Clones and projections were actually quite common. Many powerful existences from other dimensions were unable to use their true bodies to enter the mortal plane due to dimensional restrictions. They could only use their clones and projections to enter.
From a certain standpoint, these dimensional laws were a form of protection for the entire world.
When the Dimensional Tide wasn't high enough, if top-level existences suddenly descended, their very existence could possibly distort the dimensional laws of this world, causing unfathomable effects on certain regions or even the entire mortal plane.
For example, if a God whose Divine Concept was rain descended, he would cause an area several hundred kilometers around him to be in a state of torrential rain for a long period of time. That would basically be the natural enemy of farmers … I definitely wasn't saying that a certain "Rain God" would rain whenever he held a concert, nor was I insinuating that a certain Son of Misfortune would cause major trouble whenever he stole the headlines.
Cough, getting back to the main topic, it would be fine if it was a powerful existence like the Rain God who had relatively mild dimensional laws. Rain would still be acceptable, but if a God of Volcanoes or Son of War descended, that would be quite the problem.
For example, when a Demon Earl descended in his true body, he directly caused a large area of scorched earth and Chaos. Even now, the land where his blood dripped onto was still scorched earth without a single blade of grass growing on it. If no one modified or dispelled the negative effects, this effect could last for several decades or even centuries.
In some heroic epics, there was also a saying that "the place where the Demon King fell is still filled with evil winds." This actually referred to the same thing.
As the Elemental Tide increased, the dimensional laws of this world were gradually changing. This was just like adding a drop of intense dye into a cup of water. Naturally, the water would change color very quickly. But if the dye was added into a basin of water, a pool of water, or even a river or a lake, it would naturally have no obvious effects.
Just like how the human body had mechanisms to resist the invasion of germs, the world of Aichy would also prevent these "large-scale viruses" from entering, unless they were proven to be harmless.
For example, in the game's history, when the Dimensional Tide was at its highest, the mortal plane would become a "sea," which would open up all the dimensional doors to the mortal plane.
But now that the Elemental Tide was at its lowest, the dimensional doors were only slightly open. Wanting to enter? That was possible, but it had to be done in accordance with the dimensional laws, and everything that could cause damage had to be left outside. That was why there were incarnations, projections, and other such techniques.
Although there were all sorts of strange techniques, in the end, it was basically the same principle. That was, first create a physical body that the dimension could accept, and then put the will, soul, and so on into the body. Depending on how many techniques were used, the body would fall into a deep sleep or act normally.
However, just like how the Immigration and Quarantine Department could not eliminate all harmful bacteria, even if it was an incarnation, it would still cause an impact.
Therefore, just like the security monitoring of foreigners at the airport, the treatment would be different according to their identity. If they were tourists from friendly countries, the inspection procedure would be much simpler. If they were from hostile countries, they might first check if they were spies. If they were super dangerous people who wanted to destroy the world, they might be put under 24-hour surveillance or simply refused entry.
It was the same for the incarnations of powerful existences in the various dimensions. They would be treated differently depending on the method of entry, the strength of their incarnations, and many other aspects. The most convenient would probably be the Gods from the mortal plane. After all, they were existences who had control over part of the dimensional laws. They would be equivalent to civil servants in their own countries, and the inspection would be nothing more than a mere formality. They would only need to use their own churches to descend, and their incarnations wouldn't need to expend any additional divine power to maintain.
And of course, there would be those who were exempted from inspection as well as those who were strictly guarded and restricted from entering the mortal plane.
The ones who received the harshest treatment were probably the demons and devils. After all, they possessed the power of Chaos, which was the natural enemy of all dimensional laws. Not only that, they were notorious for their misdeeds. As long as they entered the mortal plane, it was highly likely that they would be up to no good.
If a certain Devil Lord or Demon Lord were to descend, it would be a major incident in a certain region, or some scheme that would affect a large region or even the entire continent. At such a time, all the Gods' churches would take action and viciously attack the believers of the Devil Lord. And if a powerful demon incarnation truly descended and did something, it was highly likely that a True God's incarnation would also arrive.
That was why it was quite difficult for the powerful individuals from the lower planes, who were almost 100% refused to enter the mortal plane. Not only would these most unpopular stowaways require evil rituals like blood sacrifices to open the dimensional door, even if their incarnations were able to descend, they would still need to expend energy to maintain their incarnations. But sooner or later, they would use up all of their energy reserves and would have to obediently return to the Chaos Abyss or Hell, just like the stowaways who were discovered during a sudden inspection and sent back.
By the way, I should mention that not long ago, the Demon Marquis Eliza finally used up all of the beastmen's blood sacrifices to allow her to descend. She could only helplessly dispel her incarnation and return to the Chaos Abyss. As for me, I once again returned to the awkward situation of having to call her every day to greet her …
Cough, getting back to the main topic, the Gods' incarnations and incarnations weren't something that could be easily obtained. Not only did they contain their own divine power and dimensional shards, they also contained the existence of their divine souls. If they died, it would definitely be a major loss. It was likely that even the main body's divine power would decrease, which would require a large amount of faith and time to recover.
That was why there were many schemes against the Gods. Since it was impossible to destroy the God's main body that was far away in their Divine Kingdom, they would at most destroy an incarnation. Being able to kill a True God's incarnation or having a God's incarnation killed by a mortal would be a major event that would be recorded in history. Of course, the former would be heroic, while the latter would be laughed at by undying existences for several hundred years.
Although the incarnation's power would be limited, since it wouldn't be the main body, there was no need to worry about the incarnation dying. There were pros and cons to this. But from a certain standpoint, the death of an incarnation also meant that the soul would experience a virtual death, which was unavoidable.
That was why, if possible, the Gods would usually choose to descend into their own believers or priests. This way, they would be able to use power far greater than their incarnation's, and they wouldn't have to worry about the effects of the incarnation dying. However, there were far too few mortals who possessed the special abilities of a God's Descent. The death rate of a God's Descent was also far too high, which was why the incarnation was always the number one choice.
But for a True God, losing a single incarnation would be a waste of several hundred years of work. Perhaps their main body would be surrounded and attacked by their enemies because they were in a weakened state. This was no small matter. In fact, many Demon Lords and True Gods had lost their incarnations in the mortal plane because their incarnations were killed off in the mortal plane and then ambushed by their mortal enemies. These True Gods took advantage of their weakened state to permanently eliminate their incarnations.
And right now, the Goddess of Wealth was actually forced to choose to self-destruct her incarnation. It was evident that she had been forced to her limits and had lost all confidence in victory. She knew that if this continued, she would still be defeated and lose her incarnation, so she might as well drag the Goddess of Wealth down with her.
As a junior God, it wasn't shameful for her to be forced to such a state by the Titan Giants. However, she had truly suffered a great loss this time, so it was no wonder that her tone was so angry. She was also doing her best to make up for her losses.
"… Have a safe journey. You're truly a great person who sacrifices yourself for others. I'll miss you."
I did my best to wave my handkerchief and wish Beyana a safe journey. However, I received a death glare from her. And so, I switched to a way of saying goodbye from my homeland, and started singing a song that was said to be used to say goodbye to heroic martyrs.
"Ah, goodbye, friend, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye. Beyana, hurry up and self-destruct. I can't take it anymore … Ah, goodbye, friend, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye. I'll bury you on a high mountain and stick a beautiful flower in your grave … I seem to have forgotten the rest of the lyrics. Forget it, it's enough as long as the meaning is there. Martyr Beyana, have a safe journey. Don't miss me too much. I'll help you pick up your remains. "
The Goddess of Wealth's singing passed through the priest's ears to the Goddess of Wealth. I waved my hand even harder, but only received an even fiercer glare.
Suddenly, the Goddess of Wealth who seemed to be made of gold grit her teeth with a face full of resentment. Just like a collapsing Buddha statue, she cracked open, and countless flashes of golden light shot out, transforming the entire world into a golden color.
* Boom! *
Then, there was a blinding light and a deafening explosion that made it impossible to open one's eyes.
"Sigh, and here I thought that the Goddess of Wealth's self-destruction would have something new, such as suddenly dropping money. It seems that as long as it's self-destruction, there's nothing new or different about it."
"Your Highness Roland … the Goddess says that she heard everything, and she's furious right now. She's saying, 'You better reveal something new for me.' And, as long as you miss even one item, she'll swear that you'll be in trouble."
Alright then, since I agreed, let's get to work.
I didn't waste any time due to my thick ice shield. I leapt into the air on my ice pegasus and was about to charge forward at high speed when I was suddenly stopped by the scene before me.
The self-destruction of a True God's incarnation was the equivalent of detonating all the accumulated divine power and dimensional laws within the incarnation. In terms of attack power, it would far surpass a True God's own divine attack. In terms of quantity, it would be equivalent to detonating all of the incarnation's divine power that could be used for several years. Plus, the True God would lose faith power and divine soul in the explosion.
Logically speaking, if a True God's incarnation self-destructed, not only would it kill an incarnation of the same level, even the True God's main body would be directly killed. This was also why True Gods' incarnations were able to do whatever they wanted on the ground, and why clones rarely fought against each other. At most, they would sacrifice an incarnation and self-destruct, which would at least result in mutual destruction.
However, the rule that a True God's incarnation self-destructed was broken right before my eyes.
"… He didn't die even after that?"
Half of the Thunder Titan's body was gone. His right hand and right leg were gone, and the right side of his face was visible to the bone. It was quite a frightening sight. Perhaps the shattered pieces of his thunder shield on the ground explained why he was still alive.
In that short instant, he had transformed all of his thunder power into a physical shield that blocked the self-destruction's impact and protected his own core.
"False Gods, is this still the only attack you have? If I had a complete physical body, your weak attacks wouldn't even be able to make me bleed."
The damage from a divine power self-destruction was quite difficult to endure. It was likely that he wouldn't be able to recover in a short period of time. Yet, even though he was injured so badly, he was still laughing loudly as if he were the true victor.
Perhaps he could indeed be called the victor since he was able to force a True God's incarnation to self-destruct without dying.
Even though he had already collapsed, the Thunder Titan viciously glared at the female Dwarf Goddess with his remaining eye. He supported himself with his left hand and tried to stand up, but he seemed to have lost his balance.
Then, he gritted his teeth and transformed the thunder on his right leg into an artificial limb that resembled a statue's armor. A new saw of thunder appeared in his empty right arm. A vicious glint appeared in his remaining eye, and the bones on the right side of his face were eerie. However, the saw of thunder that he kept waving around kept buzzing. He was already in such a state, yet he still wanted to fight?
Mary paused in surprise for a moment, but then she calmly raised her war hammer and unhesitatingly charged forward.
The Dwarf Gods were never afraid of challenges. Since the Thunder Titan hadn't collapsed yet, the battle between the Gods naturally continued.
An injured beast was the most dangerous of all. Two powerful existences were currently fighting against each other. I felt like I was in a bad situation. If I charged forward and got hit, wouldn't I be directly reincarnated?
"Um, I feel like I'll still die if I go up. This is probably an unstoppable force."
"… The Goddess means that if you don't bring back the Golden Scepter and Seraph's Feather Pen, she'll cancel your Contract Hero account and curse you to become the person with the worst fortune in the entire world. This curse will last for at least three years. At that time, you won't have enough money to survive for more than two hours. You'll run into scammers when you eat, fake goods when you buy. Even if you go out to buy groceries, you'll run into three scammers and a dozen thieves. "
"… It can't be that bad, can it?"
"… It's even worse than I said. In the past, there was a high-level priest in my church who made false accounts to scam others. In the end, the Goddess also cursed him with bankruptcy. That very day, his merchant guild went bankrupt, and his wife and daughter both ran away. Then, his only residence was smashed into a crater by a meteor. Even when he was a beggar, other beggars would rob him of his money. He only managed to survive for a week before committing suicide. "
Alright then, my scalp was going numb. But since I agreed, I would probably have to do it no matter what.
But before I could do anything, I heard a voice in my head.
"… I'm so full. Is this self-destruction? Is this what war is? Amazing! So delicious! "
I turned around and saw that Faceless' incarnation of War was standing there. Although I couldn't see his face clearly, I could faintly sense that he was staring at the Gods' clones and Titan Giants as if they were some sort of delicacy.
A newborn Son of War could only grow in battle. Since he was "born prematurely", he would need large amounts of nutrition to replenish himself. Not only that, he would also need to find his own path in the future. In a way, this battle between the Gods had given him an excellent opportunity to grow again.
And for Grave Earth Demons, the corpses of Gods were naturally the most valuable nutrition. The power and rumbling of the explosions caused War to make a decision. He now had a better understanding of the future and what he wanted to pursue.
"War! This is war! Explosions are war! War is explosions! "
I faintly felt as if another face had appeared on that empty face. This face was quite similar to that of the Goddess who had just self-destructed. I didn't even have the time to sigh at how easy it was for children to learn bad things when he disappeared right in front of me.
Right after that, the entire battlefield began to shake. As the ground shook violently, a large hole suddenly opened up. It was as if some demonic creature was about to be released from the depths of hell.
"… That's Davey and his army!"
Suddenly, the invisible undead army that had disappeared suddenly rushed out from the hole in the ground, charging towards the True Gods and Titan Giants.
"War! The Gods are our allies! Kill those Titan Giants!"
Fortunately, I reacted quickly, allowing War's undead army to reappear and choose a path.
The surrounded Titan Giants didn't even spare a glance at these "little toys". He only had eyes for the powerful Gods. Why would he care about these little things? Those mortal armies weren't even able to block a casual attack from him.
* Boom! *
The Death Knight at the very front self-destructed. The power of the explosion caused Titan Giants' feet to go numb as he furrowed his eyebrows.
* Boom! *
The bone dragon that was tearing at his head in the sky self-destructed. The power of its self-destruction caused his forehead to hurt. The explosive power of ice made him feel rather disgusted.
* Boom! *
The lich that had crawled up to Titan Giants' knees self-destructed. Titan Giants clutched his knees in pain as he cried out in pain.
* Boom! *
The nimble Zombie King jumped into the giant's mouth and then violently self-destructed, causing the Epic-ranked Undead Lord to shine with a blinding light. In fact, several of Titan Giants' teeth even appeared in the sky.
* Boom! * * Boom! *
The densely packed undead on Titan Giants' knees self-destructed together. This time, Titan Giants couldn't stand still, so he could only collapse to the ground.
"Rumble!" "Rumble!" "Rumble!"
When the ant-like undead army climbed up the giant's body, the continuous sounds of explosions never stopped.
What was even more frightening was that the undead that had just self-destructed didn't die. The undead that crawled out of the hole in the ground never stopped. The lich that had just self-destructed on Titan Giants' knees grabbed onto Titan Giants' ears this time, igniting his berserk soulfire to self-destruct again.
* Boom! *
The entire world was filled with the sounds of self-destruction. Even the Dwarf Gods were astonished.
"… The Grave Earth Demons' undead revival ability. Even if they lose a single individual, they can still revive and replenish themselves? Roland, you actually created such a monster? Do you really intend to destroy the world? "
"Wahh, seeing that Father is worried, he voluntarily helped him out. War is such a considerate and good child. I should buy him some presents next time. Right, let's hold a birthday celebration party for him … Harloys, what did you just say?"
I was so moved that tears welled up in my eyes. However, everyone around me silently took a step back as if they were trying to distance themselves from this dangerous individual. However, I suddenly thought of something and smiled at my magic sword.
"Harloys, as your child's mother, remember to prepare a birthday present for him. You can't just sing a happy birthday song to him. That definitely won't do … Ah! Can you be more steady? You're already so old and the mother of a child, yet you're still randomly biting people! Ah, you're biting even harder! "
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