Whispering Poems

Chapter 3838 The Fall That Had Already Begun
"Divinity! What is this? Is this the bet I won after winning the game? But how did the piece end up so far away? Is it because I'm unhappy about losing?"

Shad gazed at the golden light amidst the blizzard, growing increasingly puzzled by the evil god's actions, yet he still set off in pursuit of the fallen divinity. After all, once he acquired new divinity, the power of the "divine overflow" state would immediately restore him to his original state.

So, on this stormy night, Shad, who had lost his way in the snow-covered mountains, braved the wind and snow, climbing higher and higher along the snow slopes and mountain paths.

Golden divine light guided Shad through the snowy night, leading him step by step to an unfamiliar area of ​​ruins, which was clearly already at a high point.

After climbing ninety-nine slippery steps, passing through a plaza with towering stone pillars, and going past a towering spire whose shape he couldn't make out, he finally saw the golden chess piece floating in the snow at the end of the road. The shape of the chess piece was clearly the same as the appearance of the [God of Misfortune] when he descended.

Boom!

Thunder rumbled in the night sky, louder than Iluna's Sunshine Gun. The wind and snow intensified, and at the edge of this unfamiliar ruin, Shad shielded his face with his arm, inching closer to the chess piece, his left hand outstretched forward.
"You really think I'm that easy to fool? This is clearly 'Saint's Cliff'!"

He abruptly withdrew his arm, and all the illusions that had been confusing Shad around him vanished.

This is indeed a ruin, and there are indeed steps, plazas, stone pillars, and towers, but the golden chess piece is clearly suspended on the outside of the cliff. If Shad takes another step forward, he will immediately fall off the cliff.

"If you won't go down yourself, can't I push you down?"

The outstretched arm in the wind and snow failed to touch Xia De, because at the same moment the hand appeared, he had already used spatial teleportation to move to a position ten meters away from the cliff.

"Unfortunately, one of the witches I know was recently pushed off a cliff using this trick; even earlier, the pointy-eared elf was kicked off a great height."

"Shad said, watching the old god [God of Misfortune] emerge from the snowstorm. He had indeed won the game, but this evil god hadn't retreated despite losing. Shad couldn't ignite his divinity again for a while, but he wasn't panicked; he was increasingly puzzled by the other's behavior.

He was quite puzzled:
"If you try to push me down, my spatial powers won't be able to stop me."

God, standing amidst the snow and sand at the edge of the cliff, answered:

"The important thing is not whether I can push you down, but that you have realized that I will push you, so you win this second round."

The golden chess piece, radiating divine light, floated before the gods:

"Then let's have one last round. If you win, this is yours."

Shade shook his head:

"You are a god, and I am just a mortal at this moment. I cannot defeat you."

Just like in the second round, I won't win by using my strength advantage.

As God spoke, the three guns hidden in Shad's waist and the inside pocket of his coat all flew out—the [Gun of Kindness], the [One-Hit Kill Gun], and the [One-Hit Pistol]; then two bullets, one gold and one black, flew out—the Lucky Bullet and the Destruction Bullet.

The appearance of all three pistols was changed until they became identical single-shot pistols; the color and type of the two bullets also became consistent, eventually turning into brass.

Snow and gravel kept hitting them, and Shad guessed what was going to happen next.

"The rules are simple: three guns and two bullets. You choose one gun and one bullet for each of us, and then point the gun at yourself or the other person and fire."

The god of misfortune caused three guns and two bullets to circulate endlessly between the two men:

"When the 'Gun of Kindness' trait is triggered, it will always hit and kill regardless of the bullet; the 'One-Hit Kill Pistol' will always hit, but it needs to be used in conjunction with the 'Destruction' bullet to guarantee a kill; the 'One-Hit Kill Pistol' will always kill."

Victory condition: You do not die after firing the shot. I have imbued the gun and the bullet with power; death is blessed by my power, and neither you nor I can escape it.

The deity instructed Shad to do it himself:

“You choose the bullets and pistols for us, and you decide which side we should fire at. All I can do is pull the trigger, and I swear to Mr. Ring, I will not cheat.”

The sounds of battle echoed through the ruins amidst the whistling wind. Two bullets stopped in front of Shad, who glanced at them:
"I want the one on the left, you choose the one on the right."

As he spoke, he took the two bullets.

Three pistols stopped in front of Shad, who glanced once more at the god waiting for him on the cliff edge in the moonlight:

"I'll use the one on the left, and you use the one on the right."

After saying that, he put his "left-side bullet" into the left-side pistol and the god's "right-side bullet" into the middle gun.

So the empty "right-hand pistol" floated towards the god, while Shad took the left-hand pistol with bullets. It wasn't that Shad didn't want to put both bullets into the middle gun, but rather that the magazines of all three guns could only hold one bullet, and there was no way to load bullets into the barrels.

God did not accuse Shad of fouling, but instead indicated to Shad the direction in which to fire.

Shad gripped the gun he had chosen for himself:

"The Gun of Kindness has four possibilities: if it is pointed at you, I will die (half chance); a one-hit kill gun, if it is pointed at me, I will die (half chance); a one-hit hit pistol, only if [Destruction] is pointed at me, will I die (one-quarter chance)."

After a slight pause:

"In 12 scenarios, referring to you, the chances of me surviving are higher."

On a snowy mountain cliff, God raised an empty gun and aimed it at Shad, who in turn pointed his gun at God.

“From a probabilistic point of view, this is the optimal solution.”

The God of Misfortune then asked him:

"You firmly believe in probability?"

"It's not that I have unwavering faith, but rather that all coincidences are the accumulation of inevitabilities. God, the reason you meet me here tonight is probably for some reason that I do not yet know."

You don't intend to kill me right now; winning or losing in this game is only relative to the game itself. But for me, perhaps losing is actually winning.

God and man pointed guns at each other, pacing in circles on the edge of a cliff. God asked again:

Why is losing considered winning?

"That's just one possibility, because you have no reason to kill me here."

God and man stood together on the edge of the cliff, with wind and snow blowing from their sides. The night seemed far too long for the strangers.

So he didn't ask anything else, but simply inquired:
"God of Misfortune, now that you have asked so many questions, could you please answer one last question before pulling the trigger?"

The gods granted:

"can."

"Was this meeting you arranged with me just so that I would fall here, at the [Saint's Cliff]?"

God smiled and answered:

"Your fall actually began long ago; your fate did not begin to turn at this moment."

The stranger nodded in gratitude, and then, in the darkness where no one knew, God and man simultaneously pulled the trigger.

Click~
God's empty gun, of course, couldn't fire, while the stranger's gun spewed out flashes of light, and then—

Bang!
(Mia is running.)

Five minutes ago, in the ruins battlefield.

The two gods used the starry sky as a chessboard to play their moves. If Stella had encountered such a situation at any other time, she would have looked up and firmly remembered this mythical scene, within her capacity to bear it.

But she couldn't do that tonight. Holding the three Rings of Destiny—[Ice and Snow], [Sprout], and [Tenacity]—she gained unimaginable power in the Destiny Stance. The power of ice and snow and the sun manifested in her hands in a completely different way than it had in Claire's hands. But even so, on the battlefield of this final battle of destiny, Stella felt that she was still a "supporting character".

Iluna Beas, the chosen one of Starbreaker, Thunder of Punishment, and Balance, wielding a crimson lightning spear, became the main force in the fight against the molting serpent.
Luvia, who had always been seen as a "not good at fighting" diviner, now wields the [Night Watch] and confronts the serpent's apocalyptic power alongside three demigod witches. After the appearance of the Moon Goddess, due to the Moon Mark, the hundred-meter-long holy silver sword light she unleashes is no less impressive than Shad's battle prowess.

There are also Sister Daphne, who has been promoted to the thirteenth ring, her own councilor, her own teacher, the suddenly promoted Great Witch of Light, the Pointy-Eared Great Elf, the Butterfly-Winged Girl, the Vampire of Light, the Guardian of the Earth, and so on. These witches and ring sorcerers who possess different numbers of rings of fate each have power that surpasses that of Stella, who has "three destinies".

Not to mention the three demigod witches who later joined the battle; their charm and power were beyond Stella's wildest imagination.

Especially the "other speaker," Stella didn't know what this "speaker" was like, but the other party even used snake-like power directly in this dim yellow world. Even without possessing any Ring of Destiny, the "other speaker's" power was in no way inferior to the other two demigods.

As a result, the girl with white hair felt more and more that she was not as important as she thought.

The appearance of the unicorns that followed, and Ellie holding two rings, made Stella on the battlefield feel a little more at ease. She felt that she was still stronger than a lone unicorn without rings.

As for the ring sorcerers who came with support from the church, academies, and the Society of Prophets, only a very few possessed the Ring of Fate; most held "fake" rings. Their fearless attitude made Stella feel somewhat ashamed.

However, Stella had a vague feeling that she might not be the final chosen one, so she was actually quite happy to see so many people stepping into the battlefield one after another to fight the Doomsday Serpent.

Therefore, while the gods were playing chess in the sky, Stella, who had received Luvia's order, left the center of the battlefield without any worries and prepared to go to the temple to compete for the final chosen one.

　P.S.: Next, we'll reveal some of what happened in the spring of 1853.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)