23. New gods, old gods
"The God of Shadows, the first fallen Lord God on the continent. Have a complete divine system, a complete priesthood, and powerful divine powers. A god that rises like a comet and then disappears. In just ten years, he has gone from being a mortal to one of the most powerful gods in the world. ”
"Dark Dragon Hunter, Shadow Monarch ... Countless accolades were added, and the power of faith poured in like boiled water, and soon he became a god. Then it became stronger, the god of the sun became an ally with him, and the prestige of the twelve knights under his command shook the entire continent. ”
"The people who claim to bring salvation to the world have ended up being gods who hinder the development of this world, right?" Frank asked, "No matter how hard the wizards try, it is still the largest number of mortals who determine whether the world progresses or not." ”
"The existence of the gods makes mortals lose their most basic fighting spirit and will, and when everyone loses their desires, they have no power to move forward. The god of shadows sees the inequality between wizards and mortals and wants to change that. But he didn't think that his actions were never to save the world, but to push the world deeper into the abyss. ”
"When the shadow is about to be elevated to darkness, it has always been inexplicably only harvesting faith, but it has never interfered with the holy light of the world. He first used the most powerful wizard at the time, the god of law, to kill the sun god. "Using the similarity of the two priesthoods, he revealed the core of the power of the sun god to the god of law, Flender, and then launched a divine war in his weakness, swallowing his priesthood and evolving towards the full god of light. ”
"Fayland, the director of the Tower of Wisdom?" asked Frank.
"Actually, at that time, it was called the Wizard's Tower, and at that time he had not established that academy, and there was no such academy teaching method among wizards. Actually, the Tower of Wisdom wasn't even built by Ferrand, but that was later. "But the god of light at that time, taking advantage of the innocence of the shadows, betrayed him to the wizards. ”
"The coordinates of the Shadow Kingdom were leaked, and the wizard captured the Shadow Kingdom. At this time, the God of Light attacked the God of Shadows who had entered his kingdom and eventually caused it to fall. His priesthood moved closer to the supreme position of light, at least at that time when the other gods thought that the light was only for their own evolution. ”
"Light and darkness are twins, so whatever the god of light wants, as long as he wants to achieve the supreme position of light, he must devour the authority of the shadow system, which sounds logical. Frank paused and said, "But, you said you thought it was?"
He cursed the twelve gods of the shadows, the gods of the shadows who could not have had any effect on him. This is very strange, because the gods of the shadows are only the first-placed gods, and they do not even have the kingdom of God and the priesthood. It's just an image of faith under the shadows, and it can't threaten him. But he still cursed the gods of the shadows, turning them into monsters. ”
"Twelve Blood City Lords. Frank said, "They were the original curse, and the mortals who had been sucked by the blood became the carriers of the new curse, and finally the Bloods were born. Because it is a curse of the Holy Light, the Bloodline has the characteristic of aversion to light. ”
"That's it, and that's just the beginning. Aliliul said, "The god of light began to frantically recruit new gods, the goddess of harvest, the goddess of hunting, and the goddess of animal husbandry. Since then, the divine system has changed from the original nature worship to this specific profession with specific terms of reference. ”
"God began to penetrate into every aspect of man, and the power of wizards was frantically compressed. This is the full picture of the First War of the Gods, which ended with the great victory of the God of Light, the God of Shadows who originally vowed to fight for the dignity of all human beings, and who could not have imagined until death. The decline of the wizard that he expected was done in this way. Aliliul said with a smile.
"The original era of wizards and slaves came to an end with the First War of the Gods. Since then, this continent has embarked on the road of no return, and I am also a god who became a god at this time. Aliliul said nostalgically.
"But who asked us if we would like to be gods?" Aliliul stood up suddenly, and the entire space in the tavern began to deform, eventually becoming a desolate ancient battlefield.
"This is the land of my gods, and my kingdom of gods is modeled after my land of gods. Aliliel stood in the middle of the battlefield and looked at Frank and asked, "What do you think is this place?"
"The battlefield, after the bloody battle, the final battlefield. Frank looked around him and said, "Everyone dies of exhaustion, and they all die standing up. ”
"Because there was no chance to lie down, I had to stand and die. Aliliul looked at Frank and said: "After the wizard declined, the camp of the gods occupied an absolute advantage, and the countries of the continent began to fight, and I was forcibly canonized as a god at this time. ”
"A big war, a big war between the two largest countries. Warriors with divine grace and terrifying strength that is not lost to wizards, the god of knights was the strongest god at the time except for the Holy Light, an absolutely neutral god. ”
"You can't imagine the intensity of that war, we fought in the air, we fought on the ground, we destroyed cities, we flattened hills. The mill of flesh and blood, the forbidden place of the living, the soul wails, and the living pray. ”
"Yes, that's right, the living are praying. The war was started by the gods in order to make more fanatics and harvest faith. ”
"Because I was the last survivor of that war, my name was sung, and I was made a god here. Aliliul said, "But who wants to be such a god? I am a warrior, and it is my destiny to die on the battlefield." Bloody battles are my glory, and victory is my goal. Is it the god who canonizes me, or is it a god who shares the priesthood with a woman? This is the greatest insult to me. ”
"Needless to say, I'm just a guy who harvests faith. At that time, all the priests of the new gods were essentially priests of the god of light. Aliliul said, "This is the Age of the New Gods. ”
"After the fall of the god of shadows, the new age of gods was started by the god of light. ”
"Mortals are deprived of everything but faith. The wizards are paying the price for the two traps they swallowed, and they are banished to a small corner of the continent. In the land of wizards, and everywhere else, the people of the temple are frantically hunting and killing wizards. ”
"The sorcerer has become the source of all evil, the source of all evil. ”
"Even the peasant woman who knocked over the milk bowl was caused by a wizard because the wizard caused the earthquake. ”
"Establish an object of hatred and divert the attention of the masses. Maintain basic stability, and when everyone targets the common enemy from the outside, the chaos and squalor inside are perfectly hidden. Frank said, "In a very clever way, the reason why justice will prevail is only because the victor writes history." ”
Aliliul said to Frank, "Therefore, I chose to give up. I tore my priesthood apart, in a most ridiculous way. Come to the last place that belongs to the darkness and live in seclusion. The twelve places cursed by the gods have the curse of the god of light, the most basic of which is a divine object called divine punishment. ”
"Divine punishment weakens the power of the gods who enter the dark lands, and even kills the gods who use their divine powers. So it's ironic that this is the last Pure Land, isn't it? the dirtiest, outcast sinner's land is the last Pure Land among the gods. ”
Frank suddenly thought of something and asked Aliel, "Then why did that priest come in?"
"He, the Holy See asked him to retrieve the Divine Punishment and gave him my real name. He can get a boost of strength from me. And took a few of my artifacts, but the Holy See was just borrowing a knife to kill people. If I'm not mistaken, he is the last believer of the Harvest Goddess, and as long as he dies, he can directly establish a new Harvest Goddess belief system instead of counting on a new mission. ”
Frank shrugged his shoulders and said, "So, this is the so-called secret of the continent?"
"Of course not, I just know the beginning. The follow-up is not very clear because I left in the middle of the SBC Age. But if there is a turning point in this continent, it definitely starts with the God of Shadows. Aliliul said.
After saying that, Aliliel's kingdom of God changed into a tavern again, and Certine Ai and the others also sat back in their places.
"In the age of the ancient gods, the temple, mortals, wizards, the three-legged. This is probably the most normal environment in the wizarding world that I know. Then, the god of shadows was born, and the god fell, and the new age of gods began. The temple family is dominant, the wizards are designed, and the mortals start wars. ”
"But how did the inheritance of the fighting spirit break, and how did the city in the sky come into being. It can be seen that the wizards at that time should belong to the noble class, oppressors, and in any case, the so-called harmonious coexistence could not occur. And the aliens, and the orcs. Frank stroked his forehead and sighed, "This world is really getting more and more interesting." ”