Chapter 403: – Great War of Wild Gods and Golgonshura's Past

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The universe with Planet Sela existed because of Sky Emperor Phyffindo's sustaining of the Halmodella Dimension. A small, transparent moon flooded Sela with its pale light as it traveled across its firmament.

On such a peaceful planet the Great War of Wild Gods broke out without any warning. Yet, it was no more than just one battlefield of so many.

Ancient gods, demigods, old gods, cursed gods, and wild gods amassed like swarms of locusts and fought each other.

The war of the gods, later to be known as the Great War of Wild Gods, had followed a course of constant intensification. Originally, this war would have never happened. After all, it was the duty of Right Emperor Aramo and Left Emperor Hoh'oh, who were supporting Sky Emperor Phyffindo Abrahnam Halmodella, to suppress the strife between the wild gods.

But, Right Emperor Aramo was betrayed by his confidant Azra. Wild God Azra doubled his power by absorbing the soul of the Right Emperor and launched a war against Left Emperor Hoh'Oh's camp. This was the beginning of the Great War of Wild Gods.

At the early stage of the war, Wild God Magitora – a multi-headed, huge, white fox – performed outstandingly on Hoh'Oh's side and slew many gods. Most likely none of the gods on Hoh'Oh's side, who saw one of Magitora's heads bite the neck of Azra, would ever forget that sight.

Wild God Cazdolo, accompanied by High Ancient Dragon Ronbalua, also slew many wild and cursed gods of Azra's side for Hoh'Oh's camp.

The battle between the various deities was terrifying. No sooner than unleashing pretty, windflower-like magic, they screamed vigorously and savagely at each other, before letting their spells and weapons speak. The fighting gods, be it the gods themselves or their kin, devoured the flesh of their enemies, sucked their mana, and even snatched their foes’ souls.

The atmosphere trembled and a part of the Mahaheim Mountains melted away, resulting in a new ravine.

Moreover, the kin who harbored the divine wills of gods hailing from other dimensions, also participated in the ongoing battles. The same applied to two demigods possessing butterfly-like wings. Those two demigods were squaring off against Gemut, kin of the Destruction God. Using their butterfly wings to their advantage, the two trifled with Gemut.

Both unleashed attacks from the front and rear at Gemut while repeatedly switching with their dance-like movements. Gemut was a mortal, so it was impossible for him to deal with the attacks of two demigods at the same time.

One of those demigods, as beautiful as a goddess, laughed happily while sharpening her mouth. The other demigod, a handsome man, also transformed his mouth in the same way as her – into what was called Cunnariel's blade.

Pincering Gemut from front and back after he had become unable to move due to a web of tentacles, the two demigods charged with their mouths formed like swords. The sharp tips of both Bone Fang Cunnariels stabbed into Gemut's torso and head respectively.

"Kieeeee!" Gemut screeched with his peculiar, flute-like voice.

Without paying any heed to his agony, the two demigods absorbed Gemut's mana and life-force alongside his bodily fluids through Cunnariel's blade. Gemut dried up in an instant. Using the newly obtained mana, the two demigods healed up their bodies.

"What scarce amount of mana. In the end he was but a mortal, huh?"

"Considering him having been a mortal, I think it was a considerably big amount of mana, though?"

"Well, I suppose you have a point."

"…But, the main battlefield over there seems to be harsh on Hoh'Oh and Azra… The sky is crowded with combatants, but the same can be said about the surface as well…"

The name of the beautiful goddess was Golgonshura. Yet, she spoke while twisting her pretty face into something heinous.

The male demigod answered, "A part has already collapsed, I guess."

"The number of wild gods and cursed gods is…abnormal. Ancient Cursed God De Ga is also wrecking havoc."

"Seven Legs, huh? The divine domain also had a light spirit who manipulated a monster with so many legs…"

The two talked while looking down at the Sea of Trees sprawling beneath them.

"Are we going to head into that Sea of Trees? Although Kyulha's influence is strong over there, it's easier for us to fight in the Twelve Seas of Trees."

"Sea of Trees…I am just fine over here. The evil entities overflowing from the deeper areas makes the Sea of Trees annoying. Especially Elderly God Segeleleu is a pain. On top of that, the armed force of the elves are stationed on the surface, too."

"The descendants of the Blue Flame God and the God of the Underground Pigpeople, eh?"

"In addition, Ancient God Go Rad's huge army roams that place as well. The Sea of Trees is dangerous, regardless of whether thou belong to Hoh'Oh's or Azra's side."

"Demigoddess Golgonshura, I don't think it's necessary for you to be so scared as my beloved wife?"

"…I have given my warning while thinking of thou, Kizeleg."

"I know, I know. Don't glare at me like that."

The male demigod, Kizeleg, revealed a smile, but…he answered while shifting sideways and averting his eyes. This stemmed from his fear towards his beloved wife who had activated her Demonic Eyes.

"The surface being what it is, Kyulha's roots are connected all over the place. Our presence will immediately become known to Kyulha's kin."

"…Not like it really matters. Having evolved into demigods, we are equivalent to being the rulers of the Sea of Trees. Let's plant our scales in the vicinity."

"…The Sea of Trees is vast."

"That's why. On top of being vast, there exist twelve of them. Don't you think that we ought to get at least one of them?"

Golgonshura smiled at Kizeleg's question, and replied, "Hihi, thou sure look like thou are having fun here, Kizeleg. Should we create a plethora of kin to found a paradise of butterflies over there while hunting the mortals inhabiting the forest and killing other gods?"

The instant Golgonshura finished speaking, a flock of huge dragons appeared from the Mahaheim mountains as if to flatten Mt. Baldok. The ancient dragons swooped down on Kenback, a wild god belonging to Hoh'Oh's side.

"…Let's do just that. It looks like the high ancient dragons have also joined this Great War of Wild Gods…"

"How audacious of those big lizards."

"Now, even Cursed God Geiger has shown up. Let's run since it's getting too troublesome."

"I'll blow away an insignificant being like him!"

"Even if he might be insignificant, he's still dangerous as a cursed god because he has countless relatives. And if it's now that even the kin of Lightning God La Doola and Ancient God Tesol have started to fight, it'll be a breeze to infiltrate the Sea of Trees' interior. Golgonshura, let's hurry――

"Ah, wait for me――"

Golgonshura and Kizeleg had become exhausted from their participation in the huge war, but their butterfly wings worked just as normal. They headed towards the Sea of Trees at tremendous speed.

But, even inside the forest, the fierce battle between the various gods continued to rage.

In the middle of all those battles taking place in the forest…Sky Emperor Phyffindo, who ruled over several dimensions, supported the Halmodella dimension…just like the Evil God Azabeauth who existed in the innermost cosmos of the Black Rings.

He fought countless, powerful wild gods, who desired to rule the world, at the same time and lost. Of course, Azra's side possessed mighty forces, and they caused the celestial being, which used to be the Sky Emperor, to shatter into myriads of pieces.

As a result of the Sky Emperor's power, who had until then maintained the society of wild gods, vanishing, a shock ran through the space-time axis of Halmodella. The aftermath was devastating.

Shockwaves ran through the many, existing dimensions which were connected like beads on a string. The swinging string warped, and the dimensional worlds at their ends overlapped as if fusing.

Sebdola, Seuros, Godolon, Azel…countless worlds overlapped with other worlds, and even the veils stacked atop each other. The surface of one world flickered on the surface of another like a mirage. They clashed as seething hot mana dissolved. The terrestrial heat rose sharply, and the magma of different worlds combined and scorched the lands. It was a scenery depicting the overlapping of skies, suns and moons, planets, and cosmic mists and emptinesses.

This was an exceedingly rare occurrence. And that moment of overlapping worlds lasted but a "faint instant in time" which would be a few seconds in mortal terms. In hindsight, the event was categorized as "Dusk of Gods," Twilight of Raivan, and "Ragnarok" in different worlds.

The myriads of gods inhabiting the multitude of dimensions used this "faint instant in time." As the veil was gone as a barrier separating the dimensions, they judged this to be the perfect opportunity to obtain greater powers. Although losing their powers at the same time also played a role, the gods invaded the worlds overlapping with theirs.

The gods stole mana and souls as if performing their own Great Wars of Wild gods. The losing gods lost huge amounts of mana and souls while the victorious ones gained those souls and the mana.

Even on Sela, where the Great War of Wild Gods was still raging, a great amount of battles with a huge impact took place.

The Southern Mahaheim region was first and foremost. Twin Moon Goddess Uraniri, Twin Moon God Uryou, and God Wolf Hurley on the side of the Divine Domain Seuros fought against Vampire God Lugnad, Tree King of Wisdom and Memory Kyulha, and Queen of Twilight Lebra on the Spirit World Sebdola's side. Of course, they weren't the only ones fighting either.

Other gods also spread their influence on Sela.

War God Vice unleashed

with the objective of piercing through underground gods. The huge swords, shining like suns, created several big holes on the surface of Sela. War God Vice, however, didn't realize that his swords had produced demonic holes and simultaneously created tears in the veil.

The evil beings overflowing from the demonic army night parade of the Black Rings located deep underground were hit by those light swords and perished. At the same time, a part of the named underground gods vanished without being able to increase their power.

Golgonshura and Kizeleg, who had fled the big war ravaging the surface of Sela, also joined the battles within this "faint instant in time."

In the middle of those battles, Wild God Pgul, Violent God Lohgun, Cursed God De'Ale, and Underground God Torodd interfered with the veil, and appealed to cooperate in order to keep the chaos triggered by that "faint instant in time" to last for as long as possible.

As if approving of their appeal, Evil God Desalobia, who had been emitting thought waves of evil instead of words, charged and flew into the sky while pulverizing Divine Warrior Kareyon Buu.

Golgonshura opposed him. The demigoddess, who cherished the time she had spent with her husband, didn't give a damn about the battles of gods. But, for the mortal humans inhabiting Sela…the existence of Golgonshura, who ate people as she freely went on a rampage even when they offered her their souls, was an absolute evil and an incarnation of absolute terror. Yet, the people's plight bore no meaning to demigods.

Golgonshura drove her

into Desalobia. Having been hit by that flowery chock with its fruits, Desalobia became confused. He fired a light beam from his huge eyeball at the gods who tried to interfere with the veil.

Hit by the beam, those gods melted away, and their essence created kin and brought forth new oceans and rivers. It polluted an ancient metropolis, and caused crooked trees to instantly shoot into the sky.

Next Golgonshura fired

at the gods who were still alive.

This made it seem like she had prevented them from interfering with the veil, but countless other gods interfering with space-time were up and about. Other underground gods and Evil God apostles cooperated, continuing the interference on the veil.

The time of that "faint instant in time" kept extending.

Moreover, the divine domain's side also became cautious of Golgonshura who had acted so boldly and flashily. A team effort of war goddesses pinned Golgonshura down under a multi-layered barrier. Kizeleg tried to rescue his wife, but he got wounded in his battle against Wild God Gujut. Yet, Kizeleg somehow managed to cut off one of Gutjut's heads and two of his arms with his nimble swordsmanship based on his butterfly wings, cutting his way through.

Kizeleg headed towards Golgonshura in an attempt to save her. But, in that moment, Kizeleg was struck by multi-layered sealing spells by the gods of Spirit World and Divine Domain. 卍-shaped crests were edged into the butterfly wings growing on his back.

At the same time, the evil aliens, who had appeared through the demonic army night parade, unleashed destruction rays at the gods as if reveling in indiscriminate slaughter.

Those destruction rays also headed for Kizeleg, who had become immobile. Hit by the rays, Kizeleg transformed into a silver coffin with

, a technique allowing a demigod to seal themselves. It couldn't be released by anyone other than Golgonshura, his wife.

The coffin was showered by destruction rays, and although the coffin itself remained unharmed, the impacts overlapped with the effect of the multi-layered sealing spells. Moreover, the interference of dimensional worlds, and the seals released by countless gods colliding with each other might have had an influence as well. Anyway, the silver coffin with Kizeleg was blown outside the dimension and disappeared, completely vanishing from Sela and Sela's dimension.

"No way―― Kizeleeeeeeg!" The scream of Golgonshura, her movements dulled by many gods, didn't reach Kizeleg.

And then Underground God Torodd, who was in contact with a certain divine man, hurled a chain of roses at Golgonshura. But, King of Destruction Rashinz Lebioda destroyed that chain with his Destruction Fist.

By coincidence it also saved Golgonshura, but it didn't soothe her rage either way. The war goddesses' multi-layered barrier binding her body hadn't been undone, but Golgonshura aimed for the moment when all gods were fighting to release her greater magic of

Seeing her chance, Golgonshura swung her beloved Great Magic Wand Gaissol upwards, and the instant a vast amount of mana had amassed at the tip of her wand, the tip parted to the left and right before emitting a flash of light. Thusly invoking

It seemed as if the dimension might be torn apart then and there. But it would have been unthinkable for the myriads of gods of the countless, overlapping divine domains to silently watch how the dimension was ripped apart.

While slaughtering wild gods, War God Vice summoned Battle King Quedal and Sage Labius. Alongside a roar full of anger, Vice struck Golgonshura with his Mallet of Supremacy and cast his net of chaos on her.

Golgonshura endured the attacks while vomiting blood. And the

unleashed by her continued to exhibit its effect. Wild gods, cursed gods, and ancient gods were swallowed by its dimensional vortex of darkness. At the same time, powerful earthquakes hit the surface.

As a result of the

half-assedly overlapping across dimensions while causing cracks in the demonic holes of the veil, the surface earthquakes were passed on into the air as severe vibrations. Furious gusts of winds as if nuclear explosions had occurred ravaged heaven and earth, and a terrifying flash of light came into existence right in front of Golgonshura.

Indeed, this was the very moment when the 【Light Cross Hill】 was created on the ground of the Sea of Trees.

Golgonshura lost her eyesight, and even the other gods, who looked directly at that light, lost the power in their eyes, be it normal or Demonic, as their eyeballs evaporated. The magic effects caused by Golgonshura's Demonic Eyes also lost their power, and the color of her wings changed.

Immediately thereafter, a divine light lit up in the air. And the one manifesting within that light was Crosseyvis, the God of Space-Time who rarely showed himself even in the divine domain.

Crosseyvis activated his

, and Space-Time Spirit Larsoon corrected the deviated dimension.

Meanwhile, Golgonshura had been blown away by the shockwave. While clashing against many cursed gods, she sensed how her own power kept vanishing.

"I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I faaaaailed…" Golgonshura screamed in despair.

She had used up greater chunks of her

. But, she still stood up on the ground of the Sea of Trees. And there she retrieved the special magic gems of Almandine and Argolgn from her bosom. In order to use those magic gems, she poured her remaining power of

and her mana into them. And then she gave birth to her own kin in the Sea of Trees.

As a result, she created the Death Butterfly Women Ciel and Jody. Next, she took Fumkry's Divine Scales and two differently colored scythes out of her

, and after giving those items to her two new kin, she created a domain for them, using