In the midst of the stars, the gods were shocked: "The bloody battle is ahead!" Tyre shouted, "And we are still here!"

"Before we can figure out where Io's essence has gone," the god of conspiracy and strife contorted his face, "no one can leave here - unless he is the thief!"

"Don't you feel ashamed of that?" Rosada retorted, "Is this not possible that this is another conspiracy? You summoned us to this meeting in the name of the lost nature, and then made us miss the beginning of the bloody war, and if anything happens, there is no doubt that you will be guilty of all guilt for it, the god of conspiracy." Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"Are you worried about being filled with venom in your holy water again?" the thief-clad god turned around with his dagger, pleased to see the look of anger on Rosada's handsome face—everyone knew what he was talking about—the White Tower.

"If you think anyone is suspicious," said the weeping god with wounds all over his body, "please show me the evidence." If you can prove yourself, then we will give a fair trial. ”

"But if someone gives false testimony," Thiel added, "the punishment will be severe." ”

The god of conspiracy and strife looked at his two accomplices, but neither Kawuha, the god of orcs, nor Musk, the god of thieves, said a word, and they really had no evidence to corroborate them. In fact, the god of conspiracy and strife believes that the three good gods are equally anxious to know where the nature of the nine-faced dragon god Io has fallen, for whatever reason, but they will never admit it, at least not that they want to gain that pure and vast power for their own selfish desires - they can always find a bright and hypocritical reason for themselves.

"I don't have proof," said there was a lot of falsified evidence, but now Ciric had changed his mind: "But I have a way to choose the innocent." He then heard a sneer, but the god of conspiracy and strife did not give the slightest opportunity to interject from this small provocation: "We have come to summon the river of bitterness," he said, his gloomy eyes shining in the darkness, "We swear to it, with our essence." ”

The gods in the meeting fell silent for a moment, and no one knew what a terrible and solemn thing it would be to swear to the River of Bitterness - even a god would face the same retribution as promised if he broke his oath to face the River of Bitterness, and the oath that Ciric proposed, by its very nature, meant that a god might be reduced to a mortal for breaking his oath.

Even the oldest gods don't know when the River of Bitterness appeared, like a dusty wasteland of mourning, and some say that the River of Bitterness is the embodiment of rules, a claim that has been widely acknowledged, and the gods have even speculated that even the god Io could not break the oath he made before the River of Bitterness, but no one could make him do so.

"I think it's a good offer. Musk, the god of thieves, who always loomed in the shadows, said in a soft feminine voice, "I swear. ”

And the orc god Kau, after looking at the god of conspiracy and strife for a while, also nodded his head with only one eye, "Okay," he said, "I will swear too." ”

So the six gods fell to their knees and called out to the River of Bitterness—the first thing they heard was the sound of the River of Bitterness rushing and whistling, like the weeping and screaming of countless people in their ears, the roar of men, the sobbing of women, the howling of children, and the whimpering of old men, not only through their eardrums, but also through their bodies, and then they saw a little starlight rising from the endless darkness, a false hope reflected in the River of Bitterness- The generosity of the usurers, the promises of the wanderers, or the blessings of the unbelievers, they may seem so beautiful that they shine brighter than true hope, but if you reach out and take them, there is nothing but broken memories, and the waters of the River of Bitterness are neither solid, nor liquid, nor gaseous, and it cannot hold anything, and in which the purest and most filthy souls will fall straight into the bottomless abyss, and the entropy ships of the demons, though they can walk on them, still need to constantly replenish the materials of the hull, otherwise they will quickly disintegrate into countless illusory fragments。

But with the eyes, it is transparent, dark, or light.

It flowed between the gods, dividing them into two, and when they looked across the other, sometimes close and far away, but everyone could clearly hear every syllable and every ebb and flow of the gods who dipped their fingers into the river of bitterness.

"I swear by my essence," said Ciric, the god of conspiracy and strife, who felt the weight of his fingers as he dipped into the river of bitterness, like a hammer weighing a thousand pounds from his fingers, and he was still a mortal: "Before this moment, I swore that I had not taken for myself the essence left behind by the great wheel of eternity, the dragon god Io, even for a moment. ”

The Lord of Dawn hesitated, but swore an oath to Ciric's oath, and the river of bitterness brought him a sting like winter. The orc god Kawuhae followed and swore an oath, followed by Ilmot, the weeping god, and the god of justice and justice looked sternly at Musk, the god of thieves, until he also dipped his finger into the river of bitterness and swore an oath, and Tyr said his oath as an overseer.

"And then," said Ciric, "I feel like we need a deal as well." ”

"I don't feel like we need any agreement. The Lord of the Dawn said, "There is only war between us, and there will be no death. ”

"Yes," said Ciric, "do you want to swear that you came to the main physical plane only because of an aging dragon?"

"What do you want to say?" said Ilmot.

"A dragon who wants to be a god can't frighten you so much," said Shirek, the god of conspiracy and strife, in a low voice, "No god cares about a mortal unless he holds the key to threaten his power and authority. ”

"Gredy is not a mortal. Ilmot said.

"It didn't make a big difference, the fragments didn't come back from her body - she could never have been a god, if she only had fragments. None of us would have looked at her in any particular way, even if anyone knew that Flo, the god of love, had become her captive, but your arrogance did not make you look down to see what was going on, and you thought you could let her die completely at any time, without leaving a trace," said Ciric mockingly, "She works hard, and you, we are all casual spectators. ”

"You are here for the essence of Io. "Maybe Gredi had a part, but this part was so small, almost negligible - why? In the time of the dragons, the nine-faced dragon god was only one of you, what was it that made you flustered? because...... Io?"

"Don't mention that name!" cried Rosada in a loud voice, feeling a pang of fear that here, so close to Io, calling his name, he would come here at any moment.

"Don't be nervous," Ciric smiled wickedly, realizing that the long-time enemy had failed to hear him deliberately call out the name of the one: "Lord of the Dawn," he had seen the weaknesses of the three gods, and all that was left was to get them, "But I really didn't expect that besides you, Rosada, there would also be Ilmut and Tyr, especially Tyr, you are an old dog of the gods, does he know that you care so much about his secrets?"

Tyre almost jumped, his essences colliding against each other, as a god of loyalty and duty, he felt like he was going to be torn apart, and then Ilmot pressed his shoulder, with one hand.

"We just don't want an evil red dragon to inherit the great Wheel of Eternity, the conciliator of dragons, and the essence of the Eater of Shadows," Ilmote has the calm and composure that an ancient god should have: "The fragments in her body may not make her a god, but the essence of the dragon god can, we just don't want to see one more evil person in our ranks, I think it's enough- Especially you, Shirek, you are tenfold and hundredfold vicious towards any human, every god, every being I have ever met. ”

"Thank you for the compliment, it's an honor. Ciric's mouth cracked, his teeth as sharp as the tip of a dagger: "But do you think that our great gods will believe your words? I haven't experienced it, but I think you all have a valuable experience, right--more than a thousand years ago, the wrath of the gods of God swept through here, and your kingdom collapsed, and you were banished from your body, banished to the mortal world, and survived like a mortal, and even a noble god died at the hands of mortals." Saying this, he smiled slightly: "Three mortals have taken away the position, power, and glory of the three gods among you, of course, you know who I am talking about. And that's only because three of you have stolen some of his authority - and now, if he knows......"

"Do you think we'll accept your blackmail?" said Ilmot, in a deep voice.

"Just a question," said Ciric, "I don't understand why you hold that one in such high esteem, maybe he is strong enough, old enough and old enough or something, but is he really perfect?" No, not at all, he is not a just overseer, and when he loses something important, the first thing he does is to anger each of you for no reason, instead of pointing out the real thief and punishing him with his omniscient and wise wisdom, and after that, he has easily made three mortals gods and held important positions, ah, don't look at me, though he has given me three priesthoods, but as you can see, I have gone mad for it, and my two mortal companions, the mortal emotions that they still retain, have brought trouble to this plane, have you not seenNo, you have seen it, but because of the God of God, you dare not say it, and even the thought of it will make your kingdom tremble. ”

"Yes," continued the god of strife and conspiracy, "look, even I will believe you, and though I don't like you, hate you, and hate you, I know that you will not do anything that disappoints him, but what about him, will the one believe it?" If our guess is correct, you know what that means, but if it's wrong, your previous actions can already be said to be a betrayal, betrayal, and everyone, I can almost see the end of you, should I start clapping and laughing now?"

"We won't believe every word you say. Tyre said with a gloomy face.

"I'm not asking you to believe me," Shirek lamented, "I just need you to think about it, with your dying minds." ”

"So, what kind of agreement do you want?" asked Musk, the god of thieves, softly.

"Let the secret continue to be a secret. "I think you think so," said Ciric. After all, if we let the God of God know what we have done, whether or not He thinks we are unintentional - we may be punished that we do not want to see. ”

"The God of God is always just. Tyre replied in a rough voice, "I will not deceive and betray him." ”

"You fought for him," said Ciric, "but what do you have besides the alienation and wariness of the gods?" For a while, even Ilmote fell silent, Tyr did kill the former god of magic in order to completely fulfill the task given to him by the god Io, after the gods returned to their original positions, there were many people who became indifferent because of this, except for Ilmot, no one was willing to stand by Tyre's side in the meeting, and the reason why Rosada often walked with them was only because Tyre and Rossada were close friends of Ilmot.

"And it's also for your master," said the god of conspiracy and strife sly, "since the essence is indeed not in the hands of one of those present, think of it, if someone guesses our answer from this secret, and the essence happens to fall into his hands......"

Ciric didn't say any more, but even the upright Tyre could imagine what kind of chaos it was.

"You want it. Ilmot affirmed.

"Yes," said Ciric, "what about you?" he looked at Tyre, "even you, your loyalty may be unquestionable, but don't you want to hand back the lost power of the gods to him?" ”

The orc god slyly shifted his gaze: "Well," he said, "that's it, first keep this secret, and then each according to his ability." ”

"Even that one," added Musk, the god of thieves, "cannot hear what we say by the River of Bitterness, and it will be a secret until we do not want to keep it." ”

"Until one of us gets the essence of the dragon god. Ilmot corrected. If Kauha, Musk, or Shirek got it, then they didn't want to use it for any evil purpose.

"Then swear by you, guys. Ciric said.