Original God: Using a vest knife to make players and game characters cry

But miracles cannot last. As long as forbidden knowledge exists, it will forever remain a ailment of this world.

[Until the very end, the proud king of the desert… my king… chose self-sacrifice.]

[I have spent the rest of my life guarding one of the temples of the gods, and now, this duty is coming to an end.]

[Just as I was about to close my eyes, a young girl found me, and I granted her permission to exercise the temple's power...]

She promised that the people of the desert would never suffer hunger again.

……

[Children of the desert, there is no need for further resentment.]

[But this kindness, in particular, must never be forgotten.]

……

Inside the temple.

Desia: "What was that just now?"

Ehrlich: "The memories of this remains."

"No...no—! Impossible!"

Rahman kept shaking his head, finding it hard to believe what he had just witnessed.

Seno also remarked with emotion: "The Great Tree King... the former Grass God, was not actually an enemy of the Red King."

Rahman: "How could that be?! The people of the Grass God are clearly..."

The Red King brought forbidden knowledge; the Red King sought his own death; the Great Tree King saved the desert…

In the past, all the survivors among the Red Prince's people gathered in Aru Village, regarding these things as rumors and firmly believing that their gods could not make mistakes.

To them, the Great Tree King was nothing more than the culprit who stabbed them in the back when disaster struck... just like people fighting, struggling, and making enemies in the desert.

However, the death of the Red King nearly destroyed the desert civilization... It was only the arrival of the Great Tree King that preserved the last spark of life.

For hundreds of years, many desert people have hated the Great Tree King and its people.

They are such ungrateful people!

"Ha...haha...if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, if my eyes, my ears, and my heart hadn't truly felt those last words..."

"How could I possibly believe that such an absurd deviation could exist in the world?! How can you expect me to believe that I would raise a butcher's knife against my benefactor, and that so many years have passed like this!"

Rahman was both crying and laughing, and finally he sat down on the ground with a thud.

"What exactly is our brigade fighting for?!"

While Rahman was questioning his existence, Elhesen and the others were thinking about what they had just seen.

Most of the information is easy to understand, but the girl the priest mentioned encountering in his final moments is…

What does it mean to exercise the authority of the temple? And if a promise has been made, why has the living conditions of the desert people remained unchanged to this day?

Ying and the others continued to wander around, trying to see if there were any other noteworthy discoveries.

Unfortunately, in the end, nothing was gained.

There was no good explanation for the question about the Grass Elemental God's Eye in Chu Xi's hand. Having stayed here for quite some time, it was time to leave.

Before leaving, Dixia asked Rahman, who had calmed down:

What are your plans after you go back?

Rahman: "I know what you're going to ask. I feel guilty about what I did... What you want will come to fruition."

"But give me some time. I need to explain everything that happened today to my brothers."

Rahman promised to release all the village guards and assured Dishia that they should ask for help from their troupe if needed.

I received a lot of help during this trip to the temple, so it was not a wasted trip.

……

After everyone came out, they returned to Aru Village and rested well.

The next day, the group arrived at the agreed location with Rahman. Rahman released the village guards as promised and, with their help, captured the two scholars who had been making contact with the Church Council—Judar and Morgi.

Under threat, the two scholars revealed all the information they knew.

"The Council of the Church is carrying out a grand plan that can change the world. They want to create new gods that belong to themselves and to Sumeru."

As Ying had mentioned before, the crowd's reaction was relatively calm; what they wanted to know were more detailed details.

"Although things appear prosperous on the surface, there have been almost no qualitative breakthroughs in the study of Mount Sumeru since the passing of the Great Tree King... In addition, the World Tree is withering more and more severely, and the sages have tried almost every method, but to no avail. They often say, 'If the Great Tree King were still here...'"

"At that time, a member of the Fools, whom they called the Doctor... brought a... a Heart of God, saying he wanted to use the institute's research environment."

Angie clicked her tongue, but did not interrupt the scholar.

"【Doctor】was someone who was expelled from the Order of the Church. The sages originally looked down on him... but when he said those words, everyone's expression changed."

He asked them, "Do you want to create a god?"

Ehrlich: "...this is the folly and arrogance at the end of academia."

The scholar continued: "The Council of the Church spent a long time constructing the [body of the god] based on an exquisitely crafted bionic doll, and then used the [cycle of the Flower Goddess's Birthday Festival] to harvest dreams, maximizing the output power of the void..."

"With the help of the Doctor, the core in its highest output state successfully extracted the power contained in the Heart of God, making it the core of the God."

"Then they proposed that the new god should possess [divine wisdom]. For this, a large amount of canned divine knowledge would be needed."

Understood. Therefore, all the extracted, bottled divine knowledge was sent back to the Order of the Church to help the new gods acquire divine knowledge.

The one that Elhesen had previously kept privately was accidentally leaked.

Chapter 192 The Void Stirs, Calamity Flames Rise High

"...It's connected."

At this point, the motives of the Church are all clear.

Al-Hysen: "But how did you determine that that knowledge belonged to the gods?"

Scholar: "It's just speculation. The Council of the Church has been studying it for hundreds of years, but it still doesn't know what's driving the scholars crazy... No one can decipher that inexplicable phenomenon. Scribe, you should understand what this means, right?"

"If no one on earth can understand it, then it is knowledge that only gods can decipher. In other words... that is the source of the omniscience and omnipotence of the god of wisdom."

Elhesen: "..."

Are they really willing to do something like this for an uncertain outcome...?

Those people in the Order of the Fathers are truly a bunch of lunatics.

Ying: "But in that case, what the sage created... wouldn't be the true Great Tree King, but rather [Scattered Soldiers]."

El-Hysen: "You should have noticed by now. The Council of the Church doesn't care who the gods are; they merely crave the power the gods use to control wisdom. The words 'omniscient and omnipotent' are like a blood-burning curse to them."

"What about Little Lucky Grass King? Don't you have a god?" Angie asked.

The two scholars remained silent for a moment before Morgi spoke:

"The Church of the Fathers never truly regarded her as a deity... Initially, the Church of the Fathers found a newborn goddess of wisdom—the Little Lucky Grass King. The sages hoped she would be as wise as the Great Tree King, but in reality..."

"In fact, at that time her intelligence was similar to that of an ordinary child. This made the sages more aware than ever before; they realized that the Great Tree King was dead..."

According to Morgi's explanation, the Little Auspicious Grass King was abandoned by the Order of Teachings because it was ineffective, and it has been kept in the Pure Good Palace ever since.

She no longer exercised the authority of the grass god, and people gradually forgot about her.

"Ha, only you Sumerus would dare to imprison your own gods..."

Anqi snorted coldly. The Tree King has protected Sumeru for so many years. If he knew that Little Lucky Grass King was being treated like this, I wonder what he would think.

Elhesen, Seno, Rahman, and Dixia, the Sumeru people, all had solemn expressions on their faces.

They had just come from the temple and knew a great deal; the Tree King's achievements could not be overstated.

As the priest said, after the Tree King saved Sumeru, his body became like that of a child. Could his mind be the same?

Is the newly born Little Lucky Grass King a degenerated version of the Tree King?

Thinking of this, Sino's eyes turned cold.

The Order of the Fathers really needs a thorough purge!

……

The world of players.

[The Order of the Fathers is truly born!]

My poor Nasita, imprisoned for 500 years...

[Next, it'll be time to storm back into the Church House!]

Hurry up, hurry up!

Could Nasita really be a form of degeneration after the Tree King's power was exhausted?

……

Even after returning to Aru Village, the atmosphere remained heavy.

At the village chief's house, at the same table.

Dixia: "Ahem, I mean... doesn't anyone have anything they want to talk about? Let's at least have some water to lighten the mood."

Candice also said, "Or, should I go get some more snacks?"

"Well, then I'll go with Candice to get her things! Haha..."

Paimon felt the atmosphere was rather heavy, and he also wanted to try the snacks Candice had mentioned.

"Hey, are you guys just going to stay silent like this? Want to fight back? We'll help you... um..."

Angie was interrupted by Dadalia covering her mouth before she could finish speaking.

Angie slapped her brother's hand away and looked at everyone.

Ying recounted the whole story and told everyone about her past experiences, this time without hiding anything.

This also includes what Nasida said about asking them to come to the desert for help.

Sino's expression was solemn; he seemed to have made up his mind.

The belief that has always sustained him, his pursuit of "what is right"... seems to have found its answer.

With all the facts laid bare, it seemed that for everyone present, only one path remained...

Defeating the sage, saving the gods...

Ying first stated, "No matter how difficult things get, I will do my best."

Nasita was her friend, and she couldn't just stand by and do nothing.

Al-Hysen: "Then, think carefully about what other resources we can offer."

Dixia: "Next time we meet here, we need to come up with answers."

Angie was a little confused. Did they have to wait until next time?

However, she soon found out that the player world quest had ended.

"Alright, when are you planning to hold your next meeting?"

Al-Hysen: "Don't rush. Something this important definitely needs some time to prepare to ensure the plan is sound."

Angie: "Then call me when there's a meeting. I'm going to sleep now."

……

The world of players.

The "King of the Red Earth and the Saint of Three Dynasties" quest series has come to an end, but players are still somewhat unsatisfied.

[The climax was just around the corner, and it abruptly ended here!]

[Seriously, didn't Angela and Tartaglia say they were going to help us? It'll be a battle between Executors, I'm really looking forward to it...]

[Even the stragglers have become gods, and the Doctor is still in second place. They can't beat him, can they?]

[Even if they become gods, they're still false gods. Besides, Boss Anqi is still the first seat. If they beat Anqi, won't the captain retaliate? Just thinking about it is exciting!]