Welp, I just posted this week's chapters at once while I was scheduling them to be posted. (˚ ˃̣̣̥⌓˂̣̣̥)
Well then, enjoy your editor's fuck up surprise mass release, as I grind to translate more chapters.
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Chapter 251: Creating Gods Born from Faith
In the grand temple.
"These are the gates currently confirmed to be in our possession."
Several chief gods reported to the great being before them.
Now that the long-planned operation has begun, passage gates to some divine realms have fallen into their hands.
"However, such actions will definitely be discovered."
It's not like they're all fools over there.
"So what if they discover it? Those guys are too stubborn and too arrogant!"
"They won't fully confront us unless the final battle between humans and gods is completely concluded."
"Calling the final battle between humans and gods 'Ragnarök'? In a way, it truly will be their twilight of the gods."
Thus, many gods already feel victory is within reach.
Retrieving what rightfully belongs to them and avenging the humiliation of their past exile is now right before their eyes.
"We must not underestimate the anomalies on the human side."
"Indeed, how could mere humans obtain such abnormal power?"
"Who is supporting them from behind?"
Some more rational gods brought up this point again.
In the past, humans were like stones by the roadside, unworthy of their attention.
But now, the sixth and seventh matches have forced them to take notice.
Humans actually possess weapons that can contend with conceptual divine artifacts—that is truly dangerous.
If we don't clarify whether the human side has more such weapons, we might suffer severe damage if we're not careful.
However, most gods present didn't take their warnings too seriously.
Not that they fear those special humans, but they believe such humans are merely exceptions.
Real war isn't won by individual heroes. Humans as a whole are too fragile a race, easily destroyed with a single blow.
Once the divine war is launched and we ultimately regain control of the Akashic System, no matter how special these humans are, we can simply activate the Akashic System's special mechanism to erase the very existence of humanity.
Making it so that humans never existed in this world.
But then, why don't the gods on the other side use the Akashic System's special mechanism to erase us?
Of course they can't—if they erase us, those gods would disappear too.
Moreover, to activate this mechanism, they need something like a key, which they don't possess.
This thing is currently with the great being present here.
"How are things on the other side?"
The figure on the supreme divine throne suddenly asked one of the gods.
The so-called other side refers to a parallel world remarkably similar to theirs.
That world also has similar myths and similar gods.
Thus, this supreme being does not permit the existence of any equal to itself.
It is the sole singularity, the one and only Primordial God.
"According to reports, the so-called strongest being over there is suspected to be the entity known as Great Red, whose power is equivalent to the First Pillar of the Seven Luminaries of Rahu under Melvazoa's command."
"Is that really the extent of their strongest?"
Although stated as such, more than half of the gods in this temple hall are less powerful than that entity, which would likely barely squeeze into the top ten here.
After all, the First Pillar of the Seven Luminaries of Rahu under Melvazoa's command is itself an extraordinary existence.
"This is the information currently available on the surface."
"If that truly is all, then only Melvazoa and his forces need to launch the attack. Regalzeva and Seraselbes should lead their powers to join our side here."
"I object!!!"
A god immediately stepped forward to oppose.
It wasn't out of concern that Melvazoa alone might fail to conquer the other side, but rather because he did not want the others to join their ranks.
To put it simply, he did not want them coming to steal credit, thereby risking his own standing with this Primordial God.
There was also another point: they secretly looked down upon Regalzeva and Seraselbes.
They believed themselves to be the legitimate bloodline heirs of the Primordial God, while the others were merely bastards—unwelcome contenders for favor, let alone claimants to the inheritance.
Of course, this god was not foolish enough to voice such thoughts openly. Instead, he tactfully argued for taking the parallel world seriously to avoid any anomalies.
His argument gained support from more than half of the gods present.
None of them wanted bastards-like figures coming to compete for favor.
"Then, let the other side accelerate their efforts to thoroughly investigate the situation."
"Ideally, both actions should proceed simultaneously."
"While we reclaim our original world, they should also begin their invasion, conquering that world to celebrate our victory."
Nearly three thousand years ago, a god from a certain pantheon, with the assistance of the Primordial God, killed the chief god of his own pantheon...
The reason for killing the original chief god was dissatisfaction.
The root of this dissatisfaction lay further in the past, when he had committed cruel acts against humanity.
At that time, the gods did not harbor such intense hostility toward humans, and the selection of heroes as champions did not involve chaotic, disaster-like trials.
But on that occasion, the god in charge adopted an unusually cruel method—forcing humans to kill one another, with only the survivors meeting the criteria.
Because of this incident, he was imprisoned for hundreds of thousands of years.
After his release, and following contact with the Primordial God, he conspired to kill the chief god of his pantheon.
Though he knew collaborating with the Primordial God was like making a pact with a tiger, he also sought an alternative path for himself.
Thus, he discovered another form of divinity: gods born from faith!
If such a god could exert significant influence on human history and bring about major transformations, the power they would gain would be correspondingly immense.
The power in this 5.3 version is also exceptionally abnormal. For instance, if humans believe this deity possesses the power to create worlds, then the god born from the power of faith would actually wield the imagined abilities.
Of course, to truly enable this faith-based deity to attain world-creating power, greater influence would be necessary.
However, haven't humans been believing in gods since ancient times?
That's correct, but these gods of theirs do not receive the so-called power boost from faith.
Through his research, he eventually figured out how to create such a deity.
The power of faith can only accumulate within humans, so he implanted a divine spark into a human, creating an entirely new human-god.
Therefore, this human must also be a heroic figure in human history.
Thus, the Son of the War God was born.