Devil's Bible

The Storm God, who had completely evolved into a calamity god, now understood that he had no way out from the beginning, that he was destined to die from the start, and that all his efforts and achievements would only point to the destruction of the world.

In other words, this was the predetermined fate of the God of Storms. Everything seemed to be his choice, but in reality, it was decided from the very beginning.

At this moment, however, the God of Storms did not care much about this point; he only cared about whether he could win once with this power.

Consciousness was rapidly fading as the Storm God intently watched whether his final attack after his ascension could defeat Nemus.

At this moment, Nemus and the Sun God gradually became united.

In the eyes of the Storm God, the true god of disaster, the other party was merely an outsider who had unexpectedly entered this deadly predicament.

They are the same.

Even just once!

"Just once, let me, the one destined for this, win this foreign object just once..."

"Just... just once!!!" The pounding belief transformed into sparks and wind at that moment.

From the very beginning, when the God of Sun first encountered the God of Storms, the God of Storms never won.

From the time of mythology, there was only a minor conflict between them and the sun god.

Then came the Golden Age, when the sun god rose to power and formed the sky pantheon.

Then, during the elemental chaos, he was severely injured and fell into a coma, missing the best time to acquire deflection power.

Even if he returns later and becomes a powerful god in his final moments.

He was always one step behind the sun god.

It was through these steps that an insurmountable chasm formed between him and the sun god.

From beginning to end, from ancient times to the present, in every single event, he seems to have never truly defeated the sun god even once.

This sense of defeat seeped into his very bones, gradually becoming the only indicator of the Storm God's survival.

Just as other gods have lived to this day for the sake of face, and the God of Discipline has lived to this day for eternal glory, the God of Storms has lived to this day only to win once!
The Storm God, who became the God of Calamity, has seen through the fate of this world, and he has also come to understand the source of his own obsession.

Now, the idea of ​​winning has begun to detach itself from a specific purpose and become a different kind of pure thought.

The predetermined outcome will allow you to win against external forces once!
"Win!!!" This frenzied belief became the most violent wind in this astral land.

This gust of wind made even the look of world destruction seem somewhat different at this moment.

The winds of destruction.

Looking at that gust of wind, Nemus instantly knew its name. Of course, this world-destroying wind had another, more essential name—the formless end.

And through this name, I learned that there should be five kinds of world-destroying fruits in this world, and even gained a deeper understanding of the calamities of the earth.

The abyss is the primordial calamity, and can also be called the abyss of ruin.

A major catastrophe can be described as the collapse of all things.

The other three catastrophic disasters are the invisible end, the sea of ​​the end, and the fire of destruction.

Together they correspond to the alchemical concepts of ether, earth, wind, water, and fire.

However, the difference lies in...

Ether is one, which is all.

It is emptiness, and it is everything; it can generate all elements from ether.

It is the fifth element, and also the primordial mother of all things.

However, the Abyss is different. Its essence is decay, which is exactly the opposite of the Aether.

Ether is empty and real, while the abyss is full and empty.

The alchemical correspondences involved here could be discussed for decades without being fully explored.

Since the Abyss is the opposite of the Aether, other calamities are naturally not the same. The Earth Calamity - Collapse of All Things currently manifests as a collapsing and pulling force that returns everything to its original state, and it also contains anti-life imagery, which is completely opposite to the imagery that the earth bears.

The winds of destruction, the formless end, are naturally the same.

The image of wind is circulation, flow, connection of everything, and rotation in space.

The image of the formless end is the complete opposite.

The invisible end is an obstacle, but not a substantial one; rather, it is the obstacle that abruptly breaks off everything in progress.

It is nothingness, it is rupture, it is the end.

Everything that goes from being to non-being is this wind.

The appearance of the wind severed the connection between this Storm God and other possible Storm Gods in other worlds.

The cause and effect of the changes that Nemes had previously infiltrated were all severed by this gust of wind.

In addition, Nemus's power and everything it projected were instantly interrupted and returned to nothingness.

The end came to Nemus at this moment.

What was originally the perilous situation belonging to the Storm God became Nemus's perilous situation in an instant.

That's how battles are; all advantages and victories can be overturned in the blink of an eye.

Nemus's so-called demon prince, his so-called abyss-ruling, and his so-called ancient god transformation all seemed to have little effect at this moment.

The formless end seems to be the nemesis of change.

Or rather, all calamities are the nemesis of change.

The great calamity of the earth and the collapse of all things will bring everything back to its origin under the force that pulls everything apart.

The formless end means that everything stops, and everything is broken and returns to nothingness.

The true nature of the Abyss may be even stronger than the Invisible End, but Nemus is currently only acting as its proxy, not truly becoming the master of this world-ending catastrophe, so it is of no use to him.

Nemus was even certain that once he used the power of the Abyss, his connection with the Abyss would be instantly severed by the Invisible End.

This is the terrifying aspect of the formless end: anything not inherent in itself is fragile in its presence.

Even the individual is small and fragile in the face of this disaster, and will be rapidly decomposed and severed from all connection with everything.

Whether by coincidence or not, the final, invisible wisp of desolation formed by the God of Storms perfectly countered Nemus's snowballing ability, its effect being akin to a reverse snowball.

Any force that needs to be accumulated simply cannot proceed in the face of it.

The causal relationship, ironically, becomes the most fatal weakness under this force.

Without giving Nems any time to think, the invisible end enveloped Nems in an instant.

Death has come, the end is near.

But the next moment, that invisible force capable of destroying the world stopped itself first.

Nemes emerged from the wind.

Dense starlight condensed, and sparks of light ignited everything.

It felt as if an invisible wind was flowing through his hands, before Naims closed his palms and fell silent.

Upon witnessing this scene, the last vestiges of the Storm God's consciousness sighed softly.

"In the end... it was still just a little short..."

"Just this little bit..."

The God of Storms realized where he went wrong: he lost because he wanted to win too much.

This unwavering belief in victory brought an end to the intangible, ultimately proving it wasn't so 'intangible' after all. (End of Chapter)