Angel was an incredibly ordinary and approachable name. It was most suitable for the girl next door or the ice cream lady next door. However, in the world of the ancient Gods, this name represented a violent and insane soul.
The Queen of Storms. Perhaps it was because her name was far too gentle, but she had always used this name to refer to herself. In fact, nobody even knew her true name back in that generation. Even her believers referred to her as the Queen of Storms.
As the main antagonist of the old generation's legends, the Queen of Storms had long been viewed as the ancient Sea Goddess … but actually, this was a serious overestimation.
In theology, if a God's Divine Concept didn't have a prefix, such as the Lord of Nature, the Sea Goddess, or the Lord of the Dwarves, then that Divine Concept would refer to the leader of that God's Divine Concept. This was especially so for the title of Sea Goddess, which meant that she was the Lord of the Seas, the highest-level existence of all the Sea Gods. She was the ruler of the largest area in the world.
But actually, not only was the Queen of Storms not the highest-level Sea God of that generation, she wasn't even in the top tier.
Before the Holy War, she had only been a mid-level God of the Ocean Divine Concept. But in the later stages of the Holy War, she had temporarily become a High God, one of the weakest Gods of the Ocean Divine Concept. And then … there was no then.
There were many reasons as to why she was able to become the main antagonist of the legends.
The first reason was that she viciously carved her name into history.
She created a gigantic wave that drowned the mega empire Auland's capital. She even made it the capital of the Sea Tribe, giving the Sea Tribe, who desired the continent, a legendary Sea Tribe capital — the City of Rain.
In terms of achievements, she defeated the strongest mega empire in the continent and led the Sea Tribe in a successful counterattack against the continent.
In terms of history, she even succeeded in establishing a country. That was the first time that the nomadic Sea Tribe lived together in groups of one hundred thousand or even one million. This new country attracted the attention of all the Sea Tribe in the world, writing a new history.
From the Sea Tribe's point of view, she was far more useful than the True Sea Goddess of that time who had no achievements.
It was precisely because of this that after accomplishing such a magnificent feat, not only was she promoted to the position of High God by the Sea Tribe's faith and respect, she even obtained the Divine Concept of "Guardian Goddess of the Sea Tribe", which should have belonged to the highest-level Sea God.
Of course, on the other hand, her achievements were built by stepping on human corpses, which was the foreshadowing of her misfortune.
But compared to her ending, her wonderful life as a God was nothing.
She was the first unlucky person to fall into the trap of two Main Gods (God King level). Her mind was affected by the Primeval Devil Lord's special ability, and in the end, her true body descended to the mortal world, only to be beaten up by the Main Gods.
It could be said that, considering that those two Main Gods weren't ordinary God Kings, such a way of dying would be an honor even for a Main God of a God's God system. Giving a powerful God like her, one who had only recently ascended to a new God of Faith, would be like using a butcher's knife to kill a chicken.
They had killed the Queen of Storms' True God incarnation and seized her Ocean Godly Power. They had also done something big.
And after that, it involved the establishment of the Hell Gods, the breaking of the Cycle of Reincarnation, and so on.
I won't talk about that for now. However, since the Queen of Storms died in such a unique way (most Gods of Faith wouldn't descend to the mortal world with their true bodies even after death. Eternal hibernation was the final result of a broken God's Chain of Faith), the Main Gods who killed her weren't interested in her corpse or equipment. What she left behind from her damaged corpse was the true core of a True God.
Naturally, the core became the spoils of war for the Auland Empire, where the battle took place. The most famous core was the Heart of the Ocean.
According to legends, her heart transformed into a blue gem. That was the legendary God Equipment, the Heart of the Ocean. It was said that it could control the ocean and create storms and giant waves at will. In fact, it could even accomplish the miracle of Moses splitting the sea … That was going overboard.
First of all, the Heart of the Ocean was something left behind by a God, not the God herself. And, the God's energy source had all been stolen. Where would the Heart of the Ocean have the energy to accomplish such miracles?
What was even more inconceivable was that even though the Auland Empire was near the sea and had faced countless world-class naval battles, the number of times they used the Heart of the Ocean could be counted on one hand.
And, most of the time, the Auland Empire would rather leave this top-level God Equipment in their treasury to collect dust than give it to the royalty or archmages. This was quite incomprehensible.
But, the true reason was that when the Auland Empire first obtained the Heart of the Ocean, someone told the Auland Emperor about it.
"… This God Equipment still contains divine soul remnants. The Queen of Storms might be able to use this God Equipment to revive herself."
The two Main Gods probably went easy on her. They took most of her divine power but didn't kill her. In fact, they even felt like they owed her, which was why they left her a backup plan.
Perhaps it was because it was too difficult for a God to completely die, so the Queen of Storms did leave a possibility for her to revive herself.
But, the only hope of her revival was left in the hands of the Auland Empire's citizens, who had suffered countless casualties when she attacked the capital.
Back then, the Auland Emperor gave a secret order to treasure this "God Equipment" to the very end. It would be best to treasure it until the world forgot about it.
If it wasn't for the fact that the War of Daybreak was far too intense, the Auland Empire might have succeeded. But even so, the number of times the Queen of Storms could use this God Equipment was the lowest.
Back then, the Auland Empire had considered things quite carefully. Even a God Equipment needed a source of power. If a God died, it would be the same as if the God's worshippers died, and the God Equipment would become useless.
Logically speaking, time would fly by quickly. Ancient heroes would eventually return to history, and no matter how famous a God was, once they died, their reputation would become less and less known. Once their worshippers decreased to a certain extent, if there was no change, then they would truly enter eternal slumber.
But, the Queen of Storms was an exception.
The Seafolk of the new generation had it far too pitiful.
Yep, they had it far too pitiful. This completely unrelated logic was successfully linked together.
It was the same for human society. When the economy was in a bad state, difficult to find jobs, and society was in a great depression, people would naturally reminisce about the past. And, if the past few decades were as bad as they had always been, they would reminisce about the past even more, reminiscing about the past when their tribe and country were at their strongest.
And, when the entire society wasn't progressing well, nationalism and right-leaning thoughts would swiftly rise. Pushing the blame to the neighboring countries was a simple and effective method to shift the internal conflict. Countless powerful figures had used this method and all of them agreed with it.
The Queen of Storms wasn't just a hero who led the Seafolk to conquer Auland's capital, successfully establishing a country and creating a golden era.
In every aspect, she couldn't be any more 'right-leaning'.
The combination of the two made many Seafolk miss the Queen of Storms even more. Some even viewed her as the savior of the Seafolk.
"Sigh, if only the Queen of Storms was still here."
"Aren't Gods supposed to be immortal? Is it possible for her to come back to life?"
Humans had to have hope for the future in order to survive. These thoughts and legends were passed down from generation to generation. Not only was the Queen of Storms' name repeatedly praised, even her Divine Concept, status, legends, history, and achievements were elevated higher and higher.
This was also the reason why most of the Seafolk viewed her as the ancient Sea God in modern times.
"If the Queen of Storms was still here, we wouldn't be reduced to a third-class tribe."
"Of course, she is the Guardian God of the Seafolk."
If this wasn't faith, what was?
"Esteemed Queen of Storms, please bless my descendants with your spirit in the heavens so that they can grow up healthily."
"Great Queen of Storms, please guide our future path in this era of despair."
If such a belief wasn't sincere enough, then what was?
According to the Aishi's elemental laws, even a single totem would be able to create a Primordial God after so many years of accumulated faith. Not to mention, this faith had a clear direction.
Most people didn't know that this God Equipment had accumulated an immeasurable amount of faith, so it was only natural that it became stronger and stronger.
On the other hand, although she didn't do it willingly, the Queen of Storms' divine power was indeed used to great effect. In fact, it even became one of the sources of Hell's reincarnation cycle.
The Queen of Storms had contributed greatly to this world. Although it was left behind after her death, her contributions did indeed exist.
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