Chapter 482
Anubis of Egypt, the only one of the four Death God a dog, said, "Those like Ra, the four gods of Yama— no, the three gods— the Sun of the Americas, and Ahura of Persia, don't have this kind of trouble..."
The Norse, Egypt, India, Aztec, Persia, and Canaan —this is the current alliance of the Death God.
Anubis's reason for not mentioning Mot was simple: he knew that if it weren't for certain reasons, Mot would have been locked in a life-or-death struggle with Baal long ago.
Just as the Death God were discussing, a black liquid carrying the smell of decaying Bronze rust gushed out from behind a door.
The rustling sound is the mournful cry of a living thing dying.
The four Death God immediately became serious, for this was a sign of the appearance of their current leader Mot.
Soon, the silver-haired Death God emerged from the black liquid, glanced at the remaining door, and said without any emotion:
"Asto Vidatu, it has returned to its seat."
"... What?"
"The London plan has failed; Moriarty has been exposed."
"Is London's combat strength really that high? Could it be that other Divine Servant have appeared in this New Era...?"
Yama and Anubis frowned bitterly. The two gods had a good relationship with Asto Vidatu because they both used dogs as symbols. As for Hel, they would not say it aloud. The symbol of Tezcatlipoca was the owl.
A few seconds later--
"The daughter of the Yomi from Japan, she was in London at the time."
As if not intentionally concealing something, Mot said this, and then the gods' gazes turned to Hel, because Hel had recently accepted the mission to bring back Erice, but had failed.
"Useless."
"So noisy!"
Hel retorted to Tezcatlipoca, who was looking down at her, "That guy has a very strange guy by his side. I can't say exactly what, but it's highly likely that guy is behind it all..."
Odin? Surtr? And herself? Hel couldn't understand why Utsumi Erice Izanami and a symbol of death in Japan, possessed such power. Could it be some strange myth created by humans?
Ignoring the reactions of the remaining Death God, Mot entered the black liquid on his own and returned to the door.
"It seems there isn't enough time to summarize death."
He murmured.
Meanwhile, Yama and Anubis, watching Mot's departing figure, were having a silent conversation.
"Don't mess it up."
"Oh dear, you mean I might make some kind of mistake?"
In Persia mythology, Yama is Jamshid, so when Asto Vidatu returned, Yama was naturally able to perceive Asto Vidatu's reaction at that time.
So that's how it is, the Holy Spirit of Persia...
Wait a minute, that familiar aura? Asto Vidatu, are you mistaken? Isn't this the pure, supreme, eternally merciful Kavia, the Aspected God in our Indian Pantheon? Don't try to fool me! But, Aspected God, you've finally been found! Lord Durga has been waiting for you for so long...
Yama's distracting thoughts vanished after just a few steps, leaving only his Deity instincts.
The Aspected God Kavia could not possibly be an enemy of the world and humanity; in other words, only those who oppose Him are evil. I could not be evil either. Therefore, the Answer is quite obvious: this guy Mot is harboring some kind of evil intention.
As for Anubis, he was quite nonchalant, responding to Yama's request with the attitude of "Since you've said so, I'll grant your request."
Then, Anubis crossed his forepaws and called to the desert.
Od erupted from the wasteland like a volcanic eruption, releasing abrupt and immensely powerful energy into the air towards the 'gate' to which he and Yama belonged. The sound of the collision was not the sound of Divine Power colliding with the gate of concepts.
Instead, it was like Giants violently crashing into a building, or a deafening roar like witnessing a bomb exploding up close.
After the light dissipated.
Yama and Anubis have disappeared.
"Oh dear, what are you two doing? You're actually going to destroy the gate that supplies Od? Are you planning to return to your seats? But why didn't you tell me first? I would have given you a proper send-off, after all, we've known each other for so many years."
Mot raised one eyebrow with amusement.
"Here it is..."
Yama gazed at the world beyond the door, a vast expanse of silver, with only an endless expanse of silver earth and a pitch-black sky as far as the eye could see.
"The Himalayas Mountains?! Mot, who gave you the audacity to trespass on the Himalayas Mountains, the abode of my god!"
At this moment, the doubts about the plan's failure were overshadowed in Yama's heart by the Wrath Mot, the Canaan god, atop the Himalayas Mountains.
In religion, the summit of the Himalayas Mountains is considered the center of the world, the axis of the Universe, and the source of four Taiga.
"Heh. You really are loyal. Anyone who didn't know better would think you were actually Vritra. But why should I answer you?"
"Wrong..."
Anubis stopped in his tracks, a look of doubt on his face, and voiced his question.
He noticed.
Yama, having regained his composure, also noticed it.
This place is gradually being transformed into Temple, equivalent to a human workshop.
Modern Magecraft build Workshop, while Magecraft in the mythological era build Temple.
This is not simply a matter of upward compatibility, because modern Magecraft is fundamentally different from Magecraft in the mythological era, which is inevitable.
"You actually turned the Himalayas Mountains into your own Temple!"
For this reason, Yama was Wrath.
"Damn it, Mot, you're utterly courting death! I'm going to strip your Divine Core off and use it as an apology to the Goddess Kavia and Durga!"
Yama's body blurred.
That was an incredible speed that even the eyes of Deity, amplified to their limits, could not capture. It completely disregarded the efficiency of continuing the battle, unleashing a divine strike infused with killing intent, attacking relentlessly and without any regard for the consequences.
It was just a little slow.
A click sounded.
A 'door' appeared before Yama, the very door that had once provided him with the Od to survive in this world, from which a great deal of black liquid flowed forth.
"Fantasy and Magecraft are fundamentally different, but my case requires fantasy, because to give form to something that is essentially formless can only be fantasy."
Mot said calmly, "However, in my purpose, fantasy must resonate in everyone's heart. Although everyone has different fantasies, it is precisely because it is the number one thing that people's fantasies can embody a more powerful force."
Everyone knows that the world's highest peak is the Himalayas Mountains, and many people dream of climbing to the top.
"Moreover, it is truly a place of ascension to heaven; there is no place in the world more deserving of that title."
Mot told the Death Gods that he wanted to end the 'false' era and allow humanity to return to its original perfection, which was why the Death Gods had previously joined forces with him. However, this was just a lie. The real reason was that Mot planned to consolidate the Authority of all the Death God in the world.
In the 2011 Global Holy Grail War, he used the Authority of the contract he inherited from El to destroy the Aviation Holy Land Cape Canaveral, thereby blocking the spirit of human exploration and facilitating the collection of the Death God Authority from the Holy Grail War at that time.
Unfortunately, the Holy Grail War was ended by Manazuru Chitose when they were just six short, and Izanami also failed to succeed. Therefore, Mot resorted to such methods.
Once the Authority death is collected from all over the world, and given that Mot's years-long transformation of the Himalayas Mountains into the 'Tower of Babel for a new Planet' is nearing completion, obtaining the final fragment, the Authority of Death God from the Japan Kingdom, will create Reality Marble covering the entire Solar System, and even the Milky Way.
Mot intended to use this to become the true Ancient of Days Canaan and even the New World.
Of course, he was unaware that El was still operating in the shadows.
El's appearance previously was essentially a direct manifestation of his true abilities because of Novia himself.
Therefore, his most troublesome opponent at the moment is Amanominaka, who was originally allied with Akihabara but split due to their different attitudes toward Amenominaka and is now stationed in the Holy Grail System. As for Erice and the others who have returned to Akihabara, he has already called on the underwater Drone to attack them.
"The Deity who once resided here was indeed unparalleled, even Baal was inferior to him. It's a pity he's no longer here, and this place has become a no-man's-land, the best sacrifice representing the end times. I never imagined he would be so foolish as to allow three other people to sit with him. How utterly foolish!"
Mot snapped his fingers, and Yama looked up at him.
Many stars twinkled around the Himalayas Mountains, and the pure white Sun appeared at the same time.
"You, whose divinity is merely approaching that of Chief God, and who hasn't even been recognized by the Canaan pantheon... how dare you criticize the god Canaanite?"
"Yeah?"
Mot smiled faintly, "If it weren't for Anat, I would already be the god-king of Canaan."
"But you are not, you never have been, and no one will admit it."
"I am the Sons of El, the rightful heir after Yam, no one is more qualified than me, even Baal fears me!"
After making this judgment, Mot calmly unleashed the Od of the Himalayas Mountains Temple, and tens of thousands of lightning bolts appeared. They were lightning arrays arranged in the shape of cumulonimbus clouds, and each lightning bolt had the destructive power to sweep away a Servant with a light touch.
Mot, the embodiment of death and a storm of destruction, who spreads Thunderbolt around him, is Deity who has usurped Baal's Authority.
But Yama was not afraid, even though he and Anubis had been stripped of their Authority over death and could only wait for their demise.
In the next instant, amidst the tens of thousands of lightning bolts surrounding the Himalayas Mountains, all the lightning vanished completely, and time stood still.
This doesn't seem like something Mot would do.
But besides 'Baal', who else could instantly stop those thousands of Thunderbolt?
There is also Typhon, the Dragon Kind who rivals Zeus, whose Authority was seized from the chief god of Greek Mythology and can be restrained.
"You are the Cosmos-Rending Thunder."
The swirling Thunderbolt ripped through the Thunderbolt, painted red and black, a tangible manifestation of the destructive force that evaporated the world. The vortex, defying the laws of physics, vibrated with gravity, allowing no existence to stand in its way. The moisture in the atmosphere instantly dried up, and everything decomposed into molecules.
Afterwards, the Himalayas Mountains returned to tranquility, leaving only Mot there.
After an unknown amount of time, Mot burst into laughter.
"Hahaha, Dionysus, you won't be so lucky next time you devour the fragments of Typhon. This time, I'll spare you this time, since everything I do is based on your plans, son of Zeus. Just watch carefully as I ascend to the eternal throne that even Zeus couldn't reach!"
"Call."
On the shore not far from the Himalayas Mountains, Dionysus, who lived on Kuchiki and sat in a small fishing boat, looked at the paralyzed middle-aged man beside him and the unconscious Anubis with his tongue lolling out, then opened a bottle of Wine and drank it down in large gulps.
"Is that guy Mot trying to discard you after you've served your purpose? You two are long-time employees... I didn't expect him to even seize Authority. I think it's about time you two went back to your seats. I didn't expect to spend so little Divine Aura to save something of little value."
"... Go to Akihabara."
Yama spoke, "Dionysus, if you wish to achieve victory, then listen to me."
"Oh? And the reason?"
"Because the god Kavia was there."
Chapter 500 The Tunguska Event.
"If you keep sailing through the sea, where will you eventually end up?"
Countless adventurers have bravely challenged the ultimate Answer to this question in the past.
Although most adventurers are swept away by the fierce sea, some venture into distant New World or make new discoveries, connecting sea routes and linking the arteries of civilization.
Erik the Red came from Europe to colonize and develop Greenland.
And the son of Erik the Red, they traveled all the way to the northeastern part of North America, to the land they called 'Vinland', to 'Leef Eric'.
There are also the ancestors of the Western Asia who traveled across many islands in the South Pacific in canoes that were not much different from rafts, and were sometimes carried by ocean currents for thousands of kilometers.
Christopher Columbus, the conqueror who never gave up on his dream, boarded the famous Santa Maria ship to the other side of the Western Ocean, reached the ends of the earth, and rediscovered New World.
The Vasco da Gama crossed the Cape of Good Hope and pioneered the route to India. Speaking of the Cape of Good Hope, it is located at the southernmost tip of the Africa continent and was the most dangerous sea area during the Age of Exploration. It was here that Captain Dutchman, Servant of Ahasuerus, perished and became a ghost ship.
Next came Ferdinand Magellan, whose fleet circumnavigated the world. Although he himself tragically died en route, his great voyage led people to definitively declare that the world is not flat, but a sphere. Humanity finally realized that its own Earth, like the moon or Mars, is one of the stars orbiting in the same sky.
For humanity as a whole, the most representative 'navigator' is probably the first person in Human History to set foot on the moon.
Unfortunately, the Holy Grail War swept the globe, and with the establishment of the New Era, the grand dreams that people envisioned during the Apollo spacecraft era—the dreams of exploring the Universe —were no longer there. The New World Beyond the Sea, the distant horizon, and the boundless Universe —in the past, humanity had repeatedly explored unknown spaces. But now, humanity no longer has the opportunity to go to places more distant than the moon, and even the New World Beyond the Sea remains unreachable.
Everything explored in the old era was transformed into legends that took place in the distant past within just ten years.
Modern New Humanity can only understand the world of the past through surviving video interpretations, viewing it as mythology.
At this very moment.
In the old Russia region, a large area of Siberia has risen up, long since swallowed up by the rising sea level.
A colossal ship sailed leisurely forward, its sloping mast protruding from the bow, as if threatening any approaching enemy.
The gently curving hull appears very heavy, and the towering sterncastle gives it a fortress-like presence, creating a strong sense of oppression in its surroundings.