War Paradise

"You mean... our world is just an illusion, the real us, being imprisoned in a cage?"

"Yes, that's the case, Lord Leviathan." The corpse controlled by Mephistopheles nodded, an eyeball fell out of its socket and hung on his face like a gummy:

"I know this is difficult to accept, but this place is not the real Sodom, but a trap set by heaven or something. We have been in a lie all the time."

Mephistopheles' tone was very flat: "I found the old city of Sodom, but there was nothing but a lie. As for the real ‘reality’, it may exist beyond our reach..."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by the roar from the sky:

"Don't want to deceive me, fraudster!"

The monstrous waves summoned by Leviathan encircled Mephistopheles' territory. The houses outside the territory were shattered into fragments in the destructive wave, and Mephistopheles' territory suddenly shrank a lot.

Leviathan, who has always ruled a large area of ​​Sodom City, is the strongest "god" under the God King, and of course it is impossible to easily accept Mephistopheles' astonishing remarks.

——If you accept Mephistopheles' statement, it is tantamount to admitting that his reign for so many years is just a joke. The extremely arrogant Demon God has been living in the illusion, ruling the false believers, which Leviathan could not approve at all.

Standing in front of the huge waves that covered the sky, the old man possessed by Mephistopheles watched his own territory disintegrating in the current, but he didn't see a trace of panic, instead he laughed scornfully:

"What if I destroy my territory? Lord Leviathan, it's not like your style to be immersed in the illusion."

"shut up!"

The frantic whirlpool hit Mephistopheles and engulfed the old man's body. Under the crazy impact, the flesh and blood on the old man's fragile body began to peel off, exposing the dense white bones.

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

Mephistopheles' laughter reverberated continuously in the whirlpool, and the territory was reduced by half under Leviathan's full attack. But just killing the possessed believers would naturally not have any effect on Mephistopheles’ body. The gloomy voice of the fraudster rang from every altar in the territory, shaking Leviathan’s Thoughts:

"If you are willing to live in the illusion, I will not stop you. Farewell, Leviathan...sad maggot."

...

"Well……"

Mooriya slowly opened her eyes, only to find that she had reached the wasteland outside the old city of Sodom.

She had been in a state of despair just now, but she had forgotten how she got here. However, the tragic situation of the city being destroyed by the pillar of fire still impressed her.

Facing the powerful Sacred attack, Mooriya, a blood clan, naturally felt a strong fear. She was almost instinctively driven to escape outside the city.

Turning to stare at the burning "City of Blasphemy", Moriya's expression was full of worry. At this moment, the familiar oracle sound rang in her ears:

"I am back……""Master Mephistopheles?" Moria touched her pocket in surprise, and took out the tarnished Mephistopheles statue from her waist pocket.

"It's me." The small wooden sculpture held by Moliya suddenly lit up with two purple lights in his eye sockets: "Where is that man?"

Upon hearing this question, Moria was silent for a long time, and finally slowly said: "I'm sorry, Lord Mephistopheles, I can't do it."

"I know." Mephistopheles' voice sounded very calm, as if he had expected everything happening here: "Actually, I sent him here on purpose."

"Master Mephistopheles, you..." Molliya was speechless for a while.

"I know that with the character of a walking corpse, I will definitely go to Sodom to find out. My weak and thirsty stupid appearance is just a disguise that makes him relax his vigilance." Mephistopheles said in a low voice. : "The power in the illusory world is meaningless, and we are just beings used as playthings."

"Master Mephistopheles, what are you talking about?" Molliya was confused.

She had just recovered from her loss, unable to understand Mephistopheles' words at all, and asked in confusion: "What illusory world? I don't understand what you mean."

"You will understand one day." Mephistopheles replied.

Observing the burning city through the eyes of the statuette, the "god" who has already known his situation exclaimed, "So, here is nothing but nothing..."

It wasn't until this time that Moria finally reacted, and then immediately asked, "What is nothingness? Are you saying that this city is just an illusion?"

She, who had experienced a realistic illusion with Lin Chi, stretched out her hand and twisted her arm, still feeling nothing as usual.

In the illusion of the ancient sacrifice site, the weak sense of disharmony that once appeared has long since disappeared. Moriya tried to perceive the falsehood of this world, but couldn't feel anything.

"Master Mephistopheles, are you making a mistake?" She blinked, looking puzzled.

The fire in the city was still burning, but suddenly a dark mist rose up, obscuring the beam of light cast from the sky, and the center of Old Sodom was surrounded by a dark sphere.

"What's that..." Molliya took a step back.

"That's the'ancient god', and that monster I'm talking about." Mephistopheles whispered to his only remaining gods: "When you made ancient sacrifices, you were also offering tribute to that guy. ."

"It... is the ancient god?"

Mo Liya stared at the ball with wide eyes, but couldn't see anything. The sphere is completely opaque, and it is impossible to identify the internal situation.

"But, isn't it evil?" Moriya clenched her fists.

"The ancient gods have long known that the current city of Sodom is a false illusion. The reason it wants to plunder the power in that illusion is not actually to strengthen itself, but to wake us up from the illusion."

Mephistopheles said slowly: "Sometimes power will obscure your vision, just like Leviathan that idiot, I also discovered the anomaly in that world because of long-term weakness."

"Master Mephistopheles, I'm sorry I don't understand what you are talking about." Molliya shook her head.

She has tried very hard to keep up with Mephistopheles, but these words are beyond her understanding. No matter in which world, the "truth" that completely subverts cognition will not be accepted by people for a while.

Realizing that the servant could not accept own's words, Mephistopheles didn't continue the topic, and the conversation turned around and asked:

"Moriya, what are you going to do next? Will you follow me or act with the walking corpse?"

"Master Mephistopheles, you..."

Mo Liya's pale face suddenly became red with shame. She lowered her head and said slowly, "I'm sorry, I haven't considered it yet..."

——She had already made up her mind to leave Mephistopheles, but when Mephistopheles arrived, her heart was shaken again.

In any case, she has been taken care of by Mephistopheles all these years, and Moriya has always been grateful for this god.

When she was in desperation, it was Mephistopheles who gave her a second chance. The vampire who should have died on the streets of Sodom with others got a new identity. He continued to live in the name of the person.

Moria was hesitating, but the next oracle was completely beyond her expectation:

"You may be a better choice to leave with him."

"Master Mephistopheles?" Moriya looked down at the statue in her hand in amazement.

"Sorry, I may not be able to respond to your call in the future." At this point, Mephistopheles laughed again: "I can't be called a'god' now, just a wandering soul drifting in the illusion. ."

"You will always be the greatest god!" Moriya still wanted to argue.

"Maybe." Mephistopheles' tone was calm: "This burden may be too heavy for me. I want to leave temporarily and look for something. You'd better find the walking corpse, he probably Can protect you."

"But……"

Moliya was about to speak, but found that the wooden statue in her hand was beginning to turn to ashes. Even though she squeezed her right hand firmly, the dust still flowed from between her fingers and fell into the dirt below.

——Where did Master Mephistopheles go?

Molliya stood there in confusion, feeling that her head was beginning to ache again.

...

At the same moment, Lin Chi, who was still in the illusion, was continuing to watch the "experience synopsis" played by the ancient gods from the perspective of God:

The old city of Sodom was covered by a dark barrier, and the four sky fires were blocked outside the barrier. The residents of Sodom finally got a chance to survive.

The ancient god hidden in the ground provided the residents of Sodom with a crazy absolute defense shield, but this shield is not foolproof, and the side effects are equally astonishing.

Under Lin Chi's gaze, the residents of Sodom City began to upgrade at a terrifying speed, from their original healthy appearance to various freaks, it was as if they had suffered a large dose of nuclear radiation.

"Is that why they upgraded?" Lin Chi asked in his mind.

"They can't bear my power to become like this. But anyway, I saved them from the fallen heaven, using my own power."The gods hidden in the ground seemed to have a little pride in their tone: "The angels sent from heaven were also wiped out by me. Their sinful flames could not hurt the city of Sodom. It is precisely because of this, The humans in the city will worship me as a'god'."

"This belief is really justified and convincing." Lin Chi smiled.

——The "natural gods" referred to by the freaks are the ancient gods hidden under Sodom. It is only natural that they will have fanatical beliefs when they are saved by the ancient gods. However, judging from the situation in the city, the faith of the residents has developed to the present and has reached a pathological level. and……

"Even the angel who descended the sky fire became your believer?" Lin Chi asked.

"That only means that their beliefs weren't very firm." The ancient gods had a "spiritual relationship" with Lin Chi in their minds: "Probably because their weak flames could not hurt me, so they doubted the power of own. "

By now, Lin Chi had understood the outline of the matter. However, now there is another more important question:

"Then what happened to the other'Sodom'?"

"It's just a lie there." The ancient god replied, "I got the truth from those angels who believed in me."

"I would like to hear the details." Lin Chi asked immediately.

It seemed that he had come up with something like the legendary "hidden worldview". Although it was of little help to the evaluation after the game was over, it was naturally impossible for Lin Chi to miss this kind of hidden plot.

After he asked, the ancient god answered slowly, and the true story of the map "Remnants of the Abyss" finally appeared in Lin Chi's sight.

That's a story that most players don't know, and it's hidden under the surface:

The battle between Heaven and The Underworld lasted for tens of thousands of years, and finally ended in Heaven's victory. With the help of a mysterious character named "Nephten", the angels completely defeated The Underworld Devil and their leaders, and sealed them in The Underworld.

But Heaven is very clear that this is just a stopgap measure and cannot be maintained for a long time. The souls of the demon kings of The Underworld cannot be truly destroyed, they can only be sealed in the soul stone. No matter how strong the seal is, the demon kings will one day break free from the shackles and attack the gate of heaven again.

In order to end this war, Heaven conceived many methods, until the wisdom archangel thought of a wonderful strategy that would make The Underworld demon kings never come to trouble again.

The strategy is to create a false world for the demon kings of The Underworld, and let them continue their own evil rule in that world. In this way, the real devil of The Underworld will sleep forever, indulge in a false rule, and never wake up again.

The angels took out the Demon King's soul stone and created a fascinating and powerful illusion, that is, the "Remnant of the Abyss" Sodom City, and then threw the debilitated souls of the demon kings into that illusion.

Heaven’s actions went very smoothly. The demon kings didn’t realize that they were just “dreaming”, and naturally accepted Heaven’s “story arrangement” and became the ruler of the false city of Sodom.

The poor demon kings didn't even realize that their own power had long been severely weakened. They just ruled the false city comfortably under the leadership of angels disguised as the "king of gods".

"So, are you planning to awaken those demon kings?" Lin Chi asked in a low voice when he heard this.

"Yes, the reign of heaven should also end."

There was unabashed anger in the voice of the ancient god.

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Uh, I'm lazy to score chapters today, so let's do it... The author has been busy recently. The game P5 is really poisonous and I can't stop playing at all. After I clear the level, there will probably be more changes.

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