Only God
Chapter 295 - 253: Solamus’s Plan

Chapter 295: Chapter 253: Solamus’s Plan

The passage of time held little significance in the eyes of Solamus.

In the blink of an eye, four hundred years had passed.

Humanity, a species created by the Gods, lived in a remote corner of the Earth.

They lacked the advanced civilization of the Three-eyed Ape People, the robust physiques of the Beastmen, and the Druids’ ability to communicate with nature and master curses.

Divine King Shan En gathered the strength of the Gods to create this race but did not bestow any Divine Power upon them.

Fortunately, although Divine King Shan En did not grant them any Divine Power, he took the form of an ancient sage in the early history of mankind, assisted a Human King to ascend his throne, and helped establish a Kingdom.

The Gods also followed Shan En’s example and became sages, some incognito and others high-profile.

They bestowed upon humans the city-building techniques of the Three-eyed Ape People, metalworking techniques, the aquaculture techniques of the Unihorn, and so forth.

These allowed humanity to grow robustly in a short time and establish the rudiments of a civilization.

These civilizations’ achievements nurtured the human race, helping them grow robustly and quickly emerge from the tribal era, scattering city-states and kingdoms across the land to begin settling together.

And all this only four hundred years since the birth of mankind.

Such speed wasn’t surprising since other races stood at the forefront of civilization, innovating, while humans simply followed the paths of other civilizations, constantly absorbing their accomplishments.

Over those four hundred years, Solamus observed the human race, whose ability to learn seemed to be markedly higher than that of other races.

Perhaps because there was no Divine Power to rely on, humans could only depend on their reason and wisdom. Although their lifespans were unimaginably short compared to the long-lived Elves—sixty-odd years was nearly the life expectancy limit for most people of that era—

within that limited lifespan, human sages exerted their utmost to explore the mysteries of the world. They placed particular importance on the legacy of knowledge, to an extent that even the Three-eyed Ape People couldn’t compare with, and perhaps even the Elves.

However, unlike the Elves, humans seemed to lack unity.

Solamus could see that within a mere four hundred years, humanity had formed various city-states and kingdoms, becoming fragmented, sometimes cooperating and sometimes conspiring against each other. It seemed they might one day destroy themselves, yet under this competition, they exhibited diverse developmental trends.

Through their exchanges, various technologies flowed unhindered.

In Solamus’ observation, at times, this race could be unimaginably foolish.

Since humans were a race created by the Gods, they didn’t, like the Three-eyed Ape People or Beastmen, revere any single Divine entity. Their faith was in disarray, venerating every God, with different deities worshiped from one city-state to the next, and in extreme cases, three or four different beliefs coexisted on a single street.

This led to humans forming independent religious communities, some rational, some extreme, resulting in a landscape of mixed quality that grew wildly.

And with different beliefs, city-states, and groups came different leaders. Even if those leaders were sages, there was bound to be an oversight, let alone those leaders who were not sages, whose efforts could lead their forces to failure.

Solamus bore the prophetic mission of proclaiming the coming of the Divine Kingdom; he came to the world to be God’s Prophet.

He was to be both God’s Prophet and God’s Angel.

As for how exactly to enact God’s grand plan, Solamus had some inkling, but it wasn’t complete.

Nevertheless, the Great Angel had already seen the potential within humanity,

So, Solamus incarnated as a blonde girl and appeared in the world of humans.

She first went to a remote marine city-state called Oakro.

Dressed in a white robe, upon her arrival in that city-state, her saintly beauty startled nearly everyone in town.

The Priestesses who worshipped the Water God Angel saw her, revered her as divine, and inquired about her origin, only to be astonished to find that no one knew.

Her mysterious origin only added to the girl’s enigmatic allure, and the Priestesses believed her to be a gift from the Water God, a Holy Maiden to be dedicated to serving the Water God and thereby bless and protect the land.

Ignoring Solamus’s refusals, the Priestesses brought the blonde girl to the Temple of the Water God. They surrounded her, laid petals on the ground for her to walk on, and recited various beautiful prayers because the girl was so purely beautiful.

Solamus lifted her face and looked at everything in the Temple; the sanctuary, with its unicorns and Sea Demons, was quite similar to underwater temples, adorned with decorative shells and corals everywhere.

"You must be the daughter of the Water God, you have to be the daughter of the Water God."

That is what the Priestesses said to her.

Solamus smiled gracefully and softly spoke,

"I have my God, and that God is atop the high mountains."

The Priestesses paid no heed to Solamus’s words; their limited understanding led them to wishfully believe that Solamus was indeed destined to serve as a Holy Maiden to the Water God.

In their eyes, Solamus’s words were merely a different interpretation of the same divine entity.

The eldest Priestess said to her fellow sisters,

"The high mountain mentioned by the Holy Maiden must be the great underwater mountain Hetro."

The Priestesses were convinced of this.

Thus, Solamus began her life in the Temple of the Water God, where the Priestesses taught her to recite prayers, and Solamus always cleverly substituted certain words.

For instance, she simplified the term "Water God" to just "God."

The Priestesses would recite, "Water God, our sovereign, I praise your greatness and splendor."

And she recited, "God, our sovereign, I praise your greatness and splendor."

There were many such places, during rituals and in daily life alike.

At first, a few Priestesses had concerns, but as they grew accustomed, they also dismissed these concerns as "a different interpretation of the same divine entity."

After all, the arrival of the Holy Maiden brought unprecedented benefits to the Temple.

The most apparent was that the offerings to the Temple from the people increased, and their reverence for the Priestesses of the Water God Temple also grew. Their status, thanks to the Holy Maiden, continually rose over time.

Now, even if Solamus publicly denied being the Holy Maiden, the Priestesses would certainly not accept it.

Solamus’s reason for coming to this city-state and living in the Temple of the Water God was that she had her own plans, her own arrangements.

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