Following Yatoku's words, the Void Creatures that were still in hibernation began to riot in an instant. Huge monsters that were more than fifty meters tall emerged from the ground one after another, scattering the sand and soil that were hidden on their bodies everywhere. Mountains were destroyed, valleys were filled, and all of these were just the preludes of the Void Vanguard Army's attack. Just like the sand and stones in the playground being trampled by footsteps, it was a meaningless and trivial matter to the existence that caused all of this.
This land that was filled with magic provided them with sufficient nutrients. Although the power that Yatoku gave them was distributed to the Void Creatures in other places, the remaining portion was enough for them to quickly produce countless monsters that had great destructive power in the material world. While these monsters were absorbing the endless magic power of Ionia, they were also waiting for Yatoku's promise.
And now, the passage to the Celestial Realm had been opened. One of the biggest obstacles for them to devour this world was right in front of them. They would be able to go straight to the headquarters of the so-called gods and carve their coordinates in their homes so that they could use the powerful forces there to continuously send more and stronger Void Energy into this world. And by that time, whether it was the annoying dragon or this eyesore of the material world, they would all be in the bag.
"Yatoku … Yatoku! Do you really know what you're doing?! "
Beside Yatoku and Sven, who was quietly watching from the side, a Vastaya, a sleeping Ionian girl, and a wheat-skinned girl who was bound by starlight chains with Irelia woke up with a start. Her eyes emitted a green glow that represented wisdom. Then, she looked at the radiance in the sky in astonishment. After shouting those words, Yatoku who was brimming with a powerful energy, the divine person who was shining with the brilliance of the stars.
"What you have done will not only destroy Ionia, it will also destroy the Kingdom of the Gods! You can't do that! The Gods are watching over this land! Your actions will infuriate them! And let them punish this land! And completely destroy the balance of Ionia! "
Her name was Karma, Karma of Ionia, the noblest person of Ionia in theory. Yes, the name 'Karma' wasn't Karma's real name. When this young lady was chosen by the spirit of Karma and inherited the souls and memories of the past generations of Karma, she only had this name left.
She was captured because of the invasion of the Void Creatures. She had no choice but to use the power that could be called a God. She used endless spiritual fire to block the strongest Void Invaders outside the Ionian defense line. It was due to this that during the battle with Attox, she was slashed into two from head to toe by Attox in front of countless people. Then, when she was about to die, Attox allowed a Void Creature to devour her and used Li Ke's power to heal her.
Now, she only hoped that she didn't obtain the memories of Karma so that she wouldn't know what would happen in the end. Attox's actions could be considered treacherous. He wanted to introduce the power of the Void into the Kingdom of the Gods and try to destroy the World of the Gods. As the vanguard, the Void Creatures would devour the magic of Ionia and obtain the first batch of soldiers to fight against the Gods. Once this was done, Ionia would become a barren land like Shurima and be punished by the furious Gods, causing the land to die.
By then, the land of Ionia would become barren and plagued with disasters. The magical trees and flowers would also disappear. The Vastaya who relied on magic to survive would definitely attack the Humans for the meager amount of magic in order to obtain the magic in the Humans. Without magic, they wouldn't even be able to survive, let alone reproduce the next generation. Many of the customs of the Ionians would also disappear, never to be seen again.
After that, the punishment of the Gods would completely destroy everything that Ionia knew and relied on for survival. Karma didn't believe that the Gods wouldn't notice the camp of the Void Creatures. The attacks and ambitions of the gods weren't something that the Ionians could withstand.
However, Attox didn't care about this. He knew what would happen in this land.
"I'm taking revenge. What you're worried about is because you're too weak, Karma. If we're much stronger than the Gods, then you wouldn't be worried about their anger. You're still worried that your people will forget the so-called balance and immerse themselves in killing and force … "
A mocking smile appeared on his face.
"But you don't know, right? "After your 'death', I ordered the Void monsters to stop attacking. But don't rejoice too early — after losing you as a leader and Karma no longer showing up, even the threat of the Void was temporarily gone, guess what happened next? Let me give you a hint. Didn't you realize that there's one less … Devil? "
His expression was filled with malice. Karma widened her eyes because the reality had appeared in her heart. Even though she didn't dare to believe it, the wisdom of her previous life told her that everything she thought of would come true.
Those people would use her name and use her words and actions to secure their own power. This was what she wanted to avoid by upholding the Art of Equalization.
But she didn't understand why Yatoku would do this because it was meaningless for him to plunge Ionia into chaos. This was why Karma didn't understand why Yatoku would destroy her last hope after destroying the career and home that she had worked so hard for her whole life.
"You … Why are you doing this? What are you trying to do?! If it's because I rebelled against you, then you can inflict everything on me! "
Her wrath made Attox burst into laughter because the so-called wisdom of the previous life was nothing more than this. Of course, Attox wasn't stingy in mocking Karma, the so-called spiritual leader of Ionia.
"As I said, it's just revenge. Besides, I'm not interested in torturing you because you're just a gift to someone else. Your value to me is only because you're beautiful and have a good figure. A certain hypocritical fellow will like you. And the reason why I haven't handed you over to him is very simple. It's because you're all too proud, too … kind. So kind that you'll think that doing something for the sake of so-called justice and justice is something you should do, which will make him unhappy. "
That's why I have to let you know that kindness is rewarded and justice is preached. The survival of your world is built on the sacrifice of others.
This would be the last thing that the Dark-Kin who destroyed the world would teach the foolish humans. It would also be the Dark-Kin's ultimate revenge against all living beings in this world. They would let those who deserved to enjoy a happy life know that they could survive because of the efforts of others. They would also make sure that they would never be able to return to the life where they deserved to enjoy this blessing. They would forever live in guilt and debt.
However, there is no need to tell these foolish beings because they won't be willing to attend this lesson. The Dark Ones won't give up on this lesson either. This lesson will end with the lives of this world paying a heavy price.
However, life is a stupid thing that doesn't know how to be grateful if it isn't oppressed. If it doesn't feel pain, it will never remember.
Attox had been clear about this for a long time.
That's why he slowly stood up in front of the mortals as a gift. The radiance on his body soared into the sky and the greatsword in his hand shone with seemingly endless power. However, he didn't swing the sword towards the sky or fly into the sky. Instead, when his aura reached its peak, he suddenly raised the greatsword and stabbed it into his own chest.
"No Return from War! Open the Door of God Slaying! "
A mournful roar sounded from his body. At this moment, his body that was full of power instantly vaporized into countless shimmering starlight energy under the effect of the sword and rushed in all directions.
The shimmering starlight energy field didn't hurt anyone. In front of Karma's eyes, a petal that withered due to the power of the void miraculously bloomed at this moment and regained its delicate and beautiful appearance. A butterfly egg also grew rapidly under the power of the starlight and slowly spread its colorful wings in front of her.
"This …"
All the mortals brought by Attox looked at this scene in disbelief. They couldn't understand why Attox suddenly committed suicide. But at the next moment, the shimmering starlight energy field finally spread to the largest range and instantly changed color into a brilliant golden radiance.
The brilliance that ordinary people couldn't look at directly covered all the places that were invaded by the energy field. The sound of a huge sword stabbing into the ground was also very clear. The shrill and terrifying roars that didn't sound like the roars of any creatures in this world reached their peak at this moment.
The mortals who had temporarily lost their vision sensed countless massive creatures and lifeforms dashing past them. Amidst the roars, they also vaguely heard several sacred voices. These sacred voices were filled with anger and even fear that they were familiar with. Earth-shattering sounds resounded around them. They were very sure that a great battle was happening around them and ending quickly.
After they barely recovered their vision, everything before them left them speechless because the Ionia that they were familiar with had completely disappeared. What appeared before them was a dazzling and mysterious world. The world of the Runic Continent seemed to have been separated from this place. The worlds of the gods were displayed before them one after another. Strange and majestic buildings that mortals couldn't create were also shining before their eyes.
Such beautiful scenery was incomparable to any other place in the human world and was also something that they had never seen before. But now, these beautiful scenes were constantly being corroded by the power of the void. The majestic buildings and sacred creatures wailed and died under the almost endless attacks of the void creatures. The gods in their eyes were surrounded by void creatures that were several times their number. Even though they fought with all their might and swore not to retreat, the outcome was obvious.
Heaven was burning, and the world of the Gods was being destroyed. They naturally understood this, and trembled in fear.
"Is there … no hope anymore?"
Looking at the void creatures that were constantly swarming into the world of the gods and absorbing the energy within, as well as the strange mother bed that was constantly extracting the energy contained in Ionia's soil and constantly producing more void creatures, Karma was the most knowledgeable person in this world. Karma, who knew the most about the power and history of this world, sat on the ground, paralyzed. Her eyes were a little listless as she watched everything unfold. She knew that the hope of this world had been extinguished. Whether the gods could survive the attack of these monsters, their world would inevitably meet the wrath of the gods and be destroyed as a result.
Yes, not only Ionia, but the entire Runic Continent would be destroyed.
And there was nothing they could do. Even if they gathered everyone's strength, they could only watch as everything happened and ended. They could only welcome their own destruction in fear and anxiety.
They didn't do anything wrong, and they didn't do anything, but the end of destruction still fell upon them. The only thing they could resent was the fact that they were too unlucky, because they didn't have the power to question or stop all of this.
However, at this moment, just as she was about to lose all hope, a spot of starlight suddenly floated in front of her eyes. She lowered her head and looked at the spot of light that seemed to be the divine power left behind. She watched as it landed on the flower that was awakened because of it. Then, she watched as it transformed the corroded soil around the flower into a crisp grassland that once again emitted the fragrance of grass and soil, as well as active magic that was not corroded by the void.
Karma's eyes suddenly widened. Such a scene immediately reminded her of a certain revelation. When she reached out her hand to touch the flower, the shadow of the greatsword left behind by Yatokus, who seemed to have committed suicide to open the door shrouded her eyes. Her eyes that were full of wisdom were shrouded by a smear of scarlet and white light. The girl named Karma saw a person she had only seen in a portrait — a young man that she should have regarded as an enemy.
What she saw was the scene of Li Ke wielding a greatsword and fighting Yatokus to the death. She also saw Li Ke placing his hand on the ground, restoring life to the earth and restoring magic to the barren land. More importantly, she saw the scene of Yatokus and Li Ke fighting to a draw.
There seemed to be hope for everything.
As long as she could find that person.
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