Magic, Evil Gods, and the Fourth Calamity

【Wheel of Life】conjured a tea set and poured a cup of tea for himself and Ai.

"And I guess, in your heart, the answer is 'yes,' right? After all, you are His successor, so you naturally know that place exists."

The information contained in this answer was somewhat unexpected by Ai.

The successor, whose successor?

That place, what place?

Ai's thoughts raced, and she tentatively asked, "The [Holy Throne of Light] is not a being of this world?"

"I don't really know the answer to that either, but as His successor, the fact that you've asked this question shows that you already have the answer in your heart, doesn't it?"

A strange fragrance lingered, carrying with it a hint of melancholy and depression.

Ai almost choked on the tea, but fortunately, she no longer had such a basic physiological reaction.

No, big sister, I have an answer!

I just wanted to use this question to test which side you're on and which side you're trying to show goodwill towards.

Yes, now I know which side you're on, but the problem has become more complicated!

Even the Holy Throne of Light isn't from this world. Does the world of Errol still have native inhabitants?

Ai couldn't help but complain, but couldn't help but wonder where the [Holy Throne of Light] was from.

Is it like the "Gluttonous Dragon" that comes from outside the world, or like myself and the ruler of time and space, that comes from Earth?

Ai ultimately failed to obtain any further information from the Wheel of Life.

However, the Wheel of Life extended a cooperation invitation to Ai.

"Cooperation? Why?"

"To save ourselves!"

The answer from [Wheel of Life] left Ai quite taken aback, and she also learned from the other party that [Hall of War]'s statement was absolutely correct.

At this stage, the "Wheel of Life" is truly struggling to survive!

Ants are a golden race, but compared to humans, orcs, elves, mermaids, dwarves, and shadow races, they are a complete anomaly.

He is also the only "Ancient God" among these guys who can survive without relying on faith points.

The ant tribe does not have the form of the aforementioned races, and even the existence of the race itself is completely different.

Races such as humans and orcs have an individual as their smallest conscious being, and each individual has an organ called the brain that provides basic intelligence.

But the ant tribe is different. The smallest consciousness of the ant tribe is the cluster. Each ant colony shares a main consciousness, and the queen of the cluster acts as the "master brain".

When the entire ant colony, with the queen as its core, merges into a single life form with the help of magic, it signifies the birth of a true ant colony, which is also the emergence of the most basic unit of the ant colony.

Since the minimum strength of this shared life form is the Gold level, the ant tribe is also classified as a Gold life form.

If it were in the past, when the total amount of magic was abundant and golden beings were everywhere.

Although the "birth" of the ant tribe is quite demanding, the "birth" of the ant tribe will always happen.

However, the world is now closed off, and the total amount of magic power in the world has decreased due to the self-repair of the world of Errol.

The golden level is difficult to appear, and the ant tribe, which is a "golden life", not only cannot produce new members, but even the existing members cannot maintain their existence.

The Elven race only numbers around 100,000 at this time because of their difficulty in reproduction.

The ant tribe, which is already struggling to survive, is now on the verge of extinction.

Currently, the entire ant tribe only has 9 members.

Nine legends—these are the current members of the ant colony. Once they pass away, the ant colony will exit the stage of Errol's history.

As an ancient god, the Wheel of Life will not perish due to the loss of faith. However, having lost its own followers, even if it is still worshipped by other races in this world, it will be banished by the will of the world.

This exile is not the rejection we see today, but a complete severing of the connection between the God of Life and this world.

At that time, the Wheel of Life will only have two paths.

They may voluntarily accept their fate of exile and vanish into the void, or fall into chaos and become evil gods who contend with the world.

After hearing the brief description of the "Wheel of Life," Ai was greatly shocked, never imagining that such a setting existed in this world.

He couldn't help but ask, "So, if I were to exterminate all the orcs in the world, the entire pantheon of war would be banished from the world, and might even become evil gods?"

"That's right, except for those who betrayed their original race and joined the God of War pantheon."

Ai fell silent for a long while before looking at the [Wheel of Life]: "Then there's no point in you seeking cooperation with me!"

"It has meaning."

The Wheel of Life opened its mouth and emitted a melodious, gentle voice, "Life will always find its own way, and my way is to make the ant tribe become human!"

【Wheel of Life】I'm completely baffled by Ai Yi. To be honest, he doesn't understand what she's talking about.

If he understands correctly, ant tribes are swarming life forms; an ant tribe is actually composed of tens of thousands of "ants"!

Currently, due to the magic problem, the life level of the "ant" colony cannot be raised, preventing the birth of new ant tribes.

Once all the ants die at this stage, the Wheel of Life will be swept away by the world's will.

The solution of the "Wheel of Life" for this situation is... to make the ant tribe become human...

What a fuss!

Seeing that Ai seemed somewhat confused, the Wheel of Life slowly explained: "Humans are different from other races. They are the only race that does not need to rely on magic to exist, yet is recognized by the will of the world."

In other words, the existence of humans does not require the existence of magic. Although the nine legendary ant ants are individually powerful, their strength is evenly distributed among each individual ant in the colony, making the strength of each individual ant extremely weak.

Due to their species, the existence of individual 'ants' is extremely unique.

A collective life form that is powerful will be recognized by the world's will, but when it exists alone, it is extremely weak and will not be recognized by the world's will.

Therefore, what I want to do is to enable the weak 'ants' to be recognized by the world's will, to make individual ants become 'ant colonies' and individual 'ants'.

And becoming a human-like individual is the ultimate goal of the individual 'ant'!

【Wheel of Life】 rattled off a bunch of things, and Ai vaguely understood that the other party wanted to evolve individual 'ants' into humans.

Considering that the other party held the power over "life," he felt that this kind of thing probably wouldn't be difficult for them—if life in this world also had the rule of evolution.

Seeing that the other party was getting straight to the point, Ai also decisively cut to the chase.

"So, what do you need me to provide? And what can you offer me in return?"

"I need you to embody the concept of 'humanity'! And I... am willing to become your servant!"

Ai tilted her head: "???"