Chapter 239

Chapter 239: For the Pious and Strong, the Giant God Sent His Angel of Death!

In the Chaos Council, only the core councilors were ranked by strength, status, and authority. The ranking order might surprise many—it wasn’t a simple sequence from one to twelve.

However, the middle councilors weren’t ranked by strength at all.

A higher number was merely an honorary title.

Many demon gods who had nearly reached the threshold of "core councilors" found themselves ranked low, while some weaker councilors held higher positions.

This greatly displeased them.

The powerful demon gods understood this was just political maneuvering by the "core councilors."

But recently, highly favorable news emerged—the core twelve pillars planned to expand!

They would grow from twelve to thirteen members.

The seating arrangement among core councilors would also be reorganized.

As for the reason…

It remained unannounced.

Yet "rumors" circulated that Lady Xidi had suffered major failures against the Star-Eater Plutonium Dragons, causing significant losses to the "Fantasy Tree of Subspace" expansion and the "Bubble World" energy recovery plan.

Still, Lady Xidi was an immensely powerful demon god wielding crucial authority.

Even the Chaos Council’s first seat, the "Supreme" Barbatos, greatly feared her and dared not expel her from the core council.

Thus, they decided to weaken Lady Xidi’s authority by adding a seat and rearranging positions.

Of course, the core councilors’ scheming wasn’t closely related to the middle councilors. What truly concerned them was the ownership of the new seat.

"For a core councilor’s title, we should all fight like mad dogs."

Normally, the core twelve pillars valued quality over quantity.

Unless one possessed extraordinary strength to defeat a pillar member, controlled one of the "Four Great Authorities," or held irreplaceable value, the seat would stay vacant rather than go to marginally qualified demon gods.

This time, however, the criteria seemed more lenient.

"Still, we should thank the core councilors—especially Lady Xidi. She made an excellent proposal."

The core twelve pillars announced new criteria: besides mastering authority, defeating a core councilor before divine witnesses, or proving irreplaceable value to all twelve existing members with ten endorsements, an additional path emerged—whoever eliminated the newly risen "Giant God" (who exploited the Chaos Council’s battle against the Star-Eater Plutonium Dragons to wreak havoc) would exceptionally claim the vacant thirteenth seat.

They would join the core twelve pillars assembly.

No—it should now be called the core thirteen pillars assembly!

The Twelfth Seat, Lady Xidi, forcefully advocated this measure!

Rumors held that the "Giant God’s" constant interference—aiding the Star-Eater Plutonium Dragons—prevented Lady Xidi from concentrating superior resources for a decisive strike. Her hatred for the Giant God drove her to leverage personal resources to push the proposal.

“Tsk, women are terrifying.”

“But expected of a core councilor—her cunning is unmatched.”

“She’s merely paving her sister’s path.”

He had bought everything from the "blood octopus Outer God."

Though only the Fifty-Sixth Seat of the Chaos Council, Gimmerly shared origins with Lady Xidi and Barbatos. While Barbatos and Lady Xidi were closer—almost like twins—their relationship as fellow core councilors remained intensely strained.

In contrast, Gimmerly was almost like Lady Xidi’s little follower, fully supporting her.

According to the intelligence intercepted by Butis, this "Fifty-Sixth Seat" had undergone modifications and was about to become very powerful! Fierce!

It was even possible that she would gain powers!

Moreover, her mobility, magical resistance, and magic power would be greatly enhanced.

At that time, sending Gimmerly to hunt a "Giant God" who could only "assist" the Star-Eater Plutonium Dragons would be quite easy!

Even if the Giant God was tough, Gimmerly could rely on her strong mobility to escape; and if she truly acquired powers or her strength increased to a certain level, she could take other paths to become the Thirteenth Seat!

"What a brilliant plan!"

"But, how can I let you succeed!"

Just thinking about his plan made Butis smile slyly, wearing a grin like the "Dragon King’s."

This only made him look uglier.

"You deliberately concealed the coordinates of the ‘Giant God’ and made us search like looking for a needle in the ocean!"

"But you let the blood octopus Outer God send the information and location of the Giant God to Gimmerly."

"You really put in a lot of effort to pave the way for your sister!"

"However, you probably didn’t expect that the blood octopus Outer God, who has always served you, would betray you!"

"Hahahaha…"

"Let’s begin!"

"Release my eyes to search for that ‘Giant God’ in this world!"

—-

"Buzz…"

Suddenly, several "small dots" appeared in the sky, buzzing loudly as they rapidly dove toward the ground!

"Whoosh—!"

The divine bodies, like small mountains, flew swiftly through the air, stirring up a terrifying divine wind as they skimmed the ground!

Trees were uprooted by the fierce wind and swept into the air; the ground seemed plowed, with grass and trees torn away and soil and stones lifted high.

As the void deity swept over the city…

"Ah—!"

"Grab them all!"

"Hold tight!"

"Don’t let go!"

"No—!"

"Help!"

…

The screams and wails spread throughout the city.

Countless civilians were swept into the sky, some trying to grab nearby trees and buildings to save themselves.

But soon, they were swept up with the buildings and trees, becoming small black dots struggling helplessly in the wind.

The hope of survival was very slim.

There was only…

"Catch him!"

"Hey!"

A fully armored warrior caught a boy about to be blown away and pulled him tightly into his arms.

In his iron embrace, he already held seven or eight little ones.

"Why…"

"Why are those terrifying deities invading us?!"

The children cried out, asking the armored warriors.

They lived in a cruel world.

In this world, terrifying deities believed in "survival of the fittest." Though adult Warriors were strong enough to hunt beasts, only one in ten children grew up to become Warriors.

Most died in the many trials set by the world’s only deity—the "evolutionary," the bloody Sotiko.

This was for the world’s survival, and adults had said it hundreds or thousands of times, but the children were still unwilling.

Why should they face such painful partings so young?!

Why did those vile demon gods come to destroy them?!

They heard that long ago, things were not like this…

The armored warriors said that in other worlds, children could enjoy plenty of food, only needing to follow set steps for training and face tough but not deadly trials.

There, they never starved, never faced sudden deaths, and never suffered partings from brothers and sisters.

They said the god who made all this was called the Giant God.

"Believe in the Giant God, and He would surely come to save us, right?"

"But…"

The child stopped mid-sentence as he saw Uncle Tin Can look at him; a red light flickered beneath his helmet goggles.

"The Giant God only saved those who fought with all their might."

"He only saved those willing to save themselves."

"He did not care if you were weak; after all, to Him, even the strongest mortals were like tiny invisible bugs."

"But one thing—His great form would never shelter the worthless!"

"You… are you worthless?"

Hearing "worthless," the child’s face flushed.

"No!"

"I’m twelve and have gone through ten trials! I killed twenty-one small beasts and three medium beasts!"

"There were five of us siblings, and three died in the trials; only my elder sister and I survived!"

"Though I still had to face twelve more trials to become a true Warrior, but…"

The helmeted warrior nodded.

"That’s enough!"

"The Giant God saw your efforts and sent us; now, He sent His cherished thing!"

"Look!"

"Ah—!"

The Outer Gods from the Void rampaging in the sky suddenly screamed terribly!

A massive Divine Body appeared in this world!