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—Taishakuten.
Although Indian mythology had countless deities, if one spoke only of fame, then ask a thousand people who knew Indian mythology, and all thousand would name him.
God of Thunder.
War God.
Hero God.
King of the Gods.
This deity possessed many complex attributes.
Yet in India's oldest sacred text, the "Rigveda," more than thirty percent of its content praised him.
Later, Taishakuten converted to Buddhism, making many people aware of his role as Buddhism's protector. But tracing back to his origins, Taishakuten's Lingge was one of the strongest and most ancient, capable of rivaling the chief gods of Greece and the one true god of Western Europe.
This deity was a supreme god of such lofty status and power.
For an existence that absolutely belonged to the ranks of chief gods and god-kings to possess not the slightest trace of divine aura, instead seeming like a useless human—was that not surprising enough?
No, compared to being useless, the fact that he was human was what truly surprised Noah.
After all, in Indian mythology, Taishakuten had originally been a worthless god. He loved wine and women, and was even said to do only things that required no effort. If he had not converted to Buddhism, he would likely have been despised beyond all measure long ago.
Therefore, rather than his uselessness, Noah was more surprised that he could not sense any divine aura from him.
Logically, with Taishakuten's divinity, there should have been no way for him to conceal his divine aura from Noah's near-supernatural senses.
Even if he could conceal his aura, he could not fake the aura unique to humans.
Yet before Noah, the man calling himself Mikado Shiten was like an utterly ordinary human, without the slightest sense of incongruity.
Noah was startled