultimately saved his life. And over the years Cale also realized that perhaps the shelter would have fallen apart of Park Jin Tae hadn't favored ability users so much. We know the guy wasn't all black or white, and even lost his life trying to save everyone in the shelter.
That's why Cale decided he could work with the guy. His criteria wasn't whether the guy treated him right, or was 'good' in general. It was about whether they stepped up to take care of the people under their care.
No real revenge (though Lee Soo Hyuk sure made up for that later), no real enmity.
Cale decided he was going to work with the guy, and he did.
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nerdpoe · 1 month
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Cale is the Saint of Death, and has been the entire time AU.
Growing up, Rok Soo's life was shit.
In his dreams, which he only barely recalled, there was always a warm place waiting for him. A parental figure that would ask him how his day went, give him advice, and try to ease the wound that just living life gave him routinely.
"You need to eat more! You're far too skinny for a growing child!"
"Shopkeepers are more likely to forgive you if you cry. It makes them uncomfortable."
"The next time he starts to drink, hide, okay? I'll deal with him when he comes to me, but I can't right now. So just hide."
Rok Soo could never remember what the man looked like.
But he did know that if he was ever put in charge of kids, that would be who he would try to base his behavior off of.
Practical, caring, and there.
What he wouldn't figure out until far later was that in his dreams, he was being parented by the God of Death.
By the time he transmigrated, his soul was saturated with Divine Power.
When he opened his eyes for the first time as Cale Henituse, he was also waking up to a world where he had the powers of a Saint.
Cage wakes up the same day, irritated from the start, because during her own dreams the God of Death would not shut the fuck up about how his son was finally going to be able to meet her.
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zharaely · 1 month
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TCF CHAPTER 700+ SPOILERS
“Is everybody well?”
The God of Death smiled bitterly at the question Cale asked in an extremely brusque tone without even looking at him. His eyes were full of warmth as he looked at Cale.
“Choi Jung Gun is living well.”
“I don’t care about that guy.”
HE STILL HOLDS A GRUDGE AGAINST HIM 😂😂😂 ALSO!!
“Lee Soo Hyuk has reincarnated into your world.”
‘What? What did he just say?’
“Why do you look so shocked?”
[...]
“…The team leader… is going to… Be born in the world I’m living in?”
A lot of unexplainable emotions and thoughts were filling Cale’s mind.
Lee Soo Hyuk was one of the few people he had considered his family other than his parents.
‘I can see him again?’
Okay, OUCH. The way Cale was speaking while slowly processing the fact that he could meet his team leader again. 😭😭😭 YRH really knows how to make you laugh then stab you in the heart in the same chapter.
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