A crossover anime! The life of a hero!

Because this world is divided into two kinds of gods: the god of faith and the god of nature.

The former, as the name suggests, refers to deities born from the collective beliefs of humankind. However, because such deities are limited by human influence, the divine power they can exert varies greatly.

The tall ones can move mountains and fill seas, while the short ones struggle to even uproot a single tree.

As for the latter, they are protectors nurtured by the planet itself. Their status is somewhat like Godzilla, which is used to eliminate tumors within itself and to repel alien creatures that invade the planet and cause great damage. Normally, they stay in their respective areas and sleep.

Therefore, the current situation can be described as a once-in-a-millennium event!

Furthermore, the allocation of divine duties for nature gods is different from that for gods of faith. Gods of faith are those who believe in you as a god, and you become that god. Of course, you don't necessarily have to be a human. In fact, any large-scale intelligent group can give rise to some gods of faith.

Nature gods are assigned based on the elements that appear on this planet. Elements with roughly similar attributes are grouped together to form a divine office, and this divine office will gradually give birth to a nature god.

Since nature gods are based on elements on Earth, they are not associated with extraterrestrial deities such as moon gods or sun gods. Therefore, the sun and moon are only found among religious deities.

As for combat power, it depends on the number of people who believe in you. If the number of people who believe in you exceeds the total area of ​​this element covered by nature, then you will win, and otherwise you will lose.

But whether one believes in a god or a nature god, one's own power is actually linked to something.

Belief in God is linked to people, while the concept of a nature god is linked to the world.

Therefore, killing a god in this world is both simple and difficult. It's simple because if you kill everyone who knows about this god, the god will naturally perish. It's difficult because that's also the point.

Since the exact number of followers of the opposing side is unknown, how could they possibly wipe them all out? Minor gods might be able to, but major gods absolutely could not! Which god would allow the other side to kill its followers?

The same applies to nature gods. If you could eliminate the attributes on this planet that are related to the other party's divine status, would you still need this method? You could just crush them with force!

Therefore, it is basically impossible to kill these powerful gods by despicable means unless the difference in strength is really huge.

And if you manage to kill them by force, don't be too happy, because they will all come back to life!

A god of faith will be reborn as long as many people remember him, and a god of nature will also not die as long as the attributes associated with him and the world remain intact.

Furthermore, the biggest difference between nature gods and religious gods is that when a nature god dies, it causes a drastic change in the climate of the entire planet.

To give a simple example, places that used to rain frequently will suddenly stop getting rain, while places that don't get rain will continue to do so until nature gradually recovers. The longer the recovery process takes, the more normal the climate will become.

Therefore, one cannot kill such a naturally born divine beast as Bishamon. Killing it would bring disaster to the entire planet, and countless people would die! Moreover, even if one wanted to kill such a being, one would be powerless to do so, because one is at a disadvantage in terms of combat power.

Therefore, the upcoming battle will be very passive for her and the other gods beside her, and they will have to call for reinforcements, otherwise they will not be able to withstand the enemy's attack.

It can be said that the current situation is not only about the self-preservation of the people of this country, but also another clash between humans and nature!

"Firefly---------"

Sensing something trying to stop it from finding its source of power, Qingfeng cried out to the world once more.

Then the wind around it began to gather, from the ethereal to the real! The previously erratic tornado transformed into a giant, spiraling blade the size of a typhoon, spinning continuously!

And because it spins so fast, it appears to the average person that there is no spinning at all!

However, if you observe carefully, you will find that the debris that was pulled in turned into powder and disappeared inside, rather than swirling around it in chunks. Therefore, it is clear that this thing was not stationary in their eyes.

It's just that the rotation speed is too fast for them to feel!

Chapter 130 Return

Meanwhile, Hoshino Gokawa, who was also watching the situation, felt that he had to give those monsters a little push, because if they were allowed to cross this last stretch of road on their own, the people at the port might all die.

Although he had never witnessed the battle between the local gods, Hoshino Gokawa could tell from the sum of their combined energy that one of them had a better chance of winning; they weren't even in the same league!

One is a kettle, and the other is a water tank.

How can you compare them? There's no comparison at all!

Therefore, to prevent the situation from getting worse, Hoshino Gokawa directly connected their space with the space of the forest near the port.

And then the next moment-----------------------------

"Um?!"

Unaware of what had happened, Zeng Wu and the demons escorting the large green rock were stunned by the sight before them the moment they came to their senses.

A giant spiral blade connecting heaven and earth relentlessly approached them, crushing anything caught in its grasp into dust.

And that's not all! Looking up, they also saw a deity standing on the clouds at the other end!

And without a doubt, those were all extremely powerful deities residing in Takamagahara! Because only the deities of Takamagahara could float so dazzlingly in the sky!

Of course, that's not the point! The point is that they are now attacking that spinning, spiraling giant blade in all sorts of ways that seem incredibly outrageous to them!

What they didn't expect was that the attack, which they thought was already out of reach, didn't cause them any real damage. In other words, it was their local god who was currently at a disadvantage.

This outcome is not good for the monsters who live here, because if they were to break into the interior, everything here would likely be devastated.

Meanwhile, some government officials who suddenly noticed the extra group of monsters were unconsciously drawn to the enormous gem they were carrying behind them.

And in the instant they were drawn in, the giant spiral blade that had been there suddenly vanished! Along with it, the raging wind that had surrounded them also disappeared, truly living up to the unpredictable nature of the wind, turning from a raging storm one second to a gentle breeze the next.

"!!!!!!"

Those who saw its true form as a natural disaster were stunned, because they never expected that the typhoon's true form would be such a huge phoenix.

As for why they don't know?

That's because they weren't the main fighting force, so much information wasn't actually revealed to them by their superiors. In other words, they were seen as expendable by their superiors. Besides, as soldiers, they only needed to follow orders, so why should they know so much?

Unlike their astonished expressions, the great gods of Takamagahara instantly understood the nature of the gems these monsters were carrying: they were of the same origin as the divine beasts born from nature before them.

Therefore, they roughly figured out the cause of this matter: the gem had somehow ended up here, and unexpectedly, it had attracted its owner as well.

"Firefly---------"

Upon seeing the gemstone, Qingfeng couldn't help but cry out again, and you could easily sense the longing in its voice.

"!!!"

Meanwhile, the monsters who also witnessed the typhoon's true form were dumbfounded, as its size completely exceeded their expectations; it was even smaller than some small mountains.

However, they quickly suppressed their surprise, because they had more important things to do next: to return the stone to Kotoko Iwanaga as instructed, and to spread her name.

"My lord! We are here to return this item to you at the behest of the god of wisdom! Please accept it and do not let your anger be directed at other innocent lives!"

As they have focused all their skills on combat, they would never say such a thing. The reason they were able to say such a thing was entirely due to Kotoko Iwanaga's prior instruction.

"Firefly---------"

As if it understood their words, Qingfeng cried out once again.

Then, with a gust of wind, a blue tornado suddenly rose from under the gem they were carrying, lifting it to the top of their heads, and then slowly pressed it down to overlap with the gem.

The moment they overlapped, the gemstone miraculously disappeared, as if the depression had never existed in the first place.

The powerful beings who had been watching all this from the beginning did not intervene to stop the gem from returning to the other party's body, because in their view, returning the item and acting as if nothing had happened was the best outcome.

"Firefly---------"

Then, accompanied by a cry, the Azure Phoenix flapped its wings and created some swift and violent wind blades, much smaller than before, before flying off into the distance. It seemed as if it had just learned about many things that had happened through that stone; otherwise, why would the Azure Phoenix do something so inexplicable?

"..."

As for the departure of these wind blades, the various gods seemed to understand what would happen next, but that wasn't their focus. Their focus was on sending people to investigate after this incident and, incidentally, to find out who the God of Wisdom was.

After all, if it weren't for the other party, this matter probably wouldn't have ended so easily, and they might have even died once.

As for Qingfeng, after doing all that, she turned and left without pausing at all. It seemed she was going back to sleep.

And it was after the other party left that the celestial phenomena of the entire island nation gradually returned to normal and stopped behaving erratically.

"call……"

Meanwhile, Jinguji Ayame, who was also watching the matter come to an end, couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. It was only then that she realized that her clothes were partially soaked with sweat from tension. In a sense, this image of a wet and mature woman was actually quite alluring.

Unfortunately, everyone here is currently focused on this kind of thing, since there's still a lot of finishing work to be done.

Of course, she wouldn't forget to send people to investigate the matter of the God of Wisdom, since she had heard what those monsters had just shouted.

The monsters who had completed Kotoko Iwanaga's orders dared not linger and hurriedly ran back to report to her, since several powerful gods were watching them from the heavens.

Chapter 131 New Year

Then, in the blink of an eye, it was the first day of the new year.

To be honest, Hoshino Gokawa didn't know how the people in this country calculated things; they actually included January 1st to January 3rd in the New Year.

Of course, that's not the point. The point is that because of the massive blizzard a while ago, the family didn't get to celebrate Christmas this year. Hoshino Gokawa's parents wanted to make up for it, so they made this New Year's celebration more lively than usual. Hoshino Gokawa was also dragged out early in the morning to help with the New Year's shopping.

When they got home, it was almost 1 p.m. But finishing shopping didn't mean Hoshino and Gokawa could rest. After all, it was New Year's Day, so they naturally had to cook the dishes that are eaten during the New Year.

So, after returning home and resting for a short while, Hoshino, Gokawa, and the other two got busy again. They first laid out the raw materials on the table and then decided which to make first, based on the characteristics of the dishes: cold or hot.

"Chop! Chop! Chop!"

Standing in front of the cutting board, Hoshino Satoru wielded his cleaver with incredible speed, and in no time he had finished slicing the tuna his father had bought at a high price. Some slices were as thin as cicada wings, while others were cut into pieces for making sushi. Regardless of the method, it all demonstrated his exceptional knife skills.

Even Hoshino Sakurako, who often cooks, didn't realize when her son had chopped it. Of course, she wasn't too surprised, since they knew her son was a little superman.

"If you had skills like that at Totsuki Academy, you might even be one of the Elite Ten."

Despite being the pillar of the family, Hoshino Natsuhiko couldn't offer much help at this moment, only able to assist the mother and son with simple tasks. That's why he couldn't help but tease his son a few times.

"Maybe, but I don't want to. Cooking is just a hobby for me; I don't want to turn it into my profession."

There's no way Hoshino Gokawa would become a chef. If he did, what would he do with all his strength? He'd be limiting himself to one place and killing himself.

"Really...haha..."

Hearing his son say that, Hoshino Natsuhiko couldn't help but smile. Perhaps because they were talking about future careers, he then asked Hoshino Satoru about his future plans. After all, it's the new year, and everyone should have something to look forward to.

"Since you don't want to be a chef in the future, what do you want to do? Do you want to become a comic book editor like me?"

If his son also likes this profession, Hoshino Natsuhiko would wholeheartedly support him in pursuing it.

Unfortunately, Hoshino Gokawa's answer was destined to surprise both of them.

"I……"

Although there is still a long time, I can continue to keep it a secret until high school and then tell them my thoughts.

But what to say...

If Hoshino Satoru suddenly told them about his decision to become a traveler, he was sure his parents would be completely taken aback, because their understanding of the world was still at a normal level.

After all, being a traveler is different from other professions. Travelers wander all over the world and have no idea when they'll be home. And realistically speaking, this profession doesn't provide any income!

Although Hoshino Gogawa's parents' assets were destined to be left to him, as long as he didn't squander them, he could basically live a middle-class life on that money.

But the problem lies at the societal level! You must understand that Japan is an extremely xenophobic country! If you don't engage with society for a while, you'll find that you seem to have nowhere to stand!

Moreover, Hoshino Satoru's relatives are all wealthy and influential people. If he just abandons society and runs off to other places, how will those relatives look at Hoshino Satoru's parents then?

Therefore, this matter is quite divisive, with one side being ordinariness and family affection, and the other side being adventure and passion. Hoshino Gokawa is destined to have to give up one of them.

Judging from the current situation, he is likely to put aside his ordinariness and family ties. After all, he is not only young but also possesses unparalleled strength. How could he possibly want to stay in a small place and not go out and explore?

Just like the heroes in some martial arts TV dramas and novels I watched in my past life, you should go out and explore the world when you are young and see the unimaginable world. Of course, the world here should more accurately be the universe.

If Hoshino Gogawa had waited until his parents died before venturing out, he probably wouldn't have been in the mood anymore. After all, Hoshino Gogawa couldn't guarantee that this yearning for new horizons would stay with him for the rest of his life.

It is important to know that time can wear down 99% of the things in the world, and the human heart is no exception. Moreover, Hoshino Gokawa does not yet have the mindset of becoming an immortal being.

Therefore, even if it would surprise and puzzle his parents, Hoshino Gokawa had to tell them about his future plans, and telling them about his future plans in advance would also give them time to prepare.

"I don't plan to go to any higher education level after high school."

"!!!!!!"

Sure enough, the moment Hoshino Gogawa said those words, his father looked at him with a very surprised expression, and his mother, who had also heard those words, couldn't help but stop what she was doing.

Can you tell me a reason?

Hoshino Natsuhiko, who pulled out a chair next to him to invite his son to sit down, did not immediately criticize his son for his idea being wrong. Instead, he first asked the other son why he had such an idea.

"Dad, Mom, you know I'm extraordinary, but you've underestimated my abilities, or rather, you've underestimated what I can do."

Knowing that his parents were aware of his special abilities, Hoshino Gokawa decided to lay his cards on the table and let them have a general idea of ​​his capabilities. In other words, he wanted to change Hoshino Natsuhiko and Hoshino Sakura's values, at least to stop them from seeing things from an ordinary person's perspective.

Because the world is not peaceful. The current peace is only maintained by the ability of all parties. When it becomes unsustainable, you will find that the world seems no different from the past.

It's similar to this saying: the world is never at peace; only your country is at peace.

So after Hoshino Gokawa said that, Hoshino Natsuhiko and Hoshino Sakurako saw it! They saw a rather exaggerated scene!

Even though there was nothing in mid-air at that moment, countless cracks began to appear in their field of vision.