Chapter 452 - Choice (1/2)
Chapter 452: Choice
Translator: imperfectluck Editor: Pranav
The petals of a black rose fluttered with the wind, falling with the fading golden glow
In just a single instant, the God of Holy Light’s incarnation died, even though this was a powerful incarnation with a Main God’s power level
The snohite-robed Ayer simply sat there in his rowboat on the River Styx This scene appearedtime
The River Styx continued to quietly flow, just as it always had for countless years At that tiht after the mortal plane of Eich was created, Creator Goddess Eich left her two daughters behind and then completely vanished
Once this neorld was completely formed, an “ecosystem” with the mortal plane at its core was naturally fory, this was like the Solar Systeinal world Thethe location that was most suitable for lifeforms to live and reproduce on All other dimensions, such as the Elemental Planes, upper planes, lower planes, and so on, were similar to other planets and planetary bodies like the moon, Mars, and so on
Of course, the core of this new ecosystem was the most useful currency in all the planes – souls
Unlike the Solar System that was all one dimension, when numerous dimensions became intricately connected to a certain extent, dimensional walls would evolve and harden to the point of co off attempts to spy and observe from other dimensions Apart from dimensional will-level existences, feould be able to influence other dimensions
However, the newly-borntreasure trove of new dimensional laws and soul resources Souls were the best currency in all the planes, while di other dimensions This newly-born mortal plane that didn’t possess any dimensional laws or a dimensional as just like a newly assembled computer built by a novice which went online for the first time without a firewall Countless dimensional invaders and conquerors instantly swarmed to possess thethat was destined to occur to all newly-born dimensions In fact, dimensional merchants even came up with a term for this, “Di the baptism will the dimension be able to evolve its own mature dimensional walls If it doesn’t survive… the dimension will naturally become nutrition for other dieneration on Eich, the mortal plane’s abundant resources and weak dimensional laws attracted countless invaders However, thanks to the hard efforts of the Goddesses of Chaos and Order as well as the Gold Species, the h thea newly-born dimension
And, the power of the invaders caused countless Gold Species to go exist This was the foundational reason why both the Goddesses of Chaos and Order sought to have a highly effective society with powerful individuals This was si the society’s lives being threatened
In “Eich’s Seven Calaame, it should be remembered that there was a certain calamity between the “Fourth Calamity: Dest the Gods” That would be the “Fifth Calamity: Dimensional Invasion” But actually, this was only so revived, as these revived individuals began su their own species Yet, these direater trouble and calamity than even the demons
From a certain standpoint, these “suddenly revived seeds” were aet about their existence
Yet, it was evident that nobody truly took the threat seriously The Sixth Calamity was classified as yet another normal part of the Holy War The end result was that in the “Seventh Calaeddon”, these diain But this ti was over
The Seventh Cala
“The Goddesses of Chaos and Order will revive and continue their ancient war frohting in thecountless fissures in the land of Eich An endless number of Dimensional Doors from other planes will open up as powerful species from other di hell There’s no so-called Eighth Calamity because the world has already been sliced up into several thousand pieces Who would still be around for such a cala the world of Eich was mostly because of the Goddesses of Chaos and Order At the very least, since they were both half of the dimensional will of Eich, they were thethe destruction of theit frootten that it was also the fault of these invaders from other planes They were just like di behind
It could be said that unlike Roland who only “slightly” understood the overall situation, Ayer who had survived since the very first generation had seen farpicture
Of course, Ayer already knew about the true identities of the so-called “great precognitors” of the Order Faction that caeddon that Roland told Ayer about and the seeave Ayer a tre about Areddon itself, so he wouldn’t care what happened after the Seventh Calaer
Ayer had never talked about this with anyone before Nor was there any need to tell anyone Ayer had already seen through everything No matter which enemies came in the future, Roland would si statements would better be left unsaid
“It’s still the River Styx…”
Back in the earliest generation, the River Styx originally carried countless hopes It was the place where souls returned to and were newly born Although life in Eich was the most difficult in that time, the overall constant increase in the total number of souls was the best evidence that this new plane was beginning to flourish
Rather than the four elements, souls were the most basic and important resource in any plane Souls could become powerful individuals or provide the power of belief A sufficient number of souls was a measure by which a dimension was healthy or not
And, only Ayer knew that over the recent years, the River Styx’s total nu, and that theThis was the best evidence that Roland’s prophecy was likely to be real
The reason for this? There could be no other explanation for this other than the two “di ever closer to waking up,that their appetites constantly increased as they ravenously devoured soul shards to help wake themselves up
Ayer felt very close to the Goddesses of Chaos and Order But this ti
“…Mortals aren’t beasts to be trained and raised Even if they are the parents that gave birth to us, they don’t have the right to turn us into their soul food No, if they truly were parents worthy of respect, how could they possibly give such a cruel order? There’s no worthy parent who doesn’t love their own children!”
Ayer recalled Roland’s angry roars as if he was right next to Ayer While playing with the black rose in his hand, Ayer couldn’t help but recall the oath that Roland swore at the River Styx, a soul oath that Roland had carved deep into his soul
“…I swear that I shall bear any crie fate so that the mortals may survive this calamity!”
Finally, Ayer raised his head
“Alright, Roland I’ll believe in you this ti on you, so you absolutely cant let an to fall Ayer watched with head tilted as the petals were bloay into the air Sunlight actually shone into the deep abyss Ayer, who typically always had an icy expression, paused in surprise for aa rare smile
“I bet thata wonderfully clear day toain I should have paid a visit there first…”
When the final rose petal was bloay by the wind, the river was covered with floating rose petals The entire River Styx suddenly stopped, and the rowboat on the river lost its rower The rowboat simply stayed still on the river
Ayer’s final words that he spoke to the world was actually an unimportant complaint Perhaps it was his dissatisfaction that he had kept bottled up for eons already
“Mother Goddess (Goddess of Order), Sister Cynthia Perhaps all of us were born because of you, but you don’t have the right to have us die because of you Perhapsso hard to survive The see for them…”
The River Styx’s silence didn’t continue for long It then started ain as the Dwarf God and the twin sister Nature Goddesses of Joy and Laughter observed The River Styx started flowing in an abnorht into the unknown void
Although the three Gods here to observe already knew that this would be the result, they and all the ancient existences were still shocked to their very cores to see the ancient and unchanging River Styx beginning to flow into the unknown void The more ancient the existence, the more shocked the existence was
And, what shocked the ancient existences even more was that the white-robed Death God on the rowboat had transfor ht after that, the rowboat he left behind also flowed into the pitch-black unknown void
At this h they didn’t knohat had happened, they instinctively felt sorrow and despair Thea God’s death, actually covered half of the entire sky
“A God has died! The most ancient God has died! The Death God, the very representation of Death, has died!”
What would happen, theoretically speaking, if the God of Laho represented Justice and Fairness started to break his os? What would happen if the God of Holy Light who represented Purity and Cleansing became tainted?
Death
What would happen if the Goddess of Order chose to compromise with Chaos? What would happen if the Goddess of Chaos decided to use numerous rules to restrict herself?
Death
What would happen if the Death God who represented Death and Eternity decided to break the “status quo” of the River Styx, to disturb the eternity of the Cycle of Reincarnation for the dead?