Steampunk Era: Mad Abield
Chapter 845: Section 561: Walking with You (Part 3)

Chapter 845: Section 561: Walking with You (Part 3)

What are Deities?

Deities are legends transcending mortal powers, they encountered rules never seen before in this world, advanced to higher ranks, ignited the divine flame, and acquired powers rivaling those of Evil Gods.

They are great, for these pioneers exhausted all their efforts to save the world from the hands of Evil Gods; some of their companions fell into the abyss of Chaos, but they did not. In a world post-great destruction, without them, humans cannot imagine the dire fate they would face.

However, deities eventually exhaust their strength, bound by factions, gradually losing their humanity, and the invasion of Chaos Evil Gods made this world extremely dangerous, even deities would fall, until the arrival of Lord of Justice from the Outer Domain, who saved this decaying world, and saved many deities.

May he be eternal.

With this prayer from the mentor, the children below also repeated these words.

Malin, who had accompanied and listened to the Lord of Justice Church Apprentice’s lecture, frowned.

Indeed, the Lord of Justice was indeed a deity transcending factions, unlike Earth’s native deities tightly bound to this land, but... he was too free, sometimes Malin felt he was also an Evil God.

Just like the Goddess of Fate—legendary, the Goddess of Fate is also an existence transcending constraints, she is completely neutral, not bound by factions, and extremely powerful, in this world, even the Chaos Evil Gods cannot confront her face-to-face, it is said, without her efforts, this world would have fallen long ago, she should be one of the earliest deities in this world.

Honestly, Malin didn’t believe it.

If Fate truly pitied the innocents of this world, this goddess should stand up and use her power to save the world.

But she hasn’t, or rather... Malin, or everyone in the world, has never been able to witness it firsthand.

Sometimes Malin even wonders if there really is a Goddess of Fate in this world?

She is indeed powerful, not even needing worshippers, but it’s exactly because of this that Malin feels... what a mighty existence she must be, to not need worshippers like the Lord of Justice.

Moreover, Lord of Justice can grant his power to his followers without any cost, but what about the Goddess of Fate... you don’t even know what she is doing or what she can do.

Fate?

Heh, perhaps just the whispering of Evil Gods before their corruption.

In Malin’s view, the Goddess of Fate is his biggest concern, if Subspace truly approaches this world closely, then among all deities that will fall, the most dangerous would likely be the Goddess of Fate, what kind of Evil God would she become if she fell?

Malin thought for a moment, then realized that his poor mind simply couldn’t imagine what such a powerful deity might turn into after falling, but he was certain that it would be a terrifying sight.

I must do something.

Malin had always been thinking, trying to find answers that could solve everything, becoming a deity was certainly an option, everyone says that when a person is at their legendary peak, becoming a deity would naturally make them even more powerful.

But is becoming a deity useful? Malin doesn’t think all of this would really be useful, if he cannot transcend factions, then all of this would just be repeating mistakes, so unless absolutely necessary, Malin would not choose this path.

In Malin’s view, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, he would not choose this route, because another version of himself from another timeline has already given Malin an answer.

That is to become an Evil God.

Of course, Malin would vow to become an Evil God who destroys Chaos, just like some other versions of himself in different worlds.

If we cannot save this world, we must let the existence that destroys it taste destruction itself.

Thinking so, Malin stepped onto the podium to answer the questions of these children.

The questions raised by the little ones weren’t really questions; instead, they asked if Malin himself could become a hero.

Of course, Malin couldn’t just contradict them. Under the embarrassed gaze of the church tutor’s smile, Malin interacted with the child for about an hour. At the end, one child raised a hand.

"Do you have a question?" Malin asked, smiling as he crouched down and gently patted the little child’s head.

"Mom said that dad went to the Lord of Justice’s Divine Realm, that’s in heaven, dad is the brightest star. Can I also enter the Lord of Justice’s Divine Realm, become a beautiful star, and see dad?" This was a thin child, but his eyes were lively. He asked this question, deeply believing his mother’s words, forcing Malin to fall silent for a moment, but soon, Malin nodded with a smile.

He patted the child’s little cheek, comforting him with a firm voice: "Yes, but before that, you also need to be a good father, raise your children, watch them get married, and they will have your grandchildren. Eventually, when you are old and can’t walk anymore, when you are surrounded by your children and grandchildren, you will discover that your father is among them. He, along with your mother, will come to take you to the Lord of Justice’s Divine Realm, where everyone will become a star in the sky."

Malin stroked the small head of the child before him.

He faintly saw the image of the Paladin in the forest.

So, you had a child... Malin felt his heart fill with joy, delighted by the realization.

With that thought, Malin took out a bag of candies from his pocket: "Here, this is a reward for you and your friends. Take it and share with everyone."

Handing the bag of candies to the child, Malin stood up. The children happily gathered around the youngster, allowing Malin to take his leave. He joined the Lord of Justice’s tutor, watching the child pour out all candies, starting to distribute them in the simplest manner, one by one.

"This child asked a baffling question, Sir." The tutor sounded somewhat helpless, as he felt his apprentice had posed a rather challenging question.

Lucky for us that Sir Malin responded promptly; his answer, no matter what, was destined to be perfect.

Malin shook his head: "It’s nothing; it’s just unfortunate that he is the descendant of a Knight of our Church, otherwise, I truly would have liked to be his mentor." As he spoke, Malin sighed and took out a checkbook, wrote a generous six-figure: "This is a token of appreciation for your church, the weather is not so good, please use it to subsidize the living conditions and food for these children."

"How can this be acceptable, our church has its own subsidies." This tutor was reluctant to accept Malin’s money, but under Malin’s steady gaze, he finally accepted the check, feeling somewhat ashamed.

"I know you take good care of the children, though their clothes are a bit old, it’s evident that their diet and clothing are sufficient. I just want to do something within my ability to ease my conscience." After saying this, Malin smiled at the middle-aged tutor.

"If there’s nothing else, I should leave now, I will attend your open events next time."

After saying this, Malin bid farewell to the middle-aged man, and after saying goodbye to the children, he left the church of the Lord of Justice.

Stepping out the church’s main door and back into the snowstorm, Malin looked at the carriage of the Goddess of Harvest’s church ahead, and the elderly coachman sitting on it, and he sighed.

"It’s tough."

"No, the tough one is you, Sir Malin."

The old coachman smiled and shook his head, his wait at that moment finally receiving its answer. His joy allowed Malin to finally board the carriage.

"Let’s go, to the Church."

"No problem, Sir Malin."

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