"I don't know how many years have passed since the outside world, and I don't know how the calendar is divided now, but you just know that at that time my country was only the most inconspicuous of all the kingdoms on the continent, and I was not yet a king.

At that time, the few kingdoms of humanity were living in the midst of powerful alien races, facing death and calamity all the time, and the Seven Gods and their churches were still active in those days, unscrupulously developing their followers.

There is no doubt that the power of the gods is incomparably greater, above all living beings. I used to think that if that power was in the hands of only one individual, it would definitely bring eternal peace and stability to the world, right?

So, in my eyes, it was a time when the beast of war wreaked havoc on the whole world, when endless killing and death covered up the only beautiful fragments, and the people shouted in the name of God, madness, killing, abandoning humanity, abandoning everything, and exhausting their empty lives just to walk on the path of being buried in the kingdom of God.

At that time, every race, every nation, and even every living being had to worship at least one god and offer everything to their god, including their souls. In God's propaganda, this is the only way to attain salvation, but the funny thing is that even with God's blessing, not many people seem to have true happiness and joy because of it, at least in my opinion, only suffering.

The gods and their shepherds are always on the way to spread glory, and after the faith of the world's living beings is divided, the only way to spread glory is plunder, the power of the gods comes from the believers, and the power of the seven gods at that time is almost the same, taking away some of the believers, the plunderer is stronger, and the plundered will inevitably be weaker, and no one wants to be suppressed, because once it is weak, it may be weakened until it falls off the altar.

The seven gods contain each other, so the battle itself falls on the believers, I don't know when it began, the war of faith is becoming more and more bottomless, more and more cruel externally, and more and more oppressive internally, so that people have to fight with all their strength even to breathe.

Whether it is an individual, a nation, or even every race, they are suffering in such a hell, and I have wondered more than once why the world has become like this, why the gods have been bringing endless suffering to the world while enjoying the offerings of all beings, and what are we believing in them for?

Thinking about it, I came up with the answer - fate should be in our own hands, and the so-called gods high above are nothing but the cancer of the world!

I want them to fall into the bleak kingdom of God that they exalt in the night sky! I want them to never again fool severing beings with fearless lies! I want them all to disappear—— this is the strongest thought and long-cherished wish in my heart when I was young. ”

The slow language showed a picture full of war and tragedy in front of Latisse's eyes, he couldn't imagine what that era was like, and his mind suddenly remembered the conversation with his father Albert, and it was only at this moment that he really understood his father's concept - gods, which should not have selfish existence.

He didn't think the other party was lying, because he couldn't find a loophole - the seven gods had made a contract to jointly manage the plane, and they were under the jurisdiction of the Holy Mountain, and the world was only superficially peaceful, so if the power of the gods was not restrained by the higher authorities and were enemies of each other, it would not be surprising what would have become, right?

Latis didn't speak, just looked at the old man in front of him, waiting for him to continue telling his story.

"In order to be able to achieve my arrogant desires, I frantically sought every ounce of strength, but I was still small, and I was not even sure that I could stand out from my many brothers and blood relatives, and the occasional gaze of the gods could make my country unbearable, and I actually always knew that my efforts were ridiculous and meaningless, and I was unwilling to give up just because I was unwilling, until one day, that person appeared in front of me. ”

"That person?"

"A man who seemed to be the wisest man in the world, a man who always had a gentle smile on his face, who showed me his power, the magical power of primordial magic, and at that time, I thought he was a saint who could bring hope to all beings!"

"With his help, I found the possibility to achieve my ideals, and then I did it with all my might, even if I had blood on my hands, and put death and risk aside.

I became king in the struggle for the throne stained with my blood of the same origin;

Under the command of the Church, he led the people to strangle the armies of foreign races and enemy countries, and was outwardly pious, but secretly accumulated strength;

In this way, my country grew stronger and stronger, becoming one of the most powerful nations of our time, and even the mighty alien races feared us, and the gods we believed in openly became the strongest gods for a time.

The power in our hands was so unstoppable that it went on, and then suddenly one day he told me that the time was ripe, that his preparations were complete, and that he would leave everything to him, and that he would bring me the corpse of God, and let the kingdom of God fall overhead, and let me and my army and people step on the corpse of God to the top······

I trust him more than I trust myself······ Then he really succeeded, and I still remember that day, when a meteor fell, the heavens and the earth wailed, and the blood-colored rain continued for three days, and I drank the blood of the gods he handed me, and for a time thought that there were only a few steps left to realize my ideals. ”

Latis muttered, "Kill the gods?" ······ you How did he do it?"

Augustine glanced at him, did not answer, but continued to speak, thinking that the answer was in the next words.

"The act of killing the gods has caused the whole world to boil, and we have taken the opportunity to play the slogan of 'take back your destiny from the hands of the gods', and the commoners and even aliens who have had enough of the oppression and have not yet been numb have come to vote, and the country has swelled to unimaginable proportions in a short time, and even when the other gods are still watching and suspicious of each other, we have begun to prepare to sweep away the enemy and unify the continent.

It was only then that the gods reacted, stopped the fighting, united the remaining forces, and launched a final holy war against the Empire. However, it was too late at that time, except for the six gods themselves, the Seven Gods Alliance was not worth mentioning in front of our army, even the comparison of high-end forces was far superior to us, and even at that time, he already had the power to face several gods without defeat. ”

"There is only one step left in the dream, I will not let them stand in the way of the Empire's advance, our army is in full swing, and he has also told me that he will deal with the remaining six gods, as long as I give everything to him as before, and trust him unconditionally······"

Latis frowned and asked, "You gave it to him?"

"Not all, of course, but second only to me, and to the people of the Empire, his title as Chief Consul is even more intimidating than mine. The empire was well organized and thriving under his stewardship, and I gradually became relieved to concentrate on commanding the main army of the opposing Church coalition.

Most of the military power is still in my hands, but what I don't know is that this is only the army that I know and is on the surface.

As he governed the rear, the empire's military strength was getting stronger and stronger, but strangely enough, there were more and more rebels in the territories that had already been conquered, and he told me that they were foolish people bewitched by the gods, and that they were just the dying struggles of the gods, and that he would soon solve the source, and that these rebels could first send troops to forcibly suppress them.

It happened that during that time, the forces of the Seven Gods began to fight back strongly, and I couldn't get out, so I believed him and let him do it, but the situation never got better, and even got worse, and then I began to become suspicious, and sent my most loyal men to investigate, and then, I found many, many, more and more things hidden in the shadows of the empire, and I couldn't accept the things that I, a bloodied butcher, couldn't accept······"

Something unacceptable?

It sounds like a foreboding.

Augustine had a painful and self-reproachful expression on his face, and his tone was unusually heavy: "I don't know what it began, the people of the empire became extremely fanatical about war, and the huge empire made the nobles begin to become arrogant and lascivious, and became extremely arrogant and bloodthirsty, and countless vices were popular among the upper echelons, torturing slaves and playing with life, as if only blood and cruelty could satisfy their hobbies, and for a time, they even regarded children who ate human brains and cooked intelligent creatures as the popular ······ of the nobility."

Laceis's eyes widened, a little incredulous—was this something that a man with a little conscience could do!

"I don't understand why they have become man-eating monsters with dreams and responsibilities in their hearts, I am angry, I want to question him, ask him how he governs the country! ”

Speaking of this, he paused for a moment, and stretched out his hand to Radis and invited, "If you don't mind, please come with me, there are some things I want you to see." ”

Latius hesitated for a moment, walked over, and stretched out his hand, he thought that the other party's hand was rough, but the strange thing was that the hand he held did not look like a normal substance, or even seemed to hold nothing, but the space was still replaced in an instant, from an endless wasteland into a more dark and narrow space, as if in some ruin, the ancient vessels were connected by chains, attached to the thick stone wall, and the huge discs were lifted in the air, forming a solemn and mysterious array.

As if attracted by some brilliant flashes, Latis looked up, and then saw what he had been dreaming of.

"Crystallization of faith!? All of these?"