Surviving the Fourth Calamity

Chapter 2309 William's Regret

William knew that Shar was confused by his cautiousness.

After all, what he wanted to do would be beneficial to the Earth Goddess Trahil and even most of the beings related to Hill.

As a descendant of the Earth Goddess, the son of nature of Trahil, and a person who is very willing to fight for Trahil, Hill should normally do it as long as William puts the matter on the negotiating table.

William doesn't even need to speak.

Even in Toril, when faced with such a situation, the gods will cooperate tacitly... Unless the interests are unbalanced, they will use guns and swords to test who is willing to make concessions and how much benefit they will give up.

But things will still be done.

Especially for gods who already have cooperation and a good relationship, it is normal for them to seize the benefits first and then divide them.

However, how could William allow his relationship with Hill to become an alliance like Toril's, where they were linked by interests?

Even those who are known to have good relationships will not give in when it comes to interests, right?

They only care about who can get how much share, and don’t care who is more suitable.

Of course, originally, he and Hill could cooperate with each other based on tacit understanding, and they didn't even care whether the other party benefited more.

However, William knew very well that even if Hill had understood and forgiven his inaction in the matter of Alice, he would definitely not trust him as much as before.

It seemed that there was only a slight crack in his friendship with Hill...but if he wanted to completely repair this crack, it would not be solved by enthusiasm and friendliness in a day or two.

But William believed that as long as he never had similar problems again and respected Hill's choice enough, he could still win back his friend.

William always remembered that when he and the God of Time and Space were cautiously advancing their policies and carefully observing the movements of the nobles, Hilla supported them openly.

It wasn't just the beautiful light at the founding ceremony, but also the trust that Hill showed in them afterwards... If the kid didn't truly believe in them, a wizard like Fran, who had a more conservative style of doing things, would never have cooperated with them so easily.

When the God of Time and Space used his divine power to test the wizard nobles around Sarar who obviously did not want to get involved in politics and stayed away from their homeland, only Hill and Fran accepted their divine power.

Although it looked like it was forced by the God of Time and Space...he and William knew very well that the Alchemist Master Mage could activate the magic circle to isolate the divine power.

Just like where their magic tower is.

Even if the God of Time and Space bypassed it, he could still judge the extent of the magic circle opened by Fran.

Even though Fran has always been the court wizard, he actually has no good feelings towards the Salar royal family.

Otherwise, even if he never advanced, as long as he demonstrated his level of alchemy, William, the pseudo-king 'father' who had played him to death, would definitely praise him to the sky.

However, William could also understand Fran's silence... Which alchemist would be willing to serve the king's dirty tricks?
He even suspected that Fran slowed down his own advancement speed after he determined that a certain king was not worth following... After all, with the eyes of an alchemist, he should have seen that the king was almost in decline.

The great wizard has such a long lifespan, so what’s wrong with waiting for a few decades?

Who would have thought that he would have such a rebellious daughter!

If Hill's little mother wasn't so playful, the king wouldn't have set his sights on her so easily even if he was thoughtful enough.

As a result, Melanie chose to marry out of the palace at a young age.

But, it seemed that Melanie really couldn't say that everyone could play except him... It was just that she disliked the king for being old and ugly!

Therefore, Fran became even more silent afterwards, and even accepted as his student the son of a great noble who was from a completely different faction from the king. William could fully understand this.

If it weren't for the fact that Hill was a pure-minded, gentle character, and frank about his love and hate, this great wizard Faran, who didn't even bother to pay attention to the Mage Association, would never have anything to do with them.

Not to mention becoming alchemy friends with the God of Time and Space!
William really likes Hill... He was once the one who was filled with joy when he saw Hill sleeping on the big tree!

As a result, the poison of faith actually aroused his desire for power.

No, it's not the lust for power.

Instead, it's the so-called "head of the family" attitude of "I do this for your own good, how can you not appreciate it?"

William actually thought he didn't have it.

Although he has been in the army for a long time, he has always been a bit of a troublemaker.

It was only because of his strong strength, good brains, strong will and the courage to fight that he was not kicked out of the army.

After all, if you want to rise to a high position in the airborne brigade, it’s not enough to just be able to parachute.

But when his rationality was clouded by the poison of faith, William really didn't expect that he would become so much like the leader who used to be so angry with him that he had to hold heart pills to survive!

As expected, children become like whoever raised them...especially when you are most annoyed with him and miss him the most.

When William figured this out, he knew that Hill would definitely be disgusted with his actions.

Even though he might not have any bad intentions.

But looking at the rebellious nature he maintained in the army, which caused such a huge uproar, how could Hill, who was raised by a mage and had absolute demands on himself, accept others making decisions for him?

Not to mention that the future and life of Hill's beloved kitten are at stake.

How could a wizard from a fantasy world possibly understand something like 'for your own good'?

William was really worried that Hill would suspect him and wanted to pull Hill's entire family into the time and space pantheon to be his subordinates.

Although it doesn't look like it, according to the unspoken rules of the multiverse, William's actions do have that implication.

The Earth Goddess was clearly sleeping next to him, and the chief of the Earth Bears was squatting in the Earth Kingdom and starting to work. Yet, as a god of the human pantheon, he was actually arranging the future of the offspring of another pantheon.

In other words, Trahil is more harmonious. Everyone can understand him, or the God of Nobles. At most, his brain is knotted, and he doesn't really want to suppress the Earth God system.

Otherwise... just look at Toril and you will know that a small matter can cause a great war among the gods.

Many of the reasons for the gods' deaths sound funny... not even as serious as being chosen by Shar and having their faces made to look like a real death.

However, it is precisely because of this mutual tolerance and understanding among the various gods of Trahil that William and the God of Nobility appear so unlikeable.

William actually felt a little regretful.

Although his ignorance back then could also be explained by the fact that it was his first time being a god and he didn't understand many things at all, and he always used human thinking to judge the rules of being a god, and the Earth God system didn't show any dissatisfaction, but William, who already had a deeper understanding of the priesthood and divine power, really felt that his brain was broken at the time.

How could he trust the judgment of a guy like the Noble God whose head was pickled by the devil's chaos?
After figuring out a lot of things, William already understood why Hill had allowed Alice to choose her own love.

For Alice, a spirit of nature, it can be said that the love story is her standing at the dividing point between God and spirit.

Falling in love, choosing love, or even being hurt by love all mean that she may transform from a spirit into a god at any time.

This is the inevitable trend as the spirit of nature becomes increasingly powerful and increasingly integrated into the laws of the world.

Just like the deer that was hunted by the goddess of hunting.

As a natural spirit of a deer, being hunted is a calamity he must inevitably face… If he can get through it, he’ll be a god; if he can’t, he’ll be doomed.

Of course, this is also because the path to becoming a god that he wants to take is more dangerous... For someone like Alice, even if she becomes a god, she will only have weak divine power, so the test is obviously much smaller, and it mainly tests her heart and her own choices.

It was totally different from that deer.

William only understood some of this after talking with Shar... Otherwise, he really didn't understand how the goddess of hunting could be qualified to be resurrected as the god of death.

Even though she had the priesthood of hunting and was deceived.

But she is not the type who is so stupid that she can't even take care of herself. She is not the type who will be thrown into custody even if she breaks the law!
Then he figured out the rules that only gods who lived longer knew... Well, of course, Shar couldn't hear this.

Who can blame the fact that the spirit of nature does not exist in many worlds except in such a wonderful place as Trahil?

The main reason why the hunting goddess fell into the evil camp was that she had the wrong intention to hunt the deer, and she also skinned the spirit of nature... This proves that at least when she started skinning it, the deer was still alive.

But after all, it wasn't her who did it.

Therefore, the law judged her to be an accomplice, but the world of Trahil still accepted her existence.

Shar told the story very well, but William, who understood it, felt even more stupid.

He really felt that Hill was too permissive towards Alice, so he chose to hide the truth from Hill and let the God of Nobility do what he wanted.

He really felt that no matter how much he doted on his daughter, Hill shouldn't let her do such a thing!

However, it was actually William himself who applied human thinking to God.

William had observed Hill's style of doing things in Toril, and was sincerely convinced that if it were him, he would have been tricked by AO as soon as they met.

Respecting the destiny and choices of others is the basic rule of life in the multiverse.

Since he thought so much, William naturally felt guilty towards Hill... If he and the God of Nobility didn't interfere, even if Alice was emotionally hurt in the end, she might have become the cat god of Trahill.

Based on William's understanding of her later behavior, the cat still loves herself more, and love is only a part of her life, not everything.

(End of this chapter)