Chapter 474
Chapter 474 - 454: Nasty Joke
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The Sun God, who holds the power over life and the eternal scorching sun, has an extremely special position in this world.
He is seen as the protector of life, the judge who banishes evil and corruption. His Church is the most dominant divine force in this region.
As a lord, you may resent the interference of the divine in your territory, but often you cannot refuse the services of loyal and useful Holy Fire Knights.
Unlike Earth’s "dazzling galaxy of stars," the world of deities in this realm has long formed a system—a pyramid structure of more at the bottom and less at the top.
From the ancient Four Pillar Gods to today’s Seven Pillar Gods, the Eternal Scorching Sun has always stood at the apex of all deities, and naturally at the apex of this world as well.
Those Earthly gods always occupy a "secondary position." One can say that planets and worlds are related to them, but not owned by them.
Here, the Main Gods actually possess this world, enjoying rights and assuming responsibilities. As the highest existence, they are part of the basic defense rules of this world.
𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦
But these days, the departure or downfall of the Seven... or Eight Main Gods, also signifies the collapse of the entire defense system.
The leader of the gods, who bears the honor and divine position of being the God of Culture and guardian of race reproduction and culture, is the God of Civilization. He is also the protector of warriors and kings, granting guardians and knights the courage to face all enemies, and giving warriors the willpower and resistance to face corruption... His death not only weakens the power of professional warriors but also drastically reduces the mutation resistance of the local race.
Perhaps due to his divine position as the God of Courage, some deities chose to "divide" without any hesitation after his departure, losing the courage to continue fighting against the enemy.
The Gemini Moon God governs the moon and homeland, protecting the spirit of life and dreams, guarding the stability of most city-states’ foundations.
The Seal Master needs no explanation; he is the foundation of civilization, the "Knowledge God." At the same time, he is also the world’s largest strength and hidden danger.
Sea God Poseina is the king of sea monsters and ocean creatures. He is a Main God ... even the first to flee among the gods. The situation in the vast ocean might have been too terrible to witness.
In recent months, coastal villages and towns have reported bizarre sea monsters and sea people coming ashore, but no one deals with them.
In a sense, there is a reason for this. He was actually the guardian god of the major race in the last era, with little connection to the current ground race. He was originally suppressed by the Crown of Honor. His responsibility to guard the world was the lightest, and he was long expelled into the sea. Escaping with his people without any pressure... However, the chain reaction caused by his escape is quite frustrating.
With the Great God dead and the Main Gods fleeing with their people, why shouldn’t other deities run away too... Thus, many deities began contacting other worlds in preparation for their escape.
Incidentally, the God of Freedomguard, who is also a deity under the Sea God... In this world, freedom is a relatively narrow and useless concept.
Farmers are trapped in their fields, knights are bound by their duties, and 99% of the subjects never leave their territories in their lifetime. To talk about personal freedom with them... it feels somewhat extravagant.
Do you want to discuss spiritual freedom and human rights with them? They only care about what they eat tomorrow, if there is enough grain to survive the winter, and making the most of their meager savings by buying some goods in the local market, which is already their limit.
The Freedomguard God is now the "God of Commerce", guarding the rights and travel of merchants and traders. This is the only kind of freedom that can be enjoyed in this era.
Loyalty to the Sea God, who can ensure the safety and freedom of sea routes, is natural...but as a result, the departure of the Sea God makes the lives of peripheral forces like the Freedomguard God very difficult.
Another deity who has already fled is the Wind God, or the God of Circulation and Fluids. He is responsible for accelerating the natural circulation within the world. While seemingly unimportant, he is actually a core aspect of the world, connecting other Main Gods.
At the same time, he can also accelerate the natural degradation of "minor pollution" and allow the powers of other deities to transmit more quickly. He is an important messenger, overseer, and alarm official—with intricate and complex tasks that are vitally important.
Earth God, War God, Moon God, Sea God, Seal God, Sun God, Wind God—seven out of the eight Main Gods—are all responsible for "resisting pollution," providing protection in various aspects—from earth, sea, spirit, flesh, courage, and technology.
The last Main God is the Rainbow God... Don’t misunderstand, it’s not the typical story about rainbows, but rather the rainbow after rain—the "God of Miracles" and the God of Hope.
He symbolizes chance, luck, and the possibility of everything turning for the better. He is the most mysterious of all gods, and it is said that He also controls the power of destiny.
His power is elusive, but it genuinely ensures the smooth operation of the entire "anti-pollution system," ensuring that even if there is a loophole in one link, other deities will soon make up for it, or a person blessed by fate may succeed in ascending.
Some deities even insinuated that the Lord of Rainbow is the incarnation of the World’s Will, but those who have truly met her know that she is only a prisoner bound by fate...
"...Has the new divine edict of the Lord of Rainbow been issued? What’s different from before?"
"Nothing, it’s exactly the same as a year ago, still the Seven Disasters, Seven Poisons, and Seven Extinctions..."
Despairing prophecies often lead events to worse scenarios, especially when disaster predictions are proven, and a large number of escapees will emerge.
About sixty years ago, when the Lord of Rainbow gave the prophecy, people were skeptical, but the beings involved in the rehearsal had an extra hurdle in their hearts.
But now, the prophecies are being verified one by one, and the great gods bound by fate and rules have become the first to flee.
"The first disaster: when the ground becomes rotten, the crown suddenly falls, and the stars and demons descend, Doomsday begins, and the poison of the Sky Demon from Foreign Domain pervades the planet..."
The first disaster has been fully verified.
The land begins to show strange "rot," and the demons and gods of the Foreign Domain follow the scent. Before, those who knew the truth thought that the "crown" referred to the emperor of the empire, but they didn’t expect that the fallen one would be an ancient, unchanging god-king.
The prophecy of the Rainbow people is the Seven Disasters of Doomsday, each of which has one calamity, one toxin, and one extinction (destruction).
The first disaster has been entirely fulfilled, and it is the "Disaster of Doomsday" - the poison is the "Poison from the Foreign Domain." Many informed people from the Foreign Domain felt subtle when they saw this, as if they had inexplicably become the scourge of this planet.
However, considering the actions of some people, calling them natural disasters, the poison of the land or the Sky Demon from Foreign Domain doesn’t seem wrong at all.
It’s just that the final fall of Crown of Honor was beyond all expectations.
The problem lies in the second disaster.
"Night comes, celestial catastrophes are continuous, the forgotten one exposes rotting teeth, the poison of years pervades the planet, and the second crown falls to the earth..."
The greater one’s ability, the more timid one is... ahem, those who have attained it longer may still not have had enough time alive. This directly caused the second prophecy to become a fuse igniting the worst deserter incident in history.
Long night, merely the reality of the sun not shining anymore, signals that either the Sun God would fall like the Crown of Honor or would already have run away.
And in the second disaster, the "second crown falls" is predicted.
Was it the prophecy that led to the "worst deserter incident in history," or the "deserter incident" that led to the prophecy? It is now impossible to investigate.
The long night has become a reality, the Sun God has disappeared from the world, and the wicked prophecy once again (seems) fulfilled.
Perhaps before the god-king fell, the prophecy was only a thorn in the heart of the Sun God, but as the prophecy came true, the ruthless fall of the Crown of Honor, more powerful than himself, forced the Sun God to make a choice.
"...Here, history is not long, it’s a tomb for God and his son, or... was it the Sun God’s last resort?"
— End of Chapter 474 —