bookcurios Chapter 1237: War of Gods
Chapter 1237: War of Gods
[Difficulty Level: Lv.49]
[Quest Information: According to the information you've gathered, the giants have split at this point. As the leader of the Fire Giants in the plot, the Hunter must choose: to journey to the Kingdom of the God of Craftsmen and Alchemy, or to the Kingdom of the Earth Goddess.]
[After making a choice, the hunter must go to the corresponding kingdom of God and join the other side's camp.]
[Task period: 7 days. 】
[Task reward: random. 】
[Mission penalty: forced execution.]
You fell silent in thought. "Flame Giant Leader..." Usually, this status requires a significant amount of World Merit to redeem, but now it's completely free. This could be a faction benefit earned by Samsara Paradise, or perhaps almost all the reincarnators entering have similar identities.
[Of course, this could also be a trap. It's very likely that this choice will directly determine your faction in the entire native world.]
Seeing this, Zhou Ning couldn't help but take a deep breath, and then exhaled. Seeing the three goddesses and the god of creation, he still had some doubts, but seeing the names of the god of craftsmen and alchemy, this world could be confirmed.
It is truly an apocalyptic world, and it should be a time point long before the emergence of human beings, before the start of the first war between gods, and before the fall of the God of Creation.
This period of time was a blank area in mythology and legends. Even in the Book of Genesis, there were only a few vague records. As a historian, Zhou Ning had always been curious about this period of history, but he did not expect to witness it under such circumstances.
For a moment, he felt like he was walking into a myth.
[Then you carefully examine the world's information. Through this information, you quickly integrate into this world. This is the enlightenment of being a top-level reincarnationist.]
[Since the mission lasts a full seven days, you have enough time to observe the world and understand its background. This is not your first time experiencing a native world. Sometimes wisdom and patience are more important than force.]
[Of course, this world still has so-called hunting missions, and they are unlimited hunting missions. You are very concerned about this, because it may be related to whether you can successfully transcend.]
[Hunting Mission: Sharpen the butcher knife in your hand.]
[Mission Description: Hunters are free to eliminate any offenders they encounter, and their honor points will be doubled.]
[Mission Information: Due to the excessive number of violators in this world, the hunting privilege has been fully activated. Hunters can freely turn the hunting function on/off.]
[Task deadline: None]
[Mission penalty: None. 】
[Tip: Because this is an undeveloped native world, hunters should not harm their own reincarnations! ]
【The world begins.】
[You try to open the world introduction, and a huge virtual screen appears before you.]
A tall giant in a white robe opened his eyes, his vision swaying as he saw darkness and nothingness all around him. He raised his hand and spoke in a disembodied voice, "God said, 'Let there be light!' And there was light in the world."
He said: Let there be heaven and earth, and there were heaven and earth.
【The scene changes and a voice-over begins.】
[At the beginning of the First Age, the Creator God created the world, the sky and the earth, the sun, the moon, and life. They were also the first three gods.]
The scene shifts to reveal a towering giant gazing at the starry sky. This attracts the attention of a terrifying being within. Amidst the starry sky, a vast array of stars can be vaguely seen forming a gigantic human figure, gazing upon the world with greedy, malevolent eyes.
[Then, this towering giant seemed to be contaminated by something. To share this contamination, he created God, and together with God, he created mythical creatures and a large number of extraordinary creatures. Thus began a new era.]
[At the end of the First Era, his corruption became increasingly severe, even to the point of severely affecting his sanity. Sometimes, he would even be replaced by the Outer God and begin to suck the essence of the world.]
[The voiceover continues: Due to the increasingly severe spiritual pollution, the Creator God intends to transfer this pollution through rituals in the realms of time and destiny. Transfer it to all believers, all extraordinary beings, to past selves, future selves, and selves in other timelines. Let them share the pollution.]
[The Creator God believed that doing so would only cause each person to contribute very little pollution, and at most would only foster evil thoughts.]
Many people supported the Creator God's actions, such as the God of Knowledge and Wisdom. However, his daughters, the three goddesses, were determined to prevent this ritual from taking place. They began to gather other gods and jointly invaded the Creator God's kingdom, attempting to replace the world with a new Supreme God.
[At the end of the First Era, hunters entered the native world, the Apocalypse Continent.]
[Reminder: Because we are in an undeveloped native world, hunters must not harm their own reincarnations! ]
You burst out laughing. Paradise seems to have misunderstood you. You have no particular fondness for killing. In fact, you even hate purposeless killing. A mind controlled by killing is that of a beast, not a human.
Then you begin to observe the surrounding scene. It is a vast, almost exaggerated wilderness. Trees, rocks, mountains, and grass—everything is oversized. Even the clouds seem to be right before your eyes. Is this the world of giants?
[At the same time, you realize that your prestige and status in the giant community are higher than you imagined, and you can even decide the tribe's affiliation: whether to join the Earth Goddess or the God of Craftsmen and Alchemy.]
[Over the next few days, through unobtrusive interactions with other giants, you gradually reconstructed the general background of this world.]
The original owner of this body was named Hubbard, the son of the God of Craftsmen and Alchemy. He was the fruit of the love between his father and a fire giant lady. Because of his awful father, he grew up in a giant tribe.
In this world, the giants' faith is in the Earth Goddess, and Hubbard is more devout in her faith than anyone else. Therefore, this choice is actually a choice between family ties and faith.
But for you, this lack of empathy was never the reason for your hesitation. Nor was faith. You pursued profit. Only by accumulating enough profit could you survive.
[You also learned about the positions of both sides. Your adopted father, Edgeworth, the god of craftsmanship and alchemy, is a loyal supporter of Guarani, the god of knowledge and wisdom. Together with them, six other righteous gods have sided with the God of Creation.]
As for the Earth Goddess, she, the three goddesses, and the God of War form the other side. They also include a large number of ancient gods and mythical creatures. Based on the detailed information in the world introduction, and based on your judgment, the strength of both sides is similar.
[So when Lindsay Horn, the deputy leader of the Giant Tribe, asked you about your decision, you made your own choice - to go to the kingdom of the Earth Goddess.]
This is the original body's thinking, and it's also the tendency of the vast majority of giants. You have no doubt that if you make a decision that differs from theirs, they will betray you without hesitation.
[Without the original body's memories, this is the best option. As for which side you will ultimately stand on, it depends on what happens next.]
[We can even side with the Outer Gods. Of course, this is against the Paradise of Samsara, and requires the other party to provide sufficient leverage.]
[After you made your choice, Lindsay Horn visibly breathed a sigh of relief, and then you changed direction and headed westward.]
The Apocalypse Continent at this moment is far more desolate and rugged than you might imagine. The divine war has already begun, but for now, it's merely friction among believers, and the intensity is relatively low. Anyone can see that this is the calm before the storm.
[During this process, you've encountered more than one violator, from both camps, but most of them are from the Creator God camp. You just haven't encountered any particularly powerful ones yet.]