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"But I..."
The newly born god-slayer wanted to refuse, but after remembering the news he had just heard, he gritted his teeth.
"I understand!"
"Thank you so much--"
In her excitement, the girl hugged Kusanagi Godou tightly. Feeling his softness and warmth, the boy was flustered and his face turned red.
The two people, engrossed in their interaction, failed to notice that the dense clouds in the distance had begun to slowly rotate...
Ragnarok: Chapter 410 The Disobedient God: Ancient Witch Spirit
In a world where gods can manifest themselves and even be killed, how to bring "disobedient gods" to one's doorstep and wield a knife has always been a topic of great interest to everyone aspiring to become a god-slayer. Hundreds of years have passed since the first human god-slayer was born, and although most attempts have failed, various magic societies and the like have summarized many feasible methods. This is why Lin Yi chose to take a long detour to Italy after leaving Jiangnan, rather than going directly to the nearest destination.
Now that the evolution of the main god has reached its current stage, the collection of intelligence no longer requires "seeing" or "hearing" as it did at the beginning. As long as the distance is reduced to a certain extent, even those hidden in mechanisms or magical defenses can be quickly collected. After roughly circling the current planet, Lin Yi, having found a feasible "Summoning Ritual of the Disobedient God", immediately took action.
"...The powers possessed by a descending, disobedient god have a certain probability of being in accordance with its environment, so what will descend from this Indian Ocean as its base?"
He threw all sorts of instruments and props he had collected along the way, the ones whose usefulness was uncertain, out of the subspace, arranged them together using the summoning magic of this world, and then filled them with a large amount of disordered active energy.
Five minutes passed, and there was no response.
The active energy is doubled.
Ten minutes passed, and there was no response.
The active energy is increased threefold.
Twenty minutes passed without any response.
The activity can be increased tenfold...
Thirty minutes
Forty minutes
Fifty minutes
……
One hour and seventeen minutes later, Lin Yi, who had amplified his active energy eighty times, opened his eyes. Affected by the high-compression active diffusion fluctuations, the atmosphere in the upper atmosphere of the Indian Ocean clearly formed a fault. The originally cloudless weather turned into a precursor to a century-scale sea storm in just over an hour. Even without deliberate observation, one could roughly calculate the range covered by this shadow. Even if Lin Yi did nothing and left now, the water vapor accumulated by this dark cloud would be a disaster when it fell on the near-shore land under the influence of the monsoon.
Of course, Lin Yi had no reason to leave after wasting more than an hour.
"Perhaps we should try a different approach; simply using 'clouds' and 'water vapor' is not enough to summon a disobedient god."
Thinking it over, he gently raised his hand, and wisps of invisible energy dissipated from his palm: "Wind."
After a moment of deathly silence, a violent howl spread to every inch of the surrounding space. The dark clouds and water vapor, stretching for hundreds of kilometers, began to slowly rotate under the influence of the eye of a storm resembling a Category 20 typhoon. The clouds, constantly filling and pressing towards the center, inevitably collided. The originally deathly and oppressive sky was replaced by countless flashes of violent lightning. As the lightning bolt that almost illuminated the sky fell, a colossal voice came from the "other side" of the world.
"Hahaha—I'm out! I'm free! These chains can't hold me!"
Looking up, the humanoid energy entity, surrounded by layers of shells and chains, was so dazzling that if a human were standing here, simply looking directly at it would probably blind them. Even Lin Yi had to squint to see it clearly.
“The power of ‘thunder’ is a matter of course.”
"Are you the insignificant ant that you summoned from the great ancient sorcerer, Xerath?"
Nestled in the heart of the blazing lightning, an ancient creature composed of pure magical energy posed a question, and Lin Yi's first reaction to this question was to swallow hard.
Remembering his main purpose, Lin Yi suppressed the impulse: "Shouldn't there be any gods like 'Ancient Witch Spirits' in this world?"
"Hahaha, you foolish mortal, since you dare to judge my origins by your own standards, as a reward for summoning me, I'll tell you: how could such a backward world possibly have given birth to a being as great as me!"
"And as punishment for your disrespect towards the gods, I will show you the true power of the gods—"
Accompanied by a soaring melody, endless lightning spread outwards, and the dark clouds that had covered an area of hundreds of kilometers melted and dissipated at a visible speed under the lightning, leaving only that tiny figure standing in front of it like a mantis trying to stop a chariot.
"A deity not native to this world... It seems I've succeeded. In that case—"
Having reached a conclusion, Lin Yi no longer suppressed his impulse. When the thunderbolt, seemingly capable of splitting the heavens and earth, swept down from the sky, he vanished from his spot. The next moment, a sound of shock and anger mixed with the soft sound of swallowing was heard, and the incident returned to calm in less than two seconds.
At that moment, the falling lightning struck the sea.
In near-Earth orbit, countless satellites aimed at this sea area clearly captured this scene. From the center of the phoenix eye, a fiery white streak vanished in the blink of an eye, followed by a misty white "channel" that was clearly more than ten times thicker, stretching straight to the Indian coast...
Twenty minutes later, the panicked people, who thought the world had descended, received a message that appeared to be a misty white "passage" leading to the underworld.
"Oxygen, and hydrogen."
"That's formed by electrolyzing over two million tons of seawater simultaneously. It poses no harm to humans. In fact, the addition of large amounts of oxygen and hydrogen has greatly mitigated global greenhouse gasification."
"If all of this ends like this..."
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"Incredible, there are structures made entirely of energy in another world."
Feeling the surging magical energy within him, Lin Yi had an urge to unleash a 100% gravity emission at the ocean beneath his feet. Relying on the energy creature he had just "eaten," and given the stability of this information entity at full efficiency, he could indeed do it, though such an action would be meaningless.
"In the future, if we encounter a situation where we are short of energy, it would be good to just summon a few otherworldly 'gods'."
It may be slightly insufficient to use it, but it is acceptable to use it for unexpected purposes such as "eating".
"So... you've seen enough of the show, nothing to say?"
Her gaze shifted, and dozens of kilometers away, the black demon bird soaring in the sky was startled. However, her confidence in her own powers allowed her to control her instinct to flee, and she observed with increasing caution.
But the moment the black demon bird turned its gaze back, she regretted her decision.
Although it is not quite the same as the "unruly gods" that require a suitable environment to descend, the spiritual energy system that Lin Yi deduced from the existing system is still largely constrained by the environment in which it exists.
Just as you can't use "earth" or "fire" in a vacuum where there's nothing, it's immediately clear what "method" to use on this vast ocean.
"water."
Godslayer Twilight: Chapter 411 Frozen Thousands of Miles
Guided by words and driven by spiritual energy, the natural laws triggered by this began to reverse, and tens of millions of tons of seawater surged from the ocean under this simple "will"—
"wind"
The Milky Way reverses course; this is nothing more than that.
However, as one of only two beings present, the black demon bird—the god-slayer John Pruto Smith—had no time to appreciate this magnificent scene. Only by being truly in the center of this "heavenly river" formed by seawater and hurricanes could one understand the terrifying killing intent hidden beneath this magnificence.
The rapidly rotating water stream is sharper than any existing object in the world. Coupled with the immense pressure generated by the water itself, it is extremely difficult to even maintain one's own small area within it, let alone break through this water column that reaches straight to the sky.
John Pruto Smith would never want to antagonize this mysterious yet excessively powerful "godslayer" unless absolutely necessary. However, the hostility she had incurred by her rashly spying on him was now a foregone conclusion, and she couldn't simply give up the fight. Even if she did, it didn't mean he would let her off so easily...
With this in mind, the Godslayer, transformed into a black demonic bird, activated another of his powers.
"The Freeshooter——!!!"
The Shooter of the Demonic Bullets: Power usurped from Artemis, manifesting as pale light bullets. Ammunition is replenished at the new moon, with only six bullets fired per month. Their power is immense, capable of penetrating buildings, vaporizing thick rock, and even altering terrain. They possess abilities such as automatic tracking, spread-firing, explosion, and light emission. The trajectory curves in response to the shooter's will, relentlessly pursuing enemies regardless of their location, even returning from outer space, and can even be used to snipe targets in Europe from North America.
By infusing a large amount of magical power, the power of the magic bullets can be increased. Using two bullets simultaneously and infusing them with magical power will more than double the power, increasing it by four or five times. It is said that if the power of six bullets is gathered to its maximum, it can unleash the destructive force to destroy a country, enough to generate a fire that could devour the entire state of California for seven days without ever going out, leaving behind a wasteland where even weeds cannot grow again after it has burned out.
Because of his immense power, John Pruto Smith also has the nickname "Demon" among the Godkillers: Bullet Shooter.
Beneath the sky obscured by dark clouds, a pale light suddenly burst forth. Although it was not as dazzling as the light of thunder, its bone-chilling coldness was even more terrifying in another sense.
Illuminated by the radiance of the moon goddess, John Pruto Smith did not choose to fire one or two magic bullets alone. Faced with an existence of such magnitude, she unhesitatingly used all her powers and magical energy, which unleashed a force capable of destroying a nation from the ground.
The water column composed of "wind" and "water" was immediately cut in half, and millions of tons of seawater fell from a height of more than two thousand meters. Six pale white light bullets chased each other and separated, crossing a distance of tens of kilometers at a speed that seemed slow but was actually fast, and arrived in front of Lin Yi.
Facing these six "country-level" missiles, Lin Yi narrowed his eyes slightly.
"The sea and the sky meet at the horizon."
"—!"
The Godslayer, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, narrowed her eyes. Before her eyes, everything—the falling seawater, the evaporating water vapor, and even her own body—was in a world that seemed to freeze in time. As everything slowed down without limit, only that voice continued to travel at its unhurried pace.
"—Frozen for thousands of miles."
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West of the Indian Ocean.
The closer they got to their destination, the stronger the invisible unease in Kusanagi Godou's heart became. Suddenly, the girl beside him spoke in a questioning voice, "Aren't you feeling a little cold?"
"cold?"
Erica reminded him that Kusanagi Godou had noticed the change in his surroundings. Having just left Italy in the summer, he was only wearing a shirt. He had felt quite hot when he boarded the plane, but now he was noticeably colder, to the point that his body had started to shiver involuntarily.
"What's going on? Aren't we over the Indian Ocean?"
"That's right, this place should also be—"
The sudden tremor and impact interrupted their conversation. After instinctively grabbing Erica, who was screaming, Kusanagi Godou, who was also in a state of confusion, looked ahead at the gaping hole that had been torn open and was constantly throwing objects outwards. In front of the gaping hole, a strangely dressed, burly figure was struggling to get up.
"Huff...huff...I'm freezing..."
"You, you are——"
Erica exclaimed in surprise. Just as Kusanagi Godou was about to ask a question, the stranger spoke up: "There's no time to explain. If you want to live, turn around and get as far away from here as possible—no, it seems it's too late."
"In the end what happened?"
"See for yourself."
Following the stranger's gaze towards the eastern sea, the newly born Godslayer involuntarily gaped open, and so did the magician.
"The sea... is freezing..."
"When the powers of 'wind' and 'water' are combined, they can actually evolve into the power to freeze everything. The six magic bullets didn't even have a chance to detonate before they were frozen. If I hadn't run fast, I probably would have been frozen in there too."
"Sir John, could it be that you—"
"That's right, I fought that guy, or rather, I was one-sidedly beaten and almost died. It's unbelievable that such a terrifying being exists in the world. Did he live on another planet all along?"
Muttering to himself, John Pruto Smith turned to the two pale-faced men as the ice drew near to the sea beneath his feet: "Leave. This opponent is no longer someone that one or two Godslayers can handle. Only by gathering all the Godslayers and magicians can there be a slight chance of victory. As for until then... stay away from him, if you don't want to die without any meaning."
Just as John Pruto Smith was about to leave, Kusanagi Godou, suddenly remembering his location, shouted, "Wait! This thing broke out in the northern Indian Ocean, so what about the people on land—"
"...If Lady Elsa had remained in India, perhaps not so many people would have died."
"how come……"
Staring blankly at the ever-spreading ice beneath his feet, a tremendous sense of terror slowly crept into the boy's heart.
四更
Ragnarok: Chapter 412 Prelude to Omniscience
"We must respond."
Some hidden place.
The magic society "Red Copper"...
The magic society "Bronze Age"...
The Committee for the Compilation of Official Histories...
Greenwich Wise Council...
SSI……
The old noblewoman of the magic society...
The Magic Society: The Female Wolf...
The City of Lilies...
People from ancient or emerging, powerful or mysterious backgrounds have gathered together, all connected to this "inner world" that is different from what people see. They stand here for the same reason.
"According to incomplete statistics, the number of people injured or killed because of 'his' actions has exceeded three million. If it weren't for Mrs. Elsa using her 'life-or-death reversal' power, the Indian Ocean incident alone could have increased that number by more than tenfold."
“That’s right. The governments of the surface world can no longer suppress such a big event, and more and more people are becoming aware of our existence.”
"They're just a bunch of ants, not worth mentioning."
"Hmph, don't forget, our history is built on the backs of these ants."
"you--"
"Stop arguing. The most important thing now is not how to deal with those ordinary people, but how to stop 'him' from continuing to destroy the world."
A commotion arose below, and one voice asked, "Destroy the world? Isn't that a bit of an exaggeration?"
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