After hearing Su Xiao's account, Dwarf Zis's expression stiffened beneath his mask. He felt that his brain could no longer keep up.
"What reason do I have to believe what you're saying?"
"Did I ever ask you to believe me?"
"This..."
Dwarf Zis was rendered speechless. That was indeed the case. From beginning to end, Su Xiao had never asked him to believe him.
"You can continue waiting here. Azaz will come sooner or later. Judging by the timing, he should already be inside Emperor Okaz's mausoleum. He's expected to reach Doom Town within five days."
Su Xiao rose from the giant skeleton's eye socket, then leaped onto the high wall.
The ancient god of this world was dead. Su Xiao was certain of that now. Before this, he had wondered why such a powerful ancient god was in Doom Town, yet this world was still only Tier Seven—and why that ancient god had divided his power among so many people.
Now it seemed that the ancient god was already dead. Although he had not completely died out, he could not exactly be considered alive, either. It was not that the ancient god had been unwilling to suck in this world's power; he had already begun doing so. Doom Town had become this way because the ancient god had only been sucking for a short while before dying. He must have been grievously wounded and reached this world on the verge of death.
As a result, the ancient god died in Doom Town. His brief act of sucking in power, combined with the ancient god's power spreading through his body after death, had caused Doom Town's misfortune.
The Resentful Orphan was this ancient god's final method. The ancient god had wanted to reincarnate, but the newborn body had died in