Life has dealt a heavy hand to a weak demigod like me.

His gaze slowly wandered around.

The body of the sea goddess that was supposed to stand here, and her extraordinary characteristics have disappeared without a trace.

And there seemed to be something extra about him.

He walked silently in the Ocean Temple, and his footsteps left his mark on all the land of the Ocean Temple.

But still no inheritance belonging to the Ocean Goddess was found.

He placed his hand on his chest.

He vaguely felt that there was a special power there.

Once you meet certain conditions, this special power will become one with you.

By then he will gain power that is even more powerful than that of the goddess of the sea and the righteous gods.

Faced with this opportunity, he did not feel happy at all.

The Ocean Goddess has passed away...

Completely gone.

The Eternal Blazing Sun, the God of War and Glory, their divine bodies are still there, and they still have a chance to start over.

But the Ocean Goddess had entrusted everything to him. Even if he fell now, she would not come back.

"There's no need to be sad... This is her own choice." Charles said to himself.

But how is this possible?

Although he knew that death meant liberation for the goddess of the sea.

Although he knew that she had been looking forward to this day for a long time.

But even if he knew more, he still found it difficult to understand her choice.

Isn't it good to be alive?

Wouldn't it be nice to live like Diana?

Why would you make that choice for your own sake?

This time he might really be wrong.

If you enter there after becoming a true God.

Will the outcome of everything change?

"Another friend has left us." A familiar voice appeared beside Charles's ear. "But we should be happy for her."

"She has been looking forward to this day for a long time. She doesn't know if she can catch up with the others ahead of her now."

Ciel turned around and looked at Pandora who suddenly appeared.

His gaze was somewhat ferocious and terrifying, but Pandora showed no fear at all and just looked at him calmly.

"Is there anything you want to tell me?"

"Did you know what was going on inside before?" he asked in a low voice.

Pandora shook her head. "She can sense everything about me, but I can't sense everything about her."

"But I'm really happy for her ending."

"It's probably hard for you, less than a hundred years old, to understand me and our emotions."

"Death is but the beginning of another great adventure."

"That's a good thing you said."

Charles opened his mouth but in the end no words came out.

Things that he once took for granted now make him feel ashamed every time they are mentioned by others.

I really can't understand their thoughts.

This has nothing to do with age or experience.

It's just because I am essentially a bad person who is completely different from them.

They will plagiarize other people's achievements as a matter of course, and will shamelessly use these things to gain fame and fortune for themselves and feel complacent about it.

"Go back and have a good rest."

"If you're really annoyed, you can go to the Temple of War and fight that battle maniac."

After saying these words, Pandora turned around and prepared to leave.

But just as she was about to cross the door of the Ocean Temple, she stopped and said, "Perhaps you have doubts about yourself, but please don't doubt Nia's judgment."

"I don't really like that guy, but she's not wrong about him."

"Or maybe they won't make the mistake of judging people."

After saying these words, Pandora disappeared from Charles' sight.

Wouldn't they make the mistake of misjudging someone?

Charles smiled, then followed Pandora out of the Ocean Temple.

In a deserted place, he prepared the materials and began the ceremony to enter the Temple of War.

He felt that Pandora was right, and he really needed to fight hard now.

Or in other words, just "die" a few times properly, so that you can feel better.

In the arena of the Temple of War, the body of the God of War and Glory calmly watched Charles' arrival.

Although it was for the purpose of choosing an heir, he did not expel Charles, who had inherited the power of the Sea Goddess. Instead, he looked at Charles calmly as he had done countless times before.

Charles did not reach for the weapons around him, but rushed straight towards the God of War and Glory.

At this moment, before his eyes, the God of War and Glory was no longer his true god.

Instead, he merged with the sole creator of the dark side.

Even though he might get hurt and feel the breath of death, being able to hurt him with his fists even once would be something worth being happy about for Charles now.

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Chapter 413: The Faith of the God of War and Glory

Although the body of the God of War and Glory in the Temple of War is dead, it is not a consciousnessless existence.

Although it was not his own consciousness, he had injected some of his own beliefs into it.

Driven by this belief, he will slowly gather his strength, helping challengers to continuously improve their combat effectiveness layer by layer, and will also reward them according to their previous connection and performance in battle.

Just like Charles before, because of some things in the past, after defeating the divine body that was not infused with faith, he obtained some gold and silver tableware that he had stolen from the Church of War and Glory a long time ago.

For others, such a reward is not attractive at all, but for Charles, such a reward is the best reward.

For a long time after that, Charles would come here whenever he had time, on the one hand to hone his strength, and on the other hand with the idea of ​​inheriting the power of the God of War and Glory.

On the other hand, he also thought that even if he could not defeat his divine body standing in the Temple of War, he could still get some precious things after defeating him a few times.

It was just that perhaps it was because of their different mindsets, but in many previous encounters, Charles was defeated without exception by the God of War and Glory, who had been infused with a little bit of faith.

But today.

Driven by hatred.

Out of hatred for his own weakness.

Charles slowly squeezed out the most powerful strength in himself.

Although his body was once again infected with his own blood, the God of War and Glory also had a lot of his own blood on his body.

The belief in protecting everything collides with Charles's belief in defeating everything.

Charles's faith is shattered at the slightest touch, but it will reassemble itself after being shattered.

He could not forgive his own behavior, nor could he face himself in that state.

The only way to dispel the guilt in my heart is to keep fighting.

Slowly, the movements of the God of War and Glory's body slowed down.

Generally speaking, in the Temple of War God, only when the person undergoing the test stops moving, the body of the God of War and Glory will also stop moving.

But now, he stopped his actions before Charles, and looked at Charles calmly with his eyes.

“Hatred can give people strong motivation, but it can also easily drag them into bottomless darkness.”

"In every fight, I hope to see the challenger's own beliefs."

"But the only thing I don't want to see is a challenger harboring a desire for revenge and choosing to stake everything on the path of revenge."

"This belief is powerful, but those who persist in it will either succeed in revenge and ultimately lose the strength to swing their fists, or they will fail to achieve revenge, constantly craving for power and ultimately fall into darkness."

"What kind of person do you think you'll eventually become?"

Facing Charles, who was panting and clenching the spear in his hand, the God of War and Glory asked calmly.

Charles said nothing, but just stared blankly at the God of War and Glory, whose eyes suddenly became full of life.

“I hope I can be the former.”

"If I can shatter the darkness that lingers before my eyes and the hatred that lingers in my heart, it will be worth it even if I can't throw a punch again."

This is probably the best outcome for the belief in revenge.

The same is true for this world.

If Ciel truly gained the power to defeat the sole creator of the dark side, then even losing the will to fight would be nothing to him.

Because at that time, he no longer needed to fight.

"Then now, treat me as the object of your hatred." The form of the God of War and Glory slowly changed.

At this moment, in Charles' eyes, he seemed like the only creator.

"My existence is not to make you forget your hatred. I just want you to understand who your hatred should be directed at."

"Fighting is a good outlet."

"Being here, facing myself like this, is a good time to vent the darkness in my heart."

"But at the same time, this is also evidence of a lapse in your heart."

"Today, you may point your fists at me and pour out your hatred on me, but tomorrow you may do something even more extreme to others, or even hurt the important people around you."

"In the next battle, I hope you won't just be venting your anger. Instead, you should think carefully about why you're fighting."

As soon as he finished speaking, his fist appeared in Ciel's abdomen.

In an instant, Charles' body was knocked to the edge of the arena.

At this time, his behavior pattern completely changed.

Even if Charles lost his will to fight and did not initiate the attack, he would still wave his fists expressionlessly to force Charles to fight.

The God of War and Glory does not favor beliefs filled with hatred.

But he never persuades others to let go of hatred.

Because the idea of ​​persuading others to let go of hatred is essentially nothing more than empty talk from someone who has never experienced pain.

It has no effect other than igniting a greater fire in people's hearts.

But he didn't do nothing.

When faced with such a person, he would choose to shatter the other person's beliefs and then reshape them, allowing them to find what they should truly stick to in their hearts.

Hatred is temporary.

The same is true for beliefs born solely out of hatred.

Although it looks powerful, it is actually as weak as paper.

Such beliefs can easily lead to being blinded by anger when facing the enemy, which will not only fail to achieve revenge, but may also lead to tragedy in the end.

The person in front of him is the one who is most likely to inherit his power, and is also his descendant who was once taught by the Five Gods.

That's why his remaining beliefs were slowly reorganized and he said so many words to Charles.