Genesis: Starting with Growing Mushrooms

Chapter 104 The Birth of the Demon King, The Divine War Between Light and Darkness
in the garden.

A voluptuous, alluring siren maid, who was watering flowers with water magic, rushed over upon hearing the message:

"Your Grace, you have just emerged from seclusion. Would you like to take a bath?"

Liu Jun thought for a moment and wasn't in a hurry. He nodded and said, "Go prepare the water."

Soon, he was soaking in the hot spring, listening to what had happened outside over the past two weeks.

The siren maidservant skillfully scrubbed his back and cleaned his angel wings: "It's very lively outside. Three kinds of divine objects have descended. So far, only one has been discovered, and it is quite special."

"It is a mysterious, shadowy artifact."

"And it's quite peculiar, it doesn't seek out a host, it just wanders around in the shadows."

"Anyone who gets close to it will become unusually cold, and all sorts of evil thoughts will keep popping up!"

Liu Jun understood immediately upon hearing it.

The disappearance of low-infection levels likely means that a host has been found, but it hasn't been discovered yet.

The shadowy creature roamed freely between heaven and earth, yet it failed to find a host.

This is a bit bizarre!
But the next moment he realized something was wrong.

Darkness is not just about darkness; it also represents the gloomy, cold, cruel, and twisted nature of emotions.

Cannot find a host?
Because everyone in this era is a good person!

Thinking of this, Liu Jun's lips twitched slightly. "This should be the first mushroom that can't find a host. I guess I've raised it too well."

Although the various races are currently competing, they are all fighting for their own race!

My hero is their enemy.

Perhaps, with more people living in this era, and with the three kinds of wisdom becoming more complete, evil people have indeed begun to emerge.

But there will never be a 100% pure evil person.

This shadow mushroom should choose a host that is purely evil and has no conscience whatsoever.

There may be bad people, but there are no purely evil people.

and so.

It couldn't be found and became the first mushroom to float around everywhere.

"Over the past two weeks, they should have discovered this secret by now."

"After all, they're not stupid."

As Liu Jun pondered this, he couldn't help but ask the sea monster maid who was scrubbing his back:

"So how will they respond?"

The maid's expression turned somewhat strange, and she couldn't help but say:
"The entire Holy Empire is in an uproar over this divine creature that is running around everywhere. It is extremely fast and has flown over most of the cities in the south. It is already heading east."

"Furthermore, people discovered a way to control this divine creature: it can only walk in the shadows, and it fears light! Light can be used to surround it!"

"That's what the maid said."

Almost everyone on Earth, strong and weak, began to take action.

They've all transformed into Pokémon Masters, ready to unleash their Poké Balls—the Light Ring—to catch this legendary Shadow Pokémon.

The situation is excellent!
At this point, the maid was already very excited: "We're going to win this time!"

"Back then, we paid a huge price to find the weakness of the Wind God, but what about now? The weakness of this Shadow God has been exposed right from the start!"

"It's afraid of light!"

"Furthermore, we have a god with this attribute, our great Holy Empire Emperor, the God of Light, Rex! His light can overcome this shadow!"

The whole land is now cheering.

Some great magicians have even speculated that the compatibility of this divine object requires evil!
Some extreme magicians have already started doing bad things, preparing to increase their compatibility in this area and become the first super villain on earth, so that the gods will choose them.

On earth, some people have transformed into evil bosses, emitting wicked laughter:

"I want you to work six hours a day, with only one day off every seven days! I am now far more ruthless than that notoriously cruel bird without feet back then, and that divine being will surely choose me!"

Some people have become rumor spreaders.

"Hahaha! I am the worst villain in our city, Stephen the rumor-monger. Today I'm going to spread rumors. I'm the worst!"

Talented people emerge from this land.

However, none of them seemed to be of any use.

It seeks evil, purer malice and darkness.

And so, this shadowy creature continued to flee, wandering to various places, attracting countless powerful figures to continue its pursuit.

Gradually, this divine object began to develop intelligence.

If he finds a host, the host may not allow him to come into contact with the "mystery," but he has no host and is as free as the wind of yesteryear, roaming this land.

As they approached the mysterious churches in various places and drew near to the enigmatic statues inside, they gradually developed wisdom.

Aside from the wind, which was a half-finished product, this was the first mushroom to truly develop itself.

"Are the light, the ocean, and the flames of God all my kind?"

"This world is targeting me, trying to capture me."

"The Creator God created me? And what is that God?"

It has given rise to a simple consciousness.

Moreover, it gazed greedily and evilly at the brightly lit city in the distance.

The Church of Light shrouds that place, making it difficult to attack.

In the shadows, its gaze fell upon the caravans that were constantly approaching from afar.

The Sheldon merchant was leading a shipment of goods to the city, and the guards in the procession started chatting.

"Where do you think that divine object will go?"

"I don't know, but I heard that according to the trajectory, it's already heading towards an eastern city!"

"Isn't this coming this way?"

"I know, I know! I've heard it's as fast as light, and even the fastest angels can't catch it, but it's still been nearly wiped out by the church several times!"

"Once discovered, the Church of Light will send countless priests and knights of light to surround the mountain and gradually tighten the encirclement!"

"Ah! If only I could get it, I would become a new god!"

Invisible desires and greed gradually spread among them and were constantly aroused.

No one noticed that their shadows on the ground gradually turned crimson, their angel wings transformed into hideous hooks, and a pair of spiraling horns gradually grew from their heads.

Their shadows seemed to come alive.

Infection has already begun.

Ten days later.

A shocking piece of news arrived.

A group of infected angels are ravaging an eastern city from the sky.

Their forms changed drastically; their wings turned black, and they became greedy, brutal, and bloodthirsty, carrying the most evil original sin.

Those infected angels are sometimes called fallen angels, and sometimes demons.

Upon receiving the news, Rex in the Holy Royal City immediately had a bad feeling:

"Even if I knew its weakness was me, I might not be able to easily subdue this disaster!"

"Because I am a false god!"

"And he is the divine being himself who generated wisdom; he is God himself; he is the true God, capable of perfectly utilizing his own power."

With this in mind, he immediately issued a war order to the Church of Light across the entire land.

[Slaying the Demons]

A large number of priests, paladins, and clergymen, having accepted the call to arms, began their journey eastward, sealing off cities along the way.

Furthermore, their light magic, by sealing the city gates, can purify those who are not yet deeply infected by the corrupt.

Furthermore, they began to refer to that shadowy being who gave birth to intelligence as:

【Primal Demon King】

Demon kings and demons appeared for the first time in this mythological era.

From the moment they appeared, they were destined to have a conflict with the light for generations to come.

"This is a test from God!"

"And this time, we all have the power to fight him!"

"We will use light to conquer darkness!"

"The God of Light has personally intervened; we are about to seal it away!"

In an instant, countless heroes of light, hoping to defeat the Demon King, set sail to fight against the new calamity.

June, 911th year of the Butterfly Clan.

The Demon King, the mortal enemy of the Church of Light, was born in the East, and all the powerful forces in the world are besieging him.

The believers of the Church of Light gathered from all directions, forming a huge encirclement in the east.

Countless believers, holding aloft the statue of the God of Light, bowed and prostrated, narrowing the encirclement.

The Demon King can only hide in the shadows.

When birds fly overhead, they shoot them down. The demon king, hidden in the bird's shadow, also falls, instantly facing the paladin legion's countless divine spells.

"kill!"

"For the Empire!"

"courage!"

"sacrifice!"

"Think about the devastation brought by the wind disaster, we can't let it spread! Behind us are our families, our friends, our loved ones!"

They shouted slogans, unafraid of death.

With a group of fanatical paladins willing to sacrifice themselves, the Demon King was repeatedly repelled and forced back into the encirclement.

The Demon King was furious: "How did you know I was hiding in the shadow of a bird's wings!"

The leading paladin said, "Our God of Light is knowledgeable and wise beyond measure; he had long anticipated that you might do this!"

The Demon King was driven back and began using another method.

August.

The inescapable demon king has begun to spread wildly in the east.

Many eastern cities, led by Sirius, fell and became strongholds of demons.

Countless demons began to appear, blinded by greed, and the entire city was transformed into hell.

In Hell, countless fallen angels and demons formed an army to fight back!
They smashed the statues of the mysterious churches in the city and used the "mysterious" magic stored inside to create a whole new kind of magic.

【Mystery】 + 【Shadow】 = Necromancer's Magic

Holding scepters, they breathed life into the corpses, forming an army of the dead.

"All this talk of sacred power is illusory!"

"The King of Shadows is the true ruler of the earth."

"stand up!"

Large armies of bone dragons and skeletal giants even emerged, beginning to clash head-on with the Holy Empire.

However, within the Holy Legion, the God of Light personally intervened.

"kill!"

Endless light illuminated the entire earth, burning away countless shadows.

Countless bone dragons turned to ashes in the burning.

October, 911th year of the Butterfly Clan.

The Holy Empire launched a major battle on the Lily Plains, where it had fought the dragons years before.

The evil demon king's army has gathered all its main forces and is about to break out of the east.

Once they break free of this confining cage, they will be unable to resist his infection. The entire earth will become his hell, his shadow kingdom, and the people on the ground will become puppets.

World War I lasted for three days and three nights.

Under the wise and mighty leadership of the God of Light, the main force of the Demon King's army was decisively defeated.

The Holy Empire thus laid the foundation for a great victory. This was the first time in history that the Demon King's army had been defeated. Countless believers of the Church of Light praised it and recorded its praise extensively in the Bible.

It is historically known as the Holy October Campaign.

On his deathbed, the young primordial demon king laughed heartily, "I haven't grown up yet, just wait, wait until next time."

"There won't be a next time!"

Rex unleashed boundless divine light, brandishing his scepter with a solemn and majestic expression, "You are nothing but a trial of God, die!"

"What god? Even if it's the creator god, one day I will take him down!" With a scream, the Demon King was sent flying backward, his consciousness completely shattered.

Before his death, this demon king exhausted all his power and sent his true form away, transforming into a shooting star and disappearing into the sky.

"A death throes?"

Rex's expression was icy:
"This guy is already dead, and has returned to being a mindless divine object. Before he died, he gave away the divine object, hoping that it would regain consciousness and create a second-generation demon king? That's impossible!"

“I am not like my foolish father.”

Since his father's previous failure to act ruthlessly led to a typhoon, he has become extremely cautious.

This time, he anticipated that the other party might run away before dying.

They dispatched troops early on, and wrapped it up in layers.

at this time.

An army stationed outside the city was prepared and blocked the direction of the battlefield with a wall of light, trapping the shadowy object that was moving at the speed of light.

He, Rex, grew up in the Grand Duke's mansion, where he was taught by his master, Levi, to be steady and reliable!
Click!

A box, to lock him up.

"The box of God has sealed away the mystery."

"This box of yours, which locks in darkness, shall be called the Devil's Box."

He carefully put the box away and celebrated his victory to the whole world.

"Won!"

"We won!"

"Darkness can never defeat light!"

At that moment, the whole earth cheered.

For the first time, the kingdoms of the earth, relying on their own armies and their own gods, rightfully defeated the trials of the gods.

The Church of Light, the God of Light, has reached the pinnacle of prestige on earth.

This is a true hero, their legend!
Their great deeds were sung around the campfire and at feasts, and appeared in the whispers of the forest spirits.

This is how people describe it.

"God's two disciples were a brother and sister. Rella defeated the Calamity of Wind, and Rix defeated the Calamity of Darkness."

"The God of Light, whose light is as blazing as the sun in the sky, brings hope and life to this land invaded by demons. Wherever he goes, he illuminates the evil and darkness in people's hearts and sweeps away the shadows."

"Where he went, demons had nowhere to hide and evil had nowhere to escape. His paladins bravely drew their longswords, and the greedy and corrupt demons had no choice but to kneel down and beg for mercy."

"Where he went became his kingdom, and the shadowy hell established by the demon king was driven out inch by inch."

New epic myths flowed forth from the earth, and rousing praises spread throughout the world.

When Liu Jun, who was in the Grand Duke's mansion, heard the news, he couldn't help but show a gratified expression: "It seems that his efforts and dedication have finally paid off."

"The harder you work, the luckier you get. You gambled your lifespan and not only became a god and won the gamble, but you also successfully drove away an era of disaster with a huge advantage."

How can a gambler lose every day?
Both father and son are gambling addicts.

Before his death, New Barr made a huge gamble, and lost.

His son, Rex, won the bet.

It's that simple!
And there's one more thing about Ryx that's commendable.

steady!

They actually surrounded the area in circles, shrinking the "poison circle" and blocking the entrance to the newbie village, not giving the boss a chance to develop.

Of course.

Liu Jun's contributions were also indispensable. It was by stealing "electric bikes" to support them that they became so powerful, well-established, and had abundant military strength in this era!
Liu Jun felt great after receiving news from the front lines.

He truly deserves to be the disciple I trained.

The main focus is on stability.

The victory was clean and decisive, and it was a pleasure to watch.

He doesn't seem like the protagonist of those mythical stories of heroes.

Those myths and legends, with their gods and sons of heroes, all feature a meddlesome, indecisive, and nagging mother figure who makes your blood pressure spike.

Finally, when they are about to be defeated by evil, they shout out their passion and dreams, and launch a desperate counterattack.

The most satisfying thing is to defeat the enemy step by step and win cleanly and decisively from the very beginning.

"However, I feel like I've forgotten something?"

Liu Jun frowned slightly.

Is there one last mushroom?

Where did the low infection rate go during this process?

According to normal theory, several months have passed, and the war should have ended once.

Even if this host is slow-witted, they should realize that they have obtained some treasure, reveal their identity directly, and ask for protection.

The example of God was right before our eyes back then.

Instead of seeking protection, he secretly developed on his own? Isn't that foolish?

"Unless, he is no longer clean."

A terrible thought crossed Liu Jun's mind: "Unless, he just happened to be born in the East and has already been infected, turning into a demon."

"He knew that if he defected, he would die."

The first Demon King's last move before his death might not have been a temporary struggle at all, but rather a cover for the retreat of another divine being.

(End of this chapter)