Chapter 437: The Mastermind Behind Everything—Fate!
In other parallel worlds, the descent of gods to the mortal realm differed from this world.
In those worlds, the true forms of the gods descended to the earth, so it was natural for their physical bodies to remain after being slain.
This was why the monstrous demon they captured earlier did not turn to sand upon death.
"Lady Pandora, does a special being like 666 exist in our world?"
Alice suddenly asked this question.
"Ah, yes, it exists."
"Is it very powerful?"
"Of course, after all, it is the most unique Serpent within that Pantheon."
"How exactly does its power manifest?"
"Hmm, how should I describe it?"
"Can it rival all Pantheons?"
"Huh? Of course that's impossible"
"Can it single-handedly destroy the Indian Pantheon?"
"Impossible"
"Can it single-handedly destroy the Greek Pantheon?"
"That's impossible too"
"Can it single-handedly destroy the Norse Pantheon?"
"Well, although 666 is powerful, it's truly not terrifying enough to single-handedly rival those powerful Pantheons"
So Pandora looked somewhat bewildered at the child before her, wondering why she was suddenly asking these seemingly inexplicable questions.
"Could it be, Alice-chan, that you've used your Spirit Sight to see 666 also appearing in the earthly world?"
She couldn't help but ask with a changed expression.
Even if it were to happen, it would be the most terrifying Heretic God descent in history, bringing immeasurable disaster to the present world.
"I did see some images of 666 through Spirit Sight, but that wasn't in our world"
Alice shook her head as she spoke, her expression growing increasingly gloomy.
"Huh?"
"Pandora-sama, did you know about this?"
She looked puzzled at this goddess.
"I don't know"
"Smith-sama, haven't you told her?"
Regarding the initial memory images glimpsed through that demon monster's soul, Alice had only mentioned them to Alexander and John afterward, and she thought John had already told Pandora.
It seemed now that he hadn't?
So both she and Pandora looked toward John, whose body had slightly stiffened.
"Sorry, I thought I had mentioned it. It's also because my godmother hasn't been acting properly, causing me to forget to inform you about this~~point"
After apologizing, he shifted the blame onto Pandora, making the corner of Pandora's mouth twitch slightly.
"So, Alice-tan, what did you see?"
This subtle change in how he addressed her made Alice look somewhat helplessly at the goddess who wasn't acting with proper goddess-like dignity.
So, taking this opportunity, she also described the scene she had just witnessed through Spirit Sight.
After she finished speaking, the atmosphere became unusually oppressive and silent.
"That woman is playing on such a large scale in that world?"
Pandora bit her thumb, her expression becoming particularly grave.
The 666 in the world Alice described was too abnormal, almost an invincible existence.
Moreover, that world was also quite abnormal—a massive free-for-all?
The scale of warfare among gods had reached such an extent that it dragged humanity into the conflict.
And here, dragging humanity in meant using humans as materials?
It was appalling.
The final war appeared to have been won by the faction led by the God of the Underworld who controlled death power, and they were planning to advance into another world.
The so-called other world was clearly a parallel world, most likely targeting their own world.
And now, suddenly there appeared new humans possessing Divine Authority, and the one who granted them this ability might be someone dispatched from that world.
It could also be someone from this world's God of the Bible pantheon acting as an inside agent, or having been replaced, or other possibilities.
In any case, when the God of the Bible pantheon discovered the problem, they immediately tried to kill them, but they still successfully reached the earthly world.
"But isn't this strange here?"
John suddenly voiced his confusion.
"What's strange?"
"Currently, the existing God of the Bible should be under that woman's control as you said, godmother. So if that woman wants to dispatch people from other companies to enter, would there be any need for them to be pursued and killed?"
"That's perfectly normal. First of all, although the new God of the Bible is controlled by that woman, in reality he's nothing more than an immobile puppet."
"An immobile puppet?"
"Let me put it this way: the new God of the Bible is a clone of the original God of the Bible, but it's a clone completely devoid of any capacity for independent thought. What's more, it's an exceptionally precious clone that continuously gains various abilities through the myths woven by humanity. That woman wouldn't dare let it act freely—she's afraid it might suddenly be tricked into descending to the human world. If by some chance it were defeated by a Campione and its Authority stolen, she'd be devastated. Although the probability is extremely low, she doesn't dare take such a risk."
"So this God of the Bible won't personally pursue us. That woman, purely out of malicious amusement, will manipulate him to order the subordinate angel gods to hunt us down? After all, those being dispatched are also her playthings, right, Mother?"
"That's incorrect, dear. The subordinate archangels don't need to receive orders—they'll actively work to prevent descents to the lower world."
"You mean to say the angels of the Biblical Pantheon all obey that woman?"
"Wrong again, Eri."
"Please get to the point, Mother."
"Those angels are well aware that the current God of the Bible isn't their original lord. They understand exactly what the current situation is, and they resent that woman too. The reason they intervene is simply because they've been inherently assigned this protective destiny. Regardless of whether the purpose of descending to the lower world is good or evil, they won't permit anyone to descend right under their noses—they'll desperately try to prevent it. So everything could very well be part of that woman's script!"
And such script arrangements might also be intended to deceive Pandora.
Having said this, Pandora's expression turned icy cold.
That woman, it now appeared, was planning to expand the script.
Originally it was one script per world, but now she seemed to be orchestrating a multi-world crossover, didn't she?
"Then, Mother, who exactly is that woman?"
"I have already disclosed all the information about her that I can reveal. I cannot provide any further specifics about her identity."
Now, Pandora could feel the Thread of Fate constraining her once again.
"Disclose?"
Beneath his mask, John slightly furrowed his brow.
Beside him, Alice also appeared lost in thought.
When the goddess before them spoke of certain matters, some words might conceal crucial information.
For instance, the script arrangement—the angels, no, rather the gods, had no choice but to accept that woman's script.
That woman was like a screenwriter for a film, so the gods were like actors who could only perform according to the screenwriter's script.
Wait, perhaps even the gods didn't know the contents of the script.
They were improvising, yet all of it was still within the screenwriter's script.
It was as if fate had been preordained.
Fate?
Fate!!!
Alice and John suddenly exchanged glances—both had arrived at the same realization! Thump!
In Pandora's words, fate had been mentioned repeatedly!
In other words, the mastermind behind everything was a special existence capable of manipulating fate!
That was the God of Fate!.