Devouring World Dragon

Chapter 132 Questioning Divine Will
"dad……"

"Noah..."

"Stop……"

Behind him, screams erupted, but Noah continued to slash the blade from his hand toward his own neck...

however……

Immediately, Noah felt his hands suddenly go empty. The cold, solid steel he had been gripping disappeared, replaced by nothingness. The pressure from the blade on his neck also vanished.

Noah looked down and saw that his hands were empty; the sharp blade had vanished.

He turned around and saw his wife and children behind him, their faces pale. Only when they saw that he was still alive did their faces light up with joy.

It wasn't his children who stopped him.

The man immediately understood. He realized that only one being in this world could do this... Only that being in the heavens could make the blade in his hand disappear and stop his suicide attempt.

"God, do I not even have control over my own life and death?"

Although the man had already anticipated this, he felt increasingly dreadful.

……

And just then...

"Rumble, rumble, rumble..."

In an instant, the earth shook violently, the sea surged with waves thousands of feet high, and the ark rocked violently, leaving them tumbling together in panic and screams.

Even the ark, which could remain stable under the impact of a great flood, could no longer remain stable in this sudden tremor, and could only barely keep from capsizing in this earth-shattering upheaval.

In an instant, a white light flashed, and the world suddenly turned white. Inside and outside the ship, there was only countless white light.

"Boom!"

A deafening roar of thunder echoed from the distant sky.

The continuous thunder resounded throughout the universe, accompanied by dark clouds that swept in. The once clear blue sky was quickly transformed into a vast sea of ​​clouds that turned black. In an instant, the sky covering the earth was shrouded in a deep and oppressive darkness, and nothing could be seen except for the occasional thunder.

"What..."

On the altar, faced with the sudden and drastic change, the bound lamb let out a tender cry and struggled in panic.

Inside the ark, the panicked cries of animals rose and fell incessantly. Whether it was lions, tigers, cattle, sheep, pigs, or other animals, they all roared and howled in terror.

"Wang Wang Wang..."

"Giggle..."

"hiss……"

“Chirp…”

The barking of dogs, the clucking of chickens, the neighing of horses, the chirping of birds... all creatures, whether in the sky or on the ground, bipedal or winged, cried out in terror, screaming for the great calamity that was about to befall them.

Even when the great flood struck, they remained silent under some kind of will, but now they were all gripped by deep fear, because they could sense...

An aura of rage.

Animals are far more perceptive than humans. What humans cannot sense, they clearly feel the undisguised rage of a vast and boundless will. Before this will, they can only tremble and submit to its will. When Noah struggled to his feet, he looked up and saw that the top of the ark had been cleaved away by some force. The ark, which had been sealed like a wooden box, was now completely exposed above, and the dark, cloud-covered sky above could now be seen directly without any obstruction.

"boom……"

In the oppressive and gloomy sky, from among the dark clouds, a low rumble of thunder sounded, as if it were the lingering anger of the heavens. In the pitch-black sky, only two small stars were faintly visible.

Beneath the pitch-black sky, the ocean appeared as black as ink, and the large ship drifting on it looked as powerless as a leaf.

Noah looked around, and the entire ocean was shrouded in darkness, with the distant land barely visible. And further still, in the farthest place where the sea met the sky, there were several inexplicably dark pillars that connected heaven and earth.

Under the cover of darkness, the pillars were indistinguishable in shape, thickness, and size; they resembled mountains, yet were even larger.

"Father……"

Shem looked at him with some unease. Noah could tell that his eldest son was very uneasy about this sudden change. This strange scene was far beyond the imagination of an ordinary person.

He then looked at his wife, his two other children, and his daughters-in-law, whose faces all showed signs of tension and unease.

"……It's fine."

He opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say. He could only hug his wife and sons, stroke their heads, and gently comfort them.

Noah held his wife and sons, while his sons held their wives. Noah's infant grandchildren were held by his daughters-in-law. In this dangerous, unsettling, dark, and unknown world, this three-generation family embraced each other to soothe their helpless and anxious hearts.

Suddenly, endless white light burst forth in the sky, piercing the darkness accompanied by a hymn from the clouds.

Noah looked up and saw an archangel with wings on his back appear in the dark sky.

Its expression was solemn, its pure white pupils devoid of emotion, a holy halo accompanied the back of its head, it held a scepter in its hand, and its body radiated endless light in all directions, more dazzling than the sun, becoming the only dazzling and eye-catching existence in the entire dark world.

“Gabriel…”

Noah murmured the name of the angel.

He had seen this archangel before.

One hundred and twenty-one years ago today, it was this same archangel who announced the coming of the Great Flood to him, announcing the destruction of the old world.

One hundred and twenty-one years later, this archangel has appeared once again, and what will it announce this time?

Noah didn't know...

"You descendant of Adam, why do you forsake the life God gave you?"

The archangel in the sky lowered his head, looking down at the tiny humans huddled together before him, his eyes unmoved, and he coldly spoke.

The angel's gaze was as fiery as a sword. Just being stared at by this archangel made it hard to breathe, let alone have any thought of rebuttal.

“Gabriel… I am but a mortal, unable to fathom the will of God, but I can vaguely understand that perhaps humanity holds some special significance for God, which is why God preserved us… Therefore, I am willing to stake my life to ask God…”

Noah gasped for breath, then fearlessly met the archangel's burning gaze. The archangel's gaze was so intense and dazzling, a thousand times brighter than the sun. Even just squinting at it caused tears to stream down Noah's face.

Enduring the blinding light before him, Noah forced a smile and then slowly spoke.

"Looks like... I won my bet."

(End of this chapter)