289 Martial Arts Harem Story Protagonist Mass Production Plan (2/2)
The golden and silver scrolls containing divine power transformed into the purest divine power of all, combining together into a divine powered forbidden spell. It transformed into a pillar of light covering the sky, and the very next instant, even though it was still daylight, an endless amount of moonlight descended upon all of Eich.
”The skies turned dark!!”
”The galaxy… how is this possible!”
With two powerful True Gods combining their powers together to cast a forbidden spell, the entire world was covered by night and the beautiful galaxy was shown in front of everyone. Not a single person dared to ignore this direct proclamation by the Gods.
In his own Temple of the Fate God, Catio unraveled his Web of Fate that he had weaved. The Web of Fate that lost control collapsed into countless knots, and then the knots unraveled into countless lines of Fate. All Fates were tangled together, and all Fates became completely unknown. From this moment onwards, all divination magic stopped working entirely as all individuals' futures became uncertain.
The moment Catio stopped controlling the lines of fate, his divine power instantly started massively decreasing. He instantly went from a powerful God to only a medium-power God and was still decreasing in power!
Meanwhile, the same thing was occurring in the Moonlight Goddess's Divine Kingdom, where starlight and moonlight gathered.
The Moonlight Goddess who had spent much divine power on the forbidden spell was currently at her weakest now as well. In just a short instant, she also went from a powerful Goddess into only a medium-power Goddess.
These two True Gods spent tens of thousands of years of accumulated power and basically broke off all possible relationships with the God of Holy Light through this. Naturally, for these two True Gods to pay such a huge price, they hoped to gain even more in return in the future. The divine power that they spent on the forbidden spell interacted with each other and created a star net that covered the entire world, transforming into a perfect surveillance system that could sense everything.
Meteors flashed across the sky, and stars shone brilliantly in a manic fashion. All the intelligent creatures were able to sense that they felt like something was watching them.
What spread out along with this divine power were countless thin and invisible threads. Gray stardust landed upon the undead that had just invaded the mortal plane who were currently standing outside the Forest of Dreams. Red infortune[2]2 emblems representing calamity marked these invaders, while the mortal plane's residents were marked instead with a calm blue starlight emblem.
This star net created by the powers of Fate and Moonlight was an eternal forbidden spell. From now until eternity onwards, every existence that entered the mortal plane would be touched by the star net. Those existences that entered the mortal plane without permission would be marked with an infortune emblem. This emblem had zero attack power, and its only use was to mark the enemies of Order so that they could easily be located on the maps of any major church's holy temple.
The two True Gods of Fate and Moonlight paid a tremendous price to create this star net. From now on, these two True Gods' priests and divine job class members would obtain the power to use all sorts of locating and searching divine arts. Not a single person would be able to escape detection from the star net that was literally everywhere.
This was also one of the critical parts of my plan.
”First, what we need to do is point out who is an enemy of the mortal plane, and who is an ally. This is the primary step, as well as the most important step of all. Hmm, it's best if we can use divine power to cast an eternal forbidden spell. Although this might require a huge price to be paid, only this can help obtain the greatest authority, as well as allow people to trust its neutrality and accuracy. Right, don't forget to leave a backdoor program to manipulate it. By the time that everyone trusts that we're only pointing out their true enemies… heh heh.”
At this moment, even Ayer heaved a sigh of relief that the star net was established successfully. Although the star net still needed many more days to finish developing and reach its full potential, the only critical moment in which it could be stopped was just now. Soon, the star net would become a basic foundational law of this world. By the time that the other True Gods realized what this star net could truly do, apart from killing the True Gods of Fate and Moonlight, there would be no other possible way to obstruct the star net.
And if they wanted to find the True Gods of Fate and Moonlight that would require hibernation to recover divine power… they'd have to ask Ayer first! From today onwards, these three True Gods would join their Divine Kingdoms together. As a True God from the immemorial generation, Ayer wouldn't fear any other True God's challenge.
Right now, in the Forest of Dreams, I admired the brilliant starlight as I looked over the words that had Ayer prepared for me. I knew what I needed to do as well, so I spoke up.
”I, Wumianzhe, God of Law and Contracts, Guardian of Law and Defender of Order henceforth declare that, in this Holy War, we proclaim battle against the Chaos Faction as well as all invaders from other dimensions!”
”I, Benny, Guardian God of Smiths and Gnomes, Overseer of the Development and Research of New Technologies and Defender of Order henceforth declare that, in this Holy War, we proclaim battle against the Chaos Faction as well as all invaders from other dimensions!”
”I, Beyana, Goddess of Wealth, Overseer of the Wealthy, and Defender of Order henceforth declare that, in this Holy War, we proclaim battle against the Chaos Faction as well as all invaders from other dimensions!”
One Main God, two powerful True Gods, and three mid-ranked True Gods. Not a single faction would dare to look down on Ayer's faction's strength now. Fine then, I suppose I should say that it was now more like one Main God and five mid-ranked True Gods' power. However, this definitely wasn't the entirety of Ayer's faction's strength. Perhaps nobody truly knew just what else Ayer had up his sleeve.
At this moment, I took a deep breath, because I knew that when I spoke the next part of the proclamation the entire world would be changed.
”As the creator and guardian of Contracts, any who wish to battle for the cause of justice and Order may sign a contract with me in order to become a guardian warrior who defends their home and Order. No matter what your identity or status was in the past, after signing the guardian warrior of Order contract with me, you shall all become allies and friends on the same side that must support each other. Those who betray the mortal plane and their allies shall be punished by the power of the Contract, while the brave warriors that fight for the mortal plane shall be rewarded by the Gods as according to the contract's stipulations.”
The Smithing God Benny spoke up again after I finished my proclamation.
”In order to successfully ensure the guardian warriors of Order contract, all who sign the contract may obtain a free 'Hero's Armlet' from me. This Hero's Armlet will automatically record a warrior's combat achievements and experiences and calculate the number of 'Justice Points' that the warrior should receive for their deeds. The first batch will only be 10,000 Hero's Armlet's, it's first come first served! As for the second batch… wait for me to have some free time creating them!”
Benny was originally a gnome when he was a mortal. His voice retained the sharp guttural sounds of gnomish speech, and his tone was the same as well. Even though he was a True God now, he still had a gnome's jokester personality.
”As the Guardian God of Wealth, you may exchange Justice points which represent glory and wealth for the Gods' treasures with me! We have tens of thousands of years of accumulated treasures, and our treasury is quite full! The Elixir of Youth which can make you undying, Myth-ranked weapons and God Equipment, divine wine, beautiful women and handsome men, noble or royal status, and even the chance to ascend to Godhood, any mystical treasures that you can imagine, we possess! However… we don't accept any debt payments! We only accept cash!”
The Goddess of Wealth Beyana's declaration was quite amusing in its own way as well. However, it was actually the most important motivating factor for everyone. Without any rewards and benefits, why would anyone else work for you? This time, Ayer and his allied Gods were truly giving it their all. Just looking over the available items for exchange moved me to the point of wanting to go rob them!
Fine then, by this point, perhaps all the readers of my log must have noticed. While most people treated games as different worlds to be enjoyed, I was treating this different world as a game to be played. Since this world didn't have game players that were the equivalent of cheat-like existences when compared to the native residents, all I had to do was create the equivalent.
”Martial Arts Harem Story Protagonist Mass Production Plan! What's the scariest thing in the world? Protagonists with massive plot armor due to their luck in being the main character! That's why all the main characters of any legend are like undying cockroaches! That's because those who can't survive to the end naturally won't have any legends told about them! This time, with the first batch of 10,000 Hero's Armlets, show me how many among you are lucky enough to be the main character type! Big bosses, tremble in fear! A game-player army is coming for you!”
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[1] TL/N: Anli Insurance is an insurance company famous for a notorious pyramid scheme in China.
[2] ED/N: ”Infortune,” in Astrology, means a malevolent influence; the planet or aspect causing this; especially either Saturn or Mars (more fully ”the greater infortune” and ”the lesser infortune” respectively). (Source: Oxford Dictionaries)TL/N: Anli Insurance is an insurance company famous for a notorious pyramid scheme in China.ED/N: ”Infortune,” in Astrology, means a malevolent influence; the planet or aspect causing this; especially either Saturn or Mars (more fully ”the greater infortune” and ”the lesser infortune” respectively). (Source: Oxford Dictionaries)