In the spring of the seventy-eighth year of Norton, the words of the Pale God Norton, as if they were the true name of God, were sung throughout the entire Southern Continent Southern Continent, causing a great uproar.
The Holy Empire will eventually crumble.
Two consecutive years of nuclear and bacteriological warfare finally brought this vast empire to its end.
The vast Holy Empire, after nearly a decade of war, was finally swallowed up little by little until its final moments.
Three-fifths of the land has been annexed by the Northern Continent and East Continent, leaving only the central area of the Imperial City and dozens of cities surrounding it.
The Pale God Norton, at this moment, was truly trapped, awaiting the final blow.
With its final declaration, the Holy Empire extinguished its last vestige of arrogance. The frontline resistance ceased, and a significant number of cities surrendered directly, displaying pre-prepared images of God from the Holy Lord Church to shield themselves from the terrifying Pressure of that Pale God. Nearly 90% of the civilians fled with the army, rushing thousands of miles towards the occupied territories of the Northern Continent to surrender.
At this point in the war, right and wrong, justice and injustice, had long since vanished from the minds of the two sides. In the eyes of the people, whether it was the Holy Empire's Pale God or the Gothic Empire of the Northern Continent, they were all man-eating demons. The reason they had fled to the occupied areas of the Northern Continent was simply out of fear of the biological weapons and indiscriminate slaughter of the Southern Continent.
Within the territory of the Northern Continent, they at least have a chance of survival; within the territory of the Southern Continent, they are truly worse than animals, mere two-legged sheep!
Unfortunately, these mutants were unaware that if the Pale God truly died, no one would be able to survive on the Southern Continent, which had already been completely corrupted by him.
Therefore, their escape was pointless.
But they don't understand, and refuse to believe, that they feel no gratitude toward their creators, only resentment and murderous intent, just as Kuba once fantasized about killing God. These mutant humans have never been truly loyal to the Pale God who created them.
Even Abraham and Elizabeth, who haven't abandoned Norton, are examples of this.
The wick of the kerosene lamp flickered slightly, bringing a faint light to the room.
Abraham also had some quirks similar to His Majesty's, such as disliking modern electric incandescent light bulbs and still using old-fashioned kerosene lamps, which allowed him to have a little bit of nostalgia for the world.
Such lighting seems particularly fitting in the Holy See, which now resembles a replica of the old Papal State monastery.
The lamplight flickered, and the shadow of the pen swayed slightly on the wall.
Abraham was dressed in an exquisite classical court outfit, with a pure white scarf. After hundreds of years of accumulating power, he did have a rather genuine aristocratic air about him.
He was sitting at his desk, his heart heavy.
The Holy Kingdom was about to collapse, and Abraham's life was like a firefly in the darkness, a candle flickering in the wind.
If Your Majesty is truly defeated, then Abraham will naturally perish as well. But even if Your Majesty is not defeated, you absolutely cannot withstand a nuclear bomb dropped on you from the Northern Continent.
But more than his own life or death, he is now concerned about the aftermath of the war.
Abraham sighed deeply, wondering why he had suddenly developed such a lofty mindset.
He felt that he was being tormented by His Majesty.
The fact that Norton of Biyang could torment Abraham to the point of wanting to die shows just how universally disliked he is.
But regardless, now that the time has come, he needs to make all the necessary arrangements!
Abraham's expression was resolute.
On his desk lay a book he had prepared beforehand, its cover painted with an image of God. This book could shield him from His Majesty's terrifying surveillance, which was why he dared to write on it.
"Norton, originally a priest of the Holy City of the Holy Empire, later became an 'Old Age Vampire' through the 'Ascension' ritual. He then devoured the vampire progenitor Bowser, becoming a god known as the Pale God, displaying boundless authority... The details of his rank and godhood have already been explained in the newly revised historical records of the Holy Empire, so I will not repeat them here."
Norton's life, from his early days as a Church monk to his current status as the Pale God, has been marked by extreme oppression. Initially, he oppressed the people at the Holy Lord Empire Monastery, and because of his handsome appearance, he was coveted by the priests. Later, due to the priests' oppression, who claimed he was unclean, he was burned at the stake and died, but by chance, he became Vampire of the old era.
When Norton first became Vampire, he was naive but possessed a patient and reserved nature. He disguised himself as a beggar and infiltrated the Holy Lord Empire Lino City for ten years, waiting for his opportunity. During this time, perhaps due to an abnormality in his soul, he gained abilities that Vampire of the old era did not have—the ability to corrupt humans with his own flesh and blood, granting him extraordinary power.
Using these methods, he infected the Vampire Abraham and Elizabeth, gradually expanding his influence and unleashing chaos across the Southern Continent.
Although it was fortunate enough to be temporarily imprisoned by Kuba, it was ultimately freed again due to human greed and the relaxation of the imprisonment.
Looking at his experiences throughout history and reflecting on his mindset, Norton, though he likened himself to Pale God, was always under immense inner pressure.
During the Holy Lord Empire, he feared the gods of the sky and the knights of Holy Blood. During the reign of the Holy Empire, he feared Jonah of death and the boundless God.
This mindset keeps him in a constant state of suspicion and fear.
The psychological illnesses that arise after they attain godhood are mostly due to these related triggers.
While Norton's portrayal of the Pale God reveals humanity, it also has its shortcomings.
Ultimately, they are gods, high above, indifferent to the life and death of individuals, and unrepentant of the suffering of all beings. They are lawless, reckless, and with a single thought, countless bones are buried in the forest.
This is the root cause of Garden of Eden's destruction of the gods and the foundation of all reaction.
Today, the Garden of Eden's poison has spread far and wide. All the human races of the Southern Continent have been corrupted by its flesh and blood, becoming playthings under its wanton control. I speculate that Your Majesty may have relied on the uniqueness of Kuba's flesh and blood to kill the god.
If that Pale God were to die, all living beings corrupted by him would be annihilated, a result that would undoubtedly plunge the people of the Southern Continent into utter ruin.
However, without this do-or-die determination, Garden of Eden will one day be completely assimilated, and all living beings will have no chance to resist!
Therefore, we will use the lives of all the people of the Southern Continent as a price, and based on Jonah who is sealed in the sun, we will launch a war to kill the gods!
We have already secured victory in this war!
Although the Pale God Norton holds an extremely high Existence Level, all things in Garden of Eden are inferior to his divine Existence Level and cannot cause him any harm.
But his soul is from another world, which is what I have gained from following Your Majesty for hundreds of years, and it is also the fundamental difference between the Pale God and other Vampire of the old era.
While this unique soul makes the Pale God extremely special, and perhaps even allows him to diminish Kuba's Existence Level through the consumption of flesh and blood, it is also his most vulnerable weakness.
If its unique soul were to be tainted by the very essence of Garden of Eden, it might completely lose its unique nature, thus allowing Jonah, the Primordial God of Death of death who controls death, to truly harm it.
However, these methods are merely my personal speculation and should not be attempted lightly.
Therefore, I am willing to remain in the Holy See and await the final moment.
If Jonah could have killed or imprisoned him without exploiting this weakness, then future generations might find this book laughable.
But if Jonah still cannot exert real pressure on the Pale God, then this weakness may become the only reason for his god-killing.
The reason why the Pale God has been so deeply feared for centuries, to the point of mental breakdown, is due to what I have described above. His mental distress is impeccable, undeniable, and beyond question.
Furthermore, these are all conclusions I have drawn from details and historical accounts of the past, and should therefore be correct.
Therefore, I am willing to offer my eternal life to all beings in Garden of Eden to atone for my sins of a thousand years.
After all, I am also one of the beings in the Garden of Eden.
This book is dedicated to serving as a warning to future generations.
If Norton is sealed away again in this holy war, this book must be regarded as a guiding principle to constantly remind us of Norton's potential resurgence.
If Norton were to die in this holy war, this book could be seen as a historical record, revealing the origins of past lives.
--- Abraham's last words.
The kerosene lamp flickered slightly.
Abraham stared intently at the dried ink in his hand with his white eyes, hesitated for a long time, and finally let out a soft sigh.
When did his thinking change?
He wasn't quite sure either.
Perhaps it was the increasing pressure from Norton over the years that made it unbearable for him?
Or perhaps it's because he's been waking up in the middle of the night many times in recent years, dreaming of the time when he was still a priest in the Holy Lord Empire, groveling before those high-ranking bishops and offering them his wife and daughter?
The clamor and noise rose around the imperial city, moving towards it, and the faint sounds reached Abraham's keen ears through the paper windows.
Since that Pale God, and after several weeks of fermentation, those who truly believe in it have poured into the capital, vowing to follow the supreme deity to the death.
This Pale God Norton still has a group of steadfast believers.
But Abraham, worn down by a thousand years of time, had lost all faith...
Abraham waved slightly, and a figure emerged from the darkness, picked up the diary he had written on the table, and then disappeared back into the room.