Arknights, But Taming Terra Chapter 46

Especially when looking up, above that great mountain, there was also a hand of the divine being that cast it down.

So, after the people of Terra came to their senses, they all started discussing, who was the Divine Messenger that descended this time, what were their abilities, and would it cause a land-wide disturbance like last time.

There was nothing they could do. They were utterly powerless against beings of the Divine Messenger's caliber.

After the first, second, and third times, the people of Terra gradually realized that facing such existences, lying down and waiting for death was probably the optimal solution.

But this time, they made a cognitive error again.

Last time, when Heart of the Corrupted Skadi descended, although she was huge, she floated the entire time and never landed.

And this time?

That great mountain smashed directly onto the ground.

The earth shook and the mountains trembled. Even Kal'tsit and the others on Rhodes Island could feel their ship swaying beneath their feet.

Not to mention the nearby nations of Kazimierz, Columbia, and Victoria.

The aftershocks alone almost caused a nationwide disturbance, with screams echoing endlessly.

And what about Siracusa, which was in the epicenter of the magnitude, where the mountain seemed to be heading directly for them?

On the contrary, Siracusa remained peaceful and beautiful, completely unharmed.

It was a doomsday scene, like a meteor strike that would cause a mass extinction; a destructive scene like mountains collapsing and the earth splitting, with the ground being scraped away and flowers, birds, and trees going on a spontaneous trip.

But strangely, in all of Siracusa, except for the snow on the branches being shaken loose and falling, not a single person even stumbled and fell due to being unsteady.

"Ye... Yelagund has manifested!!!"

"Yelagund above! We pray you help us overcome this hardship..."

"Saintess! How is the Saintess now? Is she alright?"

After the people of Siracusa came to their senses, their first reaction was to offer their devout faith to their divine being, Yelagund.

But the Saintess, Chuxue, who should have been the one communicating with and serving the divine being, was completely bewildered.

"Yal, Yal... did Yelagund really manifest...?"

She had just said it casually, hadn't she?

And the divine being herself, Yal, frowned, staring intently at the mountain that had crashed down in the distance.

Then, with an unrefusable tone, Yal spoke, "Saintess, please go back inside, quickly."

The other people of Siracusa might have reacted a bit slower because they lived in the mountains and had almost forgotten the full appearance of this snow mountain.

But Yal was different. This snow mountain was her true form, how could she not recognize what she looked like?

So Yal recognized it at a glance.

That mountain falling from the sky wasn't a mountain at all, but...

Herself?

Suddenly realizing something incredibly important, Yal hurriedly tried to get her Saintess to leave.

But unfortunately, it was still too late.

"I knew it. You said, 'Lord God, just let me have a look,' but you only looked? You jumped down from my hand, I almost couldn't catch you."

The voice of that divine being came from the starry sky.

"I know you're eager to save the child, but you should at least let me resize you first,"

"Otherwise, you'll cry out that you're saving the child, but then you'll sit on them and kill them all. What kind of dark joke is that?"

"Oh... you crashed in a desolate area? Never mind, since no one was hurt, it's fine."

"Alright, Yelagund, play by yourself. Call me when you're done playing, and I'll come pick you up then."

Then, that Lord God fell silent.

But all of Terra fell into an eerie silence, especially Siracusa.

After a long while, someone from Siracusa exclaimed:

"Yelagund?! Wait, wait! Didn't that divine being say that the mountain that crashed down was called Yelagund?!"

"Wh-which Yelagund...? Is it the Yelagund I'm imagining?"

"What nonsense are you talking about! Besides our divine being, who else is called Yelagund?!"

"That's right! Look! I only just realized, doesn't the outline of that mountain look exactly like our sacred mountain in Siracusa?!"

"Yelagund above!"

"Yelagund above!"

"Yelagund above!"

Amidst the fervent cheers, Chuxue, who was on the peak of the sacred mountain, became even more bewildered.

It really, truly was Yelagund manifesting...?

And that mountain that fell from the sky, after landing, didn't pause for even a moment before rushing towards Siracusa.

She continued to mutter, "My children... my children... don't be afraid, don't be afraid, I'm coming to save you now!"

Seeing this, Yal was startled and quickly raised her hand, intending to use her divine power to stop the approaching mountain.

The mountain was simply too massive; every step it took caused the earth to shake.

If it were to crash directly into them, Yal's true form might be unharmed, but what about her children living in Siracusa?

Yal was practically about to shout, "Stop right there! You're not allowed to come any closer!"

Fortunately, despite Yelagund's immense joy and eagerness to save her child, she still retained some reason.

Under the core programming of "cannot harm the children," Yelagund suddenly regained her senses and forcefully slammed on the brakes.

Yal naturally breathed a sigh of relief, but her children... that is, the Siracusans—

"Look! Yelagund is so benevolent, she doesn't have the heart to harm us!"

"Of course! That's our Divine Mother!"

"Yelagund be praised!"

But for those Siracusans, Yelagund stopping was the most natural thing in the world, wasn't it?

God loves the world, and their god, Yelagund, naturally loved them too.

For Siracusa, which had been isolated for years, their faith in Yelagund was incredibly devout—

Even though the current Saintess was someone who disrespected the gods, and one of the three major families, the Snow Leopard family, even planned to overthrow divine rule...

But it didn't matter.

Because as the 'mountain' kept whispering, "Children... my children are still alive...", the entirety of Siracusa erupted in the most devout cheers ever heard.

Yal: "?"

Wait, what?

Why are you all being so devout towards her? That's not me! Oh, wait... it is me, but it's another me!

I'm right here? Who are you praying to?

Yal: "I've become a substitute...? I've become the fake one...?"