Novel Full Chapter 1762: The Gods 5
Chapter 1762: The Gods 5
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“Although most Undead are monsters that aim to kill us, many are also innocent souls trapped in dead bodies, seeking to pass on or reunite with their families. Iapetus guides them to the afterlife for the most part. For those who wish to remain, he allows his Necromancers to care for them. His Undead are considered Divine and Sacred, far more powerful than Monster Undead. Your father, Aquarina, is a Necromancer, if you didn’t know already,” Nepheline said.
“Yes, kind of… But Gray surpasses me in manipulating Souls and Undead,” Shade said. “He was also blessed by Iapetus and… Cronus, becoming an immensely powerful Chronomancer. His ability to use his own Lifespan to gain more Magical Power and to drain Lifespan from others combines Iapetus and Cronus’s authorities in his magic. That’s without even considering his Gray Soul Legion or the countless Undead he can summon with his unique spells. He was a true genius. I wish… I wish we hadn’t gone through everything we did afterward. I wish he was still a friend we could rely on…”
“…” Nepheline looked at her husband, hugging his shoulders to comfort him.
Gray was the “traitor” among the heroes, known to be actively working with the Evil God of Dungeons in a conspiracy to kill both the old and new generations of heroes, whom he deems an “obstacle to his goals.”
According to his friends, Gray aims to protect the Demons and the Continent from the Human Invasion. To gain that power, he has been stealing sacred relics that shouldn’t fall into human hands, delivering them to the Evil God for greater strength.
His current whereabouts are unknown, but most suspect he might be living in the Demon Continent, caring for a large village of refugees after the war.
“Lastly, there’s Cronus, the Chief God of Time, the eldest of all siblings and the one with the highest authority among the Twelve. He is the titan of time, embodying the dread of all-consuming time itself. He’s the strongest of the Twelve Chief Gods, surpassed only by the Four Original Gods,” Nepheline said with a gentle smile.
The final carving gained color and shape, depicting a muscular, intimidating figure with a long gray beard and tired-looking black eyes, surrounded by an Aura of Time represented by clocks, the sun, the moon, and the stars. His expression was profoundly serious.
“I wonder, is he fine with what Gray is doing?” Aquarina asked. “Wouldn’t the Gods have tried to stop him already?”
“We have no idea…” Shade said. “And we’d rather not know… Getting more involved with the affairs of the Gods is simply… not worth the hassle.”
“Indeed,” Nepheline sighed. “However, here we are again, once more entangled. That giant ant colony is definitely a mess from the gods we’ll have to clean up for them, again. Not because we want to, but because we must…”
“I know…” Aquarina nodded. “Um, what about the other four original gods?”
“Ah yes, we’ve reached that part, haven’t we?” Shade said, his darkness blending with Nepheline’s stone to form a vivid “drawing” in the air. “The Four Original Gods are said to be the parents of the Twelve and others. They’re the strongest gods, yet they’re also said to sleep most of the time due to their immense power.”
“The first of the four is Gaia, the Original Goddess of Creation, Earth, Nature, and Life. She’s the Mother who birthed most chief gods, except two. She’s said to have also created the Divine Beasts and Divine Spirits and can generate life with ease. Her power extends through this world in vegetation, animals, and powerful beasts. We humans and other races were likely made by her with the help of the others,” Nepheline said.
“So she’s the one who makes everything, alright…” Aquarina nodded. “Wow, she’s… uh, beautiful.”
Aquarina nearly said “hot” when she saw Gaia’s motherly, voluptuous figure but quickly chose a safer word.
“The Second Original God is Uranus, the Original God of the Atmosphere, Sky, Space, and Heavens,” Shade explained. “He’s the ’father of all,’ who had the most children with Gaia…”
The “drawing” showed a titan made of stars, surrounded by spiraling planets, holding the world between his hands.
“The Third Original God is Nyx, the Goddess of Night, Stars, Void, Darkness, Shadows, Nightmares, Moon, and Death,” Nepheline explained. “An incredibly powerful goddess, she governs the ’Dark Spectrum.’ Her sister is the other half…”
The “drawing” depicted a beautiful woman of darkness, stars, and shadows, seated upon the moon itself.
“Yes, the last is the Fourth Original God, Hemera, the Goddess of Day, Sun, Light, Holy Light, Sunlight, Starlight, Dreams, and Hope,” Shade said. “She represents the ’Light Spectrum’ of all things. With her sister Nyx, they are two faces of the same coin, said to ’maintain balance between darkness and light, life and death, day and night.’ They are the Mothers of the Sun and the Moon and lovers of the stars.”
The final “drawing” showed Nyx’s opposite: a radiant, beautiful woman of light and stars, seated upon the sun itself.
“And that, children, is all of them. It’s not necessary to memorize them, but this knowledge might be useful one day,” Shade said.
“Woah…” Silvia muttered.
“Amazing! Thanks a lot!” Justicio nodded.
“I have learned so much…!” Agua smiled. “Thank you, heroes…!”
“It was indeed very educational,” Quetzalcoatl nodded.
“Um, wait a second…” Aquarina said suddenly. “So where is the Evil God of Dungeons? I thought he was also a chief?”
“We don’t know… there might have been more in the past, or none. Evil Gods are fallen Gods, not recognized as true gods by the chief gods or other pantheons,” Nepheline explained. “His origins, who he is, his true name, and everything else… It’s a mystery.”
The Evil God of Dungeons, an antagonistic figure on Aquarina and her girlfriend’s lives since they were born. At the tender age of five, both girls ended getting trapped inside a dimensional space of his own creation, where he had cooperated with a giant Demon General, one of the remnants of the previous Demon King’s army, who aimed to kill both girls and eliminate the threat of new heroes from the root, traumatizing them both for the rest of their lives.
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