Chapter 74: The Great Gods
The innermost reaches of the Slaine Theocracy.
Very few people were allowed into this inviolable sanctum.
The first was the highest-ranked member of the Theocracy; The Great Gods
Next were the Cardinals, the highest appointment holders of the six sects that were devoted to the Six Gods.
The God of Fire, Crimson.
He was the only Elemental human among them. He was over 400 years old and still looked like a teenager, but the air around him was hot, which might be due to his half-elemental bloodline.
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The God of Water, Hansuki.
He was a old man. He was so old that one could not tell his exact age, and his skin was a dusty brown. Although people worried about his health, none could exceed his intellect.
His narrow eyes and skinny frame made him look like a sinister person, but that was definitely not the case. Everyone here knew the reason. As a user of divine magic, he ranked at or near the top of all the people present.
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The God of Wind, Kikotenshin Nekonyan.
He was a keen-eyed man and looked the youngest of his present company. That said, he still looked mid-40s, though his energy made that fact difficult to believe.
He is the God worshipped by those who Worship the Sunlight Scripture, and he has exterminated many heteromorphic and demi humans beings in the War Age. And he was one of the men behind the discrimination against different races.
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The God of Earth, Zag Lauransan.
His entire being screamed of holiness; there was a halo above his head. He had no face but looked feminine enough to be mistaken for a woman.
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The God of Light, Alah Alaf.
She was the sole female among them. She was over 400 years old. Her well-fed face bore a motherly smile which put all who looked upon it at ease.
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The God of Darkness, Surshana.
He wore a jet-black robe that draped his large body in darkness and held a sparkling staff in his hand. He emitted a dark aura that seemed to repeal everything, and because of his skeletal face, no emotion could be traced. He is sole non-human among the great gods.
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In addition, there were the heads of Six Scripture, the Judicial Branch, the Legislative Branch and the Executive Branch of the Theocracy's government. There was the head of the research institute which handled magical research. In addition, there was the Grand Marshal, the highest appointment-holder in the military below the Great Gods.
These 12 people comprised the highest executive authority of the Slaine Theocracy, excluding the great gods.
After entering the room, they took up cleaning tools and began cleaning the room. Some of them got rid of dust with feather dusters. Some of them wiped with dry cloths, while other wiped with wet cloths. Someone used a magic item to vacuum up dust.
There was no wastefulness in their movements, and they cleaned the room with well-practiced movements.
Not a single one of these people pinnacle of the Slaine Theocracy who stood was slacking off. Sweat gushed from their foreheads, their beautiful and pristine robes were stained by dust, and none of them stopped in their efforts until the room was spotless.
The room had been quite clean before they started working on it. Now, it seemed to glow.
None of them thought to wipe off their sweat. Instead, they lined up in front of the six Gods to be defending this room which appeared and lowered their heads.
"Everything is ready for you to proceed, My Lords."
After the head of black Scripture said those words, everyone repeated them after him.
"Thus do we offer our thanks."
They raised their deeply bowed heads and stored their cleaning equipment in the corner of the room. Then, they cast [Clean] spells, cleaning their clothes and their equipment, and the towels they used to wipe away their sweat smelled sweet.
It was a trivial matter to clean dirt and dust with a first-tier spell. Widening that spell would allow the entire room to be cleaned with ease. However, there was nobody among them who was sacrilegious enough to do so in this sacred room.
After cleaning themselves, they took their seat in the corner of the room, while the Six Gods took the round table in the middle of the room.
In this room, everyone was equal. There were no superiors or inferiors here. Everyone was a collaborator and a comrade. Indeed, all this was for the glory of mankind—that was their motto, but over time it changed to the extermination of non-humans.
"Then, let us begin the meeting."
The organizer of this meeting was the God of Earth, Zag Lauransan.
"Yesterday, I received a report from the Adventure Guild of the Re-Estize Kingdom about the presence of an unidentified person in Nastrond. They reported that he had no knowledge about the surrounding kingdoms but looked like a noble with the surname 'Pendragon'. He was extremely powerful, even by human standards."
There was nothing more important than the sudden arrival of this mysterious person, and no one present liked to repeat the past. So hearing the news, the remaining five members took on rather serious expressions.
However, far too few people knew the details of the situation. Most of what they knew was little more than hearsay.
Just then, someone spoke out:
"I knew we shouldn't let the past repeat itself, like what happened with the Eight Greed Kings, but don't you all think we should investigate it instead of blindly trusting an adventurer's word? And we don't know if this is another one of Greed King's schemes to kill us off."
"I am with Alah Alaf in this one. I strongly believe this is one of Greed-King's plots to cause another chaos and the annual recognition program is also conducted in Re-Estize Kingdom. So this strengthens my belief that this is a scheme of the Greed-King but even then we shouldn't let the possibility of another player slip through our fingers. So I believe we should send some of our top brass to Re-Estize Kingdom as an undercover." The God of Water, Hansuki said, because he is the head of information gathering and the God who is worshipped by Clearwater Scripture, all the other players took his words seriously. other players took his words seriously.
"If that's what Hansuki thinks, we should do it. And it's not like we're losing anything by sending some extra manpower." Crimson said.
"If that's the case, I'll also go as an undercover." The God of Wind, Kikotenshin Nekonyan, got the attention of others by saying so.
"You?"
"Yes, I am perfect for this job, but if the situation is critical (like the presence of new players or greed kings), I can escape using my skills. And I'm also getting bored here."
"Alright then, we should prepare the people for the mission and conclude the meeting." Zag Lauransan said.
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