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The last Time of Troubles was because the Dead Three had tried to seek the power of a god above gods and had stolen the Tablets of Fate. The enraged Ao had therefore swept all the gods to the Prime Material Plane, and they could only return after they had found the three Tablets of Fate.
A fierce battle had broken out between gods and gods, and between gods and mortals. Many gods had died in the battle, including the culprits, the Dead Three.
And the setting of Godhood was the second Time of Troubles. No one knew the cause of this one. It was only known that an extremely powerful energy storm had started from the origin of chaos and had swept through all the Outer Planes.
All the gods whose divine kingdoms were in those Outer Planes were, without exception, knocked down from them. The weak were the first to be unable to resist, while the powerful could hold on for a while longer.
In a divine kingdom, a god was equivalent to having endless divine power. Their death was infinitely close to zero. Therefore, even if they knew that if they descended too late, the other gods would have already recovered their strength, they were unwilling to leave their divine kingdoms. They all hoped to hold on to the end and to survive this inexplicable crisis.
But they were disappointed… In this age where the ancient gods were in a deep sleep and the great divine powers were withered, not a single great divine power could resist that power. Even the Lord of Light, who was regarded as the strongest banner of justice, could not resist this terrifying power.
Of course, even if the Lord of Light had no divine power, he was still powerful enough to make all the evil gods fear him. He was also regarded as one of the two major faiths of the paladins.
…
Shelley looked at the Shiallia before him and knew that from the moment she had descended, that storm had already begun to sweep through the entire Outer Planes.
“The multiverse is about to be in chaos…”
“These few years will be especially precious.”
Shaking his head to clear his mind, Shelley was already prepared to face this challenge. He stood up from the ground, bowed slightly to the still-sitting Shiallia, extended his right hand, and said firmly, “Before you recover your strength, I swear on my honor… I will guarantee your safety. Before I die, no outsider will harm you.”
“As for after you recover your strength, whether you choose to stay by my side or to meet up with your allies…”
“It’s all up to you. I will not stop you.”
“And what I can do is to guarantee your safety during this period of weakness.”
Pressing her lips together, Shiallia looked at Shelley’s outstretched right hand. She hesitated for a long time before she placed her slender hand on it…
“I hope you keep your promise…”
“I agree to your… ah!”
“What are you doing?”
Shiallia was pulled into Shelley’s arms and then directly tucked under his arm.
“Got you.”
!!!
“Didn’t you swear?”
Shiallia felt her strength rapidly disappearing. She had gradually become an ordinary person with a strong body.
Looking up at the grinning Shelley in panic, her heart was filled with despair… She could already imagine what kind of torture and humiliation she would face.
A man, what would he do to a goddess who had fallen to the mortal realm? The only thing that made her feel a little fortunate was Shelley’s appearance, which was very much in line with her aesthetic. It wasn’t like the previous Goddess of Trade, who had been captured by a demon lord…
“Don’t worry.”
“I won’t do anything to you.”
Shelley looked at the light in her eyes slowly disappearing, smiled, and after a long while, he slowly said, “Although I left a loophole when I made the vow…”
“No [outsider] will harm you. This outsider does not include me…”
“But I don’t plan to do anything to you.”
[At least not now.]
Aren’t you doing it right now?
Understanding the anger in Shiallia’s eyes, Shelley shook his head and gently combed her hair with his left hand.
“You’ll understand soon.”
…What?
Just as Shiallia was confused, she felt the divinity in her body return. But compared to before, this divinity would require her to spend some time to refine it.
“…What do you mean by this?”
And what happened to my divinity?
Gently putting her down, Shelley straightened the wrinkles on her dress and then explained, “I was worried that your divinity would have residual power from the Outer Planes, to reduce some unnecessary trouble for you.”
“Don’t worry. My divinity is much more than yours.”
Shelley, while experiencing the understanding of the power of nature in her divinity, sincerely invited the half-believing goddess, “Alright, let’s set off now.”
…
With the Goddess of New Shoots, who was full of suspicion, Shelley appeared beside Nadia.
“Nadia, this is the Goddess of New Shoots… hmm? What’s wrong?”
Shelley, who was just about to use a goddess to deal with a goddess, found that Nadia’s mood was not right. Her brow was furrowed tightly, as if she had something to say.
“Shelley, I…”
His peripheral vision glanced at Shiallia, and then he sent a message to Shelley, “I can’t feel the presence of many priests… are they?”
Normally, if a god could not feel the presence of a priest, there was only one possibility. That was that something had happened to the priest’s life. And when this kind of thing that would threaten the faith happened, it would also cause huge damage to the god.
Shaking his head slightly, Shelley reached out and held Nadia’s hand, letting her feel his warmth.
“Don’t worry. It’s not that something has happened to them.”
It’s that something has happened to the god… to be precise, the divine network that serves the god has a problem.
“If I’m not mistaken…”
Shelley’s expression was a little gloomy. He sighed and said, “Now, many priests will lose their connection with the gods…”
The gods have begun to fall. Chaos is about to descend…
At the beginning, it was just that ordinary priests could not contact the gods. Gradually, it was the bishops, and finally, even the God’s Chosen could not contact their gods. In the end, it was possible that even the chosen ones could not communicate with the gods.
This kind of unexpected feeling would not only make the priests feel abandoned, but the gods would also be confused.
Therefore, now, Nadia needed a little confidence.
Her palm gradually tightened on Shelley’s, and Shelley also understood her meaning…
Shelley wrapped his arm around Nadia’s waist, rested her head on his shoulder, and whispered in her ear, “Don’t worry. I’ve been prepared for a long time.”
Whether it’s now or in the future.
Shelley turned to the confused Shiallia and said, “Someone will arrange a room for you…”
Then he unhesitatingly carried Nadia and strode away… leaving Shiallia and the guard who was standing by to watch them go.
???
You’re just going to dismiss me like that? It’s daytime. Where are you going?
Shiallia blinked. She didn’t have much of a reaction to their plan of having sex in broad daylight. She had seen too much in her long life… this was nothing…
