Since the gods had abandoned Humanity, he had not felt that familiar gaze in a very long time, nor had he been at peace.
"This is the punishment I deserve."
"At least, it is mine."
Releasing his grip, Cavi let the current carry him away under the incomprehensible stares of the people around him. As the torrent pulled him under the water, he closed his eyes silently and prayed in his heart.
"May the gods forgive me."
Cavi sank into the water, and gradually, he lost consciousness. However, at that moment, his state seemed forever fixed.
'Death' was erased from him, and 'life' could no longer pass away. Maintaining this state of neither life nor death, he sank to the bottom, arriving directly at the center of The Temple.
There, it was where he had worshipped the gods countless times.
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"Finally, I have visited every place..."
Wiping the sweat from his brow, Nuo felt that time had passed a bit slowly today, but now, he had let go of these doubts.
Along the way, he had met person after person, a few of whom believed in him, but many more did not, and he took every question they had to heart.
He had also wavered, for Deceit was not absent among Bronze Humanity, but even if there was only a sliver of hope, if it could allow more people to survive, he was still willing to try.
Now, the task he had set out to do was finished, and in The Sky above, a giant wave hundreds of meters high was crashing towards this place.
Now, it was time to use his own life to test whether everything he had done had any meaning.
"Born because of the gods, dying because of the gods, I truly hope that future Humanity, does not come from the hands of the gods."
"Perhaps it's quite good for Humans to live their own lives?"
With a bitter smile, standing on the empty street, facing the direction of the flood. With no place to hide and no intention to run, Nuo knelt on the ground and murmured softly.
He stepped forward half a step and then stepped back, subsequently raising his steel trident.
"Your Excellency—"
Laine raised his hand slightly, stopping the elder mid-sentence. He knew what he wanted to say, but he just glanced over and advised in a faint voice:
"You have completed your task, Triton, as the gods commanded you, so everything shall return to the gods. Now lay it down and return to Olympus, to your Father God's side; that is the best choice for you right now."
Beneath the water, the ritual track had begun to revolve, a 'gateway' was being opened. The souls of all life on the plain were imprisoned within the Mortal Realm, still lingering in the Mortal World.
Though Laine was not in the Spirit Realm, he could 'see' that the large-scale death without the souls entering Samsara had finally caught the attention of the three goddesses, who had begun to investigate the source of this phenomenon.
So now, he preferred to wait for the situation to unfold. As for Triton, to Laine, he was no different from the Bronze Humans who had just died.
As long as Triton retreated now, Laine wouldn't do anything.
Clearly, that's what he thought, but Triton did not agree.
"I will report back to my Father God, mortal, but that will be after dealing with the last two," Triton retorted.
In the face of Laine's 'advice', Triton only scoffed. At first, he didn't necessarily want to exterminate every person, especially since the two in front of him might also be related to Prometheus. He could have offered the forethinking god a favor and left a few to survive, but now, things were different.
He knew the limitations the Mortal World imposed on the gods, so Poseidon must have paid a price for attacking from afar. To lessen his Father God's wrath later, Triton had no choice but to make the rest of the task as flawless as possible.
"Your companion has already been killed by my Father God, and now, it's your turn!"
Triton leaned back and then threw with force, and the Trident flew out. The remnants of Divine Power faintly locked onto the target; Triton believed mortals couldn't escape this kind of lock-on.
"Blame your bad luck, if anything."
"Prometheus is gone; with such power, wouldn't it be good to simply live well? Why insist on opposing me?"
Triton snorted coldly as he watched the trident cutting through the air, feeling equally displeased.
No matter what, today's events were far from perfect. He needed to think about how to appease his Father God's wrath.