GREED: ALL FOR WHAT?

Chapter 2559: Work Of Art.

The figures of the painted beings acquired thickness and depth and became full. This consumed a lot of energy from the god of illusion, but he didn’t stop.

The god of illusion created thousands of these painted beings. He created creatures of various kinds. He created birds, rats, rabbits, cats, lions, targets, and many more.

A single stroke of his on the sheet of paper was enough to create a colorful painted being. His hand was blindingly fast, so he was creating hundreds of them per second. Then the Permanent Illusion divine ability transformed them into real beings.

These fake beings were still small in size. No matter the kind of creature they were, they were only the size of cats. Even the painted elephants were this small. But this size was enough for his purpose.

As he was creating these fake beings, he directed them to attack the virtual copies that the god of telepathy was using to kill his believers. So the thousands of fake beings attacked the thousands of virtual copies.

It was as if two armies were fighting. On one side were colorful creatures of various kinds. On the other side were gray phantom figures. One thing that both sides had in common was that the soldiers of both sides were small.

This battle was brutal. Casualties were mounting quickly. But the battle remained invisible to the rest of the world.

Normally, no one should be able to see the virtual copies, as they are mental constructs. No one should be able to see the painted entities either, because the god of illusion was using the rank 4 Invisibility divine ability on them.

So it was normal that only a few beings noticed the clash between the two large armies. What was abnormal was that the Invisibility divine ability didn’t work on Legion, and that the god of illusion could see the virtual copies.

The Invisibility divine ability used to work on Legion. But ever since they acquired the Cognitive Adaptation divine ability, mental influences over their minds have mostly been nullified.

As for the god of illusion, he is the god of illusion, so he can see everything going on in the world. This is thanks to the authority of the pathway of illusion. As long as the Mirror of the World can reflect what is really going on in the world, he can see the truth of the world, and he can change that truth.

If Legion was still affected by illusions, then they would be at a massive disadvantage in this fight. The same goes for the god of illusion. If he couldn’t see the virtual copies, he wouldn’t even be able to determine that the god of telepathy was the one destroying the faith of his believers in him.

But since the two of them could see past each other’s deceit, they remained in a stalemate. The soldiers on both sides continued to increase without stopping.

The god of illusion continued to paint, and the god of telepathy continued to create more virtual copies. So the fighters on both sides quickly reached a hundred thousand each.

The god of illusion had achieved his goal of stopping the god of telepathy from killing his believers. The combination of the Nightmare divine ability and the Permanent Illusion divine ability didn’t work, but he found another alternative.

This alternative is tedious and energy-intensive compared to the combination of the Nightmare divine ability and the Permanent Illusion divine ability, but it is working. In fact, the god of illusion has no intention of stopping here.

After gaining a brief advantage in the number of soldiers on his side, he diverted his power into creating a more powerful creature.

The previous painted beings were weak physically and mentally. The only reason they were effective against the virtual copies was that the virtual copies were also weak physically and even easier to destroy with a physical attack than the painted beings.

But this time, the god of illusion wants to create a powerful being. The being also has to be extremely powerful physically and be nearly immune to every type of damage.

The only person who fits these characteristics is the god of giants. He is also known as the god of strength.

The god of giants was felled a long time ago by the god of guardians, but the god of illusion began working hard to bring him back to life.

The god of illusion first used the rank 1 Magic tricks divine ability. This Magic trick divine ability is used to create small and flashy illusions like fake fire and fake money. This time, the god of illusion used it to create a fake piece of paper.

The fake piece of paper was very large. In fact, calling it large was an understatement because the paper was as tall as a mountain.

The fake piece of paper was ten kilometers long. It stretched from the ground all the way to the sky. Then the god of illusion used the Permanent Illusion divine ability on it.

Once the Permanent Illusion divine ability was used, the long sheet of paper became real. So the god of illusion could now draw on it.

The god of illusion created the long piece of paper because he needed something large to accommodate the immense size of the god of giants. After all, he didn’t want to create something small like the previous painted beings.

This time, he spent a lot of time painting. He spent 34 seconds compared to the one-hundredth second that he usually spent to create painted figures. So he had spent 3,400 times more time painting the god of giants.

After the god of giants was painted, it leaped out of the sheet of paper. Then it transformed from a two-dimensional giant into a three-dimensional giant as the Permanent Illusion divine ability was used on it.

The painted god of strength even became much taller after being transformed. It also gained mass which caused the ground beneath its feet to crack.