In the depths of the starry sky, as the two ancient gods left one after another, this desolate place once again returned to its former silence.

Like the edge of the world where the River of the World is located, the edge star field far from the earth is usually uninhabited. However, just as the edge of the sea is the domain of the ocean gods, so is the edge of the stars.

Therefore, when a part of one's own domain is violently torn apart and reshaped, it finally attracts the attention of the owner of this place. After a long time, in a certain corner of the sea of stars, a slight fluctuation was transmitted.

Two figures walked out of it one after another, one was a middle-aged man with a tall body and obvious muscular lines, he walked in front of him, observing this star field that had been restored to its original state. Behind him, another woman in a gorgeous costume followed, her body was dotted with all kinds of rare treasures, but there was a hint of depression between her eyebrows.

Under the gaze of the two Titan gods, everything here is very obvious. The surface of the starry sky has been repaired, but some deep power is still spreading on another level. The spirits who had arrived belatedly approached the battlefield, feeling the remnants of terrifying aftermath.

Something seems to have permanently changed the laws here, and from then on, it will become a 'silent' star field. No being below the true god can make or hear any noise here.

At the same time, some kind of life seems to be born. In those restored celestial bodies, there is a gradual birth of intermittent thoughts. They possess wisdom under the power of spirit, but they are influenced by the forces of darkness.

Maybe this will give birth to a special kind of star field nymph, or maybe it will be some kind of alien beast that wanders in the starry sky. But apparently, the two old gods who made all this didn't take them seriously. Just like the god-blood beasts born after the previous god wars, they were never noticed by the source of their own bloodline.

"Great Divine Power...... Compared to the Lord of Darkness, the Darkness I have mastered is only the tip of the iceberg, or even an extension. Lightless objects are only a manifestation of darkness, and they are far from their essence. ”

Whispering to the power of the primordial gods, the Titan gods turned to look at their wives.

Over the years, the other party has never given up persuading him to leave the starry sky, and the response he gave was only a refusal again and again.

"You see it now, Fauber, that's the true power of those Old Gods, and why I'm reluctant to go out...... I know you don't want to stay in the silent starry sky, but only here can you avoid the chaos and danger of the world. ”

The voice was low and heavy, like the heavy roar of the stars. Koos, the main god of the Lightless Celestial Body, is one of the few gods in the world who has reached the level of divine power 20, and he has not been alive since the middle of the Second Age.

In other words, except for the marriage of his daughter Astria, the goddess of the stars, this powerful Titan god briefly stood on the side of the second generation of god kings and intervened in the starry sky dispute, he has basically not been active in the world. Even that brief intervention ended in the end with the birth of Hecate.

Like his own priesthood, Koos remained silent in the dark. He sat back and watched the changes in the world, but he never did anything.

But he thought so, but as the goddess of light, Fauber obviously didn't think so.

"Koos, I recognize the power of the Great...... But isn't that exactly why I want you to do something? ”

"The Great One is not just born, nor is God the Father born great, He gave birth to us and then ascended to the throne, and He gained power by his own works, not waiting for authority to come down from heaven. And Kronos, Lane...... They all took that step unconsciously, even Zeus now, and if they could, why couldn't you? ”

At first, it was relatively gentle, but as he spoke, Fauber's tone became a little high-pitched.

She is the main god of the light body, not the 'Mother of Silence' or 'Goddess of the Cold Universe', and she doesn't like her current life at all. In later mythology, Fauber even once had the title of 'Goddess of the Ancient Moon', and compared to her silent husband, she was obviously not a quiet existence.

Perhaps in her original fate, she had some kind of deep conflict with the moon god Selene. The god of light tried to bring the moon under his jurisdiction and thus increase his authority, but the end result was only to give the god-king Zeus an additional lover.

Of course, the moon in this life did not have that power, and Fauber did not look at it anymore. In comparison, it was the true supreme of the billions of light bodies that made her feel more excited.

In any case, that is something that Faoper cannot do on its own. Compared to Koos, her strength is more than a little bit worse.

"You know what I want, isn't it good for us to dominate the stars together? The true master of the sun, Hyperion, is no longer there...... I said before, maybe you should do something. Wouldn't it be nice to have the stars under your authority, or to study the mysteries of faith like the Olympian gods? ”

"Three god kings, an ancient god born in the same generation as the primordial gods, this doesn't prove anything. That's their own specialness, it's the favor of fate. ”

Shaking his head, as he had done every time before, Koos once again refused his wife's request. And on his side, Fauber finally couldn't take it anymore.

"So that's what you want, you want to stay here forever, pray that no ancient god notices you, and then spend eternal life as if you were dead?"

The voice was a little sharp, and Fauber couldn't understand, obviously with such good conditions and a power second only to great divine power, why did his husband have no other thoughts at all, and just wanted to stay in the cold and silent starry sky?

Even Okeanos knew to try to unify the sea, but an epoch passed, and Koos did nothing.

"Whatever you say, Fauber, I'll stay here. In today's world, we simply don't have a chance to ......"

"If you don't want to stay, leave on your own, and I've never stopped you. That's it, I'll go back first. ”

His voice was calm, and Koos took one last look at the starry sky, and he didn't say anything more, just turned away.

"You!"

Pointing to her departed husband, Fauber's arm trembled a little from intense emotion.

Every time it was like this, Koos had never been moved by her words, but if she really wanted to let her go on her own, Fauber was a little undaring.

The power of the light body is too dispersed, and at the moment when the moon is weakened, the sun itself occupies more than half of the light body, which makes Forber far less powerful than the other original Titans. Although she has not been reduced to the weakness of the god of speech and the god of language and words, she is by no means capable of conquering the sun.

"You'll regret it!"

In the end, the goddess just said a cruel word as always. She sat down on a random celestial body, preparing to go back after a while, so that the other party could understand her anger.

Anyway, the lightless celestial bodies in the starry sky are the eyes and ears of Koos, even if the other party is not here, she is not worried about encountering any unexpected situation. She had been in that quiet and boring place for too many years, and if she could leave for a while, she would be away for a while.

……

didn't know that there was an argument after he left, and after repairing the edge of the starry sky casually, Ryan didn't stop any longer.

Compared to other primordial gods, the order of the present world obviously takes special care of him as an 'outsider', and this is the second time that Ryan has done something in the present world after the change of era. Compared to the last time, even though he had avoided the earth, the invisible law suppression was still more than one grade higher.

Of course, a hundred times a hundred times is only a hundred, and there is no difference to tens of millions of numbers. But it doesn't have any impact now, and it doesn't mean that it will be the same in the future.

Third, fourth...... For the foreseeable future, every time we show our power in this world, this oppression from the world will become stronger. Until one day, just stepping out of the spirit realm, the order of the present world will make it difficult for Ryan to move an inch.

This is hard to avoid, not only because of the change of the laws after the change of epochs, but also because of the uplift of the spiritual body and the fact that Ryan began to carry the great person. And the only way to put an end to it is to have the same or even greater power than the present world.

But let's not mention the difficulty of getting there, even if it does, then Ryan will have to face another problem. The most fundamental reason for suppressing the great divine power in this world, even before the Third Age, has been doing so implicitly, is actually very understandable. The present world itself is only half a block higher than greatness, and it is natural that he will suppress those ancient gods who walk in the world but have their own thoughts.

Any being is wary of what may threaten them, and the best way to do that is to cease to exist. In contrast, the reason why the out-of-this-world part does not behave similarly is only due to the dominance of chaos. That's why the stronger the world, the more dominant the order, because it may be rigid, but it does help to maintain stability.

This is true not only in the world, but also in the kingdom of mortals. The stricter the law, the more unreasonable it is, but on the contrary, it allows a certain order to be better extended and enforced.

So the ensuing questions are clear. Once the size of the spiritual realm swells to a certain limit and truly reaches the same level as the present world, it is difficult to say whether Kaos, who is also only 'half a block higher' than the spiritual realm at that time, will have some direct reaction.

Therefore, Ryan has been trying to change the fate of this world by roundabout means in the past, because before, he actually had the intention to control his power at the peak of the great divine power in the future, and no longer continue to grow, and then accumulate additional power through means similar to investing in hell, and then one day reunite and make a direct ultimate leap. But now, this idea still seems too good, and perhaps for a well-functioning 'program', the only thing that can really solve its main body is violence.

Either external violence, internal violence, or both. In short, those methods that only involve corners are meaningless acts.

"So if there's nothing to do, I'm going back, do you have anything else to say?"

Between the collision of different thoughts, Ryan stepped into the underworld, but sensing the aura that was still following him, he couldn't help but ask.

It's a big and small world, at least for Nyx, where the battle between Ryan and Erebos is so obvious and existential. So compared to Gaia's battle that obviously lasted for a long time, she decisively chose to run to the other side to watch the excitement.

However, now that the excitement has been watched, Nyx is still by his side, and he does not hide the meaning of his existence, so it is obvious that the other party has something to say.

"You can ask directly, and if I can answer, I won't hide it."

With a casual smile, Ryan looked to the side.

"Since you've said so...... So what are you going to do at the end of this era? ”

The secret is revealed, and a familiar figure stands in the moonlight. Nyx's veiled eyes blinked, and then asked his own question very directly.

"This ...... Why do I have to do something? ”

Shaking his head slightly, Ryan didn't answer the question directly.

"Every day now, my strength grows, and as life spreads to every corner of the world, spiritual symbols spontaneously rise. I just have to wait and everything will come to me automatically. Perhaps I will only witness the arrival of the Quaternary Age, and the birth of the next God-King. ”。

"It's impossible, you wouldn't make such a decision."

After a pause, Nyx said slowly:

"Because...... There is no Fourth Age in this world, at least not while I can see the future. ”

Staring at Ryan in front of him, Nyx narrowed his eyes.

"Don't you want to tell me, or are you scared? I remember the last era, you didn't have the strength you have now, but you still said in front of me that you were going to be a 'god-king for a day'. ”

"I saw your later performance, and it was very interesting, but this era...... What are you going to do? ”

"Or rather, when is the end of what you call the epoch?"

The scene was quiet for a moment, and Ryan was a little surprised, but not so surprised, to meet Nyx's gaze.

There is no Fourth Age...... It is likely that this means that the world will not have a predetermined destiny at that time, but that the world will be completely stable in the Tertiary Period, and there will be no possibility of further changes.

“…… I'll admit, I wasn't quite sure about that. But it's good that what you're saying now makes me have to make up my mind. ”

Smiling again, Ryan turned back to Nyx's previous question

"There's not much I can't say about what I want to do, because something can't be changed if you know it. It's just that this time the answer may not be what you want. ”

"What's the answer, and what does it have to do with me?"

Strangely, Nyx didn't think it had anything to do with him.

"Remember why you came here at the end of the First Age, and why you blocked the door of the Spirit Realm?"

Asking rhetorically, Ryan smiled and spoke.

"Of course, it's because you took the opportunity to open up the spirit world, so that the 'instructions' given by the world to the gods ......"

Suddenly, as if he finally understood something, Nyx's gaze couldn't help but become strange.

"So you're going to do something similar this time? Well, you'd better be prepared, and if there's a chance to beat you up again, then I won't be able to keep it. ”

"It should be said that for the sake of past friendships, I will be merciful."

Smiling, Ryan turned and sank into the dark void.

"But you don't have to be too scared, because at that time, everyone will be your 'teammates'."

Turning to leave, Ryan didn't mean to answer further, and Nyx didn't ask again. Just like last time, Lady Night didn't ask what the 'One Day God King' was, she always seemed to like the feeling of decryption and anticipation, so after thinking about it for a while, she continued to go to the ground to 'watch' the battle in a good mood.

She couldn't figure out why Ryan had such confidence, but if she couldn't figure it out, she couldn't figure it out, time would give her the answer. On the gray earth illuminated by the dark moon, only the faint laughter of Nyx remained.

"The Third Age is not the same as the First Age, this time, there is no Divine King Replacement and Divine Birthday to buy time."

"The enemy of the world? If you want not to be beaten to death, are you telling me that at least one day, you will be 'invincible'? ”

No one could answer her question, everything was hidden, only the water of the River Styx, still flowing slowly, endlessly.

······

In the present world, outside Mount Olympus.

The power that shakes all things is still continuing, but three days and three nights have passed, and now outside the sacred mountain, the situation has changed greatly.

The enemy of the whole world, this is what Mother Earth really thinks at this moment under the gaze of the gods of heaven and earth.

Three days ago, although the brief and unexpected change alarmed the God King, Gaia had no intention of stopping. The power of the earth continued to impact away, and even if Zeus had tried his best to pay attention, the mountain of the sacred mountain was still knocked out of the cracks.

Fortunately, it was the embodiment of the ancient mountain god, and it could be repaired spontaneously over a long period of time, so it did not cause irreversible effects. However, this also proves from the side that Gaia's judgment is not wrong, if it is not suppressed by the laws of this world, Zeus will not be able to stop her from destroying the sacred mountain.

However, there are no ifs in reality, and the order of the law never shifts by the will of the individual. So at this moment, even if the power still poured into her body from the earth, even if there was still the power to terrify the gods when she raised her hand, standing between the heavens and the earth, the oldest innate god still felt a sense of exhaustion from the heart, and the desolation of being abandoned by all things in the world.

Opposite her, the God-King was still pouring out his power, and Gaia was like a ruler to prove his strength, a useful tool. Around the sacred mountain, the original awe-inspiring gaze of the gods gradually changed, and they realized for the first time that perhaps this noble earth mother was not as powerful as they thought.

The third generation of gods and queens wore a golden crown, and her majestic appearance at the moment couldn't help but remind Gaia of her past self: so young, so confident, and even they had the same power, the power divided by the world. It's just that the first era that belonged to her has passed, and now, Gaia is just an uninvited villain.

Even in addition to this, Mother Earth also noticed the flashing aura.

Ryan and Erebos, the two objects of Gaia's suspicion, but this time, it was as if they hadn't noticed her at all.

From attacking the gods, to fighting each other, and then heading to the stars, from the beginning to the end, no one has said a word to her, as if she is no longer worthy of attention.

Erebos, in particular, even greeted the God-King without paying attention to his sister who was nearby.

And his own sister...... Nyx probably came too, but Gaia sadly found that if the other party was unwilling, if the Mother of the Night who was in charge of [Secret] did not have her feet on the earth, then he would not even be aware of her existence. Obviously, Nyx didn't have the slightest idea of showing up.

Everything mixes together, and Gaia's despair and anger are hard to describe in words.

"Ah——!h

Bump –

Grief and anger turned into strength, and Gaia summoned up her divine power again.

The vast light frantically lifted upwards and collided with the [Thunder] again, but this time, under the unbelievable gaze of Mother Earth, Zeus's hand did not even shake.

"W-how-"

"—Mother Earth, you've gone too far."

I was also stunned for a moment, but then I realized something. Trying to suppress the joy in his heart, in front of the gods, looking at the ancient gods in front of him who had made him extremely jealous, the god king was righteous and stern.

"I know, you may be unhappy with me because of the Titan gods, but Gaia, that's not a reason for you to vent your anger indiscriminately!"

"Fabricating lies, slandering the god-king with the so-called 'golden apple tree', endangering the stability of the present world, and trying to destroy the sacred mountain that supports the heavens. Gaia, you have felt it, this world has sent down punishment, and this is His punishment for your wanton behavior! ”

Just between words, Zeus equated 'slandering the god king' with 'destroying the sacred mountain', and even put himself in front, as if the suppression of the law was really because of him. However, even in the eyes of the onlookers, what the God King said at this moment could not be said to be wrong.

The detention of Cleos, the god of meteorology, is just a normal power struggle, and as for the 'golden apple tree', it is even more nonsense. Gaia's anger was somewhat ridiculous in it, so even if she was ridiculed by Zeus at the moment, she really couldn't arouse the slightest empathy.

After calming down, throwing away the aura of the primordial deity of Mother Earth, Gaia in front of the gods seemed to be an old woman who didn't know what to stimulate, and then was brutally suppressed when the trouble failed.

"Ahh

"Boom-"

The [Thunder] was thrown, instantly overshadowing Gaia's voice. And this time, it seems that a certain critical point has been crossed, and the Earth Mother, which was originally only the upper hand, fell backwards in the collision, and even red marks appeared on her hands.

It's not Zeus who has become stronger, but Gaia who has become weaker. The three days and three nights of battle seemed to have exhausted the patience of the mortal order for this primordial god, and if the enormous suppression he had brought down fell on Zeus, it would be enough to make the god-king, who had just risen to the brink of greatness, fall back to a point where he was worse than before his promotion, and Gaia, though not so, was also weakened in an unimaginable way.

Now, once again, she has replaced the great Zeus and the Lord of Hell, who had just touched it, as the edge of great divine power.

"It's over, Gaia, give up your senseless deeds. In the testimony of the gods, in the name of the God-King, I have never stolen the golden apple tree. ”

With a faint expression, Zeus slowly spoke:

"If you are now willing to admit your mistake and give up the meaningless accusations against me, then I will respond graciously and will not be blamed for your transgression today."

As the words fell, the God King looked at Mother Earth flatly, as if he had won the battle, and this was exactly what happened. The scene fell silent, and the gods looked at Gaia, waiting for her response.

Mother Earth has no chance of winning, or even a chance to lose both. The only option she can choose now is to leave with dignity or embarrassment. As for actually suppressing her, it was unlikely, but Zeus never wanted to do so.

The power of the god-king has been established, and the rest is too much.

“……”

Without replying, and ignoring Zeus's explanation, Gaia, who was repulsed by a blow, just looked at his red-stained hands.

All life in the world seemed to be watching her jokes, and when she looked around, she couldn't find anyone who could stand beside her.

“……”

“…………”

"Hahahaha...... Zeus, son of Ouranos, descendant of Cronus......"

After a while, Gaia looked up and looked at the god-king standing proudly in the clouds. Her voice was a little hoarse, but at this moment, the whole continent seemed to echo her voice.

"I curse you."

"I curse you...... My time may be over, but one day, yours will be the same. ”

"I'll wait for you, Zeus............ I will wait for you until the end of all things. ”

Boom –

As early as the second sentence of Gaia's words, the [Thunder Arrow] struck down again, but this time, the God King failed to do anything.

Gaia's figure was gone, and no one could stop her on the ground, even if she was on the verge of falling. And the final curse of Mother Earth also spread throughout the heavens and the earth with the sound of the earth's crust trembling.

The god-king's face remained unchanged, as if he did not care about the impotent anger of the loser before he left, but only Hera, who knew him well, noticed that perhaps Zeus's heart was not so calm.

Because she had heard Zeus talk about the 'prophecy' before the disappearance of the second god-king.

"Zeus, a curse without the support of power has no meaning, it is just meaningless words...... Now, it's time to do what a god-king should do. ”

Taking a step forward, Hera spoke softly.

“…… Yes, a joke, it's just the last humiliation of the old guys who are unwilling to quit. ”

Nodding, Zeus took a deep breath, and he turned to look at the gods who were bowing their heads not far under his gaze.

Not because of the gods, but because of the supreme power, compared to the past, he is now a true god king.

(End of chapter)