The Magic Empire for 20,000 years

Chapter 208 A Brand New Chapter (The End)
Last night was a stormy night in El Dorado.

Before the bloodshed and carnage.

"Elian, become my messenger, even from the gods..."

Faced with the invitation of this true god, Elian bowed deeply to the deity before him, solemn yet not obsequious, respectful yet not servile:

"Thank you for your generosity."

"Ascending to the throne and becoming the patron god of Eldoron is indeed the path I have always dreamed of. I should have accepted your invitation directly."

"But unfortunately, as a mage full of curiosity, I just happen to want to conduct an experiment, a completely new experiment that is no different from the countless magical experiments I have conducted in the past."

The experiment consisted of:

"Can a mortal ascend to the throne of a god without receiving divine power directly from other gods?"

Ain smiled:

"What arrogant ambition! Gods are born to be gods. I have never heard of any mortal becoming a god by his own power."

El-Erian smiled too:

"Then you'll see him soon."

He knew that as a god of knowledge who loved research and exploration, Ain must also be full of curiosity about his ambitious ideas and eager to witness the results of this great experiment.

Whether it's success or failure.

"In this kingdom, is there anyone else who knows that you are conducting such an ambitious experiment, King of Eldoron?" asked the goddess of knowledge and prophecy.

“Yes,” Elion said. “I made a pact with him to become gods one after the other.”

Aion smiled with relief:
"To ascend to the throne of gods with a mortal body is truly a crazy experiment."

"Are you the first mage to conduct such a daring experiment?"

“No, I’m not,” El-Erian said, walking to the window and gazing at the drifting clouds in the night sky and the vast earth below.
"The floating city beneath our feet is a product of this experiment."

"I am simply walking the path that the ancestors of Eldoron failed to complete."

Suddenly, Ain was struck by a thought and remembered a fact.

The reason Eldoron built this floating city was that the earliest human mages foolishly believed that the gods lived high in the heavens.

So, in their ignorance and absurdity, they spent two centuries building this city high in the sky, imitating the manner of gods, believing that they would thus become gods of mankind.

Ain couldn't help but chuckle:
"King of Mankind, you are the most outstanding mortal mage I have ever seen. I never imagined that you would compare the foolish attempts of the ancient humans of Eldoron with your own groundbreaking experiments that transcend your time."

El-Erian shrugged very naturally:

"We all came from ignorance."

Wang gazed at the dazzling starry sky outside the window:

"If one day we ascend to the stars, we will not forget that our primitive ancestors, who ate raw meat and drank blood, once briefly looked up at the starry sky on a certain night."

There was a brief silence.

"Is this the inheritance of mortals? From ignorance and folly, step by step, they move towards the truth."

The immortal god smiled gently:
"Then I have some good news for you, King of Mankind."

"As the god of prophecy, I can tell you definitively that the ritual held by the Sun Elf King in an attempt to erase human magical civilization will end in failure."

"The efforts of your foolish yet great ancestors will not simply vanish from history."

"I just made the atmosphere so urgent just to see if you would agree to become my divine messenger and ask me for help in this crisis."

"I didn't expect you to refuse so firmly."

"Oh, by the way, I also noticed that the paranoid Sun Elf God has secretly descended in avatar and is hiding in the Sun Elf palace, wanting to see if the ritual can succeed."

As expected, the high-level elven magic ritual performed by Larklas was destined to fail...

Knowing this future, Elian was not surprised at all.

It was exactly what he had foreseen.

"Although this ritual is destined to fail, as long as that god still harbors hostility towards the human kingdom of Eldoron, this newly born land will face new disasters."

El-Erian turned his gaze to the distant west:

"Therefore, I do not intend to sit idly by and wait for my doom."

"Why don't we turn the tables on them?"

Thus, before the night of god-slaying began, the human emperor and the god of knowledge conspired to stage a grand spectacle.

……

"So that's how it is. That certainly sounds like your style, Your Majesty," Gutt sighed in realization.

“Now I don’t mind that I’ve pleased a god,” Elion laughed.

“Of course not, Your Majesty,” Gutt laughed. “You led us to kill a god, even if it was just an avatar.”

Last night, under His Majesty El-Erian's guidance, he personally defeated his childhood nightmare.

El-Erian smiled:
“I think if Aion were just a knowledgeable mortal legendary mage, you certainly wouldn’t object to me becoming friends with her.”

"But she is a god, which makes you think a lot. Because you believe that the human race is its own god and should not submit to any other god."

Guter said awkwardly:
"Is such that."

Suddenly, Gutt felt a slight tingling sensation in his back, as if an electric current was passing through his spinal cord.

He realized a terrible truth:

The one who harbors fear of the gods, the one who carries this fear through countless days and nights, is clearly himself!
He considered himself as noble as a god, yet he feared the gods to the core, even refusing to accept divine healing, fearing it would mean he had submitted to the gods.

The king, however, showed neither fear nor concern for the gods. He possessed both the courage to raise his blade against them and the tolerance to walk alongside them. The king was willing to accept the gods' gifts because he knew he would not bow down to them because of a single present.

Perhaps, in the king's eyes, there is no difference between the gods and the common people of this world?
Thinking of this, Gutt confirmed with Elian:
"Your Majesty, you can befriend the gods or be their enemy. Is it because, in your eyes, there is no difference between gods and mortals?"

“Yes,” Elian replied, “there is no difference between gods and mortals.” The king walked towards the dawn's glow, the morning breeze billowing his robes:
"They are all just subjects of the empire."

……

The Elven Kingdom of Avando.

During the jubilant banquet, two deities quietly departed.

Aion, the god of knowledge and prophecy.

Rabelas, the elf god of longevity, lord of continuity and unity.

"Lord Ain, my colleagues have not yet realized the danger of the Demon Star. But that's alright, I trust you."

"Let us, the two gods, join forces to seal away every demonic star!"

As the two deities departed Avando in the light, Alois, the elven queen, suddenly narrowed her eyes at a table in the corner of the banquet.

"Rabelas, the middling deity loyal to Corellon, has temporarily left Avanto."

“Rabelas’s [Time] priesthood is troublesome. His absence certainly presents a good opportunity…”

"Is it possible to have him come back a little later?"

"Before I raise the banner of rebellion against the crown prince of Avangard!"

Aroshi's thoughts drifted.

……

In October of the 30th year of the Empire, the Abyss invasion began.

A dimensional rift leading to the first level of the abyss, the "Plains of Ten Thousand Abyss," unfolds in the wasteland west of Eldoron in the eastern part of the Elven Kingdom.

Moreover, it's significantly closer to the Elf Kingdom!
At least 30 demon lords—including several high-level legendaries—have dispatched their legions to the first level of the abyss, using this abyssal rift as a bridge to begin their expedition into the material plane.

Boom boom boom boom.

A tidal wave of demons surged forth from the blood-red fissure, rushing off in different directions: east, west, north, and south.

The Balor Flame Demon, engulfed in raging flames; the Giant Bull Demon, whose every step caused the earth to tremble; the Six-Armed Serpent Demon, with a snake's tail and a human body, wielding six longswords...

And countless other low-level demons such as the Primal Demon, the Fear Demon, and the Quaser Demon...

Driven by their lust for slaughter and destruction, countless abyssal demons embarked on a terrifying path of destruction.

"The demons are coming!"

The Elf Kingdom, Sunrise City.

As the elven soldiers faced the vast, dark expanse of wilderness, despair began to fester in their hearts.

"Shoot the arrow, shoot the arrow!"

Countless elven archers fired precise arrows at the demons outside the city.

The demons in the front row were riddled with arrows and turned into hedgehogs.

But these demons simply pulled the arrows out of their bodies roughly, and the bloody holes in their bodies healed instantly, leaving only a very shallow wound.

These are not ordinary weapons made of cold iron; they can only cause very limited damage to demons!
Clang.

A giant bull demon, tens of meters tall, crashed into the city wall, causing the sturdy wall to collapse with a deafening roar.

This marked the beginning of a catastrophe for the Elf Kingdom.

……

Eldoron, south of the Emerald Mountains, in the southern part of the mountains.

Over the past decade or so, this once backward human settlement has flourished, with many prosperous towns now standing tall.

Hudson, the eccentric believer in stars, has now transformed from a young man into a scruffy, bearded middle-aged man.

Today, the villagers noticed that Hudson, who always muttered strange things, looked much better and normal, and greeted everyone warmly.

Only Hudson himself knew that the stars had appeared to him in a dream last night.

He was instructed to contact the other ally and make advance preparations and arrangements.

To welcome the Mind Flayer fleet from the stars!

……

A vast sea of ​​stars.

A dozen or so Nautilus spaceships, belonging to the Mind Flayers, are traversing the sea of ​​stars, heading towards the planet where the story takes place, a planet with a thriving civilization.

Originally, the complete Mind Flayer fleet included several "warp ships" specifically designed for long-distance interstellar teleportation, capable of leading the entire fleet on interstellar journeys directly across galaxies to their destinations. However, due to being separated in the spacetime tunnel, these dozen or so Mind Flayer ships can only perform short-distance teleportation of a few hundred or a few thousand miles, unable to perform interstellar jumps, and are forced to use this inefficient method for interstellar travel.

Each spaceship carries at least one mid-level legendary Mind Flayer mastermind. The intensity of their psionic energy is no less than that of the mastermind Dragon from spaceship 65.

As for the three main warships, No. 4, No. 8, and No. 10, they are significantly larger than the other Nautilus ships and are equipped with advanced legendary combat power.

On each of the spaceships, only a few mind flayers control the ships and transmit information through the psionic network.

Most Mind Flayers hibernate in their slumber pods to avoid shortening their lifespan during the long interstellar journey.

"We are contacting friendly forces on the target planet that can dock with us."

"Let them complete the preliminary arrangements before we officially land."

"When our fleet lands, both the elven kingdom and the human kingdom of Eldoron will welcome new masters!"

A new chapter has begun.

……

(End of Volume 2. Postscript and new volume preview to be updated tomorrow)

(End of this chapter)