The War God Descends
The flow that had allowed the Spirit Realm war to reach this point vanished beyond the currents. Whoooooooosh—!
The position of the Dimensional Preliminary Creator God, who had safely captured the Otherworld’s Spirit God in the original flow and returned, was now vastly different. Through the Karma Contract, he held absolute control over the battlefield. Ferocious killing intent and fighting spirit surged from him like a wild, untamed colt.
The eyes of the highest-ranking Lord Gods—direct bloodline descendants of the Creator Gods—shook violently. ‘I was sent to this battlefield as if being exiled, simply because I had little combat experience and was considered weak, accused of causing discord in the Creation Realm.’ ‘Yet the fact that I am a direct descendant of the Creator Gods remains unchanged.’ ‘Didn’t even Mother comfort me, saying I should stay out of sight to avoid her momentary anger?’ ‘And yet here I am, facing a life-threatening crisis from a mere human-born Magic God.’ ‘A being who isn’t even a pure god, but a mutant who ascended to Preliminary Creator God through impure magical power.’
Though they trembled at a killing intent and fighting spirit far more terrifying than the distant God of Destruction they had once glimpsed, they shouted with the pride of their divine lineage.
Their furious words did not continue. The Dimensional Preliminary Creator God, in full power release, radiated an endlessly expanding black-jewel-like divine light while wearing a bright smile. That smile marked the end of their consciousness.
Fwaaaaaah—! Puaaaaaah—!
The ten highest-ranking Lord Gods who had refused to obey inside the Lord God Temple turned into a bloody mist and vanished. In their place, the miniaturized Antares spheres glowed crimson as they evaporated the divine blood clinging to their surfaces.
The Magic God of Dimensions, rising from the seat of glory, strolled leisurely through the shining bloody mist as if taking a casual walk. This was the same cleanup of incompetent allies he had secretly performed countless times in the past.
‘I was sick of being sent to die by stupid superiors, and the colleagues who held me back were annoying. Subordinates who could only survive if protected were too much to handle. In the end, I walked the battlefield alone like this. Because everyone except me was an enemy, it was comfortable.’
All the Lord Gods gathered in the Defense Divine Realm and the Creator Gods watching from outside witnessed the scene of him walking through the bloody mist. They could only send dazed feelings, as if they didn’t understand what had just happened. And then came the Creator Gods’ ferocious killing intent.
‘Publicly executing their direct descendants on the spot is no different from completely disregarding them. Now it’s do-or-die for us too. If I win, I’ll satisfy the conditions he presented and become a Creator God, instantly surpassing them. If I lose, I’ll be reduced to a human and face eternal judgment.’
Compared to the terror of his eternal judgment, the Creator Gods’ rage felt laughably light. In the end, just like these direct descendants had shown, they would never truly acknowledge a human-born being like him. They would only look for reasons to hate or dispose of him.
‘It’s easy to earn goodwill, but all it takes is one word to earn hatred. So my relationship with the Creator Gods was already decided.’
The Dimensional Preliminary Creator God flashed a bright smile and drove the final nail in the coffin. He intended to absorb the divine souls of the highest-ranking Lord Gods, who were screaming after losing their bodies.
“Notify the Main Divine Realm and the Creation Realm. Ten highest-ranking Lord Gods have been summarily executed for disobeying wartime orders and insulting a superior. The recovered vitality will be used for the war. Their divine souls will also be utilized until the war ends.”
Fwoooooooosh—!
The ten highest-ranking Lord Gods’ divine souls were completely absorbed into the gem on his forehead. Their authorities and computational power were once again added to his own magic.
‘The opponent is the Creator God King and the entire divine forces of the Master Universe. I must draw in and use every ounce of power available.’
The merciless act of killing their bodies and even imprisoning their souls no longer provoked anger—only utter disbelief washed over them.
‘It was the familiar gaze the Chief God of the God Realm had sent me after leading a war that was always destined for defeat, only to feel empty afterward. As always, the battlefield’s circumstances are at their worst. Back then, only I was desperate. But now it’s different. If I don’t drag even those I’ve taken as subordinates down to the very bottom, it’s certain defeat.’
He declared it as naturally as breathing.
“I declare to all Lord Gods and War Gods of the Defense Divine Realm in the Spirit Realm: Anyone who flees or allows their assigned defensive sector to be breached will be summarily executed. Furthermore, none of you will ever be revived in this war. Like these ones, you will all be imprisoned in the Origin Spirit Realm, where your authorities and computational power will be forcibly utilized. Even as divine souls, participate in this war.”
“!!!” “!!!”
It was clear that every Lord God in the Defense Divine Realm had frozen, unable to speak.
‘What’s so shocking about that? These were the basic conditions of the mercenary contract I originally received. For someone like me whose karmic sins are ‘extreme evil,’ an unfair contract itself was a lifeline, so I was actually grateful for it.’
Creeeeeeeak—!
The grand gates of the Defense Divine Realm opened with an ancient sound.
‘This is funny too. Every divine realm opens with the exact same sound. Even in space.’
It seemed they thought it had a certain old-fashioned charm. Separate from that thought, far in the distance, he could see the Creator God King, Hwi of Omnipotence, and the Sage of Omniscience facing off. Around them, the Lord Gods of the independent divine realms and titled Absolute Beings were engaged in fierce combat.
‘Even after checking again, the analysis result is the same. All the enemies are stronger than me, and except for those two, our allies are weaker than the enemy. It’s impossible to lead them to victory through normal means.’
‘In the end, I have to throw myself into a pit of shit again.’
But he felt no resentment. After all, that was the original role of a mercenary god.
Goooooooong! Uuuuuuuuuuuuung!
He drew upon every last ounce of power from the magical brain that had absorbed the ego of a Creator-level Defense Divine Realm, along with the full protection of the Origin title, to strengthen his own abilities and even bolster the Defense Divine Realm itself.
‘This isn’t a battlefield I can win by rampaging alone.’
The enemy force was simply too massive, so allies were necessary—which made it the worst possible scenario. To the Lord Gods of the Defense Divine Realm who had gone blank at the harsh order of summary execution for any breach, he tossed out some carrots.
“As long as you defend your own sector, I will heal any injury. If you die fighting bravely against the enemy, I will increase your growth limit through my Origin title and revive you. And as long as you do not lose your fighting spirit, there will be no limit to your growth.”
The Dimensional Preliminary Creator God finished speaking and prepared to charge forward.
‘The battlefield is growing increasingly unfavorable. No matter how much one has learned his secret techniques, it’s impossible to match the Creator God King’s recovery rate on purpose. Even with this body strengthened to its limit, I cannot do anything to the Creator God King.’
Because he was a Magic God, he could not win in one-on-one combat against an existence that surpassed him.
‘There’s no room for luck. The fundamental difference in speed and attack speed between a warrior and a mage is simply too great. I implement authority through incantations based on computational power, while the opponent simply swings their limbs with divine power. There’s no way to keep up.’
No matter how much the reaction speed and agility of a Root School mage surpassed that of a warrior, the method ultimately came down to creating distance through evasion and attacking with magic.
In the end, the combat style he would employ was already decided.
‘I must join the fight as quickly as possible.’
Crack, crack, crack!
Fwaaaaaah—!
Every muscle in his body throbbed. Divine power and magical power amplified to their extremes, reaching the current limit, and the Origin title pulled it even higher. Seeing the fully three-dimensional and expanded Origin title completely cover the entire Defense Divine Realm, he shouted,
“I, with all restrictions lifted and my title fully opened, am the Absolute Being of Origin—the beginning and foundation of all things. I hereby accept you as members of the Origin Clan, limited to this war. Those under my protection shall have no growth limit and will receive infinite life force for endless development and evolution. Therefore….”
Fwaaaaaaaaang—! Whoooooooosh—!
Eighteen compressed Antares orbs, like blazing suns, rotated around the Dimensional Preliminary Creator God and protected him.
‘Crimson celestial bodies, more brilliant than the sun yet burning red, guard me and attack anyone who approaches. They will buy me time to cast no matter who the opponent is. Their test operation is over. Even the highest-ranking Lord Gods of the 499th Master Universe could not withstand my Creator-level mechanical gods modified with dimensional magic and died.’
Naturally, the highest-ranking Creator Gods of the 500th Master Universe could never survive.
“If you wish to become stronger, do not fear death—fight and win! Only struggle and victory will make you strong. I am a mercenary god and the God of War before I am the Main God of the Divine Realm. On the battlefield, I bestow my protection only upon true War Gods who fight for victory. Prove your worth as my War Gods solely through military merit!”
Gooooooooo—!
The now unmistakably clear eleven layers of magical circles expanded endlessly, manifesting magic. Countless planets were summoned and compressed to their limits. The hundreds of planets floating around him increased in mass and gravity to immeasurable degrees, adding an enormous burden to the laws of the universe.
‘Maintaining the state of a Preliminary Creator God while operating magic at this limit was originally impossible. Even with the support of a Creator-level Defense Divine Realm, it’s barely manageable. But I endure by adding the authorities and computational power of the highest-ranking Lord Gods I’ve already absorbed.’
His targets were the Creator God King and the titled Absolute Beings who possessed titles stronger than his own. With no room for carelessness or leisure, he went all out.
"Clash Planet!"
"Continuous Manifestation!"
⟨ Clash Planet (Clash Planet) ⟩
Kwaaaaaaaaang—! Tududududududu—!
The compressed planets around him roared as they began their advance, tearing through space with their enormous mass and weight.
‘It’s not 11th-circle, but against a large army, there is almost no magic that surpasses this in raw power. Moreover, in a battlefield this spatially restricted, there is nowhere to run.’
Leading the planets that had instantly reached maximum acceleration, he hurled himself at the forefront—straight toward the Creator God King, whose body was nearly fully recovered.
“The war has begun. Let us all fight joyfully amidst blood and death, nice and orderly. Just like my fate—!”
It was the Magic God of Dimensions, who had set the targets of over several hundred massive planets onto the Creator God King and was charging forward recklessly.