Chapter 423

If the relationship between the gods and their believers was compared to a game, it would definitely be an RTS, or in other words, a real-time strategy game.

Just like the Players, the gods would sit outside the computer screen (Divine Kingdom) and observe their believers through it.

Interestingly, the believers were no different from the soldiers in the RTS. Once the gods cast their gaze upon them, they would have an effect similar to God's perspective.

Even if they didn't see it themselves or didn't have the ability to sense it, but in the eyes of God, almost everything in the circle around the believer would be visible to Him. It was a little like opening up the map in a real-time strategy game and illuminating the fog of war.

That trait naturally applied to Xi Wei as well.

At the moment, most of his attention was focused on figuring out how to better control the Elven SIN, as well as observing the Players who were searching for clues about the core in Steel Earth.

Naturally, the situation around the Players was clear to him as well — that was what he thought even when Edward revealed the existence of a sun in this world.

However, the result told him that there was indeed a shining celestial body in the empty sky.

No, it might not be a celestial body, but something man-made. * * *

It was only after Edward successfully used the Elven Gold to escape into the flames and the barrier that Xi Wei could not see that Xi Wei finally confirmed the existence in the skies.

It was not a place like the 'core space', but something more troublesome.

"No wonder the High Elves were wiped out by the gods. After that, the other gods refused to talk about the High Elves. Even the kinder gods did not express any regret for the destruction of the High Elves. No wonder the records left behind by the High Elves refer to their race as a race that had committed a great sin …" Leylin thought to himself.

At first, Xi Wei had named the event [Elven SIN – Ancient Sins ~] more or less as a joke, casually using the title of the high elves' documents.

Who would have thought that the high elves were not exaggerating or chuunibyou, but simply stating the truth?

The 'sun' that the high elves did everything they could to hide from the gods was in fact a spherical magitek with a regular thirty-two surface, as if pieced together from obsidian slabs.

The function of the magitek itself was unidentifiable because its internal structure had long since been eroded away, leaving only its outer shell that was tainted with powerful divine presence.

At this moment, it was merely a vessel.

It was a container used to hold 'Godhood'.

That's right.

The core of the Elven SIN, the so-called Eternal Scripture and the greatest secret of the high elves, had been wiped out by the gods because they had dabbled with something they should not have, violating the taboos of all gods.

What exactly was a Godhead? Perhaps only the Three Saints, who had created all things, could explain it clearly.

But the only thing that was certain was that the Divinity was the foundation of the gods and the reason why they were gods. Regardless of whether the gods were born from faith or naturally born gods, they all had the Divinity.

It was precisely because of this that the Divinity was a taboo for all gods: only another god could seize, contain, and destroy the Divinity of a god (including the Fire Stealer, who was an Anti-God that surpassed Legendary Champions)! Any other being that dared to covet divinity as a mortal would be destroyed.

"Be that as it may, the high elves' technological prowess is quite frightening … a boundary that blocks even the gods' prying eyes, a magitek that holds divinity, and a Rule weapon like the Elven SIN …"

It was precisely because of the triple guarantee of the hidden Elven SIN, the sun boundary that blocks the gods' sight and senses, as well as the mysterious magitek that holds divinity that the divinity had not been taken away after over a thousand years.

"But it's all mine in the next moment!"

Xi Wei certainly would not refuse such a good thing that was delivered to his doorstep.

Still, he could not open the fifth stratum of the Eternal Scripture as a dungeon. How was he going to explain it to the Players …

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[Ding ~ You have discovered the Eternal Scripture, activating the next phase of the event]

[Quest Name: High Elves' Last Light]

[Quest Details: After your brave adventure, the great God of Games has finally reached the core of the Elven SIN, a forbidden weapon created by the high elves a thousand years ago. In that very moment, the Eternal Scripture is being rewritten by the great God of Games, and the brave and kind Players would inherit the legacy of the high elves a thousand years ago. And yet, your actions have triggered an ancient defense mechanism. The Bodians, former slaves of the high elves, had commissioned the dwarven king to secretly build the Mecha Giant awaken from its long slumber, intent on seizing control of the Elven SIN. This is the final battle, and before the great God of Games finishes rewriting the Eternal Scripture, you must do your best to delay it from coming to the Elven SIN!]

[Quest Description: The Mecha Giant is coming. Do your best to snipe and hinder it, and do not let the durability of the outer shell of the Elven SIN (tortoise colossus) drop by more than 30% in 3 hours, or you will fail.]

[Mission Reward: A certain amount of EXP, ranked according to contribution. The top 100 players will receive 1 to 3 runes randomly. In addition, the top 10 players will receive different special rewards. The top 30 players will receive additional activity-limited equipment. The top 50 players will receive additional activity-limited canisters. (Random draw after opening)]

[Remark: Good luck, my heroes — the God of Games]

"As expected, Edward's hunch was right!" Joe exclaimed excitedly as he read the quest that had just refreshed.

Then, he came to his senses. "By the way, where's Edward? Did he die and get out? "

"No. His HP hasn't bottomed out on the party page." Gou Dan said, bringing up the Player page.

"But even if he's not dead, he would still die from falling from that height …" Mufasa said, spreading his hands. "Don't forget that falling does damage too."

Everyone was silent.

"Either way, should we head outside? The Mecha Giant mentioned in the quest should be coming from another direction. "Princess Leah was the first to break the silence, and the others all agreed.

Then, they returned to the city and vanished from Steel Earth amidst the cries of 'oh my god, a fireball fell from the sky and killed Marni' from the other Players.