Those time travelers that year

Yes, outside... After obtaining his identity card, Ciel could legitimately unleash his power in this world. For example, right now, he was in a remote mountain forest in Europe. This was a location of a ley line in Europe, possessing active energy. However, because an unruly god had once descended here, even though the matter was later resolved, it was still sealed away by nearby magic societies.

But in Ciel's eyes, this kind of seal was nothing but trash...

With a casual flick of his wrist, he broke the seal on the ley lines and used it to create a demi-plane alternate dimension, modifying some of the rules. In this world, this was equivalent to a place called the 'Fairy Realm'.

Then, Shire built a 'base' here, living a life of plenty—a small town full of exotic charm, filled with all sorts of 'hospitable' and 'simple-minded' residents.

To avoid being disturbed, Ciel specially opened a door to this alternate dimension. Every night, this door would open automatically, allowing the hospitable and simple-minded residents to have a good chat about the philosophy of life with the local magic society members who came to check on the situation.

472. A hasty plan

This world is quite interesting. In Shire's view, firstly, its rules are lax. While it's not particularly destructive—at least no disobedient god or god-slayer has the ability to cause catastrophic damage to an entire world's ecosystem—it's not even as good as Marvel's Thor. Although Thor is just an average planetary god, and a weakling who relies on his father's power, he can still shift Earth's magnetic field with a reckless outburst using Mjolnir, forged from the core of a star.

However, this world is different. These disobedient gods are merely identities within mythology, like disguises. Under the rules of this world, they can naturally cause all sorts of disasters; for example, the arrival of the sea god brings tsunamis and torrential rains, and the arrival of the war god ignites wars and bloodshed…

However, if they want to destroy this world, sorry, they can't.

However, when its destructive power is limited, it possesses some rather unique abilities. For example, Ciel discovered that this world's timeline, due to the overlap with mythological worlds, is even more problematic than the world of divine weapons. But because of this, the rules governing time in this world are extremely unstable…

The situation has become so unstable that as long as one can grasp a concept similar to time, one can 'return' to the past anytime, anywhere. Of course, the paradox of time cannot be bypassed, and returning to the 'past' can only be considered as watching a 3D movie.

Discovering this made Charles quite happy. In other words, if he could find those disobedient gods with a concept of time in this world and kill them, he could completely devour those concepts due to his unique nature.

However, those who disobey the gods and have this concept may not be very good at fighting, but they are definitely troublesome.

"What an interesting world!" Charles couldn't help but exclaim.

Human faith weaves myths, and these myths, in a way that is strangely different from traditional faith power, merge with certain higher rules of this world, forming special concepts and a world that accommodates the existence of these 'concepts'.

These 'concepts' are essentially weakened versions of divine authority. The powers gained by god-slayers are merely special supernatural abilities derived from these incomplete divine authority forms. Furthermore, the world itself bears the brunt of these powers. For example, a god-slayer with powers related to time could travel directly through time and return to the 'past'. Or, possessing powers related to civilization, they could alter the historical and cultural course of a region with a mere thought, forcibly reverting it from 21st-century modern society back to the Middle Ages.

"These ordinary humans, who rose to become god-slayers independent of humans and gods, are essentially getting divine positions for free, yet they don't know how to ignite divine fire or condense divine essence—they're just enhanced versions of legends! Ah, no, they should be enhanced versions of demigods." Feeling the absurdity of this world, with its free, mobile divine positions that can roam freely whenever they want, Sharl deeply felt that Toril's group of veteran legendary mages were utterly worthless. Especially Raistlin Majeri, who was once just one step away from godhood.

Look at Raistlin, the black-robed mage, whose life was nothing short of legendary. He was just a hair's breadth away from defeating Tiamat and taking her place. However, after being hit by his brother's protagonist (and brainless) halo, he became completely stupid.

Traveling to the future, I saw Raistlin replace Tiamat... Hah, I guarantee that the future that Karamon went to through time travel is most likely problematic. Even those time dragons that despise the gods couldn't just casually go to a predetermined future, turn around and go back to the past, and actually change that future.

Unless it's GM Io of Toril, or that official hacker in Pain City...

This black-robed sorcerer's final fate was to sacrifice himself to save the world... He is a 'classic (shameful) representative' among all legendary sorcerers in the D&D system who are seasoned troublemakers who aspire to reach even greater heights and become gods.

Raistlin was a paragon of virtue and righteousness after making no decisions on points 1, 2, 3, or 4; otherwise, he wouldn't have played the game involving eight mothers and daughters...

In particular, that's not all. Years later, his brother's son, his nephew Palin, went to Hell and brought him back to Klein. This black-robed sorcerer, who had almost become a god, became a tutor and eventually embarked on a journey with Paladin, the chief of the benevolent gods.

This looks suspiciously like a conspiracy...

If this Raistlin mage were to come to this world, and he were to defeat any disobedient god, even if he couldn't achieve a complete concept of devouring like Sharl, and only obtains a fragmented version like those god-slayers, he would essentially have no connection whatsoever to Amat, the evil dragon goddess with countless male consorts.

On the contrary, if things really came to that point, given the bitch and slut nature of the goddess Faerûn, Tiamat would most likely be throwing herself at her.

"...Hahahahahahaha!!!!" Thinking of this, Sharl suddenly had a very interesting idea. As a well-known world, the Toril Multiverse wasn't hard to find; among his fellow evil gods, there was bound to be someone with the coordinates. "I'm thinking... I could give Raistlin a big gift, and guide him on his life's path!"

A world like this, where you can hunt god-like bosses and get equipment called 'Power', is just too interesting. So interesting that Sharl really doesn't want to wait until his own experiment on adjusting the timeline is over before unleashing his ultimate power.

"No! This world cannot be swallowed up..." After all, the strength of the disobedient gods in this world is only so-so. I estimate that the strongest is only at the peak level of a planetary god. "It should be kept as a support base, oh no, it should be a resettable instance."

As long as this world doesn't have any problems, then it means that the Celestials can continuously fight bosses (the Gods of Disobedience), obtain equipment (power), and mass-produce VIP 'players' of planetary gods.

Especially those veteran legendary mages in other worlds who want to become gods but are hampered by technological blockades and see no light of day.

By acquiring the 'conceptual' divine authority of this world, or simply bringing them here to slay gods, these legendary mages can grow into the main vanguard capable of overturning the knowledge monopoly of the gods in their respective worlds.

Imagine what it would be like if, one day, those veteran legendary mages who both envied and suffered from the knowledge of deification being blocked by 'technology' suddenly obtained 'divine office' in another world.

On that day, the legendary mages, who had broken the monopoly of knowledge and 'technology,' raised their thrones high and ascended into the starry sky. But because they were using divine powers from another world, the gods were completely caught off guard. By the time these legendary mages had condensed their divine sparks, they had divided the world's primal forces, taking away the share that belonged to the gods, and becoming gods independent of the Pantheon.

Then, as a group, they stormed into the Demon Heart of Elysium, posing the Secret Maiden in all sorts of ways, thus beginning the prelude to overthrowing the rule of the Pantheon...

Just thinking about it is exciting!

473. New Hunting Target

For the sake of the future, Ciel didn't want to destroy the world now. On another note, Ciel suddenly realized that among the evil gods, he was practically a rare find – a truly good person! For so long, he hadn't caused a global catastrophe, hadn't wiped out human society, and hadn't even opened a labyrinth to become a demon king. He was practically a model student among the evil gods.

As for the dark portal he opened when leaving Marvel, oh, sorry, it's a professional habit. Ciel believes it has absolutely nothing to do with him. He also doesn't know which demolition office boss the guy who later got so impatient that he got stuck was.

Now, Xia Er was pondering how to solve the problems of this world. First, the easiest problem to solve was the ownership of this world. He could simply take some time to register it, and generally no other beings would dare to jump in from the void. He just needed to register a trademark for this world, just like the main world.

Of course, preserving this world is easy, but how to rationally divide its resources is another problem. In today's Shire, those who consider themselves wealthy and own houses and cars are no longer the itinerant merchants who make a quick buck and run. They should change careers, like other evil gods, creating their own followers and their own retinues. This world, for example, is the kind of world that is very easy to use to cultivate high-level talent…

However, while resources are plentiful, talent is scarce.

If Charles were willing to unconditionally select and indiscriminately infect any world, like the initial evil god, and use the ironclad laws of the jungle to choose outstanding subordinates, he wouldn't need to expend so much effort. However, this would likely brand him as an unwelcome figure. Later, whenever he approaches any high-level world, even before reaching it, he would be seen as hindering its development, thus being slapped back into the abyss by the powerful beings of that world.

Just like that old lady, oh no, that gauze-wrapped lady, who gets killed by someone and has to pitifully wait for at least ten thousand years of loading time.

So, let's think about it another way. Since the law of the jungle doesn't work, let's try a different approach. Like Nyarlathotep, she never harms others herself. She simply uses the most sincere words and the most direct facts to gradually lure people into a trap—since there's no evidence she did it…

A crime without evidence is not a crime.

"...While it's true that we're willing to pay those legendary mages high salaries, we also have to be careful that those cunning people don't turn around and stab us in the back!" After thinking it over, it's still more convenient to find those legendary mages who have a chance of becoming gods but are hampered by 'technology' restrictions. Although, nine times out of ten, these guys will betray us.

"Forget it! We'll talk about it later. Hmm, first I need to thoroughly plunder the resources of this world." Compared to those legendary mages who are a million miles away from him, Xia Er plans to first reap the rewards in this world. At least, he needs to promote his subordinates who are gradually falling behind. In other words, Xia Er needs to unleash his full potential and hunt down disobedient gods in this world.

He reached out and took the documents concerning the descent of the heretics, which he had obtained from some unfortunate magic societies, and began reading them bit by bit. Not only that, but he also obtained the documents from the Council of Sages in Greenwich. Of course, no one doubted Ciel's motives; after all, in their eyes, Ciel was the seventh Campione. What else would a Campione go after if not the heretics?

From the information, Xia Er also learned that in this world, the descent of disobedient gods is actually a very normal thing. Those natural disasters that often pop up, which experts and professors describe as scientific, are actually caused by these unscientific disobedient gods.

However, most of the disobedient gods, aside from making a splash when they descend, generally do not cause any further major trouble. On the contrary, these disobedient gods will quickly return to mythology, or hide their identities and powers and blend into modern human society.

Only a very small minority choose to create a major scandal. These are generally deities possessing divine attributes such as those related to war and natural disasters. However, the more these beings act, the faster the Campione will come knocking, and they might even be surrounded and beaten up by other disobedient gods hidden in human society, forced back into mythology.

This is normal; not all disobedient gods intend to cause trouble. Look, disobedient gods who descend with the divine power of harvest are almost always representatives of great influence but weak fighting ability. What good would it do to let these weaklings cause trouble? Would they cause the country to suffer a complete crop failure? Or would they cause the country to have too much food, leading to inflation? Unless, of course, they don't descend with the divine power of harvest.

Not to mention, these disobedient gods don't like each other either. At least when the god of fire and the god of water meet, it's hard for them not to fight.

What a rip-off...

In any case, such examples are not uncommon; they are recorded more than once in the documents of the Council of Wise Men in Greenwich. Moreover, the most recent record is that not long ago, someone witnessed a goddess descending in the form of a young girl with short silver hair.

But so far, this elusive goddess has surprisingly not caused any trouble.

And in Greece, where Ciel is currently located, there is another such example. This is news that even the Council of Sages in Greenwich is unaware of. However, Ciel secretly contacted the Greek magic community and obtained the information from its leader through mind control.

On Rhodes, the fourth largest island in Greece and its largest tourist center, about a year and a half ago, a witch from a Greek society with the ability to 'see the light' inadvertently spied on a young man in his twenties at the port of Rhodes. This triggered her 'seeing the light' and she saw a sun and a carriage drawn by four horses soaring through the sky.

The matter was ultimately suppressed by local Greek associations, especially after nearly a year had passed without any major disasters befalling Greece, which extinguished the idea of ​​reporting it to the Council of Wise Men in Greenwich. After all, Greece's economy was in poor condition due to various problems, and strikes were commonplace; it could no longer afford further turmoil.

The Greek magic society did not want the Campiones to catch a whiff of their presence and come over to fight this disobedient god who was intentionally hiding in human society, lest Rhodes Island be reduced to ruins.

"Rhodes Island!" If he hadn't used direct mind control techniques, these native Greek magicians would never have told him.

What does Rhodes Island have? A lot. It boasts a very long history, dating back to before Christ and continuing into the Common Era, influenced by Greece, Arabia, and Italy. It has also been influenced by Greek mythology, Islam, Catholicism, and Eastern Orthodoxy.

Of course, the most famous thing on the island is not the Knights Palace, which is associated with Mussolini.

Rather, it was that colossal statue that once stood on the island before Christ—the Colossus of Helios, the sun god.

474. Rhode Island

The Colossus of Helios, also known as the Colossus of Rhodes, was cast in 302 BC. It was erected by the inhabitants of Rhodes to commemorate the attack on Rhodes by Mithri Polioct, son of Anchicus, one of Alexander's heirs, in 305 BC. The Rhodians fought bravely and defeated the invaders.

This colossal statue, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, sadly only existed for 56 years after its completion in 282 BC, collapsing in an earthquake. Ptolemy III of Egypt had initially offered to help the islanders of Rhodes rebuild the statue, but a divine oracle suddenly appeared, preventing its reconstruction. The islanders, having angered the god Helios, dared not mention rebuilding the statue again, and Ptolemy's offer was thus rejected.

The colossi lay in ruins for nearly a thousand years. Until the Arab invasion, these Green Gate religious figures, guided by their ideology of outstanding terrorism on Earth, perpetrated widespread religious oppression. It's said they even sold the remaining fragments of the colossi to a Jew (no wonder they later met their demise), and transported them to Syria…

As expected, the destructive power of the green creatures is second to none, whether in modern times or ancient times! No wonder that even now, every country is rubbing green creatures in the dirt; there's a reason for it.

“…Helios, the sun god…” Charles tossed aside the documents he was holding and muttered the name. In Greek mythology, Helios is the sun god, the son of the Titan Hyperion and Theia, and the brother of the moon goddess Selene and the dawn goddess Eos.

Of course, what Charles was more familiar with was the, uh, Sun God brand flashlight in the hands of a certain bald man...

Ahem, let's get back to the topic. This son of the Titans was in a rather unfavorable situation in mythology. Admittedly, his father was Hyperion, a Titan descended from Gaia, the Earth Goddess, and Uranus, the King of the Gods. However, after the second generation of Titans overthrew the rule of the Olympian gods, led by Zeus, this Titan didn't even manage to obtain the status of a chief god.

Not only that, but he was also suppressed and made a subordinate of Apollo. Every day, he could only drive the sun chariot, starting from the gate of heaven opened by the rose-colored fingers of the goddess of dawn, Eos, to travel west until dusk fell on the other side of Oceanus.

However, misfortune struck again when Helios' son, driving the sun chariot, caused a great disaster and was struck dead by Zeus's thunderbolt, falling into the Eridanus River. Helios's wife Clymene and daughter Heliades wept bitterly for four months, until Heliades turned into a poplar tree, and her tears became amber.

Another thing is that his lover, the Persian princess Lycothoe, was betrayed by the sea goddess Clytie, who was also in love with Helios, and was buried alive.

When the Romans rose to power, this unfortunate and tragic figure was completely erased and disappeared entirely. Even the divine office of the sun, which he inherited from the Titan Hyperion, was assigned to Apollo.

What an incredibly unlucky and tragic person! In his entire life—no, in his divine existence—his children, wife, and lover all died, a truly tragic figure.

Naturally, this tragic figure didn't hold a high place in Charles's eyes. In fact, in Charles's view, this guy in mythology was far too cowardly, utterly defeated by the three generations of gods led by Zeus. However, what Charles remembered about this tragic sun god was mainly his own princess from the Age of Gods, who happened to be a descendant of Helios.

"Damn it, I have no choice but to kill you!" Charles couldn't help but sigh. What a twist of fate! Although he had helped Princess Kamishiro awaken the divinity within her soul, this divinity was weak due to the long interval between events; it hadn't even made Princess Kamishiro a demigod, merely a spellcaster with divine abilities. Even with Charles's own power, ordinary demigods were no match for her.

However, the path ended abruptly at the beginning, making it impossible to proceed further; in other words, it went astray. Unless the princess of the Age of Gods could use her wisdom to create a completely new spellcasting system from scratch and spread it, using it as a springboard to become a god... but the chances of that are far too low. It would be better for Sharl to take direct action, find a world, kill the god with the most similar characteristics, and seize the godhood and divine office.

But this would restrict me too much, so I might as well cultivate immortality!

However, it seems that there is a solution now.

Those with high similarity could have a Sun God flashlight... wait, could it be a Helios-themed hybrid?! Although they are not from the same world, in Ciel's view, the underlying rules of this world are almost identical to those of Type-Moon. At the higher level, the Heroic Spirits of Type-Moon and the Disobedient Gods of this world are both influenced by faith and mythology—in other words, it's feasible, at least more likely than going to the God of War series world and forcibly taking the Sun God flashlight from Kratos.

After all, it's obvious which is easier to fight: a loser or a god of war with the power of hope that allows him to come back even after death.

"So what do you mean? You've been living a tragic life in mythology for so long, why not just share your small share for the sake of your descendants? Don't you think so?"

"—Helios, the sun god."

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Rhodes is located at the junction of the Aegean and Mediterranean Seas, 430 kilometers from Athens, and faces Turkey across the Strait of Marmara. It is the easternmost city in Greece, with an average population of just over 120,000, which is at least slightly better than the Finnmark region.

It's worth mentioning that this area boasts the most abundant sunshine in all of Europe and is home to the world-famous Faliraki Nude Beach. Yes, it's one of the holy sites for nudists.

However, Charles had absolutely no interest in this place...

More than anything, they wanted to burn this place down.

But in the end, it didn't go, to avoid being an eyesore.

When Ciel arrived at Rhodes Island, it was the morning with the brightest sunshine and the temperature was over 40°C. However, this temperature was completely negligible for Ciel, who loved wearing black clothes. He could jump around on the surface of the sun without any problem, let alone here.

Rhodes Island, though not large, covers a full 1398 square kilometers. A disobedient god, intentionally concealing his identity, is extremely difficult to find on this 1398 square kilometer island.

The information scavenged from the Greek magic society shows that the story of the witch with 'spiritual vision' accidentally discovering a hidden, disobedient god on this island dates back to a year and a half ago.

It's unknown whether, after so much time, the rebellious god suspected to be Helios still remains on Rhodes Island. However, the moment Ciel stepped onto Rhodes Island using remote location-based portal opening, he sensed it immediately.