Chapter 401 - 401: Betrayal

For how long now have they been fighting?

And for what reason?

All through their lives, Derik and Cyrus have been jumping from one battle to the other with no time to relax and just enjoy the world as it is. And even when they weren't fighting, they remained caged up in their cultivation chambers, trying to raise their strength!

As planned, after breaking into the demigod realm, Derik and Cyrus joined hands with the creator to repel the forces of the other old gods and with the help of the other guardian spirits, Francis and the other guardian spirit hosts acquired their own inheritance and reached the demigod realm.

During that period, all the guardian spirits hosts of each element fought as one unit, decimating the enemy lines! They soon earned the respect of the old gods and their enemies shivered in fear when they heard their names. Even as mere demigods, these hosts performed extraordinarily well in battle, and at one time, Derik and Cyrus fought against the God of war, the creator of the orc race.

In that battle that lasted for weeks, both sides refused to retreat as they all bore bitter grudges against each other! The battle raged on and after a long while an unexpected end was what actually happened!

The god of war, an old god and a true god at that was defeated and murdered by the duo. 

After their breakthrough to the demigod realm, their control over death and life was so immense that they could practically tamper with one's life directly without much effort. The god of war was the first major casualty of the war and this instantly changed the way the old gods viewed these guardian spirit hosts.

At first, they only viewed them as potential god candidates but they were yet to reach the god realm so they didn't pay much attention to them. and even when these guardian spirit hosts destroyed countless demigod foes in battle, the old gods merely regarded this as an expected outcome since their identity as new god candidates made them slightly more special or so they thought.

The battle between Derik and Cyrus against the god of war was instigated by the events happening on the planet below. The bad blood between the empire and the orcs got worse after Kira had slain Berivs, the orc empire's prodigy and probably next overseer, sparking the great battle in the heavens. In the long and bitter battle, Derik and Cyrus displayed their true strength which terrified even the gods. They could only imagine how powerful these guardian spirit hosts will become after they become true gods and considering the rate at which these two were growing and gaining power with each battle, it was clear it wouldn't take too long before they caught up to the old gods.

To prevent this the old gods, including the creator came to an agreement and split the god veins resources amongst themselves equally. Rather than fighting against themselves, they deemed the new god candidates as a real threat to their existence and so the counter-attack began.

The creator betrayed his own people and joined his fellow old gods to siege the heavenly palace where their main forces were stationed. In this battle, most of the battle on the side of the new god candidates perished in battle, and to survive this, the guardian spirits gave up their lives, using their life forces as a means of forcefully pushing their hosts to break through into the true god realm. With this the all-powerful guardian spirits that have lived for thousands of years vanished in just a single night, leaving their host in bitter tears.

It was then that the true war began, the battle between the old gods and the new gods which threatened to destroy the entire world occurred and no side came out the victor!

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Two bright lights shot across space, frantically trying to escape what seemed like a massive black hole that consumed every in its path! No matter what the duo threw at it, the black hole kept approaching causing both godly beings to sink into despair! 

As the last two survivors and the only gods alive, they dared not relent in their escape. Derik and Cyrus decisively chose their homeworld as the place where they would make their last stand.

Maybe drawing power from the faith of the entire world when they see the danger approaching, they may be able to gather enough power to defeat the monster!

But upon returning, Derik and Cyrus could tell something terrible had gone wrong. The world had turned against the gods and killed everyone who chose to remain on the side of the gods and prayed to them. they had only arrived above the empire just to see their successors, Blink and Clovis been burnt to ashes like witches and mere criminals! 

They also soon realized that their entire sect had been destroyed by these people and the magic beasts of the world had been wiped out too alongside the lizard clan and the elves led by Elsa who chose to remain loyal to Derik and Cyrus.

With a single thought, Derik and Cyrus appeared at the elven court which was already abandoned. Their the bodies of all the prominent elven nobles still laid there unattended to! They were all slain in gruesome manners.

There he found Elsa's body, Linda's body, Geralds body, and the body of all those he once called his teammates while they were still members of the adventurers association. No one was spared.

Apparently, Clovis and Blink were the final believers to be defeated and now they were burnt to death.

Roar!

Derik's roar of anger and anguish instantly split the continent as the empire was instantly set ablaze by his hellish green flames. Vegetations all over the world began to rot and the lands turned barren!Find authorized novels in , faster updates, better experience, Please click <a href="#%C2%A0_51149512684663713">#%C2%A0_51149512684663713</a> for visiting.

Their war against the old gods may have endangered their lives as well but it wasn't a good enough excuse for the people he loved and cared about!

The world had betrayed him for the last time!