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This is not the first time that an example of god-killing has occurred.

Long before the Great Rebellion ended, the Joker beheaded Erebus in his presence.

Of course, at that time, Erebus was clearly deliberately sacrificing himself, so Hermes didn't make a big deal out of it and, out of consideration for the friendship between the gods, temporarily suppressed the matter.

Now, [Swift] is suddenly facing this problem, and Hermes easily guessed that it might be Joker's doing.

only……

When the Joker is summoned, Astraea clearly knows who the Joker is. Her clan has suffered devastating blows, so why does Astraea obediently leave the city, and remain unmoved even when her last child is put on trial?

What exactly were she and Erebus planning at that time?

Is this farce also related to the two of them?

Hermes silently observed the gods' reactions, pondering the impact of this event and what role he should play in order to see through the schemes of "good and evil".

Hermes's proposal served as a catalyst, with the gods who supported "Gale" agreeing, while those who felt Njord had no reason to lie objecting, leading to a quarrel between the two sides.

The gods were clearly divided into two camps.

Loki stood beside Njord, along with Freya, who spoke up to end the argument.

Ultimately, the gods' gaze returned once again to Hermes, who had raised the contradictory question.

After observing, Hermes seemed to have discovered something: some of the seemingly righteous gods had turned against Njord, while some usually unreliable gods had sided with [Gale].

Is that right?

In the most extreme way, will the gods' stance be made clear? Will they stand on the side of 'God' or on the side of 'the children'? It's crystal clear now.

Whose plan is this?

Children from the lower realms cannot participate in the divine assembly. Among the gods who are present or who watch the process through the 'Mirror of God,' there must be a Joker or an informant for Astrea.

Among them, gods like Loki, who team up because of their 'fellow countrymen', must have a clear understanding of the relationships between the gods. The one who devised this plan could only be the god who knows us best.

"That's amazing..." Hermes exclaimed.

"What do you want to say?" the gods questioned.

Hermes lowered his hat brim and shook his head, saying, "Just let [Gale] confess in person, and we can naturally tell the lies. Does such a simple question need discussion? Or do you have ulterior motives? Don't you want the truth to be exposed?"

However, some gods are selfish. They only care about whether they have fun, only care about their own rights, and some even just join in the fun for entertainment. Few of them truly care about the real culprit, so much so that they don't even bother to consider such a superficial reason.

Of course, this also includes the fact that the meeting originally included an 'interrogation' process, but some of the "funnis" wanted to skip this part and go straight to the 'result'.

……

Outside the execution ground, atop a towering clock tower, a strange man wearing a spiral mask and a black robe sat on the rubble.

He watched the farce unfold quietly, muttering:

"People love to see prostitutes die for their fidelity, politicians die for their dedication, righteous people die for their evil deeds, and villains die for their loyalty."

He watched as the guild leader rushed out from inside the Tower of Babel, clutching the will of the gods in his hand. His eyes, hidden beneath the hollow of his mask, narrowed, and he snapped his fingers lightly.

"Snapped!"

The midday sun seemed to distort and shift at this moment, as if veiled by a hazy gauze, elusive and hard to find.

"This world is a lie. The seemingly valiant heroes are actually cowardly and treacherous; the heroes who bring justice and hope commit unforgivable 'crimes'; the gendarmes who are supposed to be the masters of the people are merely the lackeys of nobles and gods; the so-called invincible 'fierce warriors (kings)' are actually losers who are pitied time and time again and barely survive. How ironic this is!"

No one could see the masked man's movements; he simply opened his arms, addressing the gods and the people, and proclaimed the truth:

"Let me show you fools what the world looks like through my eyes!"

……

On the execution platform.

Royman handed the document containing the divine will to Shakti.

"This is a divine will transmitted from the Divine Court. Please carry it out well."

Shakti opened the envelope.

On the parchment, the words that should have recorded the 'interrogation' of Gale were transformed into the divine will of 'immediate execution' under the interference of unusual magic!

It contains records.

[Execute the god-slayer immediately with the punishment of being pierced through the heart by ten thousand spears.]

Shakti's eyelids twitched upon seeing the divine will, and he looked up at the Tower of Babel in disbelief.

She couldn't understand why the gods were so heartless, nor could she understand why Lord Ganesha couldn't stop everything from happening.

She glanced at Jifeng with unbearable pain, closed her eyes, took a deep breath, silently raised her hand, then suddenly opened her eyes and swung her arm down, crying out in pain:

"Announcing the divine will: the outcome regarding the Godslayer, Gale..."

"Death penalty—the punishment of being shot ten thousand times through the heart—execute immediately!"

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone looked at Shakti, who had given the order. They knew that this represented the will of the gods.

However, the gods far above the divine court were equally shocked.

"Hey, hey, we didn't give such a divine order!"

"Is Royman insane? Has he altered our will?"

"No, something's fishy!"

"Stop the execution immediately!"

Chaos erupted among the gods.

"enough!"

At that moment, a voice completely interrupted the commotion.

Freya stood up, her gaze fixed on the silent, head bowed Njord. Her haughty lips moved, uttering what she called the truth:

"I was originally looking forward to seeing what kind of stupid tricks you could pull, but I didn't expect it to be such a farce."

“Nyod, you were the one who killed Rudra, weren’t you?”

"To cover up your smuggling dealings and erase your traces, you killed someone to silence them! Then you used Mayor Meilian to accuse Gale, and then you covered up the loophole of 'inability to lie,' and it's been going on until now."

"The evidence is the man-eating flower monster buried at the bottom of the harbor's coastline!"

The gods stared in astonishment at Njord, who remained silent.

Who would have thought that someone as seemingly upright and unassuming as Njord would betray the order?

Loki looked bewildered: "Hey, we trusted you so much, and this is how you repay us?"

“I’m sorry… I was just momentarily blinded by greed.” Njord readily admitted, “But, I really didn’t kill Rudra! The murderer is someone else!”

"what?!"

"Go stop the children... we have to stop them!" Loki seemed to realize her mistake and knew that there might be a more terrible conspiracy behind this. She turned to leave the Divine Society, but Freya stopped her.

"It's too late." Freya's expression was grave. "An uninvited guest has interfered with our trial."

"Below, there may be a true murderer capable of easily killing a god. If you rashly go down, all that awaits you is to be sent back."

Loki stopped in his tracks.

She stared anxiously at the Mirror of God in the center of the church.

She knew very well that if the Dark Faction had mastered the means to kill gods, and if she became their target, Finn and the others would instantly lose their power and die a gruesome death once she was sent back.

And right now, in the Mirror of God...

The group had prepared hundreds of javelins.

Shakti closed her eyes in anguish, obeying only Ganesha's will. As an enforcer of the law, she could not defy the will of the gods.

Even though she was extremely unwilling, she still turned her head with tears in her eyes and swung her arm down: "Execute them!"

The soldiers wearing elephant trunks looked at each other, but still followed divine will and threw their spears at the shackled Gale on the execution platform.

Ryu looked up at the countless spears raining down from the sky, gave a bitter smile, and a helpless thought flashed through his mind: "They really shouldn't even have a chance to defend themselves. This is the way of the gods..."

Her eyes were misty: "I'm sorry, Lady Astrea, it seems my journey of justice has come to an end."

The words fell...

"It's not time to give up yet! Divine Martial Struggle, Futsu-no-Mitama!"

A clear, childlike voice rang in Liu's ears.

A purple gravity magic circle opened up around Ryu.

Hundreds of javelins, upon touching the gravity field, all bent downwards at a ninety-degree angle and stuck in the ground a dozen meters away from Liu.

Liu turned around in astonishment and saw two little girls riding on a giant bear, rushing into the execution ground from the side.

"Miss Yamato, and Miss Haruhime..."

The giant bear smashed through the guards along the way, rampaging until it was stopped by a red-haired boxer.

"Stop fooling around, you little girls!" Boxer Ilta grabbed Pochi's beast claws with both hands, bent her knees in a lunge position, and was about to throw him away with force.

A massive blade of light, slicing through the ground, swept across from the side.

"Chaotic Purgatory!"

“Whoa—” Ilta exclaimed.

Aisha unleashed a magical slash, her body enveloped in a radiant light: "Your opponent is me!"

A year has passed, and with the help of Lily and the others, Aisha has accumulated enough experience to reach the level 2 limit.

She stood on nine halos of light, her body enveloped in the sublime light of her level-up. With a single swing of her sword, a crimson slash was so powerful that even the level 5 Ilta dared not take it head-on.

She leaped away, her blade slashing out to create a path, and Pochi sped along the path of the slash.

Seeing this, the other level 5 members of the Ganesha's Familia glanced at the silent Shakti and gathered from all sides of the meeting place toward the battlefield.

however……

"Where do you think you're going?" A black-haired cat-man, draped in a black veil, dressed in thief's attire, and standing on nine halos of light, brandished a dagger and charged in from the side.

"Your opponent is me!" A chestnut-haired human, also standing on nine halos of light and wearing two black gauntlets, descended from the sky.

The pitch-black shattering fist smashed a small crater in the ground, then stood up and beckoned to the leaping warrior with a finger: "Haven't stretched your shins in a while, let's have a good fight!"