Simulate the universe, starting with speedrunning Greek.

Is it simply for the purpose of playing tricks on or mocking humans?

So cruel—! So chilling—! A shocking, unbelievable, and terrifying truth!

Subsequently—as more and more scenes unfolded, the only constant was the same figure appearing behind almost every single scene.

Like a mastermind behind the scenes!

Centuries ago, 'He' instructed Freya, the goddess of love and beauty, to use her powers to bewitch the King of Norway and King Haugir of Denmark, making them both fall in love with the same woman.

The kings of two once-friendly nations now wage a bloody war. (Cupid has fallen for the night, and the tempter has been replaced by another ordinary woman.)

Only after the kingdom was destroyed did the Norwegian king regain his senses, shedding tears of shame and regret as he wailed in despair on the rain-soaked battlefield.

Even after escaping that battlefield, every day and night tormented by guilt, I still suffered from insomnia, loss of appetite, haggardness, and exhaustion.

Ultimately, he passed on the armlet that symbolized the Rhine gold to the descendants of his enemy.

Decades later, in the Gothic kingdom, the Valkyrie Brunhilde favored the young warrior Agnar and did not grant the victory to the old Shiamgonna, who was blessed by the great god, as 'Heaven's' wish. In the end, he was stripped of his divine status and imprisoned forever in the inaccessible demonic realm—the Temple of Flame on the high mountain.

Over the centuries, wars like this—deliberately provoked and with a predetermined victor—have been repeated countless times.

Frey, the god of agriculture, once possessed an ancient divine tool, a millstone powerful enough to grind out countless riches in the world.

Its birth is said to predate the gods by tens of thousands of years. Once upon a time, the banshees used this millstone to grind out everything in Niflheim, the "Land of Mist," before the beginning of creation, and to grind out everything in Muspelheim, the "Land of Flames."

In that chaotic world, before the world was divided, the world of ice and fire was created. They were punished by the gods and buried underground along with the millstone. Later, they were dug up by the black dwarf and offered to Frey.

The banshees, who hate Frey for making them work endlessly, sing of their revenge!

'Frey made us grind out everything that humanity should have, and now we've ground out all the good things. He still wants us to grind, so we grind out things that humanity shouldn't have. We grind out all the bad things.'

'We will grind until we produce people who topple the statue of Freya! We will grind until we produce wars that flow like rivers of blood! We will grind until we produce extravagance and debauchery! We will grind until we produce fratricide! We will grind until we produce famine! ...—'

Before the sirens could finish their song, they angered Frey, and the blows Frey delivered caused the millstone to fall into the sea.

Then the accompanying female demons followed closely behind.

The stone mill was eventually found by the pirates, but it was tricked by 'He', who led the pirates to unleash their desires and commanded the banshees to grind up countless disasters to satisfy their selfish desires.

Not for any reason…! Simply because he needs humanity to suffer greatly, needs humanity to be constantly embroiled in struggle, so that more and stronger wars and more and stronger heroes can be generated! To fill his temples!

And 'He' is no one, it is...!!!

Boom~! !

The King of Gods—Odin…! People uttered that name in their hearts in a hoarse voice.

It turned out to be Odin, the king of the gods. In those scenes, the true identity of the mastermind behind the scenes was finally revealed.

It exploded—! The princes' heads felt like they were about to explode, and their hair stood on end in utter horror.

My consciousness was instantly enveloped by immense fear.

How could it be him?

At first, when 'He' acted, He was shrouded in a black robe, majestic and powerful. People only knew that He was a powerful god, but dared not speculate on His true identity.

Until finally seeing that iconic one-eyed figure, and the scene that revealed his identity.

At this moment, an endless, boundless tremor swept over the princes and ministers.

Repeating the same question to myself, again and again—how could it be—that person?!

Great, wise, noble—the most supreme and powerful god among gods, the king of kings, the king of all gods—Odin!

That is an absolutely irresistible and powerful existence for humanity.

It is the eternal, unreachable dividing line at the edge of the sea and sky!

But it is he who is pushing humanity into the abyss with his own hands!

When people 'saw'... the one-eyed god-king sitting high in the clouds, always coldly looking down on everything, enjoying the apocalyptic scenes he had orchestrated.

At one moment, people seemed to hear the cold, murmuring voice of the god-king—'All sacrifices are worthwhile, built upon the path to future continuity, for the inevitable Ragnarok!'

Constantly creating battlefields and reaping the souls of human heroes, he dispatched Valkyries to collect the spirits of warriors who excelled on the battlefield into his Valhalla Temple of Heroes.

They then trained day and night, preparing for the final battle that was about to begin!

Odin, the great god—the king of the gods of this world, and the ancient god of wisdom—had seen such a 'prophecy'!

The world will eventually meet its twilight after a grand war. Everything will vanish at the end of time, under the cosmic twilight—a prospect even the gods cannot resist.

This is—the final trial of the gods!

This is humanity's ultimate trial!

This is the world's final trial!

If we cannot overcome that future, the world will eventually perish along with that terrible war.

but……

but--?!

'Is this directly related to human suffering?' After witnessing countless horrific scenes.

I witnessed people exchanging children to eat, I witnessed brothers killing each other, I witnessed friends turning against each other, I witnessed that war brings only pain, numbness and despair to mankind.

All of this was originally thought to be the result of humanity paying the price for its own selfish desires, and suffering the many evil consequences it brought upon itself.

When humanity realizes that there is actually a common force behind everything.

What were your feelings and emotions at that moment?

It's like—an excuse that you could never find before, a negative emotion that you couldn't find before, suddenly has an outlet.

These people suddenly discovered a perfect reason or excuse—the cause of human war was not themselves, but rather…

But, but, that's a god!

God of gods—Odin, the omnipotent god of wisdom!

People's hearts pounded. Could it be that 'God' was wrong? How insane, how... audacious!

Chapter 201 When Gods have humanity and selfish desires, human doubts become uncontrollable!

To deny God as a human being—!

If anyone in the past dared to utter such rebellious words...

In a world where gods truly exist, people would definitely think that guy's insane—!

But when they realize that the gods are not friendly to humans, and are even too cruel, harsh, and can be said to be malicious.

Even if they indiscriminately use everything in the world as a tool, this disregard for life is itself the greatest hostility towards humanity.

No one can accept that their life will be so easily taken away by others, or that their life will be a pre-arranged tragedy.

If, when disaster strikes, the God they should be hoping for to save them is actually the mastermind behind the disaster?

So—'Can you still hold on?'

Ask yourself honestly, even if you know that the gods are preparing for an indescribable great crisis that will eventually come.

Even so, it is still unacceptable to humans.

Or rather—for humankind, whose lifespan is a mere hundred years, the crisis lies in the more distant and unseen future.

What they witnessed was a brutal and devastating blow to humanity, personally unleashed by the God-King!

Why? Why should they pay for a future they can't even see? Resentment—a deep resentment—is driving that wildly beating heart!

It stimulates the quiet birth of those rebellious ideas.

Even—for some selfish people—it is inevitable that they will develop obsessive thoughts at this time.

I understand now… I finally understand—! This is the fault of the gods! The fault of the world!

They suddenly realized something.

"Why—why was the world destined for destruction from the very beginning?"

"This can't be right. Nobody's the problem. If anyone is—the world itself must be the problem!!"

Crazy thoughts kept growing in their minds! They kept murmuring incoherent thoughts in their hearts!

When a madman shirks responsibility, this is how he does it—human beings are just that unreasonable.

When you truly threaten their lives, they will no longer revere you, but will only want to kick you, this high and mighty god, off your throne, stomp on you a few times, and then sit on it themselves.

Suddenly realizing the immense crisis facing them, people were overwhelmed with fear.

They considered shouting insults, but were afraid of immediate retaliation.

But if you want to continue pretending you know nothing, go back to living your life properly.

How can it be? !

Humans aren't mindless animals. Now that they know the truth, how could they pretend they know nothing and continue to live normal lives?

They will only become more and more anxious! Countless days and nights, they cursed their own weakness and sorrow, cursing why they had to endure such unfair and cruel treatment, and finally—subconsciously grasped at the only straw that could save them.

Goddess—! That's right, a goddess!!!

Only the goddess—generous and selfless, spreading love—stood alone on the side opposing the gods.

They finally understood why the goddess had descended. They also understood that—in these scenes of despair—not all gods had abandoned humanity; some still harbored goodwill towards humankind.

Just like the Valkyrie Brunhilde, who was heartbroken and unable to bear the injustices inflicted on humanity, as seen in that scene.

And now, the moon goddess has also launched a rebellion against the cruel dictator and tyrannical god-king Odin!

Just as Brunhilde defied Odin's command for the sake of justice in her heart, the loving moon goddess Artemis descended to earth so that humanity would no longer be like pitiful creatures, wantonly manipulated and exploited without their knowledge.

She wants to give humanity hope, to safeguard the normal order of the human world, and to build the first and last line of defense for this human world that has no 'protection' whatsoever against the gods.

And this barrier—is the entire 'Sanctuary' itself!!!

...! ! !

...—！！！！！…………！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！

Was the birth of the 'Sanctuary' really due to such an important mission and such profound significance?

In that instant, all the discontent seemed to vanish from people's hearts.

After figuring everything out... at this moment they seemed to understand why the guard soldier named 'Lejin' would unconsciously speak of the goddess with a tone of heartfelt reverence.