"Hmph!"
The Sea God raised a hand.
The trident embedded in Sea God Mountain burst through the mountain itself. The tremendous disturbance made the mountain tremble, and unable to hold any longer, it collapsed with a boom.
Sea God Hall naturally became nothing but broken walls and rubble amid mushroom-shaped clouds of dust that filled the sky.
"Oh dear! How could you be so careless? It could have been repaired. Pour some rocks and thin mortar into the cracks, and after a century or so, it would have been stable again! That hall could even have become a museum in the future! But now? It really has to be rebuilt!"
Having said that, Divine Land added with a smug grin, "I get it. You must have disliked how insufficiently devout the people on this island were, so before this, you withdrew every Divine Miracle. And now that you've descended, you want them to stop believing in you!
Because!
Gods—
do not need faith!"
These words spread across the entirety of Sea God Island.
"And now, your battle with me is meant to use the aftershocks of our clash to destroy Sea God Mountain and Sea God Hall completely, isn't it?"
Divine Land shouted, "What a great Poseidon you are! Because you understand that only by making them forget the Sea God's existence can they keep moving forward and live lives that truly belong to them!"
"Bullshit!"
The Sea God flew into a rage and roared, "You bastard who defiles the sea's faith! No matter how exceptionally gifted you are, no matter how much you consider the Divine Realm's future... I will destroy you today!"
To be honest.
After ascending back then, the Sea God truly had not forcibly demanded that the people who had once followed him remain on Sea