People often said that the world was like a game of chess. But if Aichy's situation was compared to a game of chess, then it would definitely be a hopeless deadlock.
Not resisting would mean destruction. Resisting would mean destruction. Losing the Holy War would mean destruction. Winning the Holy War would mean destruction. Even if Roland wanted to escape, he wouldn't know which direction to escape to. When the existences that would bring about destruction were the superiors of both sides, this joke was so vile that nobody could laugh at it.
"Is there no way out?"
Obviously, there was no way out in the world of Aichy. This wasn't a guess at all, but rather an inference based on reality.
As the destroyers, the two major factions were the true rulers of this world. Since Roland's opponents were the two major factions that controlled the greatest amount of resources and top-level combat strength, Aichy had no chance of winning on their home turf.
This was no different from going against the game's GM (administrator) in the game world. It was incredibly foolish. If it wasn't for the fact that the two "administrators" had already lost most of their "God" privileges due to fighting each other, perhaps they wouldn't even have the chance to resist.
"I can't accept this. I really can't accept this. After working so hard and sacrificing everything, this is still the end result."
If Roland had been a native of Aichy, even if he had a "language" and a cheat, he would probably have only been able to shake his head and helplessly give up in the face of such a situation. After all, in this world where Gods truly existed, the myth of the Creator Goddess was deeply rooted in everyone's hearts. It would be incredibly difficult to have a child defy their parents' arrangements and have a creation oppose the Creator's decision, not to mention the basically zero chance of success.
However, Roland's identity as a transmigrator gave him the greatest ability to think in reverse, allowing him to find a way out in a situation where there was no way out.
"Since it's impossible in the world of Aichy, perhaps it's possible if I create another world! At the very least, I can create an ark to escape. "
That's right, this was how the "Ark of Hades" plan came about. At first, it was only an ark used to transport fire seeds to escape from being hunted down. Only after accumulating enough chips did the "Hades" plan become feasible. Of course, if he discovered that the "Hades" plan still had no chance of success, Roland would unhesitatingly restart the ark plan.
"Honor? Honor? What's the meaning of honor when there are billions of corpses and ruins? Kids, don't be stupid at such a young age. We're just a bunch of pitiful worms struggling between life and death. In order to survive, we can do anything. "
Although Roland said that there was no path of retreat, he had been preparing a path of retreat from the very start. In his "Plan B" that he didn't want to be abandoned by Order, the Hell of the Hades would become a floating Dimensional Ark. Perhaps there would never be a day where it would return to the endless void, but at the very least, it would be able to take away the seeds of various species and precious people.
That was why I had attempted to create a new world in the Earth Elemental Plane. This was a demonstration of my trump card. Even though it was far away in the remote Earth Elemental Plane, the chances of being discovered by the two major factions were quite low. Aillé had personally acted to prevent any possibility of information leaking out.
In fact, even the duel with Emordilorcan was a rehearsal.
I used "Frigidwinter Earth" to cut off Ömdiroken's connection to the Earth Elemental Plane. I used a weapon from another world that didn't exist in the world of Aichy to defeat the undefeatable Earth Elemental God … Does this sound familiar?
That's right, the current Hell of the Hades was also a battlefield. The Hades had cut off the Main Gods' connection to their own planes and Aichy's world. The Hades' unique dimensional laws and magical beasts would become weapons to resist the Main Gods. No matter if you looked at the foundational principles of strategy, or how we chose to fight, this battle was nothing more than an upgraded version of the previous battle.
And if this battle escalated even further …
"Cut off the connection between the Creator Goddesses and Aichy, take away their cheating devices, and use a human wave attack to kill them!"
Back in the day, Roland had made such an arrogant claim. But as his power level increased, he became less and less confident. But if he could kill off one or two Main Gods here, compared to the "Plan A" that would delay the Creator Goddesses' awakening, the "Plan C" that would take care of everything would doubtlessly be the best option.
What was Plan C? It was quite obvious that it was the "Godslaying" plan that the System had secretly blacklisted.
I had paid countless prices and used more than one hundred years of planning. I had slowly accumulated all sorts of advantageous chess pieces from a dead-end situation. Finally, it was time to see the results.
It could be said that the situation on the battlefield would directly determine the fate of the entire world.
The Hades had already been cut off, and the Cycle of Reincarnation was beginning to activate, giving this new plane endless power. This new plane was constantly expanding in size. And in the core of the Hell of the Hades, the Seven Hells of Hell, the battle between the Hell Kings and the Main Gods was currently taking place.
Hell Kings? The new Hell of the Hades was divided into the Four Pillars, Four Halls, and Seven Hells. The Pillars referred to the pillars, as well as the rulers of the Hell of the Hades. The Four Halls referred to the operating system of the entire Hell of the Hades. As for the Seven Hells, they naturally referred to the Hells' punishment that souls would suffer after death. And the rulers of the Hells were the Seven Original Sins, the current Seven Hells of Hell.
If one viewed Hell as a mortal plane just like Eich, then Hell perfectly fit the definition of a mortal plane. It was an independent mortal plane, ruled over all planes, and constructed from the four elements. The Seven Lords of Hell were existences that had the power of a Powerful God's dimensional laws. Plus, they had the power of the various Hells, which meant that Hell had the power to fight against a Main God. That was because Main Gods were above Powerful Gods.
"… It's not looking good."
Just like how the difference between SemiGods was infinitely large, this was because there was no longer any standard to evaluate the power level above SemiGod. The Main Gods, who had accumulated countless years and countless lives, had long since broken away from the normal evaluation system. They seemed to be only one step away from the powerful Gods, but that was actually because there were far too few Main Gods, so there was no need to rank them.
The Chaos War God originally didn't even have a Divine Concept related to war. Even though he was an Evil God of Chaos, he didn't need any belief. It was only because of his strength and battle achievements, as well as his undefeated past, that he attracted the fallen warriors who worshipped the strong. That was how the first Evil God Church was created.
Most Demon Main Gods were like this as well. No matter what the reason was, they had all fought and killed each other from the lowest level of demons to where they were today. To use a modern saying, they were "those who achieved their Dao through strength". It was precisely because of this that the sufficiently powerful Demon Main Gods were able to break free from the Chaos Abyss's shackles and interact with each other as equals.
Actually, the great majority of Main God level existences had reached the peak step by step in this manner. The Elf Main God was also the strongest Elf King, while the Mage God himself was the strongest mage and scholar in the world.
Powerful individuals were typically pure and stubborn. Although the power of belief would be beneficial to them, it would also be mixed with too many things, which would make the gains more than the losses.
The God of Holy Light's pure power of belief was viewed as an "evil path" by the God of Holy Light. He even raised a Main God of Holy Light in his Divine Kingdom who would provide him with the power of belief. The price he paid was losing his sense of self.
Even if the God of Holy Light wasn't willing to give up his sense of self, it would be impossible for the God of Holy Light to maintain his sense of self without too much belief and will. And so, the Source of Order was naturally able to control puppets that didn't have any sense of self, just like how Roland could control Wumianzhe. Of course, this was a secret that most Gods would never know about.
It wasn't easy for Main Gods. Countless years and the River Styx's constant cleansing had created these existences that surpassed all standards. The repeated cruel Holy Wars were the most practical tests for these Main Gods. Those who didn't meet the "standards" had all been eliminated. Those who were able to survive until now were all top-level existences in Aichy's mortal plane.
"… 368 times."
This number was the number of times Bastian the Angry War God had died in just over an hour. Yet, War God Donatis didn't even seem to be panting.
The Angry War God Bastian had already grown more than ten times its original size. His strength had even increased by more than one hundred times. His gigantic body was now easily capable of stepping on Donatis. Yet, for the Chaos War God who was slashing at Bastian with his sword, it was nothing more than one sword strike instead of two. Since dimensional tears had been slashed open far too many times, it would take several times longer for dimensional tears to repair.
Donatis didn't hesitate at all. He simply swung his sword repeatedly. Pure brute force was an undefeatable existence.
"So strong. Is this the strongest warrior? An existence that's undefeatable in direct combat? "
I had already learned just how powerful Main Gods were from Aillé and the Devil Lords. My goal in this battle wasn't to kill all the Main Gods. I would be satisfied as long as I was able to kill one or two Main Gods. As for the rest, I would be able to accept a prolonged battle.
After all, it was quite common for Gods to fight for several hundred years. It wouldn't be strange for Main Gods to fight for as long as they could. For Main Gods, several years would pass in the blink of an eye. By that time, the Hades would have fully matured and their dimensional walls would be completed.
"If I can kill two Main Gods, I'll carry out the 'Godslaying Plan' (Plan C). If I can't kill two Main Gods, I'll carry out the 'Sleeping Beauty Plan' (Plan A) and have them sleep until the end of the world."
However, the Seven Hell Lords weren't in a good situation. Even though they had undying bodies, it could be said that apart from a few, the Seven Hell Lords were at a disadvantage.
Even though the Seven Hell Lords were the rulers of the Seven Hell Lords, they were only new powerful Gods. Their dimensions hadn't even matured yet, so their dimensional laws naturally wouldn't be as powerful as the veteran Gods. They would be far weaker than Main Gods.
The Main Gods weren't easy to deal with either. Since they were willing to fight against undying opponents, it naturally wouldn't be a waste of time. Analyzing the dimensional laws of this world would require time as well. Once all the dimensional laws were analyzed, the Main Gods would naturally know what they needed to do.
The dimensional laws of this world weren't that difficult to deal with. I was the creator of the dimensional designs, but the true "builders" were the Elemental Towers. The four Elemental Towers were constantly replenishing and strengthening this world. For the Main Gods, destroying all of the Elemental Towers would naturally mean nothing. And right now, the protective dimensional walls of the Dimensional Egg had already disappeared, so the Elemental Towers were no longer invincible.
The Holy Light's Tower of Salvation was also the Dimensional Door between the world of the living and the world of the dead. Naturally, it was located at the highest level of the Hell of the Hades. That was the place closest to the Heaven of the Hades and the Land of Spring. There were incredibly special guards guarding that place, so I wasn't worried at all.
The Judgement Tower, which represented Law, was located in the depths of the Hell, where the River Styx originated. That was where the dead were judged, but it was also connected to the Seven Hells and the Four Halls. It was the core of the entire Hades, as well as the most dangerous location.
The Tower of Ice, which represented life of ice, was located in the Third Hell of the Hades, the Hell of Ice. It could be said that if the Tower of Ice was lost, there would be a serious problem, and both towers would be threatened.
The guardian of the Tower of Ice was me, who was also the Third Hell Lord. The Main God who was brought here was my idiotic younger brother.
The Tower of Death, which represented death and the foundation of the Hades, was something that he didn't need to worry about at all. That was because even I didn't know where he was. The Black Tower had already vanished without a trace with Aillé's skeleton and Soul Crystals. However, it was definitely within the Hades.
Now that the other three towers had been destroyed, it would be impossible for the Black Tower to hide again since it would be difficult to do so alone.
That bug-like ability that allowed me to teleport my enemies would be impossible to use again. That was because it wasn't teleportation to begin with. It was simply a power that defined the location of the Seven Hells as the location of the Seven Hells. Now that the Hades had already taken shape, it was naturally impossible to use it again. In the end, everything would still be determined by power.
[… Roland, I recalled a classic anime that you remember from deep within your memories, Saint Seiya Hades …]
"Now that you mention it, I remember it as well. The war between the Gods and the Hades? It really does seem like it, but it's far too ancient. Who would remember something from more than three hundred years ago? What was the final ending? Did justice win? "
[I just recently rewatched this anime. Since it's a shonen manga, of course it's the classic story of justice winning.]
"That's wonderful. At the very least, it's a good omen."
[But the problem is that we're on the side of the Hades. In the anime, we're the antagonists. We're the ones being pushed. The Goddess's warrior has won …]
I instantly felt rather helpless. I recalled that in that anime, both Hell God and Death God had been pushed down by the Goddess's subordinates. Hell God had even been personally stabbed in the back by the Goddess herself. This seemed rather cruel.
"… Don't jinx it. There's no other anime like this."
[There is. It's also Saint Seiya.]
"What? I've forgotten all about it. "
[Poseidon chapter!]
"Don't try to fool me. There's no Death God or Hell God in that anime."
[But there's a pillar! There's also seven — yep, there's also seven generals guarding the gate. They're the same as us, although all the generals were pushed down and the pillars collapsed …]
"Can't you say something nice? Do you have any ghillies? "
[… Yep, the Goddess is with you. Go, undying cockroach! The style this time is correct, isn't it?]
"I'm no abnormal creature like a hot-blooded cockroach! An existence that's half dead in the first round and full of HP in the next round is far too illogical. "
[But you're undying, and you have a Goddess with you. Oh, so you're the legendary main character — Star …]
"Say this name, and after this battle, I'll take you to see the gorillas. Yep, bring Beifeng along as well. You know what you'll see. Don't be blind, don't be a monster … "
[…]
I fell completely silent. Alright then, even the Goddess of Creation was afraid of this name. So he was the true main character here.
However, this silence didn't last for long.
[Is this a date invitation? You're even bringing a gay friend? I didn't know you were so shy.]
Alright then, it was my turn to be rendered speechless. Just what did I do! Give me back the legendary noble, elegant, gentle, and cute Mother Goddess!
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