A dull longsword and a heartbroken villager

No matter how much they regret it, they have no intention of challenging Umkandar, the "alliance of the gods".

Thus, the angels became the victims, and perhaps one day the demons and sea creatures will also suffer.

And that day is probably not far off.

Joshua overcame countless obstacles, but He did not attempt to fly; instead, He walked humbly.

By minimizing the use of any abilities, one can easily pass under the watchful eyes of the Silver Seed.

Joshua was so determined to return to Heaven for no other reason than to see if his wife was safe and sound.

However, seeing how desolate this paradise looked, Joshua had already prepared for the worst.

Of course, not all angels died in Heaven; at the last moment, most of them managed to escape Heaven safely.

With some sacrifice, the flame of the angels can still be preserved.

Having survived the battles at the end of the Second Age, few angels remain. This latest blow will likely only further weaken them.

Joshua eventually returned to his home.

His house was crushed by a huge, snow-white stone pillar and turned into a pile of rubble.

He had an urge to move forward quickly, but he quickly calmed down.

He forcefully pushed aside the pillar blocking his way, and then continued to clear away all obstacles in front of him with brute force.

The walk from the entrance to the living room should have been simple, but now it has become so troublesome.

“…” Joshua suddenly stopped and fell silent.

He looked with sorrow at his wife, who sat in a chair, frozen solid by a thick layer of frost.

The wife was not only covered in frost, but her soul was also devoured by some unknown silver species.

Dead beyond dead.

Joshua had foreseen this outcome. He knew that even if those angels left, they would be limited to higher-ranking angels and would not concern themselves with the lower-ranking angels.

Even his own wife received no special treatment.

Joshua understood this, and guessed it; one could even say that he had thought about his wife's fate all the way there.

However, there were some things that Joshua hadn't considered.

Joshua looked at the smashed table and the tableware on the ground.

Angels are not beings who do not eat; they also need to eat and have lunch.

Joshua saw three servings of cutlery on the ground.

He crouched down, picked up one of the children's cutlery sets, and glanced at the other scattered cutlery sets out of the corner of his eye.

“Serves three…” Joshua murmured, gently setting down the cutlery and then covering his face with one hand.

He originally thought he could calmly accept this ending, but in the end, he couldn't.

The simple word "three people" caused Joshua's emotions to collapse instantly.

He originally thought that his wife would never remember him, but would only remember that he had a child that shouldn't have existed.

Unfortunately, Joshua was wrong, terribly wrong.

His wife, His Linna, still remembers herself.

Joshua didn't shed tears as expected, but he did look somewhat pained.

He silently placed the teddy bear he had been holding for who knows how many years into his wife's arms.

“Hold it, and it will always be with you,” Joshua said gently.

"Don't lose it. You once said there's no other one like it in all of heaven."

Having said that, He took a few steps back.

He no longer tried to hide his existence and offered prayers to his deceased wife.

Linna's body, along with the teddy bear, turned into photons and dissipated into the air.

From now on, He will no longer hold the childish teddy bear; the toy has gone to accompany His wife.

Light spilled into the corner of the cold house.

This light will not change no matter what emotional changes Joshua experiences.

Joshua thought that from now on, it would be very ordinary for him to be alone.

No matter what we do, it may be impossible to stop this day from coming.

Ultimately, what exactly is gentleness, and what is its meaning?

Even unable to keep warm, yet yearning to bridge the gap between hearts, that's probably what gentleness is all about.

At this moment, as long as Joshua closes his eyes, he can see Linna's smiling face.

When you open your eyes, all you can see are countless points of light flying around in the sky.

Is reality always this tragic?

Wise people know how to forget, but Joshua didn't want to be that wise person.

It's actually a good thing that he can't forget her. Besides, if Joshua were truly smart, he wouldn't have fallen for a fool like Linna.

"Boom!!!" A deafening roar echoed above where Joshua was standing.

Joshua's act of sending his wife away had caught the attention of the Silver Race, and he feared that if he did not leave, the Silver Race would come after him.

Although Joshua could survive under the Silver Race for a while, he did not have the means to defeat them.

Even if he were to recover to his peak fighting strength with Bray's help, it wouldn't be enough.

It's quite a pity that angels worship the gods, but have they ever considered what they would do if the gods turned their swords against them one day?

Rebellion? If they can't even resist a demigod, how can they expect to fight against a true god? This idea can only be described as arrogance.

"Are they leaving already..." Joshua muttered to himself.

But He quickly shook his head, rejecting his own idea.

Now that he's back, and now that he knows his wife has died at the hands of the Silver Seed, he should do something.

Although He cannot deal with the Silver Race, He has other ways to make them suffer.

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"You foolish bird-man who doesn't know his own mortality," a giant eagle said disdainfully, standing atop the highest peak of the sacred mountain.

However, just as He was trying to find the birdman who had trespassed into His territory, the entire holy mountain beneath His feet began to shake violently.

The giant eagle had no idea what had happened on the sacred mountain and was momentarily at a loss.

No matter how powerful the giant eagle is, it will still panic when faced with unexpected events.

Soon, the giant eagle noticed that not only the sacred mountain beneath its feet was shaking, but the surrounding sacred mountains were also trembling.

The central, massive core sacred mountain, in particular, shook violently, as if it might fall from the sky at any moment.

No, they are actually about to fall from the sky.

The giant eagle could not see the situation of the sacred mountain beneath its feet, but it could see very clearly that the lower parts of the other sacred mountains were beginning to break apart.

Countless white pebbles fell from the sky.

However, this was clearly different from a direct fall. The rubble that fell from the holy mountain turned into countless points of light in mid-air, dissipating into the air as magic.

These sacred mountains are being erased from the world little by little by an invisible eraser.

"What on earth is going on? This is my new nest, which I finally managed to get!" the giant eagle roared in dissatisfaction.

He was so angry that he momentarily forgot about Joshua and did not immediately connect the collapse of the holy mountain with Joshua.

Not only this giant eagle, but all the other silver species were astonished by this scene.

This whole scene was orchestrated by Joshua.

To reclaim the paradise that had been taken from him and revive it? No, Joshua would not do that.

Because if you calm down, you'll realize that this isn't something that can be accomplished with just enthusiasm.

reconstruction.

Joshua wanted to rebuild everything, but not heaven.

“You…you broke your oath…” a silver-white bison said in a hoarse voice.

The cold, mechanical voice was laced with doubt and anger.

The bison spoke these words to Joshua, who was standing in front of him.

Joshua held the bison's heart in his hand, remaining silent for a long time.

He gazed at the guardian beast of the sacred mountain, shook his head, and then crushed the still-beating crystal heart with force.

There was no blood or filth splattering, only a pale blue powder floating in the air.

The reason he asked Bray for help in dealing with the sacred beast was because it was too weak.

Once He has returned to normal, He has enough power to execute the sacred beast single-handedly.

“Yes, I broke my oath,” Joshua said quietly. From the moment He slew the first sacred beast, He had never considered backing down.

The angels who followed Him back to Heaven probably had no idea that Joshua was doing such a thing.

If they had known, they probably would have done everything in their power to stop Him.

Joshua shook the powder off his hands, walked to the heart of the sacred mountain, and pierced it with a spell.

The heart of the sacred mountain serves not only as a backup energy source but also as its source of energy.

This blow shattered the heart of the sacred mountain, which was just as deadly to the sacred mountain as shattering the heart of a living being.

Without the heart of the sacred mountain, the sacred mountain collapsed.

This bison was the sixth sacred beast that Joshua had killed, and it had just pierced the heart of the sixth sacred mountain.

This also unexpectedly means that six sacred mountains will disappear from the world without a trace.

But that's not all. Joshua will also destroy all the holy mountains, leaving no place for the Silver Seeds, and at the same time severing the hopes of the departed angels to revive Heaven.

He had not initially intended to do so, but after witnessing the death of his wife, he made this decision.

Everything is better started over; this heaven is both the glory of angels and the place that binds them.

Conservative, terrifying ideas, stubborn arrogance—all stem from the comfort of heaven.

But in this way, angels will never be able to rush into the light; they will only get moldy.

Despite their constant prayers and appeals to the gods, the angels, who clearly possessed wings, ultimately became birds of ill repute.

He knew that angels were religious beings, and that He Himself even believed in a certain god.

But this does not mean that one should place all one's hopes on faith, nor does it mean that one should put all one's strength for progress on an ethereal god.

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Joshua returned to the sacred mountain where he had started.

Before Him stood a host of terrified angels.

These angels also witnessed the shocking scene, and were even more bewildered than the silver-ranked ones.

They were watching their homeland gradually disintegrate.

"Let's go," Joshua said to the group of angels, then turned to look at the enormous figures in the sky.

"Where...are we going?" Zoe asked first, looking at Joshua with a puzzled expression.

“Anywhere is fine with me,” Joshua told Zoe.

The sacred mountain still has its power, but it won't stay suspended in the air any longer, and Joshua can't say what its destination is.

In short, He needed to leave these Silver Ones first; He didn't want to perish at the hands of these monsters. Because of Joshua's intervention, Heaven was slowly heading towards irreversible collapse.

Probably not many angels would have the courage to make this decision.

Destroying one's homeland is a sin that would incur the wrath of all angels.

However, Joshua did not hesitate.