I've been secretly coding this since last night, and only now have I finished. I'm so tired, and it's probably a bit watery because I wrote it intermittently. Please bear with me, I apologize everyone... The main text follows... "What's with that angel? Are there still gods in this world!?" Rin asked Black Princess beside her.
In the Nasuverse, gods do not exist, or rather, in this current era, gods do not exist. What are called gods are fictitious existences ultimately formed from the collective consciousness's imagination and awe of nature and nothingness.
Hundreds of thousands or millions of years ago, when human intelligence was not yet enlightened and had not yet become the primates of Earth, it was the era when Phantasmal Species and various gods ruled. At that time, gods were like humans are now, existing in large numbers, forming factions and opposing each other. Human ancestors were completely in the position of labor and food, like cattle and sheep.
But with the advent of the Twilight of the Gods for the Norse gods, the god races of the world began to fall, all gods perished, and the spark of civilization enlightened humanity. Human civilization began to rise, alaya began to be born, gods began to lose power, and could no longer even survive on Earth, only residing in the heavens. From then on, the Age of Gods ended.
The remaining gods actively integrated themselves into human civilization, thereby absorbing human faith to eke out an existence, beginning the age of human mythology. The so-called age of mythology was "an era of civilization with gods."
But with the rise of humanity, the unknown of the world was constantly explored. Humans cast off ignorance and began to see with their own eyes, to transform nature with their own hands, no longer believing in the existence of gods. Humanity's collective consciousness continuously grew, the emergence and popularization of atheism, alaya continuously matured, and there was no longer any living space for gods in the world. Finally, starting from the first year of AD, all remaining gods returned to the counter force, and the age of mythology ended.
It was from that moment on that no true gods or new gods would ever again exist in this Nasuverse, just as dinosaurs no longer roam the Earth today; the era and environment no longer provide a living space for gods.
As a result, an existence that looked like an angel suddenly appeared before Rin, engaging in a fierce battle with the Black Knight. It seemed utterly incredible.
"That is the Holy Spirit Ascension performed using the Baptism Chant. You can also see it as a variant of soul materialization." Altrouge watched the angelic light and shadow fighting her guardian to a standstill.
"The Church's Baptism Chant can achieve the Third Magic?!"
"That's not it." Black Princess pointed about two kilometers from the Black Knight's battlefield, "Look over there." Rin looked in the direction Black Princess was pointing. In that spot, a group of about thirty to forty Church Agent were gathered, and among them, Rin saw an old man, dressed in a bishop's vestment, kneeling with his eyes closed in prayer.
"That angel-like thing is actually that person's materialized soul. The principle is: using the souls of the faithful who are willing to dedicate their entire being, they temporarily replace the Lord they believe in to receive faith, thereby elevating the soul from the spiritual realm to the material plane. Here, it looks like there's only one of him, but in reality, tens of thousands of Church priests are probably continuously performing the Baptism Chant in their headquarters, St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, and transmitting it here through their 'faith' magic foundation, which applies to every corner of the world."
At this point, Her Highness Black Princess couldn't help but sigh, "Because the soul that has accepted faith and been deified can no longer return to the body. Once this spell is cast, no matter the outcome, that person is doomed to die. Moreover, due to the world's rejection of deities, the moment he dies, he will be denied by this world. From then on, no human-side memories or written records will find any trace of his existence. It's estimated that no one who remembers him will mourn him either. As a long-lived species of the hidden world, even I have to say, you humans... really know how to play."
"..."
Well, the fact that humans can still contend with you Dead Apostles, True Ancestors, and the like until now is probably due to this 'knowing how to play' aspect.
"Alright, time for serious business." Altrouge began with a serious tone: "Next, I'll go support Big White. I've long been fed up with those madmen from the Burial Agency who constantly stir up trouble. Today they even dared to target me, so today I'm going to bury them all here! And then, over there."
Black Princess pointed to the spot she had just indicated, "The Holy Spirit is inexhaustible and immortal under the continuous power of faith. Only by severing the physical body linked to the Holy Spirit will its spiritual body be exposed to the counter force's correction. Sturluut is being held back and cannot kill him, so that place is up to you."
With that, Altrouge's figure vanished directly in front of Rin; it wasn't that she moved too fast to be seen, but that she literally disappeared. When Rin looked for her again, she had already arrived at the battlefield of the White Beast and the Burial Agency. This wasn't spatial control teleportation, but rather the Earth responding to Altrouge's request and sending her where she wanted to go. One has to say, having connections is truly great... What's 'My dad is Li Gang'? My mom is Earth! Willful, who dares to defy?!
Black Princess's sudden appearance caught everyone on both sides of the battle by surprise. The momentary hesitation gave Altrouge an unprecedented opportunity.
In an instant, Black Princess, with one hand each, caused two Burial Agency attack mages to explode into a fireworks of blood and flesh.
The flying sacred blood, under Black Princess's control, formed a blood-red barrier, blocking Narbaleck's holy light blade from her Baptism Chant.
This collision immediately drew the attention of everyone present.
"The black Vampire Princess!"
"Her Highness!" (x2)
"Roar..."
Altrouge smiled coldly, manipulating the sacred blood of the clergy, which contained powerful sacredness, to attack Narbaleck.
The blood blades and blood arrows, shining with divine radiance, did not clash with the demon-slaying holy light, thus creating a stalemate in mid-air.
Just then, a member of the Burial Agency, facing the primate killer alone, was torn apart by the White Beast in a single strike, barely able to resist.
Half of her body went directly into the White Beast's mouth as dog food.
When facing the White Beast, any being that still contained human components, upon directly confronting it, would experience an uncontrollable fear and weakness emerging from the depths of their soul.
Without an absolutely strong inner self and absolute self-awareness, one might even find it difficult to move or resist when facing the White Beast; this was its absolute right to slaughter primates.
And, it wasn't just the powerhouses from the three battlefields whose gazes were drawn by Black Princess's appearance, but also...
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