Chapter 76 - The three Gods that came from the first flame (2/2)

As for why [Dracotongue] was so powerful, the reason came from how this world first originated.

At first, the world originated from the Black Abyss, the White Light cut through the Black Abyss and broke off a part of the Black Abyss. The light brought flames, and the flames burned this corner of the Black Abyss which brought about most of what currently existed.

And the nature of ‘God’ that originally existed within that corner of the Black Abyss was changed by the flames. In total, there were three of such creatures, and one of them was the Dragon. It could be said that the Dragon was one of the ancestors of all life in this world.

The Dragons then continued to breed and multiply, during the era of the First Empire, dragons could be said to be commonplace, but unfortunately as the level of the world constantly deteriorated, dragons gradually became unable to survive. During the age of the Third Empire, when the last dragon [Versace] passed away, true dragons no longer existed, only wyverns of impure blood.

And at this point, even wyverns had become creatures that were difficult to run into and could be regarded as natural disasters in certain areas. The wyvern that Chris killed was one of the few remaining dragons left in this continent.

As for the other two creatures from the Black Abyss whose nature were changed during the first flame, one of them became the New Deity. The New Deity created the Divine race, who hadn’t fared that much better compared to the Dragons. Only very few impure dragons still exist in this world, while the one that the Church of Divine Grace hails as ‘God’ might be the last remaining member of the Divine race, or it could also not be one.

The final one was the Giant. According to legend, the original Giant had cut off his own flesh to create the creatures of this world. When his meat fell in the water, it became a fish; when it was thrown to the sky, it became a bird; and when it fell on the ground, it became various animals.

In the end, when the Giant didn’t have much flesh left, he made the final creatures – the humans – in his own image. If there were no errors, the ‘Progenitor of all things’ in the Cauchy mythos most likely referred to the Giant.

After all, the Cauchy people were the Fourth Empire to exist, and most of what happened in the ancient times had already been gradually morphed and warped or simply lost to the ages. The Cauchy people also wanted to cement their rule, so they hailed the Giant as the Progenitor of all things, and since the Cauchy people were the Giant’s spirit, that made them natural-born leaders.

Naturally, there were various claims of how the Giant ultimately ended up. In the Cauchy mythos, the Giant was the Progenitor of all things and had died after deriving himself to form the creatures. After all, they claimed to be the spirit of the Progenitor of all things, but if a Progenitor actually showed up, it would be the Cauchy who were the most unhappy.

In another mythological biography, they claimed that the Giant, who only had his skeleton left, travelled to an unknown land and became the one that governed the death of all things. There was also a claim that said the Giant never left the first flame brought about by the White Light and instead remained to guard it.

In short, none of the original three Gods had ever appeared again. This world eventually fell to become a low-magic world, while the flames would soon be extinguished. The world created by the White Light was slowly coming to an end.

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But regardless, life continues. And for Nala, although she didn’t like war, her fight must continue.

At this point, this young girl was no longer what she used to be. Early on, she was simply the final straw that many chose to grasp at. Many others regarded her support as nothing but throwing her life away, quite a few even laughed at her, regarding her as an oblivious country bumpkin.

But now, slowly but surely, very few actually made such claims anymore, the reason being that she had actually brought the people hope.

Just three days ago, the troops she led managed to arrive at Colomier in time to save it from Royas’ siege. Using her instincts alone, when the Royas army made a risky move, she flanked and ambushed them from the side, earning Interkam victory in what was thought to be a long-lost battle.