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Chapter 283 Chapter 280 Two We Are Just Humans!

After the sea of ​​fire, thousands of trees slowly descended, and the strong smell of ashes wafted in the air. Tens of thousands of residents in the royal city knelt on the ground. They went crazy and kissed the trees that protected them. They knelt and prayed, thanking the forest god Lipa for his blessing mercy.

Lipa stood on the giant tree, holding the spirit deer, looking at the palace in the distance.

The palace is located on a very high ground, and it is also the place closest to the sea of ​​flames in the entire palace. The originally magnificent palace walls cracked in the scorching flames and melted into sticky balls. The nobles and ministers in the palace hugged each other out of panic.

And King Seleus on the throne trembled unbearably.

"How difficult it is for mortals to recognize themselves..."

Lipa said with a sneer.

Eager to touch the unattainable power of mortals, eager to gain the glory admired by all people, and even eager to replace the position of gods... Mortals always have many fantasies, and their limited vision often makes them forget the awe they should have.

Only when disaster strikes do they realize that they regret it, and because of it, their temperaments change drastically, making them completely different from before.

Lipa has no intention of punishing Seleus on the throne. For the immortal gods, kingship always changes from generation to generation, just like the growth and decline of leaves. Those wearing crowns kneel down to worship.

Compared with the king who hoped for eternal life, Lipa cared more about the witch of unknown origin.

In that contact a few years ago, she once mentioned a word in front of herself - "law".

"The law..."

At that time, the witch used the broken horns of the spirit deer to lead herself into the dense forest. Apart from conspiring to stop the Vulcan, the witch also mentioned the god she served.

"What is the law...?"

There were endless doubts in Lipa's heart, but no one could answer him.

"Lord...which god will be called Lord?"

This rare title slightly touched Lipa's dusty memories, but thousands of years were enough to make the memories accumulate like a mountain of dust.

Lipa always felt as if he had heard it somewhere, but it was hard to remember.

"However, let's go back to the kingdom of the gods first, and go to the Golden Palace to deal with Vulcan's affairs."

While talking to himself, the forest god turned around and led the spirit deer into the canopy of the tree, where his figure disappeared.

In the royal city, tens of thousands of mortals are still praying on their knees, praising the greatness of the forest god. No one knows who is really saving them.

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King Seleus rose from his throne, and he came down in a trance.

The scepter in his hand trembled, and the crown on his head was crooked. This king looked much older than ordinary people.

The once-vibrant red hair is now lifeless, stiff and oily.

The nobles and ministers hadn't recovered from the chaos, and the floor under their feet was scorchingly hot. King Seleus saw that the palace in front of him was ruined by the flames of God the Father.

The brilliance he spent half his life casting was so insignificant in front of the mighty power of the gods, as insignificant as an ant.

In the sea of ​​flames that swept across the royal city, King Seleus finally understood that even if he is a demigod, he is still a mortal.

He left the palace, lost his mind and walked towards the garden where he once stopped.

In the garden everything burns,
Even the once annoying thorns turned into nothingness.

He awoke from his dream of immortality.

He knelt on the ground, the lake in the garden was almost exhausted, leaving only a few small depressions.

In the past, the king could see his own reflection in the wide lake, but now he can only see his face clearly in the thin valley.

The shadow of the rest of his life hangs over him.

King Seleus knelt, recalling the deceased queen in his mind, recalling the repeated dissuasion of God the Father, and recalling the vows he once made.

eternal life…

What many people dream of.

King Seleus raised his head, struggling in pain...

"eternal life…"

"Eternal life is nothingness!"

Huge clouds crossed the sky, and the royal city was shrouded in shadows. The breeze blew the smell of ashes, and there was nothing left in the garden. My pursuit of immortality almost caused a catastrophe to destroy the royal city.

King Seleus looked at himself in the small puddle, his old face reflected in the muddy muddy water.

"who are you?"

he asked tremblingly at this reflection.

Reflection can't speak, it's just doing exactly the same movements as King Seleus.

Looking at the reflection in the water, King Seleus didn't know how many people would pursue eternal life like himself.

Hundreds of thousands of years later, people will marvel at another king who pursues eternal life, but how could he know that he is just repeating his own tragedy.

Long before their time, there were men who had sought eternal life.

After half a sound, King Seleus spit out,
"know yourself……"

The reflection in the water repeated his movements.

Tears came out dazzlingly, King Seleus looked at the old self, finally broke out, and howled loudly:

"Selius, recognize yourself!"

"People of future generations, recognize yourself!"

Serius was like a wounded beast, he recalled the past, it was the beast licking his blood-stained hair.

The gods of the celestial kingdom are so magnificent and so high that the demigod Seleus often looks up at the majestic statue of the god, mistakenly thinking that his own stone statue can stand side by side with it, and mistakenly thinking that he can enjoy eternal life like a god.

And the only lesson he learned was...

Know yourself.

The body of King Seleus trembled. He saw his old age and his insignificance. The king tensed his whole body and let out a mournful cry:
"I recognize it!"

He recognized the unbridgeable gulf between mortals and gods.

He realized that mortals are as insignificant as ants, and the kingship admired by the world is nothing more than a rotten thing in the eyes of gods.

He recognized that eternal life is nothingness, nothingness of nothingness, nothingness of nothingness...

Seleus was as humble as an ant at this moment, he knelt down, admiring the mighty power of the gods wholeheartedly.

Mortals cannot inherit eternal life.

He finally realized,

Immortality is but a dream,

Death is the real way.

Half a day later, King Seleus slowly stood up from the ground, with his head bowed, and slowly walked back to his study.

He took off his crown and lowered his scepter.

On the mirror in the study, Seleus saw himself again. He was silent, and slowly spread out a piece of papyrus. After picking up the quill, he wanted to write something on the paper, so as to warn future generations.

He fully accepted his fate of death.

The papyrus is yellow and blank, waiting for the pen of this mortal.

His fingers trembled, and the tip of the pen tried to land on the papyrus several times, but King Seleus was unable to write a word for a long time.

Seleus stared blankly in front of the papyrus.

Long time, long time...

Finally, he said,
"Ask no more why death cannot be avoided,"

"To understand,"

"We're just people."

(End of this chapter)