Chapter 396: Unable to witness the glory of the Creator
Following the flying machine of the puppet demon, naturally there is no need to run around in the endless sea of sand like before.
When night was about to fall, the Demon Abyss City finally loomed at the end of the sky.
The entire city is surrounded by a barrier, and the wind and sand from outside cannot invade it at all.
The cup of desire pinned to the chest of Oran's clothes suddenly turned around and looked towards the Demon Abyss King's City in the distance.
"Lord Oran!"
"This city..."
Gamer spoke. He originally wanted to say something, but he only said half of it.
In the end, he could only say: "Is it the Demon Abyss King's City?"
Because he didn't know what words to use to describe this city.
It has a majestic appearance, thick city walls, and towering eccentric buildings, which are connected to each other by various corridors, rope bridges, and stone bridges.
It not only has the antiquity and grandeur of the ancient barbaric era, but also has a breathtakingly complex and exquisite structure that shows the prosperity of the Demonic Abyss civilization.
While he was talking, the aircraft and magic carpet had already approached the city.
Oran sat on the magic carpet and answered Gamel's question.
"This is the Demon Abyss King's City."
"What's wrong?"
Gamer: "It feels like I've entered another world."
There was an indescribable shock in Gamer's heart. The prosperity of the previous era that Olan mentioned seemed to be reflected in this city.
Although he was not able to see the Lost Kingdom above the clouds, he was fortunate enough to see the Demonic Abyss City in the sea of sand.
It also gave Gamer a more intuitive understanding of the ancient times.
The aircraft landed flexibly and passed through the tall city gate, and the magic carpet followed and slipped in.
Lei got off the aircraft.
But the first thing he did was clean the sand off his body, using magical methods.
"That's the worst thing about this place, there's sand everywhere you go."
Lei patted his metal head and made a banging sound.
Only then did Gamer understand why these puppet demons still wore clothes. The sand entering the metal body would not only make them uncomfortable, but would also cause inconvenience to their movements.
Afterwards, Lei led the two of them through the ups and downs of the maze-like city, walking between the tall buildings.
A large number of non-human beings can be seen in the city.
There are metal dolls, clay pot dolls, glass dolls walking on the corridor outside the building, and kite monsters passing by in the sky from time to time.
This fantasy city is paired with the endless outer layer of yellow sand, making everything here filled with the magnificence and fantasy of a mythical world.
In a daze, they passed by a palace and came to the Demon Pyramid.
Lei finally stopped here and said to Oran.
"Olan!"
"You must stay longer this time and help me build a new aircraft."
"My aircraft is pretty good, and it's fun to build it."
Lei is very cheerful. He doesn't seem to know what it means to be polite, but he also knows that when someone helps someone, he should give something in return.
Oran nodded and said meaningfully.
"Perhaps, I also need some help from you."
Lei left, and a voice came from the Cup of Desire.
"Lord Oran."
"Should I go in too?"
Gamer felt the power of the Demon Spirit Pyramid, and he seemed to see a huge force running through reality, connecting to an illusory and unknown dimension.
That power does not belong to mortals, it is called myth.
His original expectation turned into fear and hesitation in an instant.
Because he knew that as long as he walked into it, he would see a god, the legendary god of demons.
It was very plain when I heard Olan speak.
Going to meet a god seems to be just that.
But only when you really stand here can you understand how solemn and sacred this is among ordinary people.
Therefore, it is not surprising that Gamer's mood changes at this moment.
Oran understood Gamel's emotions, and even knew what he was worried about, because they had witnessed with their own eyes what happened to a group of mortals not long ago when they met the gods.
"Other gods are different from the Titan Ruhe. Because the Titan Ruhe is too powerful, the impact of their every move is beyond imagination."
"Besides, we are not blasphemers."
"So don't worry and be afraid."
"Gamel."
"Lord Elena is a noble, kind, and righteous god. She has helped me a lot."
Oran walked down step by step and entered the Demonic Pyramid.
Just when I saw the ancient temple dedicated to the Creator, the entire domain space turned upside down.
Olan looked around and knew that he was no longer in the world.
He looked at the depth in the distance, the endless darkness,
"Dream World."
"The kingdom of the gods."
Oran once traveled in the dream world with a clan of dream creatures and fairies, and he recognized this place at a glance.
The Pyramid of Demon Spirits is a mythical prop with two sides: positive and negative.
The inverted pyramid is in the human world, and the upright pyramid is in the dream world.
But there are not many people who can enter this pyramid of evil spirits.
There is a temple on the Demon Spirit Pyramid, and in the temple stands the statue of Elena, the God of Demon Spirits. At this moment, the god is looking at Oran under the statue.
Elena, the God of Demon Spirits, just stood there, while Olan and Gamer saw dense lines and imprints emerging behind her, overwhelming the sky.
He saw the ancient demonic abyss turning into a whirlpool behind him, and the wills of countless demonic abyss people calling out his name.
She is the heir to the will of the people of the Demon Abyss and the last bearer of the entire civilization.
Just looking at Him, the two of them seemed to be suppressed by the heavy atmosphere of civilization and the power of myth, unable to raise their heads. They immediately lowered their heads and did not dare to look up.
Olan stepped forward and saluted.
Even if the other party does not have the status of a god, he once had a kindness to Oran.
Therefore, Oran respects Elena very much.
"The great god of demons, Lady Elena."
"God Iva asked me to bring you his blessings and congratulate you on your return from the eternal barbaric years and your ascendance to the throne of God in this era."
"May you regain everything you once had and restore the glory of the Demonic Abyss civilization."
Elena's voice came from above. It sounded like a noble lady, but it had a strong feeling, like a knight made of steel.
"Thank God Iva for my blessing."
"It's just that everything in the past has passed, just like time can't be turned back."
"A new era naturally has new stories. Even myths have to accept this fact."
"He doesn't have to comfort me."
Elena was as direct as ever, so Oran didn't know how to reply. After all, these words were not meant for him.
The next words were what Elena told Oran.
Elena looked at Oran's divine form and suddenly felt something.
"Olan."
"Snake man, doll, god's form."
"Every time I see you, you seem to be changing."
"When I see you next time, in what form will you stand in front of me?"
Oran replied: "Great Lady Elena, maybe it's because I'm lucky enough."
Elena chuckled, not seeming to think highly of the word lucky.
"Everyone who can reach this point is lucky enough, but luck cannot be maintained forever, so temporary luck is an opportunity for some people, and a disaster for others."
"Olan, you can be favored by the fairies in the forest and valued by God Iva."
"You have qualities that others don't have."
Having said this, Olan immediately went down and asked the god in front of him.
"Ms. Elena."
"I had a doubt on my way here, and I have a question I want to ask you."
Elena didn't speak, just looked at Olan.
Olan knew that this meant asking him to continue.
So he spoke again.
"What do you think is the most important quality for becoming a god?"
"What is the most important thing you need to become a god?"
When God Iva told Oran that he would become his servant, he had been thinking about this issue.
Although he had a new understanding of the relationship between gods and humans in the Land of Lei Ze, now he wants to ask a real god, a god who has lived for an era, what should a god have?
something.
If he wants to become a god, what must he possess?
But the other party told him: "You don't need any special qualities to become a god. There was once a 'lucky person' who could become a god without needing anything."
As soon as these words came out, Olan was immediately dumbfounded, and Gamer was even more dizzy by this topic belonging to gods, and he didn't know where he was.
Oran couldn't understand how such a thing could exist.
“You don’t need anything to become a god?”
Gamer's heart was screaming: "Become a god?"
Elena: "Because He has been a god since he was born, but he was not born with blessings, but was born in nightmares and disasters."
Elena's voice fell into memories, as if she was recalling the ancient and wild past.
"He is a little man in a bottle, an evil god born in a bottle."
"The myth created by Anhofors."
"Empty power, but without any reason or goal, eternal life is like poisonous wine to Him."
"He was locked in a bottle from birth, wandering on the boundless sea with no destination and no anchor to tie Him down."
"Anhofors created Him and gave Him the status of a myth, but the person He hated most was Anhofors."
Oran didn't know who Anhofors was. He couldn't understand what it was like to be a being who could create myths. He couldn't understand the tragedy and pain behind the myths and epics of the ancient times.
Elena woke up from her memories, standing quietly in front of the temple and looking down.
"Olan!"
"Becoming a god does not require any special qualities. Anyone can become a god."
"But becoming a god is just the beginning."
"The reason to be God, the reason to be God."
"That obsession that can never be forgotten through the ages."
"That's the most important thing."
"It is your anchor to keep you steady in the long river of time."
"It is your boat through the long river of time, your anchor, and your lighthouse."
The face of the exquisite metal doll under Elena's hood showed no expression, and she spoke words as cold as metal.
"If you still have doubts, it means you don't have the heart to become a god, and you don't have the energy to carry eternal life."
"It also means that you will become another villain in a bottle."
"Under the influence of strength, one falls into arrogance, under the influence of strength, one falls into confusion, and finally under the influence of strength, one falls into destruction."
"Olan, eternal life is not a reward, but a punishment for those who do not have a godly heart."
"Because in these eternal years, everything will be wasted."
"Everything you own will eventually be wiped out, leaving only an eternal body, a heartless body."
"Time may not be able to kill your body, but it can kill your heart and your fragile will."
Oran listened to Elena's words and looked up at the god.
The gods in his eyes at this moment were completely different from those before. They were no longer empty terms like majesty, power, and eternity.
He seemed to see a shining heart surging inside the figure at the top.
These characters can become gods not just because of their power.
Also because they have an anchor that will never disappear, a heart that still shines despite the passage of time.
Elena saw Olan's inner confusion and finally asked him.
"Ivar has chosen you to be his servant, but the final choice is still in your hands."
"Have you really thought about what kind of god you want to be?"
Olan didn't speak, he was also asking himself at this moment.
"Olan!"
"Do you have such a divine heart that can carry eternal life?"
"Do you really know how to be a god? Have you really thought about what kind of god you want to be?"
At this moment, Oran suddenly thought of old Tut.
There is also the oath that Tut and I made when we were young and joined the Tower Spirit School.
"The Secret of Talling."
The mysteries of the Tower Spirit are not the beliefs of one individual, but the common ideas and pursuits of a group of alchemists.
Olan seemed to faintly see a ray of light, which shone from a distance.
The light guided his direction and also shined into his heart.
Oran: "I understand, I want to find my own ship."
Oran shook his head. The light seemed to be getting closer and closer before his eyes. What he saw was not a ship, but something else.
"It might be a little different!"
"To me, that should be a tower."
"A tower that radiates light and is pure white."
Olan finally figured out what was going on, and his expression changed slightly.
He finally expressed his gratitude to Elena and thanked the god for his guidance.
Just as he turned to leave, Olan seemed to remember something.
He stood up straight and spoke to Elena, the God of Demon Spirits, very seriously.
"Lady Elena, do you know something?"
"The Creator has descended into the world."
Elena didn't seem to react for a moment, or maybe she couldn't believe what Olan was saying.
"What did you say?"
As soon as Elena blurted out her words, she immediately understood what Oran meant.
"You met..."
But before this sentence could be finished, Elena rejected it.
"No, it's impossible, you can't see Him."
"It's Ivar, right?"
"He met his Creator."
After thinking about it, only Ivar could possibly see the Creator.
This god was created by the master of the dream himself and was the ferryman of the dream world in the previous era. He was able to face the existence of the Creator directly because he came from there.
Oran: "When I was passing through the Thunder Swamp, I happened to encounter Lei Ze's Sky Titan."
"After informing God Iva, he told me that the Creator has descended into the world."
"God Iva went to the lost kingdom in the sky, where he went to meet the gods who created everything, as well as all the masters."
When Elena heard the name Lost Kingdom, she was confused at first, and then she remembered something.
"The Lost Kingdom of the Sky?"
"It must be the city where the gods descended."
"The place where the Creator first descended, the city built by Jessel, the second generation of wisdom king."
At this point, His voice turned into a whisper that only he could hear.
"Are the gods coming there to miss the original god-king of wisdom, Lederiki?"
After Elena whispered, she suddenly asked Oran: "Has he seen it?"
After finishing one sentence, He added.
"Creator?"
Oran nodded. Ivar had indeed met the Creator, led by the Lord of Dreams.
He even heard guidance and oracles from the Creator.
Oran talked about the arrival of the gods in the City of Gods, and the causes and consequences he experienced.
Finally, it was told that the Creator left Lei Ze.
Since then, no one knows where the Creator has gone, and no one knows where He will come next.
Elena, the God of Demon Spirits, fell silent and stood quietly in front of the temple——
Oran left and returned to the present world through the gate of the Demonic Pyramid Realm.
On the pyramid of good demon spirits in the dream world, only Elena stood alone on the high place, guarding the temple left over from the previous era and built by the people of the Demonic Abyss.
He didn't know how long he stood there before finally turning around and entering the temple.
Elena stood in the temple, looking at the simple and delicate statue of the god that seemed to be covered with a layer of white gauze.
Only the outline is visible, not the face.
"pity!"
"I haven't seen you, even if I can just witness your glory."
Elena thought about it for a long time.
The original annoyance and regret were gradually put aside.
Because He had no way to see the Creator and no way to leave this Tower of Demonic Spirits.
He ascended to the throne of God using mythological props and could not leave this pyramid of demon spirits; He paid the price of being eternally bound in exchange for the freedom of the demon spirits.
And she felt that even if he could leave the Demon Spirit Tower and go to the City of Gods.
Even if he arrives at the City of God's Descendant like Iva, he is unlikely to enter it in the end.
but.
He was thinking again.
If God Yinsai can also come to the city of Demonic Abyss, his followers may also be lucky enough to meet the Creator.
But when I think about it, I think it’s impossible.
Although the Demonic Abyss City was also founded by Yesel, it can even be traced back to an era older than the City of God's Advent.
But in terms of significance, there is no comparison with the City of God's Descendance.
Because what is sacred is not the city, but the land.
Just like the Sanye people regard the City of Servants of God and the Holy Mountain as holy places, it is the holy place where they welcome the God of Insai. From King Jessel to the final destination of their faith, it is the sleeping place for generations of Sanye people.
land.
But that only means something to the people of Sanye. To the Creator, it is naturally more meaningful to the city where the gods descended.
Elena thought, maybe this is why the Creator came there.
In the end, Elena could only express regret in her voice.
"Perhaps everything has been arranged long ago, and whoever can see you is guided by fate."
"I'm just an ordinary believer. Maybe I haven't been able to see your glory."
Elena is a descendant of the first-generation King of the Demonic Abyss. She studied with the first-generation Sage of Truth, Sandian. Although she is a citizen of the Demonic Abyss, she also inherits the will of two generations of saints.
What he heard most when he was a child was the story of the first generation King of the Demonic Abyss who went on a pilgrimage with the saints.
Naturally, he had hoped that one day he would be able to ascend to the legendary land given by God and walk in the sea of flowers in the sun.
But.
When she was a mortal, she was thinking.
As an apostle, she was thinking.
When she was a god, she was still thinking.
Perhaps whether they are mortals or gods, these two identities are meaningless in front of the Creator.
Finally, He slowly approached the statue of Insai.
"This is the era when the divine moon descends, and this is the era when the Creator walks on earth."
"This is the best of times and an era full of hope."
At this point, Elena's words changed.
"The Demonic Spirit Clan."
"What role do the successors of the Demon Abyss Civilization play in this era?"
Elena looked outside the Demon Spirit Pyramid.
The entire Demon Abyss City, the entire kingdom of demon spirits, all appeared before his eyes——
After coming out of the Demon Spirit Pyramid, Olan was not ready to leave here.
He planned to live in Demon Abyss King City for a while and conduct an experiment here that he had wanted to start for a long time.
At this time, Gamer suddenly asked Oran a question.
"Lord Oran!"
"You want to become a god?"
Oran was not secretive: "I never thought about it before, but God Iva hopes that I can become someone who can walk with Him and become His follower."
"Gamel."
"A true believer is not someone who blindly follows faith, but someone who can truly inherit the will of the gods and walk with the gods."
"A new era is coming. The gods are moving forward, civilization is moving forward, and everything is moving forward."
"Because this is what the Creator wants to see, it is the will of the supreme god."
Gamer: "Why do I feel that the Creator you call is not the same one I know?"
Oran knew the name of the god Insai, but he did not dare to say it.
Because he once heard the three-leaf symbiont read once, but the other party could call God Yinsai God, but when he read the name of God Yinsai, he almost disappeared from the world.
If Saint Raphael, the storage fairy, hadn't saved him, he might have disappeared.
"If you have a chance, you will know."
Gamer didn't get the answer, but suddenly remembered the temple on the Demon Spirit Pyramid.
It was obviously the palace of another god, and the God of Demon Spirits moved his statue outside, guarding the palace like a bodyguard.
An ancient god guards the temple of another god like a bodyguard and servant. Just thinking about this sight is shocking.
A vacant house in Demon Abyss City welcomed a brand new guest.
Olan had already taken out one thing after another from his space ring and placed them all over the room, including many instruments used by alchemists.
On the table, there are several cups of desire of different sizes.
These cups of desire were placed inside covers, and there were ritual arrays on the covers, as if they were afraid of them escaping.
Olan sat at the table, holding an alchemy notebook in his hand.
Those are the alchemy notes of Oran's close friend Old Tut.
He looked through the contents of the note, over and over again, and finally turned to the first page.
He first read the content of the preface, and finally leaned back on his chair and looked up out of the window.
Then, the content of that page was read aloud.
"Everyone knows to raise their heads and look at the stars in the sky."
"They all want to get wings and fly in the wind."
"But no one lowered his head to build the ladder to the sky."
"Because building a ladder is too troublesome and takes too long. I may not be able to build this ladder until I die."
"only."
"Not everyone can grow wings, nor can the wind come all the time."
"The talented people who grow wings will eventually become legends and disappear into history, never to be repeated; the lucky ones who fly with the wind will eventually die when the wind stops, and no one cares about them."
"What they change is only themselves, not the world."
"But as long as we have the ladder to the sky, it will be like the ancient snake people building the Tower of Babel in the City of Life."
"Let each of us ascend to the sky and touch the stars."
"That time period."
"Everyone can grow wings, and everyone can fly in the wind."
Oran thought about his journey along the way. He had seen the divisions and struggles in the Land of the Rising Sun in the past, and he had also led the White Tower Alchemy Alliance to build a nation.
In the Kingdom of Lei Ze, he saw the blind obedience of mortals to their faith, and he saw how terrible ignorance is.
Sometimes he even doubted the significance of the birth of intelligent species.
But at this moment, he suddenly felt that the birth of the intelligent species had the meaning of its existence.
It is a process of continuous progress toward civilization.
But this process does not come out of thin air. It requires the efforts of ordinary people and the efforts of geniuses.
It even requires the power of gods.
Oran felt that he might be part of the driving force behind this process.
At least, he wants to be this force.
"I want to create a new world, an unprecedented civilized world."
Oran looked at the alchemy notes in his hand, and the figure of Old Tut appeared in front of his eyes.
"Old Tut, lend me your wish!"
"Let's make it happen together."
After he finished speaking, Olan's body suddenly burst into light.
A lamp of divine contract emerged from his body, and the shadows of countless lamp spirits leaped out of the lamp.
Finally, the light turned into a shadow and poured into the glass cover in front of him.
poured into the cup of desire.
The Cup of Desire immediately began to grow wildly, reaching half a person's height.
A face grew out of the flower cup, which looked somewhat similar to Oran.
It's just that it has no memory, no wisdom, it only has a wisp of obsession.
Olan watched its birth and suddenly opened the lid.
This time, this weird life form did not run away, but rubbed against Olan's palm.
Oran can feel its will and desire, because it is its own will and desire.
About his and Old Tut's desire to create a tower spirit, about the ultimate secret pursued by generations of tower spirit schools, and about their expectations for the future.
"It is born from human desire."
"If desire makes people sink."
"If it can bring happiness and hope to people, what can it be?"
Here, Olan gave his own answer.
"You can also call it a wish."
Oran plans to use it as the core to create the ultimate secret of the Tower Spirit School.
Talling.
An existence with independent personality, but will never betray.
A living being that can follow its wishes and continue to implement them until the wishes come true.