As the final member of civilization, and the end of civilization itself, War was a god of complicated will.
On one hand, He constantly obeyed Order and suppressed His nature, refusing to take even the slightest step beyond the line. On the other, He protected the hot-tempered believers of war as they launched wars everywhere.
This behavior, which was purely like indulging in a craving for excitement, was truly baffling. Even Cheng Shi had put a question mark beside Him, unable to classify a god whose words and actions completely contradicted each other.
Still, He was better than Annihilation. At least War was not an enemy unit, and His changes had shown clear traces.
When that God War erupted, He and Order had entered the Sea of Desire at the same time. Afterward, these two gods of civilization had lost their chance to reshape civilization forever. Order split into three, while War reined in His battle intent.
So the situation was clear. As long as they figured out what had happened in the Sea of Desire back then, they could immediately determine the positions of the two question-mark gods, Filth and Decay and War.
God of Merriment had probably thought the same way. Cheng Shi was gradually understanding His intentions, but he was both curious and afraid to investigate these hidden truths of the past.
He was curious about why the Sea of Desire was so terrifying, and afraid that God of Merriment was inevitably plotting some even greater "merriment"!
He feared that this final bit of merriment was God of Merriment's interpretation of His own fear, as well as His response to the Source. And based on what Cheng Shi knew of Lord of Grace, Deception might very well be planning to flip the table in front of everyone,