The source of the Holy War was the Goddesses of Chaos and Chaos. Perhaps their initial hope was that all living creatures would become stronger and not be destroyed by invaders from the outside world, but the end result was …
"Thousands of years of accumulation built a glorious civilization, but it's like a sand castle built by a child on a beach. When the next wave of the sea comes, all that's left is ruins. Were all the blooming flowers just a dream? Are all the sacrifices and hard work for nothing? "
The pursuit of fame and fortune was usually harmless, but lofty ideals could destroy the world. Life was like a drama, and the world was unpredictable. Sometimes, the truth was far more painful than a lie.
Under the watchful eyes of the Most High One, all life was like a circus, constantly playing out the farce of life and death. In the end, no matter how far civilization had developed, what awaited them was only intermittent harvests. Just when would this despairing fate end?
Hatred? Resentment? Was he dissatisfied? Of course! Even if the lives of mortals are given by them, even if the world under our feet is given by them, can parents take the lives of their children at will? Can they turn the hardships of mortals into a joke?
Everyone else respected the two Goddesses of Chaos and Chaos, and even praised them as divine detectives. However, I only felt hatred towards them. After all, I had received so many years of atheistic education, and my rational thinking made it impossible for me to believe in any particular God. In my eyes, rather than saying that the two Goddesses of Chaos and Chaos were respectable Goddesses of Creation, it would be more accurate to say that they were two selfish bastards.
"If there's a chance, I must kill them and put an end to all of this."
This was not the first time he had thought of this, and he had even tried it out …
"They are invincible in Aichy because they are the true masters of Aichy and will receive the support of the entire world. However, in a brand new world, they are just a more difficult opponent to deal with. They can be defeated or even killed."
If Cynthia hadn't done something to him, then this was the only way. All his thoughts returned to the only possibility.
During the battle against Ömdiroken, I created Frigidwinter Earth in order to cut off all support for Ömdiroken and use the power of another world to kill him.
This was actually just a rehearsal, just to verify my thoughts and theories. The results made me happy, but also a little dejected.
"Creating a brand new world and killing the Goddess of Creation in it is possible! But to actually do it … isn't practical. "
Just because the theory was correct didn't mean that it was half the battle. There were many problems exposed during the rehearsal, but two of them were fatal.
First of all, my Frigidwinter Earth hadn't been able to completely cut off Emordilorcan's connection with the Earth Elemental Throne. In the end, I had to destroy the Earth Elemental Throne in order to obtain victory.
"This means that my current Frigidwinter Earth is mostly useless against existences on the level of the Creator. Not only do I have to level up the entire 'world' and increase its independence and isolation abilities, but I also have to completely defeat the Goddess, but the Goddess of Earth, Frigidwinter Creation, Creator, and Aichy God, Goddess, and Earth …"
With the establishment of Hell, this part of the difficulty had already been overcome. However, the other part of the difficulty made this "backup plan" only a backup plan that had no meaning at all. That was …
"Goddess" and of Saints. "The Goddess and Of Goddess God
Even Ömdiroken, who was cut off from the Frigidwinter Earth, forced me to use all my trump cards in order to barely win. Even if I took away their "undefeatable" powers, they would still be pure individuals with far more power than any Main God. They would still be basically undefeatable existences.
"Even if I can temporarily cut off their connection to the Aichy God Plane, what if I can't defeat them …?"
Not only did the game's history have astonishing battle records of the Goddess and Goddess of Creation killing Main Gods after awakening, Aillé also proved that this path was impossible. And so, I could only continue with my backup plan.
When Cavendish told me his goal, my first reaction wasn't to ask "Should I kill them?", but rather, "That's impossible."
Yet, Cavendish actually said that there was a chance to kill them. While I was astonished, many pieces of information flashed through my mind, and I finally realized what I had overlooked.
"Previously, the Goddess and Goddess of Order's combat strength was calculated based on how powerful they would be after they awakened. After all, this was the only time they appeared in the game's history. But now, they're nothing more than remnant souls residing in our bodies. They've lost the protection of their physical bodies, so it's only natural that it's possible to kill them."
New information brought new opportunities. If it wasn't for the fact that I had so many things on hand, I would have thought of this when my System was revealed to be the remnant souls of the Goddess of Order.
"… How do I kill them? Even in this dimension, their souls are still indestructible. "
"Ha, but they're still souls, and this dimension is specifically targeted at souls. The Tower of Death is the Tower of Souls of the Creator Goddesses. It can separate the two bastards from our bodies, and the Tower of Ice can bestow physical bodies upon the dead. In that case, if we give them their weakest physical bodies and drag them into the void, we'll naturally be able to completely end them! "
The Creator Goddesses were Creator level existences, but the Four Pillars were also Creator level existences. This was basically a different type of resurrection magic that would revive the two Goddesses' remnant souls in a different method. It was only natural that they would be killed since they were now mortals.
"Stop arguing! Today … today shall be the day of your death! "
Cavendish's sudden angry shout surprised me. However, his bloodshot eyes and anger told me that he was talking about the person who had possessed his own soul.
My System remained silent, but I could sense her rare fear.
At this moment, I more or less understood Cavendish's plan. He had learned about the use of the Four Pillars of Hades from his spy. Since he had more information than I did, he was the first to think of this possibility.
Unlike the Goddess of Order who could only disguise herself as my System, Cynthia was still in control of the Chaos Abyss, so she should still have the ability to move freely. In that case, he must have used some method to trick Cynthia into coming to his body and bringing her to the guillotine. That was why he said that he had "brought a prisoner on death row".
After he learned about my plan, not only did he not ruin it, he even secretly helped my plan. In the end, he even helped my "grand plan" to obtain additional results. From a certain standpoint, this was actually a different type of cooperation.
And now, he was bringing Cynthia to the Tower of Ice. His so-called "surrender" had been nothing more than a joke. This had been his plan from the very start!
I had always wanted to defeat or even kill the two Creator Goddesses of Order and Chaos. But now that this opportunity was truly in my hands, I was hesitating.
"You don't intend to say anything?"
My System remained silent, as if she had already placed her fate in my hands.
"What will happen if you really die? Will the world of Aichy be affected? "
This time, I had an answer.
[… Relax. Even if my divine soul is destroyed, it won't directly affect the world. I've already been rejected by the Source of Order. I'm nothing more than a lonely soul. However, Cynthia is different. She's still the Chaos Abyss's master. If you kill her, that means that all the Chaos Abyss and demons will go out of control. There will be no limit to this Holy War! The pure Chaos Abyss will make the demons far stronger than you can imagine. Their desire for souls will be endless …]
"Enough! I only want to know how you're doing. "
Astrya's angry rebuke interrupted Cynthia's explanation. However, she continued to explain her own thoughts.
[Perhaps killing Cynthia will end everything, but the Chaos Abyss will go out of control. You've already accomplished this. True peace is just around the corner. As long as you watch Cynthia fall into a deep sleep due to a lack of nourishment, the Holy War will end. There's no need to take any risks. You know that without Cynthia's control, the demons will never stop their slaughter. The Holy War will never end!]
[I know that my sister and I have committed crimes. That's why you can kill me. This is the original sin that I deserve. But you need to think about the consequences of killing Cynthia! We've already seen the dawn. Don't miss this final chance!]
"Ha, I never expected that you would be so naive. Do you think that Cynthia will have a future if you let her be? Indeed, the River Styx has cut off Cynthia's supplies. However, she has an even more direct method of replenishing herself. She can use her demon army to forcefully harvest souls and use blood sacrifices to make up for her needs. Even if she needs to sacrifice all the living in the mortal plane in order to revive herself, she will still do so. This Holy War has never had a path of retreat from the very start! "
This wasn't something I said without thinking. This was the result of my discussion with Aillé. We never believed that just the establishment of the Hades would be enough to end everything. Out of the three factions of the Chaos Abyss, the Hades of Hades, and the Divine Kingdom of Order, we were still the weakest. Our original expectations were because we had underestimated the moral limits of the Goddesses.
"Only absorbing the naturally split soul shards in the Cycle of Reincarnation to obtain nourishment will definitely not be as good as completely devouring souls. Once the Goddesses lose the relatively gentle possibility of 'awakening,' they definitely won't allow themselves to fall into eternal slumber. The worst result will be that both factions will kill the goose that lays the golden eggs. They'll do anything to harvest the souls of mortals in order to feed their own 'mothers.' That will be a massacre of the entire mortal plane. "
"As the weaker third faction, going against both factions at the same time will be the equivalent of suicide. We need to take advantage of the conflict between both sides. That's why we can only cut off the possibility of one side awakening! That's the only way to end the Holy War, rather than having the Holy War completely become a battle to the death! "
Obviously, the Order Faction was easier to accept than the Chaos Faction. At the very least, Aillé believed that Astrya would be easier to deal with than Cynthia. That was why we preserved the Heaven's Pillar, but cut off the River Styx.
That was why we preserved enough mortal strength and mortal heroes in order to deal with the Chaos Abyss's possible retaliation. The Dark Elf Knight, Absolute Gentlemen Alliance, Northlands Mist Alliance, Underground factions, powerful human countries, and so on. Even if we successfully established the Hades, the mortals' future would still be opened up by mortals. The final Holy War would naturally be ended by mortals themselves.
And now, there were so many difficult problems before me. How should I deal with Astrya? Wouldn't killing Cynthia be equivalent to releasing all the demons in the Chaos Abyss? Wouldn't keeping Cynthia alive be equivalent to letting her control all the Demon Lords and harvest all the lives in the mortal plane? As for Cavendish … Perhaps it was only my intuition, or perhaps it was a strange connection between my two souls, but I suddenly felt that Cavendish was far more dangerous than Cynthia. He was more like the Chaos Abyss.
"If Cynthia dies, will you be able to restrict all the Demon Lords and control the war …"
"Ha, don't be so naive. Chaos has never needed an eternal leader. Every demon wishes to climb higher. This is an instinct engraved in their bloodline. Restrict? How is that possible? Besides, why would I do such a boring thing? "
Cavendish didn't hide his own expectations, nor was he able to hide them. His answer also confirmed my judgment of Cavendish.
He desired war, desired to obtain freedom in the Chaos Abyss, and desired to kill Cynthia, who was suppressing the Chaos Abyss. He believed that this would make her happy. He had no confidence in reaching the top of the Chaos Abyss, nor did he have any plans to obtain power. That seemingly divine plan was likely nothing more than a spontaneous idea.
"Damned creature of instincts. He managed to seize this opportunity with just his intuition alone …"
He simply wished for the cheating administrator to leave so that this war that was sweeping the entire world would become more interesting. As for the result? Would he become the new Chaos Abyss Master because of this? He didn't care at all if the entire mortal plane would be destroyed because of this! He only wished that he could have fun!
"I …"
Before I could make a decision, the entire mortal plane suddenly began to shake. Judging from the rampaging energy storms, it seemed that the war in the Seven Hells had suddenly escalated. I even received an urgent report from Sophocles the Deceiver that he had suddenly broken his peace contract! Breaking a soul contract signed with a demon's true name would require a tremendous price.
"Ha, hurry up and make your decision. We don't have much time. Look, some people have already been moved by Cynthia's request for reinforcements. Ha, Cynthia, just what did you promise to make those old fellows get serious? Doesn't this mean that I have a chance to fight against them? I've waited for so many years. How interesting! "
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