797 Truth (1/2)

Sophocles was a Demon Main God who was always quite active. He often had an incarnation and believers in the mortal plane. Only now did people discover to their surprise that his being so active was also a way to disguise himself.

”If my inference is correct, no, my inference can't possibly be wrong with my understanding of the Gods. Sophocles… was a God with no self-will. Our miscalculation about what he really was resulted in this incident.”

Only a few people were present in the large conference room. My expression probably didn't look that pleasant as I explained things.

I had come into contact with Sophocles multiple times already, after all. It really would make me seem quite foolish to only realize now that I had been talking to nothing more than a divine computer who was only capable of mechanical logical processing.

”…At the very least, you're still far better than those who really suffered a big loss but never could find out why, since you still found the truth after the incident.”

”Harloys, are you… actually trying to console me?”

”…Of course you can think that since you're so accustomed to being a narcissist.”

I glanced at the silly cat who was trying to encourage me in her own way. I then took a deep breath and organized all the information and clues that I had. No mistake could be afforded now.

”Sophocles. Most accurately speaking, he stopped being a demon long ago. He's actually a pure Order God. Although it sounds inconceivable, that's the only possible explanation for what happened…”

Those listening to me in the conference room included archmages from the Mage Country, Halent's special envoy, high-level fairy editors, and Archduke Solan from Auland. Everyone really wanted to know just what had happened, and why the Sophocles self-destruction incident had occurred.

I was probably the one who had the most right to speak on this incident as I had been fighting against Sophocles. I also needed to give everyone a proper explanation so that we could all be unified for the upcoming battle.

”Sophocles succeeded in having his incarnation ascend to Godhood. That was the God of Evolution that ordinary people have long since forgotten about. Perhaps the God of Evolution is now a secret to the world, but it's no big secret at all to everyone present here. However, there's something that likely nobody ever knew. Perhaps everyone believed that the God of Evolution naturally became nothing more than a joke and a piece of dark history once his real identity was exposed. But actually… the God of Evolution has always lived on within Sophocles' body.

Sophocles had long since died already as an intelligent individual. It was impossible to guess when he had died, but he probably died the moment that he perfected transforming himself completely into the God of Evolution who had no self-will.

Correct, Sophocles had died long ago. Once an intelligent individual gave up their own self-will, even if he was the #1 most powerful existence in the entire world, how different would he be from someone dead since he no longer even had a concept of himself?

However, someone dead had caused the entire world to tremble in fear. We had paid an unacceptable price because of Sophocles.

The reason? That was unknown. Maybe he went overboard in search of greater power, and was devoured by his more logical Order incarnation. Maybe he went insane from forcefully splitting his mind into two halves. Maybe he gave up his self-will of his own volition for some reason. Maybe someone scammed him into taking a wrong path…

Ahem, maybe such things sounded familiar, but I was definitely referring to Sophocles, not myself.

What? You're asking if I'm afraid now that I might have reached such a state as well? Of course… I would be afraid! Thinking back on things now, if it weren't for the System cheating for my sake, I would likely have lost myself like this as well, since it had also happened to Sophocles.

I revealed the truth about who Sophocles really was thanks to my detailed analysis. Although this seemed rather comical, the end result of what he did really wasn't something that anyone could laugh at.

An Order Main God had arisen from the corpse of a Chaos Main God. This Order Main God continued to pretend to be a Demon Main God in the Chaos Abyss for countless years, acting as the Order Faction's mortal enemy. But in the end, Sophocles sacrificed everything he had in order to carry out his responsibility as an Order Main God, all in order to push his personal Concept to the highest possible level.

”The source of everything is Sophocles' Divine Concept—Evolution.”

A God with no self-will was nothing more than a computer programmed to think with mechanical logic and work their hardest for their Concept. Such a God would never deviate from their own program, even if the end result was their own death.

A God with no self-will would highly prioritize their own personal safety, but the foundational nature of an Order Main God was that they would absolutely carry out their Divine Concept above all else, even if there was a conflict between carrying out the Divine Concept and their personal safety.

This was why it wasn't actually that important how powerful a God with no self-will was. A fixed mechanical way of thinking would forever be the most foolish way of thinking.