Chapter 229 I am no longer a god, Ethan!
This is a trial.
A trial to defeat the past.
For Kane, it has different meanings.
Ethan listened to these familiar words, worried that if their friend Kane continued to say it, he would take off his clothes and show his second personality.
"The Caesaros in the past was like a giant beast hiding in a corner licking his wounds. He was full of resentment but had nowhere to vent. He could only masturbate through some false fantasies." Kane said, "Until a God's chosen one allowed him to see new possibilities in the trial."
As he said to the war lords just now, the power of the old gods could cross the seal of the plane and descend into this world. If they had been proficient in using such means at that time, the war would have developed in a completely different direction.
And in the years that followed, every old god was still influencing the world through their means.
Even though he hates humans, he has to develop believers and understand the seal through the hands of humans.
It was an extremely special seal, proposed by the god of tricks, Kadra, and isolated them from the plane through some rule that even the old gods had never known.
"Since weapons and holy objects can carry the power of the old gods, so will the God-Selected Ones, then what if they can create a perfect body that can carry all the energy of Caesaros?"
Kane made the decision to tell Ethan the secret that even the current War Council did not know.
He could sense his changes, especially after meeting Ethan.
If it were Caesaros, even if he had risked the destruction of his perfect body, he would never be willing to reveal anything to a human being.
This shows that his way of thinking is getting closer and closer to humans.
"I've heard of this theory."
Ethan almost immediately thought of the sermon ritual created by the fake Kadra. The essence is to preserve the souls of the attendants with spells, and prepare them a body that can carry their energy when necessary. They call this body "skin".
The production process of the skin is extremely complicated.
According to Tullzan's instruction, the Imperial Church needs to regularly select a group of children with extremely high adaptability, brainwash them with the Holy Word, and then use the ancient scientific and technological knowledge of the Margaret family to reshape their bodies, keep them in a half-human and semi-mechanical state, and then continuously debug these empty shells to the best state.
The human body cannot carry the energy of the saint, and only machinery can make up for its limitations.
Ethan had no idea what kind of skin she could accommodate the power of an old god for a moment. "It's a long process," Kane said. "It's been several epochs from preparation to production."
This is probably the only thing that can make Caesaros excited. He always imagines himself crossing the plane and returning to the world. "But, Caesaros didn't expect one thing. This body gave birth to its own consciousness, and that was my birth."
The moment the experiment was completed, Caesaros divided his consciousness without hesitation.
This is a careful plan. He must first adapt to this body and return to the dungeon at a suitable time to retrieve all his power, but in order to deceive the seal set by the betrayers, he must act more like humans.
But Kaisalos did not understand humans, and almost all the humans he came into contact with were believers of the Old God. They were warlike and crazy, and were no different from aliens among humans.
He needs a way closer to humanity. "For example, being born in human ways and growing in human ways is also the theory proposed by His fans."
So, on a stormy night, Kane was born.
Born in a village of a certain tribe, a place far away from the empire, the father is a hunter, and the mother stays at home to deal with all kinds of trivial matters. Although they are not rich, they give their children all their love.
This is a very ordinary family, and can be seen everywhere in the tribe. Kane, like all the children in the village, grew up, and learned hunting and some farming knowledge with his father. This is their entire source of life. "In order to ensure that this body can become a real human, he was sealed before the right time came."
And the children's parents never knew what kind of whirlpool they were involved in.
Of course, growth must be within a controllable range.
Kesalos's most loyal believer, that is, his creatures, have been hidden in the dark, witnessing the growth and change of Cain, and the war lord is waiting for a suitable time to welcome his master to return to this world.
As for those veterans of the War Council who were also involved in this plan.
They were loyal and brave enough. After witnessing Kane's arrival, they took the initiative to sacrifice their souls and handled the final aftermath of the plan.
"On the day when Kane's coming of age, the War Lord thought that the right time had come, so he came to the child's room in the middle of the night and told everything about Caesaros and the plan."
Kane's expression changed a little.
It doesn't seem like this is an exciting memory for him. "But unexpected situations arise, and the child rejected it, which is a loophole that no one could have imagined."
For Caesaros, more than a decade of time is just a blink of an eye. He has no idea about such a short passage of time, but for human beings, especially a child who has just grown up, this is his life, which is enough to change everything.
According to the War Lord's vision, after Kane learned everything, the plan would enter the second stage.
It will do its best to assist Kane to return to the abyss, attend the festival as a candidate, and regain its own power in the first trial.
When Kane completed the ceremony and returned to this world as the winner, the father of war, Caesaros, was reborn.
So at the moment of rejection, the war lord was completely confused.
It had imagined many bad possibilities with the elders of the War Council, such as the inadequacy of energy, or the obstruction of the believers of Sincarlo and Bazatos, but he did not expect that this human consciousness would refuse to return to God.
But time has passed, the chosen one who proposed this theory has long died, and all the elders of the War Council who participated in the production of the body have devoted their souls.
Now only the war lords are left facing these unexpected variables alone.
"So, in confusion, it made the most wrong decision."
Kane shook his head, "It attracted the Holy See, and destroyed the village on the grounds of 'cleaning the cultists'. Perhaps in its opinion, this is the best way to cut off bonds and concerns, and can also use hatred to give him a sense of urgency and a reason to regain his strength."
From the result, the plan of the War Lord did work.
He killed all the believers of the Life God Cult in Tucun and was exposed to the power of taboos for the first time in his life.
So the war lord appeared again, telling him that such power was far from enough to destroy the empire.
He must take back his authority, and by then all the things he hates will be destroyed under the baptism of the flames.
Kane still remembers the tone of the War Lord.
It is thrilling and more fanatical than any believer of the Old God.
Even though he knew that Caesaros's consciousness had disappeared for many years, it still fulfilled its mission, stayed secretly in the remote countryside, observing the boring human games, and it deserved the trust of Caesaros.
But it is precisely because of this unconditional trust and worship that it died at Kane without any defense.
"After that, I came to the empire."
Kain raised an eyebrow, "Because I don't need to do anything at all, this decadent dynasty will collapse."
No need to hunt, nor any concern.
Appreciating the fall of the Empire has become one of the few fun Kane has. "You should understand that before you go to the imperial capital, this place is like a barrel of explosives. It can only take a few words to make a city fall into war... I cannot completely deny that I was influenced by Caesaros."
In fact, he has always been a bloodthirsty person.
Kane realized this long ago when he was a child, before the war lord arrived.
It was the first time he was hunting with the hunters in the village. When he saw the arrow hit the prey, heard the prey's wail, and the blood flowing all over the ground, he felt a trembling from the depths of his soul.
The desire is endless, but hunting can only serve as a dessert.
The desire is aroused, but it cannot fill the ditch of desire.
Kane gradually realized that if he wanted to truly satisfy his desire, he needed a war, and he wanted to see civil war break out in the empire and guns and fire spread to every city.
At first, it was the oppressed people who were provoked to resist, and let those bullied people rise up and kill the nobles they could only look up to. In this process, the threshold of excitement became higher and higher. Killing one or two nobles could no longer fill the ditch.
Although the war lord was dead, it opened Pandora's magic box with his own hands.
Compared with illusory things such as "mission", "freedom" and "revenge", desire is the closest to him. Blood and killing are written into his blood, and this desire is as natural as human breathing.
Kane's story answered Ethan's long-standing doubt.
In fact, after seeing this "old god" for the first time in Gear City, he always felt that Kane's family was really too weak and had no sense of oppression from the evil god believers.
Whether it was the magician who was provoked in the Haywood mine, or the father who avenged Essoke for his daughter, they had the courage but had no power to match their courage, so they could not realize their thoughts. If they had not happened to encounter the outbreak of the Red Death, they would have to die as miserably as those unknown residents.
It seems now that Kane never intended to redeem them.
Appreciating resistance and killing is to satisfy his pleasure, and before regaining authority, he may not know how to share his power with his followers.
The War Council only believes in Caesaros and has no idea that there is a person like Kane.
The rebels who were provoked by Kane never regarded him as a god, but regarded him as one of them, and joined them in challenging this unfair world.
"Ethan, I really deserve to thank you."
"Thank me?"
"I have a premonition that if life continues like that, I might become another Caesaros."
This has always been the most resistant truth in Kane's heart.
Kane was not important from the beginning, it was just a consciousness born to deceive the sealing ceremony, and after achieving the mission, it could be thrown aside. "It was you who let me see another possibility." Kane said sincerely, "Let me pick up the part that belongs to the 'people', and even give me courage."
He could return to the empire at the end of the Ophera incident, wandering in major cities as before, or looking for another civilization on the verge of collapse to motivate the people there to satisfy their desires.
But that way, in his opinion, it became the Caesaros of the past.
Trapped in a place that no one knows, satisfy yourself through a false "story".
In the illusion world, victory is meaningless.
It is just a way of self-paralyzing, neither the past nor His present situation. For Kane, there is still a mess that has not been dealt with in the dungeon.
"So to thank you, I plan to give you a chance."
Human growth is to overcome the immature past.
But not everyone can pass the trial. As humans, they will know that there are almost 10 unsatisfactory things in life, and they all accept the facts in the end.
"If I fail in the trial and Caesaros's consciousness dominated during the fusion, it will become His weakest moment. After all, human power has its limits."
Kane's tone was very calm.
At this moment, he became a person who resisted fate.
Somewhere in this world, Caesaros leaves a gap that leads him to a “treasure house.” "Kane, you..." "I'm not a god, Ethan!"
Those determined eyes.
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Caesaros will end anyway.
He fused, or died at Ethan's hands after the fusion failed.
At this moment, he, Kane, as a human, wrote the fate of an old god.
…………………………………………………………… “Do you think he is telling the truth?”
Fighting farewell to Kane, Lin Dong couldn't help asking.
Her heart beat violently, and she felt that the world became extremely exciting once again.
Destroy an old god.
This is a completely unknown realm, and even Ampolis knows nothing about it. Their lives are endless. Since the moment of consciousness was born, they have surpassed any creature. Almost all the mantras and extraordinary powers used by humans today come from them.
Ambolis could hardly imagine any mantra that could substantially hurt a true god, let alone kill them.
Before leaving, the two sides made an agreement and left a telephone number for timely communication.
They adopted the tactic of division of troops, and Kane would go to find the gap left by Caesaros.
However, Winter had to consider that this might be Kane's delaying strategy. If he took action now, as Lilith said, he could not be her and Ethan's opponent in the weakest state. Even if he has the immortality, he might be re-sealed. "I don't know." Ethan shook his head.
As a friend, he tends to believe Kane's words. "I'll monitor him." Lin Dong said after thinking. "No need." Ethan stopped, "There may be parts about the Magic Network that you need to answer in person." Hearing this, Lin Dong sighed.
She always felt that Ethan was very nervous. If it were someone else, after learning these truths, he would definitely guard Kane, so that every action he would follow was under his own monitoring, and even nipped all risks in the cradle.
Rin Dong has no special opinion on Kane. She is not as good at "making friends" as Ethan, and can speak to almost every old god she has ever met.
And the old gods' attitude towards Ethan always made her feel that Ethan was like a succubus.
At first it was Lao Ba, and later it was Lao An.
Even Kaisalos and Sincarlo are now in a quagmire.
Thinking of this, Lin Dong stared at Ethan carefully and looked at him.
It looks like a human youth, with nothing special. She doesn't know where Ethan attracts the old god.
Recalling even when she looked back, she soon fell in love with Ethan in Ximu Town.
"Although Kane said that this world was woven by Caesaros, and the sub-humans and elemental shaping masters who exist here are theoretically projections of their memories and play the role of a puppet, the part about the magic network is very valuable for reference, which is the biggest enemy of the family members of Caesaros."
The power of spells and the way of casting elemental spells all restore the scene in the war.
"I think you should think more about what if Kane lies to us than Magic Network?"
"I hope he tells the truth."
"Hope?"
Lin Dong was speechless.
She admitted that as a bystander, Ethan's discussion with Kane just now seemed very real. Not only did they formulate plans in detail, but Kane also asked him half-jokingly whether his current empire would accept a relocated old god. He saw that the cabinet was at the time of employment and needed a war-proficient person to deal with foreign wars.
Although the empire situation has stabilized, it cannot change the overall development of the world.
The smell of gunpowder among various countries is getting worse and worse. Just one fuse is enough to start a war that swept the whole world.
But...
"Did you think about the possibility of a misjudgment?"
As Ethan's teacher, Lin Dong felt that she had to point out his problems positively.
Although Ethan's judgment is always correct from the results, she does not like to leave everything to luck and human nature. If Kane embraced human nature, it would definitely inherit the dark part of human nature.
Greedy, tyrannical, cunning.
This is everyone's nature, and only the gods who are above you can eliminate these dark emotions.
Lin Dong felt that this was probably why the people of the Empire thought Ethan was a little different from humans.
At least, they have never seen such a "human".
Not only because of Ethan's powerful elemental magic in the past, but also his attitude towards power, fame, and power. As long as Ethan is willing, he will immediately become the next Pope Julius, and even replace the Henry royal family.
He can dominate the fate of the empire regardless of prosperity or destruction.
However, according to Winter observations, Ethan's daily life has hardly changed much.
A fan of mysticism.
This is her first impression of Ethan. When she met Ethan in Ximu Town two years ago, he stayed in the library in his spare time, reading occult books such as "Take You to Know 100 Dark Creatures", but now it has become a research network of magic and has put the plan to rebuild the network on the agenda.
"I am different from you, and I am not a friend of Kane."
Lin Dong said, "So I can't feel completely at ease with him."
She is still considering the possibility of Kane breaking up with them after he gained the power of Katharos.
That is a power that ordinary people cannot imagine, surpassing all things, looking down on the world from the perspective of God, few people can reject such temptation.
Unless, that person is Ethan.
Only when Ethan said he was not interested in the power of the old gods would Winter try to believe it. "I can only hope." Ethan did not refute Ling Winter, and he felt that what the teacher said made sense.
He hopes that Kane is a true friend and looks forward to the world moving towards a better side.
But as Kane said, there are only 10 things that are not satisfactory in life.
Whether it is the failure of the fusion or Kane deceives them, it is possible that things will develop towards the worst outcome. "So, I didn't tell him everything." "What did you hide from him?" "Lin Dong narrowed his eyes and looked at Ethan carefully.
She couldn't imagine what move this thick-browed and big-eyed Ethan had prepared.
She half-jokingly said, "Use friendship and bonds to awaken the last trace of conscience in his heart?"
Rin Dong didn't know why she suddenly thought of this. She guessed that she must have been brainwashed by Ethan. This guy told her a lot of bedtime stories some time ago, including the growth of becoming One Piece and Naruto boys, which are basically the themes of this type.
Sometimes she couldn't help but wonder if Ethan was poisoned by those fairy tale-like narratives, so she left beautiful fantasies about the interactions between people.
"No."
Ethan accepted the reality calmly, "At that time, friendship and bonds would be useless, so I prepared a spell."
In fact, this spell was not originally prepared for Kane, and he could not have expected Kane to appear here.
However, when he received an invitation from his old friend Lao Ba, he made corresponding preparations.
This may be a meeting for art lovers, but things will always be possible in a bad direction.
"Spell? What kind of spell?"
Lin Winter was even more curious.
"It's hard to describe."
Ethan thought for a moment, glanced at the blue-haired girl who had been following them, remembering the slogan he had when he introduced the magic scroll to Yug, and said, "A NB attack."
He no longer thought about it.
"I hope I will never need to use it."
(The end of this chapter)