Chapter 54.2 - Reader: Is this something that a man would do? (2/2)

The other dragons asked the amethyst dragon whether they should go after them. The amethyst dragon looked at the sea above them then shook his head, sighing helplessly.

In any case, without guidance they cannot leave Dragon Island.

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Divine World, Pantheon

The god of light sat on a throne high above above Gruumsh, the god of the beastkin.

“Gruumsh, He Who Never Sleeps, why did you break the rules?”

Gruumsh picked up his bloody spear. It was dripping with blood, his blood – his life was coming to an end.

“Rules?” Gruumsh laughed: “Those are your rules, why should I follow them?”

In the face of Gruumsh’s rudeness, the god of light still maintained his benevolent attitude in front of the other gods.

“As long as you admit your mistake, I will forgive you,” he said.

Gruumsh started laughing and laughing until he coughed up blood. His voice was unusually loud, echoing through the Pantheon, and clearly passing through all the ears of all the gods.

“Just because my people don’t worship you, you exiled them to the Savage Land. As the god of the beastkin, I can improve my people’s lives, what is wrong with that?” Gruumsh scanned the surrounding gods: “Don’t you want more faith? Now is our the only chance. The high gods cannot leave the divine world but the other gods can enter the Chaos Continent. Soon, the gods will be able to-”

Gruumsh’s voice stopped abruptly. He opened his mouth and spit out blood. Before he fell, the beastkin god stared at the god of light who sat high above him; his tiger eyes sparkled.

[You’ve sat too long in that position.]

The light god understood the words that Gruumsh said silently as the beastkin god’s burly body came crashing down. The god of light stood up and looked down at the other gods. Although his face still had a gentle smile, his words were a threat.

“I hope that you can all settle down and do your duty.” The god of light said: “Otherwise, if you flee to the Chaos Continent, the day I leave the divine realm will be your death.”

After the gods had departed, the god of light went to Gruumsh’s corpse. His face was angry because he knew that no matter how intimidating his words were, there would still be a few gods who would flee to the Chaos Continent and make a mess there. He was still unable to leave the divine realm and he didn’t know when he would be able to descend to the Chaos Continent.

The light elements began to gather in the hands of the god of light. He wanted to reduce the body to ashes but suddenly, a black hole appeared above the corpse and the body was sucked into it. Then the black hole disappeared without a trace. The god of light looked at the place where the black hole had disappeared and shuddered.

That was a manifestation of… the rules?

***

This day, countless shrines received oracles from the gods, and even from the god of light himself.

The fall of the beastkin god was the dawn of the Battle of the Gods.

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The author has something to say:

Protagonist: Today eight races.

Reader: Is this something that a man would do?

Protagonist: (dragon shape pushes down the reader): Well, I’m not a man.

Author (covers eyes): How terrible.