Banner of the Evil God

The public trial ended, but the audience did not leave, because everyone knew that there was an important "side show" next - the execution of the God of Fear.

However, many viewers were quite disappointed that Sui Xiong did not intend to perform some programs that minors were prohibited from watching on Earth. He did not even execute the God of Fear directly, but took a roundabout way.

He brought the audience to the Northwest Republic on the main plane. He first buried a seed in the land on the edge of the Void City, and then input divine power. The seed took root and sprouted instantly, and soon grew into a big tree. At this time, he dug up the trunk and put the God of Fear sealed in a golden crystal into it, then cured the big tree, and then continued to input divine power.

After a while, there was a lush giant tree here. The tree was not very tall, but the crown was huge. The whole tree seemed to be emitting a faint green light. The tree was like a vast hall, and there were wisps of cool and soft breath falling continuously, making people feel relaxed and happy.

"Huh?! Is this the 'root of the world'?" a knowledgeable god asked curiously.

Many gods immediately turned their heads and looked at the powerful forest god Vanathen.

The forest god Vanathen is a god who advocates non-alignment. He lives in the "tree world" full of trees and various vegetation, and rarely leaves. Unlike the previous forest gods, this god's philosophy is the harmonious unity of forests and civilization. He does not oppose cutting down forests to open up cities, but requires more trees in cities. According to him, "the forest has not disappeared, it just moved."

This concept certainly did not fall from the sky, but was beaten out. The first generation of forest god Sivanat was a very radical god. He believed that forests were the source of life and the foundation of civilization. All acts of cutting down forests were destroying the survival of civilization and betraying life itself. Led by him, he gathered a large number of gods who were hostile to civilization and formed an alliance to continuously crack down on those acts of reclaiming nature.

Later, when the human pantheon joined hands with the goddess of springs to develop the Kingdom of Thousand Springs, this alliance fought a great battle with the human pantheon. Although the number of human pantheons was small, they were far more elite than them. They won a great victory in the battle and directly broke up the alliance. Even Sivanat himself died under the hammer of Uther, the main god of the human pantheon. His remains turned into a giant tree, which still stands in the ancient forest.

About a thousand years after Sivanat's death, Vanasen was born from this giant tree. He completely inherited Sivanat's power and was born with powerful divine power. But his philosophy is completely different from Sivanat. He no longer blindly rejects pioneering behavior, but advocates the harmonious unity of man and nature.

Over the years, Vanasen has been living a low-key life. His believers are keen on planting trees in various cities to green the environment, and they continue to promote the health benefits of this green life with a natural style, which has a great influence in the middle and upper classes.

The holy emblem of the Church of the God of the Forest is the tree that Sivanat transformed after his death and gave birth to Vanassen. They call it the "root of the world".

As the most famous tree in the world, many gods have visited the "root of the world". They didn't think much of it before, but now that it was mentioned, they suddenly realized that the tree that Sui Xiong had just planted was a smaller version of the "root of the world"!

This matter must be related to Vanassen!

Under the gaze of the gods, Vanassen, who had obvious tree characteristics even when he turned into a human, smiled and nodded, and his green leaves trembled, admitting this.

"This happened a long time ago. At that time, His Majesty the God of Justice came to me and asked me for a seed of the root of the world." He said, "Everyone knows my character. Anyway, His Majesty Yorgadman would not harm me, so I gave the seed directly to Him without asking about its use."

... What's the difference between saying this and not saying it!

So the gods turned their attention to the god of justice, Yorgadman.

"This is actually just an idea." Yorgadman touched his short hair, laughed twice, and said, "Everyone knows that there are many candidates for priesthoods such as fear, joy, love, etc. Often when a god dies, someone else will inherit the priesthood in the blink of an eye. So I have been thinking about how to avoid this situation..."

He stopped talking here, and kept the secret so much that the gods who were originally full of expectations and curiosity were furious.

However, although the principle is uncertain, the effect is clear. When the god of fear was sealed in the big tree, all the gods whose priesthoods were related to him clearly felt his disappearance.

It was not death, but disappearance. The breath of his existence was drastically weakened, and it disappeared without a trace after a while. Although the traces of His existence were still clear, it was impossible to sense even a little bit of His aura, as if He had fallen for a long, long time, so long that no one except historians would talk about Him, worship Him or hate Him.

This was very abnormal. Generally speaking, even if a god fell, His aura could still exist for a long time. During this period of time, as long as there was enough faith and appropriate rituals, He could be resurrected - such a situation of falling and resurrection was actually not particularly rare.

However, the aura of the God of Fear completely disappeared soon after being sealed in the big tree. It is simply incredible!

"What...what's going on?" the God of Sorrow asked curiously.

"It's nothing special. The so-called 'breath persists after death' is actually nothing more than faith continuing. I sealed Him in this sacred tree, and all the power of faith in Him will be cut off by this tree. , it won't take long for him, who has been completely stripped of his faith, to be separated from the priest of fear. Of course, he himself is dead, but the priest of fear will be sealed in the sacred tree for a long time, waiting for me to understand the world's "fear". After the direction is reversed, it will be easier to find someone to inherit it." Sui Xiong said lightly, "In fact, it is similar to the method of sealing the Kingdom of God, it is just a little different in details."

...Where is the difference? It’s a lot different, okay! It is extremely difficult to seal the Kingdom of God, but this is much easier!

The gods secretly complained, while many gods looked deeply at the sacred tree and thought about it.

If this method can be popularized, perhaps future divine battles will have the first goal of capturing the opponent alive...

At this point, the dust has almost settled, and there is no more excitement to watch. So the gods dispersed one after another, and even Joel Gardman grabbed the shadow and the god of assassination that was temporarily sealed by him and left - before thinking of how to let this guy adjust his camp, he planned to kill this fearful guy first. The die-hard God shut down for a while. As for how long...no one knows.

When the gods dispersed, the legendary strong men naturally left one after another. In the end, only Sui Xiong was left next to the sacred tree.

He looked at the sacred tree that seemed to be emitting a faint green light and couldn't help but smile.

"You have a plan, and I have a wall ladder. No matter how many methods you prepare to help yourself resurrect, I can directly intercept the beliefs corresponding to the fear priesthood, and I can make them all useless. Speaking of which... about yourself I never thought that I would be sealed one day."

"Your set of ideas will be turned into the dust of history, just like the old concept of 'fear'. The future era belongs to the new generation that can give this priesthood new life, so that it can continue to expand and progress!"

"Don't imagine that I will be like in the story, leaving a lot of gaps in the seal to give you an opportunity. It's better to give up as soon as possible and dissipate honestly."

As he spoke, his clone flew up and landed on the tree crown. The body gradually became transparent and disappeared into the canopy of the tree.

The body of the giant jellyfish turned into the veins of the sacred tree, weaving into a huge net, and combined with the original veins of the sacred tree, intercepted every ray of faith in "fear" without missing a trace. Unable to fall into the crystal sealed within it.

Within the crystal, the God of Fear roared with rage and despair.

As the days passed, the roar gradually became lower and his body gradually lost its vitality.

A few years later, on a sunny winter morning, the last trace of the God of Fear's reserves of power was finally exhausted. His eyes, which had long been dazed and out of focus, finally lost the last trace of vitality, and fell slumped, turning into a speck of dust in the crystal.

The dark black priesthood of "fear" slowly emerged from the crystal, but did not disappear. Instead, it combined with the power of faith about "fear" trapped in the sacred tree and transformed into a temporarily stable form.

No one knows about all this, not even the believers of the old God of Fear who are hiding in the world know anything about it, not even the most loyal subordinates of the God of Fear know anything about it.

The God of Fear, who once had a powerful presence in the Pantheon and was the head of the evil gods, had done all kinds of bad things in his life, and his reputation could cure children's crying at night. But when He died, no one knew about it, not even Sui Xiong. It was only when he discovered that the priesthood of "Fear" was precipitating that he realized that he was really dead.

None of the means for resurrection prepared by Him during his lifetime were effective. He died so silently, without causing any waves.

Just like Sui Xiong said, He was not even dead, he just disappeared.

He would never have imagined that after struggling all his life, he would end up like this, as humble as dust.