Chapter 23: The Fall of the True God!
Everything in the Spearwind Hills is merely a minor interlude.
However, Soren has also realized one point: he does need to consider things for the future.
That is everything regarding the Divine Kingdom.
With the fall of the original God of Half-Elves and Wanderers, according to the normal course of the Saint’s Cataclysm, the Divine Kingdom belonging to Him should gradually fall as well, ultimately transforming into a shattered demiplane kingdom like a meteor falling to the mortal realm. However, Soren taking over the Divine Profession has temporarily changed this. He successfully inherited the Divine Profession of the God of Half-Elves and Wanderers while establishing a slight connection with the original Divine Kingdom, temporarily halting its decline and even gradually stabilizing its structure.
However!
There is one point he must emphasize: the original Divine Kingdom had been managed by the God of Half-Elves and Wanderers for hundreds of years.
The death of a deity leads to most of the zealots and prayer weavers in the Divine Kingdom falling together, resulting in severe internal turmoil. Some prayer weavers may still be alive, but their numbers will definitely not be high. The process of the Divine Kingdom’s decline is similar to the great catastrophe of the 2012 apocalypse; it can be said that the entire Divine Kingdom is collapsing violently, and if even one-tenth of the beings within the Kingdom survive, it would be quite fortunate. This means that even if the Saint’s Cataclysm ends and Soren intends to inherit the original Divine Kingdom, his own foundation is still quite unstable.
Soren needs a group of zealots.
Moreover, they must be zealots with sufficiently pure souls, decent strength, and talent.
Because within the Divine Kingdom, there exists a unique system, and if Soren survives until the end of the Saint’s Cataclysm, he must have his own divine messengers, divine servants, high-ranking angels (high-ranking evil spirits), holy bards, soul prayer weavers, and so on. The management of the Divine Kingdom is a significant process. If Soren does not have enough devout and enthusiastic believers, he may find himself in a situation where, after other believers die in the future, he will not even have messengers to take care of their souls. Achieving this requires other deities to spend hundreds or even thousands of years accumulating such resources.
The original God of Half-Elves and Wanderers should still have left behind some Otherworldly Divine Servants.
However, for Soren to use the previous god’s divine servants is clearly not a good thing, so in the future, he must replace all of these individuals with souls that willingly serve him.
“It seems I must consider putting the construction of schools on the agenda!”
The decision to accept Adele Isabella does not require hesitation; she hopes to stabilize her position further through her relationship with Soren. She even seeks assurance of her soul’s allegiance after death. And for Soren, she also has plenty of utility. For a female believer who has the potential to advance to legendary status, Soren must give her sufficient attention, as this is fundamental for a deity.
The Divine Kingdom relies on the reserves of souls.
Moreover,
Even in periods without the Saint’s Cataclysm, if some excellent legendary level professionists die, their souls can allow the deity’s avatar to personally descend and guide them to the Divine Kingdom.
If a legendary professionist is willing to belong to Soren’s realm before death, it would be no problem for him to descend himself to guide the individual.
Because in the future, he will need many such believers, at least the number of Otherworldly Messengers must reach double digits.
Accomplishing this is not easy.
Because only legendary level souls can be transformed into Otherworldly Messengers.
…………….
The terror of strong divine power is not only reflected in one’s own divinity but also in the foundation accumulated over a long period.
Soren’s foundation is indeed very thin.
Maybe in the Material Plane, he still has a bit of foundation, but in the Divine Kingdom, he is truly blank, as he has never entered a deity’s realm until now. These factors cannot be neglected; if he waits until the crisis occurs before considering them, he might have already lost the initiative. Death takes time. He cannot allow believers to go directly to their deaths, so the planning for this aspect may need to be considered many years in advance.
The Half-Elf Church still has a group of sufficiently aged bishops, but these are not enough to support the framework of the Divine Kingdom.
In the blink of an eye, Soren approached the forest area near the Eastern Kingdom.
Passing through here leads to the desert area, then traversing the Death Desert to enter the Eastern Kingdom. The ocean route takes too much time, and the dangers of the Death Desert are not enough to threaten a true god like Soren.
However!
Just as he was about to continue forward, a sensation suddenly came from the horizon, a very special sensation, belonging to the divine level.
A true god has fallen!
Because it is still daytime, the stars are almost invisible to the naked eye. Thus, the only true gods Soren could sense are those with whom he has a close relationship.
The Elven Pantheon!
In an instant, Soren sensed the identity of the fallen; there was a mark of the Elven Pantheon on Him.
Someone has killed the true god of the Elven Pantheon.
Soren has almost no intersection with the Elven Pantheon, and until now, he has not encountered any elven true gods, so it seems the only one who can cause him to sense a connection is just one.
Soren speculated the identity of the fallen.
— Ayrevin Ilashir!
— The Elven’s Dexterity and the God of Thieves!!!
In charge of the domains of [Thieves], [Mischief], and [Change], possessing the domains of [Chaos], [Elf], [Luck], and [Trickery].
The reason Soren could sense the other’s fall was simple. Because he too possesses the Divine Profession of [Wanderer].
Divine profession sensing.
For deities possessing the same Divine Profession, Soren has always had some sort of sensing with them. If any other deities with the same Divine Profession fall, Soren can sense it under any circumstances.
However, if a deity with other Divine Professions falls, Soren has basically no sensing ability.
“Who?!”
“Who killed the God of Elven Thieves?!”
In an instant.
Soren’s figure stood still, then fell into deep thought, murmuring, “Lord of Shadows? Lady of the Night? Or the Spider Queen?”
“The possibilities of the Lord of Shadows and the Spider Queen are the greatest!”
“But considering the subsequent retaliation from the Elven Pantheon, the only one brave enough to do this would probably be the Spider Queen!!!”
“Has she already begun to take action?”
A true god has fallen.
The saints that fell to the mortal realm hardly noticed anything; perhaps only those deities who possess the same Divine Profession could have some sensing.
The Elven Pantheon should all be aware.
With the fall of a member within the pantheon, the enraged elven gods may unleash madness in retaliation!
The God of Elven Thieves is not particularly powerful.
There are many existences capable of killing Him, but the strongest motive may only come from the Spider Queen.
Moreover!
The God of Elven Thieves possesses domains of [Chaos], [Luck], and [Trickery]; these three domains have significant uses for the Spider Queen. While she may not be able to master [Luck], [Chaos] and [Trickery] are the core powers of the Spider Queen, and killing the God of Elven Thieves can further enhance her domain abilities.
Soren’s High Priest has not regained all his power to this day due to being affected by the Spider Queen’s [Trickery] domain!
A profound silence.
Although Soren sensed the fall of a true god, he could not ascertain the location of the fall.
However, the Divine Profession of [Thieves] belonging to the elves should now be vacant.
…………….(To Be Continued ~^~)
