"Are gods truly impossible to defeat?"
Angelita could no longer hold herself back from asking.
"Creations of mortals cannot harm gods; in other words, gods do not bleed." What Jules had said was probably... true." Theus's tone was rather heavy.
"My territory, Castel, once went through a Deep Sea War. The enemy was the Pirate King, who had obtained a portion of a god's power."
"That was only a small portion of power, and a small portion from a dead god at that. Yet even so, it could not be harmed at all."
"We used airships to carry bombs and bombarded it for a long time. The Pirate King's palace was reduced to ruins, yet it remained completely unscathed."
"Then how did you kill it in the end?"
"We didn't."
"Perhaps we should be grateful that although the Pirate King gained a god's power, it lost its sanity and fell into permanent madness. It didn't resist or attack us. In the end, we built a Stellar Furnace and threw it inside as fuel."
"The Machine Soul of the Stellar Furnace can suppress it and extract the Pollution within as fuel. Perhaps we could deal with true gods the same way, but..." Theus spread his hands. "They would have to willingly enter the Stellar Furnace."
"Is your Stellar Furnace a specially designed prison?"
"No. It is merely a specialized furnace and has no ability to imprison gods. It is only that the Machine Soul can suppress Pollution, and as the Pirate King is a collection of Pollution, it is likewise suppressed. This is almost our only option."
Angelita sank into thought.
"In any case, continue monitoring the enemies of humanity for now. I also need to tally the conditions of the gods on the North Continent. Gathering the sacrifices required for