Lord of Prayer - Chapter 154 - 120: Wishing Spring Water

Chapter 154: Chapter 120: Wishing Spring Water

“…You should know the gist of how this all started. Robert spent a thousand years in the Restricted Area, hammering away at his forge day after day. He eventually became the Crowned King of the Casting Realm. After I met him, he began forging the Godslaying Blade to rebel against the Gods.

In the end, he succeeded, but it also cost him his life.”

Hermes drank the last of the noodle soup and casually tossed the container—which vanished mid-air—and sighed. “To pursue an even more perfect Godslaying Blade, he decided to sacrifice his own life to empower it.

Before the final forging began, I asked him why he didn’t choose to live. He had the potential to ascend to godhood and could have personally sought revenge against the Gods in the future. But he just calmly replied that he was tired.

The thousands of years of tedious smithing had become a form of torture for him. For a millennium, every single day and night, he yearned for his family, his girlfriend, and the life he once had.

In his heart, exhaustion had long since outweighed his anger, so he chose to sacrifice himself to empower the Godslaying Blade.

For Robert, it didn’t matter if he couldn’t personally slay the Gods. He had poured all his hatred and anger toward them into his greatest creation. He knew that someone would eventually come along and fulfill his purpose.”

As Hermes spoke, he reached out and plucked a long object from the void, wrapped in a linen burial shroud.

“This is the Godslaying Blade forged by the King of Melting and Casting. Want to see it?”

“I do.”

Zhou Chen couldn’t help but sit bolt upright in bed.

’This is the ultimate weapon, capable of slaying Gods!’

“Too bad. You can’t.”

Hermes shrugged and grinned. “What were you thinking? A Tier One like you wants to lay eyes on a Divine Artifact? Why do you think I have it wrapped in the Saint’s Shroud?”

’Then why did you even ask…’ Zhou Chen grumbled inwardly, sizing up the linen fabric. ’This thing is the Saint’s Shroud?’

Hermes put the Godslaying Blade away and continued, “In the end, Robert completed the forging of the Godslaying Blade, and the only relic he left behind was the damaged Hammer of Forging you now possess.

He sealed a host of Undead inside it and told me that only someone who passed its trial could wield the Hammer of Forging and receive his inheritance.

After that, I took the items and left the Restricted Area. I found the ’Prophet’—yeah, the same guy who provides the prophecies. He was the one who predicted Erin’s certain death, but after I found him with the items, he changed his tune and said there was still a sliver of hope for her.

He only had me do one thing: hide the Hammer of Forging in one of the West Wind Smuggling Gang’s crews. He said it would create a butterfly effect, causing massive ripples and drawing countless fates together.

Only now do I understand the game he was playing.”

Hermes cleared his throat and explained with a serious expression, “First, the King of Chaos, as the supreme existence of the Flame Realm, has a natural ability to sense creations of Authority from the same realm. Coupled with the unique nature of the Hammer of Forging, He was certain to be extremely interested.

Second, Fallen Paradise also has a Crowned King of the Prophecy Realm. They also possess the Dead Sea Document. The emergence of any creation of Authority will trigger their mystical senses.

And just like that, two big fish took the bait.

Then, after one thing led to another, both sides saw they couldn’t obtain the creation of Authority quietly, so they called for backup to snatch it by force. Little did they know that everything was under the Star Association’s control. In the end, they not only failed but also suffered heavy losses.

Three days ago, the battle ended. The Star Association annihilated countless Abyssal Demons. Not only did this completely offset the costs of the war, they even turned a huge profit.

The Filthy Angels fell, the Nine-headed Demon Serpent fell, and the Purgatory Fire Demon lost its main body and two Clones. Although it didn’t die completely, it will definitely take a long time for it to recover.

Most importantly, the King of Chaos was severely injured, and Purgatory suffered a devastating blow. It’ll be years before they can recover.”

Hermes couldn’t help but sigh in admiration. “That crafty bastard really plays the long game. This time, he not only dealt a heavy blow to Chaos Purgatory but also made Fallen Paradise lose a Tier Five.

On top of that, the Godslaying Weapon project was a massive success. It killed one of the Purgatory Fire Demon’s Clones head-on, even without its adaptive Matrix installed.

Daun, one of the former Seven Great Bishops of the Dawn Church, proved he’s still got it by killing another one of the Purgatory Fire Demon’s Clones. It looks like he might be making a comeback.

The Hammer of Forging found a new master, the girl who was fated to die was saved…

A happy ending all around.”

Thinking of the crafty bastard, Hermes was filled with admiration. Don’t be fooled by how smoothly everything seemed to go on the surface; behind the scenes, the Prophet was essential in fanning the flames.

For example, he had me run errands to get the materials needed for a certain component of the Godslaying Weapon, which greatly shortened its development time and allowed it to be deployed in battle ahead of schedule.

For another example, some time ago, he worked with the Star Association to ambush several Tier Fives from Fallen Paradise. That’s why Fallen Paradise could only send two Tier Fives for this operation, and one of them, the Filthy Angels, was on the kill list…

It was because of all these behind-the-scenes preparations that the plan went off without a hitch and resulted in a total victory.

After hearing Hermes’s explanation, Zhou Chen finally pieced together the whole story. The Hammer of Forging was the source of everything.

Just as Stand Messengers are drawn to one another, creations of Authority also attract a great deal of covetous attention, like a black hole of fate, triggering all sorts of events.

“Wait, you said earlier that the Hammer of Forging is damaged?” Zhou Chen suddenly asked.

“Yeah. You didn’t really think forging the Godslaying Blade was that easy, did you?

Robert was the one and only King of Melting and Casting in this world, and it still took him several hundred years to forge the Godslaying Blade. In the end, even his Demigod Divinity shattered. Of course the Hammer of Forging was damaged too.”