Chapter 163: Mountains Despise the Sky (2)

"The God of the Sky?"

Huangdongqing's expression changed to one of bewilderment after hearing my story.

Well, it's only natural. If someone claims to be searching for a gods that no one has ever heard of, anyone would react that way.

It might be a fanciful story like a fairy tale, but my intuition was telling me that there was something about the King of the Gods.

"Do you have any concrete clues?"

"Thanks to obtaining a fragment of a small stone tablet, I've started searching, but other than that, there are no other clues."

"No clues at all? It's quite ambitious of you to think of searching for something like that."

"My intuition is telling me that there is something to this name."

Huangdongqing's expression became somewhat skeptical of my words.

"So it's just an intuition, huh. Hmm... Honestly, it's a hard story to believe, but... Well, there seems to be some inexplicable power to your intuition."

Huangdongqing chuckled and nodded his head.

"Shall we try our luck with this reckless gamble?"

"Hmm... I hesitate to say this, but is that really okay? Honestly, the chances of finding anything are quite low."

"Well, my life has already been full of gambling, so adding one more won't make much difference. And this forgotten god... Hmm. There are many forgotten gods, but the title of the King of the Gods has piqued my interest."

Huangdongqing let out a hearty laugh and said,

"The chances of success are low, but if we succeed, great honor and prosperity will come our way, so isn't it worth the gamble?"

I also nodded at those words.

I too had the same thoughts as Huangdongqing and had started my investigation using this meager fragment of a stone tablet as a clue.

That's why I could understand his sentiments.

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Baal and Shamash had established various rules and communicated them to the gods.

It seems they had put some thought into it, and the gist of the rules was as follows,

1. Prohibition of the gods' indiscriminate descent to the human world, except for those whose main body is on earth.

2. Prohibition of direct combat between the gods. Especially the prohibition of direct plundering of another god's faith.

3. Drawing boundary lines between cultural spheres, prohibiting gods from invading other cultural spheres where their faith does not exist.

Well, the method of propagating faith through believers and exerting influence on other cultural spheres through that was not blocked. Anyway, it seems to have been organized in that general direction.

Apparently, due to the gods' constant fighting and causing chaos, even the mostly non-bellicose gods generally welcomed it.

And...

"There will be punishment from Gaia for violations. Why is this included?"

"But Gaia is a goddess recognized by all the other gods. If Gaia herself directly punishes, the other gods will all accept and comply with it, won't they?"

Baal's words were nodded in agreement by Shamash who was standing behind him. This fellow... is using me...

"Mom. Can't we just chase this guy away?"

Sagarmatha, who seemed to genuinely dislike Baal, began grumbling without even sparing a glance at Baal.

"Just when Mom and I were resting together, now you've brought Shamash too, interfering with our time. I really hate this."

"Sagarmatha. Calm down. This is necessary."

"But... I just don't like it. Shamash too. Why is she coming here with that guy to disturb the time just the two of us, Mom and I, have?"

Sagarmatha, who was unusually talkative, was truly a troublesome child.

"It will be over soon, so calm down."

"Okay... Finish it quickly."

I should just slap a bunch of names from that other world's gods.

"I really hate this."

I'll let Sagarmatha's low murmur slide. Yep.

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"So, when can I enter the archive?"

"When? Hmm... I'll need to get the permit, so it should be ready by tomorrow."

"Tomorrow? That fast?"

Hwangdonggyeong chuckled and stroked his beard.

"It'll take a little trickery, but I'll get the permit, and you can use it."

"I use Hwangdonggyeong's permit? That's possible? I don't have a beard like you, and I'm quite tall."

"I'll ignore your discriminatory remark. And the dwarven archive isn't the kind of place you're imagining."

Not the kind of place I'm imagining? So not just a regular library?

"You'll see tomorrow."

I just nodded slightly at Hwangdonggyeong's words.

And the next day.

"Here, I've obtained the permit. You can use this to access the archive."

What Hwangdonggyeong handed me was a thin, flat stone tablet. A smooth, jet-black surface, about the size of an open book. Hmm. What is this?

"I've taken care of all the necessary procedures, so just press the button next to it."

Following Hwangdonggyeong's instructions, I gently pressed the small protrusion next to the stone tablet.

Woooosh.

The black stone tablet began to emit light.

"This is...?"

"The pinnacle of dwarven technology. Data slate... an information processing board, if you will. Of course, it's classified, so you'll have to keep the secret about this item."

Classified, huh... I've certainly never heard of such an item being in the possession of the dwarves before.

"Press the book-shaped icon on the first rectangle that appears on the panel. Then, press the white part at the top and enter what you're looking for in the space below, and it will search for the relevant titles."

Following Hwangdonggyeong's instructions, I awkwardly operated the stone tablet.

Smooth letters written on the stone tablet. First, let's search for information on mythology.

Mythology. Myths and legends of the world. The primordial myths and the Seven Gods. The Goddess of Life. The Pantheon (495th year of the Empire edition). And so on.

This feels quite extraordinary.

"Selecting a title from the list will automatically display the contents of that book. To cancel the displayed book and go back, press the arrow at the bottom."

I tried operating it as Hwangdonggyeong had said. The screen on the stone tablet quickly changed, and it was... an incredibly fascinating device.

If humans had such a device, the very concept of a library building would become meaningless.

"That information processing board is connected to the archive, so search diligently. It uses magic to operate, so if you run out of magic, you can recharge it with the mana stones in this pouch. The recharging method is to press the small groove at the back, and it will automatically recharge."

Just as Hwangdonggyeong said, there was a small groove at the back. Recharging with mana stones, how fascinating.

"Well, I have other matters to attend to. I'll be going now. I hope you have a fruitful outcome. Oh, and needless to say, it's best not to take that slate out of Nidavellir. There's a tracking spell on it, so the dwarven assassination squad will come after you."

With that, Hwangdonggyeong left the room, leaving behind the slate and a pouch.

Hmm. I should suppress my greed. It's a somewhat unfamiliar device, but I'll get used to it.

And so, I began to explore various information through the dwarven information processing board.

First, let's take a look at the information on mythology recorded by the dwarves.