“Horus—”
Isis and Osiris are both waiting for our good news.
Horus raised his right hand, Set and Anubis understood his meaning, each extending their right hands to clasp them together tightly.
—For our shared Earth!
..
..
Three days later—
The Master Private Art Museum was crowded with Ancient Egyptian Gods from all over the world—some had received divine invitations from Master, Jesus, others, while others had sensed an abnormal danger approaching Earth. Driven by the noble wish to save Earth, they arrived one after another in New York to reach the Master Private Art Museum.
Wood was thus wide-eyed with wonder: not only did he witness the diversity of Earth Civilization, but he also realized for the first time that Boss's Museum was actually an independent dimensional space that was larger on the inside than the outside.
Boss, what is the actual floor area of your museum?
I don't know.
I don't know? You are the Master here, you would—
I don't know, that's because this building possesses conceptual attributes.
Conceptual attribute? No wonder.
Wood nodded, appearing to half-understand, as he leaned against the railing, observing the uniquely shaped Gods gathered in the vast, endless Hall.
.. It feels like a delegation's entrance ceremony at an Olympic opening ceremony, or perhaps a masquerade ball with a world culture theme.
All the Gods gathered here share a single wish, for our one and only Earth,
Yes, Earth..
Wood bit his lip, as images of Earth taken by satellites in space and the vast, magnificent, boundless starry sky captured by the Hubble Telescope alternated before his eyes.
.. Sometimes it is truly hard to imagine that a planet as tiny as an asteroid on a cosmic scale, almost negligible, could actually nurture such a magnificent and grand intelligent civilization. It is even harder to believe that this small, lonely planet floating in the deep cosmos is the entirety of what we currently possess.. No wonder the Cthulhu Lifeforms from the Outer Universe want to claim it..
And we—most of the intelligent life on this planet and almost all the Gods created by their Collective Imagination—will absolutely never allow such a thing to happen.
Master said indisputably, "Nearly a hundred Earth Gods are currently gathered here."
Preparing for a decisive battle?
Yeah, a decisive battle.
The location of the final battle won't be Earth, will it?
Wood was a bit worried.
—The battlefield we have chosen is not Earth, but another dimension situated between Reality Space and Fantasy Space.
With these words, the Gods filling the Hall slowly dispersed, a Primordial Goddess with a countenance combining compassion and majesty, whose upper body was human and lower body was a serpent, appeared before Wood.
(Lilith?)
(No! Lilith was already permanently banished by me in the previous battle, Lilith is a Night Demon; his body shouldn't be able to emit such a Divine aura..)
“You are—"
I am Nuwa.
“Nuwa? The Creation Goddess Nuwa from Chinese Mythology who molded humans from clay and mended the heavens to save the world?”
Wood was both shocked and delighted.
Nuwa nodded gently.
What about Fuxi? Your husband and brother from Chinese Mythology, Fuxi—
He has other matters to attend to at the moment, but he will arrive before the day of the final battle.
That.. that's wonderful!
Wood breathed a sigh of relief after receiving Nuwa's promise.
Despite it being their first meeting, this Primordial Goddess from Chinese Mythology evoked a powerful sense of nostalgia within him.
We.. we will be victorious, right?
Without a doubt, we will achieve final victory, for the ancestors from ten thousand years ago also achieved victory.
Thank you for your encouragement.
“I was not offering encouragement, but stating a fact.”
Nuwa said lightly, turning his head to greet Master, "Long time no see—"
It has indeed been a long time.
Master smiled in greeting.
You know them?
Not just knowing each other—to be precise, there is a direct connection. After the Cataclysm ten thousand years ago ended, the Human Civilization of the Current Era began to sprout. Considering that the humans of the Current Era have been more or less tainted by Cthulhu Power, as a relic of the intelligent civilization of the Previous Era, I cannot help but perform some guidance: under my interference, the mythologies of many ancient civilizations in the Current Era have featured elements of great serpents, but only the Chinese Ancestors combined the great serpent element with ancestor worship to construct the Nuwa and Fuxi myths.
“From the perspective of the spread and recreation of mythologies, Fuxi and I can both be considered your children or incarnations.”
Nuwa added with a smile.
Your origins are indeed related to me, but you have almost no connection to me now.
No, no, no, there is still a connection between us—we are forever the children of Earth.
That's true.
Master nods, then introduces Jormungand to Nuwa: "This is one of our children."
Midgard Serpent Jormungand?
[That's right, it's me!]
Jormungand raised his head proudly.
Nuwa reached out and stroked Jormungand's head: "Your appearance is even more magnificent and grand than the legends say."
I am the Midgard Serpent; my True Body can encircle the entire Earth.
Jormungand was quite proud of himself.
Wood unconsciously cast his gaze toward the massive light and shadow of the Simulated World Tree in the center of the Hall.
“What is the current situation with Cain and his Leviathan.. They.. Even though Cain said he would never face Death, I always feel uneasy.. It seems.. perhaps.."
—The things you are worried about will absolutely never happen.
Why?
Intuition.
Having said that, Master raised his head and announced loudly, "Everyone, the final battle against the Cthulhu Lifeform is approaching. Are you prepared to face Death?"
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Chapter 93 Under the World Tree
In Asgard, which had been completely occupied by Cthulhu Lifeforms, there was no sunrise, nor did the darkness recede; everything was as turbid as the Chaos that existed before the birth of the Universe. The night felt so long it seemed as if it would never end, to the point where the Earth Gods, arriving in Asgard—which had fallen into the territory of Cthulhu Lifeforms—for the first time, began to doubt whether dawn would ever arrive.
Looking at this world without sunlight or stars, without a tomorrow or a future, where the mountains and fields are covered in gelatinous, Amoeba-like monsters, Wood even began to understand the common tragic endings in Cthulhu literature—if one must live in a world where there is absolutely no hope of escape, where survival is an endless torment, where even what will happen in the next second is uncertain, then rather than walking toward Destruction while remaining lucid, it might be better to plunge into an ignorant madness.
Unfortunately, the Earth Gods participating in this expedition to save Earth are absolutely Impossible to fall into madness; even if the sights encountered along the way have depleted ninety-nine point nine percent of their rationality, they remain incredibly lucid and constantly adjust their action plans based on the actual situation.
And so, the party wound their way through mountains and hills covered in Cthulhu Creatures, following a corridor lined with a thick layer of translucent, jelly-like agar, finally entered Valhalla in Asgard.
The corridors were lined with exquisite murals, but they did not depict the stories of the Norse Gods; instead, they portrayed the various strange and dreamlike myths created by the Human Civilization of the Previous Era, beautiful enough to enchant the soul and magnificent in their ethereal splendor.
These murals—
“These Cthulhu Lifeforms still regret that they failed to conquer the Human Civilization of the Previous Era, thus, they recreate the artistic masterpieces created by the humans of the Previous Era here."
Master spoke softly, his words filled with both nostalgia and hatred.
Hearing this, almost every God, including Wood, could not help but look toward those mysterious, beautiful, soul-stirring works of art. Thinking of the tragic and determined resolve shown by the intelligent lifeforms who created such exquisite art when facing foreign invasions, a complex surge of both sadness and passion arose within their deepest hearts.
“—Ah!”
The sudden, piercing scream jerked Wood from his near-dreamlike trance back into the real world!
The Cthulhu Lifeforms, attached to the surface of the exquisite mural artwork, actually launched a sudden attack while the Earth Gods were admiring the endless collection of art!
Aaaaaah—!
Waaaah—
The ambush instantly caused screams in various languages to ring out from the Party.
Fortunately, most of the Earth Gods participating in this battle possessed the divinity of War Gods; after a brief moment of chaos, they immediately engaged in a fierce struggle against the ambushing Cthulhu Lifeforms with astonishing momentum!
—Although most of these Cthulhu Lifeforms possess bizarre characteristics, such as viscous bodies and the ability to rapidly infiltrate and transform human genes after adhering to the human body, the Earth Gods, as the Imagined Community of humans, inherently possess steadfast willpower and incredible power.
“——!!”
“○X△☆＃&&！”
“****！”
The Monsters began to let out screams that no Human could understand, their gelatinous semi-liquid bodies being thrown to the ground, shattering instantly before flowing like liquid, attempting to coalesce once more.
We can't give them the chance to recombine!
Then what should we do?
Fire! Fire!
Good—
As the words fell, several Fire Gods in the procession had already begun breathing fire, using flames to divide the strange, viscous liquid flowing all over the ground into countless small pieces.
It is best to burn them completely, decomposing them into elements. If the heat of the Fire is not enough to burn them entirely, then use Fire to cut them into small pieces; you must never let them coalesce!