Even though there was clearly nothing in the sky, it would always steal everyone's attention, intentionally or otherwise.
"Is this the calm before the storm?"
It was now the 17th day since the dimensional barrier had been opened. The anticipated storm still hadn't arrived. The entire mortal plane was abnormally calm.
The unending war that had been going on for more than ten years had finally stopped. All sorts of information and guesses were spread all over the mortal plane. The ancient Gods had reappeared in the mortal plane, and there was a tremendous amount of news every day. However, there was no actual information.
The fairies furiously moved about the entire world in search of information about possible enemies. In the Mage Country, the most ancient books had been dug up. However, it was likely that the books' history wasn't enough to record the secrets of the ancient Gods' wars ever since they were written in modern languages.
The God of Holy Light's sudden death not only shocked the mortal plane, but also caused panic.
In the world where the strongest and undying existences lived, the God of Holy Light represented the strongest Main God. He was an undefeatable existence. Even though he had been weakened by war and the Chaos Main God, the fact that such an existence had instantly died in the outside world was something that ordinary people couldn't understand.
However, for ordinary people, the Holy Light Church's collapse and the death of the supreme God of Holy Light was a destructive reality.
Panic, anxiety, and despair. Even though the fact that the dimensional barrier had been opened hadn't spread among ordinary people yet, just the fact that Holy Light had been extinguished was more than enough to cause a tidal wave of despair.
As a True God died, a large number of True God priests lost their ability to cast spells and their source of power. Divine job class members who borrowed divine power experienced the special feeling of losing their connection to divine power. Some priests went insane, while others chose to commit suicide. Most fell into despair and despair.
This was not Earth, where religion was mysterious. In this world where there was a true God, the church was the representative of the God on earth. The God was also the supporter and the object of worship of the church. When the true God fell, his church would naturally lose its meaning of existence.
The Holy Church, which had priests and bishops as its core, was collapsing at an inconceivable speed. Pope Caloma, one of the Holy Church's higher-ups, directly committed suicide. More than 70% of the bishops lost their ability to move. The collapse of faith affected all of human society.
If this chaos continued, it was easy to foresee that human society would collapse before any invaders from the outside world arrived.
Fortunately, in this world, there was more than one God whose Divine Domain was Holy Light.
At the critical moment when the Holy Light was about to be destroyed, the Southern Sect and the Hades stood up and decided to become idols … ahem, I meant that they decided to use the Hades' Pillar of Holy Light to become the new Main God of Holy Light.
"This is only a replacement for the God of Holy Light. It's just a temporary chaos. The old God of Holy Light is tired, so he chose the strongest Holy Knight, Estrada, as his successor."
Who would believe such nonsense? No matter if you believe it or not, at least I believe it … Cough, actually, as long as a lie has value, as long as there are enough benefits, there will naturally be people who will cover their ears and pretend to be deceived.
Rather than completely overthrowing a "regime", it would be better to change a new leader, which would definitely cause far less panic. As for whether or not we would need to settle old debts, that would be a matter for the future.
The core of human society, the Holy Church, had split up. Some chose to ally with us and become members of the new Southern Sect. To them, perhaps it was just a new statue with a new face and a new name when praying. Their belief in the God of Holy Light would still allow them to use the God of Holy Light as a divine power server and obtain power. The teachings of pure Holy Light were much easier to follow than the original teachings.
As for the other half, no matter if it was because they were unwilling to accept reality or because they had a grudge against the Hades, they chose to self-exile. However, there was no meaning in doing so.
After all, they had lost their power. The God they believed in had perished. As believers who refused to accept reality and prayed to an existence of nothingness, they were essentially no different from believers of evil Gods.
Meanwhile, the Holy Light Faction Gods had no intentions of accepting a new Main God. They returned to the upper planes and didn't bother with the changes happening in the mortal plane. It seemed that they were prepared to wait for future developments before making a decision.
Most God Factions had made the same decision. The Chaos Main Gods returned to the depths of the Chaos Abyss, while the Nature Faction hid in their own subplanes and peacefully became cowards.
The Hades Faction began taking over the Holy Church's inheritance. Taking over the Holy Church's worldly wealth was the equivalent of taking over the Holy Church's countless roots in human society.
The God of Holy Light was only one-fourth of the Four Pillar Gods' Hades Faction. The God of Holy Light was also beginning to spread, and it was possible that the God of Holy Light would be able to replace the Holy Light Faction.
Perhaps, given several hundred years and several generations, the Hades Faction's path of law and order would become the new mainstream of society.
However, in the eyes of many, the Hades Faction's current actions were foolish, short-sighted, and suicidal.
"… They're not only taking over wealth and power. They're also taking over the responsibility of fighting against the outsiders. Now that they have control over the situation, they have no path of retreat. They've become the first living targets."
But if I had to say, those cowards who hid in their nests and waited for others to become cannon fodder, passively waiting for the situation to develop, were the truly foolish ones.
"Hide? Where can they hide and wait for others to become cannon fodder? This time, there's really nowhere to hide. "
Nobody knew better than me just how frightening the outsiders from the outside world were. After all, the Goddess of Order had recently been constantly feeding me information about how powerful the outsiders were, even if that information was definitely outdated by several dozen or even several million years.
"The Void Distorter is a gigantic ball of distorted light. He can devour anything, including Gods and Titans. But, his true body isn't even in this world …"
"The Crystal Heavy Fish isn't a fish at all. He's an incredibly frightening soul devourer. Any lifeform that gets close to him will have their soul absorbed. And, the Crystal Heavy Fish has innumerable supernatural abilities …"
I read out all this information to the fairies and then sent them to every corner of the world. But, in order to avoid unnecessary panic, I also told them that I would only send this information to the local authorities and organizers if the monsters mentioned in the information truly appeared.
This was necessary. Not only were the fairies frightened by this information, even I could somewhat understand what the Goddesses of Order and Chaos had done back in the day after reading this information.
"Let's do our best and leave it to fate. Although there's a 99% chance that it'll be meaningless, it'll still be better to have an extra chance of victory if we really meet."
Soon, I learned that this wasn't an unnecessary action. Those ancient existences still existed in the outside world, and this time, they were still the vanguard.
"A meteor shower has appeared in the Kaso Mountains. There are traces of the Void Distorter appearing!"
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