Wizard Immortal

Chapter 777 God of Slaughter

"The power to kill, I eagerly anticipate it..."

Standing in the quiet courtyard, feeling the surrounding energy surging in, Adir's expression remained calm. At this moment, he silently looked up and smiled.

A surge of power emanated from his entire body, shimmering and pulsating.

As the time came, and with Adir's successful ascension to demigod status, the entire Adir Empire began to erupt in excitement.

The entire Adir Empire was in an uproar, and its people were engulfed in jubilation.

Ordinary mortals do not know the significance of Adir's promotion. They only know that with Adir's successful promotion, various preferential policies will be distributed throughout the Adir Empire.

With a large amount of tax burden reduced or exempted, and a large amount of compulsory labor exempted, the pressure on the entire Adir Empire from top to bottom was greatly relieved within this year.

The people's pressure was relieved, and they naturally fell into a state of revelry.

Compared to the impact of Adir's promotion, at least the changes in the present are multifaceted and can be personally felt.

Ordinary people may not be able to comprehend the significance of this, but they can still feel the changes in their own lives, and naturally, they also fall into a frenzy of celebration.

The entire Adir Empire was thrown into a frenzy of celebration.

In this atmosphere, churches were springing up everywhere.

It was a brand new church, and the deity worshipped there was no longer any of the past gods, but a completely new one.

The deity was dressed in silver armor and held a silver longsword in his hand, looking like a young knight.

For ordinary people, this new deity is completely unfamiliar.

But that's not important.

For the church of God, the biggest obstacle to spreading the faith in a place is not actually the feeling of unfamiliarity, but the obstruction from local forces.

In this world where faith is prevalent, no matter how peaceful a place may be, there is a belief in a deity; there is no barren, empty land.

Even in the wilderness, those barbarian tribes also worship their own gods, and the power of their faith is deeply rooted within them, making it extremely difficult for outside churches to intervene.

It's even fair to say that it's simply impossible.

This problem clearly does not exist within the Adir Empire.

The Adir Empire was founded by Adir himself decades ago, and every brick and tile in it was built by Adir.

As the founder of this country, Adir wielded immense control over it.

It can be said that within this country, Adir himself is the strongest ruler of this country.

In the past few decades, in order to plan for the future, Adir did not accept any missionary work from foreign gods. At this time, apart from some scattered beliefs, there are only a few churches of the Dark Lord standing in various cities throughout the country.

This is essentially an empty space.

The reason for this is to prepare for today.

After Adir ascended to the demigod level, under the manipulation of Mar and others, some of the preparations made could be put to use immediately.

Throughout the Adir Empire, countless churches were being built at this moment, all under construction.

Statues belonging to Adir were erected and placed in various churches for open worship.

To some extent, this is a convenience that is only available in this era.

In an era of divine resurrection, faith throughout the entire material world would be monopolized by the gods.

The churches of each god were incredibly powerful, able to monopolize faith in various places, unlike now where their control over different regions is extremely weak.

If the gods were at their peak, a demigod like Adir would not be able to establish himself in the entire material world, nor would he be able to find a blank space for spreading his teachings.

In those times, the only thing Adi could do was to expand step by step, accumulating slowly from nothing, unlike now, where he could directly occupy the faith of an entire empire.

Churches were gradually built in various places, and new statues of gods were placed on altars inside the churches, representing that Adir himself had also ascended to the realm of the gods and began to be worshipped by people from all over the world.

The name of Adir was also initially determined during this period.

God of Slaughter.

Indeed, after successfully igniting the divine fire and transforming into a demigod, Adir chose none other than the God of Slaughter.

Strictly speaking, after ascending to the realm of demigods, Adir had a much wider range of choices than others.

Even before he reached the demigod realm, Adir's body contained the divinity of more than a dozen gods.

Through the divinity of these gods, Adir was able to extend his influence to the realms of other gods, making his range of choices far broader than that of other demigods.

However, despite the wide range of choices, truly powerful and suitable authority is very rare.

Therefore, in the end, Adir still adopted killing as his divine name, directly bestowing upon it the divine name of the God of Killing, and thus it existed.

To some extent, this also represents his own attitude and the path he will take in the future.

The selection of a god's name is an extremely serious matter, and once chosen, it will generally not be changed in the future.

Adir chose the God of Slaughter as his divine name, which means that he will move forward along the path of slaughter and gradually master the realm of slaughter.

Upon learning this, almost all the churches of the gods in the entire material world secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

By choosing the realm of slaughter as the domain for his ascension to godhood, Adir ultimately chose to challenge the God of Slaughter, rather than other gods.

As for churches of other gods, everything is fine as long as they don't choose the domain of the god they worship.

There is no struggle for divine authority, so there is no fundamental conflict. They can be partners who can cooperate, and there is room for maneuver between them.

Apart from the church left behind by the god of slaughter, the churches of the other gods must have breathed a sigh of relief at this moment regarding Adir's choice.

Without a doubt, after Adir lit the sacred fire, what the churches and priests of those gods feared most was that Adir had chosen the domain of the gods they worshipped and challenged their divine authority.

If Adir does this, it means there will be no room for maneuver, and a life-or-death struggle will inevitably ensue between them.

This means they will be facing off against Adir, a demigod at the peak of his power.

This is something no one wants to see, not even the most powerful churches.

"A domain of slaughter...?"

Within the Adir Empire, after learning of Adir's choice, Kudoni's expression turned solemn; he was somewhat surprised at this moment.

As friends and potential allies of Adir for many years, they certainly had no need to worry that Adir would challenge the authority of the Dark Lord.

However, they were still quite surprised by Adir's choice.

"The power of slaughter—this choice means that we are destined to face the god of slaughter in the future..."

Standing there, Kudoni frowned, his expression extremely solemn: "The God of Slaughter's power is immense, belonging to the top tier even among gods..."

"Even so, the God of Slaughter has already fallen, leaving behind only a trace of his original power..."

Opposite Kudoron, Mar smiled and said, "If it's the entire God of Slaughter, then of course we wouldn't be a match for him, but if it's just a fraction of his power, then it's not so certain..."

"Furthermore, we are not without our advantages..."

He began, his eyes gleaming with rationality, appearing remarkably composed and wise: "Over the long course of history, the Church of the God of Slaughter has caused strife throughout the material world in its quest to gather power for the God of Slaughter..."

"The birth of each Son of Slaughter represents the pain of the entire material world. Countless gods' teachings and other powerful forces have been threatened by the God of Slaughter, and their hearts are already filled with resentment..."

The reputation of the God of Slaughter is beyond question throughout the material world.

This is due to the nature of killing.

Slaughter, in its essence, is the end of other lives. The power that the authority to kill can increase is also a result of plundering the original power of other lives into oneself through the end of other lives.

In the past, in order to restore his power, the God of Slaughter collected as much killing power as possible and, through the diffusion of his divinity, created one Child of Slaughter after another throughout the material world.

These children of slaughter unleash waves of carnage throughout the material world, resulting in mostly unpleasant outcomes.

No one likes a being that readily engages in slaughter, and if that being attempts to turn its blade against you, you're even less likely to feel happy.

The Child of Slaughter is such an existence.

Whether you are on the good side or the dark side, strong or weak, you are just prey in their eyes.

The stronger you are, the more they will watch you, and the more they will want to kill you and plunder your predatory power.

No one would like such a thing.

(End of this chapter)