Ancient Sun God

"Speaking is prohibited here!"

Before Adam could finish his prophecy, Aucuses declared.

The dimming light of the cross, on the other hand, brightened and illuminated the surroundings.

Except for Aucuses, attacks of other gods had ceased. Unlike him, who is present here, Amanises and Leodero, who are fighting battles in the sky and sea of ruins, cannot send their power down here indefinitely.

On the illusory and ethereal surface of the light that illuminated the surroundings, words began to take shape:

"The historical projection of Lucas Reyes dissipated as the summoning time limit expired."

Aucuses declared that speaking is forbidden here, but that doesn't mean Adam can't complete his prophecy in other ways.

Aucuses noticed that his projection was becoming dim and illusory. He, on the other hand, ignored it and declared once more.

"All prophecies are null and void."

The words on the illusory sea of light's surface faded away, as did the sea of light.

There was no longer a golden cross or white swords; instead, there was a massive yet illusory bone dragon.

Adam stood beneath the bone dragon. As his golden iris shone with light, he looked at the bone dragon.

Through his uniqueness, Adam began to use the authority of "Visionary." He intended to give "life" to the bone dragon temporarily.

A terrifying aura filled with madness erupted from the bone dragon.

The dragon's hollow eyes were lit up with an illusory light, that shimmered like flames.

When Aucuses saw the bone dragon, he cursed in his mind. He made another declaration without hesitation.

"Acts of giving life are prohibited here!"

However, before he could even establish the order with reality, he sensed it becoming void.

Simultaneously, a phantom of divine dragon began to materialise around the bone dragon.

Soon after, a majestic divine dragon appeared, with silver scales around most of its body and golden scales from under its neck. The dragon had massive wings that seemed to be able to cover the entire sky. It also had numerous golden and white horns that adorned its head.

Ankelwelt, Dragon of Imagination!

Roar!

A terrifying draconic roar echoed around the world, and everyone, whether gods fighting in the sea of ruins or the king of angels who were already focusing here, stared in astonishment at the divine dragon.

'Shit! Fuck!' Aucuses cursed repeatedly as he felt the gaze of the divine dragon, which is actually under the control of Adam.

However, before he could do anything, he noticed that everything was fading into eternal darkness.

He was immediately aware of what had occurred. He'd been attacked by Adam and the remnant power left behind in the corpse of ancient god.

Before succumbing to endless darkness, the last of his consciousness had only one thought.

'I fucking hate visionary…'

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Aucuses awoke, gasping for air. It took him a few moments to get his breathing under control.

Then the realisation hit him, and his face became solemn.

He was in the valley between two mountains. The path ahead is rocky and rugged.

Most importantly, despite the fact that the sky was bright, there was no sun visible.

Aucuses had reverted to his teenage self. He was dressed in ragged robes. His face was dirty, and his hair was messy and unclean. The ragged robes were torn in many places, revealing his skinny body, which was covered in scars all over. He was holding various sun pathway beyonder characteristics.

This is the eastern continent during the second epoch!

This is also one of the most significant events in his life. This is where his life and fate were forever altered. Subconsciously, he always recalls this memory.

Aucuses turned around to see ugly and ferocious demons charging at him, barring their yellow and sharp teeth. As they approached his figure, their eyes were filled with malice and hunger.

Despite the fact that nothing was different from reality, he knew this was a dream.

He was aware of it instinctively.

This was the moment in his life when he was forced into desperation. He was almost convinced that he was going to die or lose himself.

He still clearly recalls his teenage self fleeing the oncoming horde of demons while clutching the characteristics in his hand. The demons were far more powerful than him, and all he could do at the time was flee.

It drove him to despair, to the point where he didn't care about the consequences and instead wanted to combine with the characteristics in order to have silver of chance.

But that's when his life changed, because he happened to run into someone at that exact moment....

Aucuses ignored the demons and looked ahead. His eyes were filled with complex emotions.

A man stood not far from him. 'He' was dressed in black clergy robes, with a silver cross around 'His' neck. 'He' had golden eyes that burned like the sun. 'He' held a black slate in 'His' hands.

Ancient Sun God!

Aucuses looked at creator, whose gaze was fixed on him.

Unlike in his memories, the creator's eyes were indifferent and apathetic. He already knew that the creator had recognised him. As his reflection in the eyes of the creator was not his teenage self, but his present self.

Then, he noticed the creator turn around and walk away without looking back.

'The creator abandoned him and left him to die.'

This thought appeared out of nowhere in his mind, causing his emotions to spiral out of control.

He was filled with rage, regret, pain, and rage....

These emotions erupted in his mind, corrupting him.

However, his figure emitted an infinite amount of pure light, as if he had become the "Sun" that descended into the world.

Under the light's illumination, everything melted. The entire dream world started to crack as well.

Aucuses rose from the cracked ground, his face calm and indifferent, as the sun flares burned away all of Adam's influence.

"Adam..." He said in low voice. "You really have some powerful tricks up your sleeve, don't you?"

"However, it's my turn, Adam. Let me give you a taste of your own medicine."

A balance scale appeared in his hands as a dreadful shimmer of light swept the dream world with the authority of "Order."

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The dream world changed under the authority of "Order," revealing an astral world riddled with cracks and fissures.

A massive golden sun stood in the middle of the astral world, but it was slowly dimming, as if it might extinguish at any moment.

The sun was surrounded by Gods and King of Angels except the white angel, all of whom were battered and bruised. Their eyes were filled with a myriad of emotions, but they all shared one similarity: fear.

Inside the sun, Aucuses floated towards the creator, who was kneeling in an infinite ocean of light.

The creator's body emitted infinite amount of light, while also breaking and collapsing.

"What are you doing here, Aucus..?" The creator asked, 'His' voice worn and tired.

However, 'He' was cut off, as a white sword stabbed into 'His' chest and pierced into 'His' heart, draining 'His' remaining life.

"I'm sorry, my lord..." Aucuses spoke, but his tone was cold and his eyes were indifferent.

"AUCESES!" The creator yelled, and the entire astral world trembled in response to his rage.

Just then, a calm yet powerful voice spoke up.

"Enough, Aucuses."

The entire dream world built by authority of order collapsed with that voice.

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In the realm of the mind, where only thoughts and dreams exist.

Aucuses stood in the midst of a constantly changing environment.

"What are you waiting for?" He said. "I'm not going to give you a grand welcome every time, like I did for you back then."

A figure appeared in front of him; it wasn't Adam, but;

Ancient Sun God!

With a gentle smile, the Creator stood before him. Despite looking at Aucuses, 'His' golden eyes were still filled with kindness.

"When did you find out?" Aucuses asked in low voice.

"I knew it the moment I saw you, Aucuses." The Creator replied gently. "I watched you grow up and also raised you. I know more about you than you realise, Aucuses. Also, you didn't even bother to hide it."

"That is debatable." Aucuses chuckled. "Given how you reacted after I stabbed you through the heart."

"It was a different time, Aucuses." The Creator stated, "You can probably guess what happened at that point..."

"So, it is indeed Almighty....." Aucuses muttered.

"Yes." The Creator smiled and nodded. "The primordial one tampered with my omniscience."

"You've also changed a lot." The Creator continued, 'His' golden eyes fixed on Aucuses. "Different yet similar to your past self."

"I get that a lot these days." As he raised the grossele travels in his hands, Aucuses spoke. "However, I still lost to you."

"Don't give up." The Creator said. "Who knows, maybe you'll be the one to win in the end."

"Is that a prophecy?" Auceses inquired, his brows raised.

"It's a blessing." The Creator said gently, as 'He' waved 'His' hand. The historical projection began to fade.

"Do you ever regret it?" Aucuses inquired as his figure began to fade away. "Saving me back then."

The Creator smiled, but did not respond as 'He' watched the historical projection fade away. 'He' took the grossele travels and walked ahead into the infinite expanse of light.