The Second Son of God

Boom!

With her body aching and her hair standing on end, Xia'er was dragged by the feet and thrown into the bath by Goshinam.

Goshinam's psychotherapy was highly effective. A session of electrotherapy cured Shael of the frenzy caused by the dragon's roar. As a former mortal enemy, the Elf Queen was quite experienced in treating the dragon's mental breath.

"What did you do this time?"

"I actually sensed a bit of Angelweid's presence."

The "Elf Queen" looked at Xia'er with puzzlement.

If Stormpath hadn't been inept at divination, she would have suspected that Shael had used the divine blood of the Imaginary Dragon's descendant, taken from the Elven Treasury, to divine the ancient god who ruled the realm of the mind.

"I tried a ritual magic."

Xia Er recovered relatively quickly. He soaked in the water, stretching his slightly sore arms as he spoke.

"Did you pray to Angelweid?"

Goshinam frowned slightly. How could a normal elf pray to a dragon of illusion, especially one that had already perished?

"Yes, it seems this ancient god hasn't completely perished; at least he left behind something interesting."

Chael was fairly well prepared.

Using something tainted by the Chaos Sea's aura can strengthen the connection between him and the negative personality of the Imaginary Dragon. The Chaos Sea's aura might also enhance the signal, making cross-server communication clearer.

The most suitable one he could think of was the calamity-related characteristic within his body, which originated from an angel who died after being corrupted by the Chaos Sea.

This similarity, coupled with the honorific name, is sufficient.

"What did you discover?"

The Elf Queen sat by the pool, her bare feet lightly touching the clear water. Gentle ripples spread over her pearly ankles. She manipulated the water with her fingertips, which were shimmering with light, and looked up to ask a question.

"Perhaps it's a virtual personality."

"A virtual personality that is not in good condition, crazy, and possibly corrupted."

Chael did not hide this matter from the Elf Queen.

"You're looking for the Nightmare Dragon's extraordinary traits?"

Goshinam guessed Chael's purpose.

"That's right, are you interested too?"

Chael swam over to the edge of the pool where Goshinam was sitting and asked.

Gohchinam nodded.

There's nothing to hide about this.

"I completely agree with your decision to go out and look for work, while I stay home and do the rest."

"But if you get it, the cost-effectiveness is relatively low, and the possibility is not very high, so I still need to go find it."

Xia'er also considered lying down, but she didn't have the means to do so.

"Like that ancient sun god, you also have a connection to the earth's interior?"

Goshinam looked at Xiaer, who was soaking in the water with her eyes closed, and asked.

Goshinam had this suspicion when he didn't mind using the divine properties left behind by the elf who died from underground pollution.

Although extraordinary characteristics shouldn't contain much pollution, ordinary people would certainly choose to avoid them.

"I think the connection isn't that deep."

"But, as a remnant of the past, my resistance to pollution is far greater than yours."

"The difficulty has never been establishing a connection with the underground."

Chael was somewhat confident in this regard.

He remembered an ancient dragon named Erdfana, which survived until the Fifth Age even after being corrupted by the Chaos Sea.

As a time traveler and a remnant of the past, is his resistance to pollution really inferior to that of a giant dragon?

Jumping into the Chaos Sea would certainly kill you, but how could you die instantly just from being touched by its aura?

The Elf Queen may only be able to become Sequence 1, but he can become the King of Angels among the Kings of Angels.

"Did I disrupt your rhythm?"

Gohchinam thought about his earlier urging.

She has grown a lot and no longer needs her to say anything more.

"Hmm... I don't think so."

"This ritual wasn't actually that dangerous. Under normal circumstances, anyone below the level of an angel would die from contact with contamination, unable to withstand its power. Angels, being of a higher level, would experience unimaginable and terrifying mutations upon contact with contamination. Only true gods would fare slightly better."

"I am now half a saint and half an angel. I can bear the power that a saint cannot bear. I cannot perceive the terror that an angel would sense. Moreover, I have only come into contact with a corrupted personality, not the source of the corruption itself."

"Even if we encounter the mental breath of a dragon, isn't there a master of the mind here?"

Chael opened her eyes and rested her chin on her hand.

He didn't understand why Goshinam and Arrodes both thought he was reckless.

He knew very well that he was actually incredibly steady.

Although the transmigrator's high rank is similar to Klein's above the gray fog, both ranks are illusory.

But something illusory is better than nothing at all.

Can the sequence 2 that falls from sequence 0 be the same as the ordinary sequence 2?

"You remind me of Suniasolem."

"Many of His decisions, in hindsight, were correct."

Gohshinam's eyes also seemed to be lost in thought, clearly recalling some past times.

"Do you admit that you are neither as powerful as the Elf King nor as wise as him?"

"Although you are calmer than Him, and He is more impatient than you, His understanding of the world and His judgment of the situation far surpasses yours. He thinks faster and is more accurate than you."

Shael perked up immediately. He turned around, looked into the eyes of the 'Elf Queen', and said with great interest.

"I am indeed inferior to the king."

Gohchinam did not shy away from the question.

The Elf King considered joining forces with the Imaginary Dragon to prioritize the Giant King's threat over the Imaginary Dragon, which is one manifestation of his wisdom.

Unfortunately, the Ancient Gods are even more unable to resist the attraction of adjacent pathways.

Even the Elf King and the Imaginary Dragon could not achieve the same kind of separation and reunion as the three gods of Feng, Zhi, and Bai in later generations.

If they ever team up even once in a while...

"You have a good sense of self-awareness."

Xia Er lay back down.

This woman doesn't even argue with him; it's pointless.

"I have never been a decision-maker; I am merely an assistant to the 'King'."

"Deal with some... troubles that He has no patience for."

"You were able to make the decision to 'seal' the vast majority of the spirits."

"I can't make the decision to make them the ones who provide faith in the 'dream'."

Goshinam looked at Xia Er, who was lazily enjoying the hot spring, and said with a somewhat complicated expression.

Even though she was the Queen of the Elves, she never thought of such a thing.

This is not merely prolonging a life; it is almost a slow death.

"God has the right to decide the course of his own civilization and race."

"Since God is also God, 2 to 1, I agree with the God of Luck, so let's make a happy decision."

The Goddess of Fortune and the Queen of Calamity, two multi-functional angels, together are enough to pack up and seal most of the surviving land and sea elves, turning them into a 'tool' that only provides faith.

The advantage is that this part of the faith does not diminish or waver, and the god of fortune can restart it multiple times when encountering danger, escape danger, and wash away madness.

The downside is that elves have a limited lifespan, so it's impossible to raise them like livestock.

This can be seen as trading the 'future' for the 'present'.

"You are the one I chose, so of course I will support you."

"And that actually makes me feel much more relaxed."

Goshinam leaned against Chael, feeling a sense of relaxation.

In fact, the current elven race is a burden to the Elf Queen.

If faith is lacking, Goshinam can satisfy his needs by secretly sheltering some hunted sea creatures or by living in anonymity and secretly controlling a remote area.

Even if the believers are in danger, she can calmly ignore it, deal with it as needed, and move them to another place if necessary.

The most flexible approach is to allow the audience to be in two places at once, without the main person appearing on stage.

But she couldn't abandon the elves; she couldn't simply ignore them.

She also wanted her fellow clansmen to live as well as possible.

"Did the Elf King leave anything behind?"

"Other ancient gods had a backup plan for resurrection, so why doesn't the Elf King have one?"

Chael changed the subject.

Although the Storm's Desecration card clearly states that the Tyrant does not possess the ability to rise from the dead and return from the void, the Elf King is an Ancient God of the Mixed Path, not an ordinary Tyrant.

"He left behind contingency plans for the resurrection, but they were all destroyed."

Gohchinam's voice was tinged with resentment.

"An ancient sun god?"

This was the only person Xia Er could think of.

"And there's the Giant King Olmir."

"Ha, I really want to know, when He was beaten to the brink of death by the ancient sun god, did He ever regret it?"

Gohnam's eyes were filled with undisguised mockery.

"The King of Giants?"

"His only remaining affection was perhaps reserved for his family."

Shael didn't know how to evaluate the Giant King.

This ancient god, who accidentally killed his own parents, passed on his authority to the next generation at the end of his life. In a way, he also fulfilled his mission.

It's possible for the "God of War" to unleash his full power and kill his own father, but that would be quite difficult.

Even a severely injured ancient god is still an ancient god. If someone wants to cause trouble, they should at least be an angel king.

Whatever the truth may be, it is likely true that the Giant King did not launch a "last-ditch counterattack" against his eldest son.

Lilith managed to take two Old Gods with her before she died... and she herself didn't die...

"Of the eight ancient gods, all but Fabuti, who sealed himself in the abyss, perished."

Goshinam recounted that history to Chael, the glorious history of the omniscient and omnipotent.

"Ha, that's God's 'favorite son,' it's normal that we can't beat Him. There's only one God as outrageous as Him, and there will never be a second one."

There was nothing more to say to this overpowered player who started with two paths to godhood.

"Oh, so you're God's 'second son'?"

Goshinam teased, mimicking Shael's tone.

Such conversations had taken place many times, and Goshinam naturally understood what the original God meant.

As a human being, how could Xia Er not be willing to communicate?

He was an outcast compared to the other remnants of the past, each one more lonely than the last.

"Huh? You want me to acknowledge a thief as my father? I am Iron Lance's Heavenly Venerable Party."

"What respectable audience member would rush to become God's son?"

Xia Er was surprised that the title of Master Hong had fallen on his head, and he quickly shook his head.

"Do you need me and 'Lucky' to help you find it?"

Gohshinam smiled and asked.

She made it clear that she had given up the idea of ​​competing with Chael.

She was unable to make the most of the resources.

"unnecessary."

"The things left behind by the Imaginary Dragon are very spiritual; if you help us, they will be harder to find."

Xia Er decided to try looking for it himself. If he couldn't find it, it wouldn't be a bad thing. If it went too smoothly, he might feel uneasy.

Feeling uneasy, he decided to court death at the Source Castle, hoping that the Heavenly Venerable in the darkness would intervene and suppress the inherently evil Primordial God.