Comrades, we were wrong. The threat wasn't far away-it was among us, behind us, up there in the Nine Heavens!
The enemy was at Honno-ji!
Li Wei was utterly speechless.
If his thinking was correct, this threat hadn't "already" happened; it was "going to" happen. The problem was that Li Wei really had no way to stop it from breaking out.
This was essentially nuclear deterrence. If only one country had nuclear weapons, all the others could only obediently fall in line.
Only by making nuclear weapons of their own could they earn a say.
Right now, the believers of this world's gods were effectively launching an arms race-
Oh, no, a faith race. They were trying every possible means to awaken the gods they worshipped, so their religions could secure a place in the coming war.
Otherwise, the Night Temple would fucking swallow them all!
After all, faith was even more terrifying than nuclear weapons. Without nukes, you could bow and scrape and still have food and drink, but without a god backing you, even eating and drinking became a problem!
There was only one choice.
Believe or not!
Believe, and someone had your back. Refuse, and you could drown clutching your ideals!
This really was a problem. Hmm... what could he do?
After a moment of silence, Li Wei decided to stop thinking about it.
He would focus on the problem in front of him first.
Just then, a panting guard ran over and whispered something into Mayor Kant's ear. The mayor's expression immediately changed, and he turned toward Li Wei.
"Adventurer, we need your help! Those despicable cultists and monsters have surrounded the temple. The townspeople are still inside!"
Yes, an entirely predictable development.
Just as people in modern cities were trained to seek shelter in public