Chapter 2: The Decaying Holy Land and the Fallen God of War (Ask for Recommendation)
The effect of going back in time had dissipated, and Horus could no longer see the somewhat gruesome bloody scene. He followed closely in the footsteps of his master and came to a slightly raised hillside. A gentle breeze blew through his ears, and he couldn't see anything special about this place.
"If that damn old man wasn't pointing in the wrong direction, this should be the place. Loki stretched out his right hand and probed slightly, trying to find a key point.
As he expected, Loki's palm seemed to touch a strange point of space, and his right hand was engulfed in an invisible space. But Loki didn't stop because of the sudden change, instead he plunged his hand directly into the spatial singularity.
"This should be the place. "As his right hand thrust into the void, Loki, the god of deception, conveyed his intentions to the gods of the Holy Land.
"Arman, you must be there, I'm your best friend Loki. After five thousand years, don't you want to see your old friend?"
Through the ability to receive communication between the gods, the god of deception transmits information about his visit to the god of war, who may be hiding in the Holy Land.
The surrounding space changed subtly, and a faint teleportation array appeared at the feet of Loki and Horus. After a flash of light, the God of Deception and his minions had appeared in a strange environment.
It was pitch black, and all Horus could see was the towering stone pillars around it. After gradually adjusting to his surroundings, Horus saw a spiraling passage in the dim light. At the top of the winding passage is a dilapidated and open platform. Horus couldn't see what was on the platform, but he could feel the oppression emanating from above. It should be the center of the Holy Land.
Instead of going up the winding passage, Loki stepped directly into the invisible void and ascended to the platform, and Horus was also carried by a mysterious force to the platform full of oppression.
I saw that there was only a magnificent throne on the empty platform, and a man who looked like a king of the end leaned on the throne, his face full of scum, without any life and majesty.
"Oh, I'm not mistaken, this poor homeless man is the famous god of war, Arman. Standing in front of the throne, Loki laughed at the man in front of him, "What happened while I wasn't there?"
The god named Arman no longer had the strength to be angry: "Loki, if you came to see me for a joke today. Then you can roll now. All these years anyway. A guy like you who hurts, I'm one to catch one!"
"Don't do that, Arman. I've just escaped from Carloan's captivity, and you're the first companion I've ever met. Loki paced to the god of war. "Ahh Speaking of which, I saw some interesting things out there. I saw the demise of a tribe. The god they believed in turned out to be a shrunken turtle at a critical moment, allowing his people to be slaughtered by believers in other gods. It's a sad story. ”
Arman, who had been unscarred, immediately understood what Loki was referring to, and immediately became extremely furious: "What do you know about this prisoner! It's not that I don't want to save them. It's that I can't do anything about it!"
After shouting at this voice, Arman suddenly felt unusually weak, and he was probably the weakest of the gods with no followers at all. Recalling the slaughter of his followers by the coalition forces sheltered by the other gods, Arman's sorrow and anger filled him, and he heard every scream of the believers, and every knife of the coalition seemed to be stuck in him. But Arman just didn't dare to fight, because the gods were waiting for him to appear and then launch a deadly siege.
"It's not that I don't want to save them, it's that there's nothing I can do!" the pained god stroked the cold throne, "If Tyr hadn't calculated me, I wouldn't have fallen to the point of being besieged!"
"That Tyr, who seems to be loyal and honest on the surface, and often pretends to be a pig and eats a tiger?" Loki also remembered something unpleasant, "Well, great god of war, please tell me about your grudge with the god of protection." You know, I've just come out, and I don't know what kind of entanglement he has with you. ”
Although after leaving the Land of a Thousand Wishes, Loki spent a lot of time learning about what had happened to Kalantok during his years in captivity. Although he learned about these 5,000 years of history from the countless books, there were some pieces of history that he could not put together. For this reason, he hoped to find out something from Arman's mouth that he did not know, and perhaps to clear the doubts of his followers.
"I am the god of war, and I cannot be strong without the devastation that war brings. Arman, whose words were full of resentment, said slowly, "Isn't it what the gods have been doing since the Dawn of Dawn to nurture trustworthy races and tribes, and then induce these damned cannon fodder to attack each other and make them offer their purest piety in the midst of despair?"
"Ah, you guys really know how to play!" Loki said with irrepressible envy, "It seems that I really missed a good era!"
Because Loki knew that before he was locked up in the realm of a thousand wishes, those gods did not dare to play with all sentient beings in their hands. Ryan, the god of light, has always protected the weaker races, and while everyone has complained about this practice, it is the guardian god Tyr who approves of this practice the most. Needless to say, Loki had already guessed the next development.
"Was it Tyr who broke this unspoken rule?" asked Loki curiously.
At this, Arman's anger was ignited again: "Who else but him, arrogant guy! He doesn't want to think about how many times he's been defeated by me, and he'll just hide behind Ryan's death-scared ghosts! Using the title that Ryan passed on to him, he actually convinces others to come and deal with me! What a despicable guy!"
The lonely god of war gently patted the dilapidated throne, remembering the grand scene of the killing throne in the past, his eyes full of resentment and sadness. If the alliance hadn't been too arrogant and calmly dealt with the other gods, it is expected that it would not have fallen into such a decadent state as it is now. It's a pity that if you make a mistake and lose everything, the god of war who was invincible in the past can only sit in the face of the barren holy land and wait for time to pass slowly.
His eyes were fixed on the God of War, who had completely lost his sense of battle, and Loki felt that the source fire burning in the God of War was much weaker than it had been thousands of years ago. Although the source fire will never go away, the source fire without faith will lose its vitality, and Arman should have sensed his own decay.
"Have you ever wanted to make a comeback, the great god of war. Feeling that the heat was almost over, Loki put forward the intention of cooperation very appropriately, "I believe that with the strength of you and me, nothing in this world can make it difficult for us." Lost glory, endless admiration, and the sweetest hymn of all will return. The pain that the other gods inflict on you and me, we will also give it back to those who are not long-sighted, and let them taste the pain we have experienced. ”
"With you?" said the god sitting on the throne with a sneer, "Loki, don't think I'm a three-year-old so easy to deceive, why should I partner with a liar. Even the most generous and forgiving god of light doesn't trust his own brother, so how can I feel comfortable showing you my cards. What's more, I'm not a person with you at all, you're the best liar at falling into the well!"
Arman sarcastically mocked the deity in front of him without hesitation. Although Loki disappeared after the Dawn of Dawn, it didn't make the god of war forget his past misdeeds. In the age of mythology, Loki, who was cheating everywhere and had no credibility to speak of, was a being that the gods hated so much that no god wanted to associate with him.
"Hehe, after so long, God will change. The smiling God of Deception continued, "Times are different, do you still think that the outside world is still the same as before?Why did the tribe you protect lose so badly, didn't you think that it was for other reasons? Killing and dreadnought don't solve all problems, my god of war." ”
"What do you mean by that?" The god of war, who had been repeatedly provoked with unpleasant memories, was very unhappy, and although he was extremely weak now, if the guy in front of him continued to go around, he would definitely do everything to give this liar a little bitterness.
"Brainless warriors are the pathetic, and the gods of war without wisdom are only barbarians of the gods!" Loki did not care about the feelings of the gods who were already in the midst of anger, "The brave Assyrians have fallen into the trap of the coalition army, and you are also calculated by the gods, why? is because you do not know how to deceive, and you are not aware of the conspiracy that Tyre is hatching to deal with you, and the Assyrians who listen to your teachings have inherited your fearlessness and blind obedience." Every war is indispensable for conspiracy, and every battle is inseparable from fraud. If we join forces, I'll introduce the self-proclaimed clever gods into your Colosseum, and you'll just have to fight to your heart's content. ”
"Why do you want me to believe you?" Arman was still a little hesitant, Loki's words did make him a little tempted, but he still couldn't trust the liars among the gods.
"The sincerity of the release is the premise of cooperation, and I don't need you to remind me of this. The god of deception turned slightly, and with a wave of his hands, the surrounding scene was slowly changing under the manipulation of his will. The gray Killing Throne is gradually returning to its former grandeur.
"This ...... This ...... "Arman was amazed by what Loki had done, and a certain amount of source fire was needed to renovate the Holy Land. He didn't expect the God of Deception to use the Source Fire to repair the Holy Land of the Sound of War.
Even the most generous of gods would not make such a contribution.
This sincerity is enough!(To be continued......)