Chapter 65: The Fall of the Gods
Charlotte finally understood how those "Pseudo Gods" of the Old Gods Alliance came to be.
Investigating the core divine palace of the "Sun Divine Palace" was not a difficult task, especially when two True Gods intervened personally.
Additionally, since the "Sun God" Helios did not deliberately conceal anything, so... when Charlotte saw those extracted Divine Positions and heard the trembling confessions of Demigods under Oceanus's roar, the truth quickly surfaced.
In the past three and a half years, all those "Pseudo Gods" emerging from the Old Gods Alliance were created by the "Sun God" Helios using those extracted Divine Positions.
Or more accurately, the "Sun God" Helios killed these still-sleeping Mireya Gods.
"Their last breath lingered about three years ago; they should have been killed by bro... Helios."
"The sleeping Gods were inherently weak, and the sub-gods guarding them chose to betray. Truly unexpected... the Mireya Gods who contended with the West Continent for thousands of years ultimately concluded in such a manner."
After examining the dim Divine Positions within the divine hall, Moon God Artemis said with a complex gaze.
Charlotte's expression gradually turned solemn.
Unlike the nostalgic Artemis and the furious Oceanus, she, knowing the origin of "Sun God" Helios, realized more issues.
That is, "Sun God" Helios altered history.
No, it's inappropriate to use the term "altered."
Accurately, it should be that the other party, like her, "influenced" history, "filled in" the blank history.
The Mythical Era of the Mireya World is mysterious and distant; in the distant future after a thousand years, the various scriptures do not provide detailed records of this magnificent era, only the legends passed down orally by the various churches and the memories of those ancient relic-like longevity species.
Regarding the mysterious "Gods" of the Mireya Continent, records are inherently scarce.
Even though the posthumous Bloodline records were thoroughly read, Charlotte's understanding was merely that at the peak of the Mythical Era, those slumbering Ancient Gods resurged but were ultimately defeated by the "Blood True Ancestor," with many even submitting to the Bloodline.
But those records are quite ambiguous indeed.
In the past, Charlotte didn't know why this piece of history was so ambiguous, even the Bloodline as the longevity species didn't have relevant records.
But later, she understood why.
Because of historical disarray, because the space-time of this world was wrong, history had blank spots.
Charlotte dared to enhance her power in this era by defeating Old Gods because she discovered the knack to "influence" history, "fill in" history.
And now, evidently, "Sun God" Helios has also discovered it.
Like Charlotte, He did not come to this era idly; He, too, was "influencing" history through His own power.
Besides that, there was one more thing that Charlotte cared about deeply, something that puzzled her greatly, something that made her very uneasy.
That... was the symbol of the Creator God.
These symbols, impossible to appear in this era, appeared now.
Clearly, they should have been brought by the "Sun God."
Then the question arises, why the symbol of the Creator God?
These symbols are used to seal the power of Divine Positions, so why did "Sun God" Helios choose the symbols of the Creator God for sealing?
In this era, the Creator God is not yet "resurged," and there is no evidence to prove that "Creator God" really is the resurged "Creator God."
Even if the "Sun God" yearns for the Primordial, desires to become the Creator God, He shouldn't use the symbols of the "Creator God."
After all, according to the uniqueness of the Holy Emblem, this kind of Ring Cross symbol can only point to one entity: Creator God Lord Haral.
Not the "Creator God," but "Creator God Lord Haral."
But how could there be the Creator God Lord Haral in this era?
Haral exists, but evidently, Charlotte's young disciple has not yet become a god.
Charlotte can't even ascertain if he is really the "Haral" of the afterlife, even though he has already demonstrated "Holy Power."
This means that, reasonably speaking, engraving this symbol in this era should be ineffective.
But now it's evidently not so; since the power of these Divine Positions has been successfully sealed, it is effective.
In other words, the "future" Creator God Lord responded to these seals.
Charlotte didn't know whether a True God at the level of "Creator God Lord" could transcend history to overlook the past and future, but she was sure of one thing.
Deities... don't casually respond to their own symbols.
Since a response was made, it can only mean one thing: "Sun God" Helios probably has a profound relationship with the "Creator God Lord."
That is far from an ordinary relationship, knowing that deities can either allow others to use their symbols or become their devout believers or followers.
Plus, in another era, disguised as "Oceanus," "Sun God" mentioned He could influence decisions of the Holy Royal Court's Church Authority Country, which inevitably spurred Charlotte's imagination.
"Eternal Night, your expression... looks affected. Did you discover anything else?"
Oceanus glanced at Charlotte, frowned, and inquired.
Charlotte took a deep breath and looked at those Ring Cross symbols:
"Your Majesty Oceanus, Your Majesty Artemis, do you recognize these symbols?"
"These symbols?"
The two True Gods focused slightly.
Oceanus studied them for a while, then shook his head:
"I haven't seen these before. Are these symbols of any deity's Holy Emblem? Strange... I'm familiar with symbols of the Mireya Gods, and this belongs to none of them. No, they are all hung on these crosses, so it can't be their Divine Positions."
Artemis fell into contemplation, and her eyebrows faintly knitted.
Charlotte felt something stir within her heart:
"Artemis, Your Majesty, do you... recognize it?"
Artemis hesitated for a moment, gently nodded, but soon slightly shook her head:
"I'm... not too sure."
"I think this is the first time I've seen this symbol, but strangely, they bring me a very familiar feeling."
"I think I might have seen similar symbols, but there's no related memory in my divine soul."
Oceanus was taken aback:
"Familiar feeling? Wait, Artemis, are you saying perhaps your memory is having issues?"
It's impossible for a god's memory to be flawed.
At the level of a True God, memory is like the data on a computer hard drive; it's either there or it's not.
If a True God experiences a "familiar" feeling, it means one thing, that there must have been such a memory in the True God's mind.
"Perhaps. Though we are gods, we are essentially just higher-level life forms. Some issues with memory are not impossible, and moreover, I once experienced the catastrophe of divine fall and had a brief period of slumber."
"After all... even history is very likely to have issues."
Artemis sighed.
Listening to this, Charlotte's heart skipped a beat:
"History could have issues?"
Artemis nodded:
"Yes, I once heard this theory from a senior, but of course, I haven't verified it, just heard of this theory."
"Artemis, Your Majesty, may I ask which myth you heard it from?"
Charlotte asked.
Artemis paused.
Her curved eyebrows soon furrowed slightly, and she fell into contemplation, her beautiful face showing a hint of confusion and doubt.
After several seconds, she shook her head:
"I... can't remember clearly, perhaps it was before I became a god."
With that, Artemis looked again at those divine positions:
"We should recover these divine positions; they have lost their spirituality and might have been erased by 'primordial power'."
"Although I was once their enemy, that was in the past. They are gods, and even if fallen, shouldn't end in such a manner."
Charlotte felt awkward.
When she devoured the divine power of demigods, it was quite natural, but compared to Artemis, a truly "benevolent god," there was no comparison.
Saying this, Artemis reached out to those divine positions:
"May you return to peace; may everything once again harmonize with the world."
Silvery divine power spread, gradually enveloping these divine positions.
Charlotte did not intervene.
The power in these divine positions was already empty; only the laws remained. Obtaining these divine positions was of little use to her as she was already a demigod with her own path to divine enthronement.
Perhaps for mortals, getting these divine positions could help them ascend and become corresponding deities, but when they become gods, it's uncertain whether it is the mortal themselves or the returning god that truly ascends.
So, Charlotte never thought of handing these divine positions to the bloodline.
Leaving it to Artemis to handle was perfect.
Charlotte could see what she was doing: she was deconstructing these divine positions, liberating the inherent laws, allowing them to return to the world.
Perhaps in a distant future, these deities would revive through faith, or perhaps a fortunate one would tread a similar path and become a new deity.
But that's a matter for the future.
For now, deconstructing these divine positions is the best homage to fallen gods and is a mythical consensus.
Holding onto divine positions or assisting in their return is something only close deities would do.
After all, aiding a god's return is inherently fraught with uncertainty; a returning deity may fundamentally differ from the past. So, no god would willingly undertake such thankless tasks.
Deconstructing divine positions and preventing third parties from using them is already compassionate.
These are some insights Charlotte gained from Oceanus over the years.
Moon-like divine power covered numerous divine positions, and the divine positions of the Mireya Gods began to become ethereal.
Charlotte seemed to see countless ethereal photons flying from the divine positions, merging into the world.
However, just as Artemis was deconstructing the divine positions with all her might, Charlotte suddenly felt a tremor.
The tremor carried urgency, worry, and confusion.
Her heart stirred, diving into her mind, discovering it was the bloodline outside the divine hall calling her.
'Something has probably happened outside.'
Charlotte's heart sank.
"Oceanus, Your Majesty, Artemis, Your Majesty, my descendants seem to have encountered a problem. I will go check."
Charlotte said to the two gods.
Having finished speaking, she flickered, transforming into crimson light, leaving the divine hall.