Chapter 448 - Hell Faction (2/2)
“Aren’t there always minor powers that betray one faction or the other in every Holy War? Let us see how sinners like you will a but traitorous sinners in the view of the two major factions that ruled the world They’d be considered evil villains who tried to overthrow the basic idea of Order, nothing more than clowns that could be casually crushed by the whims of either Order or Chaos!
But Roland’s shi+p had ed to fix the major holes in it, and it was now tier had finally boarded—no—Ayer should be called the helmsman
Which meant it was finally time to directly break with the two major factions
“Coconspirators? Hah! You’ve chosen an excellent word, Roland”
Ayer recalled memories from the past, of how he had lived in the ancient barbaric times of wilderness all the way up until now He had witnessed far too e in history, the main rulers of the world constantly replaced by another species Ancient first-generation hureat delory that would astonish even the Gods But in the end, no matter howether with the culture’s relics in the fires of war
Throughout the endless cycle of destruction and rebirth, had culture progressed? Regressed? Did culture stand still? Had it reached the peak? Or…?
“Perhaps, in the eyes of the Gods,more than a sand castle on the beach, valueless and ephemeral?”
Undead were undead because of their stubbornness; they weren’t willing to accept the eternal rest of death As the most ancient and first ever natural undead, Ayer was no exception The long years caused Ayer to forget what he had originally been so stubborn about, but he could still reeneration of Eich, the natural environment was harsh with famines and vicious beasts and dimensional invaders were common due to the still immature dimensional laws But back then, at least, the powerful didn’t view the weak as ants Weak lives weren’t in such despair Culture wouldn’t become so stratified due to mane was difficult to survive in Tribe leaders and scholars of that tis as Gods and SemiGods used primitive totems to protect the mortals There was no so-called power of belief back then, yet people sincerely idolized and respected the Gods that protected them Ayer had seen this past in his drearave as an undead Wasn’t it all because he was still worried about his own tribe? But, at the very least, the ancient Gods in that generation were trustworthy They would personally protect and help the mortals rather than reside on sos to await the chance to harvest souls
“Ha! Just who is the real devil who scaeneration had beco more than decorations on their Divine Thrones, bound by their so-called Divine Concepts and source of belief The People of Tall Mountain had beco more than cannon fodder and puppets in the eternal Holy War Was this the fate the first generation of humans deserved? Was this the world the Creator Goddess herself desired?
“Mother Goddess Astrya, is this the Order and tea destruction the penultiht to survive, why give us the ability to have hope? We are not your puppets or marionettes! It’s time to end this useless war once and for all!”
Three death roses—red, black and silver—appeared in the Death God’s hand before vanishi+ng into a windstor Death God er belong to Order, nor shall we belong to Chaos…”
The an to tremble violently He was an existence at the peak of the myriad planes, and his declarations possessed actual power Theout loud, he was joined by other Gods, who spoke the sado to Order, nor shall we belong to Chaos…”
More than ten Gods joined hi the entire world
“Henceforth, we shall no longer belong to Order, nor shall we belong to Chaos…”
It could be said that the Source of Order’s greatest mistake was that it didn’t imitate the Chaos Faction and inject its will into its species at birth like Chaos would do so with newborn tiny demons Not every former mortal who ascended to Godhood would lose their sense of self and forget who they originally were These Gods saw real hope for the future in front of them, and they made their choice to leave the Order Faction
“…We shall now belong to hell!”
“…hell!”
“We are the hell Gods!”
Giantthe worldview of theto dom would transform into a meteor and streak across the skies What, then, did this meteor shower ht of the meteor that had hurtled dohen Lorci had died Could it be that more than ten powerful Gods had simultaneously perished? That was impossible! How could so many powerful Gods all die at the same time!?
“They didn’t die They just betrayed the Order Faction”
Sulo, an astrology archs trees his professional analysis of what had just occurred
Indeed—these Gods hadn’t perished They had just redoms from the Source of Order’s control and entered into an unknown dimension Obviously, this was a betrayal! The Order Faction had been betrayed by o!
The mortals were absolutely astonished at this scene However, the Gods atched their Divine Kingdoms crash and burn were rather excited; they had waited far too long for this day
“Sigh—I won’t be able to make ood business in hell”
Beyana was also somewhat displeased as she had to leave despite the fact that her business was boo
“Ha! The Contract Heroes System has already become automated and ork by itself Even if you’re in hell, yourto be leaving for a few years Or do you want to stay behind and be ganged up on by those old fogeys?”
“Shut up! Stop distracting me! I need to sense the existence of that diet lost in the void?”
Unlike her typical quiet self, Moonlight Goddess Patricia was thrilled and enlivened She had waited for this day for far too long Due to her Divine Concept of “Guidance,” she had taken on the role of leading the Gods to hell, but she was still unable to suppress the joy in her heart
“I’m finally free…”
Before he left, God of Fate Catio didn’t forget the task assigned to him even as he exclaimed over his own fate He viciously shook the stars in the sky, sending all astrological signs into chaos
The utterly chaotic trails of Fate he stirred rendered all prophecy-type abilities and reatly lowered the possibility that other existences would be able to locate and come to the new hell
But even if Catio didn’t do this, it wasn’t that easy to coer needed to hide anything, so he used his full power to separate the Dragon World dimension, non as hell, from the other planes Soon, every connection to hell from other planes would be severed And the Holy War was in its heated stages, with angels and demons about to clash The Order and Chaos Factions would be unable to locate the hell Gods to vent their anger
That’s right—the Ayer Faction would now be known as the hell Gods, the Gods of the neutral faction, and this new dimension would become their main base They would help create a co the total monopoly Order and Chaos had over the mortal plane
By now, the former Ayer Faction had completely broken with the Order Faction But since the new hell Faction possessed far lesser strength than the Order and Chaos Factions, these neutral Gods would go into hiding in the new hell, just one of many dimensions impossible to locate in the void of the universe Still, the hell Gods had left backdoor programs behind in the mortal plane that would allow their divine power to be shared with their believers
However, just like the Chaos Evil Gods, the Source of Order would no longer have control over the hell Gods If this was an era of peace, the Source of Order would naturally send out a force of Gods to deal with this situation But it was now a heated stage of the Holy War, and the Chaos Faction would never e of their opponent’s weakness—they’d just been betrayed by so many Gods, after all Since the Chaos and Order Factions would be drawn into an inevitable conflict of epic proportions, neither faction would have the spare time to chase down and deal with the neutral hell Gods
And according to the “grand scheme,” when the hell Gods finally reappeared in the Holy War, they would possess the ability to stop the Holy War once and for all
All the signs in the skies infore break in the Order Faction Even some of the Gods themselves were confused by this, so it wasn’t exactly a surprise that all divine job class members went into a frenzy At this h the sky Almost as if it would tear the sky apart, its quality surpassed that of any meteor before it
“…A Main God! Which Main God is it?”
“By the Holy Light! It’s…”
“Elf Main God Anslo! He actually betrayed the Order Faction at such a time!?”
Don’t misunderstand—Anslo’s meteor headed in a different direction from the hell Gods’ meteors It hurtled towards the lower planes, the Chaos Abyss, the real intended to betray the Order Faction, and when he noticed the other Order Gods’ betrayal, he didn’t hesitate to take this opportunity to run and betray as well
He had indeed chosen the perfect ti Ayer’s betrayal had been made obvious, and the Source of Order would soon send out Main God-level strength to assassinate the traitors Of course the Source of Order wouldn’t have sufficient power to chase down a Main God-level existence like hie of this opportunity and the new hell Faction Gods headed towards the new hell, Ayer, one of the two “main culprits,” simply stood quietly next to the River Styx
The River Styx’s ainst its shores as it had for ti waters and rubble not far away More than a century ago, this here Ayer and Roland had forrand scherand scheme” was about to be enacted here
“It’s time”