I Am the God of Games - Chapter 372

Chapter 372: Ancient Atrocity

If the connection between the gods and their believers could be compared to a game, its genre would most certainly be RTS—a real-time strategy game.

Like a player, the gods would sit outside their computer screen (divine kingdom), observing their believers through the screen.

Interestingly, the believers were no different from troops in the game: once the gods’ gazes turned to linger upon them, there would effectively be a divine perspective.

While the believers would be unable to see for themselves or the corresponding senses, the gods would be able to observe every circumstance within a large radius around their believers, which felt similar to a radius that unravels the fog of war in a strategy game.

That was an attribute that naturally applied to Xi Wei too.

At the moment, most of his attention was focused on how to improve his control over the Elven SIN as well as observing the Players who were finding clues in the Steel Earth Stratum.

Naturally, the circumstances around the Players was also made clear for him—or at least he thought so, until Edward’s words revealed that there was a sun in the fourth stratum.

And the outcome proved to Xi Wei that there was indeed a shining comic body hovering above the seemingly empty skies.

No. It might not even be a cosmic body but something manmade.

When Edward successfully made it past the barrier Xi Wei could not see thanks to the elven gold keeping him fireproof, Xi Wei finally determined what was in the air.

It was no ‘core space’, but something much more troublesome.

“No wonder the gods would wipe out the high elves and speak not a word of them later. Not even the benevolent gods would feel remorse with the potential of destruction the high elves could wreak, and even the high elves’ own documents declared that their own kind had committed an atrocity…”

In the first place, Xi Wei had named the event [Elven SIN (Synchronized Intellect Nation): Ancient Atrocities] more or less as a joke, having simply extracted the term from an old text.

Who could have known that it was neither an exaggeration nor the symptom of the high elves’ eighth-grader syndrome, but a simple statement of the truth?

As a matter of fact, the ‘sun’ which the high elves exhausted all efforts to hide from the gods was a spheroid magitek object with thirty-two faces, and seemingly having been pieced out of obelisk plates.

The function of the object itself could not be verified, because its internal structure had long since been corrupted in its entirely, leaving a shell that was soaked with powerful presences of divine attributes.

Right now, it was merely a container.

A container that held ‘divinity’.

That’s right.

The so-called Eternal Archives that was the core of the Elven SIN, the greatest secret of the high elves and the reason their kind was destroyed by the gods was because they had dabbed their fingers into what they shouldn’t, breaking a taboo of the gods.

Perhaps, only the Trinity of Creation who made all things were capable of explaining what divinity was.

However, the only thing everyone could be sure about was that divinity were the essences and the very reason they are gods—regardless if it was a god was born from faith or a god that naturally came to be, both deities possess divinity.

That was also the exact reason why divinity was a taboo that applied for all gods: only another god was permitted to claim, assimilate or destroy a god’s divinity (including Fire Thief, the antigod who surpassed legendary)! Any mortals who dared to covet a divinity would therefore be destroyed summarily.

“Be that as it may, the high elves’ technology is quite frightening… their bounded field could block out the gods’ prying eyes, their magitek could hold divinity, and a Rule weapon like the Elven Sin itself…”

It was exactly because of the threefold assurances with the Elven Sin being kept hidden, the ‘sun’ bounded field that blocks out the gods’ eyes and the mysterious magitek container that holds divinity which kept that divinity from being stolen after over a thousand years.

“But now it’s mine!”

Xi Wei naturally wouldn’t refuse good stuff sent to his doorsteps.

Still, that would mean that the Eternal Archives could not be used as a dungeon now.

How should he explain this to the Players…

***

[Ding!]

[You have discovered the Eternal Archives and started the event quest for the next phase]

[Remnant Glory of the High Elves]

[After your brave adventure, the great God of Games has finally reached the core of the Elven SIN, the forbidden weapon built by the high elves. In that very instant, the Eternal Archives are being rewritten by the great God of Games, and the gallantly kind Players shall inherit the high elves’ heritage that stood over a thousand years.

And yet, that action had sprung an ancient defense mechanism: The Mecha Giant which the Bodians, former slaves of the high elves secretly commissioned the dwarf king to create has awakened from its ancient slumber, and is bent on claiming control of the Elven SIN. This is the final battle of this event— before the great God of Games completely rewrites the Eternal Archives, do all you can to slow the giant’s advance!]

[Quest reward: The ancient Mecha Giant is coming. Do what you can to snipe and obstruct it, and prevent the outer shell (tortoise colossus) of the Elven SIN from falling beneath 30% in durability over three hours. Quest is deemed a failure otherwise.]

[Quest Reward: Certain amount of EXP, ranked contribution: top 100 Players would be awarded 1 to 3 random runes. In addition, top 10 Players would be awarded special rewards, top 30 Players would be awarded event limited items, top 50 Players would award event cans (awards random rewards when opened)]

[Note: Good luck, my heroes—the God of Games]

“Edward’s hunch is really correct!” Joe couldn’t help exclaiming excitedly after a glimpse through the new quest, before coming to a realization soon afterward. “Wait, where’s Edward? Did he respawn?”

“Nope. His HP isn’t empty on the party page.” Gou Dan said, calling forth the Player panel.

“But even if he’s not dead, he would definitely fall to his death from up there…” Mufasa shrugged. “Don’t forget that there is fall damage.”

Everyone fell silent.

“Anyway, shouldn’t we be heading outside? That Mecha Giant mentioned in the quest must be coming from out there.” Princess Leah said, breaking the silence while everyone all showed their agreement.

Hence, they teleported away, disappearing from Steel Earth even as several Players cried out ‘oh no, a fireball falling from the sky killed Mister Marni!’ in surprise.