On this day, the city of Roque was destroyed.

"Roque Cataclysm"! As a new textbook term, it has appeared in books and classrooms around the world.

The Church and other forces have launched a deep investigation into this, and all the transcendents have deeply remembered the evil god of the 'Primordial Fire'.

The proportions of order and chaos in the whole world are inevitably tilted in favor of evil.

Soon after, Jenny Black created a secret organization, the Steamlight, and began to accept ordinary people into saints and expand their power.

A few years later, she embarked on a steamship on a voyage to the Eastern Continent.

By the time she returned, she had been promoted to the sixth order, obtained the stigmata of the 'Steam Demon Spider Empress', and began to preach, becoming the pseudo-god 'Daughter of Steam'.

……

Alliance of Free City-States.

Winter is in the blink of an eye, and white and crystal snowflakes are falling in the sky.

In Louis City, in a villa.

The gas lamps shine brightly.

In front of Sulu was a hot pot filled with hot meat and vegetables.

Jingling!

The doorbell rang suddenly.

"Come in."

He scooped up a piece of beef and didn't care about the authenticity.

The door creaked open, and Valen walked in alone.

He looks haggard and has deep dark circles under his eyes, and his long-time partner Feige is not with him.

"You're finally here...... It's just many years late. ”

Sulu said with a sigh.

"You're talking about Roque City, right? That's the biggest possible ...... we'll meet."

Valen glanced deeply at Sulu and sat down across from him, gulping down his food.

"Life in the world is like a stream, it can only move forward, not backward, and there are many forks in the road and choices......"

Sulu looked at him with a smile: "Last time, you didn't choose to come to see me, and you lost a lot of opportunities. ”

"Really?"

Valen raised his head with a somewhat playful expression: "Do you still want to be my 'teacher'?" The mysterious man of history, the immortal, His Excellency the Mentor of the Emperor? ”

"No...... I've made my choice. ”

Sulu chuckled and shook his head slowly.

"It's Jenny Black, right?" Valen was silent: "I have to admit that her contribution to steam machinery and the promotion of this era are indeed far greater than mine. ”

Sulu's gaze looked out the window.

He saw rows of bright gas lamps, huge steam machines built at the bottom of the city, powered by gears and poles.

The suburbs are dotted with steam factories, and trains of all kinds roar into the distance.

A lot of white fog rose in the sky, artificially interfering with the weather, creating patches of dark clouds and fog.

It's a whole new era of steam!

Since receiving his order, Jenny Black has not given up her identity on the surface, but has devoted herself to promoting the spread of steam power.

By now, even the most marginal corners of the Free City-State Alliance have been branded with steam.

"So, what about your purpose?"

Sulu leaned back nonchalantly and asked casually.

He could sense that there was no ambush from the Church of the Gods around, and not even Valen had much hostility.

"I even wonder which of your secret beings you are...... Maybe it's a righteous god. ”

Valen smiled bitterly, "I came to you because I have a lot of doubts...... Although this world, human society is constantly improving, it also contains terrible madness and horror...... Especially after the cataclysm caused by the 'Primordial Fire' last time, the power of the evil gods has gradually overwhelmed the righteous gods, and even our two major churches can hardly support it...... I am afraid that in the near future, the defenses of the mysterious realm will collapse completely, and chaos will spread to ordinary people......"

Valen stared at Sulu, "Is there anything you can do to teach me?" ”

Sulu fell silent and looked at Valen.

At this time, he could feel that the layer of fate that surrounded him was already very thin.

This is also normal.

Even the children of destiny, favored by the world, cannot be squandered for long.

After several failures in his competition with Jenny, he had already decided that he would greatly weaken the power of fate in his body.

At least, in Sulu's opinion now, in terms of the possibility of becoming a god alone, Valen is far below Jenny.

Of course, the afterglow of fate is still there, and Valen is still half a 'protagonist', so his strength has also been promoted to the fifth order, but that's it.

Once there is no breakthrough in the past few decades or hundreds of years, it will gradually return to ordinary people.

"This kind of thing seems to be something that the Orthodox Church should consider."

Sulu replied.

"We've lost a lot, even Feige ......" Valen's eyes were a little red: "I'm confused......"

"It's a pity that this is the nature of the world, and it doesn't favor any one race in particular...... There is only natural selection, and the survival of the fittest...... The Ancient Dominators once ruled this world, and in the end they were destroyed, leaving only a few old gods ......" Sulu said: "Of course they don't care about humans as ants, and there are only two people, wisdom and nature, and they are mortals who become gods, so they are still willing to protect humans." ”

"What?"

Valen stood up in surprise.

The wise sage and the mother of nature were once human beings?

This blasphemous thought, almost as soon as it arose, made him feel the urge to fall on his knees and pray for atonement.

He clenched his fists, his face flushed, but a voice kept echoing in his heart: 'What the other party said is true! Originally...... Mortals can really become gods! ’

Immediately afterward, more thoughts came to mind: 'If the wise sages and Mother Nature were really once mortals, who are they?' ’

In an instant, the names of countless powerful figures in history flashed through Valen's mind.

The next one, he quickly shook his head, and this extremely blasphemous thought was thrown out.

"So ......"

Valen followed Sulu's line of thought and said, "The only hope for humanity lies in us? Need more people to become righteous gods to fight against evil gods? ”

"That's right, that's what it means."

Su Lu smiled and suddenly looked up at the sky: "It's almost time......"

"What time?"

Varun followed Sulu suspiciously, and walked out of the door together, looking up at the starry sky.

"A group of people who know the ancient history, the magicians who have died out, are about to return to this world......"

Sulu smiled, "Otherwise, why would the people of the church and other forces gather here, even you, be attracted here?" ”

Valen was stunned.

'The Return of the Ancient Magi' - this should be an oracle received by the Pope, with a high level of secrecy.

Even he didn't come into contact with this secret.

Of course, he already has a fifth order, which is considered a high-level of the church, but it is not necessary for the high-level to know all the secrets.

The arrival of Valen is not an order of the Holy See, but an attraction of fate!