Spell Return: The Wheel of Time

Chapter 370 The Only One in Heaven
"Failed."

Although they were unable to obtain specific information about the battle situation deep inside the Imperial Palace, the fact that the ground suddenly shook as if an earthquake had occurred was enough for Fujiwara no Homichi and his men to understand what had happened.

The ruler of the country has passed away, and the 'demon god' that is connected to the royal bloodline has been born. In fact, at this time, Fujiwara no Homichi did not think that the unknown 'demon god' that was used as a trump card by the royal family would be a match for the mysterious magician.

The power to reverse life and death, the power of curse that can continuously deploy domains multiple times in one day, although I don't want to admit it, it is not unreasonable for those guys to worship it as a god. This power, the so-called "demon god" is probably no more than this.

Soon, the information about witnessing the horrific curse overturning the imperial palace came back. In fact, there was probably no need for spies to report it, as the several family heads who were staying in this hall all felt the soaring breath of curse power coming from that direction.

The presence of the curse is so strong that ordinary people in Heian-kyo would probably be forced to feel the deadly threat at their throats. Even those who were originally unable to see the curse would unleash their potential under this oppression and be able to see the curse with their own eyes.

This level of curse has reached the level of 'it is disaster grade because the highest is only disaster grade', and magicians generally have another name for them - Demon God.

At this moment, the civilians in Heian-kyō who were frightened by the sounds of fighting everywhere and hiding in their houses were forced to try to run to open places for refuge because of the "earthquake" that affected the entire city.

You should know that earthquakes occur frequently in Heian-kyo. In order to resist earthquakes and reduce the damage caused by house collapse caused by earthquakes, the most common houses are wooden structures. However, this does not mean that wooden houses will not collapse.

On the contrary, those residents living in crowded residential areas still need to evacuate their houses as soon as possible. These civilians do not consider things like earthquake prevention too much in their homes. The important thing is to be able to accommodate more people.

Therefore, those who fled outside in panic entered the world of sorcery, and witnessed the figure of that gigantic monster, as the devil's aura covered the whole area, with its cursed power soaring into the sky and destroying the entire palace.

It was a monster, undoubtedly a monster. The giant creature, which was tens of feet tall, maintained an overall human-like appearance, but its lower body was that of a four-legged beast. There were several human faces of different sizes on its back, neck, and body.

Although those human faces were distorted and hideous, their facial features were not exactly the same and they could be seen to be different faces. If someone could recognize them, they would be able to tell that these faces were the kings who had died from generation to generation in the royal family, as well as the top magicians of their bloodline who were buried in the imperial tomb after their death.

It turns out that this is the so-called "trump card" of the royal family, using blood as the carrier of the curse. The deaths of successive kings and top magicians with the same blood are also regarded as resources that can be utilized.

The operation behind this must be very complicated and cannot be completed overnight. It took countless people's hard work to finally create such a "demon god". When the country is overthrown and the ruler is killed, this demon god will meet the conditions of restraint, break free, and then list the murderer who is tainted with this blood feud as a target to be killed.

As for what arrangements will be made later, no one knows, because its fate will end today.

People outside Heian-kyo could see a strange sight at this moment: in a large area centered on the monster in the center of the city, everything was frozen in that moment, whether it was the panicked fleeing crowd or the shattered wood and rocks.

They all became dead and silent scenes painted with ink on a painting. No, there was another existence that could move freely on the painting, but it was too far away and people who were not immersed in it could not see its appearance clearly.

All I saw was that 'person' flying up and down, circling the huge demon several times. After a few breaths, it all seemed like an illusion. Birds flapped their wings, cries continued, the demon shook the earth, and everything returned to normal.

But something was different. The demon god roared and made a devilish sound that was a mixture of countless human voices. Its head was broken into pieces, its facial features were dislocated, and its huge eyeballs fell from its broken eye sockets.

The four legs that supported the ground were also broken neatly, and its body collapsed like a mountain, but this "mountain" began to break into smaller and irregular pieces during the collapse.

By the time the collapsed 'mountain' smashed into the ruins on the ground, stirring up a cloud of dust, there was only a piece of broken flesh on the ground. But even so, the demon god did not seem to be completely dead. The pieces of flesh, each about the size of a person, were twisting and wriggling on the ground. They crawled towards each other, and in the blink of an eye, the huge head was pieced together into a rough outline. It even glared at the figure in the sky and roared at it.

"Creation, stasis, decay, emptiness, birth, stasis, change, and destruction..."

"The field expands and returns to ruins."

The black sun, which was brighter and larger than before, descended. The believers who had evacuated outside the imperial palace as ordered before felt frightened when the figure in the sky began to chant the spell. Driven by inexplicable fear, they once again distanced themselves from the center of the battlefield.

Then, the black sun fell in the center of Heian-kyō, and the falling skylight was also captured by the sun on the ground. They came from all directions and were distorted from their original trajectory, and all sank into the sun disk and turned into pure nothingness. The sky darkened a little bit in an instant, and the incoming skylight turned into part of the sun disk and completely disappeared without a trace, but there was still a constant stream of light attached to the edge of the black sun disk, coating it with a truly dazzling solar ring.

And He stood in the center of the sun, becoming the only existence therein.

Even though they had seen it more than once, the scope of the expansion of the territory before them still shocked the believers again with this great power. The entire imperial palace, along with a large area of ​​about several hundred meters with it as the center, everything on the surface had been annihilated, and an incomplete spherical gap with an incredibly regular shape had appeared under the surface.

If it weren't for the previous fighting and the chaos caused by the appearance of the demon god, everyone in Heian-kyō would have been evacuating towards the outer side of the city. Otherwise, this attack would have completely destroyed half of Heian-kyō and countless people.

……

Fujiwara no Homichi looked at the empty and clean scene in the distance. At this moment, he was completely heartbroken and suppressed all distracting thoughts in his mind. At this moment, he was the head of the Fujiwara family, responsible for the life and death of this family and countless people. He had to fulfill his responsibilities, even if it meant giving up everything.

"You have seen it, right? There is no choice left."

He did not look at the other family heads. He knew that some of them might still have some ideas, such as trying to maintain the status of their family after surrendering. After all, it was just a matter of surrendering to a different person. No matter who wanted to rule this country, they would need manpower, right?
Even if someone can single-handedly defeat all the forces that resist him and become the new master, destruction and domination cannot be generalized. This is the rule of the world and the rule of the game called throne.

However... Fujiwara no Homichi had an inexplicable realization that the being standing in the sky at this moment, who had caused countless people to kneel down and worship him, was not a ruler, but just a "God" who came down for a certain purpose.

Power, rule, and supreme status are probably just like dust on the ground in his eyes. Otherwise, with the power displayed by the other party, there is actually no need to achieve this level. He has many ways to rule this country and maximize the retention of the power that will soon belong to him.

But he still chose to do it, just because it was the fastest and easiest way, that's all.

This is what makes Fujiwara no Houmichi most heartbroken, and it is also the reason why he decided to shoulder all of this. Now the Fujiwara family and other families are like walking on an iron chain suspended in the void, and they will be crushed to pieces if they are not careful.

What he was most worried about was that some idiots would fail to see the situation clearly and completely ruin everything of the Fujiwara family. In order to prevent that possibility, he had made a decision.

"The false demon god is dead, we are waiting to welcome the coming of the God Lord!"

Seeing him leading a group of people to kneel on the ground, and in just a few words, he defined the former emperor who had been beaten to death as a "false god". The cursed demon god was also placed on the opposite side, all of them showed their intentions and determination to surrender.

Shen Genichi stared expressionlessly at Fujiwara no Homichi who was kneeling on the ground, until cold sweat broke out on the latter's back and the sweat dripping from his forehead even soaked the ground in front of him. Then, he spoke a few words that made him feel relieved.

"it is good."

Having abandoned all unnecessary gestures, Fujiwara no Homichi did not even change his posture, but simply lay on the ground, ready to follow the next instructions.

"Now go and show your worth. Starting from Heian-kyō, clear out all the magicians who are unwilling to surrender. Only those who kneel down can survive."

……

The wheel of history of this time and this country has been completely smashed, and the newly built "chariot" has been brutally and forcibly bent into another unknown direction.

The imperial power was shattered, and the religions that depended on it, which were also the sorcery forces that could not be underestimated, had their mountains and temples destroyed. All the sorcery forces, that is, the real ruling class of this era and this country, had no choice but to surrender completely. Those who refused would be chosen to be exterminated and completely disappear.

Heian-kyo soon became the starting point of all this. It was just right that the Imperial Palace was gone, and filling the big hole was just right to build a temple. This country no longer had a ruler, and those who ruled them were not humans, but "gods" walking in the world.

(End of this chapter)