The Glory of the Seven Gods of Ice and Fire

Chapter 147: Conversation with the Seven Gods
The smoke rushed straight to the main seat, and Hugo was instantly enveloped by the sudden smoke. Subconsciously, he covered his mouth and nose, and watched the guards put their shields across his body, taking a alert posture and preparing to evacuate.

However, even though he was on guard, Hugo still inhaled some gas uncontrollably. While he cried out inwardly that it was terrible, he also found that his body did not seem to feel any obvious discomfort after inhaling the smoke. But he could not be sure that it was just a smoke bomb to cover up the assassin - it was not difficult for the warlocks of the East Continent to prepare non-irritating poisons.

As the guards formed up, Hugo was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief and prepare to leave the venue. However, during this brief period of relaxation, Hugo suddenly felt his limbs out of control and his consciousness began to blur. Then, he lost consciousness - almost in an instant.

After an unknown amount of time in a coma, Hugo's consciousness began to return and his vision became clear again. However, he found that he was neither in the square in Mill nor in the heavily guarded camp outside the city, but in some extremely abstract space.

The reason why it is abstract is that Hugo is now suspended in a space full of strange colors. Various colors around him are constantly reconstructed and constantly form new appearances. Some of them are things that Hugo is familiar with, and some are abominable things that he has never seen. He also saw the scenes he had experienced: the exile in the riverland, the speech in Seagull Town, the hardships of the expedition... For a time, Hugo was attracted by all of this and indulged in everything he had experienced in the past.

But suddenly, Hugo saw something beyond his own cognition. It was his past life, the past life that he had left behind. It was the experience of how he was born, how he grew up, and how he died. This undoubtedly created a sharp contrast with everything he had seen before.

But a stronger shock followed, because what appeared in front of Hu Ge next was a mixture of various scenes from this life and the previous life. Hu Ge was immersed in the previous life at this moment, and jumped to the next life at the next moment. At first, he did not notice the abruptness of this switch, and performed as a character in the play, but as the switching continued, he finally noticed the weirdness in it, and his brain finally reacted.

Now he was like being in a constantly switching dream. He was aware of the problem, but was still powerless to change the status quo.

This gave Hugo a great mental shock. In an instant, many thoughts appeared in his mind. He wondered if he was in a long dream, and even began to question his own existence - that is, was he in a real world? Was he real? Was he dead or alive?

In the midst of his chaotic thoughts, Hugo realized that he could not go on like this. He forced himself to calm down and break free from his messy thoughts.

Hugo never forgot that he lived in a world full of monsters and demons. The ones who could do what he saw before his eyes must have been those monsters and demons. The scenes at the beginning certainly disrupted his thoughts, but he quickly remembered this point. What monsters and demons are best at is to influence humans through the spiritual world.

After recalling this, Hugo forced himself to discard those useless doubts and firmly hold on to his consistent view of the world - since he was in it, it must be real.

Therefore, at this moment, Hugo broke free from the illusion of being pulled into this world. Although his thoughts were still a little confused, he still looked around vigilantly, with his mind alert, observing this wonderful space, watching countless colors constantly reorganizing and constructing. This was a scene he had never seen before, and it made him even more alert.

Another mental attack came, and Hugo suddenly felt a large number of subconscious thoughts denying his own existence. At the beginning, he was confused by these subconscious thoughts and fell into a state of half dream and half wakefulness.

But Hugo soon reacted, forced himself to wake up, and refuted the denial without hesitation.

This was not his way of thinking; it was the way of thinking imposed on him by those evil spirits. He would not be dominated by such thinking. After clarifying this thought, Hu Ge's confrontation went much more smoothly.

However, despite his strong inner belief, this game of consciousness still made Hugo exhausted, because no matter what, he was facing great beings that had existed in this world for countless years, and these beings were even more skilled in honing their abilities in controlling the spirits of mortals.

Hu Ge didn't know what would happen if he lost, but in the original book, he had seen how people's wills were provoked by monsters and demons and turned into pathetic puppets on the chessboard. He absolutely didn't want to become like that!
So no matter how tired he was, Hu Ge had to put up a mental fight, and the existence that put pressure on him was also constantly increasing the pressure. Under this increasing pressure, Hu Ge was about to lose his self-awareness and fell into a half-asleep and half-wakeful state again, but he was still there, struggling and fighting.

It was also at this moment that the existence that Hugo had prayed for finally arrived. As the traces on his hands emitted holy light, Hugo felt that the various thoughts that had invaded his mind quickly faded away like the receding sea. Under the heavy pressure just now, Hugo was forced to close his eyes for a while, and when his eyelids opened again, he found that the extremely abstract space with constantly combined colors and various past scenes was gradually fading and dissipating like a burned soap bubble. Behind these residual foams, the soft holy light like the warm spring sun shone on him, and his legs that were constantly tumbling in the void also stepped on a solid surface somewhere.

Next, as the holy light faded, Hugo found himself in a fertile field. Looking ahead, he saw wheat waves rolling up to the mountains and streams gushing into rivers. In the distance, Hugo could vaguely see many quiet villages with smoke rising from cooking fires. Looking more closely, he saw some knights coming out of their castles. They were armed with sharp weapons and seemed to be about to perform their duties.

And in the sky, the sun continued to emit warm sunlight, as if it would never set.

Seeing the land in front of him, Hugo felt relieved. He knew that the being who was caring for him had taken action, and everything in front of him must be the power of the Seven Gods.

"Hugo, Hugo Tollet, we welcome you here."

A complex voice sounded, this voice included men, women, young and old, it came from all directions, as if countless voices were saying this sentence, and Hu Ge did not feel any pressure, he felt more intimate instead, this intimacy told Hu Ge the identity of the owner of the voice.

"Greetings to you, great Seven Gods." Hugo expressed his respect to the gods who had always favored him. If it weren't for them, he would have died somewhere long ago. And it was the Seven Gods who saved him just now. If it weren't for the Seven Gods, Hugo knew that he would definitely fail facing that existence alone.

However, the scene then fell into an awkward silence. The Seven Gods did not respond after Hugo expressed his respect. Hugo did not know what to say for a moment, so the awkwardness continued silently.

This awkwardness made Hugo very uneasy. After hesitating for a while, he took the initiative to ask the Seven Gods a question, breaking the awkward silence, "Great Seven Gods, where is this place?"

"This is the space of the gods, and it is also our home. What you see before your eyes is a corner of our domain. All mortal souls can return here and enter the next reincarnation. We watch the mortal world from here, and we also exert influence on mortals from here. You were dragged here by the gods from the stars, and that is why we can see you."

The words of the Seven Gods, which contained various voices, rang out again, and Hugo also retrieved the key information from it - the stars. This reminded him of a sect in the East Continent in the original book, the Sect of the Stars.

"Then why does it do this?"

After waiting for a while, Hugo continued to ask questions. This was what he cared about most at the moment. Why did it do that and why did it target him at this time?

"Because you are the projection of our power in the mortal world, Hugo. Through you, we can let our influence reach humans. Your ability also makes our influence continue to expand. According to the terms you remember, you are my 'chosen one'. As our influence spreads, they also feel threatened, which eventually led to our meeting. Of course, they never unite, and many of them also want to take this opportunity to cause some trouble to the spokesperson of the deep sea. The dark clouds over Myr are not only aimed at you."

The Seven Gods continued to speak, and the tone of the composite voice was still so calm, but Hugo noticed the key point.

"Why me?" Hu Ge asked, looking around, asking the question that had been bothering him for a long time.

"You came from the outside world. When your soul came to this world and fell into the mortal world, we immediately realized that you might bring changes to this chess game, so we participated in the struggle among beings and finally poured our power into your soul. Afterwards, we chose a suitable place for your soul - a young, brave knight who died in pursuit of virtue. This is both a reward and a test for you. You did not disappoint us: through you, we were finally able to exert our power on this world."

The Seven Gods were very frank. Hugo had been prepared to guess the riddle, but he did not expect such a simple and direct explanation, which surprised him.

The Seven Gods' words had not yet ended. "We are not like those beings that have existed in this world for a long time. We were born from the faith of mortals and are the collection of the beliefs of countless devout people. But because of this, we cannot exert power on believers: those long-ago beings are vigilant against us and are always targeting us. But your arrival, your soul, knowledge, and memory that belong to the outside world, have given us an opportunity, so you can use our power - this is also the fruit of your hard work and progress."

Hugo digested these words carefully. The words of the Seven Gods were very simple and direct, and they made him understand the core of the matter: for the Seven Gods, his soul from the outside world gave them an opportunity to exert power on the world despite the obstruction of many gods, so everything is as it is now.

The man favored by the gods thought for a long time. As time passed, he sorted out the information and looked around, trying to see the gods who were nowhere to be found. "So, what about the so-called disunity? What about all this that I'm experiencing now?"

"The return of the demon dragon is a foregone conclusion, and the tide will enter the next cycle. In addition to the one in the far north who plans to make a comeback, the existence in the deep sea has also decided to seize this opportunity and take the lead on the chessboard that is about to be reformed. However, other beings will not just watch them act like this. These beings are certainly targeting me, but the hatred between them has also lasted for countless eras. As long as there is a chance, they will attack each other to strengthen their strength. Of course, the one in the deep sea should not have expected that even at the critical moment of besieging us, they did not forget to plot against each other and also plotted against his spokesperson. You know who this spokesperson is, that crazy pirate."

The tone of the Seven Gods was still calm, but Hugo heard a hint of sarcasm in it. Hugo then began to ponder. He received too much information at once, which was related to these gods, and he needed time to digest it.

However, the Seven Gods did not give him much time to think.

"Hugo, you don't have to worry about anything." The Seven Gods continued, "Our wishes are consistent with your interests. You don't have to worry about whether we will abandon you, nor do you have to be afraid that we will treat our followers as slaves, playthings, or even food like some fallen people. We are not those beings: our power comes from humans and will definitely return to humans. We will be with you and we will never surrender."

"Next, we will send you back and continue to follow your plan. Because of its promise to mankind, the cold sun will watch for thousands of years in agony. It will also awaken its demigod offspring because of the prayers of mortals, and will even personally burn the Garden of the Corrupted at a critical moment. We assure you that although we are not as powerful as this distant hero, in this world, we are willing to pay no less for mankind than he does."

"Finally, remember to keep your eyes on the north. The One in the Far North is ready to conquer the world. All preparations to deal with it are worthwhile: just like you keep sending manpower to the high wall in the north, it is only a drop in the bucket for future invasions, but a shallow ditch can also sink a wheel, so keep doing it."

The Seven Gods finished their words, and Hugo somehow felt that this meeting was coming to an end. He wanted to ask questions again, to find out more about the unknown, but the next moment, the warm sunlight filled his vision, and the warm feeling slowed down his movements, just like when he came here, and his mind began to blur.

(End of this chapter)