MM Racing Chapter 336 "Killing Gods"
Chapter 336 "Killing Gods"
Chapter 336 "Killing Gods"
The war has started again.
It was just a short sentence, yet it encapsulated that indescribable era. Even Tang Zijun couldn't imagine what the dream dwellers were going through back then.
Unlike the dark ages when people believed in the Old Ones, those new faiths and new gods truly lived in this world.
Although they all lived in the legendary Void Realm, their help and blessings to the inhabitants of the Dream Realm were real. In such a chaotic battle, it is hard to imagine the kind of chaos that humans and other races were in at that time.
With a grim expression, Tang Zijun realized that this world seemed even more bizarre than he had imagined. After a pause, he looked up and asked, "Let's get back to the topic of god-killing, Gloriand. Are there really records of gods dying in this world?"
"Yes." Grilando's expression was somewhat unnatural; clearly, discussing these taboos was putting a lot of pressure on her.
However, having already said so much, she gradually loosened up a bit, carefully considered her words, and continued speaking.
"Even if no one is willing to believe it, it's no use. With the war between Nightmare and Void Realm, the fall of several gods has been confirmed over the past few years. The fact is, gods can also die."
Listening to Grelando's explanation, Tang Zijun nodded slightly.
The current stage coincides with the War of the Gods in the Dream World. Taking Grelando as an example, everyone living here at this moment is witnessing a piece of history.
A period of history similar to the chaotic times of that era.
Do gods die?
Will do.
Tang Zijun is well-qualified to speak on this issue, after all, he did indeed kill a god back then, a god who controlled the divine realm.
But what Tang Zijun was curious about was whether these humans, elves, or orcs truly possessed the power to kill gods in the dream world, a world filled with the beliefs and sects of gods.
"Historically, there have been more than one instances of humans conquering gods, but most of them were all bark and no bite. The most famous one was the God-killing War of the Amethyst Duke, which is also known as a forbidden war."
"The war was triggered by a raid in which a large number of cultists of the Eye of the Amethyst were discovered in the territory of the Grand Duke of Amethyst. They believed in the Eye of the Amethyst from another world and that it would bless them with eternal knowledge."
"At that time, the followers of the Great Old Ones were all wanted evil beings, so they were very careful when they moved around. But even so, the Grand Duke of Amethyst still managed to discover some of their whereabouts."
"The enraged Grand Duke of Amethyst ordered the arrest of the believers and sentenced them all to death. The believers were driven into a large pit in the square and burned to the ground."
"Legend has it that the cries of the cultists lasted for seven days and seven nights, and the flames in the pit burned for a full thirty days before they went out. This was originally an excellent demon-hunting operation, aimed at eliminating the insane cultists, but what happened next was something that no one expected."
"What's wrong?" Tang Zijun sat up straight.
"Shortly after the deaths of those potion cultists, the son and daughter of the Amethyst Duke both died in extremely gruesome manners. Their eyes were gouged out, and their blood was splattered on the ground. But that wasn't the most bizarre thing..."
Grilando took a deep breath and continued.
"At first, everyone suspected that this might be revenge by the cultists of the Demon Eye, but when the children of the Amethyst Grand Duke were buried, eyes began to open on the surface of their bodies. These were the kind of eyes that opened from the skin, the size of fingernails, of varying sizes, and there were hundreds of them."
"Oh no..." Hyacinth said with a pained expression.
Tang Zijun pressed on, "And then?"
"Then everyone realized that this was not the revenge of the cultists of the Eye of the Demon, but a signal of the arrival of the Eye of the Demon. Although they did not know what the cultists of the Eye of the Demon had done, they had succeeded. They had indeed made the Great Old Ones hear the voice and cast their gaze upon it."
"On that day, everyone in the city was polluted like never before. Legend has it that flames emerged from the coffins of the children of the Amethyst Duke and then swept across the entire city, turning it into a sea of fire that illuminated the night sky."
"Since then, the Grand Duke of Amethyst and everyone in the city-state have disappeared. No one knows where they went or what happened that day."
"Wait a minute." Tang Zijun frowned. "But shouldn't that be a war of god-slaying? If it's just that, it doesn't sound like it has much to do with god-slaying."
"It may sound a bit incongruous on the surface, but this is a rare recorded event in history where humans confronted the ancient gods directly, and the impact of this event was much greater than imagined."
"On the day the flames engulfed the entire city, many people far from the city-state witnessed a giant eyeball falling from the sky."
That single glance drove countless people into a frenzy. Aside from a few extraordinary individuals, countless ordinary people were bewitched by that eye, screaming as they rushed towards the sea of fire.
"As I mentioned before, legend has it that the Great Old Ones exist beyond this world, possessing knowledge unimaginable to humans."
Their true forms were beyond the observation of ordinary people, yet on that day, countless churches, though geographically distant, witnessed the fall of the Demon Eye.
"The scene looked like a giant, eyeball-shaped meteor being pulled down by some force, accompanied by countless incomprehensible voices, crashing straight into the city-state where the Amethyst Grand Duke resided."
As Tang Zijun listened to Grelando's description, her brows furrowed even deeper.
"I don't know if I understand correctly, but you mean that those cultists of the Demon Eye initiated some kind of ritual before they died, causing their voices to be captured by the Demon Eye. Then the Demon Eye cast its gaze, only to be pulled in from outer space by some force, and finally crashed to their deaths on the ground?"
"Hmm...your summary does sound a bit strange, but nobody can really pinpoint the exact details," Gloriand replied. "Some speculate that the Amethyst Grand Duchess used some kind of power, while others speculate that after being corrupted by the Mystic Eye, she used its power to kill it, but nobody knows the truth."
"Then how did you determine that this was truly a battle of god-slaying?" Tang Zijun said. "Regardless of whether the eyeball that fell from the sky was a true Great Old One, I want to know how you judged the death of such a bizarre being, and how you classified this event as a battle. Please forgive me, I can't even determine the two sides in the battle."
“I understand your doubts. In fact, this is a problem that troubles many people and the Church as well. We know far too little about the Great Old Ones,” Gloriand said thoughtfully. “However, I can indeed answer your question.”
"The news of the Demon Eye's death was confirmed by none other than the fanatical followers of the Demon Eye Church, ever since that eyeball fell."
Cultists around the world suffered unimaginable mental trauma; their eyes were burned from the inside, and cracks appeared on their bodies, making them look like eyes that could never be opened.
"This effect was sudden and unpredictable. Many members of the Demon Eye Cult were walking normally on the street when they suddenly began to scream and cover their eyes. They wailed in an incomprehensible language, and then they turned into sewage, leaving eye shapes on the ground with their bodies."
"While the sudden deaths of these fanatics were not surprising at the time, the record of such a large-scale death of the same sect at the same time and in different places was unprecedented in history."
"Since that day, the Church of the Eyes has been wiped off the face of history. No one has ever seen a member of the Church of the Eyes since, and even followers of other Great Old Ones avoid talking about it."
At this point, Gloriand paused, then looked up and said, "As for the 'war' you mentioned, you know that humans are creatures very good at embellishing history. We are more inclined to believe that it was the Grand Duke of Amethyst who did all of this, and that he was the one who found a way to kill the legendary god."
After listening silently to Grelando's story, Tang Zijun felt a mix of emotions.
He didn't know how to evaluate this history of another world. If he were to describe it according to his current thoughts, it would be summed up in one word: superficial and unrealistic.
Tang Zijun didn't believe it was all fake, but judging from Grelando's description alone, there were clearly many unclear and ambiguous details, giving it a vague and unrealistic feel.
Is the Demon Eye really dead? Perhaps, but who could have killed it? With the power of the Amethyst Grand Duke and the human superhumans at the time, it should have been impossible. But there's no trace of any other being involved.
As someone who has personally come into contact with a deity, and as a human who has actually killed a god, Tang Zijun is certain that killing a god is definitely not something that can be done by simply performing a few rituals.
The most suspicious point is the force that forcibly pulled the Demon Eye from outer space into the dream world, which is something that the dream dwellers could not have done.
In other words, the Amethyst Grand Duke may possess some kind of power that ordinary people cannot understand, but it is more likely that this matter has nothing to do with the Amethyst Grand Duke at all, and the Demon Eye's demise was due to other reasons.
Thinking of this, Tang Zijun quickly asked, "Where did the Demon Eye's corpse go? Such a large eyeball fell on the city-state; it must have left something behind, right?"
As if she had already guessed that Tang Zijun would ask this question, Grelando sighed and spoke.
"The Demon Eye left nothing behind. Some people and cultists nearby tried to follow the direction in which the Demon Eye fell, but they traveled for a very long time."
But they found nothing.
"They couldn't even find the location where the Demon Eye fell. If it weren't for the spreading mental pollution, everyone would probably have doubted that it was all just a dream..."