They were still far from reaching the God-Slaying Secret Realm when Raven, who had gone down for supplies while passing through a border city of the Southeast Divine Kingdom, learned some shocking news.
The Western Divine Kingdom had declared war on the Eastern Divine Kingdom.
For ten thousand years, the eight Divine Kingdoms had maintained a peace agreement. Now, the Western Divine Kingdom had torn it apart unilaterally. Black Day, the Western Divine Lord, claimed that he had proposed marriage to the Eastern Divine Lord Godslayer's most beloved youngest daughter, only to be harshly rejected by Godslayer with the words, "I'd rather marry her to a mortal than let her marry an idiot like Black Day." Black Day then declared that his divine majesty could not be insulted and challenged Godslayer to battle. He further announced that the Western Divine Kingdom would mobilize its entire army to demonstrate his determination to marry her... This move left everyone thoroughly thunderstruck, charred outside and tender within!
How old was Black Day?
A thousand-year-old tortoise, a ten-thousand-year-old undead fossil!
And he wanted to marry Godslayer's most treasured daughter—a soft, tender little girl who was only three years old and still babbling as she learned to speak!
Even an old bull eating tender grass didn't eat it like this. Let alone Godslayer, no other father would agree to such a perverse request... Of course, even a fool could see that Black Day did not truly want to bring a little girl still nursing back home as his bride. He was merely looking for an excuse to declare war.
But if he wanted an excuse for war, couldn't the bastard at least find a proper reason?
Did he really think Godslayer had no temper?
As for Black Day's claim that his divine majesty could not