The Most Ancient Human God Slayer

As her clear voice echoed through the streets of Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, a petite blonde girl leaped from a tree dappled with sunlight, landing steadily as her long black dress swayed in the breeze.

The little girl smiled at Rovi in front of her.

It was an expression of anticipation mixed with happiness.

Without a doubt, the girl named Abigail came in search of Rovi.

Her interactions with Rovi were minimal, almost nonexistent. However, for those Divine Favor, or for incarnations of evil gods, being interested in someone never required much contact.

Not to mention, Rovi had already absorbed the combined power of several evil gods during the Great Qin and then nurtured that power into the ' Core of Chaos ', was no different from his kind in the eyes of the evil gods.

Furthermore, they are not of the same kind as ordinary ones.

You could even say it's the superiors, the source.

It is the manifestation of ' Azathoth'—

"Big brother... seems to have become more complete?" Abigail tilted her head, her smile innocent yet sweet.

But Rovi appeared very serious.

So serious that even Aika, standing next to him, tilted her head, revealing her confusion... Over the past few days, through one assassination attempt after another, Rovi had always remained extremely calm, and even when he occasionally performed an outstanding action, he would at most offer a word of praise.

Aika had never seen Rovi with that expression before.

That serious, focused expression, as if facing a formidable enemy...

The little girl across from me.

"As expected... it's quite special, isn't it?" A smile unconsciously appeared on Aika's face.

"... What's wrong, big brother?" Abigail also a little confused.

Then they all heard Rovi speak, "No. That's not right."

"Not an older brother."

"You should call me Grandpa, 'Abby'."

Aika: "?"

"Huh!?" The blonde girl was stunned.

"You are the favor of Yog-Sothoth, the embodiment of Yog-Sothoth, the manifestation of the Primordial Eternal."

"Look who I am!" Rovi pointed upwards.

Abby subconsciously looked up in the direction he was pointing and saw the chaotic mist and the 'core' within it that she had noticed long ago.

"The Core of Chaos, Azathoth..."

"That's more like it!" Rovi clapped his hands.

He said seriously, "According to the relationship, Azathoth created the original the Three Great Gods, of Yog-Sothoth was one. The Primordial Eternal were an 'incarnation' conceived by Yog-Sothoth."

"You call me 'big brother,' which messes up the generational hierarchy."

"Should you call me grandpa—or do you want to be your own grandma?"

"..."

Abigail was seeing stars and was a little confused.

Aika, standing nearby, remained silent.

All I can say is...

Rovi's thinking is indeed unconventional.

"No, that's not right!" Abby struggled to speak, "Big brother, you're not Grandpa Azathoth!"

"You say it's not, so it's not? Who can prove it?"

Rovi laughed, "Why don't you call out to Azathoth and see if He answers?"

They're very good at deceiving children.

OK.

Aika smiled and said softly, "Mr. Rovi, are you trying to provoke her... or rather, provoke those ' Old Ones ' you mentioned?"

"Try speaking, the Nameless Chaos being isn't so easily angered." Rovi didn't deny his own thoughts.

He was trying to provoke those bizarre beings whose Dark Side of the Universe was manifesting, existing outside the universe.

In a mocking manner.

In a mocking manner.

What Old Ones... Now, haven't I already stolen a portion of the Source's power?

"I am 'Taiyi' and the ' Core of Chaos '. This is something that no one can deny."

Rovi lowered his hands, and from above and behind him, enormous chaotic tentacles slowly spread out, enveloping all directions, as if he were immersed in the vast Star River and universe. Invisible whispers rang out, and the myriad divine treasures of the immortals held at the tips of the tentacles shone with dazzling light.

Expanding and revealing itself, at this moment, heaven and earth seemed to be swallowed up and replaced; the houses in the distance completely disappeared, and the city of Tokyo beneath our feet also vanished.

To alter the world, to overwrite the present time and space.

Similar to Reality Marble, yet different, because the power that Rovi displayed was a true, temporary alteration of the stellar environment.

They traced their place back to the early days of the planet's creation.

This is a manifestation of the primordial order, and even more so, the power of the Star-making God.

Here, Rovi has the freedom to unleash his full power without fear of the world collapsing.

"Hmm... Big brother, are you lying to me?" Abigail looked around. Even though time and space had briefly reversed and the world had been briefly reshaped, she was still standing here, with the illusory tree with its hazy light and shadow still standing behind her.

She suddenly realized, "So the game has already started? Is the big brother playing a game with Abby? Abby really likes this kind of game!"

"Big brother, be careful! Don't get killed!"

A snap.

Beneath the brim of Abigail's round hat, above her smooth forehead where her golden hair had fallen loose, a dark keyhole slowly emerged.

A sound like a key turning came from it.

Then came the vibration.

The 'tree' behind me slowly unfolded its branches and spread out, transforming in the blink of an eye into a huge, mottled, flowing gate, standing amidst the vast Star River universe.

"They're here—"

A look of eagerness appeared in Rovi's eyes.

Behind that door lies, without a doubt, the place where Yog-Sothoth, the ' Key of the Gate,' resides.

It should be the cracks outside the universe that the Old Ones have accumulated and stored.

They still cannot manifest in their true form.

It still cannot manifest much power.

But the remaining gaze cast through this doorway must also be incredibly powerful.

It was precisely because it was highly likely to cause chaos that Rovi manifested his power, on par with the Star-making God, early on, preparing a stage for them.

That is why Rovi prepared the best stage for them.

Come--

Kill me.

Or, let me smash your dog heads!

Rovi smiled.

"Huh—?" Amidst the sudden jolt and swaying, Sajyou Manaka let out a surprised exclamation.

She found herself levitating; she noticed that Rovi beside her had vanished without her noticing, replaced by a gigantic figure.

Atlantis called it ' Machine God ', while China called it ' Pangu '.

Machinery, the Mechanical Body.

Crown of Domination!

The dazzling light illuminated the extreme heavens, and although this space was briefly covered and retraced, it was still felt in the present world.

In the west, the Britannia, Rome, Greece, Gaul and other regions, shining brightly like a rainbow spanning the sky.

"Lord Rovi, you've finally deigned to show up?" In the Platinum Palace of Britannia, Artoria smiled.

In Rome, within the former palaces of the Roman Empire, now resplendent and magnificent after a period of renovation, Nero sat upon his throne, a broad smile on his face, "Hmm, hmm, my lord, this time I won't join the fun—"

Nero Claudius did not choose to go to see Rovi.

Because she believed she had already won Rovi's first time, she planned to present herself as the final victor.

Make all her competitors fall at her feet!

This is the demeanor befitting King of the World...

"The glory of our Lord shines upon the earth once more!"

In Gaul, a saint holding the France flag kneels on one knee in the mountains, with countless France troops formed to resist the Hunnic invasion behind her.

Across the mountain range where he stood, someone let out a wanton sneer, "Is all that foolish saintess knows how to do is kneel and worship?"

The young and beautiful figure, dressed in black armor, looked exactly like the saintess opposite her, but their auras were completely different.

They were all Jeanne.

One is a saint with a noble heart to save the country, while the other is a witch who longs for revenge after being persecuted.

Of course, the only similarity is that they are still religious believers.

They believe in one God, one Lord.

Yes, at this very moment, even the witch Jeanne of Arc is kneeling—

Attila, above her, glanced sideways at the witch she had 'subdued,' her dark, naked body remaining unmoved, her delicate and heroic face showing little change.

"Bad Girl, Rovi..."

Whispering softly, harboring longing.

"The prey has appeared again! By the will of the Artemis, Goddess of the Moon, this time I will surely succeed in hunting you, Rovi!" In the land of Greece, the hunter Lord of Arcadia Paradise revealed his tiger teeth.

"Hahaha, is that guy still in that place in the east?"

"Rovi, you didn't leave Japan? That's really unexpected—or is it just that you're blind to what's right under your nose?"

"Hahaha, what is that wild dog up to now?"

"..."

As the specifications of the Star-making God became apparent, unusual movements occurred in various places, and the figures of Servant once again converged on Japan.

But the most significant changes ultimately occurred in the Divine Land, which is closest to Japan and most closely connected to the ' Core of Chaos '.

Ancient and vast land, mountains and rivers.

After a long period of silence, the 'pan' has experienced its first and most intense upheaval since the last earth-shattering world change.

"I need to solidify the existence of the 'plate'... It seems that this time, I have no choice but to let you go!" Yu Ji, residing high in the heavens, was slightly unwilling, but still looked down. "Give him to me, and take him back to the Central Plains!"

Hmm—I'll give it a try!

"Ereshkigal, wait, I want to go too!"

"Ishtar, what are you doing following me here?"

"Don't forget, that guy still owes me a huge debt!"

The sound echoed from beneath the earth.

The starry sea remains vast, and in the primordial landscape of the world's beginning, the three forms of Rovi— the Core of Chaos, the Machine God, and the Primordial Human —reunite once again.

Aika, inside the furnace core on the chest of the machine, beside Rovi, scanned up, down, left, and right, her eyes slightly bright, yet also somewhat troubled.

This...

"How can I kill him?"

Even with the insight to connect to the root cause, they were stumped for a moment.

"All you need to do is think about killing my human form." Rovi chuckled, but then added, "Of course, maybe you can just not think about anything at all."

"Hmm? Is Mr. Rovi planning to end this game here?" Aika tilted her head.

"This isn't the end; it's the beginning of an even more interesting game—don't you want to see what my 'death' represents?"

"Hmm, I'm very interested!"

"Then let's wait and see!" Rovi turned his gaze to the other side.

The Void Tree, dappled with light and shadow, opened the gates to the starry sky, from which countless tentacles extended and emerged, and countless indescribable figures appeared behind those gates.

"Big brother, don't die!"

"You're the one who has to play this game first."

"If your big brother dies, Abby won't talk to you anymore—"

Abigail's body shape also changed during this process.

The original black dress had long since disappeared, and countless jet-black seaweeds surrounded her figure, vaguely outlining her delicate and slender body. Her exposed legs had a faint bluish tinge to their skin, and the slightly outlined curves were concealed under the black fabric, yet invisible, wriggling tentacles extended from behind her.

It no longer takes on a human form; it is now in the form of an ' Old Ones '.

The evil god of childhood.

The form of the juvenile form of the Primordial Eternal, Tavel At Umur.

The Primordial Eternal resides in the massive stone base behind the First Silver Key, the gateway to the ultimate abyss of the universe. She guards the path to the ultimate abyss—the location of the cosmic interlayers accumulated by the Old Ones.

They are both guardians.

Naturally, this door can also be opened appropriately.

To moderately Projection the shadow of the Old Ones into the present world.

Don't die.

Don't stop here.

No, you can't...

"Death is a good thing." Rovi shook his head, shaking off Abigail's ramblings from his mind.

"Evil gods—"

"Your ancestor, I have arrived!"

The furnace spewed forth, and countless lights and shadows flowed around it.

The Core of Chaos remained huddled in place, not moving forward; the massive Mechanical Body merely displayed the world as it existed before creation.

Neither of them actually made a move.

The only one who actually made a move was Rovi, and among the three, only the humanoid Rovi had the relatively weak defense.

"Big brother, aren't we going to join forces?" Abigail tilted her head, looking puzzled.

Rovi stepped on the fiery lava, traversing a landscape resembling swirling nebulae, facing the ' Star Gate ' ahead.

He said, "There's no need for us to join forces. I'm enough as I am."

Although Abigail no longer looked the same as before, her delicate and lovely face was still slightly puffed up, and she still had a bit of childish displeasure. "Big brother, do you look down on me?"

"Yes, you're right." Rovi spread his hands. "Sorry, I wasn't targeting anyone—"

"I mean, everyone here is trash!"

The wind whistled and swirled around them.

The unseen whispers and the mental shock instantly reached Rovi's consciousness.

Expansion, surging, confusion, disarray, bewilderment...

Endless thoughts surged forth in an instant.

The nebula is shrouded in mist.

In the human brain, Rovi also appeared at times.

The Old Ones, as the Dark Side of the Universe, are no longer within the universe. Therefore, the realm they truly control at this moment is not in reality, but in the realm of spirit and consciousness.

It drives people crazy.

It leads people to destruction without their realizing it.

Even gods cannot withstand their intrusion, and even the gods among gods cannot resist their terror.

Because their babbling is all-pervasive, their mere presence can plunge everything into madness and collapse with just a glance.

Who can look directly into the void beyond the starry sky?

Who can look up into the abyss beyond the universe?

"Have you guys forgotten...?"

"I am the most ancient God Slayer!"

Rovi's smile remained unchanged, and his appearance remained the same.

He closed his eyes.

He observes with his consciousness.

Looking at the Old Ones beyond the Star Gate ahead, and even more so at Abigail standing before him at this moment.

"I know the shadow of the past still looms over the world, and I know you are always troubling us."

Rovi had cleansed the Six Heavens Old Ghost of Shenzhou and eradicated the traces left by the Old Ones. In addition, with the protection of the ancestral god of Shenzhou in the universe, that ancient land was never disturbed again after that.

That place is only in China.

Only Divine Land Huaxia.

The ancestral gods and saints could contend with the Old Ones, but even they were extremely strained. They could only protect the Divine Land, not the entire Earth.

So, even after more than two thousand years, many places have still suffered from invasion.

The accidents that result from this are countless.

Abigail, the protagonist of the ' Witch Trial Incident,' is being dragged into the abyss and gradually becoming the incarnation of the Old Ones, needless to say.

Japanese painter Katsushika Hokusai, European painter Van Gogh... Besides them, in Japan and the West, there were also many people with sensitive minds and surging inspirations who went mad after coming into contact with the Old Ones.

The shadow of the old gods lingers in the depths of time and space.

It is difficult to eliminate.

It's hard to get rid of.

"You were scared back then, weren't you?"

"What—?" Abby was a little confused.

"When you were still human, when you were still human, you should feel fear when facing unknowable disasters."

Rovi walked slowly forward.

The confusion in his mind did not hinder his thinking; on the contrary, it made his consciousness even clearer at this moment.

What is the Primordial Human?

The earliest and purest human being is both a saint and a villain, both a man and a woman, both an old man and a child... Everything has a beginning, and all people have a source.

Rovi is the origin of this 'person'.

Therefore, he can empathize with a person.

So at this moment, Abigail's eyes widened slightly.

She is now a Old Ones.

He is Yog-Sothoth's human successor.

Looking back on the past.

The tragedy that occurred in the Americas in 1692, and the circumstances surrounding it.

Abigail Williams was indeed terrified at that time.

As a pure Puritan.

As a devout believer who reveres God.

But they were targeted by an evil god...

Who can remain calm?

Not to mention that she looked just as innocent, young, and frail back then as she does now.

At that time, she had longed for the Lord's salvation countless times.

At that time, she had hoped countless times that the Lord's glory would shine upon her.

At that time,

She longed for the light she would see in this moment.

Even though Abigail no longer needed saving, she still stood there stunned when facing Rovi.

After all, she only has the 'future' of becoming an ' Primordial Eternal '.

Not yet.

She is now Abigail Williams.

Human beings are more numerous than the ancient gods.

Move forward from here.

Rovi passed through the guardian who held the first silver key gate leading to the ultimate abyss of the universe.

He stood in front of the door, 'looking' at the pairs of eerie, dark 'eyes' behind it.

He felt the increasingly chaotic consciousness in his mind.

Evil gods, indescribable.

Evil gods should not be gazed upon.

At this moment.

Rovi stood in front of the Star Gate, facing the gaze of the Old Ones, and slowly opened his eyes.

He blocked something indescribable.

It will also gather together a chaotic mass.

He wants to overwhelm the Old Ones with his consciousness.

Tell the evil gods through your own actions.

"Humans are not your toys."

"Neither do we."

This moment.

Rovi's eyes had long since become a blur.

Amidst the chaos, a faint light flickered.

The vast world.

Like a flickering ember in the wind and rain...

Illuminating the world.

"I think I had a dream?"

"Me too."

Did you cry?

"I dreamt that light was shining upon the world..."

"Father, what's wrong?"

"Well, no, I'm fine—strange, do Servant dream too?"

"..."

On this day, countless people dreamt of the light and shadow beyond the starry sky.

At this time.

Japan.

Inside the Ise Grand Shrine, which Amaterasu, a grand initiation ceremony is underway.

A bonfire burned, and a witch dressed in white and red robes leaped among the flames.

Legend has it that this is from an ancient era in ancient Japan.

Amaterasu Omikami was hiding behind a rock when she was heartbroken. It was only Amaterasu Omikami the goddess of dance danced that Amaterasu appeared from the rock.

After that.

The rituals for summoning Amaterasu Omikami in the human world are often accompanied by dance during the sacrificial rites.

Yes, we summon Amaterasu Omikami.

This was a High Heaven received by the Chief Priest of Ise Grand Shrine the day before yesterday.

Amaterasu Omikami.

Ise Grand Shrine dared not and would not resist.

It was during this ceremony, which was in full swing, that a brilliant divine light appeared above the Ise Grand Shrine, shining like the sun, and gradually coalesced into a sacred shadow.

White-faced Kinjin, Amaterasu Omikami.

Tamamo no Mae seemed quite happy. If you think about it carefully, she is probably the first deity to appear in her true form.

The world is gradually becoming able to accommodate their existence.

Return to the Age of Gods...

Ultimately, it is still an era where Human Order prevails.

Over the long course of time, deities have long since become a part of Human Order.

"I'll eat this first crab..."

"The ceremony is suspended!"

"Gah!?"

"Upon receiving the message from Shenzhou, the Amaterasu Festival was renamed the ' Lord of Mount Tai Festival'."

"???"

Wait, I've already partially revealed myself!

Let's finish the ritual first—

Migu!

Just a moment Tamamo no Mae was smug and proud, but in an instant, she fell directly into the mortal world in an incomplete state.

Did you hear anything just now?

The Chief Priest of Ise Grand Shrine looked up, somewhat puzzled.

"No." The other priestesses all shook their heads.

"Strange..." The Chief Priest sighed, then frowned deeply. "I hope Amaterasu Omikami won't blame me..."

If it were just instructions relayed from China, that would be fine.

This time, however, the message sent to them came directly from a high-ranking official in China.

—Lord of Mount Tai, Empress Houtu.

That is a goddess who holds a higher position than Amaterasu Omikami and controls the earth's veins.

By controlling the ley lines of the Chinese mainland, one can naturally influence the land of Japan.

They had no way to resist.