The true rot in Nwadiebube's spirit wasn't just fear, it was disillusionment. His encounter with Osita had left a scar deeper than any physical wound, silently warping his perception of what a Sixth-Tier being should be.
In Nwadiebube's mind, a being with the power of a god should carry themselves with a divine, untouchable gravity. Instead, he saw Osita, a man wielding world-shattering power who still acted with the irrationality and petty whims of a mortal.
This dissonance created a mental blockage he couldn't bypass. He had begun to look down on the very rank he sought, he couldn't bring himself to "proclaim his law to reality" because, in his heart, he no longer believed that reality deserved to be governed by such flawed, "mortal" divinity.
