Chapter 608 (1/2)

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio  Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

After a while, Sui Xiong was already seated inside the conference hall of his God’s Kingdom. He was telling his various followers and alliances about the general content of his secret meeting with the God of Aristocracy.

“Seems like the God of Aristocracy is adamant in going all the way through this dark course,” Yorgaardman, the God of Justice, said with a sneer. “In fact, there is still time for him to turn back, but unfortunately, he refuses to.”

“It’s also difficult for him to want to turn back,” the Half-Orc warrior and Morani, the God of Craftsmen, said amidst sighs. “His core followers are aristocrats, particularly, the prominent ones. Such a practice is similar to the saying that goes, ‘the good influence of men of virtue will not last more than five generations.’ It is quite impossible for these aristocrats to want to support such a practice that offers no guarantee for longstanding success. Even if he does turn back, whether or not he can succeed, is unknown. However, the price to pay will definitely not be small.”

“But if he doesn’t turn back, sooner or later, he will still come to a dead end! With the advancement in technology and culture, the new era will come sooner or later. By then, the traditional Aristocratic System is bound to collapse. Now that the fight might not be so intense, this is practically the best chance for him to turn back. That way, if he ever wanted to turn back, the price then would be even heftier than it would be now. It might even be possible for him to no longer be able to turn back. He would only be a sacrificial object and eventually die off with the old era,” Wall, the God of Knowledge said as he shook his head with a sigh. “The mortals often refuse to listen to advice; thus minor illnesses escalate to major ones, and these major illnesses will claim their lives. Actually, it was almost the same for the gods!”

“This is also something that cannot be helped. New eras will rise while the old ones come to a closure, and all of these will definitely be accompanied with the births and falls of a great number of gods.” With great power but an aged appearance, Law Brans, the God of Law, whose remaining days seemed to be numbered with one foot already in his grave, sighed. Then he said, “This is just like the rise and fall of a nation in the mortal world. There will be the birth of a new batch of aristocrats, but also a batch of old aristocrats that will have to be buried along with the fallen nation… This is a price that all nations will have to pay when the time comes.”

“This will always be a pity anyhow. They are all great talents…” Sui Xiong sighed and said. “If these people could just spend their energy on governing the country, it would be better not only for the people but also for themselves. In the end, there would always be unnecessary bloodshed whenever there was a change in dynasties. The people had to sacrifice their lives and all family possessions for their fallen nation and be buried along with the old era. That really isn’t worth it at all.”

The God of Justice said, “Civilians die, soldiers die, aristocrats naturally had to die too. Everyone was connected with the same lifeline, and no one’s life was more precious than another.” Shaking his head, he continued saying with a sneer on his face, “The same goes for the various gods.”

“Speaking of which, I am more concerned about another thing… What on earth do you all think the God of Light is thinking?” Manissy, the Goddess of Wealth, asked. She had always lacked interest in the matters involving fighting and killing, but she was very interested in the movement of the God of Light. She said, “Clearly, he has been suppressing the God of Knights and supporting the God of Aristocracy all this while. The God of Aristocracy had impelled Woods to usurp the throne and assisted in purging the God of Knight’s followers. Throughout the entire time, the God of Light had adopted an acquiescent attitude. So after the purging was completed, why did he order the Church of the God of Aristocracy to withdraw without giving them any share of the benefits at all?”

She paused, then added, “Even if he did not give any benefit to the Church of the God of Aristocracy, he should at least allow some other churches to occupy the vacated place…”

All the gods shook their heads as they too wondered about the reason.

After Woods had purged the God of Knight’s followers and those ministers who had pledged loyalty to the previous king, whether within the imperial court, or the army, many places had been vacated. Even if these places were not taken up by the Church of the God of Aristocracy, the God of Light might have at least planned for other churches to take up the vacant spots. After all, this was a benefit that the God of Aristocracy had seized from the God of Knights. To the various human gods, this could be likened to the meat in one’s own bowl—how could it be given so to others so freely?

Yet, the God of Light did not allow a church belonging to any human god to be stationed in the Eagle Kingdom—not a single one. And he had seen to it so strictly that after the purge, Woods immediately fell into a predicament where there were no talented people left to be deployed. In spite of being the awe-inspiring and oldest country of mankind, the Eagle Kingdom had to scour for talents from the pool of adventurers and local aristocrats to support its core.

Such a situation was hard to imagine. It was like a person who had gone hunting, and after working so hard and even getting himself injured, he finally managed to catch prey. Then he killed it, sliced off its flesh, and roasted it well—but then, he did not devour it. Instead, he threw it away.

If this had not been the doing of the God of Light, everyone else would have definitely felt that the fellow behind this had gone out of his mind. This would most likely be taken as something an evil god, who was in some extreme state of confusion, would do.

However, the God of Light was the god of order and direction, and his nature determined that he would never do such a thing.

What exactly was the secret then?