"Civil strife?"

Nostradamus didn't know what Joshua was talking about, he repeated it, but still couldn't understand: "What are you talking about?" ”

"Maybe it's the truth of three hundred years lost."

Joshua didn't know where to speak.

Because, it's a long, long story.

Go back to the last era, when the continent called McCrove had not yet taken shape.

At that time, everything was in ruins, the oceans were chaotic, the war between order and chaos shattered the sky, and the energy radiation from beyond the void irradiated the earth, and dozens of races and tens of millions of victims survived in the cracks of radiation, earthquakes, storms and acid rain.

At that time, the sun and moon were extinguished, the sky was dark, darkness filled the whole world, and seven continents were submerged by the half-boiling sea, leaving only a few scattered fragments, most of the sea intelligence was extincted, and only a few lucky ones survived.

The gods have triumphed, but they are facing more difficult problems than the evil gods, and in the face of their devastated homeland, these beings with divine power do not know what to do, because they are not facing a powerful enemy that is raging in the void, but a broken world.

After judging the betrayers, all gods and humans had to face up to the question: Is there still value in this world for them to stay?

The elven remnants of the south still have their highland sacred lake, but the Father Nature is gone, this former sacred place has lost its gods, and it has no value, and the remaining elves are in turmoil in confusion, and they are in dire need of a leader to lead them.

There is also a broken mountain range left in the northern continent, where the original sage gods fought against many evil gods who invaded the world, and the rift in time and space that has not yet healed is still releasing thunder and energy storms above the mountain range, and no life can live in such a place except for the dwarves hiding underground.

The eastern continent was almost shattered to pieces, more than a thousand fragmentary islands scattered in the churning waves, and if the fragments of other continents could still be seen as prototypes, the fragments of the eastern continent could not be seen at all, and tsunamis and hurricanes could engulf these small islands at any time.

On the west side, there is the central continent of the original world, and the strongest World Ridge Mountain Range has been preserved, and the remnants of the dwarves, winged people, and other races rely on the strong central world mountain range to survive...... And the other continents on the west side of the original world center have been completely wiped out or sunk into the ground, the homeland of the gnomes, the sacred land of the lizardmen, and the steppes of centaurs have completely disappeared, and the birthplaces of many races have been destroyed in the war, and their gods have lost the support of their faith, and they are about to be unable to support the increasingly turbulent divine backlash and are dying.

"Leaving here, we will find a new world, where the glory of the Mycrof civilization will not end."

One god said that the merfolk he protected were the few surviving intelligent beings of the sea, and that his friend, the mermaid god, had died in the war and that there was no trace left in the world, and that he had no attachment to the oceans of the current Mycrof world, and only wanted to leave this shattered world as soon as possible.

"We can't give up here."

A god said this, his tone sonorous and powerful, as if hammer forging, and the dwarven god vetoed the proposal: "Mycrof is our homeland, the Great Mother and the Earth Goddess are at the forefront, countless gods, countless lives have fallen here, and to give up Microve is to give up everything we have sacrificed for!" ”

"For the sake of the people we are sheltering, we should also leave as soon as possible, we can wait for the gradual restoration of the Microf world in the future, but now, my people can no longer survive!"

"Even if the world is broken, there are still too many ...... to give up"

The remaining gods quarreled, they were not companions in the first place, but they had to unite because of the final war, and now that the war is over, the contradictions have erupted, and the opposition between the gods has become more and more acute, one side believes that the broken Mycrof world is no longer worth saving and must leave as soon as possible, and the other side believes that although the world is broken, it has the value of trying to repair it both emotionally and profitably, and if the devices in the many ruins are excavated, it is enough to quickly rebuild several shelter ecosystems, andIt is impossible for them to find a new world that meets their requirements perfectly.

In the end, with the silent support of the sages, the migrants were suppressed, the left-behind factions gained the right to speak, and countless gods used their divine power as the basis to create a half-dimensional small world for their people to live in, which can still be supported in a short time, but after a long time, the gods will fall into eternal silence because their divine power is consumed.

But how to repair this broken world? Even the sages couldn't do anything about it—it might be easier for him to create a new world, and now Microf was like a torn rag doll, the river was full of cracks but barely broken ice, the will of the world and the Mother Earth Goddess were dying, and too drastic transformation would only destroy it completely.

When the gods quarreled, the will of the world had completely fallen into a dying dormancy, as the Microf world itself, it had endured too many attacks from evil gods and abyssal evil, and during the war, there was still the support of the faith of all beings, but after the war, the condensed spirit dissipated, and even it could not continue to maintain.

However, although the will of the world is silent, Mother Earth is still awake, and her essence, the original seven continents of the Microf world, is mostly shattered, but it is still enough to sustain her will.

Seeing the contradictions of the gods, the goddess seemed to be unable to tolerate them, so she stood up and said to the sages and gods: I come.

His voice was gentle and powerful, overpowering all the cacophony of arguments, and the gods turned their eyes to the Goddess, but He did not hesitate.

He said, "This is not the time to argue, you see, we are falling into the abyss...... McCrove is drifting away from the center of the multiverse, we are sinking, and if we continue, we will sink into the abyss and become part of our former enemies. So.

I'll glue the continent.

I'm here to recondense the wreckage of the Seven Realms.

I was conceived from the continent, the first spirit in the world, and although I was subsequently elevated to God, my very existence symbolizes the complete continent.

Sacrifice me to bring the continent back together...... Even if this reunited oneness is far smaller than before, it is enough to sustain all the remnants of the world.

The Earth Goddess is willing to sacrifice herself to glue the shattered world together, which may be a good choice from an intellectual point of view, but if the gods only act according to pure reason, they have long been seized of their will by divinity and merged with the great source of the universe, how can they agree to this?

"You are a hero, you have sacrificed a lot, and the 'Earth Dragon' group you are sheltering is almost extinct."

Even the gods of the Migration Sect shook their heads and said, "No matter how much you sacrifice, it will not be your turn to sacrifice." ”

"I'll do it."

There are gods willing to take the place of the goddess of the earth and voluntarily give everything they have: "I am the god of mountains and swamps, and I am a part of the earth. ”

"I'll come."

Short but firm words, and God stood up, the god of rivers and lakes.

"Me." "Me." "Me."

All the remaining gods of the old earth gods have stepped forward, and many other powerful gods have also stepped forward—for the gods, death is but an eternal dream, and if their sacrifice can truly save the world, then their name will live with civilization forever, which is the supreme glory.

"There's no need."

At this point, the sage spoke, shook his head, and said, "No one needs to be sacrificed. ”

"Behold the wreckage of our enemies in the void, numerous and powerful...... Burn chaos with the remaining initial fire, and we will be able to reshape the world. ”

The sage's words drew the eyes of the gods to something they had never focused on before—the remains of evil gods. Before that, no one had thought they could exploit the remains of the evil gods, a power of resentment and chaos that would erode souls even if touched, a force that only the mightiest gods, the mighty, and the sages could resist.

Use it to reshape the world, and anyone would scoff at it if the person who said it wasn't a sage.

But the man who said this was a sage, so the gods were willing to believe in this crazy idea.

"What happened next? Joshua?"

Above the subterranean lake, Nostradamus was frowning, and recorded all the things that Joshua had said in his magic book, corresponding to the scattered clues he had found in ancient books in the past, and he soon discovered that although Joshua said sounded a little ridiculous, it was surprisingly perfect for explaining all the records of the past.

"Next...... This is the vision I saw in the Ten Thousand Worlds Sacrifice Ground. ”

At this time, Joshua sighed, he recalled the illusion he saw when he first went to the Ten Thousand Worlds Sacrifice Ground - it was countless scattered fragments of memory and historical replays, sages, saints, and many gods, many voices that I don't know who intertwined, and in that complicated information, Joshua clearly remembered the question that seemed to represent the anger of the whole world and the helpless reply of the sages.

[How do you want my daughter to become one with that filthy and chaotic being? I will not allow it, I will never agree with it! 】

[This is the only way, to save you, and your daughter, I'm sorry, but I can only do this. 】

[Ahh I curse you! Curse you! Humans, elves, dwarves, all ...... Living in ...... I curse ......]

It was a furious question from a great being, and a tired and helpless voice, it was the will of the world, the conversation between Fullmetal Python Microve and the sages in the inner world.

The process of using the evil god's body to reshape the world went wrong, and the gods originally planned to use the remnants of the initial fire of the McCrof world to burn Chaos, and then gradually regenerate the world, so that the new continent could even be larger than the original seven continents combined, and the flames that were about to be extinguished could burn again, so that there was no need for a backup plan to rekindle the flames - but they overestimated the remaining flame brilliance of the McCrof world...... After several years of continuous burning, the flame went out one day that no one expected.

On that day, the sage traveled to the distant world of Grandia to inspect the places of exile of sinners, and by the time He returned, it was too late.

Chaos spreads again, and this time, it's the gods who have put it into the inner world.

Feeling that the existence of extreme disgust is spreading in his body, the long-dormant steel python wakes up in anger, and the first thing it sees is the earth goddess who takes herself as the core and forcibly suppresses all chaos in her body, her body is invaded by chaos, and her daughter who has been with her for the longest time is also eroded by chaos, and the steel python that has fallen into madness because of chaos is furious and wants to destroy everything in the world, but it is stopped by the gods and sages.

"Both the gods and the sages believed that there was definitely a conspiracy behind this, and there were beings who did not dare to confront the gods head-on, so they started from behind to extinguish the flames. However, this argument is not supported by evidence, and the main point at that time was to calm the wrath of the world's will, or to suppress it, so it was not delved into...... And after that, there is no chance to delve into it. ”

Joshua slowly landed beside the underground lake, and he walked slowly along the shore, looking down at the ancient temple at the bottom of the lake, the warrior's gaze calm.

"I don't regret this choice, it's just that maybe, I can't see the world come to life again...... Ha, after all, I'm also a vain guy who wants to see my name praised. ”

The earth goddess did not regret his choice, he was ready to sacrifice, but he still felt a little sad when he saw his mother being eroded by the remnants of the evil god and crazy: "One day, it will come to its senses." ”

Then He fell into a complete sleep and entered into the near-eternal sleep of the gods.

However, the outside world, after paying a great price and joining forces to suppress the will of the world, the gods are plunged into a terrifying civil strife.

Because they feel that the world is gradually improving, there are many gods who live in the half-plane and move the groups they shelter to the new Mycrof continent, and because of the wrath of the steel python, these groups do not exist in ten, and more than a dozen races are wiped out because of this, or only a few scattered remnants remain, and in an instant, the gods who have nothing are furious and look for all the existence that can extinguish the flames, they first found the dwarf god who is responsible for guarding the core of the world, and then turned to find the fire elemental god who knows the flames, Naturally, these two powerful gods did not want to be tied up and interrogated by a group of madmen who were overwhelmed with anger, and they also had their own friends and supporters...... An inexplicable battle began like this.

The contradictions that have been accumulated since ancient times, the dissatisfaction that has been piled up on weekdays, the ideas and paths that have gone against each other, and the natural enemies and opponents...... The gods are not monolithic, not to mention that some of them have fallen into madness, and the sages want to stop this senseless scuffle, but he stops the first time, and there is a second time, and since the flame of mutual hatred has been ignited, it will never be extinguished.

"This senseless civil war has lasted for three hundred years, and the other races living on the continent tremble under the wrath of the gods, only some gods who have not yet been overwhelmed by the anger have established a shelter for the races to perpetuate."

After saying these last words, they came to the edge of the underground lake, and Joshua and Nostradamus fell silent at the same time as they walked towards the bottom of the underground lake.

This is so unreasonable - the old mage would have liked to say this, how could the gods start a war with each other over such a frivolous thing? Together, they defeated the evil gods, suppressed the mad will of the world, and they were even willing to sacrifice for this world!

But immediately, his doubts turned into a sigh: although it seems crazy, there are many such examples in reality, and it is not something to marvel at at all when comrades who join forces to defeat the enemy turn their heads and slaughter their compatriots.

"Where do these memories come from? The Departure of the Sages...... Is it disillusionment with the gods? The old mage asked, a little tired.

"The goddess of the earth—or rather, the land itself."

Joshua replied, "As for the sages...... He didn't disappoint anyone, he didn't feel that anyone had done anything wrong, as long as there was a mind with self-will, contradictions between each other would inevitably occur, he just didn't know that it would explode on that day. ”

"He's just wondering, wondering about the nature of the multiverse."

"Why is there an evil god, why is there an abyss? Order and chaos rotate endlessly, why is it presented in such a situation? ”

Coming to the temple at the bottom of the lake, Joshua stretched out his hand and touched the temple that was vibrating slightly, releasing divine power fluctuations. He whispered, "So after setting up some back-ups, he went to the deepest part of the multiverse alone, and he wanted to find this ultimate answer, otherwise, even if he cultivated one civilization after another, it would only be destroyed again and again." ”

Speaking of this, Joshua couldn't help but laugh: "It's funny to say, this temple mistakenly thought I was some pure-blood Titan, so it sent me most of the memories, and it transmitted the ancient memories to all beings with the bloodline of the mother god through the bloodline of steel, but it is estimated that only I can see them all." ”

"As for the purpose, Nostradamus, that's what I said before, beyond what we had imagined...... This temple has two functions, one of which is an early warning device. ”

Turning his head, Joshua looked at Nostradamus, who met the old mage's eyes: "The seal of the will of the world is about to be strengthened again, and before that it sends a message to the entire multiverse - it has decided to use its identity as the will of the world as a bargaining chip, calling on all beings who can hear its voice to destroy us. ”

"The identity of the will of the world?!"

Nostradamus was shocked by Joshua's bland words, but soon, he reacted on his own: "Yes, it's not strange...... Behind those Abyss Lords is actually a remnant of the will of the world, which is equivalent to an abyss itself...... This may be the so-called bargaining chips. ”

Although it sounds incredible, it is actually not a particularly rare example, in addition to the will of the abyss and the abyss lord, the most powerful elemental lord of some elemental planes is likely to be the will of that plane itself, for mages, this is not an incomprehensible thing, and it can even be said to be common sense.

"As for the other function, it is the back hand left by Mother Earth Goddess for herself."

Speaking of this, Joshua looked up at the sky, his gaze penetrated the rock formations thousands of meters later, and he could see the divine power light waves crisscrossing the sky, which surrounded the whole world, and finally gradually formed a huge goddess statue in the eyes of the warriors, Joshua watched in silence as the other party slowly reorganized above the sky.

As in all myths and legends, gods have personal preferences and desires, and the goddess wants to know what the result of her sacrifice will be and whether she can really save the world, so before she completely falls silent, she uses her own flesh and blood to forge thousands of temples like this and suppress them underground.

"These temples contain some of the blood of the Earth Mother Goddess as the source of divine power, and when the flames are completely rekindled, or when the world is shaken, these temples will gradually be activated, and then reorganized into the last vestiges of the Goddess's former will...... Look at the world. ”

Nostradamus blinked, he also raised his head to look at the sky, and the old mage asked with some confusion, "Is he satisfied?" ”

"I don't know."

Joshua said slowly, word by word, clear and powerful: "But don't worry." ”

In front of me, there is a quaint temple, above the temple, there are ancient murals depicting, that is all the history of all the tribes since they lit the fire and waved the stone tools, there are peace, there are wars, there are great wonders, there are also ordinary farmland, the earth watches all this, carries all this.

Outside, the light of divine power condensed in the high heavens, turning into an image of a goddess whose face could not be seen clearly, he looked down at the world, nodded slowly, and then turned into fragments in the wind and sprinkled the whole world.

Maybe it's a good year.

The earth shook, the rock shook, and Joshua stared at the temple as if she were gazing at the same goddess from a thousand years ago.

It's glowing.

"He will never be disappointed."