The sky above the royal capital was filled with thick clouds, and heavy rain and thunder roared together.
Dust and fire mingled together, churning over the earth.
Faced with natural disasters, the royal capital once again fell into chaos.
Even the exhausted mages outside the city wall who collapsed on the ground raised their heads and looked at the sky with their dull eyes filled with fear.
What's going on? The sun has just come out not long ago.
Why did it start to rain and wind again?
Could it be that group of disasters again?
The mages opened their eyes wide, trying to detect the huge figures emitting various lights through the dense clouds.
It didn't.
This time, even Victor did not appear in the sky.
Is it just a simple natural disaster?
Why is the royal capital so unlucky to meet another hot person?
But under the violence of this natural disaster, they seemed to see a narrow gap opened in the dark clouds in the distance.
The sacred golden light shines through the gaps and falls on the earth.
A man with golden wings was bathed in the holy light and gradually flew towards the sky.
In the gathering of elemental disasters, he appears mysterious and sublime.
All the mages stared wide-eyed, feeling unbelievable at this scene.
Heim Horn stood on the city wall, looking at the rising Hermes, his eyes suddenly widened.
He quickly whispered to Rachel next to him:
"Quick, use your natural bird to summon all the mages!"
Rachel also stared at the sky solemnly. Hearing Heim Horn's words, he nodded:
"I have done so."
Rachel had already sensed that something was wrong with the situation and was already notifying all the mages.
Because just now, one of his natural birds was 'killed'.
Moreover, that was the natural bird that he paid most attention to, because that natural bird was next to Kokot.
The natural bird and him are connected to each other, which allows them to clearly know everything that happens in the palace.
However, the natural bird died in the palace.
As a result, their contact with Kokot and Victor was directly blocked.
The most important thing is that at the last moment when the natural bird disappeared, extremely important news came:
Victor disappeared.
The spread of this news directly ruined the plans of the Mage Council.
Because the magic that bound Hermes was released by Victor himself and controlled by him personally.
Only Victor knows this god best, and only Victor can suppress this god.
But now, Victor disappeared without any reason.
So this god was successfully freed.
The two people on the city wall raised their heads and looked at the sky above the royal capital, which was full of dark clouds and natural disasters.
There were thunderstorms and wind and fire.
Even the dust will rise and cover the entire sky.
Only the place of holy light where Hermes is located seems to be favored by gods from outside, and it is so peaceful that it makes people feel weird.
Looking at the holy light falling in the distance, Heim Horn couldn't help but murmur to himself:
"Is this...a god?"
Hermes, the god of commerce, could cause such changes in the world and natural disasters.
This power is incredible.
It is hard to imagine how much effort and effort the Archmage had to expend to establish the Council of Mages in the past when many gods coexisted.
And finally expelled the last god, the goddess of justice, from the world.
Heim Horn stood there, stunned, the expression on his face changing complicatedly.
Not only him, but even the mages outside the city wall looked at Hermes with awe in their eyes.
To ordinary people, gods are untouchable existences.
But just as they looked up at the sky, a pale meteor suddenly cut through the space and passed through the golden light.
The clouds were gently torn apart by the strong air waves, forming a long, thin and straight crack.
At that moment, the golden light on Hermes instantly dissipated, and his body fell back to the earth again.
The clouds in the sky closed again, and even the holy light gradually extinguished.
All the mages stared at this scene in stunned silence.
What on earth was that pale meteor just now?
Only Heim Horn, who was standing on the city wall, was stunned in place, watching the silver light streak across the sky.
Only he can see it most clearly.
The shooting star just now was just an ordinary iron spear.
It was that spear that penetrated the body of a god.
At that moment, he suddenly thought of something and said to Rachel next to him:
"Don't worry, let's settle the other mages first."
He looked towards the center of the distant palace and said with peace of mind:
"The emperor of the empire has taken action."
…
As Hermes fell heavily to the earth, the disaster that originally ravaged the royal capital gradually subsided.
The thunder and heavy rain slowly subsided, and the raging flames gradually extinguished.
The wind lost its power and the thorns withered.
Only the oppressive clouds still hang over the earth.
Where Hermes landed, countless residents were far away and surrounded him heavily.
Each of their eyes fell on Hermes, their eyes full of curiosity.
But these curiosity, in the eyes of Hermes, are like ridicule.
It was like pieces of sharp blades were inserted into his body.
But Hermes didn't know how to deal with these inferior human eyes.
because……
He lowered his head and stared helplessly at the torn half of the wing.
The eyes that had lost their golden light were trembling.
he got hurt.
The sharp pain from the wound penetrated deep into his heart. This feeling was so unfamiliar to Hermes.
How long?
It had been a long time since he had felt pain.
As a god, Hermes had forgotten the feeling of pain over the years.
He couldn't remember the last time he was injured.
But that's why.
At this moment, even the humiliation brought about when Victor dragged him down from the sky was not as painful as the pain of injury.
Although he fell to the ground at that time, in the eyes of everyone, he was still a high-ranking god.
Because God, who is above all humans, cannot be hurt.
According to people's consensus, gods do not bleed.
People are all accustomed to legendary stories.
Gods and humans cannot come into contact with each other.
But even though the two sides are clearly out of reach, gods are still nobler than humans.
Because humans know that gods possess "divine power" that belongs to gods.
They can use this superhuman power to bring punishment to humans.
Farmers' crops are unable to be harvested, and residents' houses are blown away by the wind.
To the gods, all it takes is a flick of a finger.
Under such circumstances, gods are naturally nobler than humans, and humans naturally want to worship gods.
Gods are regarded as immortal beings, and humans are powerless to resist even if they want to.
But now, Hermes' wings were pierced by the spear, tearing out a huge wound.
Blood spurted out from the wound, and scarlet blood splashed on the ground of the square, drawing a long and thin trace.
Everyone saw the injuries on Hermes and realized a shocking fact.
Gods can also get hurt and bleed.
Gods also die.
At this moment, Hermes' lofty throne belonging to the gods was in the hearts of the people of the empire.
Complete collapse.
In the end, Hermes could only look helplessly at the blood spreading on the ground, his whole body trembling.
As if unwilling to accept the facts, a crazy light flashed in his eyes:
"but……"
"I am God……"
He stood up staggeringly from the ground, and even though his body was covered in scarlet blood, the golden light in his eyes still flickered.
One side of the golden wings on his back had lost its luster and drooped, leaving a long trail of blood.
The wings on the other side were still shining with dazzling golden light, stretching high in the air.
Hermes raised his head, and his eyes filled with golden sand of silence suddenly widened.
The golden sand flows slowly in it, like the calm before the storm.
His sharp gaze traveled across the space, beyond the steps, and looked directly at Oberly sitting on the throne in front of the palace.
All the surrounding residents felt deeply frightened when they looked at the tragic Hermes, and they all retreated.
Even the increasingly crazy elves around Hermes were hiding in the corner, hugging each other tightly, full of tension and fear.
In the oppressive silence, Kokot covered one ear as the explosion echoed in his ears.
He also looked at Hermes in front of him with trembling eyes.
Under everyone's gaze, Hermes' madness reached its extreme.
There was a violent whirlpool in the golden sand eyes, and even the arteries on his neck were bursting.
He raised his head, opened his huge mouth with pale teeth, and let out a deafening roar toward the sky:
"I am God!!!!"
The next second, a heavy roar exploded in the sky!
It seemed like there were countless giant beasts roaring at the same time.
Hearing this constant roaring sound, people looked at each other in horror:
"what happened?"
"Why is the square getting darker?"
A series of confused and uneasy murmurs erupted from the crowd.
They lowered their heads and looked at the square that seemed to be swallowed up by darkness, feeling a strong sense of foreboding in their hearts.
It was as if something appeared in the sky, completely blocking out the remaining light in the sky.
Darkness descended on the entire royal capital.
When they finally saw the huge thing emerging in the sky, the residents' pupils dilated instantly and they gasped unconsciously.
With strong fear, it penetrated deeply into their bones.
High in the sky are countless floating steel behemoths!
Under the tremors of countless ripples, deep holes seemed to be dug out high in the sky where magic power flowed.
Various metal floating airships poked out half of their huge bodies from the caves in these spaces.
They twisted their heavy propellers and slowly emerged with bursts of roaring sounds.
Pieces of steel beasts, like pitch-black stars, filed out of the gaps in the sky, covering the entire sky.
The hull of the airship was filled with steel heavy cannons shining with magical light, and the muzzles of the cannons were pointed directly at the golden imperial palace.
It seemed as if destructive power would be erupted from these heavy artillery pieces in the next second, covering the entire land.
Amidst the reverberations of mechanical twisting and roaring steam engines, the golden palace sitting on the earth looked particularly majestic.
It is like a golden beast facing the black stars, extremely majestic.
