Chapter 777 Amaterasu

Chapter 777 Amaterasu

“This... what is going on here? Senior Xiaolian, Great Teacher!”

Nagase Komi was the first to turn around, a look of utter shock on her face.

She did not think that she would see such a prompt.

This was completely incomprehensible.

Right after she said that, a new prompt appeared in their personal systems.

[Prompt: Tsukuyomi has been killed. According to the degree of contribution for the kill, you gained 0 points.

[Current number of major Gods of Heaven still alive: 1/12

[Current list of survivors for the major Gods of Heaven: Amaterasu.]

Eleven from the Gods of Heaven’s faction had already died. Amaterasu was the only one remaining.

Even Sawakita Mitsuo’s face had a puzzled look.

This made no sense.

With the exception of the five of them here, the other surviving participants should all be in the Gods of Heaven’s faction.

They had no reason to attack the formidable NPCs that were on their side.

Moreover, the difficulty level of this instance dungeon was very high.

By Sawakita Mitsuo’s estimate, back when they were facing Divine Master Amago Kimihisa, who was possessed by Takemikazuchi in Izumo-taisha, even if Chen Xiaolian had not taken action, his team of three should be able to – by going all out and risking severe injuries to themselves – score a narrow victory.

However, that was not a complete God of Heaven. It was just possessing the body of a normal human.

After Okuninushi and the other Gods of the Land had their bodies reformed, they had never truly displayed how strong they were. Even so, just the atmosphere of might that they were exuding was enough to tell that they were far stronger than the possessed Divine Master Amago Kimihisa.

By looking at the number of Gods on the two sides, it was possible that the Gods of Heaven – with whole bodies – may be individually weaker than the Gods of the Land. Even so, they were still not existences that the Divine Masters could match up against.

The main characters in this instance dungeon were neither the Players nor the Awakened ones. Rather, it was the monsters in the two factions. The participants were but assistants here.

At present, however, those from the Gods of Heaven’s faction were already almost wiped out?

“Chen-san...”

Sawakita Mitsuo turned his head and saw that there was a puzzled look on Chen Xiaolian’s face as well.

“This feels... strange indeed.”

Chen Xiaolian rubbed his nose and smiled awkwardly at the others.

Given his current level of strength, this instance dungeon was not difficult.

He was certain that even the God of Destruction, Susanoo, who was beside him, would be no match for him.

However, it was because he had received the angel wing from Du Wei and read the information within it, giving him the ability to ‘modify the rules’.

He was no longer standing on the same dimension as the other Awakened ones and Players.

At present, though, a participant who could easily kill off Gods had appeared in this instance dungeon.

Apart from Du Wei, Shen and the other monster-level characters, Chen Xiaolian – despite racking his brains – was incapable of figuring out who could possess such abilities.

But those fellows should still be confined within Zero City’s collapsed space right now. It was impossible for them to enter this instance dungeon.

And now, only Amaterasu was left. If she was killed as well, this instance dungeon would end on the spot.

Before entering this instance dungeon, Chen Xiaolian knew that, given his current strength, it would not be an exaggeration to say that this was a casual trip.

But he had yet to take action.

This was truly, a casual trip.

“You... just who are you?!”

A loud and hoarse voice rang out.

There were two other figures hovering in the sky in front of the knight in bronze armour.

One of them was a female in shrine maiden garb, sporting a face covered with white powder and two black dots on her eyebrows.

The other was a male wearing a garment sewn out from a single piece of cloth and a puttee on each leg. His hair was pulled into two buns on either side of his head.

At that very moment, there were both shock and fear covering their faces.

Those expressions should not have appeared on their faces.

They were two of the Three Precious Children in Japanese mythology, Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi!

Amaterasu did not understand what was happening.

Her younger brother, the violent God of Destruction, Susanoo, had died back in the ancient age of myths.

As for the seedlings he left behind, the Gods of the Land, they had been – throughout the years – defeated and sealed away. They should never have awakened again and sleep forever in the darkness.

However, a group of humans of unknown origins and possessing strange powers had suddenly appeared. They wanted to break the seals, snatch the magatama containing the mitama and free the Gods of the Land.

It was a futile attempt. After being sealed for so long, the strength of the Gods of the Land had long since weakened to the lowest point. Unless the five highest-ranking Gods of the Land were reunited to revive Susanoo, there was no way they could pose a threat to the Gods of Heaven that had reigned over this land for thousands of years.

The Gods of the Land had been defeated once before. This time, they will be defeated once again.

After Amaterasu gathered all the 12 major Gods of Heaven, they had been preparing to head out and wage a decisive war against the Gods of the Land when this man in strange armour suddenly appeared. She had never seen this type of armour before.

Takemikazuchi, Kagutsuchi, Shinatsuhiko, Yamato Takeru, Oyamatsumi, Kukunochi, Ame-no-Tajikarao... one by one, all of them died to this man. They couldn’t even put up a fight against him.

The Gods... dying to a mortal?

More, he did it so easily.

Even her younger brother, Susanoo, could not do this.

“Who... am I?”

Words rang out from the helmet again.

This time, in addition to coldness, there were also other emotions, such as hatred, fanaticism and piousness.

The knight raised his knightly sword and his voice was suddenly raised as well. “I... am a mendicant of the Lord on this land! All false Gods who profane the glory of the Lord will be purified in the name of the Lord!”

“False Gods?”

Tsukuyomi’s face twisted. Uttering a sharp cry, he folded his hands and the phantom image of a full moon swiftly formed before him.

Before he could fully form the full moon, however, the bronze-armoured knight’s sword slashed down.

Back when the bronze-armoured knight raised his sword, there had been a distance of hundreds of metres between the two. But when the sword slashed down, the very space between the two seemingly disappeared.

The edge of the sword easily overcame the phantom silhouette of the full moon to hack down against Tsukuyomi’s head, cleaving him into two.

“In this world, there is only one God.”

The bronze-armoured knight looked coldly at the severed halves of Tsukuyomi’s corpse as they fell down to the magma-filled mouth of the volcano. Slowly, he raised his head to look at the last God of Heaven, Amaterasu.

“No... no... no!”

Amaterasu released a heart-rending cry. But before she could make a move, the bronze-armoured knight had already appeared before her. His left hand shot out to grab her throat.

The screaming sound came to an abrupt halt, like a duck that had its neck stepped on.

“Don't worry, I'll let you live a little longer.”

The bronze-armoured knight’s head was completely masked behind a helmet. Thus, it was impossible to see his expression or eyes. However, that only terrified Amaterasu even more.

The knightly sword was raised high, aimed at Amaterasu’s shoulder.