Chapter 96 – Momentary Sun

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Translated by Heavenly Cat

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A sun cannot be easily made.

It is natural since it is the only celestial body that shines upon the whole world and brings heat.

Even the god who makes stars, Star Creation, was barely capable of it.

Even then, his own power was insufficient.

A god born from the longing for light, who made it his mission to raise a new sun, couldn’t not know this.

Since each and every star he creates right now is Star Creation’s own flesh, he must have guessed to some extent.

The sun requires a sacrifice.

To raise a new sun against the sun that already ruled the world, a corresponding sacrifice was needed.

Offering all lives or offering all Divine Names.

And the Sun God had already seen through the ruthlessness contained in the Divine Name Star Creation.

The last god, who was a lowly human by birth and was born by devouring the defeated gods, was never a warm star.

Whether the Sun God or Star Creation wins, there is no place for the surviving gods.

The fight of the Pantheon had already ended with the Sun God’s victory.

Now it was a fight between the Sun God, who did not tolerate their existence, and the young god, who intended to kill them and offer them as a sacrifice for a new sun.

This was the reason why the Sun God desperately tried not to hand over Elysium.

The reason for not handing over the sky is similar.

If he didn’t hand over the place where the sun should settle, nor the sacrifice to create the sun, he would wither away on his own.

[Defend, protect, and make them remember!]

It was a losing move.

The Sun God only noticed right before throwing the javelin forged from human souls.

Only after cramming all the power he could use into the spear with the single thought of breaking him right here did he realize.

The one who descended on the city walls of the ruined city in the fallen world was not the Sun God, but the God of War.

And no matter how strong a power the God of War Sol Invictus shows-.

[The greatest celestial body that once shone upon the world!]

-He cannot stop the appearance of a new celestial body engraved in the sky!

[How dare you, how dare you!]

The spearhead that was about to trample the human army aimed at the high sky.

The spear forged by melting souls was trembling, seeming ready to explode at any moment.

He used his left foot as an axis just like that.

Thud.

The city wall caved in, unable to withstand the immense weight.

He pulled his right foot back.

The finely trimmed bricks turned into sand dust and crumbled.

His left arm stretched out straight to maintain balance.

The golden armor was covered in waving red light.

His right arm bent backwards over his shoulder, gathering power.

At the end of it, the red-gold gauntlet tightly gripped the rugged-looking spear shaft.

[Such shallow tricks!!!!!!!!]

Flash-.

A flash of light, likely to be seen when a star explodes, crushed all directions.

The surrounding scenery was wavering and fluctuating.

What burst out wasn’t just the flash.

Those who tried to raise their hands to cover their eyes naturally fell to their knees at the sound that soon followed.

Kiiiiiiiing!

“….!”

“-.”

Sticky bloody water flowed down their earlobes.

The miracle of the god made people hear sounds that humans could not hear.

Those whose eardrums burst could do nothing, buried in the ringing ringing in their heads.

Humans and Dream Demons, all beings that conversed with sound and will did so.

Both sides looked up at the sky while writhing in pain that felt like their heads were being sliced with a knife.

With eyes and ears blinded by the flash and shockwave, without even the time to wipe their blood-soaked faces.

This was the strongest miracle that the Sun God’s proxy, the God of War of Red Light, Sol Invictus, could unfold.

Even considering pure physical force, it was equivalent to a small meteorite impact.

However, the true value of the miracle shown by the God of War lied elsewhere.

The reason it was classified as a punishment miracle was because it was cruel.

Even if they survived, it was useless.

It deprived them of sight and hearing, and made their very souls writhe with eternal tinnitus and phantom pain.

A miracle to govern those who revealed hostility toward the Pantheon during the Sun God’s reign.

However, even the great ancient miracle could not hide the auspicious sign that began to be engraved in the sky.

The very moment the spear forged from souls cleaved the sky.

The stars embedded in the blue night sky took their places all at once.

The twinkling stars faded, and what remained was a thin thread of light connecting star to star.

The silver thread drawn from starlight drew round and soft curves.

To show a single shape, a memory that had now become distant.

[Circle Wheel (圓輪), the light contained in my halo to the whole world. Let everyone know my will to raise a new sun!]

– Unique Miracle, Creation Seat.

Someone might say it’s just a simple circle.

They might consider it lacking compared to the days when the world was intact.

But inside the Circle Wheel created by weaving starlight silver threads.

Inside it was Star Creation’s halo.

Of course, both the Sun God and Star Creation knew it was still early.

Despite Star Creation’s struggle and repeated successes, victory was far off.

This is also the reason why the Sun God repeatedly intervened.

Star Creation had not gathered enough sacrifices to raise a new sun.

However, if it was a world stained entirely dark, even if it wasn’t the sun, it was enough to illuminate the surroundings.

Because it was a dark sky where even a trivial star could become a hope.

The constellation called Circle Wheel created by Star Creation dug exactly into this weakness.

Even if it falls short of the old sun, if it just illuminates the world, everyone will call it the sun.

The new constellation, the Circle Wheel, could not shine on its own.

Instead, it was a constellation specialized in fully containing and growing the light it harbored.

For instance, it was a lens.

Although it was only fleeting, it was a telescope that showed the sun that would rise someday in advance.

[Survivors, this is my second promise!]

The sky was clearing up.

The Circle Wheel endlessly devoured the light emitted by Star Creation and Star Creation’s halo and piled it up step by step.

Then the whitish outline began to squirm little by little.

Swaying like a newborn baby wiggling its hands and feet.

What blocked the spear thrown by the Sun God was none other than this radiance.

The wiggling radiance snatched the flying spear at once.

And the power of the sun was absolute.

– Snap.

The strongest miracle that the God of War Sol Invictus could show broke like a toothpick.

The broken spear crumbled as it was and returned to stardust.

At the same time, the influence around the imperial capital also tilted at once.

The sky was getting brighter, heating up to a refreshing sky blue.

And as the sky cleared up, the area illuminated by the red light also rapidly shrank.

The radiance of the dark red sun was caught and torn apart by the blue radiance of the sun that would rise someday.

Riiiiip.

The clash between light and light, the silent fight between suns was clearly Star Creation’s superiority.

[This is the sun you will see, so remember it.]

No star can defeat the sun, the chief among chiefs.

The rule set by the Sun God himself bound him.

The God of War Sol Invictus cannot defeat Star Creation, who was reborn as a momentary sun.

No matter what means he used.

But if it was only that much, it would rather be fine.

There was a separate part that the Sun God truly worried and guarded against.

The Sun God groaned under the blue sun that clearly shone upon the world.

[It’s earlier than the foreseen time.]

The fight between gods ultimately depends on how appropriately miracles are used.

The ability that complements this is none other than foresight.

Among gods, there were very few, countable on one hand, who possessed foresight and even fought well.

And a god with excellent foresight inevitably revealed a meticulous plan.

Clench.

The Sun God clenched his fist, gripped by a sense of humiliation.

The fact that he was pushed back in strategy despite having made a plan pointed to only one fact.

[…To think that my thoughts were caught up to by him.]

The moment the fight between gods ended, the war between humans and Dream Demons was also settled.

Star Creation did not leave the demons rushing toward his people alone.

Demons by nature are tribes that have no choice but to move under the cover of darkness.

As soon as the sunlight shone on the surroundings, they died engulfed in flames without being able to let out a single scream.

=Aaaack, ack!=

=W-Why is the sun over there!?=

=No, no! Noooooooo!=

The number of surviving Dream Demons was barely three or four.

It would have been different if they had widened the distance early on, but it was the price they paid for coming in too deeply precisely because the Sun God castrated their fear.

Watching this sight vividly, the Sun God solidified his resolve.

Now, right here, he would descend as the Sun God and defeat the Adversary.

It was the moment he arranged his feather cloak with that intention.

When a dying groan was heard beside him, the Sun God abandoned all expectations and sighed.

[Geureureureureu…]

[How harsh and impoverished. My situation of having to find a use for even such a bug and use it.]

Dream-Shedding Eye was wandering the borders of life and death.

Laughably for his reputation as a transcendent who overcame death.

The Sun God forcefully suppressed the urge to snap at him.

Knowing the power of the unique miracle Star Creation used, Sun Expulsion, it was hard to just scold him.

The blue chains were digging into his flesh and thoroughly slicing even his bones at some point.

If left alone like this, his body would be crushed at once, and it was obvious it would return to himself.

Tsk.

The Sun God clicked his tongue and shouldered the curse once again.

If he killed Dream-Shedding Eye himself, the aftereffects would be too great.

Clank, clank, clank-.

The Sun God pulled the chains entangling him a few times and gave up.

Instead, he grabbed the collar of the Great Demon sprawled on the floor and lifted him up.

[Eok, eogeok.]

[God who makes stars, my Adversary. I will give you the Elysium you want. Take it.]

Of course, he had no intention of letting Dream-Shedding Eye go nicely.

The reason the clue to the plan the Sun God devised went awry laid precisely with Dream-Shedding Eye.

He was weaker than expected.

He was more useless than expected.

The Sun God seemed ready to crush his neck with just grip strength.

[Eugeureureureu.]

[You won’t die from falling off the city walls. I specially disposed of you, so fall with a grateful heart.]

[Wait, eook.]

The Sun God let go of his hand before Dream-Shedding Eye’s excuse could even come out.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaargh…

Splat.

As expected, a vitality worthy of a Great Demon.

Dream-Shedding Eye was crawling miserably below the city walls, forcefully moving his broken limbs.

However, the Sun God’s interest had already left Dream-Shedding Eye a long time ago.

The mad Absolute glared at Star Creation and declared.

[But keep the third constraint in mind. The moment you kill that trivial bug, I will also take action.]

[Nonsense.]

The returning answer was concise.

Star Creation slowly lowered his altitude and approached the city walls.

[Immediate execution of evil. Because I fear the future that will come, I don’t let go of an opponent I can kill now.]

[I was also just thinking that.]

[S-O Sun! O Sun! I swear eternal loyalty, forgive my ignorant self!]

[I regret standing by without killing you.]

The Sun God turned his back without lingering attachment.

The thrown Great Demon howled to be saved, but neither of the two had any intention of doing so.

[Think of the k-knowledge I possess! All the precious secrets of the Pantheon…!]

[The successor of Exchanged Knowledge is none other than me. I don’t need your ridiculous knowledge.]

Crack, crunch.

The end of the priest king who once served him was gruesome.

Of course, it was also a predetermined ending from the moment he put a constraint on him without knowing his place.

[Enjoy your fleeting victory, momentary sun.]

The feather cloak and golden armor that were dyed in a single color regained their original colors.

The Sun God’s halo was dyed black again.

Only exactly one feather remained in a single color.

The only flaw of the brilliantly colored feather cloak.

The Sun God plucked out the blood-red feather.

The last fight of the God of War Sol Invictus, the result was defeat.