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Chapter 396 The gods

The pope shook his head, "You can say that I know it but I was not there when it all happened. All I have are records from that time." He bent down and opened the lowest drawer of his study table. He then pulled out a thick stack of papers that had been yellowing because of how old it was.

He then gestured for the priest to take and look at it. The priest stretched out his hand and picked up the document on the top of the stack. He opened and skimmed through it and he couldn\'t help but shut his eyes tightly after understanding what was in the document.

He had the same reaction as he browsed through almost all of the documents. The pope gave him the time to process everything and even let him have a seat to calm himself. The priest remained in the room as he internalized what he had read.

"How did you come upon these documents, your eminence?" He became curious as to how the pope came in possession of those books.

"These records had been passed down to me and it had been an heirloom of our family. Although it only outlines what happened to the World Breaker in this world, it is still helpful to get an insight on what really happened to him."

The priest could sense a bit of sympathy from the pope and he too couldn\'t help but feel the same. It was an unfortunate incident. After a few minutes of silence between them, the priest suddenly had a question.

"Then why would the World Breaker hate the gods?" He asked with his gaze trained on the pope who did not give him an answer.

The pope remained silent because he already had a hunch. He let the priest think more about it because it was pretty obvious from the records he read. "Besides, they were recorded dead after the massacre," the priest added.

The pope nodded. "They were indeed and yet he returned and was even able to form a contract with a demon."

"Then his hatred for the gods must have started during that time." The priest started as he tried to figure out what was happening. "He and his sister…" the man suddenly trailed off.

The words on the documents flashed in his mind and the words from the crown prince\'s narration echoed in his ear. His sister, there was no word regarding that woman. Not after the part where the crown prince told them about how the two were transported into another world. After that, the details were vague.

This only meant that the enemy did not tell them clearly what happened after they left the world. The only beings who might know of it were the gods. If there was not mention of a sister then there was only one conclusion, she was no longer with the living.

"We will need to wait for another revelation to confirm things." The pope sighed as it was the only thing they could do.

To push someone to enter a contract with the demon, the mystery surrounding the sister\'s death must be controversial. In the worst-case scenario, the gods must have been involved. If they were not then a problem like this would not have appeared.

The priest nodded and with no further discussions, he left the pope. He learned many things today and it is better for him to rest up first. On the other hand, the pope couldn\'t help but stare at the records and shook his head.

Meanwhile in the realm of the gods, a heated discussion was going on. The gods convened a meeting that only happened once in a while when extremely important things needed to be discussed. Now their main problem couldn\'t be hidden anymore. They couldn\'t let that man walk away any longer.

Several beings clad in white and gold were sitting around a table in what they called a meeting hall. It was an open place with several concrete posts creating an enclosure to where they were seated. Around the enclosure was a vast meadow with lush green grass and flowers with colorful butterflies fluttering around. The air was gently blowing around them which made their surroundings refreshing.

Each post had a vine entwined on it which gave the whole place a fairytale like vibe. The beings in the center of the meadow were glowing with white light. Despite the frowns on their faces and how serious they were, one couldn\'t deny the fact that they had divine powers.

This meeting had been going on for an hour now and yet it was not showing any signs of ending soon. They had been arguing nonstop and the group seemed to have been divided into two groups. One was the gods who were angered by Cygnus while the other was the group who did not want to involve themselves with the mess of the humans.

They could sympathize with how the other gods were feeling but they thought that they were already going too far. They let these gods chase the man all through the dimensions and worlds but they did not manage to defeat him. All they could see were gods who were wasting their power just because of one person.

"We\'ve been going about this in circles and honestly I am getting fed up with this," one of the gods finally spoke. He looked at the others with a frown.

"We won\'t be in this predicament if you all had already agreed to lend us your power so we can kill that man and that demon." One of those who had been offended deeply by Cygnus angrily shouted at them.

"Why would we even want to help you guys when you were the ones who provoked him first. If the god of war stopped those heretics from what they were doing then none of this would be happening!" Another one exclaimed. The god had long golden hair and she was the representative of those who were against the plan.

"Those idiots only used my name. How would I know that something like this would happen and you know that it doesn\'t really matter to me what my followers do as long as they continue to worship me." The god of war finally spoke with indignation. His name was just getting dragged in this.

"Enough, this is already a problem for everyone. The man had already been contracted with a demon and it is our duty to stop him and the demon from spreading more tragedies in the different worlds." The god of creation who was the oldest of them finally spoke.

With those words, the other gods were silenced. They all respected the god of creation because of his wisdom and because he had been a god far longer than them. He was also right that with the involvement of a demon, it was their problem already.

"Now that I got your attention, let\'s proceed." The god of creation finally decided to lead the meeting as they were not reaching any conclusion because of the arguments happening amongst themselves. "We\'ve already promised the holy empire that we will help so we must follow through."

The gods couldn\'t help but nod. Even though most of them agree, some still grumbled. They absolutely hated dealing with demons and humans but because the god of creation was speaking, they couldn\'t say no.

"Cygnus Altair," the god announced the name of their enemy. With those only, the skies of the realm of the gods turned black and rumbled like it was about to rain and thunder, "Needed to be dealt with or we will be the ones to perish."

These words earned a nod from the other gods. It was what they wanted to happen because if he was gone the world would stabilize again. So many of the worlds they created were already in shambles and destruction. It finally reached the limit that the gods wanted to go down and deal with the man personally.

"Are we really going to face him now?" one other god asked. He was shaking and a bit scared ever since the meeting started.

"Yes. The heroes whom we have blessed will be gathered at the Holy Kingdom. We will use them to defeat that man and that demon. It is the only way. He already managed to kill a god and if we let him be, he would only cause us problems." The god of creation explained. He was already exhausted from managing multiple worlds and yet he found out that some of them were already destroyed.