novelraw Chapter 50: Everyone knows that faith is toxic.
Chapter 50: Everyone knows that faith is toxic.
"The Gluttonous Dragon may have made a comeback!"
In the Supreme Temple, Ai, sitting in an inconspicuous corner, almost converted all her Chaos Points and exploded with the gods after hearing these words—if it weren't for the slight uncertainty in the tone of the Elf God [Wisdom and Mystery] when he spoke, and the look in his eyes when he looked at Ai as if he wanted to get something from her.
Ai Yi understood that the other party probably hadn't seen through her disguise, but had only drawn this conclusion from other aspects.
As for what aspects the other party drew their conclusions from, Ai had a rough idea.
It's probably because I recently encountered the "Time and Space Dominator," which caused the "Gluttonous Dragon's" power to go berserk.
Although Ai Yi retreated to the divine realm in a timely manner, it is estimated that a considerable amount of her aura remained at the scene.
The [Wisdom and Mystery] possesses the authority of both "wisdom" and "exploration," thus enabling it to achieve [limited omniscience] to a certain extent.
If the other party noticed the commotion they made, they would likely easily suspect that the [Gluttonous Dragon] might have been resurrected.
However, judging from the other party's tone and expression, it is probably impossible to know the exact state of the [Gluttonous Dragon] at this moment.
"Impossible! His divine body is still lying there, without any sign of movement!"
The voice of the Wheel of Life echoed in the minds of the gods, while Ai faintly smelled a strange fragrance.
Although she appeared to be a gentle and refined human noblewoman, based on the meager memories of the [Gluttonous Dragon] in her mind, Ai vaguely understood that this powerful being was the chief god of the Spirit Ant Clan, wielding the authority of "reproduction" and "direction".
"Everyone, have you forgotten His race? He is an ancient dragon, and dragons do not have only one body!"
His dragon form died, but we have never witnessed the death of His human form!
After all, it was the [Holy Throne of Light] who single-handedly stormed into the divine realm of the [Dragon of Gluttony] and slew this evil god!
【The Mystery of Wisdom】As she spoke, those elven eyes once again turned to the God of Light sitting in the inconspicuous corner.
The seating arrangement in the Supreme Temple is based on the hierarchy of divine power. The central round table represents the most powerful deities.
Behind the powerful divine power, there are concentric circles of seats radiating outwards. Gods belonging to different powerful divine power factions will sit behind the most powerful gods in order of their divine power, with the weaker the god, the further out they sit.
As for demigods like Ai, who possess weak divine power and do not belong to any powerful deity, they are not actually qualified to join the council of gods in the Supreme Temple.
This meeting was initiated by [Wisdom and Mystery], who invited Ai Yi. Ai Yi felt that if she did not accept the invitation, she might seem like she was trying to hide something.
And so, Ai appeared in this place.
[Wisdom and Mystery] asked Ai Yi, "Ai Yi, God of Light, do you know anything about this? After all, you are the successor to the [Throne of Light], and you became a god in the divine kingdom of the [Gluttonous Dragon]!"
Upon hearing this, Ai adopted an indifferent attitude towards the "mysteries of wisdom."
"You ask me? How would I know! It is true that I am His successor, but I am not Him, and I have no memory of Him."
All I know is that after I picked up the Eternal Spear that had fallen to the ground, I became the God of Light, and my duty is...
It's about leading humanity to become powerful again and reclaiming that position!
Ai pointed to the empty seat at the head of the round table and said in a very arrogant tone.
This is the character design that Ai gave to this persona, and it's also the character design that she feels is closest to the God of Light.
After all, the current God of Light is a demigod who inherited a powerful divine legacy and is nourished by the faith that humanity now desperately craves.
These words instantly drew mocking laughter from the surrounding gods, while [War Hall] also let out a heavy snort.
"Ignorance and arrogance!"
"Ah, yes, yes, yes! But not as ignorant and arrogant as you! The feeling of stubbornly resisting the punishment of the world's will must be extremely unpleasant!"
Ai looked at the Hall of War, her tone full of sarcasm.
"You bastard! How dare you!!!"
Behind [War Hall], a low-level god, eager to show off, suddenly flew into a rage, stood up, and unleashed his divine power to attack Ai.
Ai didn't dodge or retreat, letting the attack come at her!
Anyway, what He is currently in the Supreme Temple is just a projection of His consciousness; His death is simply a return to His original form.
"presumptuous!"
[Wisdom and Mystery] With a cold shout, the low-level divine power that was aimed at Ai Yi shattered instantly.
Meanwhile, the lesser deity suddenly felt a vast amount of meaningless memories flooding his mind, frantically diluting his own memories and obliterating his self.
The powerful force of [Wisdom and Mystery] directly attacked the lower-level divine power's physical form through the consciousness.
"Lord, save me, save me!"
[War Hall] remained silent, only gazing at [Wisdom and Mystery].
[Wisdom and Mystery] didn't really intend to kill; it merely snorted coldly and turned its gaze towards [War Hall].
"You've been reduced to intermediate divine power by the will of the world?"
"So what?"
[War Hall] snorted coldly. He did not want this matter to be leaked, but he did not expect that "Light God Ai" would be present at this meeting of the gods.
However, now that this matter has been leaked, He will not deny it, because denying it would only make Him appear weak.
[Wisdom and Mystery] He didn't say anything more, but turned to look at Ai.
"You'd better replace the idols in the church with some abstract symbols, otherwise the beliefs that people have nowadays will have unpredictable effects on you!"
"Faith is toxic! But... so what?"
Ai shrugged and deliberately imitated the tone of [War Hall], emphasizing the last four words.
Ai, who was well-versed in novels, had long suspected that faith was toxic.
After all, the four-character names used by the powerful gods are extremely abstract, and the statue of the [Holy Throne of Light] enshrined in the church of the Ruhr Kingdom is also an abstract large circle within a small circle.
Now, it's just that we've received confirmation from the mouth of a powerful deity.
But what does this have to do with the [Gluttonous Dragon]!
The righteous gods accept faith but worry about the influence hidden within it. But He, an evil god, doesn't concern himself with such things; any power he possesses is devoured and instantly refined!
A fragrant aroma wafted over, and the voice of the Wheel of Life echoed in Ai's mind: "Heh, faith is poisonous! Well said!"
You truly deserve to be the successor to the Throne of Light; your summary of faith is just like His from a thousand years ago!
However, getting lost in faith is not a good thing!
If you really want to get back to that position, you must be extremely careful!
Ai raised an eyebrow, because she sensed that this "Wheel of Life" seemed to genuinely care about her.
The other party's concern, and the fact that she, as the chief god of the ant race, acted like a noblewoman of the human race, made Ai Yi smell a melon.
At this moment, the voice of [Wisdom and Mystery] rang out again, its gentle tone carrying a strong warning: "Alright, the most important thing in this meeting is [The Gluttonous Dragon], everyone, let's not stray from the topic!"