I Am an Evil God

Episode 49-The Duel of the Gods (2)

The story of the gods fighting for their place quickly spread throughout the empire.

Even gods without proper names often had apostles, and Lempria, the emperor of the Lempria Empire, took the lead in announcing the duel between the gods, so even the general public could hear about the duel between the gods.

The duel of the gods was not limited to the Lempria Empire.

Because it was the Lempria Empire, which had a size and influence so large that other kingdoms could be compared, the other kingdoms also had to talk about the duel of the gods.

In their mythology, Lemp was a very, very powerful god.

Although they did not worship them as creator gods like the people of the Lempria Empire, they agreed to the fact that they had the strongest power among the gods.

It was said that such a god would wage a duel with the concepts of the world, but of course I couldn’t help but be interested in it, and I wanted the gods who had not yet established proper concepts in their kingdom to go and become a proper god recognized by all the gods.

Since the Frozen Kingdom is a country that usually takes a fairly low profile to the Lempria Empire, the gods also groaned and asked to be involved, and there were people from the northwest Irtellia Kingdom that said they would participate.

In the small kingdom due north, the god who governs the kingdom came directly, but since it is such a small country, he did not have a proper concept even though he is the god who governs the kingdom.

Gods also participated in the Southern Empire.

The main god of the Southern Empire rose to the position of the main god thanks to Lemfra, and it was possible because ordinary people had a great liking for Lemfra because they knew how their empire had changed.

The only country that did not participate in the duel of the gods was the kingdom of Arma, which was fighting every day for a metal belt.

According to them, Lemp was not a main god, but simply a strong god, but they did not participate in the duel, saying that they had no right to give their name to such a god.

‘Stupids.’

Gods who rule the same concept are eventually devoured by stronger and more widely known gods.

Speaking of the god of war, of course you think of Ifritia, or Entel from the myth of Arma.

Taking a concept that does not overlap as much as possible and influencing all kingdoms is much more helpful in supplying and receiving divine power.

“Everyone, please gather here!”

At Katria’s words, those who wanted to have a duel of the gods began to gather.

‘What will humans think when they see this?’

Now they are in the position of gods, but they were human.

Since they did not reign in the position of gods for a long time, and those around them were all human gods, when the gods gathered together, they looked no different from modern people.

What would humans think if they saw the gods who knew how to fight to prove their worth by fighting back and forth standing upright like that and waiting for their turn?

I haven’t yet come up with an idea of how the duel of the gods can be expressed to humans, but it was really disappointing that I couldn’t show it to humans in such detail.

“The people of the Lempria Empire are over there, the Frozen Kingdom is over there! The Kingdom of Irtellia is over there! The Southern Empire is over there! And… What was his name?”

“Arel kingdom.”

“Yes, people from the Kingdom of Arell, please come this way.”

Under Katria’s command, the gods began to stand in line with Oh, but about three people were looking at Katria while wandering around.

“Why are you doing that? Are you from Arma Kingdom? Why did you come because you said you had no intention of participating in a duel?”

“We are not the people of Arma Kingdom.”

“So what?”

“These are people from beyond the Frozen Kingdom.”

Prison, the main deity of the Frozen Kingdom, who did not directly participate in the duel, but came out to lead their gods, answered on their behalf.

“Beyond the Frozen Realm?”

“Yes… I came here because I heard that any god can participate.”

Catria’s twinkling eyes made the three gods look at her tensely.

Even if they were the same god, Katria, who was worshiped as the god of wisdom and peace, and the difference in rank between them were enormous, so her body trembling looked pretty pitiful.

“From beyond the Frozen Kingdom, we don’t even have diplomatic relations with you. How did you come to visit us?”

“I heard a lot of rumors about the Lempria Empire in our kingdom as well. The Frozen Kingdom is a place that is no different from our older brother’s kingdom, and I came here because there is a kingdom that I serve as my older brother.”

I knew that one day this would happen.

Unlike the early days when I first stepped into civilization, now the civilization has grown considerably.

Although proper centralization was not possible, a state was established with an administrative system separate from those around it, and there was a leader to lead the state.

Previously, if one direction was blocked by another force, it was impossible to know the story beyond it, but now, because of mutual exchanges, it is now possible to hear the story beyond the other force, which is normally unknown.

“How is Lemfra called there?”

“He is regarded as a very powerful unknown god. He is a stronger god than Prison, the god of the Frozen Kingdom.”

“After the duel, please tell us a lot about Lemfra-sama. You came from beyond the Frozen Kingdom, so please stand with the people of the Frozen Kingdom.”

“Thank you!”

After setting everyone up, Katria started reciting the story of how the duel between the gods would be fought.

“First of all, there are a total of six concepts set for this duel. Plants, rain, lakes, power, mana, and even beauty, you will have a duel with a total of six concepts.”

There were over 100 gods gathered for the duel, but six were quite small.

If you look at the probability, it was only a little over 5%.

“All you have to do is come up with an idea of what kind of myths and legends you can create based on the concepts you want. I’ll do it.”

At Katria’s words, a man raised his hand with a disgruntled expression.

“I’ve heard that it’s a duel of the gods, but are you saying the decision will be made with lies?”

“I never told you to lie.”

Katria smiled softly and looked at the disgruntled man.

“It goes without saying that truth has more power than lies. Rather than the false myth that if you want to be a god of power, I can lift the world, I have the power to defeat all other gods. Wouldn’t the myth of having it be much more persuasive?”

At Katria’s words, the gods realized the essence of a duel.

The main goal of the duel between the gods was to establish a myth in which one had no choice but to become the god of that concept, and to create a legend and story to prove the myth.

As soon as they realized that fact, the heads of the gods began to spin rapidly.

Did I have a story related to the lake? Does the story have enough power to become a legend that supports the myth?

While everyone was lost in thought, a goddess from beyond the Frozen Kingdom quickly approached Lemfra.

“What’s up? Are you going to withdraw?”

Catria sensed her uneasiness and stopped her at her unusual momentum.

“You have nothing to do.”

As she crossed her catria and tried to reach her Lemfra, her catria once again stood in her way.

“Let Katria come. It sounds like fun. What’s wrong?”

Even Katria, the lower god under Lemfra, could not refuse his orders.

“So, what do you want me to do?”

“My name is Archel and I want to apply for the Beauty Goddess.”

Archel came close to Lemfra.

“I want to seduce you to prove my beauty. If beauty can seduce the god of creation, then it’s a myth that’s enough to make you a god of beauty, right?”

At her boldness, Lemp laughed out loud.

“Yes, if you can seduce me, you will take the place of the goddess of beauty. Try your best.”

Lemp laughed loudly at Archel’s bold ambition.

Somehow, the duel of the gods was going to be quite fun.