Chapter 208

Chapter 208: A Year Has Passed, What Must Come Has Come

It has been a full year since the Giant God destroyed the "Emperor Wood Solar Trees" and devoured the "Azure Emperor."

That year, the Giant God vanished and fell into sleep.

But His will was still carried out without stop!

The Protium Clan and the Deuterium Clan were freed. These two groups, once almost slaves, became masters of the whole world again.

Angna, the new living saint who fought with her avatar body, became the totem of the Bubble World "Tritium."

In the world, the "Emperor Wood Solar Trees" had rotted away, covered in huge "gel-like" lifeforms. They spread fast, flooding the remains like a wave.

But these strange creatures came and went quickly.

After about three months, they left. Only the blackened remains of the "Emperor Wood Solar Trees" and the big, flat tree stumps stayed!

Yet, things didn’t end there.

Soon, the "Giant God’s Tower," once in Valaharl, rose one by one on the remains and stumps. They spread shimmering golden balls of light through the Bubble World, pushing out leftover Chaos Energy.

The scattered bones of the Azure Emperor became a "Sacred Ground." His skull was used as a church, where Chosen Warriors prayed and swore oaths every day.

Two bright green "young shoots" grew fast from the ground. They stretched toward the sky, showing their emerald-like leaves.

Though not as tall as the Emperor Wood Solar Trees, their strong trunks reached two thousand meters high, and their huge crowns covered over a hundred square kilometers of land.

At night, they glowed with soft, cool light, lighting up nearby areas like the moon.

The land under the two Holy Trees healed fastest and was richest.

But the Giant God’s greatest gift to the "Bubble World" was water.

Like the "Holy Lake" under the Holy Trees.

This spot was a dip left from the God’s War. The Giant God had faced the scary Chaos Demon God here.

After the Giant God slept, underground water burst out, filling the dip fast.

The lake was clear, shining with sun-like light.

Of course, its look wasn’t why it was sacred.

It was called the Holy Lake because…

"Great is the Giant God!"

"Immortal Giant God: Please pity our small troubles."

"Master of All: Bless your sheep stuck in chaos."

"Lord of Light: Light our dark paths with your glow."

"We are your warriors, we are your servants."

"No false acts, no lies, no pride."

"Remember the hate, keep the anger, hold the rage."

"Give this to the unclean, the demons, the chaos, and bring ruin!"

"And bring you rich sacrifices too!"

Thousands of strong members of the Protium Clan knelt in the lake, quietly reciting their prayers.

As they prayed, the water of the lake seemed to tremble in response.

Soon…

"Um…"

"Uh…"

These Protium members let out strange sounds.

Their muscles trembled and swelled; their bodies grew taller and stronger, becoming like small giants.

Before, they stood between 1.7 meters and 1.9 meters tall, but now they reached about 2.3 meters!

"Great is the Giant God!"

They felt the power fill their bodies and praised wholeheartedly.

This was the true power of the "Holy Lake"—any faithful warrior who passed the trials could drink the sacred water and become a new Chosen Warrior.

This also made the Bubble World "Tritium" able to produce Chosen Warriors in large numbers!

Several new war organizations were formed, just like now.

"We have enough people; we can start a new war organization now."

Angna set down the hammer she held and lowered the spider-like mechanical arm from her back, sitting nearby.

Beside her sat the Purity Officer, Sylvia.

"I can’t believe you ignore military duties to hammer iron and watch children here."

Sylvia stared in disbelief at Angna, then at the little girl behind her.

There, a three-year-old girl was playing with a puzzle toy.

She was the child Sylvia found in the ruins near the Emperor Wood Solar Trees; Sylvia had gotten hurt protecting her.

But as a Purity Officer, Sylvia couldn’t care for her regularly; so Angna took the girl in and named her "Zizi" after the ways of the Tritium World.

"I said, I don’t like fighting."

"I was a craftsman."

"Also a doctor."

"I always wanted to be a teacher."

"Thank the Giant God for freeing me from my fate and letting me chase my dreams."

"Still, I fear I’ll soon be pulled back into battle."

"Not just because my home Canaan needs the Giant God’s freedom."

"But also because…"

The reason was clear.

Though the Azure Emperor was eaten by the Giant God, and the Chaos Demon God who came to help left for unknown reasons, the true ruler of this world—the demon god Blais—hadn’t shown up.

This was very puzzling.

Their hometowns were raided, yet they didn’t care…

"No wonder those Trinitum Clan lords still resist sporadically."

"They believe the Great Primordial Deity will return eventually."

Angna gazed toward the distant horizon as she spoke.

There, light flickered nonstop while rolling thunder rumbled endlessly.

The war still wasn’t over.

But right then…

"Huh?"

Zizi, happily playing with her tangram, suddenly let out a frightened whimper.

"Mmm…"

The freshly completed puzzle abruptly split apart.

Her cheeks flushed crimson as she struggled to reassemble the pieces.

—-

By all reason, the Trinitum Clan should’ve crumbled completely by now—gone to meet their "Azure Emperor."

Yet these stubborn remnants kept resisting everywhere.

The liberation of Bubble World "Tritium" remained unfinished.

Flames of war kept spreading.

"Blood sacrifice for the Giant God!"

"Offerings to the divine throne!"

"Slaughter—!"

Several mechs resembling "Trinitum constructs" but far cruder marched defiantly—clearly mass-produced replicas over quality.

Their opponents were the sleek, authentic "Trinitum constructs."

Below the replicas marched hordes of half-armored infantry.

Their appearance revealed an army mostly of Protium and Deuterium clans, bolstered by freed foreign slaves.

This was plainly a civil war within Bubble World "Tritium."

The Protium and Deuterium alliance assaulted the last Trinitum holdouts.

"Bang!"

"Boom! Boom!"

Gunfire and explosions shook the battlefield.

Initially, the fight seemed evenly matched.

But this stalemate wouldn’t last.

"Hmph…"

A light snort sounded as a tall woman with white hair stood on her "Spider-like second body," gazing afar over the battlefield.

"Dying."

"Struggling."

Her voice showed no emotion, but the disdain in her words was unmistakable.

Even so, this Fleet Commander showed no rush to intervene in the battle.

"Do not be impatient."

"The Giant God’s war dogs."

Behind her was a large group of warriors clad in magical power armor; their armor was painted an intense red. On their shoulders, a spiked collar showed, looking like the open mouth of a fierce dog, with canine-like patterns inside.

They were the new war organization of the Bubble World "Tritium"—the "Gladiators."

These "Chosen Ones warriors" were all gladiators who had rebelled from the arena, and that was where the war organization’s name came from.

But compared to this name, they preferred to call themselves—the Giant God’s war dogs.

However, under Sulya’s direction, the one leading the Giant God’s war dogs was not Angna, who had led their rebellion and escape from the great arena.

She had firmly rejected the other gladiators’ request.

Originally kind-hearted and compassionate Angna, after removing the "magic imprint" influence, preferred to help rebuild the Bubble World "Tritium."

So, the job of leading and teaching the "Gladiator Organization" fell on the "Third Living Saint," Loseta.

Sulya hoped Loseta would bring calm thinking to this group filled with anger and revenge.

To outsiders, this arrangement might have caused discontent in the "Gladiator Organization."

But that did not happen.

Though Angna had led them in the grand arena and defeated the Trinitum Clan masters, these Chosen Ones warriors knew that behind Angna stood the Giant God!

Sulya was the Giant God’s "First Living Saint"; she was the Giant God’s spokesperson in the world, a fact all living saints, including Angna, accepted.

No matter how unhappy the gladiators felt, they never doubted the Giant God’s will.

Also, this taciturn living saint quickly showed her terrifying side to them.

"Charge straight in."

"The enemy will break fast."

"Full kill is not good."

"Better to surround."

As Loseta spoke, she summoned a magical sand table and explained the tactics to the Chosen Ones warriors of the "Gladiator Organization."

Two arcs like giant pincers swept the battlefield, trapping the Triton Empire’s army remnants.

"Thump!"

Loseta pounded her fist hard.

"Not one."

"Leave none."

"All for the gods."

Compared to the gladiators’ hot passion for killing and revenge, Loseta’s cold, emotionless take on slaughter sent chills down spines.

The first was just a charging fighter.

The second was like a scalpel cutting a corpse.

The gladiators nodded in shock.

After that, the war went exactly as Loseta planned.

When the war dogs fiercely and calmly entered the battlefield, the fight was already over.

"Boom… Boom… Boom…"

Heavy shakes came!

Loseta slightly closed her eyes.

She knew this big quake didn’t come from deep earth but from beyond the Crystal Walls!

"A year."

"It had finally come, hadn’t it?"