Chapter 458
Chapter 458: Chess Match
Translator: imperfectluck
There was a saying that the workings of the world were just like a game of chess . But if one compared the current situation in Eich to a chess match, then this would absolutely be a death match that would cause anyone to despair .
Not doing anything would end in total destruction of everything in Armageddon . Resisting against this fate would end in Armageddon . Winning this Holy War would still end in Armageddon . Even if one wanted to escape, there were no possible directions to escape to . The existence which would cause the total annihilation of everything was even higher up than the strongest existences on both sides of the Holy War . This was such an unfunny joke that nobody would be able to laugh at .
"Is there really no solution?"
Evidently, there would be no solution in all of Eich . This wasn't even a guess . This was an analysis based on the pure facts of reality .
The two major factions of Chaos and Order which ruled the world would also end up destroying it . Since these two major factions possessed the great majority of all resources and all top-level strength, there would be zero chance of victory in their home turf .
This was the equivalent of game players trying to turn against the game masters (administrators) of a game . That would be the most foolish thing possible . If it wasn't for the fact that the two "game masters" had already lost most of their "administrator" privileges due to fighting amongst themselves, there likely wouldn't even be a way to resist .
"I'm so unwilling, truly unwilling to accept this! How can this be the only possible ending no matter how hard I work?"
If Roland had been a native of Eich with the same "cheat", then he would have likely shaken his head and helplessly given up in the end when faced with this situation . That was because this was a world where the Gods were tangibly real . The myths about the Creator Goddess were well known to everyone . Having the creations disobey the creator was conceptually even more difficult than children disobeying their parents, not to mention that the possibility was basically zero from the very start .
However, Roland's identity as a transmigrator gave him the ability to think outside the box . He managed to find a solution when there was supposed to be none .
"Since it's impossible to accomplish in the world of Eich, perhaps it'll be possible if I create a new world! At the very least, I can create a safe location to escape to, like an ark of sorts . "
And that was the origin of the "Hell's Ark" plan . Even the first edition of the plan had "Ark" in its name because it was originally intended to only be a safe haven from which to avoid the upcoming Armageddon . But as Roland gathered more and more pieces, the "Hell" part of it finally became possible . Of course, if Roland found that the Hell portion was still impossible in the end, he would have unhesitatingly reactivated the Ark part of the plan .
"Pride? Honor? Why don't you try asking the billions of dead that will die in the upcoming Armageddon what meaning pride and honor have to them? Little brats, don't be foolish just because you're young . We're nothing more than a group of pitiful worms that are struggling just to stay alive . We're capable of doing anything just for the sake of survival . "
Although Roland kept talking about how there was no path of retreat, he had been preparing a path of retreat from the very start . In his "Plan B" that he didn't wish to carry out, the new dimension of Hell would instead become a dimensional ark that would likely never have contact with the world of Eich again . But at the very least, Roland would be able to save specimens of as many species as possible along with the people that were important to him .
And that was why he decided to attempt at creating a world when he was in the Earth Elemental Plane . That was basically a practice session for trying out his true ace card . Since he was in the distant Earth Elemental Plane, it was highly unlikely that the Chaos and Order Factions would notice what he was doing . Ayer also personally acted to cut off the Earth Elemental Plane, which completely removed the possibility of information leaking altogether .
In fact, even Roland's single combat against Emordilorcan had been a type of practice as well .
He used Frigidwinter Earth to cut off Emordilorcan's connection to the Earth Elemental Plane . Roland then successfully defeated the undefeatable Earth Elemental God by using an otherworld weapon which didn't exist in Eich… did all of this seem familiar?
That's right, the current Hell was also the same type of battlefield . Hell cut off the Main Gods from their own Divine Kingdoms and the mortal plane of Eich . Hell's unique dimensional laws and magical creatures would become weapons capable of fighting even against the Main Gods . No matter if you looked at basic strategy, foundational workings, or our combat tactics, this current battle was nothing more than an escalated version of the battle in the Earth Elemental Plane .
And if this type of battle was escalated even further…
"I shall cut off the Goddesses of Chaos and Order's connections to Eich, strip them of their cheat-like powers, and kill them by using human-wave tactics!"
Roland had uttered such an insane statement back in the year . But as he increased in power, this actually seemed like less and less of a possibility . Yet if he was able to kill off one or two Main Gods here, that would mean that his "Plan C" which would foundationally solve all the problems would doubtlessly become far superior to "Plan A" which was simply to delay the two Goddesses from waking up for as long as possible . Plan A simply had too many uncontrollable variables affecting it .
What exactly was Plan C? Obviously, this was the "Godslaying" plan which the System had secretly blacklisted .
After paying an uncalculatable price and planning for well over a century, gaining tiny advantages over time to break the dead-end situation, it was finally time to reveal all the cards .
It could be said that this battle would directly decide the fate of the entire world .
Hell had already been cut off from the mortal plane and all other planes . The new Cycle of Reincarnation that was beginning to establish itself here was providing this new dimension with a limitless amount of power . Every single moment, this newly-born dimension was expanding its area . And in the Seven Circles of Hell, which would be the core-most section of Hell, the Hell Kings were currently battling against the Main Gods .
Hell Kings? The newly-born Hell was separated into the Four Pillars, Four Halls, and Seven Circles of Hell . Pillars meant pillars of support that were also the ruling Gods of Hell . The Four Halls would be the entire mechanism for running all of Hell, while the Seven Circles of Hell were naturally the location where souls would undergo Hell's punishments after death . And, the rulers of the Seven Circles were the Seven Original Sins who now became the Seven Hell Kings .
If you treated Hell as a dimension analogous to the mortal plane of Eich, Hell absolutely fit all the criteria for being a main plane . Hell was independent, had a dimensional ruler, and its own four elements . The Seven Hell Kings would become existences equivalent to High Gods at the minimum with the power of their Concepts here . Plus, each Circle of Hell would additionally power them up even more, making them almost reach the level of being able to fight against Main Gods . Main God was the only rank left higher than High God, after all .
"…This doesn't seem in our favor . "
Just as how there would be huge differences between SemiGods, that was only because there was no power level assessment system for those at SemiGod rank . The Main Gods that had accumulated so much knowledge and experience throughout the eons had long since surpassed the analysis possible of any normal power level system . Although it seemed as if they were only one rank above the High Gods, that was actually because there was far too limited a number of Main Gods, so there was no need to separate the ranks even further .
The Chaos War God in fact didn't even originally have a Divine Concept related to War . And as a Chaos Evil God, he didn't require any belief to begin with . It was just that his overwhelming power and combat accomplishments along with his undefeated record all helped to attract countless fallen warriors who worshiped the strong . That was how his first Evil God Church began .
It was basically the same for the Demon Lords . No matter what the reason was, they had all reached their current levels by fighting other demons ever since being born . To use a common term, they were the victors in a society where "might was right . " But, precisely because of this, these sufficiently powerful individuals were able to break free from the Chaos Abyss's restraints and mostly be treated as almost equal-level existences .
Actually, most Main God level existences had reached the peak slowly one step at a time . The Elf Main God Anslo was formerly the strongest Elf King in the past . The Order Main God of Wisdom Kalumandas had formerly been the strongest mage and scholar in the world .
Powerful individuals were typically pure and stubborn in their beliefs . Although power gained from belief in them would also bring benefits, this belief would also contain many impurities that would convey disadvantages .
The God of Holy Light was a God who had ascended purely through the power of belief . Yet, he could even be considered a God who used "wicked" ways, as he even specially raised other Gods to provide him with belief power in his Divine Kingdom . The price that he paid for being a God powered by belief was that he completely lost his sense of self .
But even if he didn't want to lose his sense of self, it would have been impossible for him to retain his sense of self due to the overwhelming amount of belief and faith in him . And so, his boss, the Source of Order, could now easily manipulate this puppet that had no self will at all, just as how Roland could easily manipulate Wumianzhe . Of course, these were divine secrets that the great majority of Gods couldn't possibly know about .
It was quite difficult to become a Main God . Their countless generations of experience and the River Styx's baptism created these extraordinary existences that couldn't be assessed . The repeated cruel Holy Wars were the best proving grounds of all . All that didn't meet the "standards" had already been eliminated . Only the strongest of the top-level existences in all of Eich had been able to survive until today .
"…Three hundred and sixty-eight times . "
In just slightly over one hour, Bastian had already died three hundred and sixty-eight times already . War God Donatis's breathing wasn't even slightly ruffled at this point in time .
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