The humans were so terrified that they even forgot to escape, paralyzed by their fear.
They prostrated on the ground before his magnificence; countless voices cried out, begging for forgiveness.
All they uttered were useless words, but he remained unruffled without getting angry.
He only thought they were foolish and pitiful.
He shook his head imperceptibly before tearing his gaze off the humans.
His eyes were drawn instead to the man who was still covering for those who must perish.
“— You do know why I came here, don’t you?”
He called out to the man in a calm, dignified voice.
Those words were uttered persuasively, accompanied with a gentle expression.
“The arrogance of those humans brought this upon their heads.. Lifted in pride because of their dominion over the land, they began to slaughter their fellow humans, and even had the gall to exercise control over the deities. It was supposed to be your duty to bring destruction to this entire land, because these humans invoked the anger of Father, the Great Deity.”
“………….”
The man didn’t reply, remaining unmoving.
He was a taciturn man, even before this transpired.
The Great Deity trusted this man who was always doing his job quietly, so he didn’t understand why this man stood before him now.
“However, you turned your back on the Great Deity’s orders, even becoming the strength of the humans. The Great Deity — Father had been slain, and Mother grieved, drenching the entire earth with blood and tears. This land will no longer receive any blessing, for it is now cursed. The filth generated by these people will not vanish, and the humans themselves will be swallowed in it.”
He continued to speak while gazing at the man wrapped in filth.
This man probably shouldered the human’s filth.
Just one man carrying all those burdens — and he was on the brink of becoming an evil god.
The transformation of this man known as the cold-hearted, ruthless war god made him sigh.
He didn’t think it would be something acceptable.
“I have to stop you at all costs. Even if you’re the War God with the unparalleled strength, you do know that you won’t win against me in terms of power, don’t you?”
The man lightly bit his lip.
Still, the man didn’t take a step back.
He knitted his brows as he stared at this man that was glaring at him with the overbearing attitude befitting of the War God.
There was a human girl beside the man.
He could see her burning eyes as she focused on him, too.
‘So that’s the root of everything.’
She could be considered a beauty among the ranks of humans, but it was nowhere near the beauty that the deities possessed.
Her heart was also better compared to most of the humans, but he could see that she was also carrying traces of filth within her.
Mediocre. This girl only amounted to such, and she failed to stir any emotion within him.
“What’s the point of protecting this humans to this extent?”
He didn’t understand this man who defied the deities, slain Father, and embarked on a futile battle that he wouldn’t win no matter what.
The human heart was such an abominable, filthy thing — that was how he saw it.
“…It doesn’t matter how many times I explain it to you.”
The man finally opened his mouth at his query.
He placed his around the girl and drew her to himself— protecting her as if she’s a priceless gem — before bitterly sighing.
“You will never understand at your current state — Elder Brother.”
The man’s red hair swayed in the wind.
The words of his younger brother that he trusted more than anyone else now seemed like the ravings of a lunatic to him.
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