Chapter 266 : Chapter 266

Chapter 266

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A ‍​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍deep-sea fish approached Neptune, who was walking across the sea.

The ‍​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍deep-sea fish, common in his sea, opened and closed its mouth.

[......]

For ‍​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍a moment, Neptune stared at the deep-sea fish that only opened and closed its mouth even as it faced him.

[I ‍​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍did not know you had a hobby of turning into lesser creatures.]

At Neptune’s words, the deep-sea fish continued opening and closing its mouth.

An intention was conveyed into his mind.

[I imitated the curiosity held by the master of this domain.]

[Imitated it? An arrogant approach.]

Contrary to his words, Neptune smiled without realizing it.

Something had made him smile. It was the first time since that mutation had disappeared, was it not?

In that respect.

[Your approach was a success, Lord.]

FWOOSH.

Divine power flashed, and the Lord revealed himself.

A distinctive Polymorph form of the Lord: two arms, two legs, and a head atop his neck with no discernible facial features.

[What brings you all the way here?]

[You seem bored.]

A question in answer to a question.

If his counterpart had been a lower god, Neptune would not have tolerated it.

But the being before him was special.

[Boredom. It too is something one must endure because one is a god.]

[You appear angry with me. Is it because I dealt with Adamas?]

[......]

[I knew you were interested in that bastard.]

[Yet you did not grant me time.]

The Authority the God of Time Cronis had unfolded dominated the area’s time. It prevented unauthorized gods from approaching the hunt for the mutation.

[Do not take it personally. I simply thought your Authority was not suitable for subduing him.]

[You are telling an uncharacteristic lie.]

The Lord before him was the first being Neptune had met after being born with a divine nature.

As his divine nature rose a level, he realized something.

When the Lord did not speak the truth, the absolute bond he felt in the Lord’s presence grew faint.

‘The other higher gods must notice it too, in their own ways.’

Gods did not always speak the truth. Insight did not work on higher gods, either.

He had not thought it important.

[You cannot be unaware that Insight does not work on me.]

It would have been a matter he let pass without concern if the Lord had not been desperately trying to hide the reason.

At his sharp response, the Lord spread both arms.

[There are things one can know without using Insight.]

[......]

Whooooosh. Whoooooosh.

For a moment, the sound of waves filled the silence.

[Yes, you too are a higher god.]

The Lord smiled as though satisfied.

An expression that said he knew and understood everything.

He had been that way from the beginning.

The Lord, the first god.

He went directly to the gods who were born and taught them how to handle divine power.

He taught them how to avoid damaging their divine natures, and what kind of will they should possess as gods.

When gods ceased to be born, there was no one who did not regard him as a parent.

[I remember when you were born from a bubble of nothingness.]

[......]

[To be honest, I did not think you would come to possess this much presence.]

Many gods who used the sea as a base had already been born before Neptune.

And quite a few of them possessed Authorities with exceptional potential.

[I thought you would only take control of a portion of the sea.]

He had merely taught him the basic way of handling divine power and the basic way to avoid losing divine nature, just as he had with the others.

Yet Neptune had used only that to subdue the other gods and become ruler of the sea.

[You are special, Neptune.]

[Do you say the same to the other higher gods?]

[Well, do I?]

Grin.

His small mouth stretched long as though it were splitting.

[That human is only the beginning.]

[If you mean the mutation, I have heard enough.]

He would not tell the truth anyway.

Listening would only deepen his hunger for what he had failed to devour.

Ignoring his response, the Lord continued.

[Then let us discuss why I came today. It concerns the boundary.]

A boundary made so even gods could not cross it.

Several gods, including the higher god Styx, guarded it.

The Lord did not like others taking an interest in the boundary. It was an open secret among the gods.

[As I have emphasized that you must not approach it, even I cannot enter that place.]

[And?]

[Not long ago, a guest came from beyond the boundary.]

Just as entering should be impossible, leaving it should be impossible as well.

‘A guest from beyond.’

Only then was Neptune’s interest piqued.

[A mutation?]

Or else.

[A Transcendent like us?]

Either would change the boring course of his present existence.

It was only a question, but.

[Styx and Murus are doing their utmost, but...... The previous incident changed the current. It means they lack the strength to block it completely.]

Anger was mixed into the Lord’s voice.

[The Abyss must not yet connect to this place.]

The Lord held out his hand.

A power with a nature different from divine power.

A handful of radiance shone above the Lord’s hand.

[Since that bastard appeared, we gods have been threatened.]

A lowly creature had shown the potential to threaten divine natures, changing the laws of the world.

[Before long, the world ruled by gods will fall.]

The Lord told him of the near future Cronis had seen.

[The gods’ fall.]

A rather drastic outcome for something created by one mutation.

‘Then my experiments too......’

Did that mean they, too, were acts that hastened the fall of the gods?

‘Hmm. This is troublesome.’

On the other hand, he thought it might not matter.

For gods who lived infinite lives, the pressure of vanishing could become the force that moved their heavy bodies.

‘It may even become a better environment for making mutations.’

The problem was the possibility that the Lord had come to stop his experiments.

That was a misunderstanding.

[In that respect, there is much to learn from your experiments.]

[......?]

[No, honestly, I admired them.]

Only then did the Lord’s mouth hold a smile.

[If the laws of the world have begun to change, we merely need to take an advantageous position before the laws settle completely.]

Thus.

[I too intend to share power with lesser creatures.]

It was the most ridiculous declaration Neptune had heard in every conversation he had shared with the Lord.

[You are saying something foolish.]

Through countless experiments, there had been almost no species that accepted his divine power and produced meaningful results.

And a lesser creature that could endure the Lord’s divine power?

If one existed, that bastard would become a mutation surpassing Adamas himself.

It was not something for the Lord, who had personally sealed Adamas and dealt with him, to say.

[Thoughts can change at any time depending on the circumstances.]

He emphasized that now was the time to pursue survival in preparation for the future Cronis had seen.

[I told my brothers to focus on creating Demigods.]

[Demigods?]

[Life-forms with bodies capable of enduring our presence. Building Temples and giving power to humans will not last long.]

By the lesser creatures’ standards, it would be a grand span of time, but to the gods, it was only a passing moment.

[What kind of lesser creature do you intend to make?]

[There is presently too great a gap between lesser creatures and a god’s power.]

He said he would test it over thousands of years.

[You are serious.]

[Have I ever told you a lie?]

[The fact that you sealed Adamas rather than killing him was also because of......]

[Shh.]

The Lord raised a finger over his mouth.

[Say no more. The past can be read by those who live in the future.]

Then he asked a favor.

[Someday, a Demigod who uses my name will come to find you.]

If Neptune still retained his divine nature then.

[Listen to him at least once.]

‘A mutation inheriting the Lord’s divine power......’

Interest shone in Neptune’s eyes.

It would likely be a being as tempting as Adamas.

[I guarantee it will not be a bad offer for you either.]

After that day, the Lord never came to see him again.

And as Cronis had prophesied, new laws that sustained the world took effect, and the era ruled by gods came to an end.

After thousands of years passed in that way.

[Neptune, they say you are the sea’s only higher god.]

Another Lord, one who called himself king of monsters, came to visit him.

Grin.

The mouth in his pale face split wide.

[I want to make a deal.]

The story he had waited thousands of years for began.

***

Sizzle.

The sun radiating tremendous heat vaporized seawater.

[If the others saw this, they would think she was an Apostle of the Sun God.]

[Concept Magic. It is a realm that imitates the gods’ Authorities...... As expected, we gods are no longer useful......]

[Be quiet. I told you to stop talking nonsense, did I not?]

Hot-tempered Murus and Depressed Murus were marveling at Charles’s magic when.

[The battle is not over yet.]

Rational Murus steadied the mood.

He fixed his gaze on Charles, who was radiating immense mana.

[Charles Cornelia. We appreciate your help, but if you seek Killian Eurasia, this is not where he is.]

He subtly informed her that Killian had entered Neptune’s Mind Image World by using himself as bait.

‘He wagered a battle using a god as bait.’

A smile formed on Charles’s lips at the thought that it was like him.

“I vaguely knew Sir Killian was not here.”

[And yet you came here?]

“Because even if we win the battle, if the Mind Image World collapses, it is the same as losing the war.”

[You speak as though you presume my defeat.]

Rational Murus reacted as though incredulous.

It had been a very long time since he had seen a human act so confidently before a god.

Especially when the power of the Violet Magic Tower, linked to Killian Eurasia, could influence a contest between gods in this Mind Image World.

[Hey, woman. Do not become arrogant because a lesser creature like you can use a little power.]

Hot-tempered Murus picked a fight.

[Blasphemy is treated as a serious crime even in the human world......]

Depressed Murus let his words trail off.

“The one who once opposed the gods has now accepted a god with three personalities.”

Smile.

Charles gave a smile that held complex emotions.

“I only support the path he walks. I have no intention of offending Lord Murus.”

Words that only one who knew Killian Eurasia’s former life could speak.

“God of Barriers who supports the world, please do not be angered.”

[Haha! Good. I like you, woman.]

Hot-tempered Murus looked more cheerful than ever.

[If we were together, my gloomy mood might be cured.]

Depressed Murus was the same.

While they exchanged a short conversation, Neptune succeeded in extinguishing one sun.

Time was not meaningless.

Through Insight, he had learned.

‘A mutation.’

Creatures that had lived at most a hundred years had inherited knowledge and reached the limits of mortals.

Just like Adamas of the past.

The difference was that Adamas had fought the gods while possessing a complete divine nature, whereas the woman before him was still an unripe seed.

She was a mutation that shone to a degree incomparable to Siren, the Demigod he had created.

The instinct to inject his divine power into the human called Charles Cornelia rose within him.

[This is troublesome.]

With his present power, he lacked the strength to face both the higher god and the mutation.

There was one method.

[I need to reset the conditions.]

The contract he had formed with the Monster Lord.

Rather than briefly drawing power from beyond the boundary, he would completely accept the Anomaly that had come from beyond the boundary.

‘This will be the greatest experiment ever.’

The sea, which had extinguished three suns, became still.

[Come, part of the Anomaly.]

At the same time.

WHOOOOOSH.

The seawater throughout the area began to whirl and drain into a suddenly created hole.

Charles frowned.

“This is serious.”

Imagination was the source of magic.

“This is something beyond imagination.”