"Civil unrest?"
Nostradamus didn't know what Joshua was talking about. He repeated, but still couldn't understand: "What are you talking about?"
"Maybe it's the truth that has been lost for three hundred years."
Joshua didn't know where to start.
Because this is a long, long story.
The time goes back to the last era, when the continent called Mycrof had not yet taken shape.
At that time, everything was ruined and the oceans were in chaos. The war between Order and Chaos shattered the sky. Energy radiation from outside the void irradiated the earth. Dozens of races and millions of victims were radiating like this. Earthquakes, storms and Survive through cracks in acid rain.
At that time, the sun and the moon were gradually extinguishing, the sky was dim, and darkness filled the entire world. Seven continents were submerged by half-boiling seawater, leaving only a few scattered fragments. Most of the marine intelligent races were extinct, leaving only A few lucky ones survived.
The gods won, but they faced a more difficult problem than the evil gods. Facing their devastated hometown, these beings with divine power did not know what to do, because they were not facing the monsters raging in the void. A powerful enemy, but a broken world.
Only a few small fragments of the original seven continents were left. After judging the betrayers, all gods and humans had to face this question: Is this world still valuable for them to stay
The remaining elves in the south still have their holy lake on the plateau, but Father Nature has left. This former holy land has lost its gods and has no value. The remaining elves are turbulent in confusion. They urgently need a leader to lead them. them.
There is also a broken mountain range left in the northern continent. It was originally the main battlefield where the saints and gods fought against the many evil gods that invaded the world. The unhealed space-time rifts are still releasing thunder and energy storms above the mountains. In addition to hiding, No life could live in such a place except the dwarves underground.
The eastern continent was almost broken into pieces. More than a thousand fragmented islands were scattered in the roiling waves. If the fragments of other continents can still be seen as prototypes, then the fragments of the eastern continent cannot be seen in their original state at all. The tsunami and Hurricanes can engulf these islands at any time.
On the west side is the central continent of the original world. The strongest Spine of the World Mountains has been preserved. The dwarves, winged people and the survivors of other races rely on the solid central mountains of the world to survive... And the west side of the original world center is Other continents were completely wiped out or sunk into the ground. The hometown of the dwarfs, the holy land of the lizard people, and the centaur prairie all disappeared completely. The hometowns of many races were destroyed in the war, and their gods were also lost. The support of faith is about to be unable to support the increasingly turbulent divine backlash and is dying.
"Leave here and find a new world. The glory of Mycroft's civilization will not end here."
A god said this. The group of fishmen he protected were the few surviving intelligent marine life, and his friend the mermaid god had passed away in the war, with no trace left in the world. His influence on the world of Mycroft today Haiyang has no attachment and just wants to leave this broken world as soon as possible.
"We can't give up here."
A god said this. His tone was sonorous and powerful, as if forged with a hammer. The dwarf god rejected the proposal: "Mycrof is our hometown. The Great Mother and the Earth Goddess are fighting on the front line. Countless gods , countless lives have fallen here, giving up Mycroft is equivalent to giving up everything we sacrificed for!"
"For the sake of the group we shelter, we should leave as soon as possible. We can wait for the gradual restoration of Mycroft's world in the future, but now, my people can no longer survive!"
"Even if the world is broken, there is still too much left to give up..."
The remaining gods had a quarrel. They were not companions in the first place, but they had to unite because of the final battle. Now that the war is over, conflicts have broken out, and the opposition between the gods has become more acute. One party believes that Mycroft has been broken. The world is no longer worthy of their continued saving, and they must leave as soon as possible. The other side believes that although the world is damaged, it has the value of trying to repair both emotionally and profitably. If the devices in the ruins are excavated, they can quickly rebuild several Sanctuary ecosystem, and it is impossible for them to find a new world that perfectly meets the requirements in a short time.
In the end, with the silent support of the sages, the migration faction was suppressed, and the left-behind faction gained the right to speak. Based on their own divine power, countless gods created small worlds of half a plane to provide for their people to live in. This is It can be sustained for a short period of time, but over time, the gods will fall into eternal silence because their divine power is exhausted.
But how to repair this broken world? Even the sage has no way to start - for Him, creating a new world may be easier than this. At this time, Mycroft is like a torn rag doll, and the river is full of cracks. But the ice, the Will of the World and the Earth Mother Goddess are both dying, and too drastic transformation will only completely destroy them.
When the gods were quarreling, the will of the world had completely fallen into a near-death dormancy. As the world of Mycroft itself, it had withstood too many attacks from evil gods and the evil of the abyss. During the war, it was still supported by the faith of all living beings, but after the war, The concentrated spirit dissipated, and even it could no longer sustain itself.
However, although the world's will is silent, the Earth Mother God is still awake. Her body, that is, the original seven continents of Mycroft's world, although most of them are broken, are still enough to maintain her will.
Seeing the contradiction among the gods, the goddess seemed intolerable, so she stood up and said to the sages and gods: I will come.
His voice was gentle and powerful, overpowering all the noisy arguments. The gods turned their attention to the goddess, but He did not hesitate at all.
He said: Now is not the time to argue. You see, we are falling into the abyss... Mycrov is gradually leaving the center of the multiverse. We are sinking. If we continue, we will sink into the abyss and become part of our former enemies. . so.
I'll glue the continent together.
I have come to reunite the remains of the Seven Realms.
I was born from the continent, the first spirit in the world. Although I was later promoted to a god, my existence itself symbolizes the complete continent.
By using me as a sacrifice, the continent can be reunited as one... Even if this reunited unit is much smaller than before, it is still enough to bear all the remaining groups in the world.
The Earth Goddess is willing to use herself as a sacrifice to glue the broken world together. From a rational point of view, this may be a good choice, but if the gods only acted according to pure reason, they would have been captured by their divinity long ago. If they lose their will and merge with the source of the universe, how can they agree to this
"You are a hero. You have sacrificed a lot, and the 'Earth Dragon' tribe you protected is almost extinct."
Even the gods of the migration faction shook their heads and said: "No matter how much I sacrifice, it is not your turn to sacrifice."
"Let me do it."
There is a god who is willing to replace the earth goddess and voluntarily dedicate everything he has: "I am the god of mountains and swamps, and I am also part of the earth."
"I come."
Short but firm words, and God stood up. He is the God of rivers and lakes.
"Me." "Me." "Me."
All the remaining gods in the old earth pantheon have stood up, and many other powerful gods have also stepped forward - for the gods, death is just an eternal dream, and if their sacrifice can really save the world, Then their names will be with civilization forever, which is the highest glory.
"no need."
At this time, the sage spoke. He shook his head and said: "No one needs to sacrifice."
"Look at the remains of our enemies in the void. They are numerous and contain infinite power... By burning Chaos with the remaining initial fire, we will be able to reshape the world."
The sage's words caused the gods to turn their attention to a point they had never paid attention to before - the remains of the evil god. Before this, no existence had ever thought that they could use the remains of the evil god. The power full of resentment and chaos would erode the soul even if it was touched. Only the most powerful gods, strong men and sages could. Resist this force.
Use it to reshape the world. If the person who says this is not a sage, anyone will sneer at it.
But the person who said this was a sage, so the gods were willing to believe this crazy idea.
"What happened next? Joshua?"
Above the underground lake, Nostradamus was frowning, recording all the things Joshua said in his magic book, which corresponded to the scattered clues he had found in ancient books. He quickly I discovered that although what Joshua said sounded a bit ridiculous, it unexpectedly perfectly explained all the records in the past.
"The next thing...is the illusion I saw at the Ten Thousand Realms Sacrificial Site."
At this time, Joshua sighed. He recalled the vision he saw when he went to the Ten Thousand Realms Sacrificial Site for the first time - it was countless scattered memory fragments and historical replays, sages, saints, There were many gods, and many unknown voices passed by each other, and among the complicated messages, Joshua clearly remembered the question that seemed to represent the anger of the entire world and the helpless reply of the sage.
[You actually want my daughter to merge with that filthy and chaotic existence? I will never allow it or agree with it!]
[This is the only way to save you and your daughter. I'm sorry, but I can only do this.]
[Ah ah ah! I curse you! Curse you! Humans, elves, dwarves, all... dwell in... I curse...]
It was a furious question from a great being, and a tired and helpless voice. It was the will of the world, the dialogue between the Steel Python Mycrof and the sage inside the world.
The process of using the evil god's body to reshape the world went wrong. Originally, the gods planned to use the remaining initial fire of Mycroft's world to burn the chaos, and then gradually regenerate the world. In this way, the new continent may even be larger than the original seven. The continents combined are even larger, and the flames that are about to go out can burn brightly again. In this way, there is no need for the backup plan to rekindle the flames - but they overestimated the remaining flame brilliance of Mycroft's world... Continued After burning for several years, one day no one expected, the flame went out.
That day, the Sage went to the distant world of Grandia to inspect the place where sinners were exiled. When He returned, it was already too late.
Chaos spread again, and this time, it was the gods who personally put Chaos into the inner world.
Feeling that the existence that made him extremely disgusted was spreading in his body, the Steel Python, which had been dormant for a long time, woke up angrily. The first thing it saw was that it had itself as the core and forcibly suppressed all the chaos in its body. The Earth Goddess, her body was invaded by Chaos, and her daughter who had been with her the longest was also eroded by Chaos. Because of Chaos, the Steel Python fell into madness and wanted to destroy everything in the world, but was stopped by the gods and sages.
"Both the gods and sages believed that there was definitely a conspiracy behind this, and there were beings who did not dare to confront the gods head-on, so they extinguished the flames from behind. But there was no evidence to support this argument, and the main point at that time was to calm down The wrath of the world's will may be suppressed, so we didn't delve into it... and after that, there was no chance to delve into it."
Joshua slowly landed next to the underground lake. He walked slowly along the shore and looked down at the ancient temple at the bottom of the lake. The warrior's eyes were calm.
"I don't regret this choice, it's just that there is a possibility that I won't be able to see this world come to life again... Ha, after all, I am also a vain guy, and I want to see my name praised."
The Earth Goddess did not regret her choice. She had already planned to sacrifice, but she was still a little sad when she saw her mother being corroded by the evil god's remains and going crazy: "One day, it will wake up. "
Then, He fell into a deep sleep and entered the near-eternal sleep of a god.
However, after the outside world joined forces to suppress the will of the world at a great cost, the gods fell into a terrifying civil strife.
Because they felt that the world was gradually getting better, many gods moved the groups that lived in the demiplane and protected them to the new Mycrof continent. However, due to the wrath of the Steel Python, none of these groups survived. More than a dozen races perished as a result, or there were only a few scattered survivors left. In an instant, the destitute gods furiously searched for anything that could extinguish the flames. They first approached the dwarf god who was responsible for guarding the core of the world. Then he turned to the God of the Fire Element, who knew the fire well. Naturally, these two powerful gods did not want to be tied up and interrogated by a group of madmen who were stunned by anger. They also had their own friends and supporters... 1 This is how an inexplicable battle begins.
Conflicts that have accumulated since ancient times, dissatisfaction that accumulates in daily life, opposing ideas and paths, natural enemies and rivals... The gods are not monolithic, not to mention that some of them have fallen into madness. It is meaningless for the sages to stop this. There was a scuffle, but he stopped it the first time, and there was a second time. Now that the flame of mutual hatred has been ignited, it will never be extinguished.
"This meaningless civil war lasted for three hundred years. The other races living on the mainland trembled under the wrath of the gods. Only some gods who had not been stunned by the anger established shelters for the various races. So that the race can continue.”
After saying these last words, arriving at the edge of the underground lake, Joshua and Nostradamus fell into silence at the same time while walking towards the bottom of the underground lake.
This is so unreasonable - the old mage originally wanted to say this. How could the gods start a war with each other because of such a boring thing? They joined forces to defeat the evil gods and suppress the crazy will of the world. They were even willing to sacrifice for this world!
But immediately, his doubts turned into a sigh: Although it seems crazy, there are too many examples of this in reality. Comrades who join forces to defeat the enemy turn around and slaughter their compatriots. This is not something worthy of surprise at all.
"Who do these memories come from? The departure of the sage... is he disappointed with the gods?" the old mage asked tiredly.
"The Earth Goddess—or rather, the land itself."
Joshua replied: "As for the sage... he has not been disappointed with anyone, nor does he think anyone has done anything wrong. As long as there are minds with self-will, conflicts between each other will inevitably occur. He just doesn't know how. It will just break out on that day.”
"He just wonders, wondering about the nature of the multiverse."
"Why is there an evil god, why is there an abyss? Order and chaos are constantly rotating, why is it presented to the world in such a situation?"
Arriving next to the temple at the bottom of the lake, Joshua stretched out his hand and touched the temple which was vibrating slightly and releasing fluctuations of divine power. He said softly: "So after setting up some back-ups, he went to the deepest part of the multiverse alone. He wanted to find the ultimate answer. Otherwise, even if he cultivated one civilization after another, it would be nothing more. Destruction after destruction.”
At this point, Joshua couldn't help but laugh: "It's funny, this temple mistakenly thought I was a pure-blood Titan, so it sent me most of its memories. It passed the ancient memories through the steel The bloodline is passed on to all beings with the bloodline of the Mother Goddess, but I guess only I can see everything clearly."
"As for the purpose, Nostradamus, this is what I said before, something beyond our previous imagination... This temple has two functions, one of which is an early warning device."
Turning his head, Joshua looked at Nostradamus. He looked at the old mage: "The seal of the world's will will be strengthened again, and before that, it sends a message to the entire multiverse - it decides to use the will of its own world to Identity serves as a bargaining chip, calling on all beings who can hear its voice to destroy us."
"The identity of the world's will?!"
Nostradamus was shocked by what Joshua said calmly, but soon he came to his senses: "Yes, that's not surprising... Behind those abyss lords is actually a remnant of the world's will, which itself is It's equivalent to an abyss... This may be the so-called bargaining chip."
Although it sounds incredible, it is actually not a particularly rare example. In addition to the will of the abyss and the lord of the abyss, the most powerful elemental lords of some elemental planes are probably the will of that plane itself. For mages, , this is not something incomprehensible, it can even be said to be common sense.
"As for the other function, it is a back-up left by the Mother Goddess of Earth."
Having said this, Joshua looked up at the sky. His eyes penetrated the rock formations a thousand meters away, and he could see the crisscrossing waves of divine power in the sky. They surrounded the entire world, and finally formed a circle in the eyes of the warrior. Joshua watched the huge virtual statue of the goddess slowly reorganize in the sky in silence.
Just like in all myths and legends, God also has personal preferences and desires. The goddess wanted to know the result of her sacrifice and whether she could really save the world, so before she fell into complete silence, she used her own flesh and blood to cast thousands of Hundreds of temples like this are suppressed underground.
"These temples contain some of the former divine blood of the Mother Goddess of Earth as the source of divine power. When the flames are completely rekindled, or when the world shakes, these temples will be gradually activated, and then reorganized into the last remaining will of the goddess. … Watch the world.”
Nostradamus blinked, and he also raised his head and looked up at the sky. The old mage asked with some confusion: "Is He satisfied?"
"I do not know about this."
Joshua spoke slowly, word for word, and the words were clear and powerful: "But don't worry."
In front of you is a simple temple. Above the temple, there are ancient murals depicting the history of all races since they lit fires and wielded stone tools. There are peace, war, great wonders, and ordinary farmland. , the earth watches all this and carries it all.
Outside, the light of divine power condensed in the sky, turning into the image of a goddess whose face could not be seen clearly. She looked down at the world, nodded slowly, and then turned into fragments in the wind, scattering throughout the world.
Maybe it will be a good year.
The ground shook and the rock formations shook. Joshua stared at the temple as if staring at the goddess from thousands of years ago.
It's glowing.
"He will never disappoint."
This volume is basically about supporting characters... and by the way, I will decrypt the explanation settings.
But soon comes the battle chapter.
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