My dear witch, please turn evil according to the script!

Chapter 440 See You in the New World
The voice slowly recounted the history of the world's struggles.

Every living being in this world has tried to solve problems in its own way.

But just as the drifting voice tells us, every struggle only makes the situation worse.

The dragons' defeat has shattered the boundaries of the world.

The first demon king's attempt allowed the corruption of evil gods to spread through thought and language.

The attempts of the three Elven kings have turned Avalon into a ticking time bomb.

The King of Men's attempt led to the world being filled with cultists spreading the power of evil gods.

The attempts by the Demon King and the Hero whom Roland knew, while failing to further strengthen the evil god's power, did cause the world to lose two powerful individuals full of potential.

The Demon King committed suicide through the hero, splitting his soul into thirteen sealed parts.

The hero lost the possibility of transcending his lifespan, all to help the demons slow down the ever-spreading fog disaster.

Roland listened quietly, then countered with a question: "Are you trying to tell me that if we hadn't resisted in the first place, hadn't tried to solve the problem, the world might be a better place now?"

The voice did not continue speaking.

Roland pressed on, asking, "Who exactly are you?"

As Roland pressed for answers, the pantheon suddenly shattered.

The magnificent palace was transformed into a state of ruin in an instant.

The statue collapsed, leaving only the base.

Only the three unnamed statues, as well as the statues belonging to the god of death and the goddess of the earth, remain intact, though they are severely worn.

Roland then saw a phantom, an old man in the typical form of a mage, holding a spellbook in one hand and a staff as tall as himself in the other.

The wisdom and weathered experience accumulated over the years washed over Roland the moment he saw the phantom.

I'm glad you passed this little test.

If you are unhappy, please forgive me... after all, this is a plan that concerns the entire world.

I am what humans call the God of Truth and Magic.

But I believe you now also realize one thing: there have never been any gods.

We were merely the first to discover the ritual of the Law of the Stars, and through this ritual, the first to bind ourselves to the rules of the world.

We are both prisoners and the rules of the world itself, as well as the last line of defense against external enemies.

[A traveler from beyond the heavens. Everything I said before was true. This world cannot afford another failure.]

[I can sense the presence of the World Tree and that Dragon God. If nothing unexpected happens, they may have used some method to give the world a second chance.]

Unfortunately, even a god like myself cannot escape those influences.

If the world is reset, then the gods who are too deeply bound to it will also be reset.

[The god of death might be able to avoid this due to the special nature of the underworld, and the earth goddess's special powers might also enable her to do so.]

But there are only these two left.

But I think this photo will stay forever.

[Until the right time, you will be able to see it.]

As I said, the King's plan has come to an end.

Or rather, his plan from beginning to end had only one thing in common: to entrust all the hopes of the world to you.

There is nothing else besides this.

He doesn't want to bind you to anything.

All other plans are merely contingency plans devised by other beings to ensure you don't accidentally die before regaining your power.

Regarding the plan to deal with the extraterrestrial enemy, he only said one sentence: "We must use forces of equal strength to deal with the enemy; otherwise, everything will just be a drop in the ocean."

I didn't initially approve of that king's plan.

He is wise and knowledgeable; even I sometimes struggle to answer his questions and need to think for a while before I can give an answer.

He had always been a cautious and rational person. Only that one time did he choose to be a gambler.

I beseech the most powerful Earth Goddess to grant me divine revelation, allowing that saint to come to your side. In the City of the Holy See, a place watched by all the gods, I have won this brief meeting with you.

Don't be too surprised. Faith is such a magical thing; as long as people believe, a certain concept will be formed, and over time, the legend will become a weakened, permanent ritual.

I merely borrowed a few steps from the ceremony to bring you and your friends here.

Only in this way can I be here to tell you the truth. Even now, this answer and the truth are no longer important to you.

But this was the king's final instruction.

As a close friend and chess partner, I must do as he says.

Even if I am currently unable to spare any energy, I must leave behind a projection containing a portion of my divine consciousness.

Listening to the words of the God of Truth and Magic before him, Roland sighed and then asked, "So it was just a pointless chat and reminiscing?"

Haha, so you really don't care about the truth anymore... but this also helps you eliminate some unnecessary investigative directions.

For example, trying to understand the state of the gods led to a pointless investigation.

But just as I said, there has never been any god.

We have simply become the rules of this world, possessing self-awareness but unable to interfere too much in human affairs. Furthermore, while I don't have a completely feasible solution to the threat of the extraterrestrial enemy, I have gleaned some ideas from years of experience in resisting them.

To completely end the threat of the great enemy, it is necessary to fully restore the world's boundaries to their state when the three pillar gods created the world.

To achieve this, the power of evil gods in this world must be completely eradicated, or made controllable.

Simultaneously sever the vision and power projection of the extraterrestrial enemy, and eliminate their followers to prevent their resurgence in the near future.

Only by doing so can the prerequisite for repairing the world's borders be met.

Roland felt overwhelmed by the idea; even the seemingly simplest plan—to wipe out all the cultists—was fraught with difficulties in practice.

After all, which cult member who has survived to this day isn't a master at protecting their own life?
If I weren't smart, I would have died long ago.

Unless those insane cultists stage a mass sacrifice.

They wiped out their own group.

But it's best to just think about these things; after all, the last time three people were sacrificed, it caused a huge problem that almost couldn't be resolved peacefully.

If a total sacrifice were to take place, Roland had no doubt that he could officially summon the power of the evil god's true form.

Compared to that, it would be much easier to have myself kill the cult members one by one.

It remains to be seen whether those hidden cultists will try to cause trouble now that the Papacy is severely weakened, the Society and the Empire are going to aid the Papacy, and even the Demon Race is suspected of breaking out into civil war.

Feeling only headache and annoyance, Roland simply changed the question to one that the phantom of the God of Truth and Magic had just mentioned, but which he had no feeling about.

"You said that the entire plan was designed to restore my power."

"When can I regain my power?"

The God of Truth and Magic paused for a moment after hearing this, then smiled and stroked his beard: "Didn't you already find it?"

Sometimes, the return of power simply needs a trigger.

It may not be powerful at first, but it is the power that best suits you, and it is also the most powerful power.

Actually...you've had your suspicions for a while now, haven't you?

[It's just that you've been selectively ignoring certain things, unwilling to confront the truth.]

You know very well that you are not an ordinary human being, and may not even be human.

[You simply wish to live as a human being, to live as that being. To enjoy a life that, while not long, eventually comes to an end.]

And that's why you became human.

There are some things you already understood, but you just didn't want to understand.

If you don't want to understand, then don't think about it.

The God of Truth and Magic continued, "This projection of divine consciousness has little power left; it will soon dissipate."

Before I leave, let me tell you one more thing.

The gods are dead... To be precise, in order to fight against the great enemy, apart from the Earth Goddess and the God of Death, who are in special circumstances, all other beings have abandoned their rationality and humanity.

Only by retaining the purest divine power can we prevent an extraterrestrial enemy from corrupting us gods.

Only in this way can we exert our greatest strength to buy this world a final bit of time.

Whether or not you find a way to save the world... time is running out.

[Also... regarding the divine child sent down by an extraterrestrial enemy...]

[Among them, the Annihilation Maw and the Son of God of the Black Lord have already been slain.]

They died during the Demon King's War, respectively at the hands of the Knight King's army and the Hero's squad.

[And after this, the great enemies will not make any major moves for at least a century.]

That's all for now.

These are the final words of the God of Truth and Magic.

May truth and wisdom always be with you, until the end of the stars.

The projection formed by divine consciousness dissipated.

The dilapidated temples of the gods were once again empty.

Only the three nameless statues remained.

As the projection of the God of Truth dissipated, Suren and Little Gray recovered.

After a brief moment of surprise, they began to look around curiously.

This is not a scene that one would expect to see in the Papal City.

Amidst the boundless sea of ​​stars, the temples of the gods stand tall.

But the gods had already departed, buying the world a final moment.

Roland looked down at the status bar displayed by the system.

Next to the blessing of death, another status column has been added.

[Gift of Truth: A blessing from the God of Truth and Magic. Mental resistance is greatly increased, and mental strength is significantly enhanced. The power of released magic is increased by an additional third.]

(End of this chapter)