Writing Down the Names of the Six God Kings (2)

Rumble~

A sudden clap of thunder rang out in the room, but there was only thunder—no lightning.

Yet a reflection of lightning appeared on the wooden floorboards.

At that moment, a calm and powerful voice sounded beside Yveta's ear. [Unity is powerful, while discord is easily conquered.]

[People rarely encounter goodness, yet are harmed by evil every day.]

[Therefore, any proper defense made for the wicked is futile. Thunder shall make its own judgment!]

Unlike the familiar image of Zeus, Zeus in Homer's Epic was usually a just arbiter. Even if all the Greek Gods and humans joined together in a tug-of-war against him, he could pull them up with one hand and lift every Human God and human into the air above Mount Olympus.

In Homer's Epic, Zeus was only mentioned as having temporarily lost to Typhon, the hundred-headed giant who symbolized volcanoes.

Beyond his divine authority over thunder, Zeus was more a just arbiter, a protector of justice, and a punisher of the wicked.

The Old Witch's pupils dilated. She had already canceled the Body-Seizing Magic, and the eye pattern that had appeared on the floorboards behind Yveta's heel vanished as well.

This is a second God's Name in a different form.

And it is the second kind of writing I cannot understand.

There cannot possibly be so many coincidences, so many Gods I do not know of in this world. So this must be this fellow's God's Name—it is just that he seems to have different titles among different races. This fellow...

He really is a genuine Demon God.

He was so ignorant about this world before because this should be his first time coming to the Magic Black Forest.

Dark Queen, why was I so hasty just now? I'm finished. This is just perfect.

I was courting death.

People like the Old Witch were both suspicious and cowardly.

Because she was cruel, she feared others would treat her the way she treated them.

That was why she was so timid.

Although the Star Queen can rival Gods, and the Dark Queen has even killed Gods, is this fellow really an ordinary God?

Was I wrong from the very beginning?

He used an ordinary person's body, so he needs to accumulate power anew in this world. Does he need an army to conquer the world and reclaim his kingdom?

Thoughts flashed rapidly through the Old Witch's mind.

In truth, even a God would not necessarily change the balance of the Black Magic Forest. There had simply been too many magical accidents.

After so much time had passed, no one knew what kinds of beings or monsters were hidden within this forest.

But Yveta had clearly shocked the Old Witch, setting her imagination running wild.

When the Old Witch saw Yveta preparing to write a third name, her pupils shrank sharply again.

How many aliases does he have?!

But the power amplified by these alternate God's Names is limited, since they all point to the same existence.

The Hearthstone Witch had never expected someone to prepare to write down the names of six God Kings in a single ritual.

She had expected even less that, because Yveta was the only person in this world who knew these Gods, he would essentially draw all of their attention.

Yveta wrote [Odin] on the Third Branch at the top of the Tree of Life Spiritual Energy.

Odin was the God King of Norse Mythology.

A defining feature of Norse Mythology was that Gods could die.

Unlike the chief Gods in other mythologies, Odin's primary divine authorities were [War and Death], as though foreshadowing the wars of Northern Europe and determining whether the Norse Tribe could survive.

Yveta heard a voice. [Do not ask the masses for anything. Conquer them, and demand it of them!]

Then, under the Old Witch's horrified gaze, Yveta wrote a fourth name on the Tree of Life Spiritual Energy: [Ra].

That branch of the Life Psionic Tree was instantly wrapped in dazzling golden flames. The flames curled and burned, like a fruit on the branch, yet also like a tiny flame.

Ra, the Sun God King of Ancient Egypt, was the renowned Sun God.

In mythological systems, it was rare for the sun itself to be the God King.

Perhaps because the sun was too commonplace, it held only the position of a Sub-God in mythological systems across the world.

But in the desert-oasis environment of Ancient Egypt, the importance of the sun was elevated without limit.

For in such an environment, the sun's might was obvious for all to see.

A majestic voice appeared by Yveta's ear. "In the great house, in the house of fire, in the dark night when the years are counted, in the dark night when the years are reckoned, I return your true name to you!"

"When holiness rises upon the Eastern Celestial Stairs, I grant you a place seated at my side. When the Gods each declare their names, may you too remember your true name!"

The Old Witch's pupils suddenly contracted, because the form of the Life Psionic Tree's branch was now extremely distinctive.

It looked like a fruit growing on a branch, and in form it was remarkably similar to the Sun Tree among the Ancient Plants from Beyond. But the Sun Tree was one of the sources of the Seed of Life, an important resource capable of sustaining an entire nation.

Now, part of Yveta's Tree of Life Spiritual Energy had actually mutated in form into a Sun Tree.

Whether or not it possessed some of the Sun Tree's abilities.

This alone was enough to prove that Yveta was a Demon God!

Damn Demon God, how am I supposed to escape him?!

I even provoked him just now.

The Old Witch's eyes turned crimson red. She felt as if she were drowning in misery. At that moment, she missed her Beloved Disciple more than ever, and merely thinking of her made her feel incomparably close to her. No, I cannot handle this alone. I have to bring my Beloved Disciple here. Master and disciple must join forces and find a way to escape this Demon God!

Only by joining forces can master and disciple face any difficulty.

But wait.

A trace of caution appeared in the Old Witch's expression.

The more powerful the divine strength borrowed by the Tree of Life Spiritual Energy, the higher the quality of magic power it brings.

Though in theory, the Tree of Life Spiritual Energy ritual can indeed borrow divine power from six Gods, what ordinary person would dare be so arrogant as to make six Gods lend them power at once?

That would be courting death.

It would be blasphemy.

But this Demon God can actually write four God's Names at the top of the Tree of Life Spiritual Energy. Even if those names are merely different facets of him, then the magical talent he possesses is probably...

Probably terrifying. It may even far surpass witches, who are born with a talent for spellcasting.

Just when the Old Witch thought Yveta would stop at the fourth name, he wrote down a fifth.

[Kukulkan]!

This was the name of Quetzalcoatl!

At this point, Yveta could no longer stop.

For after four God's Names were written, the Tree of Life Spiritual Energy had formed a barely balanced state.

On the wooden floor, Yveta's Tree of Life Spiritual Energy seemed to be pulled by forces from four different directions. As a result, it had actually broken free from its twisted, rope-like state and now looked surprisingly normal.

But as time passed, the Tree of Life Spiritual Energy on the floorboards was still slowly twisting in one direction.

The powers had not achieved a stable balance!!

Yveta could only continue writing, finishing the names of the final two Gods.

He had to see whether he could achieve true balance and escape his current awkward predicament.

The Old Witch's heart churned like a raging sea. Is he really going to write all six God's Names?

I have never seen... a Tree of Life Spiritual Energy that borrowed magic power using six God's Names.

How powerful would that have to be?!

At that moment, the entire inn suddenly began to shake. Sounds of fighting and arguing drifted in through the Fourth Floor window.

"We are the Boar Knight Order. We suspect that you are hiding a witch and the witch's accomplices here. The church will punish this place."

"What? Compensation for damaged property? You want me to obey the Adventurers' Guild seal too? I cannot attack the inn? Heh, what a joke. Use your life as compensation instead!"

The Hearthstone Great Witch froze. "Damn it, those fools from the Boar Knight Order actually showed up at the crucial moment when Your Grace is advancing to Wizard Apprentice."

"This is troublesome."

"Your Grace cannot move at all right now. If the ritual is interrupted, the backlash will instantly twist the mortal body Your Grace is using and turn it into a magical monster."