Cthulhu Gonfalon

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

In a famous Chinese movie called Kung Fu Hustle, the leading actor, Stephen Chow had a line: "Hearing the whistle of the cloud-crossing arrow, thousands of troops rush to the battlefield."

The line was appropriate for this moment.

The God of Fear was the only leader who stood out to shoulder the main responsibilities among the evil gods. His order wasn't as simple as a cloud-crossing arrow. When his order was issued, even the whole Ring of the World was shaken. In countless worlds, all kinds of evil gods took actions.

A certain god monopolized a world, and he made the whole world like a jar that was filled with venomous insects. The venomous insects in the jar had to fight each other until only one insect survived. He advocated the survival of the fittest, so all races in his world killed each other madly. Even in a family, the members didn't have any close relationships. In their mind, there was only one word, "stronger." At the end of their trips of becoming "stronger," they would be transformed into Oracles and become that god's reserved soldiers.

Usually, this god was high above, overlooking the world from the clouds. From time to time, he gave the mortals some miracles or trained one or two masters who had no backgrounds. By doing that, he could stir up the "water" of the whole world, so that the world could become more chaotic and the battles could be more frequent. From the battles, he could pick out more talents.

However, today, this high god above was worried. He brought more than half of his subordinates, rushing to the vicinity of the Main Plane to gather in response to the great God of Fear's order.

In another world, good and evil were upside down, and the order was chaotic. All kinds of creatures didn't have parents, because they were born by the sense of natural magic. They were born to be fierce and aggressive, treating tyranny and hate as good and kindness and generosity as evil. They continually attacked indiscriminately without a clue of what they were actually doing. They just spent time and energy on conspiracies and killings.

In this world, a god was as happy as a duck to water. He constantly created a variety of warlike creatures, asking them to fight and kill, and then he enjoyed those chaotic killings and robberies.

However, the order of the God of Fear came.

That unwilling god wanted to resist it. However, after repeated consideration, he still obeyed the order, sending his strongest avatar to respond to the call.

In another world, at first glance, everything was in order. However, in this orderly world, some unusual individuals often appeared. Those unusual individuals had unimaginable power to trample on the order of society and act wildly. All other kinds of creatures in the world couldn't deal with them, so they could only accept their actions. Fortunately, such horrible individuals usually only existed for a short period of time. The people in that world simply believed that it was an irresistible natural disaster, so they just put up with it.

For example, now, a three-headed dog was raging in the southern part of the world. Its three heads spurted flames, poisonous smoke, and storms, and it was killing and destroying everywhere and everything with self-pride.

However, just at this moment, its body suddenly froze.

After a few seconds, the horrible three-headed dog barked, turned into black smoke and quickly disappeared into the sky. He was running wildly, rushing to the Main Plane of the Matter World to respond to the call of the great leader of the evil gods.

Although it interrupted the entertainment that this creature had long wanted to indulge in, the order of the great leader of the evil gods was absolute. No one could violate his order.

In another world, evil dragons were constantly raging inside. The power of the mortals wasn't strong enough to confront the dragons, so only the Knights of Apocalypse could fight against the dragons. When the dragons came out to do evil things, some knights would receive Oracles, and then they would go to fight against the dragons. Most of the knights would be dead in the battles. Only a few knights would come home alive with severe wounds to tell people that they defeated the dragons.

At this moment, a knight just killed an evil dragon. He was seriously injured, lying in blood all over the ground. He was totally exhausted and breathing hard. He didn't have the strength to take off his armor to relax.

"You are very good!" a gloomy voice came. The knight hurriedly turned to look in the direction of the voice and saw the rock wall inside the dragon cave wriggling. A strange creature came out.

The appearance of the creature was difficult to describe, but it exuded a heart-shattering majesty. It looked at the knight who had lost his combat ability with creepy eyes.

"Well, I'm so happy to make this decision!" The creature didn't mean to talk to the knight in detail. It just waved its paws, and the knight saw that the huge corpse of the evil dragon next to him quickly melted into blood; the blood was infiltrating his body.

"What… what is happening?!" the knight yelled in horror. He tried to struggle, but it didn't help. After a while, all the blood went into his body, and then he felt a strong force emerging from within. Gradually, his mind blurred.

The knight had a strong will, and that allowed him to continue to resist the erosion of that weird power. However, what made him desperate was that he saw his body beginning to change. His hands became claws, his body grew bigger, and he had black scales.

After a while, the knight who had killed the evil dragon wasn't in the dragon cave anymore. Now, only a new-born evil dragon was roaring angrily, confronting the lingering ambiguity in its mind.

Its instinct told it that it should leave the dragon cave and go out to kill and destroy. However, another strong will in its mind stopped it from doing so.

"Well, let me see how long this dragon-killer can last," the creature said, smirking. "Compared to the boring dragon-killing game, this is the most satisfying thing!"

However, before the knight's last remaining will disappeared, the creature changed his expression and frowned.

"Damn! Why at this time!"

He complained, but he didn't dare to stay here any longer. The creature's figure quickly faded.

On the outer side of the world, a strangely distorted dragon was complaining. He spread his wings and flew toward the location decided by the God of Fear.

Just as the dragon-killers were powerless to disobey, this one couldn't disobey the great God of Fear.

Similar situations were happening in one world after another, in the kingdoms of the evil gods.

Most evil gods responded to the call of the God of Fear, hurriedly rushing to the edge of the Main Plane, the gathering place mentioned in the order.

Of course, there were always exceptions to everything. Some evil gods didn't care about the order of the God of Fear.

"It's really interesting. What makes this guy have the illusion that he can order me?" the God of Aristocracy said. She was sitting in her own palace, reading the message that she had solidified with her Divine Power. Her mouth slightly tilted, and her face was filled with a disdainful smile.

As a member of the Human God System, she could totally ignore the God of Fear!

After thinking for a while, the God of Aristocracy couldn't help but smile. She took the message with her to visit the God of Light.

"Your Majesty, I just got a message," she reported, presenting the message.

The God of Light swept his gaze over the message that was solidified into a crystal shape. His two thick eyebrows were slightly closer together, and a deep wrinkle appeared between his eyebrows.

"This guy's hand stretches a little further," he said. "He is going to do some big thing now, so I will not embarrass him for the time being. When it is over, I have to remind him not to always aim at others' homes."

He said that simply, but his words naturally had a convincing power. The God of Aristocracy hurriedly bowed her head, but she couldn't help but laugh secretly in her heart.

To be honest, she never liked that arrogant and rude guy! The God of Fear was just a common guy, but how could he be so arrogant to call himself the leader of the Alliance of Evil Gods? What actually gave him such confidence?

Ridiculous!

A leader of an alliance should be like the God of Light, leading an ethnic group from weak to strong. In the future, the group would continue to progress indefinitely, being destined to shine. The God of Light could even become the hero who would rule the whole world. Such a man was eligible to be a leader of an alliance!

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"This guy is mad again!" the Orc's God of Assassination said. He handed the message that he had turned into a piece of leather to His Majesty, Lefon, the Sky Devourer Canine. He said to Lefon with dissatisfaction, "I am the Orc's God of Assassination, and it's none of his business!"

"Some people always feel good about themselves, always," Lefon said, smiling. His finger flipped through the order, and the leather was burned to ashes. "The God of Fear isn't like this from today on. He has always been like this."

"This is not the case!" the World-Ring Snake said, opening his eyes. He was the oldest god among the Orc gods, one of the only remaining two gods of the Six Giant Orc Gods created by the Ancestor God. He had just woken recently. "We Orcs didn't mean to be the leader of the evil gods, but we can't tolerate the provocation of others!"

Lefon immediately bowed his head, paying tribute to this elder. "I understand. I will arrange my subordinates as soon as possible to teach that rude guy a lesson!" he said.

The huge head of the World-Ring Snake gently nodded, and his only eye that was bigger than a mountain was slowly closed. He said, "Be careful. Victory will always belong to a cautious warrior."

After that, he fell into a deep sleep again. No one knew when he would wake up again.

The Human God System and the Orc God System were really angry. Compared to them, the War God System was really happy. The God of War patted the shoulder of the God of Strategy, laughing and praising the God of Strategy.

"Your guess was completely right. The guy really couldn't make it. He is asking us for help!"

"The tone was a bit uncomfortable," the God of Battle said with dissatisfaction. "Damn, this guy doesn't know what politeness is."

"He has always been like this, are you still not used to it?" the God of War said indifferently. "Ask everyone to get prepared. Let's go!"

"Your Majesty, do we really have to respond to that damn call?" the Goddess of Pirates said, frowning. "We will lose our honor!"

"Honor? I don't care, as long as we can fight happily!" The words were naturally said by the God of Berserker.

The God of War waved his hand, preventing the subordinates from quarreling. He said, "Don't quarrel! This time, we are not going to help that idiot, but instead look for an opportunity to see if we can get some benefits! Did you forget? In the damn sanctuary, there is always something that we may want!"

The war gods no longer argued. They looked at each other and then left, going to prepare for the battle.

After a while, the mighty army left the God's Kingdom on a huge battleship, heading straight to the sanctuary.