Genesis: Starting with Growing Mushrooms

Chapter 126 The Past, Goliath's Vision

Goliath smiled slightly.

"Yes! Now that you have shared your views on this era, it is time for me to share mine."

Goliath tossed down a bag of gold coins and said to the bard high up in the bar, "Come down, I'll be the bard for once and tell everyone a story."

The bard, having received the gold coins, happily gave up his spot to give the speech.

"Kid! If your story isn't good, you'll be in trouble!"

"You're quite bold, kid over there, interrupting even the story that Grandpa Pires was enjoying!"

The patrons in the bar immediately became curious and started to make a fuss, with some of the more irritable ones already shouting loudly.

“The story should be very interesting.” Goliath smiled slightly.

He then began to tell his story.

"In the north, there was a king who loved grandiose things. He built a tower similar to the Tower of Babel and a palace on it, but his kingdom was destroyed in just over ten years, and the tower fell into ruin."
A subspecies of giants began to inhabit the upper levels, where it was said that countless amounts of gold belonging to the old king were hidden. A young ranger planted magic beans, climbed the vines, ascended the towering cloud tower, bypassed the giants, and searched for the treasure.

His opening remarks seemed to be based on a familiar story.

The guests below booed loudly.

They've all heard this story!
But no one has heard the rest of Goliath's story:

"The knight-errant defeated his enemies, leaving behind a heroic legend in the vicinity. He returned to his hometown to prove his courage to Duke Silla, and with treasure in hand, asked to marry the Duke's daughter Anna to him."

The Ranger and Anna are truly in love.

The wandering swordsman was originally a farmer in a village who practiced swordsmanship and would sleep with his sword at night.

One day, when bandits invaded, he drove them away. Anna heard about his deeds in the city and took a liking to him, so she went to meet him.

Gradually, they developed feelings for each other.

Duke Silla was a kind and gentle old man. When the man asked for his daughter's hand in marriage, he made the man prove his strength and agreed to give his daughter to him in marriage.

Thus began the story of a young knight-errant who traveled the land, planted magic beans, and climbed vines.

This should have been a happy ending.

The ranger who gave up his sword will live happily ever after with Anna.

But things suddenly changed. One day, the Duke and his daughter seemed to hear the whispers of some demons: You deserve better! He is powerful, but not rich enough!
The kind and innocent Anna gradually degenerated, becoming cunning and mean, and looked down on him.

Anna fell in love with another nobleman because he was very rich.

Anna and her father began to make things difficult for the knight-errant, forcing him to fulfill all sorts of strange conditions, and even brought another man to humiliate him.

At this moment, the wandering knight was tempted.

The voice said: You were the strongest swordsman of this era, but you abandoned your sword and have fallen to this end.

Want to change everything? A dark artifact can restart everything before your eyes.

"So the knight followed the voice, became her disciple, and gradually seized the dark artifacts. But his desire to become the Demon King was nothing more than a desire to win back his first love."

"When he secretly brought the dark artifact home, he began killing Anna and her family, turning their souls into shadows, and then using amnesia magic."

"He wants to start over, to go back to those best moments."

"He started by creating Shadow Anna, Shadow Duke, and building a new noble estate, but with each new beginning, the innocent and kind Anna would quickly fall into depravity, and there was never a good outcome."

Goliath suddenly sneered and said:

"The past was beautiful, but the birth of demons is beyond anyone's control. So, after killing Anna and restarting her time and time again, the Ranger was also corrupted by a deeper despair."

"On that day, Anna's head was severed after the 1,700th reboot, and the world's most powerful darkness was born."

"That man's feat was so outrageous that he went from a candidate Demon King to completely merging with the divine artifact and becoming the second-generation Demon King in just seven years."

“That’s when he realized something,” Goliath said.

"What is it?" God's Box couldn't help but ask.

Goliath said, “Without light, how can there be darkness? The most evil darkness must first be the fall of light that held great hope. Without hope, there can be no deeper despair.”

"That brave and kind-hearted knight cried, trying to salvage everything. The more he pursued the past, the deeper he sank into darkness."

"The boy repeatedly tried to restart the entire manor with high hopes, but Anna's evil and greed only drove him to despair."

And that's where the story ends, abruptly.

Goliath returned to the table and said, "Whose fault do you think it is in this story?"

“The times.” God smiled.

The metal box beside him showed a hint of regret: "What a pitiful fellow, he still deeply loves that fallen lover."

"No, he doesn't love me anymore."

Goliath coldly replied, "Repentance? Pain? Recalling a beautiful past? Those are things only kind angels do. As a ruthless and insidious demon, I don't possess such emotions."

"The Demon King is living a very happy life now, just as Anna, who has been restarted time and time again, has no regrets, and neither does the current Ranger."

Liu Jun remained silent for a moment.

When darkness falls, even the once-kind angels become victims.

But the moment these victims fell into darkness, they began to enjoy it, transforming into another kind of cruel and dark creature.

The story of Goliath is also the story that every human being in that era experienced.

They did not want to become demons, but they had already been devoured by the plague, and the seven deadly sins had spread throughout the world.

Kind people become ugly, lovers fight for profit, and brothers kill each other.

Goliath suddenly said sarcastically:

"However, God is really good at this; back then, the younger generation idolized him."

"Lilith is just one of them."

"God can only be described as wicked, able to deceive most fools to his advantage, like Rella and Lilith."

He always viewed others with the most malicious intent, believing that God was indeed wicked.

"Do you think the Demon King could do that too?"

"Popularize the Demon King's laws and doctrines, write them in books, and have them worship and respect him. In the future, new candidates for godhood will be born among them. Wouldn't they also be used by him?"

He had an idea.

But the next second his expression froze, because the metal box was mocking him: "The demons of this era are all vicious and want to kill the Demon King. This trick probably won't work! No one will worship the Demon King!"

"This era is awful!" Demon King Goliath couldn't help but curse, "Everyone wants to kill the Demon King, how come there isn't a single good person among them?"

If there are too many bad people, it will be harder for him to be a bad person.

Even though he's a bad person, he still wants to live among good people.

“But Lilith, what a foolish woman, isn’t she?” Goliath suddenly said, “The Demon King was terrified that God would settle all scores, so he sent her to the capital to take the fall, but who knew she wouldn’t be afraid.”

"Later I realized that she wasn't fearless; she was just simply naive."

“You have a point.” God paused, then said, neither confirming nor denying.

"God is more forgiving than I imagined. Even the wicked have their place. He really didn't take action. I underestimated God's magnanimity."

Goliath laughed heartily, “I’m fooling Lilith. I have a feeling that God is going to fool her, and it’s very easy for him to trick her into doing things for him.”

In his conversation, he seemed not to take Lilith seriously.

Goliath suddenly said, "Tell me, how will this era develop in the future?"

"What do you think?" God asked in return.

Goliath spread his palms out, looking indifferent:

"I don't have anything to pursue. I just want to resist the next outbreak of the divine trial, see a higher view, break through to the fifth rank, and see what kind of life form that is."

"I guess God thought the same thing."

"When I look back at history, I don't deny the greatness of Xiang Tuomo, but he sacrificed too much for the times. Such a person is boring. The strong should not fight for the interests of the weak. Becoming stronger is the primary goal of the strong."

He paused,

"Furthermore, I believe that God should, in the near future, cooperate with his hellish allies to fight against the upcoming next divine trial."

"No one knows how strong the next trial of the gods will be, so perhaps hell will be chosen to resist the next calamity," God said softly.

Goliath smiled gently:
"I believe we should strengthen the environment of our times."

"The myth of Elephant Momo is a myth of creation, that it created the left brain, right brain, heart, hands, and eyes."

"The myth of God is a myth of the creation of the environment, the creation of the mysterious wind, the sun, the River Styx, Hell, and the Tower of Babel."

“We should make better use of Lilith. Her power of spreading divine influence is quite special. I’m wondering if, if we add a touch of mystery to this power, could we make the mountains and forests, and even the real sun in the sky, become subordinate to God?”

Liu Jun suddenly found Goliath very interesting.

His thoughts were surprisingly the same as mine.

The Demon King disrespects God and everyone else. He is ambitious, an extreme promoter of civilization, and wants to shape a new environment for the times!
She was also the first person who dared to speak to him like that.

Even the most brilliant and astounding rulers of their time, such as Tuomo, the bird without feet, and the thirteen insects, all shared the same attitude toward the gods: utmost reverence.

But those were cultivated by ourselves, weren't they?

It was Liu Jun himself who taught an era to be so beautiful and kind.

This led to everyone having great respect for God.

But now that he's seen someone like Goliath, he suddenly finds it quite interesting.

Diversity is what makes a society interesting.

More likely.

Isn't it precisely these profit-driven villains who better drive the times forward?

Thinking of this, Liu Jun couldn't help but curse himself inwardly:
"It's like the white moonlight and the cinnabar mole. Once you get the other one, you feel that the one you couldn't get before is the best."

"What I yearn for is a beautiful and upright era."

"However, it's good that there's a hell, divided into two areas of good and evil."

After bidding farewell to the young man, Liu Jun chose to leave.

The next trial of God is imminent.

He certainly wouldn't weaken the power of the era by taking action against this Goliath.

Heaven.

Liu Jun returned to the sky and saw Lilith, the plague, requesting an audience with the gods.

Upon inquiry, it was learned that they had been waiting outside the Kingdom of Heaven for a full three days.

“I, Lilith, Goddess of Plague, am willing to follow you, to become the right hand of God, and to use my [spreading] to proclaim [mystery] for you.”

"Please allow me to follow you; I will be your most devout follower!"

The metal box beside him looked annoyed: "God, what should we do?"

Liu Jun said without hesitation, "Tell her I won't see her."

"Okay." The metal box was preparing to go out.

"Wait a minute."

Liu Jun thought for a moment, then took out a core containing a strong sense of mystery. "Give this to her and tell her that if she can spread the mystery in a wider way, then I will accept her as my follower."

This wave is about making use of waste.

It must be said that the power of [spreading] is a perfect match for any divine object, amplifying the mushroom talent in everything.

Outside.

The metal box emerged, recounted God's words, and then departed.

Lilith looked towards the doorway.

They won't even see me?
She looked angry.

That damned Demon King is incredibly cowardly. He does nothing but hide in the Demon City and enjoy himself, leaving her to shoulder the responsibility of the entire Demon Clan's war and development!

Even God isn't helping her now!

But if she can't even beat the unchanging Ella, then God shouldn't be affected by her poison either, and she certainly can't defeat God.

He could only leave with this core, intending to use his own power to spread mystery across the land.

"I want to show God that the lineage of light is completely incompatible with God!"

"It was just a matter of timing; the light was chosen as the first god. The most suitable god is me!"

(End of this chapter)