Cthulhu Gonfalon

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

The Master of Mystery brought along two God followers.

Before He left He let out a long, heavy sigh. This breath contained a world full of complicated emotions, including pity, regret, and the intent to kill.

"What is this dude trying to do?!" Sui Xiong asked, upset. "He came out of nowhere to pull the rug out from someone's feet! When He failed to do so, He put on a face, as though he had suffered bitterly. Clearly he harbors deep hatred. Who is He trying to scare?!"

He looked in the direction the Master of Mystery had walked away in disdain. He was puffing out air from his nose, clearly frustrated with the situation. But he was mostly a little nervous.

The Master of Mystery, also known as the God of Wisdom and Magic, was generally acknowledged as being the expert among all Gods. His capability even compared with that of the God of Justice!

He controlled all wisdom and all magic, the two core powers. He could bestow or remove everyone's sparks of wisdom as He wished, and He could make any strong existence lose their ability to cast magic.

He could cast any kind of magic, in whichever way He willed it. He was almost totally unrestrained!

Only the King of Order was stronger than him, who was at the apex of the realm that even Gods couldn't possibly understand. As for the rest of the Gods, no one dared to pat their chests and guarantee that they could defeat Him for sure. On the contrary: there were many who were sure that they couldn't fight against him.

A long time ago, the fairies used to be very strong. They used to have almost 50 real Gods, more than 200 demigods, and thousands of legendary experts in their kingdom. They created a resplendent civilization of magic, the standard of which was too high for even the mages to catch up to.

At that time, there were hundreds of floating islands in the air. This was where the noble fairies lived, overlooking the land. Then, the Kings of the fairies floated above the center of the main dimension, giving out a glorious radiance and aura, like a sun that never set.

Star boats would arrive from every world, having taken a long voyage to reach the ports. The boats would then anchor, their hulls buoyed in the water, rising and falling at the ports of each huge floating island. Countless adventurers and expeditionary forces were sent outward from these ports as well, to extend their tentacles towards countless worlds.

This was a great era, beyond all imagination. It was an advanced civilization with strong appeal.

Then, after the birth of the Master of Mystery, He destroyed the civilization completely. After destroying it, He announced His coming to power throughout all of the Thousand Worlds.

The battle was already a mystery, so none of the Gods uttered a word about it. In fact, most of the Gods didn't know the exact situation of the battle themselves. It had been such a long time ago. Most of the members in the Pantheon Temple were born long after it.

The Gods were immortals, but the Gods could also pass away. Even out of the supreme Four Gods, three had been lost, not to mention numerous other Gods.

For instance, the fairy Gods that were once part of the huge God system which was great and powerful, had all but vanished. Luckily, the current fairy Gods had begun to spring up all over again following that battle.

If Sui Xiong had to pick an opponent among the various Gods (besides the King of Order who no one had the guts to fight against), Sui Xiong was the least confident in fighting against the Master of Mystery. This didn't mean that he was afraid of Him however.

The strength and fortitude of Sui Xiong's nerves grew with each passing day. In fact, it would have been too conservative to describe him as audacious. He would even have the courage to fight his bro if it was necessary, who was strange and had a very different thought pattern.

However, even thinking about fighting with his own bro, and especially out of nowhere, caused him to feel very depressed. Plus, it would be really dangerous!

"Maybe I'm wrong." Wor fixed his gaze towards the direction where the three Gods had disappeared. After a while He said in a low voice, "I got you into some big trouble."

"Trouble?" Sui Xiong smiled. "You are willing to follow me, and that's my honor. How could you be trouble?"

"My clergical knowledge intrinsically means that I know and understand the world, which allows me to explain the world with rationality, but not sensibility. As was said by the Master of Mystery, this is actually an aspect of wisdom," Wor said. "All this time, He has been the only one that possessed such wisdom. Regardless of what tribe or God it may be, whoever was courageous enough to make a move on the clergy, He would launch an attack against them mercilessly.

"But, this time, I broke through a critical point via lowering the threshold of learning, and precipitated the emergence of the clergy of knowledge. The emergence of the clergy signified that wisdom would be separated into a few clergies," Wor sighed. "Even if He still had the clergy of wisdom on hand, the value of the clergy would diminish gradually, causing His deity to degrade."

"Isn't He the God of Magic, too?" Sui Xiong creased his eyebrows and said. "Even if the value of the wisdom clergy were to be diminished, as long as He has a magic clergy on hand, He is worthy of the title of strong divine power. So, does he have to be so calculating, like a miser?"

"I don't know. Maybe He isn't after a strong divine power, but things above even that," Wor said.

Sui Xiong laughed coldly. "Above strong divine power? That would mean the supreme Four Gods! Does He want to fight for the position to rule the world? I never thought He would be so domineering."

"Who knows? But I could clearly feel earlier that He intended to take me in as a God follower, and collaborate with the God of Mage, who was going to be promoted as a God in the future. We would then work together to segregate the two core clergies, wisdom and magic.

"Then, he would control them via the method of the God follower," Wor reminisced as he spoke. "He only sent me one message to explain his plan. If He were to succeed, He would possess strong divine power without taking on any clergy… I don't know what effect it would have, but He most likely intends to pound against the realm above strong divine power."

He thought and shook his head with a bitter smile. "It is meaningless to talk about these things. I wouldn't change my standpoint for His benefit, so His plan wouldn't work. Hence, there is only one choice he has left…"

"War, right?" Sui Xiong smiled coldly. "To knock you, the God of Knowledge, down and to promote a new God of Knowledge as His God follower. Such methods aren't rare among various Gods."

"Yeah… It isn't rare." Wor let out a heavy sigh.

"Come on. Bring it on!" Sui Xiong spat. He ended the conversation with a full stop by saying that tough line.

You want war? Let's go to war then! I am not one that likes to fight, nor am I a coward!

Then, the Void Mask church began preparation for war.

The theme park was still operating as usual but the loyal believers of the church were gathered to partake in military training. Sui Xiong didn't ponder about how to open up his holy kingdom. He built a huge workshop and made sharp weapons and tough defense tools day and night in order to fully arm his believers. The higher ups of the church were like gears that were wound up, spinning on high speed, preparing for the upcoming war.

"Half a year," Leon Igor said, who was the main high priest in the church and Garth city archon. "Give me half a year's time and I will be able to train a 300 strong elite soldier troop. Every one of them will have the capability of an official adventurer."

"I will bring the troop of hundred soldiers for dangerous hunt and battle, to train them as well," Gerald, the leader of the knight group from church said. "They have a sturdy enough foundation and it's time for them to shine!"

Although Snowflake wasn't Sui Xiong's believer, she put in a huge effort too. She went to the Dragon Mountain located at the northeast of the main dimension mainland alone, to visit the giant dragon elderlies. She passed through an application to meet the Majesty of Dragon Emperor. Through the general of the dragon tribe, she was the go-between Sui Xiong and the dragon Gods. She helped form a temporary alliance.

The dragon tribe wasn't on good terms with the Master of Mystery all this time. If there's a chance to cause some trouble for the Master of Mystery, various dragon Gods wouldn't mind lending a hand.

Those who were willing to lend a hand included various orc Gods and human Gods. The two God systems were already originally unsatisfied with the method of the Master of Mystery hoarding on the two main clergies of wisdom and magic. With the lobby of Morani and Javier, the two God systems agreed with Sui Xiong. As long as Sui Xiong could withstand the first initial attack of the Master of Mystery, they would launch an attack from both sides and seize the chance to knock the top expert among all Gods!

As for the Mermaid Princess who was gradually taking control of all ocean in the main dimension, She clearly expressed that She would assist in battle with Her God followers any time if Sui Xiong needed. They would not just be assisting nor holding His opponent back, but fight alongside Sui Xiong and head-on!

On the contrary, the God of Justice was feeling distressed and sighing.

"Bro… I really can't help you with this!" He said sadly. "Dragon, orc, human: these three God systems are either neutral or leaning towards wicked. On the contrary, the Master of Mystery is neutral but leaning towards kindness. My clergy restrains me, I can't help the wicked fight against the kind…"

Sui Xiong could totally understand and accept this. Like the saying went, "One has to compromise in this world." If the God of Justice helped the wicked Gods fight against the kind Gods, where would "justice" derive from?

However, although He couldn't make a move directly, the God of Justice put in some effort. He went to visit the Master of Mystery, and intended to persuade the expert that shared the same level to not make it difficult for his bro.

The Master of Mystery warmly received Him but didn't give any promises at the end.

It was clear to see that the strong God had decided, no matter how many obstacles, or how troublesome, He wouldn't change His mind.

The arrival of war was merely a matter of time…