Helga's question was as sharp as ever, striking straight at the heart of the matter.
Jon's research had indeed stalled on this very question.
If the answer was yes—if gods truly existed in this world—then that was not good news for Jon.
Certainly, every civilization or religious sect had its own culture, and likewise, those civilizations had their own gods.
There had to be a reason for the emergence of gods. If gods had always existed in this world, then there must have been a reason why people could come to know of them.
When gods appeared before the public, they would trigger a series of consequences, and those consequences were not necessarily good. By the same logic, when a person became a god, it would have the same effect.
And among the many myths and legends, humans becoming gods was the most common form of deification.
This was primarily a religious necessity, because only when gods were endowed with humanity could people see divinity within themselves.
Gods—or Legendary Wizards—had long since become symbols in the magical world, where individuals could pursue personal power.
Over the long years, countless wizards had worked to become Legendary Wizards. In even more distant times, they had also striven to become gods.
Even if the hope of becoming a god was slim.
Yet gaining great power inevitably brought authority, wealth, fame, and everything else.
In a world that pursued individual strength rather than collective strength, such a situation becoming mainstream was inevitable.
Because the traces left behind by gods had made an overwhelmingly profound impression on those who pursued them.
It was power capable of overturning human common sense.
But the existence of gods could not yet be proven.
Nature was the foundation upon which humans, including wizards, existed. The miraculous traces in this