“Don’t tell me…this is the former human world, isn’t it…”
Putting aside all those issues for now, I had to admit, that was a rather huge secret I had just learnt there… Even though the flood had been recorded in the bible, it still felt a little unreal to me, seeing as I hadn’t experienced it myself. Speaking of which, there were actually quite a number of flooding legends from ancient times.
For example, in China, there was a well-known story about Nu Wa patching up the sky. The backstory behind that was that the Water God, Gong Gong, was fighting the Fire God, Zhu Rong, at Bu Zhou Mountain. The Fire God ended up triumphing but because the Water God wasn’t able to accept this outcome, he rammed his head into Bu Zhou Mountain in a fit of anger. According to legends, that mountain was the pillar of the world so its collapse meant that the sky collapsed as well. The rivers of Heaven started flooding into the mortal realm as a result of that… Multiple versions of that story had popped up over time but the gist of it remained the same.
(TL: Only translated that section fully since most people wouldn’t know that reference…)
Putting aside whether or not those floods on Earth had any relation to Lucifer, the fact that this world had been flooded was indisputable…
“Well, aren’t you a smart one now, you figured it out so quickly.” Amidst the taunting, he didn’t forget to explain as such: “The flood didn’t recede as the Creator intended because I pulled a little trick there.”
“…so in order to ensure Noah survived, the Creator had to create a whole new realm called the Western Human Realms?”
“That’s right. Prior to flooding the world, the Creator never expected how much negative energies would be created from this single destructive act –that ended up biting him in the rear. Naturally, such energies wouldn’t be a problem for him to handle, but what if I intervened as well?”
‘So what he’s saying that is that the destruction of the world created a mass of negative energies that could even affect the Creator. The moment the Creator tried to snuff out this miasmic mass, Lucifer ambushed him… Because of the pressure the Creator exerted on the two of them, they had no choice but to join forces and face off against the Creator…that should be the gist of what happened…’
To be honest, I still had a hard time imagining the Creator being unable to accomplish something but as facts would have it, he really had no choice but to create a new world. After all, Lucifer possessed six sevenths of his divinity. Combined with the negative energies brewing from the world…Either way, that was why the human world and hell were in separate dimensions…
‘The Creator retreated before the two of them…or did he actually? For someone who can even create a world, wasn’t that showing just a little too weak…hmm, what if he was weakened after causing that flood?’
‘Hold on…that statue mentioned Lucifer made a deal with Hades…so who is Hades then? What’s his relationship to Lucifer…what if…given all that I just learnt…what if Hades is actually that mass of negative energies…’
“Errr…Almighty Lucifer, you mentioned something about Hades, right? Don’t tell me he’s actually the negative energies created by the flooding of the world…”
“Mhm, it was precisely because we combined forces to fight the Creator back then that he understands how crucial it is for us to work together against the Creator. Without both of our powers combined, fighting against the Creator is impossible.” As the statue said that, he paused for a second. I had no idea why he did that all of a sudden but before I could even find out, he started talking once more.
“Later on, the majority of the floodwaters receded, leaving behind the Blood Sea. Because I had the Creator’s divinity, I was able to create the Devil race using the Blood Sea as a core. As for Hades, he created the Undead with my help, using the corpses left behind during the flood…in a sense, the Undead can be considered one of my works as well.”
‘In that case, Hades must’ve wanted to destroy the world because of revenge. I can buy that…being borne of the world’s resentment, I can totally understand why he would do that…but what about Lucifer? Is he only doing this because he’s bored? He can’t be that lonely right…’
‘It can’t be because humans were his enemies…the two weren’t even on the same level…at the very least, I don’t think the humans had or have any way of fighting against an existence like Lucifer.’
“Is it true that you really wish to destroy the world?”
“Of course.” Having said that, his tone took a more teasing approach: “You want to know why?”
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